Dreams
Dreams. These Are Mental Activities, Carried On During Sleep, Which Are At Times Brought Into Consciousness By A Process Of Secondary Elaboration. They Are As Necessary A Part Of The Brain's Activity As Is The Movement Of The Heart Or The Storage Of Glycogen In The Liver, Functions Of These ...
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott Case, The Most Far-reach Ing Slavery Case Ever In The United States Courts. Dred, Born In Missouri About 1810, Was A Slave Of Dr. Emerson, An Army Surgeon, Who Took Him In 1834 To Rock Island, Ill., And May 1836 To Fort Snelling, Wisconsin Territory (now Minnesota), Where ...
Dredge
Dredge, A Machine For Excavating Mud, Rock, Or Other Solid Material From The Bottom Of A Body Of Water. Essentially The Dredge Consists Of A Scoop Of Some Sort To Pick Up The Material To Be Excavated, And A Derrick-like Mechanism To Lift The Scoop With Its Load Up To ...
Dredging
Dredging, The Operation Of Removing Mud, Silt And Other Deposits From The Bottom Of Harbors, Canals, Rivers, Docks, Etc., By Me Chanical Means. The Most Simple Dredging Apparatus Is The Spoon Apparatus, Which Consists Of A Strong Iron Ring Or Hoop, Properly Formed For Making An Impression Upon The Soft ...
Dresden
Dresden, Germany, Capital Of Saxony, Situated In A Valley On The River Elbe. On The Left Bank Are Altstadt (old Town), Friedrich Stadt And Other Quarters, And On The Right The Neustadt (new Town) And The Antonstadt. The Municipal Area Received A Large Extension In 1897. The Portion On The ...
Dresden Porcelain
Dresden Porcelain, Called By Con Noisseurs Meissen Ware, Frequently Termed Saxe Or Vieux Saxe. It Was The First Hard Por Celain Made In Europe. Johann Friedrich Ma Ger, Alchemist To Augustus Ii, King Of Saxony, Had Exhausted His Patron's Patience By Failing To Carry Out His Promise To Convert Base ...
Dresdner Bank
Dresdner Bank, The. The Dresdner Bank Was Founded In Dresden In 1872 With A Capital Of 9,600000 Marks, And In 1881, By The Establishment Of A Branch, Transferred Its Centre Of Activity To Berlin. Its First Success Was In Its Deposit Business, Closely Followed By Its Regu Lar Banking Business, ...
Dress
Dress, The Clothing Or Apparel Of The Human Body. Under This Title Will Be Considered The Principles Underlying The Wearing Of Clothes Rather Than The Minute Details Of Their Shape And Color, Which Will Be Found Treated Under Cosruma. The Evolution Of Dress Has Always Been Associated With The Growth ...
Dress Reform
Dress Reform, A Movement Of The 19th Century, Having For Its Aim The Modification Of The Dress Of Women Along Hygienic Lines Chiefly, But Also With Regard To Comfort And Con Venience. Many Articles Of Feminine Apparel Had Long Been Operating Against The Health Of The Wearers And The Injurious ...
Drewrys Bluff
Drewry's Bluff, Battle Of. When General Grant Began His Campaign For Rich Mond In May 1864, General Butler, Commanding The Army Of The James, Was Directed To Be Well Up James River Toward Richmond By Daylight Of The 5th And To Push Ahead With All Energy. By The 6th Butler ...
Dreyfus
Dreyfus, Alfred, French Military Officer: Mtilhausen, Alsace, 1859. He Was A Member Of A Wealthy Jewish Family, Became A Captain In The 21st Regiment Of Artillery And Three Years Later Was Appointed To The General Staff. On 14 Oct. 1894 He Was Arrested On A Charge Of Communicating Certain Important ...
Drift Sand
Drift Sand Is Sand Thrown Up By The Waves Of The Sea And Blown When Dry Some Distance Inland Until Arrested By Large Stones, Tree Roots, Or Other Obstacles, Round Which It Gradually Accumulates Until The Heaps Or Dunes Attain Considerable Dimensions. Except In The Case Of Violent Storm Winds ...
Drills And Drilling
Drills And Drilling. Drilling As A Mechanical Operation Is Often Confused With Boring. In Machine Shop Practice, Drilling Is Making A Round Hole Through Metal Or The Like With A Rotating Pointed Tool, That Forces Its Way Through By Pressure And Rotation, Taking Off Spiral Chips Of The Material Drilled ...
Driver Ant
Driver Ant, A Nomadic Predatory Ant Which Makes Its Forays In Column-like Masses. The Term Usually Refers To The Well-known Spe Cies (dorylus, Or Annoma, Arcens) Of West Ern Africa; But The Genus Embraces Several Species Scattered Over Africa, And Others In Southern Asia And The East Indies. All Be ...
Driving
Driving. Since The Advent Of The Auto Mobile, Driving Has Fallen Off, And There Are Fewer And Fewer People Who Know How To Drive A Horse Or A Team. A Driver Should Al Ways Grasp The Reins Before Mounting To His Seat, So That If The Horse Should Start Before ...
Drouet
Drouet, Henri, Droot, French Natural Ist; B. Troyes 1829; D. He Became Known By His Researches In Natural Science And In 1855 Published
Drowning
'drowning, A Form Of Asphyxia Induced By Submergence In Water Or Other Fluid. As A Rule In Drowning The Body Is Submerged, But Peterson And Haynes In Their Recent
Drug Habits
Drug Habits. Recent Investigations Of The United States Department Of Agriculture Show Conclusively A Constantly Decreasing Use Of Injurious Drugs (exclusive Of Alcohol And Tobacco) Among The People Of This Country. Be Fore Any Means Were Available For Gathering Authoritative Figures, The Estimates Of The Num Ber Of Drug Habitués ...
Drug Trade
Drug Trade. The American Drug Trade Is Largely A Modern Development, Although America's Part In The History Of Drugs Dates From The Days Of The First Explorers. When From The Americas Travelers Returned To The Old World Bearing With Them Specimens Of The Various Products Of This New World, The ...
Druid
Druid, A Member Of The Celtic Priest Hood Of Ancient Britain And Gaul, Which At The Period Of The Roman Invasion Existed Chiefly In Brittany And Along The Valley Of The Loire, And In The Island Of Anglesey, In Wales And In Ireland. Scattered Throughout These Regions, At Carnac In ...
Druids
Druids, The United Ancient Order Of. This Fraternal And Benevolent Society Takes Its Name And Nomenclature From The History Of The Druids Of Gaul And Britain. They Were The Religious Guides Of The People And The Chief Guardians And Expounders Of The Law. They Taught The Immortality Of The Soul. ...
Drum
Drum, A Musical Instrument Formed By Stretching Parchment Animal Skin Over The Heads Of A Cylinder Of Wood Or Over A Bowl Shaped Metallic Vessel. There Are Three Kinds Of Drums: (1) The Long Drum Or Bass Drum With Two Heads, Held Laterally And Played On Both Ends With Stuffed-knob ...
Drummond
Drummond, William, Of Hawthornden, Scottish Poet: B. Hawthornden House, Near Edinburgh, 13 Dec. 1585; D. There, 4 Dec. 1649. He Was Graduated At The University Of Edin Burgh In 1605, Afterward Studying At London, Bourges And Paris. He Retired To Hawthornden, Sweet And Solitary Seat, And Very Fit And Proper ...
Drunkenness
Drunkenness, The Mental And Physical Condition Resulting From Excessive Drinking Of Intoxicating Liquors. In Law, It Is Not Considered An Absolute Defense, Although In Some Cases, De Pending On'thei Nattire Of The Act, And To What Extent The Person Was Under The Influence Of Intoxicating Drinks, The Offense, When Committed ...
Drusfs
Drusf.s, A People Of Syria, Scattered Over An Extensive Tract Of Country Lying To The South East Of Beirut, And South Of The Country Occu Pied By The Maronites; Or, More Rn Particularly, They Occupy The Southern Parts Of Lebanon And Anti-lebanon (the Slopes Of Hermon), While Considerable Numbers Also ...
Druzhinin
Druzhinin, Droo'zlie-nin, Alexander Vasilevich, Russian Critic And Man Of Letters: B. 8 Oct. 1824; D. 1864. He Received His Early Education In His Father's Home Where He Acquired A Solid Knowledge Of Foreign Languages. At The Age Of 16 He Joined The Page-corps Where He Spent His Free Moments In ...
Dry Farming
Dry Farming. The Phrase ((dry Farm Is A Misnomer, For It Implies The Growing Of Crops Without The Use Of Water, Which Is Alto Gether Impossible. But In United States Terri Tory West Of The 97th Meridian, In That Region Once Familiarly Known As The Great American Desert, The Phrase ...
Dry Pile
Dry Pile, A Very Interesting Form Of Gal Yank Battery, Invented By De Luc, So Named From The Fact Of Its Requiring Merely A Slight Moisture Among Its Leaves. Various Kinds Of Dry Piles Are Constructed. A Very Excellent One, Zamboni's Dry Pile, Is Made In The Follow Ing Way: ...
Dry Rot
Dry Rot, A Popular Name For The Decay Of Seasoned Timber And For Certain Forms Of Decay Of The Trees While Still Standing. The Latter Kind Is Caused Mainly By Species Of Shelf Fungi And Toadstools, Which Also Attack The Stumps Of Various Trees. Sap Rot (polystictis Verstcolor) Is The ...
Dryden
Dryden, John, English Poet, Dramatist And Critic: B. Aldwinckle All Saints, North Amptonshire, 9 Aug. 1631; D. London, 1 May 1700. 'his Family Were Landed Gentry, Of Puri Tan Affiliations. He Was Educated At West Minster School And At Trinity College, Cam Bridge, Where He Probably Continued In Residence Until ...
Drying Machinery
Drying Machinery. Drying Ma Chines And Processes Have Become Very Com Mon Ih The Industries. Time Is Always A Valuable Clement In Every Factory, And Artificial Dryers Supply Methods Of Hastening Production. One Of The Simpler Methods Of Drying Is By Gravity, As Practised In The Recovery Of Metals From ...
Du Barry
Du Barry, Du Bere, Jeanne Becu, Comtesse, A French Courtesan, Mistress Of Louis Xv: B. Vaucouleurs, 19 Aug. 1746; D. Paris, 6 Dec. 1793. She Was The Daughter Of Anne Beal Ramon, The Wife Of A Domestic, And Because Of Her Beauty Succeeded In Gaining The Patronage Of The Abbe ...
Du Bois
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, American Educator : B. Great Barrington, Mass., 23 Feb. 1868, Of Negro Descent. He Was Graduated At Fisk University 1888 And At Harvard 1890, Subsequently Studying At The University Of Berlin. He Has Been A Fellow Of Harvard, Assistant In Sociology At The University Of ...
Du Cange
Du Cange, Dii-lcanzh', Or Ducange, Sieur Charles Du Fresne, Or Dufresne, French Historian And Philologist: B. Amiens, 18 Dec. 1620; D. Paris, 23 Oct. 1688. Family Name Was Dufresne, And Sieur Ducange Was His Title As Lord Of His Paternal Estates. He Was An Alumnus Of The College Of The ...
Du Chaillu
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni, American Traveler: B. Paris, 31 July 1835; D. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 30 April 1903. He Spent His Youth In The French Settlement On The Gaboon, On The West Coast Of Africa, Where His Father Was A Merchant, And Received His Educa Tion From The Jesuits There. ...
Du Maurier
Du Maurier, Dii George Louis Palmella Busson, English Artist, Caricaturist And Novelist : B. Paris, 6 March 1834; D. London, 8 Oct. 1896. He Belonged To An Old French Family Which Had Been Driven To England By The Revolution. He Spent Some Years In France And Belgium And Afterward Went ...
Du Pont
Du Pont, Dii-potte, Henry, American Manufacturer: B. Eleutherian Mills, Near Wil Mington, Del., 8 Aug. 1812; D. 8 Aug. 1889. He Was The Second Son Of Eleuthere Irenee Du Pont De Nemours (q.v.). He Secured His Early Edu Cation At Constant's Mount Airy Seminary, Germantown, Pa.; In 1829 He Entered ...
Du Pont De Nemours
Du Pont De Nemours, Eleuthire Irenee, American Manufacturer : B. Paris, 24 June 1771; D. Philadelphia, 31 Oct. 1834; Son Of The French Political Economist, Pierre Sam Uel Du Pont De Nemours. He Was A Pupil Of Lavoisier And Entered The Royal Powder Mills At Essonne To Familiarize Himself With ...
Du Pont Smokeless Powder
Du Pont Smokeless Powder, A Hard-grained Porous Composed Of Nitro Cellulose Of Medium Nitration Which Has Been Formed Into Grains By Suspending The Nitro Cellulose In An Aqueous Solution Of Barium And Potassium Nitrates To Which Amyl Acetate Is Added, Stirring The Gelatinized Material In The Fluid Until The Grains ...
Du Pont_2
Du Pont, Henry Algernon, American Soldier And Legislator : B. Eleutherian Mills, Newcastle County, Del., 30 July 1838. He Is The Son Of Henry Du Pont And Grandson Of Eleuthere Hen& Du Pont (qq.v.). He Entered The University Of Pepnsylvania In 1855, But Spent Only A Year There And In ...
Du Pont_3
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, American Naval Officer: B. Bergen Point, N. J., 27 Sept. 1803; D. Philadelphia, 23 June 1865. He Was The Third Son Of Victor Marie Du Pont De Ne Mours. His Parents Removed To Louviers, Del., Soon After His Birth. In 1815 President Madi Son Appointed Him ...
Dualism
Dualism, The Philosophical Opinion That The Ultimate Components Of The Universe Are Two In Number, Or Fall Into Two Fundamentally Dis: Tinct Classes. In Modern Times The Line Of Cleavage Between The Halves Of The Dualistic World Has Usually Separated The Mental From The Material. The 17th Century View Of ...
Dubar
Dubar, Diebar (hind. And Pers., Darbar, Door Of Admittance), In India, Afghanistan And Persia, A State Audience At Which Important Public Hearings Are Given, Decrees Or Decisions Announced, Distinguished Foreign Visitors Re Ceived, And Treaties, Etc., Made. These Func Tions Are Often Of Great Splendor And Under British Rule There ...
Dublin
Dublin, University Of. The First Uni Versity Of Dublin Was Founded In 1320 In Con Nection With Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Hav Ing No Endowment, And Owing To Changes In Government And Religion Throughout The Coun Try, The University Gradually Declined, Until It Ceased To Exist In The Reign Of Elizabeth. ...
Dublin
Dublin, Capital Of Ireland (irish, Baile Athd Cliath, The Town Of The Ford Of The Hurdles; Dubh-linn, Black Pool; Eblana Of Ptolemy), Is 60 Miles West Of Holyhead, 121 Miles West Of Liverpool And 334% Miles By Rail And Water From London. Up To 1891 The Area Was 3,733 Acres, ...
Dubuque
Dubuque, Doo-buk', Iowa, City, Port Of Entry, County-seat Of Dubuque County, On The Mississippi River, The Burlington, The Chicago Great Western, The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul And The Illinois Central And Other Railroads, 167 Miles Northwest Of Chicago. It Has Steamer Communication With The Leading Ports On The Mississippi ...
Duccio Di Boninsegna
Duccio Di Boninsegna, Cinch% D8 Bon-en-sin'ya, Italian Painter, Founder Of The Sienese School: B. Siena About 1260; D. About 1320. He Was Doubtless Trained At Byzantium Or Came Into Contact With A Byzantine Teacher, As His Skill In Decoration Indicates. In 1285 He Was At Florence Where He Contracted To ...
Duchess Of Malfi
Duchess Of Malfi, The. One Of The Mysteries Of English Theatrical History Is The Oblivion In Which Webster's Tragedy Rested Until It Was Resurrected By Lamb. The Purest Tragedy In English Literature Outside Of Shakes Peare It Possesses The Best Characteristics Of That Writer's Free And Elevated Imagination. Distinctly A ...
Duck
Duck. Ducks Are Swimming Birds, With Short Legs Set Far Back And Fully Webbed Feet, They Are Arranged In Two Groups Or Sub-families Of The Family Anatidre, Which Embraces Also The Mergansers, Or Shell-ducks, The Geese And The Swans. These Constitute Together The Family Coextensive With The Order Anseres, Whose ...
Ductility
Ductility, The Quality Of Adaptedness Of Solid Bodies, Particularly Metals, Which Ren Der Them Capable Of Being Extended By Draw Ing Into Wire; As Malleability Is For Being Beaten Into Leaves. The Order Of Metals In These Two Respects Is As Follows: Ductility — Platinum, Silver, Iron, Copper, Gold, Zinc, ...
Dudley
Dudley, Robert, Earl Of Leicaster, Eng Lish Courtier: B. 24 June 1532 Or 1533; D. Corn Bury, Oxfordshire, 4 Sept. 1588. He Was Th,e Fifth Son Of John Dudley, Duke Of Northum Berland, And Though Involved In The Criminal Designs Of His Father And Included In The Sen Tence Of ...
Due Process Of Law
Due Process Of Law, Law In Its Regular Course Of Administration Through Courts Of Justice. This Term, Due Process Of Law, Which Occurs In The Amendments To The Consti Tution Of The United States (art. V) And In The Constitutions Of Nearly All Of The States, Is Con Sidered By ...
Duel And Dueling
Duel And Dueling (from Duellum, Derived From Duo) Is A Combat Between Two, At A Time And Place Appointed In Consequence Of A Challenge, And So Is Distinguished From An Encounter Taking Place Without Any Previous Arrangement. The Custom Of Dueling Was De Rived From The Germans, Danes And Franks, ...
Duhring
Duhring, Dieting, Eugen Karl, German Philosophical Writer ; B. Berlin, 12 Jan. 1833. He Studied At The University Of Berlin, And Prac Tised Law For A Time; He Then Became Professor Of Philosophy And Political Economy At Berlin In 1864, But Gave Up The Position On Account Of Quarrels With ...
Duke
Duke, Basil Wilson, American Lawyer And Famous Cavalry Leader In The Confederate Army: B. Scott County, Mo., 28 May 1838; D. New York, 16 Sept. 1916. He Was Educated At Georgetown (ky.) College And Danville College And The Lexington Law School. Be Fore He Had Reached His Majority. General Duke ...
Duke_2
Duke, James Buchanan, American To Bacco Manufacturer: B. On Farm Near Durham, N. C., 1857. He Was Educated In The Country Schools; Entered The Tobacco Business With His Father And Brothers At Durham Under The Firm Name Of Duke Brothers And Company. In 1884 He Went To New York And ...
Duluth
Duluth, Minn., City And Lake Port, Seat Of Saint Louis County And Third Largest City Of The State, Is Favorably Situated At The Ex Treme Western End Of Lake Superior. The Scythe-like Projection Called Minnesota Point, With A Similar Peninsula From The Wisconsin Shore, Forms A Harbor For The City ...
Duma
Duma, A Russian Word Signifying A Council Or Assembly, From Dam, Thought ; Dumat, To Meditate, Reflect. A Town Council Or City Hall Is Called G6rodskaya Duma, From G6rod, Town; The National Parliament Is Termed Gosudirst Vennaya Duma, From Gosudirstvo, State, Empire. In Western Literature Duma Means The National Parliament ...
Dumas
Dumas, Dii-ma, Alexandre, The Etna& French Dramatist And Novelist: B. Villers-cot Terets, •24 July 1803; D. Puits, Near Dieppe, 5 Dec. 1870. He Was The Son Of A Republican Gen Eral Who Bore The Same Name, And Grandson Of Marquis De La Pailletrie And A' Negress, Tiennette Dumas. He Went ...
Dumas_2
Dumas, Alexandre, The Younger, French Dramatist And Novelist : B. Paris, 28 July 1824; D. There, 27 Nov. 1895. He Was The Natural Son Of Dumas The Elder (q.v.), And While A Young Man Shared His Father's Life In Paris And Ac Companied Him On His Travels. In 1847 There ...
Dumba
Dumba, Dr. Constantine Theodor, Aus Trian Diplomat:b. Vienna, Austria, 17 June 1856. Descended From A Prominent And Wealthy Family, He Was Educated At The University Of Vienna And The Ecole Des Sciences Politiques Et Morales, Paris. He Entered The Austrian For Eign Office In 1879, Was Created A Privy Council ...
Dumoulin
Dumoulin, John Philip, Canadian Anglican Bishop: B. Dublin, Ireland, 1836; D. 28 Mar. 1911. He Was Educated At Trinity College, Dublin, And Emigrating To Canada Was Ordained Priest In 1863. He Was Appointed Rector And Canon Of St. James's Cathedral, Toronto, In 1882, And In 1896 Was Elected Third Bishop ...
Dunciad
Dunciad, The. This Satire, By Pope, Is In The Form Of A Mock-epic Of 1,700 Lines In Heroic Couplets, And Was Published In 1729. It Is The Monumental Example Of Its Kind In English. Though Professedly A Chastisement Of The ((dunces,* The ((grub Street Fry,* With Whom Pope Quarreled Almost ...
Dundee
Dundee, Scotland, Parliamentary And County Burgh And City In County Forfar, On The Estuary Of The Tay, 8 Miles From The Sea, And Miles Northeast Of Edinburgh By Rail. It Is The Third City- Of Scotland And Rises Steeply From The Water. Its Linen Trade Is The Largest In Scotland, ...
Dunfermline
Dunfermline, Scotland T A Royal Burgh In Fife, 16 Miles Northwest Of Edinburgh By Rail. It Is Situated In A Rich Coal District, Has Brass And Iron-works, And Important Lines Of Manu Factures. Andrew Carnegie, The Pittsburgh Iron Master, A Native Of The Burgh, Has Furnished It With A Public ...
Dunkirk
Dunkirk, Dina'krk (fr. Dunkerque Or Dunquerque), France, A Strongly Fortified Town In The Department Of Nord, On The Coast Of The North Sea, 28 Miles Northeast Of Calais, At The Junction Of Several Canals. Of The Public Squares, That Of Champ De Mars And That Adorned By A Statue Of ...
Dunoyer
Dunoyer, Charles, French Economist : B. Carennac (lot) 1786; D. Paris 1862. He Studied Law At Paris, Then Assisted In Preparing Sirey's (recued De Jurisprudence.' He Welcomed The Fall Of The Empire, Though He Only Accepted The Legitimist Monarchy So Far As It Respected The Liberties Of The'people. In Con ...
Duns Scotus
Duns Scotus, Johannes, One Of The Greatest Of The Mediaeval Schoolmen, B. Either In 1274 Or 1266, Probably In Ireland; D Cologne 130& Early In Life He Entered The Franciscan Order, And Studied At Oxford Under William Ware. He Was Also Influenced By Roger Bacon. About 1294 He Taught At ...
Dunstan
Dunstan, Saint, English Prelate And Statesman : B. Glastonbury About 924; D. Canter Bury, 19 May 988. His Family Was A Notable One And Related To The Royal Line Of The Anglian Kings. He Was Educated In Whatever Of Science And Liberal Arts Existed In That Time, By Certain Irish ...
Dupont
Dupont, Pierre, French Song-writer : B. Lyons, 23 April 1821; D. Lyons, 24 July 1870. His Parents Both Died Before He Was Five Years Old And He Was Cared For In The Country By His Godfather, A Village Priest. He Was Educated At The Seminary Of L'argentiere And Was After ...
Dupont De Nemours
Dupont De Nemours, Pierre Simnel, French Economist: B. Paris, 14 Dec. 1739; D. Eleutherian Mills, Near Wilmington, Del., 7 Aug., 1817. He Was Educated Under His Mother's Tutelage And At An Early Age Gained Distinction In His Studies, Which Included Literature, Medicine, Engineering And Military Science,. Etc. He Lived Almost ...
Dupont_2
Dupont, Pierre Antoine, Count, Sur Named De L'etang, French Soldier : B. Chabanais, 14 July 1765; D. Paris, 7 March 18441 He First Served With Maillebois' Legion In Holland And In 1791 Was On The Staff Of The Army Of The North Under Dillon. By His Skilful Arrangement As A ...
Durand
Durand, Asher Brown, American Painter And Engraver: B. South Orange, N. J., 21 Aug_ 1796; D. There, 17 Sept. 1886. He Was Appren Ticed To The Engraver Maverick, Of Whom He Was Afterward Partner. For A Long Time His Employment Consisted In Copying Prints From English Books And Working On ...
Durango
Durango, Doo-ran'go, Mexico, An In Land State Of The North, Bounded By Chihuahua On The North, Coahuila On The Northeast, Zacatecas And Tepic On The Southeast And South, And Sina Loa On The West. Its Area Is 38,009 Square Miles. It Is One Of The Largest And Richest States In ...
Durango_2
Durango, Mexico. Capital Of The State Of Durango. It Is Situated 6,321 Feet Above Sea Level, Has An Average Temperature The Year Round Of 70° F. In The Shade. Pop. 32,263. Founded In 1563 And Decreed A City By Philip Iv In 1621. It Was Long The Capital Of The ...
Duration
Duration, In Plants, The Period For Which Any Given Part Of The Plant Remains Alive. The Duration Of The Plant As A Whole Is Condi Tioned Primarily By That Of The Roots; An Annual Lives For Only One Vegetative Period, A Biennial For Two And A Perennial For A Number ...
Duration Or Persistence In
Duration Or Persistence In Time, One Of The Attributes Of A Sensory Ex Perience Or An Emotional State. It •is Only With Difficulty Subject To Further Analysis, If At All. The Flash Or Snap Of A Spark Seems To Carry With Its Place In The Scale, °longer Or Shorter,° As ...
Durazzo
Durazzo, Doo-rat's6 (ancient Dyrrhach Ium Or Eemaidnus), Turkey, A Seaport In The Principality Of Albania, On The Adriatic, 50 Miles South By West Of Scutari. A Catholic Arch Bishopric Has Been Located Here Since The Time Of Justinian. The Chief Exports Are Raw Silk, Wool, Oil And Grain. It Was ...
Durer
Durer, Albrecht, German Painter And En Graver: B. Nuremberg, Bavaria, 21 May 1471; D. There, 6 April 1528. His Father, Albrecht Diirer, Came To Nuremberg In 1455 At The Age Of 2& He Was A Goldsmith By Trade, And It Was Not Long Before He Found Employment With A Well-known ...