Edward
Edward, Prince Of Wales, Surnamed The Black Prince, English Prince: B. Woodstock, 15 June 1330; D. Westminster, 8june 1376. He Was The Eldest Son Of Edward Iii And Philippa Of Hainault, And At The Age Of 15 Accompanied His Father In His Invasion Of France, And Received From Him The ...
Edward I
Edward I, King Of England: B. West Minster 17 Or 18 June 1239; D. Burgh-on-sands, Near Carlisle, England, 7 July 1307. He Was A Son Of Henry Iii (his Mother Being Eleanor Of Provence, The Wife Of Henry), And The Contests Between His Father And The Barons Called Him Early ...
Edward Ii
Edward Ii, King Of England: B. Carnar Von Castle In 1284; D. Berkeley Castle, 21 Sept. 1327. He Was The First English Prince Of Wales And Succeeded His Father, Edward I, In 1307. He Was Of An Agreeable Figure And Mild Dispo Sition, But Indolent And Fond Of Pleasure. His ...
Edward Iii
Edward Iii, King Of England: B. Wind Sor, 13 Nov. 1312; D. Richmond, Surrey, 21 June 1377. He Was A Son Of Edward Ii, And On His Father's Deposition In 1327, Was Proclaimed King Under Council Of Regency, While His Mother's Paramour, Mortimer, Really Possessed The Prin Cipal Power In ...
Edward Iv
Edward Iv, King Of England: B. Rouen, France, 29 April 1441; D. 9 April 1483. His Father, Richard, Duke Of York, Was Grandson Of Edward, Earl Of Cambridge, And Duke Of York, Fourth Son Of Edward Iii, While The Lan Caster Branch Descended From John Of Gaunt, The Third Son. ...
Edward Vi
Edward Vi, King Of England: B. Hamp Ton Court, England, 12 Oct. 1537; D. Greenwich, 6 July 1553. He Was The Son Of Henry Viii By Jane Seymour. At His Father's Death He Was Only 10 Years Of Age, And As He Did Not Live To Attain Majority, The Public ...
Edward Vii Albertedward
Edward Vii ( Albert Edward), King Of Great Britain And Ireland And Emperor Of India : B. Buckingham Palace, 9 Nov. 1841; D. 6 May 1910. He Was The Eldest Son And The Sec Ond Child Of Queen Victoria And The Prince Con Sort, Prince Albert Of Saxe-coburg. After Re ...
Edwards
Edwards, Jonathan, American Theolo Gian: B. In South(then East) Windsor, Conn., 5 Oct. 1703; D. Princeton, N. J. 22 March 1758. His Father, The Rev. Timothy Edwards, A Graduate Of Harvard, Was Parish Minister At Windsor For Nearly 60 Years. His Mother, Esther Stoddard, A Daughter Of The Rev. Solo ...
Eekhoud
Eekhoud, Ek'howt, Georges, Belgian Novelist And Poet : B. Antwerp, 27 May 1854. He First Published Two Volumes Of Poetry,
Efficiency Engineering
Efficiency Engineering. Effi Ciency, A Word Comparatively Modern In Use, For Which There Is No Equivalent Word In French, Italian, Russian, Swedish, German, Can Be Defined As The Industrial Relation Be Tween What Is And What Ought To Be, Between The Actual And The Standard. To Find Time Efficiency Divide ...
Efficiency Society
Efficiency Society, A Movement, Not For Promoting Efficiency In The Field Where Engineers Have Already Done So Much, But Rather For Extending The Principles Of Efficient Engineering To All Other Relations Of Life. The 18th Was The Theologic Century, When Man's Chief Thought Was His Relations To The Deity. The ...
Egede
Egede, I'ge'de, Hans, Danish Missionary, Termed The Apostle Of Greenland: B. Harstad, Norway, 1686;
Egerton
Egerton, Hugh Edward, English His Torian: B. 19 April 1855. He Was Educated At Rugby And At Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1885 He Was Assistant Private Secretary To The Hon. E. Stanhope, M.p., And From 1886 To 1906 He Was A Member Of The Managing Committee Of The Emigrants' ...
Egg Industry
Egg Industry. From An Economic Point Of View Eggs Constitute One Of The Most Important Commodities In Commerce, And The Egg Industry, Both In The Production And Dis Tribution, Is Of Notable Proportions. Although Eggs Are Used To Some Extent In The Arts, It Is As An Esteemed Food Product ...
Eggleston
Eggleston, Edward, American Novel Ist And Miscellaneous Writer: B. Vevay, Ind., 10 Dec. 1837; D. Joshua's Rock, Lake George, N. Y., 3 Sept. 1902. He Entered The Ministry Of The Methodist Church And Was More Or Less Engaged In Pastoral Work For A Number Of Years, At The Same Time ...
Egmont
Egmont, Lamoral, Comm Dutch States Man: B. La Hamaide, Hainault, 18 Nov. 1522; D. Brussels, 5 June 1588. He Entered The Mili Tary Service, And Gained A High Reputation Under Charles V; Distinguished Himself As General Of Cavalry Under Philip Ii; And Was Made Stadt Holder Of The Provinces Of ...
Egmont_2
Egmont. Goethe Began Work On His Tragedy Of 'egmont' (1788) As Early As 1775, In The Period Of His °storm And And As In (giitz Von Berlichingen' He Had Represented A Champion Of Liberty And Self-reliance Doomed To Defeat In A Time Of All-powerful Tyranny, So In The Revolt Of ...
Egoist
Egoist, The (originally Published In 1879), May Be Described As The Quintessence Of Meredithism. That °acute And Honorable Mi Nority," Which In The Eighteen-nineties Made It Their Business To °discover" The Great Obscure Novelist, With James Thomson, Stevenson And Henley, As Their Earliest Proselytizers, Pro Claimed 'the Egoist' As The ...
Egret
Egret, Egret, A Name Given To Those Spe Cies Of White Herons Which Have The Feathers Of The Lower Part Of The Back Elongated And Their Webs Disunited Owing To The Absence Of Barbules At Certain Seasons Of The Year, So That They Form A Soft And Flowing Train Reaching ...
Embossing Or Coining Dies
Embossing Or Coining Dies. Embossing Or Coining Dies, For Coins Or Jew Elry Work, Are Used For Striking Up Coins, Med Als, Emblems, Or Other Work That Has To Show The Imprint And The Figures Which Are Cut In The Die. Their Manufacture Is Termed Die Sinking. In The Case ...
Geology
Geology. The Variation Of The Density, Acceleration And Pressure Are Shown Graphically In The Following Diagram, Fig. 5, In Which These Quantities Are All Measured Horizontally From The Line Ao, Repre Senting The Earth's Radius, To The Right. The Curves Have Different Horizontal Scales And Are Designated, Respectively, D.c. (density ...
Government Of
Government Of. Taxing Districts.— Under A Decision Of The Supreme Court, A Taxing District Is Any Section Of A State Described In A Statute Or Order As To Be Assessed, Without Respect To The Civil Or Po Litical Divisions Which May Have Been Made For Election Purposes. A Remarkable Instance ...
Health
Health. Water Districts Generally Coincide With The Village Or City Limits And Usually Come Under Municipal Jurisdiction. In States Having Large Irrigation Systems The Water District Often Con Stitutes An Important Administrative Unit. See Also Water Supply ; Waterworks. Poor Districts May Coincide With The Limits Of The County Or ...
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology. Degree Of B.s.: Civil Engineering, Mechan Ical Engineering, Mining Engineering And Metal Lurgy, Architecture, Chemistry, Electrical Engi Neering, Biology And Public Health, Physics, Gen Eral Science, Chemical Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Geology, Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering, Electro-chemistry And Engi Neering Administration. Further Specialization Is Permitted Within ...
Md H F Harris
H. F. Harris, M.d., Georgia State Board Of Health. Diseases, Occupational. The Ties Of Modern Life And Modern Living Have Had Much To Do With The Development Of A Large Class Of Diseases Which, Because They Are Associated With, And In Many Instances Clearly Derived From, Certain Trades And Pations ...