Ulles Ateil
Ulles Ateil [werruoutlann.1 Ul5r, A City In The Kingdom Of Wtirtelsiberg, Situated In 48° 21' N. 1st. 10' 0' E. Long., In A Beautiful And Fertile Country At The South Meters Foot Of The Swabian Alps, On The Left Bank Of The Danube, Which Here Forms The Boundary Between Wtirtemberg ...
Ulm Us Campestr1s
Ulm Us Campestr1s, Jledical Properties Of. The Bark Of This Species Is Officinal : It Should Be Collected In Spring From Branches Not Too Old : The Outer Bark Is Removed, And The Interior, Or Liber, Retained For Use. When Recent It Is Of A Whitish-yellow Colour, But When Dried ...
Ulmic Acid
Ulmic Acid. Ulmin. Some Trees, And More Especially The Elm When It Is Old, Secrete A Liquid Which Dries As It Exudes : The Dry Residue Consists Principally Of Mucilaginous Matter, With Some Carbonate Or Acetate Of Potash, And Eventually The Mucilaginous Matter Undergoes A Change, And, Combining With The ...
Ulster
Ulster, The Northernmost Of The Four Provincea Into Which /relent] Is Divided, Comprises Tho Following Nine Counties :—antrim (including Belfast And Carrickfergus), Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan, And Tyrone, To The Aeparate Articles On Which We Refer For More Particular Information. Ulster Is Bounded N. And W. By ...
Ultramarine
Ultramarine. Thie Beautiful Blue Pigment Was Originally Made From The Stone Called Lapis Lazuli; And As The Process Was A Tedious One, The Price Was Enormously High. The Lapis Lazuli Was Analysed By Clement And Desormes ; And Their Analysis Led Guimet To The Conception Of Producing Artificial Ultramarine. Other ...
Umbrella
Umbrella, A Shade Carried Over The Head As A Shelter From The Rays Of The Sun, Or From Rain And Snow. Although The Name Is Appli Cable In Either Case, And Perhaps Most Strictly In The Former, The Term Umbrella Is Usually Applied In This Country Only To Such Of ...
Undulatory Theory Of Light
Undulatory Theory Of Light, A Theory In Which It Is Attempted To Explain The Phenomena Of Light By The Supposed Vibra Tions Of An Ethereal Medium. Descartes Is Considered As The First Who Entertained The Opinion That Vision Might Be So Explained ; But That Philosopher Only States That Light ...
Unicorn
Unicorn. " Concerning The Unicorn, Different Opinions Prevail Among Authors," Says The Author Of Natumlie ' (1633), And He Adds That Some Doubt, Others Deny, And A Third Class Affirm Its Existence. Ctesias, The Author Probably Whom Aristotle Followed, Describee The Wild Asses Of India (aron Firsol) As Equal To ...
Uniform
Uniform. Though This Word Mean Nothing More Than "of One Form," It Has A Signification In Mathematics Which Might Be Better Rendered By "of One Value" Or One Degree," When We Speak To The Mathematical Proficient. But It Is A Convenience, Though Only An Accidental One, That The Word Does ...
Unit Of Work
Work, Unit Of. The Sum Of The Dynamical Effect Produced By A Prime Mover In A Given Time Is Known In Books Upon Mechanism By The Term Of Its Unit Of Work ; But In Order To Bo Able To Compare The Relative Effective Values Of The Various Motors It ...
Unit Or Unity
Unit Or Unity, The Name Given To That Magnitude Which Is To Be Considered Or Reckoned As One, When Other Magnitudes Of The Same Kind Are To Be Measured. It Is Not Itself One, But Is The Magnitude Which One Or 1 Shall Stand For In Calculation: It Is A ...
Unitarian
Unitarian. This Term, In Its Strict Sad Literal Interpretation, Denotes Simply A Believer In One God ; And, When Thus Understood, Is A Generic Term, Applicable To All Christians, For They All Profess To Receive The Unity Of The Divine Nature; And Not Only So, But To Jews And Mohammedans ...
United Presbyterian Church Of
United Presbyterian Church (of Scotland). The United Secession Church And The Relief Church, Which Had Existed As Separate Organisations For A Considerable Period, Formed A Junction In 1847, Under The Designation Of The United I'reehyterian Church. The Original Secession From The Scottish Establishnieut, Which Took Place In The Year 1733,'svas ...
United States Of North
United States Of North America, A Republic Formed By The Federal Union Of 31 Sovereign States, With Five Territorial Append Ages. It Occupies The Middle Portion Of North America ; And Extends Between 25° And 49° N. Lat , 67° And 125° W. Long.; From Tho Atlantic Ocean On The ...
Universal Universal And Particular
Universal; Universal And Particular (logic). By A Universal, In Old Logic, Is Meant A Term Which Stands For More Things Than One : That Is, Any Word Which Means More Than An Individual, Which Applies To A Class Of Objects. In This Manner It Was Applied To He Five Predicables, ...
Universities
Universities, Lay Corporations To Which, Since The 12th Century, The Charge Of Educating The Members Of What Are Called The Learned Professions Has In A Great Measure Been Confided Throughout Europe And The Colonies Founded By European States. [liervessire.) The Three Oldest Learned Institutions To Which The Name University Can ...
University
University. This Word Is The English Form Of The Latin Vinireradas, Which In Often Used By The Best Latin Writers. The Adjective " Universua " Signifies The Whole Of Anything, As Contrasted With Its Parts ; The Plural "iiniversi " Also Is Often Used To Express An Entire Number Of ...
Unnert
Unnert. It Ia Intended Therefore In This Place Only To Consider The Laws Of The Vertical Ascent And Descent Of Bodies In Resisting Media, The Force Of Gravity, Or Of Terrestrial Attraction, Being Supposed To Be Constant; And In Non-resisting Media, Under The Condition That The Force Of Gravity Is ...
Unterwalden
Unterwalden, A Canton Of Switzerland, And One Of The Three Waldstatten, Or Forest Cantous, Which Began The Helvetic Confedera Tion, Is Bounded N. By The Lake Of Luzern, W. By Luzern, S. By The Bernese Oberland, And E. By The Canton Of Uri. The Area Is 262 Square Miles, And ...
Upsala
Upsa'la, A Town In Sweden, Situated In 51' N. Lat., 17° 30' E. Long., In An Extensive Undulating Plain, About 300 Feet Above The Sea-level, And Has About 5000 Inhabitants. The Town, Which Is Largo For Sweden, Extends Over A Considerable Area, As There Are Largo Gardens To Most Of ...
Ural
Ural, A River Of Russia, Which Forms Part Of The Boundary-lino Between Europe And Asia. It Rises In The Southern Ural, At The Foot Of Mount Kalyan, Near 55' N. Lat., At En Elevation Of 2132 Feet Above The Sea-level It First Runs South About 200 Miles In A Straight ...
Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains Extend Along The Eastern Border Of Europe, Which They Divide From Asia. The Whole Of The Range Lies Within The Dominions Of Russia. Its Most Southern Extremity Is On The Banks Of The River Ural, Where That River Rune From East To West, Near 51° N. Lat., And ...
Uranium U
Uranium (u), A Metal Discovered By Klaproth, In 1789, Who Named It After The Planet Uranus, The Discovery Of Which Had Occurred In 1781: The Mineral From Which It Was First Obtained Is Called Peekblenck, Which Contains About 80 Per Cent. Of The Black Oxide Of Uranium This And Other ...
Uranus
Uranus, The Next Planet Beyond Saturn, Counting Outwards From The Sun. This Important Member Of The Planetary System Was Dis Covered By Sir William Herschel In The Year 1781. On The Evening Of The 13th Of March Of That Year, While Examining Certain Small Stare In The Constellation Gemini, The ...
Urban Jean Joseph Leverrier
"leverrier, Urban-jean-joseph, Was Born At St. Lo, In The Department Of La Manche, In France, On March 11, 1811. He Was Educated Successively At The College Of St. Lo, At Caen, And At Paris, And Was Admitted To The Polytechnic School In 1831. His Early Inclination Seems To Have Been ...
Uric Group
Uric Group, A Cluster Of Chemical Compounds, Derivatives, Or Congeners Of Uric Acid. Next To Uric Acid Itself, The Product,' Of Ita Artificial Oxidation Claim Chief Interest, Inasmuch As They Illustrate Some Of The Changes Which Oxygen Effects Upon The Exhausted Tissues Of The Human Frame Prior To Their Elimination ...
Urodeles
Urodeles, Or Tailed Amphibla. • Under This Designation The Following Genera Are Included :—pleuro Deka, Waite. ; Bradybates, Tech. ; Salam,andra, Linn. ; Pseudosala Mandra, Tech. ; Anebystoma, Tech. ; Onychodactylus, Tech. ; Plethodon, Tech. ; Cylindrosoma, Tsch. ; (edipus, Tech. ; Salantandrina, Fitz. ; Geotriton, Bonap. ; Ilemidactylium, Tsch. ...
Urtona
Urtona. [anauzzo.] Olt Vie'to, The Chief Town Of The Delegazione Of Orvieto, And The Residence Of A Cardinal Bishop, In The Papal States, Ia Built Ou A Steep Bill, Which Rises Above The River Paglia, An Affluent Of The Tibor, About 16 Miles N.e. From Bolsena, And Has B000 Inhabitants. ...
Use
Use. A Use At Common Law Was A Beneficial Interest In Land, Dis Tinct From The Legal Property Therein. The Origin Of Uses Is Derived By Gilbert (` Law Of Uses,' 3) From A Title Under The Civil Law, Which Allows Of An Usufructuary Interest, Distinct From The Substance Of ...
Usucapio
Usucapio. Gains (ii. 40-42) States That If A Res Mancipi Was Transferred By Bare Tradition, Without The Forms Of Mancipatio Or In Jure Cesaio, The Original Owner Retained The Quiritarian Ownership, And The Person To Whom The Thing Was Transferred Had Only The Right To The Enjoyment Of The Thing ...
Usurpatio
Usurpatio Is Sometimes Used By The Roman Jurists In The Sense Of Interruption Of Usucapio. But The Verb " Usurpo" And Itsderivs Tives Are Commonly Used In The Sense Of " Using," Or " In Any Way That Is Suitable To The Character Of The Object Used Or Em Ployed. ...
Utah
Utah, A Territory Of The United States Of North America, Lying Betweeu 87° And 42° N. Lat., 106° And 120° 1v. Long. It Is Bounded S. And S.e. By The Territory Of New Mexico ; E. By The Territories Of Kansas And Nebraska ; N. By That Of Oregon ; ...
Utrecht
Utrecht, The Capital Of The Province Of Utrecht In Holland, Is Situated In 52° 7' N. Lat., 6' E. Long., In A Pleasant Country, At The Bifurcation Of The Old Rhino And The Vecht, 22 Miles By Railway S.e. From Amsterdam. The Rhine Divides The City Into Two Parts, And ...
Vagrant
Vagrant. This Term, Which In Its Etymological Meaning Simply Denotes " A Wandering Person," Is Obviously Derived From The Latin Rage. It Was Probably Introduced Into Our Law Language From The Norman French ; The Phrase "ragerentz De Lieu En Lieu Curroutz Per Pails" Occurring In Our Early Statutes In ...
Vaioue Plane
Vai'oue-plane. This Term, Which Was Probably Adopted By Luko Howard From De Luc, Denotes A Region Of The Atmosphere Hori Zontal In Its General Direction, Though Subject To Elevations And Depressions, At Or On And Above Which Clouds Form By The Condensation Of Aqueous Vapour, And On Which, Therefore, They ...
Valais
Vala'is, A Canton Of Switzerland, Consists Mainly Of A Great Longitudinal Valley Traversed By The Rhone, And Screened By Two Lofty And Massive Chains Of Alps, One Of Which, On The South Side, Divides It From Italy, And The Other From The Canton Of Bern On The North. Both Chains ...
Valence
Valence, A City In France, Capital Of The Department Of Deane, Is Situated In A Fertile Plain On The Left Bank Of The Rhone A Few Miles Below The Junction Of The Ieere, On The Paris•lyon-marseille Railway, 351 Miles S.s.e. From Paris, 65 Miles S. From Lyon, And 143 Miles ...
Valencia
Valencia, A City Of Spain, Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom And Province Of Valencia, And Named Valencia Del Cid, And Of The Modern Province Of Valencia, Is Situated In 30° 30' N. Lat., 0° 2.5' W. Long., In A Floe Plain, On The Southern Bank Of The Tunis, Or Guaddaviar, ...
Valencia
Valencia, An Ancient Province Of Spain, Formerly A Kingdom, Is Bounded E. And S.e. By The Mediterranean Sea, W. And S.w. By The Provinces Of Castilla Is Nueva And Murcia, N. By Cataluna And Aragon; On The South It Terminates By A Point It Is Situated Between 37° 50' And ...
Valeriana
Valeria'na Officinalis—ifedical Properties Of. The Root, Or More Properly The Rhizome With Its Root-fibres, Of This Species, Par Ticularly The Variety Termed Sylrestris, Is Used In Medicine. It Should Be Collected In Spring Before It Shows Flower, Or Late In Autumn. It Is Best From Plants Of Two Or Three ...
Valerianic Acid
Valerianic Acid Valerie Acid. Delphinie Acid. Phocenic Acid. This Body Exists In Valerian Root, Hence Its Name ; In The Oil Secreted By Several Species Of Phoca (hence Plwccnic) And Cetacea, And In The Berries Of The Guelder Rose. It Is Also A Product Of The Action Of Caustic Potash ...
Valerianic Group
Valerianic Group. A Cluster Of Chemical Substances, Each Supposed To Contain, Or Be Derived From, The Theoretical Radical Ralcryl (c,„h.0,). Valtraenic Acid Is Best Produced By The Action Of Strong Oxidising Agents On Fusel Oil. [valerianic Acid.] Valeryl-aldehyd Or Valeral (c,.11„0„ Ii), Hydride Of Raleryl,is Formed On Oxidising Fusel Oil ...
Valladolid
Valladolid, A City Of Spain, Capital Of The Modern Province Of Valladolid, In The Ancient Province Of Leon, Is Situated In 41° 40' N. Lat., 4' 42' W. Long., About 100 Miles N.w. From Madrid. Tho Population In 1845 Was 10,191. The City Is Built On The Left Or Eastern ...
Valleys
Valleys. The Term Valley, From The Latin Vallis Or Valles, Of The Same Signification Generally, May Be Applied, Iu Its Most Compre Hensive Meaning, To Any Depressiou On The Surface Of The Globe. " The Largest Valleys Form The Beds Of The Great Oceans. Seas, Bays, Gulfs, &c., Are All ...