Dairy Industry
Dairy Industry. The Composition Of Butter Varies. It Ranges From 78.:: Per Cent To 88.41 Per Cent Of Milk Fat; 7.22 Per Cent To 15.62 Per Cent Of Water; 1.03 Per Cent To 3.32 Per Cent Of Casein, And 1.34 Per Cent To 4.16 Per Cent Of Salt. The Best ...
George M Wrong
George M. Wrong, Professor Of History, University Of Toronto. 15i. Canadian War Economics. In Common With Most Commercial Countries, Canada Had Enjoyed A Period Of Remarkable Expansion And Prosperity, For At Least 10 Years Previous To 1913. During This Period Her Inter Nal Economic Expansion And External Trade In Creased ...
Grande Ruin
Grande Ruin (see National Parks And Monuments), The Spanish Name (signifying "large House") Of The Ruins Of A Prehistoric Building In Arizona, Near The Gila River, About 12 Miles From Florence, Ariz., And Somewhat Farther From The Casa Grande Station. It Is The Best-preserved Structure Of A Type Which Was ...
Ii The
Ii. The Provinces.— [for The Sake Of Con Venience And Completeness, The Physical Features And Topography Of The Provinces Comprising The Dominion Are Here Briefly Treated. The Articles In This Work On The Individual Provinces Should Be Consulted For Further Information.] Nova Scotia.— The Province Of Nova Sco Tia, The ...
John B Mcdonnell
John B. Mcdonnell, Editorial Staff Of The Americana. Byzantine Empire, The. Old Byzantium, Founded About 688 Ac., Lay In Ruins After Its Destruction In 196 A.d. Until Emperor Constantine The Great Rebuilt The City And Made It The Capital Of The Roman Empire Instead Of Rome (hence Called Also Roma ...
John A
John A.), Brown (see Brown, Getorge), Cartier (see Cartier, Sir George E.), And Many Other Politicians Found Free Scope For Their Talents In The Ranks Of Reformers Or Conservatives. Much Of The Legislation Which Marks This Period (for Example, The Abolition Of Seigniorial Tenure In 1854) Was Designed To Adjust ...
Js Js Jiijii
Js = Js Jii Jii Hence Lim. — Jx4y Jit Sec Fr' F5' I/f,; Hence S } 4/f,dx Dy, The Region Of Integration In Xy Being The Projection Thereon Of S, Under Obvious Conditions. Often The Surface Is Given Parametrically, I.e., X, Y And Z As Func Tions Of The ...
M Roman Catholic Church
M. Roman Catholic Church In Canada Will Be -treated In This Article Under Three Headings : 1. The Church Under The French, From The Discovery Of Canada Until The Conquest By England (1534-1763) ; 2. The Church Under The Rule Of Great Britain, From 1763 Until The Present Day; 3. ...
Metals
Metals. Ores Of 15 Metals Have Been Mined In Can Ada—antimony, Chromium, Cobalt Copper, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Mercury, Molybdenum, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum, Silver, Tungsten And Zinc, And Minerals Containing A Number Of Other Metals Have Been Found, Though They Have Not Yet Been Mined. Only Eight Of These Metals Are ...
Mineral Production
Mineral Production. The Mineral Productions Of All Kinds Sum Up To A Value Of $138,513 750 In 1915, Repre Senting An Advance Of 7.49 Per Cent Over The Previous Year, But A Falling Off Of $7,121,062 As Compared With That Of 1913, The Year Of Greatest Prosperity. The Falling Off ...
N J Burlington
Burlington, N. J., City And Port Of Entry In Burlington County, On The Delaware River And The Pennsylvania Railroad, 18 Miles Northeast Of Philadelphia. It Is A Manufactur Ing Trade Centre For Surrounding Towns, And Contains Saint Mary's Church, Endowed By Queen Anne ; Saint Mary's Hall, The Oldest Church ...
N J Camden
Camden, N. J., City, Port Of Entry And County-seat Of Camden County, On The Dela Ware River, Opposite Philadelphia, With Which It Is Connected By Several Ferries. The City Is Situated On A Level Plain And The Streets Cross One Another At Right Angles. It Is Noted For Its Immense ...
Name Op Organization
Name Op Organization Units Canada Barbers' International Union Of America, Journeymen 40 1,193 Bricklayers. Masons And Plasterers' International Union Of America. 56 3,755 D Joiners Of America Ed Brotherhood Of 101 5,000 Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood Of 29 1,760 Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood Of 90 5,013 Locomotive Firemen And Enginemen, Brotherhood ...
Non Metallic Minerals
Non-metallic Minerals. Twenty-two Non-metallic Minerals Are Re Ported In The Statistics For 1915, And Several Others Occur In Lists Of Former Years, But Atten Tion May Be Confined To A Few Of The More Important Ones, Beginning With The Mineral Fuels. In 1915 The Coal Mined In The Do Minion ...
Pounds
Pounds. In Addition To The Aromatic And Fatty Com Pounds, Others Are Known Which Do Not Prop Erly Come Under Either Heading. Thus The Structural Formula Of Furfuran Contains A Closed Ring, Formed By The Union Of Four Atoms Of Carbon And One Of Oxygen. Closed Rings, Consisting Of Three, ...
Right Burdett Coutts
Burdett-coutts, Right Hox. An (bat:mass), English Philan Pist: B. 21 April 1814; D. London, 30 Dec. 1906. In 1837 She Inherited Much Of The Prop Erty Of Her Grandfather, Thomas Coutts, The Banker, On The Death Of His Widow, The Duchess Of Saint Albans (formerly The Actress, Miss Mellon). Besides ...
Rule
Rule), The Stirring Events In The Ohio Valley And In Distant Arcadia Foreshadowed A Great Crisis, During Which Territorial Disputes, Aggres Sions And Political Intrigues Would Be Lost Sight Of For The Moment, And The Question Paramount Would Be The Supremacy Of France Or Of Eng Land In North America. ...
Sir Buller
Buller, Sir Redvers Henry, English J General : B. Devonshire 1839 ; D. London, 2 June 1908. He Joined The 60th Rifles As Ensign In 1858; In 1862 Was Promoted Lieutenant, And Eight. Years Later Captain. He Was Major Is 1874, Lieutenant-colonel In 1878, Colonel In 1879 And Major-general In ...
Sir Burnand
Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley, English Author: B. 29 Nov. 1837; D. 21 April 1917. He Was Educated At Eton And Trinity College, Cam Bridge, And At First Studied With A View To Enter Ing The Church Of England, But When In 1858 He Became A Roman Catholic He Devoted Himself ...
Sir Butler
Butler, Sir William Francis, British General: B. Tipperary County, Ireland, 31 Oct. 1838; D. London, 7 June 1910. He Was Educated At Dublin, And Joined The Army In 1858. In 1863 He Became Lieutenant, And In 1874 Was Pro Moted To The Rank Of Major. He Served On The Red ...
Sir Buxton
Buxton, Sir Thomas Powell, English Philanthropist: B. Earl's Colne, Essex, 1 April 1786; D. 19 Feb. 1845. He Was Educated At Trinity College, Dublin, And In 1808 Joined The Firm Of Celebrated Brewers, Truman, Hanbury & Company, And Took An Active Share In Carry Ing On The Business. In 1816, ...
Sir Byng
Byng, Sir Julian Hedworth George, K.c.b., Kc.m.a., M.v.o., English Soldier, The 7th Son Of The 2d Earl Of Stafford: B. 11 Sept. 1862. He Passed Through The Staff College And Became Lieutenant In The 10th Royal Hussars In 1883. He Saw His First Service In The Sudan Campaign 1884, Was ...
Sir Carson
Carson, Sir Edward Henry, Irish Unionist Leader: H. Dublin. 9 Feb. 1854. He Was Educated At Trinity College, Dublin, Was Called To The Irish Bar In 1889, And Became Solicitor-general For Ireland 1892. He Was Called To The English Bar In 1894; And Was Solicitor-general For England In The Unionist ...
Sir Cartier
Cartier, Sir George Etienne, Canadian Statesman: B. Saint Antoine, Ver Cheres County, Quebec, 6 Sept. 1814; D. London, 21 May 1873. 'he Claimed Descent From The Family To Which Jacques Cartier Belonged: Was Among The Followers Of Papineau In The Rebel Lion Of 1837, Distinguishing Himself For His Courage, But ...
Sir Casement
Casement, Sir Roger, Irish Revolution Ist: B. Ireland, 1 Sept. 1864; Executed In Lon Don, 3 Aug. 1916. Though Born In Ireland, Casement Was Of English Parentage And A Protestant By Creed. He Entered The British Consular Service At The Age Of 28, And Served In The Niger Coast Oil ...
Tariffs And Transportation 46
46. Commerce, Tariffs And Transportation. Early Trade Rela In Their Earlier Condition The Various Provinces Of British North America, Now Form Ing The Dominion Of Canada, Were All Alike Subject To Those General Laws Which Embodied The Principles, If Not Always The Practice, Of The British Colonial System. Owing, However, ...
The Hudsons Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company. The Presence Of The English Company Upon The Shores Of Hudson Bay Was From The Outset A Serious Menace To French Canadian Influence In The Northwest. The Newcomers Were Draw. Ing Off The Trade Of The Northern Tribes. Eng Lish And French Were Face To Face ...
The United States
The United States). The Special Attraction For The United States Was The Freedom Of Ac Cess To The Canadian Fisheries (q.v.) ; Though The Americans Also Enjoyed Large Local Markets For Agricultural Products In Many Parts Of The Eastern Provinces. According To The Statistics Of Trade, Canada Appeared To Have ...
Vernm Ent
Vernm Ent) . In Some Of The Countries Which Have Followed The United States Form Of Gov Ernment The Cabinet Members Are Granted A Seat In The Legislature For Purposes Of Govern Ment, If Not Of Voting. In The Cabinet System The Head Of The State In Whose Name All ...
W Camp Alleghany
Camp Alleghany, W. Va., A Con Federate Camp Where An Engagement Took Place 13 Dec. 1861. After The Affair At Camp Bar Tow, 3 Oct. 1861, The Union Troops Had Re Mained At Cheat Mountain Summit. Gen. R. H. Milroy, Who Was In Command 12 Dec. 1861, Determined To Attack ...
W Carnifex Ferry
Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., Place At Which Occurred A Battle Of The Civil War, 10 Sept. 1861. On 23 August Gen. John B. Floyd, Who Had Marched From Lewisburg, Crossed To The North Side Of Gauley River At Carnifex Ferry With Five Regiments Of Virginia Infantry, 100 Cavalry, And Five ...
William Shirley
Shirley, William) Devised The Plan, Which Was Daringly Executed By A Colonial Fleet Under William Pepperell (q.v.) In Co-operation With Four British Men-of-war. The Capture Of Louisburg By A Militia Force Was The Greatest Humiliation Which France Had Suffered In Amer Ica And Its Restoration By The Peace Of Aix-la ...
Or Cailzie Caillie
Caillie, Or Cailzie, Kali, A Readily Do Mesticated, Polygamous Grouse (tetrao Uro Gallus), About The Size Of A Turkey, Widely Dis Tributed Throughout The Pine-covered Mountains Of Europe. Formerly It Inhabited Ireland And Scotland, Where It Was Known As Thlackcock,• But It Was Entirely Extirpated Toward The End Of The ...
Or Cajetanus Cajetan
Cajetan, Or Cajetanus, Tommaso De Vio, Italian Cardinal: B. Gaeta, 25 July 1470; D. Rome, 9 Aug. 1534. He En Tered The Order Of Dominican Friars, Graduated As A Doctor And Was Elected General Of His Order In 1508. When Pope Julius Ii Was Sum Moned To Appear Before The ...
Or Camboja Cambodia
Cambodia, Or Camboja, Nominally A State Under A French Protectorate, But Practically A French Dependency, Situated On The Lower Course Of The Mekong, 220 Miles From Northeast To Southwest, And 150 Miles Broad, Comprising An Area Of 45,000 Square Miles. The Coast, 156 Miles Long, Indented About The Middle By ...
Or Came Run Cameroons
Cameroons, Or 'came Run, A German Colonial Possession In West Africa Having Originally An Area Of Square Miles, Which Was Increased In 1911 To 295,000 Square Miles By France Agreeing To Cede Kongo Territory As Compensation For Loss Of German Influence In Morocco. It Is Bounded By Lake Chad On ...
Or Canaries Canary Islands
Canary Islands, Or Canaries, A Cluster Of Islands In The Atlantic, Politically Forming A Province And Military District Of Spain, But Geographically Considered As Belong Ing To Africa, The Most Easterly Being About 150 Miles From Cape Nun. They Are 13 In Number, 7 Of Which Are Of Considerable Size, ...
Or Caracci Carracci
Carracci, Or Caracci, Agostino, Italian Artist: B. Bologna 1558; D. Parma 1602. One Of A Family Of Artists Who Founded The Bolognese Or Eclectic School Of Painting. He Was A Brother Of Annibale Car Racci, And Distantly Related To Lodovico Car Racci, Under Whose Guidance He Studied Art. He Studied ...
Or Cardano Cardan
Cardan, Or Cardano, Girolamo, Italian Philosopher, Physician And Mathemati Cian: B. Pavia, 24 Sept. 1501; D. Rome, 21 Sept. 1576. He Was Educated From His Fourth Year In The House Of His Father. At 20 He Went To Pavia To Complete His Studies, And After Two Years Began To Explain ...
Or Carstares Carstairs
Carstairs, Or Carstares, William, Scottish Clergyman Of Political Eminence: B. Cathcart, Near Glasgow, 1649; D. 1715. He Pur Sued His Studies At The Universities Of Edin Burgh And Utrecht. He Returned To Scotland With The View Of Entering The Ministry, But After Receiving A License To Preach Resolved To Return ...
Or Compressed Air Disease
Caisson Disease, Or Compressed Air Disease, A Disorder Occurring Among Workers In Compressed Air, Who Are Submitted To A Pressure Of Two Or Three Atmospheres, As In Bridge-caissons. The Symptoms Of The Dis Ease Do Not Appear While The Workman Is Under Compression But Come On After Decompression When Some ...
Or Coral Fish Butterfly Fish
Butterfly-fish, Or Coral-fish. These Beautiful Fish Representing The Large Family Chwtodontidce And Its Allies Of The Scaly Finned Group (squamipinnes) Of Marine Fishes, Obtain Their English Names From Their Oval Form, Brilliancy And Their Quickness Of Move Ment, And The Fact That Their Principal Habitat Is In And Around The ...
Or Kashmir Cashmere
Cashmere, Or Kashmir. A Princi Pality In The Northwest Of Hindustan, Subject To A Maharajah Belonging To The Sikh Race, But Under British Protection And Supervision. It Is An Irregularly Shaped Mountainous Region, Noted For Its Gorgeous Scenery And The Healthfulness Of Its Climate. It Is Composed Of Various Prov ...
Or Monte Casino Casino
Casino, Or Monte Casino, A Celebrated Benedictine Abbey In Italy, In The Neapolitan Province Of Caserta, Near The Small Town Of Cassino And About 45 Miles From The City Of Naples, Founded By Saint Benedict Of Norcia In 529 On The Site Of A Temple Of Apollo. It Was The ...
Or Optimism Candide
Candide, Or Optimism ( ( Candide, Ou L'optimisme), Ican'ded, Oo Lop'te'nes'm, Is One Of The Most Characteristic Works Of Vol Taire. It Is The Longest And The Best Known Of The < Philosophic Tales' ('contes Philoso Phiques)), In Which He Let His Incomparably Nimble Intelligence Play Over All Questions Of ...
Or Spanish Cantharides
Cantharides, Or Spanish Fuss, The Blister-beetle (q.v.), When Prepared For Medical Use. Their Value Is Due To The Presence Of A Chemical Principle, Called Canthariden, Which Constitutes From Ys To 1 Per Cent Of Cantharides, With The Formula Cmh„o.. On Hydrolysis, This Is Converted Into Cantharidic Acid, Cs•hmos. Cantharadin Is ...
Or Sulpho Carbonic Acid
Carbon Disulphide, Or Sulpho Carbonic Acid, Cs,, A Liquid Formed When The Vapor Of Sulphur Is Passed Over Red Hot Charcoal And The Resulting Gases Cooled In A Condenser. Under Normal Conditions It Is A Very Volatile, Inflammable Liquid, With A Spe Cific Gravity Of 1.29 And Boiling At 115° ...
The Great Canute
Canute, The Great, Knud, Or Knut, The Second King Of Denmark Of That Name, And First Danish King Of England: B. In The Former Country, About 995; D. Shaftes Bury, England, 1035. He Was The Son Of Sweyn, King Of Denmark, And Accompanied His Father In His Victorious Campaigns In ...