Ecija
Ecija, (rom. Asvict; Agusta Firma), Spain, A City In The Province Of Se Ville, On The Genii, 42 Miles Northeast Of Se Ville. It Is Of Very Ancient Origin And According To Tradition Was Visited By The Apostle Paul. At A Very Early Period It Became An Episcopal See, And ...
Eckhart
Eckhart, Elc'hart, Johannes (gmeisrea The First Of The German Mystics In Order Of Time And Among The Foremost In Rank; The Probable Place Of His Birth Is Cologne, And The Year 1260 Or A Little Earlier; D. 1329. He Studied Philosophy And Theology In The Univer Sity Of Paris And ...
Eclecticism
Eclecticism (from The Gr. Ts, Out Of, And Xeyefr, To Choose Or Select) Is A Term That May Be Applied To Any Body Of Theories Or Doctrines That Are Combined Without Regard For Their Systematic Coherence And Real Unity. We May Thus Find Eclecticism In Theology, In Philos Ophy, In ...
Eclipse
Eclipse (gr. E Lexegliiic From Ciaciirew To Forsake The Accustomed Place, To Fail To Ap Pear), An Obscuration Of The Light Of A Heavenly Body By Another, Effected Either, Directly, By Its Intervention Between The Body And The Observer, Or, Indirectly, By Its Interception Of The Source Of Light Which ...
Ecliptic
Ecliptic, In Astronomy, The Sun's Path, The Great Circle Of The Celestial Sphere, In Which The Sun Appears To Describe His Annual Course From West To East. The Constellations On The Ecliptic Give Their Name To The 12 Signs Of The Zodiac (q.v.), Each Of Which Covers 30 Degrees. The ...
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Ecole Des Beaux-arts, B6z-ar' (school Of Fine Arts), The French Gov Ernment School At Paris, Officially Called The Ecole Nationale Et Speciale Des Beaux-arts De Paris. In 1648 Mazarin, Under The Patronage Of Louis Xiv, Founded The Academy Of Paint Ing And Sculpture, And In 1671 Colbert Com Pleted Mazarin's ...
Ecology
Ecology, That Phase Of Biology That Con Siders Plants And Animals As They Exist In Na Ture, And Studies Their Interdependence, And The Relation Of Each Kind And Individual To Its En Vironment. It Is The Study Of The Actions And Interactions Of Living Things, And Their Reactions Toward External ...
Economic Geology
Economic Geology. Economic Geol Ogy Is That Branch Of Geology Which Treats Of The Distribution, Mode Of Occurrence, Mineral Ogic Content And Origin Of The Economically Valuable Mineral Substances Occurring Within The Earth. The Most Generally Recognized Classification Of These Is Into Non-metallics And Metallics. With The Non-metallics Are Classi ...
Economic History
Economic History. It Is A Truism That Each Generation Must Rewrite The History Of The Past For Its Own Study. This Is Because Each Generation Views With Particular Interest Those Aspects Of Life And Progress In The Past Which Are Of Greatest Present Importance. From The 15th To The 18th ...
Economics
Economics. Economics May Be Defined As The Science Of The Production And Distri Bution And Consumption Of Wealth. It Is Con Cerned With The Activities Of Man In The Process Of Earning A Living And Of Applying His Income To The Satisfaction Of His Wants. As A Science Economics Is ...
Economics And The War
Economics And The War. When In The Early Autumn Of The Year 1914 The Present Great War Was Forced Upon The World By The Joint Action Of Germany And Austria Hungary, The Great Powers Had Been At Peace With Each Other For A Period Of Nearly 50 Years And During ...
Ecstasy
Ecstasy, An Intense Emotional State In Which The Scope Of Consciousness Appears On Introspection To Lack All Differentiation. It Is Characteristic Of Religious Devotees. Mysticism Is The Opinion That Ecstasy Is A Cognitive State, And Mystics Usually Assert That The Truest Knowl Edge, Or Even The Only True Knowledge, Is ...
Ecuador
Ecuador, A South American Republic, Bounded On The North And Northeast By Co Lombia, And On The Southeast And South By Peru, And On The West By The Pacific Ocean. The Area, Including The Galapagos Islands, Is About 120,000 Square Miles. The Cordilleras Of The Andes Traverse Ecuador, Running Nearly ...
Eczema
Eczema, Ek'ze'-ma, An Acute Or Chronic Disease Of The Skin, Showing A Vast Variety Of Changes In The Skin Itself, And Usually Accom Panied By Intense Itching, Burning Or Pain. The Changes In The Slcin At First Are Usually Marked By Redness, Papules, Then Small Vesicles Or Pus Tules Which ...
Eddas
Eddas, The. The Name Given To Two Col Lections Of Early Icelandic Literature, Very Un Like In Character. The Poetic Edda' Consists Of A Series Of Lays In Various Metres, Most Of Them Celebrating The Deeds Of Gods And Heroes; The Edda' Is A Manual Of Instruction For Poets, In ...
Eddy
Eddy, Mary Baker, Discoverer And Founder Of The Religion (theology And Practice) Which She Named Christian Science, And Founder Of The Church Of Christ, Scientist. Mrs. Eddy (at First Mary Baker) Was Born At Bow, Near Con Cord, N. H., 16 July 1821, The Sixth And Young Est Child Of ...
Eden
Eden, William, 1st Lord Auckland; B. Durham, April 1744; D. There, 28 May 1814. He Was Educated At Eton And At Oxford, Where He Received His M.a. In 176& He Studied Law And Published In 1772 'principles Of Penal Law.' In The Same Year He Was Chosen Under Secretary Of ...
Eden_2
Eden, The Garden Of Paradise. It Would Be Difficult In The Whole History Of Opinion, To Find Any Subject Which Has So Invited And At The Same Time So Completely Baffled Conjecture, As The Garden Of Eden. The Three Continents Of The Old World Have Been Subjected To The Most ...
Edentata
Edentata, E-den-ti'ta One Of The Smaller Orders Of Mammals, Most Of Which Are Found In South America. It Includes The South America' Sloths, Ant-eaters And Armadillos, And Two Old World Groups, All Of Which Are Char Acterized By An Absence Of Front Teeth, And In A Few Instances By Completely ...
Edfu
Edfu, D'foo, Egypt, Town Situated On The Nile, 54 Miles Southeast Of Thebes. It Con Tains The Remains Of Two Temples, The Larger Of Which Is The Best Preserved Monument Of Its Kind In Egypt. It Was Founded By Ptolemy Iii Philopator More Than Two Centuries Before Christ And Added ...
Edgeworth
Edgeworth, Ej'werth, Maria, English Novelist : B. Hare Hatch, Near Reading, Berk Shire, 1 Jan. 1767; D. Edgeworthtown, Ireland, 21 May 1849. In 1782 Her Father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Succeeded To The Family Es Tate Of Edgeworthtown, In The County Of Long Ford, Ireland, And Thither He Proceeded And Took ...
Edict
Edict, A Public Proclamation Of Laws Made By A Ruler Or Superior Magistrate. In Ancient Rome, The Higher Officers Of State, Who Were Elected Annually, Publicly Declared, At Their En Trance Upon Office, The Principles By Which They Should Conduct Their Administration. This Was Done Particularly By The Wdiles, Who ...
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, (edinboro), The Metropolis Of Scotland And One Of The Finest Cities In The British Isles, Is Built On Ridges And Hollows That Run East And West. It Is Pictur Esquely Situated On The Southern Shore Of The Firth Of Forth, 47 Miles East Of Glasgow, And 400 North Of ...
Edison
Edison, Thomas Alva, American Elec Trician And Inventor: B. Milan, Ohio, 11 Feb. 1847. His Family Moved To Port Huron, Mich., When He Was Seven Years Of Age, But He Ob Tained No Schooling, And At The Age Of 12 Be Came A Trainboy On The Detroit And Port Huron ...
Edmonton
Edmonton, Canada. The City Of Edmon Ton, Capital Of The Province Of Alberta, Stands At An Altitude Of 2,158 Feet, And Is Situated On Both Banks Of The North Saskatchewan River About 800 Miles West By North Of Winnipeg And 946 Miles East Of Prince Rupert. It Is Approximately 300 ...
Edmund
Edmund, Saint, Archbishop Of Canton Bury: B. Abingdon, England, About 1190; D. Soissy, France, 16 Nov. 1240. His First Studies Were Made At Oxford And From There He Was Sent To Paris, Where He Devoted Himself To The Study Of Theology And The Scriptures, And For A Time Taught The ...
Education
Education, Adult. The Conviction That The Duty Of Society In The Education Of Its Mem Bers Does Not Cease With The Completion Of A School Or College Course Has Gained Ground During The Last Decade. Because Of This, Wide Spread Efforts To Educate The Adult Have Been Made With Varying ...
Education
Education, Agricultural. The Methods Of Scientific Instruction In All Branches Of Farming. Most Of The Early Attempts To Establish Systematic Agricultural Instruction Were Made Through Schools Of Secondary Grade. This Was The Natural Consequence Of The Fact That The Early Development Of Agriculture Was Largely Dependent On The Development And ...
Education And National De
Education And National De Velopment. Education Has Been An Im Portant Factor In Influencing Our National De Velopment, Our Institutions, Ideals, Habits, Effi Ciency, And General Mental Attitude. It Has In Turn Been Influenced By Those Permanent Fac Tors That Determine, In Large Part, The Nature And Progress Of Any ...
Education And The War
Education And The War: The Present European War Is Affecting Education To A Far Greater Extent Than Wars Of The Past. This Is Inevitable Because Never Before Have The Foundations Of World Civilization Been So Shaken. Inasmuch As Education, Its Philosophy, Institutions, And Practices Must In The Long Run Express ...
Education In The United
Education In The United States. Every Nation Has Its Social Ideals And Believes In The Maintenance Of Those Ideals. Education Is The Instrument By Means Of Which A Nation Hopes To Realize Its Ideals. Because Different Nations Have Different Ideals, There Ex Ist Different Systems Of Education. In Europe The ...
Education Of Feeble Minded Or
Education Of Feeble-minded Or Mental Defectives. In The Classification Of Children Of This Type It Is Neces Sary To Distinguish The Mentally Retarded Or Backward Child From The Feeble-minded Or Men Tally Defective Child. There Is A Large Percentage Of The Children In Attendance Upon School Who. Are Behind The ...
Education Of Immigrants
Education Of Immigrants. Dur Ing The 14years Preceding The Outbreak Of The European War 11,726,606 Immigrants Over 14 Years Of Age Were Admitted To The United States. Of This Number 3,116,182 Or About 25 Per Cent Were Illiterate. During A Year Of Ordinary Im Migration Preceding The War More Than ...
Education Of Women
Education Of Women. The Changes During The 19th Century Include None More Sig Nificant Than Those In The History Of Education For Women. So Swift Has Been The Transition That It Is Difficult To Realize That Until After The Revo Lution Practically The Only Opportunities For A Girl's Education Were ...
Education Of The Physically
Education Of The Physically Handicapped. For A Long Period Of Years, A Child Who Was Born Deaf Or Blind Or Who Did Not Possess The Full Normal Use Of Any Of The Organs Or Members Of The Human Body Has Been Called A Defective. It Has Also Been The Practice ...
Education_2
Education, Technical. Technical Edu Cation Is A Very Modern Form Of Educational En Terprise Which Is Concerned With The Training Of Men To Make An Organized Practical Applica Tion Of A Knowledge Of The Principles Of Chemis Try, Physics (especially Mechanics, Heat And Electricity), Mathematics, Astronomy And Bacte Riology To ...
Education_3
Education, United States Bureau Of, A Bureau Under The Department Of The Interior Since 1868, Whose Chief Activities Are Given To The Collecting And Dissemination Of Educational Information. It Was Originally Created A De Partment By Act Of Congress 2 March 1867. But The Opposition Of The States Was So ...
Educational Associations
Educational Associations. The Beginnings Of Educational 'associations In The United States Antedated The Public School Sys Tem. Long Before The Organization Of State School Systems And Before The Days Of The Rail Road When Travel Was Of Necessity By Stage Coach, The Great Need Of Conference And Ez Change Of ...
Educational Athletics
Educational Athletics. At The Outset It Must Be Borne Well In Mind That Ath Letics In An Educational Institution Is Not An End But A Means To An End. The End In View Is To Furnish A Healthy Habitation For A Healthy Mind, For Without A Sound Body To Carry ...
Educational Organization
Educational Organization There Were, In 1914, 19,561,292 Children In The Elementary Schools, Of Which 17,934,982 Were In Public Schools. The School Curriculum Under Which These Children Are Taught Is Practically The Same Everywhere In The United States. The Elementary School Maintains A Course Of Eight Years Preceded In Many Cities ...
Educational Periodicals
Educational Periodicals. Pro Fessional Publications Designed For The Use Of Teachers First Appeared In The Early Part Of The 19th Century. Their Development Has Been Closely Associated With The Organization And Growth Of Educational Associations. The Pioneer Educational Magazine Of America Was The Academician, A Small Semi-weekly Edited By Albert ...