Charles X
Charles X., King Of France (charles Philippe, Comte D'artois), Born At Versailles, In October 1757, Was The Youngest Son Of The Dauphin, Grandson Of Louis Xv., And Brother Of Louis Xvi. Ilia Title, As A Junior Member Of The Royal Family, Was Comte D'artois. The Duke De La Vauguyon, Who ...
Charlfs Xiv
Charlf.s Xiv., Of Sweden, Carl Xiv. Johan (jean Banter/ Jima Iltaxamorrr.), Born At Pau In The Mann In January 1704, Wa The Second Son Of A Lawyer In That Town. Ile Was Educated In Hie Paternal Home Till The Age Of Seventeen, When One Day Ho Left. It Abruptly Awl ...
Charlm I
Charlm I., Le Cheers (the Bald), The Son Of Louis Le Deleon Noire, And Grandson Of Charlemagne, Was Born At Frankfurt-on-the Maine, A.d. B23: His Mother, Judith, Was The Second Wife Of Louis, Who Had, Before The Birth Of Charles, Parted His Dominion, Among His Three Dom —lothaire, Whom He ...
Cheiracanthus
Cheiraca'nthus, A Genus Of Fossil Fishes From The Old Red Sandstone Of Gamrie In Forfarshire And The Orkneys. (agassiz.) Cheirantiius, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Crucifenc. This Genus Is Known By Possessing Square Or Compressed Eriliques ; A 2-lobed Or Capitate Stigma ; A Calyx Bi-saccate ...
Chelonia
Chelonia X€a6vs, A Tortoise), Tortoises And Turtles, A Numerous And Highly Interesting Order Of Reptiles, Generally Con Sidered The First By Herpetologists. They Are Also Termed Testudinata (from Teatudo, The Latin Name For A Tortoise), And Are Distinguished At The First Glance By The Double Shield In Which Their Body ...
Chelonla
Chelo'nla. (godart), A Genus Of Lepidopterous Insects, Of The Section Nocturna (latreille), And Family Arctiieke (leach). Before Wo Proceed With An Account Of This Genus, Which Contains Two Of The " Meet Conspicuous And Beautiful Of The British Moths, It May Be Well Briefly To State The Character Of The ...
Chenopodium
Chenopo'dium, A Genus Of Plants The Typo Of The Natural Order Chenopodiacmr. It Consists Of Weedy Plants, Common On Dunghills And In Waste Places, And Known By The Strange Names Of Fat Lien (c. Album), Good King Henry (c. Bonua-llenricua), Lee. They Are Generally Insipid Plants, Whose Leaves And Young ...
Chepromys
Chepromys, One Of The Generic Names Given The Aye-aye (which Must Not Be Confounded With The Ai, Or Sloth [br...ovens], From Which It Very Strongly Differs In Organisation), An Animal Discovered By Sonnerat At Madagascar, And Described By Him In The Second Volume Of His Voyage Aux Irides.' The Name ...
Chief Justiciary
Justiciary, Chief, Of England (capital"' Justitiarius Anglia). None Either Of Tho English Lawyers Or Legal Antiquaries Who Have Handled This Subject Havo Given At All A Satisfactory Explanation Of It. In Order To Comprehend The Functions Of The Great Officer, It Is Necessary First To Understand Those Of "the Grand ...
Child
Child, Sift Josiah, Bart., Was An Eminent London Merchant N The Latter Part Of The 17th Century, And One Of The Ablest Of Our Earlier English Writers On Commerce And Political Economy. His Principal Publication Is Entitled 'brief Observations Concerning Trade And The Interest Of Money,' By J. C., 4te, ...
Chiloonatha
Chilo'onatha (latreille), An Order Of Insects Belonging To The Class M Yriapoda. It Has The Following Characters :—body Generally Cylindrical, And Consisting Of Numerous Crustaceous Rings Or Segments ; The Head Is Furnished With Two Short 7-jointed Antennae, And Two Mandibles ; The Horny Substance Of The Mandibles Does Not ...
Chilopoda
Chilo'poda (latreille), An Order Of Insects Belonging To The Class M Yriapoda. This Family Is Synonymous With The Order Syn Gnatita (leach), And The Genus Seolopendra Of Linnaeus. The Characters Are :—antennee Thick At The Base, And Gradually Growing Slender Towards The Apex, Composed Of Fourteen Or More Joints ; ...
Chimonanthus
Chimona'nthus, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Calycanthacece. The Species Or Rather Varieties Of This Genus Are Called In The Gardens Japan Allspice. They Are Deciduous Plants, With Opposite Pale-green Sharp-pointed Rather Rough Leaves, Of An Ovate-lanceolate Figure. About The End Of November These Fall From The ...
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, The Name By Which One Of Those Forma Which Approach Nearest To Man Is Most Generally Known. The Term Has Been Applied To The Simla Sat Yrs.+ Of Linnaeus, The Oriental Orang ; But Zoologists Are Now Agreed Iu Its Proper Application To The Black Or African Orang Or ...
Chinciiillidle
Chinciii'llidle, A Family Of Animals Belonging To The Order Badman. This Family Is Defined By Mr. Bennett, To Whom We Are Principally Indebted For Our Knowledge Of The Species, As Follows :— 4-4 Upper Incisors Simple ; Molars, Consisting Of Two Or Three Lvnial Or Riband-like Bony Lamella, Or Plates, ...
Chiococca
Chiococca (from Xtrr And Raverer), A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Ciscisonacer. Calyx With An Oval Tube And An Acutely 5-toothed Permanent Limb. Corolla Funnel-shaped, With An Obconicel Tube Or Throat, And Five Acute Lobes. Stamens With The Filaments Hardly Adnate To The Bottom Of The Corolla, ...
Chironomus
Chiro'nomus, A Genus Of Dipterous Insects Of The Family Tipulidce. This Genus Was Established By Meigen, And Is Principally Distinguished By The Following Characters :—fourth Joint Of The Palpus Longer Than The Rest ; Antenun 13-jointed, In The Male, And Furnished With Long Hairs ; The Antennae Of The Female ...
Chismobranciiiata
Chismobranciiia'ta, An Order Of Mollusea, Forming, In De Blainville's System, The Second Order Of His Second Sub-class, Paracephalophora Monaca. The Following Is His Definition Of The Order :—organs Of Respiration Aquatic, Brat:chi:11 Or Pectinated, Situated At The Anterior Part Of The Back, In A Large Cavity Communi Cating With The ...
Chitonime
Chitonime, A Natural Family Of Gasteropodous Affording The Only Known Instance Of A Protecting Shell Formed Of Many Portions, Or, As They Have Been Somewhat Incorrectly Termed, Valves, Often In Contact And Overlapping Each Other, But Never Truly Articulated. The Following Cut Will Give Some Idea Of The Structure Of ...
Chives
Chives, The Common Name Of A Ilium Sekrnopratum. Its Bulbs Have The Usual Garlic Odour Of The Genus, And Are Used In Soups And Stews : They Are But Little Cultivated. [attrum.] Ci!liena'ceje, Chlmuuls, A Natural Order Of Polypetalous N, Flower.bud; B, Flower ; R, Vertical Section Of Flower ; ...
Chlamydosaurus
Chlamydosaurus, A Genus Of Saurian Reptiles, Founded By Dr. J. E. Gray Upon A Apeciwen Brought Home By Captain Phillip Parker King, Rn., F.r.s., &o., On His Return From His Survey Of The Intertropical And Western Coasts Of Australia, Performed Between The Years 1818 And 1822. The Following Is Dr. ...
Chlamyphorus
Chlamy'phorus (harlan), A Genus Of .11fammalaf Belonging To The Order Edentata. It Was First Described By Dr. Harlan In The 'annals Of The New York Lyceum Of Natural History,' Vol. I., From A Specimen Presented To The Philadelphia Museum. It Is The Pichiciago Of The Indians In Mendoza (its Native ...
Chloranthus
Chloranthus, A Geuus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Chioranthec'ecr. It Has Spiked Flowers, Each With A Bract. Calyx Absent. Anther Solitary And 2-celled, Or Triple And 4-celled, With A Thick Fleshy Connective ; Seated En The Exterior Side Of The Ovary. Tho Stigma Sessile. Drupe Baccate, I-seeded. C. ...
Chlorophyle
Chlorophyle. (endoehrome, Phytoehlore, Chromate.) The Green Colouring-matter Of Plants. It Is Obtained By Bruising, Press Ing, And Then Washing Leaves With Water, And Afterwards Treating Them With Alcohol, Which Dissolves The Green Colour And Wax ; When Water Is Added To This Solution, And The Alcohol Distilled, The Green Substance, ...
Chm Co Lc Ii
Co Lc Ii Este R, Chm Tles Abbot, Lord, Was Born At Abingdon, On The 14th Of October 1757, And Was The Younger Son Of The Rev. John Abbot, D.d., Rector Of All Saints, Colchester, Who Died About Three Years After The Birth Of His Son. Mrs. Abbot, Who Was ...
Choiseul
Choiseul, Fitienne Francols, Duc De, Born In 1719, Rose To The Highest Offices In The State Under Louis Xv., And Was In Fact The Ruling Minister During A Great Part Of That Reign. He Was Made Minister For Foreign Affairs In 1758, Minister At War In 1761, And Some Years ...
Christian August Crusius
Cru'sius, Christian August, A Philosophical Writer, Who Enjoyed A Past But Transient Reputation In The Beginning Of The Last Century. He Was Born In 1712 At Leona, In Merseburg, And Died In 1776, First Professor Of Theology At Leipzig. His Design Was A Recon Ciliation Of Philosophy With The Orthodox ...
Christian Iwyghess
Iwyghess, Christian, Son Of Constantine Huyghcns, Pos Sessor Of Zulichem, Zelhem, &a, In Holland ; Whence Huyghens (latinised Hugenius) Is Often Called Zulicheurius, Though His Inherit Ance Was The Second-uamed Estate, And The Initials C. Ii. H Z., Or C. Ii. D. Z., Often Appear On The Titles Of His ...
Christian Jacobsen Drakenbero
Drakenbero, Christian Jacobsen, One Of The Most Extraordinary Instances Of Longevity On Record, Was Born On The 19th Of November 1626, At Blomsholm In Norway. The Son Of A Sea-captain, He Went In His Thirteenth Year To Sea, And Continued A Seafaring Life Wi 1894, When In His Sixty-eighth Year ...
Christian Ludwig Liscov
Liscov, Christian Ludwig, Born At Wittenberg In 1701, Although Very Little Known In This Country, Still Ranks High In Germany For His Satirical Writings, Which In Their Caustic Irony Show Their Author To Have Had A Congenial Turn Of Mind With Swift. Very Few Particu Lars Of His Life Have ...
Christina
Christina (of Sweden), The Daughter Of Gustavus Adolphus By Maria Eleonora, Princess Of Brandenburg, Was Born Ou The 8th Of De Cember 1626. Her Father Bestowed Great Care Ou Her Education, And Having No Son To Succeed Him Was Anxious To Cultivate In Her A Strong And Masculine Disposition. Even ...
Christoph Gluck
Gluck, Christoph, Was Born Of Humble Parents, In The Upper Palatinate, On The Borders Of Bohemia, In 1714. When Very Young He Lost His Father, And Was Totally Neglected; But The Genius For Music, Bo Common In The Natives Of His Country, Was In Him More Than Ordi Narily Vigorous ...
Christopher Cellarius
Cella'rius, Christopher, Born At Smalkalli In 1638, Atudied Mathematics And The Oriental Lenguegea At Jena. When Thirty Years Of Age He Was Made Professor Of Philosophy End Oriental Languages In The College Of Weisenfols, And In 1673 Was Appointed Rector Of The College Of Weimar. Frederic I., Elector Of Brandenburg, ...
Christopher Clavius
Cla!vius, Christopher, Of Bamberg, Entered Into The Order Of Jesuits, And Died At Rome February 5, 1612, Aged Seventy-five. He Was Selected By Gregory Xiii. To Superintend The Reformation Of The Calendar, In Which Capacity He Had To Endure And Reply To The Attacks Of Moestlinus, Joseph Scaliger, Vieta, And ...
Christopher Columbus
Columbus, Christopher (a Mime Latiuleed From The Italian Colombo, And The Spanish Colou); Was Horn At Genoa, About The Yesi 1445 Or 1446. The Date Of His Birth Is However Only Inferred From Two Of His Letters To Ferdinand And Isabella, In One Of Which Lie States That He Went ...
Chrysippus
Chrysippus, Son Of Apollonius Of Tarsus, Was Born At Soli In Cilicia, D.c. 280. He Appears To Have Been Driven To Study By Having, In Some Way, Lost Or Squandered His Patrimooy. When He Determined On Devoting Himself To Philosophy He Went To Athens, And Attended The Instructions Of Cleanthes, ...
Chrysomelide
Chrysome'lid.e, A Family Of Coleopterous Insects Of The Section Cyclica. Characters :—antennm Wide Apart At The Base, And Inserted Before The Eyes ; Body Generally Abort And Convex ; Tarsi Short And Rather Broad, 4-jointed, The Penultimate Joint Bilobed ; All The Joints, Excepting The Terminal Joint, Covered Beneath With ...
Chrysophyulum
Chrysophyulum, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Sapotacees. C. Cainito Yields A West Indian Fruit Commonly Called The Star-apple. Like The Rest Of Its Kindred It Abounds In A Sweet Harmless Milky Juice, That Flows Most Copiously When The Tree Is Beginning To Mature Its Fruit, Which ...
Church Of Scotland
Scotland, Church Of. The Constitution Of This Church Is Considered Under The Heads Of General Assembly; Presbyterians ; And Session, Kirk. Au Important Portion Of Its Recent History Is Narrated Under The Head Free Cuuncn. It Remains Only (throne Logically To Mention The Chief Oveuta In The History Of The ...
Ci Mmus
Ci Mmus. [tesnurs.] Cl Rritedia, Or C1rrhipeda (leptis Of Liumeus, Ciersopodrz Of Cuvier And Feruseac, Cirrhipedes Of Lamarck, Nematopodes Of De Blainville, Cirripedes Of Latreille), A Well-defined Natural Group Of 31arine Invertebrate Animals, Whose Place In The System Has Occa Sioned Much Doubt End Difference Of Opinion Among Zoologists. In ...