Eaton 178d 1861 Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson, Eaton (178d 1861). An English Civil Engineer. Born At Ander Ton, Cheshire. After A Rather Desultory Schooling In Wid•], He Displayed In Aptitude For Loathe Mat Ics. He Undertook A Course Of Scient I Tie Investi Gation That Soon Won Him Distinction. His First Important Work Was On Strains ...
Ecology
Ecology. As A Class, Insects Are Represented In Practically' All Parts Of The World. While Flourishing More Abundantly In The Tropics, They Are Found In Countless Numbers In The Temperate Regions, And Are Also Very Numerous In Boreal Regions. They Abound Inside The Arctic Circle. And In The Short Arctic ...
Education
Education. In 1900 Only 4.2 Per Cent. Of The Population Over Ten Years Of Age Were Illiterate, S Compared With 10.7 For The Whole Country. The Free-school System Dates From 1855. Rapid Progress Has Been Made In Perfecting The Sys Tem, Especially In Lengthening The School Year, The Average For ...
Education
Education. In Recent Years The Educational Status Of Indiana Has Improved Very 'rapidly. The Percentage Of Illiteracy For The Age Period Of Ten Years And Over Decreased From 7.5 Per Cent. In Isso To 4.6 Per Cent. In 1900. The Percentage Of Illiteracy Of The Colored Population Was 22.6. In ...
Education_2
Education. Education On The Part Of England In India Has Been Carried On In The Face Of Many Serious Obstacles. And Under Complex Conditions Peculiar To The Country. Social, Religions, And Racial Distinctions, Solidified In The System Of Caste, Were So Thoroughly Interwoven With The Whole Of The Life That ...
Edward 1793 1801 Hitchcock
Hitchcock, Edward (1793-180.1). A Seien Fist And Educator Who Contributed Greatly To The Development And Popularizing Of Geological Science In America. Lie Was Horn In Deerfield. Mass., Where For A Time He Served As Principal Of The Academy. From 1814 To Isis He Published The Country Almanac, And In The ...
Engelrert 1814 1 Humperdinck
Humperdinck, Engelrert (18.14-1. A German Composer, Critic, And Teach Er, Horn In Sieghurg. Near Bonn. He Was Study Ing, To Become An Architect At Cologne. When He Came Under The Influence Of Hiller (q.v.). And Was Persuaded To Devote Himself To Music. Few Of His Native Contemporaries Have Been More ...
Equine Characteristics
Equine Characteristics. The Horse (includ Ing Under His Name The Asses And Zebras, As Well As The True Horses—see Equiox) Is Unique Among Modern Animals In The Fact That It Walks On The Extreme Tip Of The Central Digit Of The Foot, Cor Responding To The Middle Finger-nail Of Man. ...
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Hoffmann', Ernst Theodor Amadeus (originally ) 1177g-1822). An Eccentric German Romantic Novelist Of Cosmopolitan Repu Tation And Influence. Born At Kimigsberg. His Foremost Characteristic Is His Wayward Yet Keen Fancy. Suggesting At Once Hawthorne And Poe. Ile Dealt By Preference With The Grotesque, -tartling. And Illa Rvelou:. Until Toward The ...
Etc Food
Food, Etc. Humming-birds Have Slender Bills, Which Are Also Generally And In Some Ex Tremely So. The Form Of The Bill Exhibiting Adaptation To The Kind Of Flowers From Which The Bird Obtains Its Food—straight In Come, Curved In Others. The Bill Of The `swordbill' (doci Mastes Ensiferus) Is 5 ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. Elliott, Memoirs On Thc History, Folk-lore, And Distribution Of The Races Of The Prorinees Of India (london, 1869) ; Dalton. Deseriptire Ethnology Of Bengal (cal Cutta, 1972) ; Lewin. Wild Races Of Southeastern India ( London, 1870) ; 'winter, Annals Of Rural Bengal (london, 1972) : Rowney, Wild Tribes ...
Eus Iren
Iren,eus, Iw-ne'fis (lat., From Gk. Elan Vabos, L'irjnaios). Saint (c.130-c.202 ) . Bishop Of Lugdunum (lyons), And One Of The Leading Church Father, Of The 'west. He Was Born In Asia Minor. Perhaps About 130, And Died After The Year 200. He Was A Pupil Of Polycarp, Bishop Of Smyrna, ...
Exaniples Of Instinctive Acts
Exaniples Of Instinctive Acts. Iii•: Pecking, Walking, Scratching Themselves, Preen Ing Their Down And Feathers, Stretching Up And Flapping Their Wings, Scratching The Earth, Squat Ting Down And Dusting Themselves, Scattering And Crouching When Alarmed, Making The Danger Churr And Other Sounds. In Ducks: The Wily They Seize And Mumble ...
Executive
Executive. The Governor. Lieutenant-govern Or, Secretary Of State. Anditor„vtorneyalener Al, And Treasurer, Are Elected For Terms Of Two Years. The Lientenant-cnvernor. President Pro •in Pore Of The Senate, And The Speaker Of The House, Are In The Line Of Succession To The Gov Ernorship. In Ease Of Vacancy In That ...
Famines
Famines. From The Earliest Historical Times India Has Suffered Often And Terribly From Fam Ines. There Is Much Disagreement, However, In The Matter Of Locating The Responsibility Among The Different Factors Which Have Been Held Accountable For Them. While Famines Are, Of Course, Always Preceded By Local Crop Failure. Almost ...
Fatty
Fatty Liynmnoc.annoss. These Form An Impor Tant Class, And Are Subdivided Into The Paraffin, Olefin, And Acetylene Series. (1) The Paraffins. Or Saturated Hydrocarbons Of The Methane Series. Are Very Stable Com Pounds And Do Not React Even With The Strongest Acids And Alkalies; Hence Their Name, Paraffins. Derived From ...
Fertility Of The Hybrids
Fertility Of The Hybrids. It Is Well Known That The Mule Is Infertile, And Though There Are Reported To Be Three Eases Where A Mule Has Pro Duced Young, They Are Doubtful. Evart. In Re Ferring To The Instance Of The Paris Jardin De L'acelimatation Mule. Doubts Whether These Ani ...
Finance
Finance. On October 1. 19011, The Outstanding Bonded Debt Of The State Was Tilti,100. The Bal Ance In The Treasury Amounted To $2,617,900. The Constitution Prohibits The State From Rendering Financial Assistanee To Canals, Or To Any Corporation. Association, Or Individual. A Similar Prohibition Is Laid Upon The Local Govern ...
Finance_2
Finance. The Imperial British System Of Finance Is Applied To Ireland In Practically The Same Way As It Is To The Other Parts Of The King Dom. In The Union With Great Britain, Ireland Became Burdened With A Share Of The Responsi Bility For A Large National Debt, Which It ...
Finanie
Finanie. In The Consideration Of Indian Finance; Regard Must Be Given To The Denomina Tion In Which The Estimates Are Made. It Estimated In Pounds, As In The Following Table, There Is An Apparent Decrease In Most Of The Non Commercial Items Of Revenue And Expenditure. (in The Contrary, If ...
First Period
First Period. This Was The Time Of Develop Ment And Definition. From The Outset The Home Rule Idea Was Favorably Received Among The Better Classes Of The Irish People, Though Ancient Reli Gious Antipathies Often Blocked The Way. Among The Lower Classes—those Particularly In Which Fenianism Had Found Its Chief ...
Fleding Infants
Infants, Fle.ding Or. The Proper Food For An Infant Is Naturally Its Mother's Milli. If For ;illy Reason. Such Is Absence Of Milk In The Moth Er's Breasts, Disease In' Of The Mother. It Ht•coines Try Iii 11111k 111r N Mel Nurse Should Be Kiwi/red 1 Otr The Elald. If ...
Fluid Pressure
Fluid Pressure. As A Result Of The Reaction Of The Containing Walls On A Liquid Or A Gas There Is Always A 'pressure' At Each Point Throughout The Fluid, I.e. There Is A Force Acting Over Any Surface Immersed In The Fluid; The Munerieal Value Of The Pressure Over Apy ...
Flumes
Flumes Are Most Commonly Built Of Wood, With A Rectangular Cross-section, But In Recent Years Steel Has Been Employed, Particularly In Precipitous Rocky Locations, Er Where Crossing, Streams Or Deep Ravines. The Ordinary Flumes Of Boards Or Plank Are Subject To Leakage. To Avoid This, And Also To Give A ...
Former
Former. The Quantity Of Electricity Moved At The Break Is Equal To That Moved At The Make In The Pri Mary Circuit; But, Owing To The Fact That The Magnetism In The Core Vanishes Much More Rap Idly At The Break Than It Ln'ilds Up At The Make, The Effect ...
Francis 1694 1746 Hutcheson
Hutch'eson, Francis (1694-1746). A Moralist Of The Eighteenth Century, Born August 8, 1694. In County Down, Ireland. His Father Was A Presbyterian Minister. Ile Studied For The Church At The University Of Glasgow. But After A Short Term Of Preaching Lie Was Induced, In 1719, To Open It Private Academy ...
Free Surface Wa Yes
Free Surface Wa Yes. Liquids Differ From Gases In Having Definite Volumes: Eonsequently, As Noted Hefore, If A Liquid Is Poured Into An Open Vessel, It Will Have A Surface In Contact With The Atmosphere. This Is Called The `free Surface.' If The Liquid Is In Equilibrium, This Surface Mast ...
Geology
Geology. Medlicott, Blanford. Ball, And Hal Lett, A Manual Of The Urology Of Indio (5 Vols., London, 1879-87) ; Indian Geological Survey, Manual Of The Geology Of India (calcutta. 1893) ; Oldham, Manual Of The Geology Of India (2d Ed., Calcutta, 1893) ; Memoirs Of Flee Geological Sur Vey Of ...
Geology And Mineral Resources
Geology And Mineral Resources. Hungary Stands In Marked Contrast To Austria, In That By Far The Greater Part Of Its Surface Consists Of Geologically Recent Formations. The Great Plain, Watered By The Danube And The Theiss, Presents An Almost Unbroken Surface Of Qua Ternary And Recent Alluvial Deposits, While The ...
Government
Government. At The Head Of The Administra Tion Is A Governor-general, Appointed By The King Of Denmark. And Exercising His Authority Under The Supervision Of The Secretary For Ice Land At Copenhagen. The Althing. Or The Parlia Ment Of The Colony, Although In Existence Since The Norwegian Occupation, Had Not ...
Government_2
Government. By An Act Of Parliament. Which Received The Royal Assent August 2, 185s. Queen Victoria Was Declared Sovereign Of India. And Various Regulations Were Enacted For The Better Government Of The Country. In 1877. In Virtue Of Au Act Of Parliament, Passed In Ism The Queen Was Proclaimed Empress ...
Government_3
Government. The 'five Civilized Nations' (the Cherokees. Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, And Seminoles), Who Occupy Almost The Whole Of The Territory, Came Thither Under An Agreement With The United States Guaranteeing Their Tribal Au Thority. They Organized For Themselves Forms Of Government Much Like Those Of The States, Having A Governor, ...
Green
Green. The Earliest Inscriptions, If The Primi Tive Form Of The Letters Does Not Mislead, Are The Rock-cut Names Of The Island Of Thera (santo Rin), Which May Be Dated In The Seventh Century. With These, Though Probably Later, May Be Classed The Rude Names Carved By The Greek Mercenaries ...
Guage And Literature
Guage And Literature. The Lingua Franca Of Northern India. This Is In Structure An Indian Language, Descended From A Sister Dialect Of The Ancient Sanskrit Through Medieval Prakrit Vernaculars. Hindustani Is Divided Into Nearly Sixty Subdialects, Which In The East Ern Portion Of Its District Are Approximate Ben Gali, And ...
Hea Works
Hea [works Of Some Kind Are Required For Nearly All Canals. Flumes, Or Pipe - Lines. In America They Are Generally Of Timber, But In Much Of The Foreign Work They Are Permanent Structures Of Stone. The Essential Features Are A Bulkhead, Gates, And Wasteway. Where There Is A Dam ...
Henry Hudson
Hudson, Henry ( ) An English Navi Gator. Lie Is First Mentioned -is The Commander Of The Ship Hopeful, Sent In May, 1607, By The Muscovy Company In Quest Of A Northeast Pas Sage To The Spice Islands. After A Voyage Of Four And A Half Months, During Which He ...
Henry Hunt
Hunt, Henry Jackson ( Is] 9-89). An .amer Lean Soldier, Born In Detroit, Mich. His Father, Samuel W. Hunt, Was An Army Officer, And After His Death The Son Was Appointed To West Point, Where He Graduated In 1839. Ile Was Imme Diately Assigned To The Artillery Arm Of The ...
Herkimer
Herkimer, Nicnotas (1715?-77). An American Soldier Of The Revolutionary War. He Was Born Probably In What Is Now Herkimer County, N. Y. Nicholas Served As A Lieutenant Of Militia In The French And Indian War, And Was In Command Of Fort Herkimer In 1758, When The French Attack On German ...
Herkomer
Herkomer, Hunert Vox (1849—). A Genre And Portrait Painter And Etcher Of The English School. Ile Was Born At Waal, Near Landsberg. Bavaria, May 26, 1849. His Family Emigrated To The United States In 1851, But Returned To England In 1857. Herkomer's Early Life Was A Struggle With Poverty And ...
Hermann Eduard Holst
Holst, Hermann Eduard Vox (1841-1904). A German-american Historian And Educator, Born At Feint!. In Livonia, Of German Parentage. He Studied At Dorpat From 1860 To 1863, And At Heidelberg From 1863 To 1865, And Became A Tutor At Saint Petersburg In 1866; But Was Excluded Front The Russian Dominions In ...
Hermes
Hermes, Heemes, Georg (1775-1831). A German Roman Catholic Theologian And Philos Opher, Born In Dreyerwalde, Westphalia. His Student Life Was Passed In Mfinster, Where He After Wards Taught At The Gymnasium (179s-18071, And Lectured With Marked Success At The Academy (1807-19). In 1799 He Was Ordained To The Priesthood. In ...
Hermetic
Hermetic Ilermelicus, Relating To]]ernes, From Hermes, Gk. 'eprlijs, Hermes). The Ancient Egyptians Considered The God Dhouti, Or Thoth. Identified By The Greeks With Their God Hermes. As The Patron Of Literature, And The Scribe Of The Gods. Therefore, Several Magical And Religious Texts, Partly Embodied In The Book Of The ...
Hermit Crab
Hermit Crab. One Of A Large Group Of Small Crabs (q.v.) Of The Family Paguridle, Hav Ing The Abdominal Or Tail Segments Much More Largely Developed Than In True Crabs. But Un Defended By Hard Plates. And Not Forming An Organ For Swimming. The Soft And Tender Tail Re Quires ...
Hermite
Hermite, Ar'nfft', Ctimit.es (1s22-1901';. One Of The Hest-known French Mathematicians Of The Nineteenth Century. Ile Was Born At Dieu Ze Meurthe, And Received His Early Education In The 1.ye(s. Louis-le-t:rand. He Entered The Ecole Polytechnique In 1842, But Left At The End Of The Year, In Order To Devote His ...
Hernia
Hernia (lat.. Ruptures. A Protrusion, Through An Abnormal Or Accidental Opening, Of Any Organ From Its Natural Cavity. Although Hernia May Occur In Many Parts Of The Body, The Word Is Usually Restricted To Signify Protrusion Of The Abdomiwil Viscera. The Abdominal Viscera Arc Subject To Violent Pressure From The ...
Herod
Herod, Laleod (gk. Fic-rcaff's). The Family Name Of A Group Of Rulers In Palestine. Derived From That Of Its Most Famous Member, Herod The Great. The Family Had Its Origin In Antipater. An Idumean Of Honorable Stock. Whom .;\ Lexander Jann:rms (n.e. 104-78) Made Governor Of Idumea. The Fact That ...
Herodotus
Herod'otus (lat., From Gk. 'llp63oros) I E.4s4-c.124 Na..). A Tfreek Historian. Ile Was The Son Of I.yxes And Waco Or Dryo, And Was Born About .1s4 'lc. At Halicarnassus. An Origi Nally Doric Colony In Southwestern Asia At That Time Ruled By A Queen Artemisia Under The Sway Of The ...
Heroes
Heroes, Hritz (lat. Heros, From Ok. Ipcus, Connected With Lat. Servare. Skt. Sar, Av. Liar, To Protect). In The Older Portions Of The Homeric Poems The Heroes Are Warriors; In The Odyssey The Word Has Extended Its Meaning, And Denotes Any Distinguished Character Of The Stories Of The Past. In ...
Heron Of
Heron (of. Hairon. Heron, Fr. H(ron. Prot'. Nigron, Heron, From 011(i. Heigir, Heron, As. Gorq: Coffin-hell With As. Hcapra. Os. H•eicra, 3111g. Rciacr. Ger. Leriher, Heron, Skt. Krakana, Hrakara, Partridge, And Lat. Crocirc, Gk. Xpt/eiv Krizein, To Screech, (loth. Hropg. Cry, 01111. Hruom. Tier. Rohm, Fame, As. It Roe, Eng. ...
Herpetology
Her'petol'ogy (from Gk. Fpirer6v, Prton, Reptile, From Tpretv, Lirrprin, To Creep + -logia, A Eeount . From X4e(p, Legrin. To Say). That Branch Of Natural History Which Treats Of Reptiles And Formerly Included The Amphibia. Now, However. The Term Is Restricted To The Reptilia 'proper. Which Includes Lizards, Snakes, Turtles, ...
Herrera
Herrera, Ar-rivnl, Pernanno De (1.i3-1 ;17 _\ Spanish Poet, Born At Seville. The Head Of The So-called Seville School Of Lyric Poetry In The Sixteenth Century. \\•hen Advatieed In Life He Took Orders. 1 Le Was Master Of The Greek, Boman, And Italian Literatures. And Was A Man Of Pro ...
Herrera_2
Herrera, Phanc1sco N• ( 157(-1651;), Ea 1101 I.:1 Viejo (the Elder). A Spanish Painter Of The School Of Seville. Ile Was The First To Emancipate Himself From The Italian Manner Then Dominant Ill Spain, And Do Assume The Vigorous Naturalis Tie Style Afterwards Adopted By Velazquez (q.v.). Ile May Therefore ...
Herring As
Herring- (as. Baying, Ohg. Harine. Ger. Tiering. Herring, From As. Here, 011g. Hart, Heri, Ger. Neer, Army; In Allusion To The Shoals In Which The Fish Moves). A Fish Of The Family Clupeidre. Belonging To The Genus Chqiea, Very Closely Related To The Shad- And Sardines. Tier Ring Are Soft-rayed ...
Herschel
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). An Eminent English Astronomer, The Only Son Of The Astronomer William Herschel. He Was Born At Slough, Near Windsor. 31arch 1792. And Was Educated At Saint John's Cambridge. His First Publication Was A Collec Tion Of Examples Of The Application Of The Culus Of ...
Herschel_2
Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822). An Eminent German-english Astronomer, Horn At Hanover, Germany, November 15, 1738. The Son Of A Musician, He Was Educated Specially As A Professional Musician. In 1757 Lie Went. To Eng Land. Where He Became A Teacher Of Music In The Town Of Leeds. From Which He ...
Hertz
Hertz. It(•rts, Ileinaicit 11857-94). A Ger Man Physicist, Born At Hamburg. Ile Studied At First To Become A Civil Engineer. But Forsook This Profession For The Study Of Mathematics And Pure Science, Which Lie Pursued At Munich And Berlin, Becoming Ilelinlioltz's Assistant At The Latter University In 1880. In 1883 ...
Herwegh
Herwegh, H6r'nlik, Georg ( 1s1 7-73). A German Poet. He Was Born At Stuttgart; Was Educated There And At Manlbronn, Forsook Theol Ogy, Which He Had Begun To Study, For Literature, Mid Returned To Stuttgart, Where Lie Cormeratcd In Lewald's Europa. In 1s41 He Was Living In Switzerland And Published ...
Herzegovina
Herzegovina, 116etsti-gli-vt‘'tia. The Smaller Of The Two Ottoman Provinces Occupied By Austria-hungary, In Accordance With The Treaty Of 1878 (map: Austria-hungary, F 5). It Forms Part Of Bosnia In The Wider Sense. It Is Hounded By Bosnia Proper On The North, By Montenegro On The East, And Dalmatia On The ...
Herzen
Herzen, Hr.rts'en, Alexander 1vanovitc11 ( 1812-70). A Russian Publicist And Author, Born At 'moscow. Lie Was The Illegitimate Child Of A Rich Nobleman, Lean .‘lexey•vitell Vakovlyelt. Ile R• Ceived The Fashionable French Education Of The 011111'. Mid %\ Hill' At School Became A Great Admirer Of The Vonteniporary French Soeialists. ...
Hesiod
He'siod (gk. ././c'siodos). After Ho Mer, The Earliest Greek Poet Whose Works Have Survived. The Date At Which He Lived Is Uncer Tain. Herodotus Regarded Him As Contemporary With Homer, And Dated Both Of These At 40(1 Years Before His Own Day. I.e. In The Middle Of The Ninth Century ...
Hesperis
Hes'peris. See Da Iresperornis, (neo-lat.. From Iva-epos., Liesrrros, West 6pos, Ornis, Bird). A Primitive. Flightless, Toothed Sea-bird, Found Fossil In The Middle Cretaceous Shales Of Western Kansas, And. Exceptlu G.trchtcnpleryx, T Lie Oldest Bird Known. The First Skeleton Was Di-wav Ered In Ist1 By Prof. O. C..larch, Near The Smoky ...
Hesse
Hesse, Hes (ger. Hessen). A Former Land Graviate Of Germany. The Region Was Occupied In Early Times By The Catti Or Matti (german Hat Ten). Their First Appearance In History Is In A.d. 15, When Germanicus Destroyed Their Principal Settlement, Slattium. The Site Of The Present Villages Of Grosse And ...
Hessian Fly
Hessian Fly. .\ Dipterous Insect Dottryia Destructor), Which. [non The Damage Which The Larva Does To Wheat In North America, And Also To Some In F.111•11111% Has Become One Of The Most Widely Known Of Insects. It Is Dark In Color, Nearly Black. With Dusky Wings And Pale Brown Legs. ...
Hesychasts
Hesychasts, (front Ci:. Hoe Xaor•js, Lit'sychastr.s, Quietist, He'sychaz-(ia, To Be Quiet, Front 1)0-exot, Quiet ). Mystics Of The Creel, Church, And Par Ticularly The Monk,: Of Morita Minis (q.v.). In All Probability Mystieism Never Entirely Died Out Among The Oriental Monastio Bodies; But The Mystics Attracted An Unusual Share Of ...
Heterospory
Het'eros'pory (from Gk. Grepos, Hetcros, Other Ar6pos, Sporos, Seed). The Production, By Plants, Of Two Kinds I If Sexless Spores. Ikter Ospory Is One Of The Most Important Phenomena In Conneetion With The Evolution Of The Plant King Dom, Since Through It The Seed Has Appeared, And Since A Clear ...
Hewitt
Hewitt. Hfi'it, Abram Stevens I 1822-1903). An American Manufacturer And Public Man, Born At Ilaverstraw. N. Y., And Educated At Columbia College. Where He Was Acting Professor Of Mathe !unties In 1843. He Studied Law And Was Ad Mitted To The Bar In 1844. Hut Defective Eyesight Prevented Him From ...
Hexateuch
Hexateuch (from Gk. Hex. Six -• Ieuehos, Implement. Hook). A Term Used To Denote The Lirst Six Books Of The Bible, Viz.: Ticnesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. Deuteronomy, ,and Joshua, Peou•uch (q.v.) As A Title Of The Five Books Ascribed To Loses. And 0011 Fetid' As A Designation Of These With ...
Hexhaint
Hex'haint. .‘ Imi•ket Town In \ Orthumber Land. England. 1111 The Tyne, 2(i Miles West Of Newcastle I Map: England, 1) 2). It Has Inter ( Sting Remains Of A Splendid Abbe% Churl, Ereeted En The Site Of A Structure I Hilt By !stint \vilfrid About 675. The Crypt Of ...
Heyne
Heyne, Clinistian Corrlou (1729 1812). A Celia:14i Classical Scholar, Born At Chemnitz, In I !per Saxony, September 25. 1729. Llis Father Was A Pour Weaver. The Pastor Of Chem Nitz, Himself Very Had Ileyne Educated At A School Ill The Suburbs, And Afterwards ,cut Him To The University Of Leipzig, ...
Heywood
Heywood, .iona (c.1497-c.1577). An Eng Lish Author, Sometimes Called 'the Old Matist.' Fhe Place Of His Birth Has Not Been Definitely Aseerlained, But It Was Probably Lon Don Or North Minims, Hertfordshire. Al An Early Age He Came To Court. Introduced, According To Some Traditions. By Sir Thomas More; And ...
Heywood_2
Heywood, Tito Tt.‘s ( C.1575-c.16.10 ) Celebrated English Dramatist And General Writer, Born In Lincolnshire. He Seems To Have Studied Cambridge. Ity 1596 He Was Apparently Writing Fur The Stage, And Two Years Later He Was Engaged By Philip Llenslowe As An Actor. Heywood Wit: 11 Most Prolific Writer. In ...
Hezekiah
Hez'eki'ah Filch. Ehit-kiyah, Yahweh Is My Strength). King Of .itulah, Son Of Alutz. His Reign May Be Approximately Fixed Is Ex Tending From B.c. 720 To 691. Ile Ascended The Throne At 1111 Ea Rly Age—probably Less Than Twenty—and Appears To Lime 41'1'11 Early In Iliteneed By The Di-eonr-es Of ...
Hibernicism
Hiber'nicism. A Term Used To Denote An Irish Bull. I.e. A Sentence Expressing Ideas That A Moment's Thought Would Show To Be Incompatible And Absurd. A Famous Bull Was Made. It Is Said. By Sir Richard Steele When Inviting A Certain Lord To Visit Him: "it Sir. You Ever Conic ...
Hickory
Hickory ( Formerly Hiccory.pohiekery, From The North American Indian Name), Carya, Or Ilicoria. A Genus Of Trees Formerly Included Among Nvalatits (juglans). The Hickories Are Exclusive Ly North American. They Are Large And Beautiful Dees, With Pinnate Leave:. And Attain A Height Of 70 Or So Feet. Their Timber Is ...
Hicks
Hicks, Elias (1748-1s30). An American Minister Of The Society Of Friends, Born At Hempstead, Long Island. While Still A Young Man Of Twenty He Beg-an To Feel A Deep Interest In Religion, And Within A Few Years Ili, Upright Life And His Ability As A Speaker Gained For Into Universal ...
Hicks_2
Hicks, Lloiado.‘v (19s•isii51. American Politician, Horn In 1)oreliester County, .1(1.. Ile Became •herill In Is2-1. And A Member Of The State Legislature A Few Years Later: Was A Member Of The State Electoral College And Was Again Elected To The Legislature In Is:36: And Iu Is:37 Served On The Governor's ...
Hide As
Hide (as. Hid, Higcd, High!, From Onorthum Brian Begun. As. Taiwan, Members Of A Family). In Anglo-saxon Law, The Family Estate, Corre Sponding To The /tuba Of Early Germanic Law. It Eonsisted Apparently Of A Farm, Or Allotment, Of Definite Extent, Though Its Size Varied Greatly At Direrent Periods Of ...
Hien Fling
Hien Fling, Hyen Lung. Or Hsien Peng,. Syim Fem.!. The Name Of The Period During Which F-chu. The Seventh Emperor Of The Present Man Chu Dynasty Of China, Ruled; Hut The Name Is Commonly Transferred From The Period To The Em Peror Himself. He Was The Fourth Son Of The ...
Hierapolis
Hierapolis, (lat., From Ck. 'iepdroiqr, :sacred City, From Lepoc, Hicros, Sacred Rb/tc, ',ohs, City). (1) A City In Southwest Plirygia, About Six Miles North Of 1,aodieen. It Was The Religious ..titre Of The Native Worship Of The District, And Was An Important Seat, Of The Mysteries Of The Phrygian Nature-goddess, ...
Hierarchy
Hierarchy, (from "ail Hirrar Chia, Gk. Lepapxla, Hierarchy, From Icpdpvis, Rarcht's, Hierarch, From Lep6s, Hieros, Sacred + Gpxot, Archos, Leader, From Dpv(p, Arehrin, To Lead). The Name Used By Theological Writers To Designate The Whole Governing And Mittister• Ing Body In The Churell, Distributed According Io Its Several Gradations. The ...
Hieron
Hieron, The Name Of Two Rulers Of Syracuse. See 11 T F.r0 1. And It. Hieronymites, 1117.4..4mq Nips. The Emit Mon Name Of Four Association Of Hermits In Spain And Rally. Who All Regarded Saint Derome A• Their Pat Roll And Exaliiple. Hence Derk T Heir I ) The Sp:kill-di ...
High Commission
High Commission, Tin. Cm .ali Extraordinary Tribunal, Famous In English His Tory. Originating Under The .1(st Of Supremacy During The First Year Of Elizabeth's Reign. Which Authorized The Queen To Appoint An Ecclesiastical •ommis.sion To Inters Or Correct All Er• Rors, Schisms, Abuses, Contempt., And Enormities Whatsoever." In July. 1559. ...
High Place
High Place (het). Banoih, Height 1. An Expre-sion Frequent In The Old Testament. And In Variably Used I Except Ill Poetry R A- A Of A :anetuary. Y111 Aviit+11 Ip Ill Alleiellt 1 Was E 111(1.141 At High Place, And There Was. There Fore, A Very Large Number Of .neli ...
High Priest
High Priest (ilcb. Inikkolten Lu4ig(jculo1). The Chief Of The • Jewish Priesthood. There Is No Evidence That In The Iite•exilie Period There Was Any Distinctke Office Of High Priest. In Early Days Among The Hebrews, The Rulers United In Their Persons Priestly And Civil Functions, And To A Certain Extent ...
High Schools
High Schools. A Term That Has Been Vari Ously Employed In Different Countries At Different Times To Indicate A Type Of Schools. In Germany In Official Language It Is Customary To Refer To The Universities As High Schools (hod/se/m(ca). In The Middle Of The Sixteenth Century In Edinburgh The Designation ...
High Seas
High Seas. As A Term Of Admiralty Law In England, The Open, Uninclosed Waters Of The Ocean; That "part Of The Sea Which Lies Not Within The Body Of A It Is Used In Contradistinction To Bays, Harbors, And Arms Of The Sea Inclosed Within The Lances Terra% Or Nar ...
Highway
Highway. A Place Over Which The Public Generally Has A Right To Pass. In Lord Molt's Language, "it Is The Go Nus Of All Public Ways." As A Term Of The Common Law, It Includes Roads, Streets. Footpaths. Bridle-paths (or Ways Along Which The Public Is Entitled To Ride Or ...
Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt, Hil'de-briint. Eduard ( 181s 68). A German Landscape And Marine Painter. Ile Was Born At Danzig, September 9, 1818, The Son Of A House-painter. Ile Traveled Extensive Ly, And Was Celebrated For His Paintings Of Striking Points Of View, Such As Would Interest The Traveling Public. As A Lad ...
Hildesheim
Hildesheim, Hil'dr•s-liim. The Former Cap Ital Of The Bishopric Of Hildesheim. In The Prus Sian Province Of Hanover. Situated On The In Ner,te. 21 Miles South-southeast Of Hanover (map: Prussia. C 2). Tt Has Narrow Streets, Old Monuments, Some Quaint, Mediaeval. Highly Orna Mented Facades, Is Partly Surrounded By Lofty ...