Husicisson
Hus'icisson. Wit.i.t.x Ni I All English 114' Was Born In Worcest•r Shire, And In I7s3 Sent To Paris To Study Medicine. Ile Took Part In The Storming Of The Bastille, And As A Member Of The Club Of 17s'.i Delivered Befiire His Associates A Speech On The Currency. After His ...
Huss
Huss. Jolts (c.13711-11151. A Bohemian Re Ligious Reformer. Lie Was Born At Flu-metz Tor Ilusinec ), Bohemia, Northwest Of Bildweis. Ii Is Baptismal Name W:14 Jan ; Front His Birtliplaee He Was Called Johannes De Illussyneez. Or. In Huss. The Day And Year Of Bi- Birth Are Unknown. His Parents ...
Hussites
Hussites. The Followers Of John Huss (q.v.). }honoring Him As A Martyr, About 450 Bohemian Nobles Formed A League. Protesting Against The Action Of The Council Of Constance Which Had Condemned Muss To Be Burned, And Bidding Defiance To Decrees Of Bishops And The Pope. The Symbol Of Their Confederacy ...
Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Tuomas An American Loyalist, The Last Royal Governor Of The Province Of Massachusetts Bay. He Was Born In Boston, Where His Father, The Great-grand Son Of Anne Hutchinson (q.v.), Was A Wealthy Merchant And Ship-owner. He Graduated At Har Vard In 1727, Entered His Father's Counting-room, Early Showed Remarkable ...
Hutten
Hutten, L'utten Von (1488-1523). A Seholf.r, Poet, And Reformer Of The German Renaissance, One Of The Most Celebrated Of The Humanists. He Was Descended From An Ancient And Noble Family, And Was Born At The Castle Of Steekellyr1.7. In Hesse. April 21. Mss. At The Age Of Ten Lie Was ...
Huygens
Huygens, Hi'grmz, Dutch Pram, Hoiwns, Christian 1629-95). 21 Celebrated Dutch Mathe Matician, Physicist, And Astronomer. Ile Was Born At The Hague. The Second Son Of Constan Tijn Huygens Van Zuyliehem. A Poet And See•e Tary And Counselor To The Princes Of Orange. Ile Studied At Leyden And Breda, Devoting Himself ...
Huygenss Principle
Huygens's Principle. See Licur. Htlysmans, Joins-karl (1848 —). A French Novelist, Born In Paris. Of A Flemish Family, Some Members Of Which Had Achieved Distinction As Painters At Antwerp In The Seventeenth Century. Ile Began Literary Life As A Disciple Of The Crassest Realism, As One May See By The ...
Hwang Ho Hoang Ho
Hoang-ho, Hwang-ho, Hwiing'hcc', Or Yellow River. Next To The Yang-tse-kiang, The Largest River Of China. It Rises In A Marshy Plain In The District Of Kukwnor, Tibet, West Of Lake Charing-nor And Only A Short Distance North Of The Upper Course Of The Yang-tse-kiang. Its Course Is Exceptionally Tortuous. After ...
Hwang Ti
Hwang-ti, Hwang'te' (chin., Yellow Em Peror, Or Ruler). The Third Of The Wit Ti, Or 'five Sovereigns,' Who Are Reputed To Have Gov Erned China In Its Legendary Period, Prior To N.e. 2356. Like Fuh-hi (q.v.) :mu Many More Of The Great Leaders Of Chinese Primitive Times, His Birth Was ...
Hyacinth
Hyacinth (from Of. Hyacinth', From Lat. Hyacinthus, From Uk. I•usalloc, Hyakinthos, Hya Cinth; Of Doubtful Etymology, Hardly Connected With Lat. Jurcnis, Skt. Yuran, Eng. Young), Hya Cinthus. A Genus Of Bulbous Plants Of The Natu Ral Order Liliacese. With Linear Radical Leaves And Many Flowers On Leafless Scapes. The Blos ...
Hyatt
Hy'att, Alplteiis (1838-11102). An Ameri Can Naturalist. He Was Horn At Washington. D. C., And Was Edneated At The Maryland Mili Tary Academy, At Yale College, And The Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, From Which He Graduated In 1862. He Served As A Volunteer Throughout The Civil War, Rising To The ...
Hybridity
Hybridity. The Phenomenon Of The Sex Ual Crossing Of Two Individuals Belonging To Dis Tinct Species. A Hybrid Is The Product Of This Crossing, And Is Contrasted With A Mongrel, Or The Product Of Individuals Belonging To Distinct Races Or Varieties Of The Same Species. The Importance Of Hybridity Is ...
Hydatid
Hy'datid (gk. Iffaric, Hydatis, Water Vesicle, Hydatid, From Iaidp, Hyd6r: Water; Con Nected With Ochureh Slay. Rode, Skt. Udan, Water, And Ultimately With Goth. Zrato. Ohg. Trazzor, Ger. 11'asser, As. Tetrter, Eng. Water ; As. Iraq, Eng. Met ; 011g. Of Tar, Ger. Ot Ter, As. Otor, Eng. Otter). The ...
Hyderabad
Hyderabad, More Properly. Haidara Bad, Or Niz.1. Ni''; Dow Txtons. A Large Native State Of Southeastern India, Bounded On The North By Ilcrar And Northeast By The Central Provinces, On The Southeast By :madras, And On The West By Boinhay (nlap: India, C 5). Area, 32.693 Square Miles. The Surface ...
Hydra
Hydra (lat., From Gk. 1.4a, Water-snake. Skt., Lith. Udra, Ochurch Slay. Vydra, Ohg. Attar, Ger. Otter, Eng. Otter, With Gk. Ifitdp, Ryder, Water). A Minute Polyp Or Hydrozoan, Common In Still. Fresh Waters. It Possesses A Gelatinous, Subcylindrieal Body, Which, From Its Contractility, Undergoes Various Alteration,: Of Form. One End ...
Hydraulic Press
Hydraulic Press (from Lat. Hydrauli Ems, Gk. 1-dpae7dm4c, Hydraulikos, Pertaining To The Water-organ, From Fadymg.es, Hydrautis, Water Organ, From Midi), Hythir. Water + Av46c, Autos, Pipe). An Apparatus For Obtaining A Heavy Pres Sure For Compacting Fibrous Substances, Raising Heavy Weights, Etc. By Means Of Water Under Pressure. The First ...
Hydraulic Pressure Engine
Hydraulic Pressure Engine. A Motor In Which Water Is Made To Do Work By Means Of Its Pressure Only Acting On A Piston Or Plunger Reciprocating In A Cylinder. Or, In Some Cases, On A Revolving Piston Similar To Those Employed In A Rotary Steam-engine. In The Case Of A ...
Hydraulic Ram
Hydraulic Ram. Primarily, A Device By Which The Momentum Of Water Flowing By Gravity In A Pipe Is Utilized To Lift A Portion Of Itself Through Another Pipe To An Elevation Greater Than The Source Of Supply. The Flow Of Water In The Main Or Drive Pipe Is Automatically Checked ...
Hydrocephalus
Hy'droceph'alus (neo-lat., From Gk. Hydrokrphalon, Water In The Head, From I Hydor, Water + Imdaah. Head). A Collection Of Serous Fluid In The Cra Nium. If It Is Within The 1.entrieles Of The Brain, The Condition Is Knom.n As Internal Hydrocephalus. If Beneath The Arachnoid Membrane, ,xternal Hydrocephalus. The Disease ...
Hydrochloric Acid
Hy'drochlo'ric Acid (from Hydro-gen Ch/or-ine), Or M Liu Avm Ac-m. Hcl. A Eous Compound Of Hydrogen And Chlorine, The Aqueous Solution Of Which Is Extensively Used In The Arts. It Was Known To The Alchemists, Who Refer To It As Spiritus Colic; Glauber Pre Pared It By Treating Common Salt ...
Hydrodynamics
Hy'drodynamics (from Gk. Mop, Hy Di:r, Water ± Div•auic, Dynamis, Power, From 6itaat3ai, Dynasthai, To Be Able). Strictly Speak Ing, That Branch Of Mechanics Which Is The Ap Plication Of Dynamics To Liquids; It Should There Fore Includa Both The Statics And The Kinetics Of Liquids: That Is, A Study ...
Hydrogen
Hy'drogen (from Gk. Iadp, Hyd4r, Water -gcnis, Producing, From Yiyuccreat, Yigneslhai, To Become). .a Gaseous Element, Dis Covered In 1706 By Cavendish, Who Called It 'inflammable Air.' Paraeelsus Had Already Ob Tained Hydrogen By Treating Iron With Dilute Mineral Acids. But The Existence Of Gases Essen Tially Different From Air ...
Hydrographic Office 1
Hydrographic Office. .1 Govern Nalit Institution Fr R The Preparation, Publica Tion. Anddi.-tributinn Of (-harts. And Nautical Information. It Is A Bureau, Or Office Of A Bureau, In The Na‘y Department. The Principal Hydro• Graphic Offices Of The World Are The British, French, United States, Russian. German, Italian. Japanese. Netherlands. ...
Hydrography
Hydrog'raphy (from Gi:. Gdwp, Hyd4r, Water -i- -)paom, -graphic, Writing, From }paters, Gra Orin. To Write). That Branch Of The Science Of Physical Geography Which Treats Of The Surface Waters Of The Earth Particularly With Reference To Their Bearing On 1141v 1,tfa Jolt. Practically Every Civilized Nation. And Particularly All ...
Hydrography_2
Hydrography. There Is No Well-defined Water Parting Feature In The Country With Rivers Radiat Ing From It. There Is, Therefore, Do Reason Why A Stream Rising In One Of The Central Counties Should Flow To The Irish Sea Rather Than To The Atlantic Ocean. The Central Plain, In Fact. Is ...
Hydrograpiiy
Hydrograpiiy. The Danube Receives The Drain Age Of The Entire Country. Except A Small Area In The Mirth, Whieli Is Drained Into The Vistula. 'the Course Of The Danube From Pressburg To Orsova Measures Nearly 600 Miles, And Ill,. River Is Navigable Throughout. The Principal Tribu Ta•y From The North ...
Hydroid
Hydroid (front Gk. I'apar-asig, Hydroci1 S, Like Water, From Hyd6r, Water Cidos, Form). One Of A Class Of Ecelenterate Ani Mals, Notable For Their Delicacy And Beauty, And Receiving Their Name From Their Structural Re Semblance To Hydra (q.v.). The Name Is Now Generally Restricted To The Polyp Forms Of ...
Hydrometer
Hydrom'eter Ropoptrinor, Hydrome• Trion, Vessel For Hydrostatic Measurement, From Hydor, Water Iorpoe, Me Iron, Measure), Also Known As Ant.omettit An Instrument Used In Determining The Specific Gravity Of Liquids, And In Some Instances Of Solid Specific Gravity, For Determining Which The Hydrometer Is Used, Is The Ratio Between The Weight ...
Hydrophobia
Hy'dropho'bia (lat., From Ck, Hydrophobia, From Ilfpockafioc, Hydrophobos, Dread Ing Water, From Gdx.,pjaydor, Water 06,10c, ',hobos, Fear), Or Also Called Lysna. An Acute Infectious Disease Of Warm-blooded Animals Produced In Man By The Implantation Of A Spe Cific Virus Through The Bite Of An Animal Sick With The Disease. This ...
Hydrophytes
Hy'drophytes (from Cik. Mop, Hyd5r, Water (istrr6e, Phytoa, Plant). Plants Which Grow Naturally Either In Water Or In Very Wet. Soil. This Term Is Contrasted With Mesophytes And Xerophytes (qq.v.). Common Illustrations Of Hydroph•tie Plant Societies Are Swamps Of All Kinds, Pond Societies, And Plants. Various Classes Of Hydnqihytes Are ...
Hydrostatics
Hydrostatics (from (;k. Iiocdp, Hyd6r, Water + Ararts6c, Statikos, Causing To Stand, From Iararat, Histanai, To Stand). That Branch Of Mechanics Which Treats Of The Properties Of Liquids In Equilibrium, And Of Solids Either Totally Or In Part Immersed In Liquids. :many Of The Laws And Phenomena Of Hydrostatics Apply ...
Hydrotropism
Hydrotropism (from Gk. Iniwp, Hydor, Water + Rpor*, Trope, A Turning, From Rptreiv, Trepein, To Turn). The Sensitiveness Of Certain Plant Organs To The Presence Of Unequal Moisture, Which Causes Them To Curve Toward The Source Of Moisture. Among The Fungi Hydrotropism Is Shown Particularly By Those Filaments (hyphen) Which ...
Hydrozoa
Hy'drozo'a (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Mnp, Hyd6r, Water + Nov, Noon. Animal). A Class Of Ccelenterata In Which The Simplest Form Of The Body, As In The Polyps, Is A Sae Attached By Its Posterior Cud, And With A Digestive Cavity Communicating With The Exterior By A Mouth Only. ...
Hygiene
Hygiene, Hifji-i'in (from Fr. Hygiene, From Ifyiaivetv, Hygiainein, To He Healthy, From Hygies, Healthy). The Branch Of Cal Science Which Deals With The Preservation Of Health. Within Its Scope Are All Measures Taken For The Acquisition And Preservation Of Health, Except Those Involving Purely Medical And Surgical Means. Hygienic Measures ...
Hygrometer
Hygrometer (from Ck. I;p6c, Hygros, Moist Pirpor, M, (run. Ineas.urel. An Instil Merit For Measuring The Quantity Of Moisture In The Atmosphere. In Addition To The Gases Of Which It Is Composed. The Air Eontains The Vapor Of Water, Which Is Invisible Except When It Is Con Densed In The ...
Hyksos
Hyksos, The Name Of A Dynasty Of Egyptian Kings, Who Are Known Also As The Shepherd Kings. Manetho, Of Whose Annals An Excerpt Is Preserved In Josephus, Narrates That Foreign Conquerors From Asia Took Possession Of Egypt Who Were Called Hykussos. This Name Seems To Mean 'foreign Kings' (hulu-khesou); The ...
Hymn Tunes
Hymn Tunes. The Authentic History Of Hymn Tunes Begins With Hilary Of Poitiers, Who Died In 36s. His Music Was Simpler Than That Of The Ordinary Jubilations. Each Syllable Of The Text Being Given But One, Or. At The Most, Two Musical Tones. Saint Ambrose (died 397) And, Later. Pope ...
Hymnology
Hymnology ( Liaivono-yla, Bite: N °log Ia , From Hymnof000s. Singing Hymns, From Cavos, Hronnos, Hymn; Connected With Skt. Synnioa, Bond, Lat. Surrc, To Sew, Nk. Nao-orietr, Kos•syein, To Make Shoes. ()('hurch Slay. To Sew, (loth. Siitjan, Oho. Siurron, :\s, Seowian, Eng. Se• Ok. -xoy/a, -login. Account. From Hoein, To ...
Hypatia
Hypatia, (lat.from Daughter Of Theon, An Astronomer And Mathe Matician Of Alexandria And Head Of The Neo Platonic School In That City. Early In The Fifth 'century. She Is Famed Alike For Her Beauty. Her Purity, Her Wisdom. And Her Tragic Fate. Iler Father Gave Her The Best Training The ...
Hyperides
Hy'peri'des (lat., From Gk. "rirrati(isc, Llyperewn1. An Athenian Orator Of The Fourth Century We., One Of The Ten Comprised In The Alexandrian Canon. After Studying Philosophy Under Plato, And Oratory Under Isocrates, He Be Gan His Public Career As An Advocate In The Athenian Courts Of Justice, And Joined The ...
Hypertrophy
Hypertrophy ( From Gk. Ir/p, Hyper, Over + Rpooh, Trophy'. Nourishment, From ;pi-0m, Trephein, To Nourish). The Term Applied In Medicine To The Abnormal And Di:proportion Ate Enlargement Of Any Part Of The Body. Ex Amples Of This Change Are Seen In The Muscular System, Where It May Occur Altogether ...
Hypochondriasis
Hyp'ochondri'asis (neo-lat., From Lat. Hypoehondrium, Gk. Inroxavopcop, Hypochondriac Region; So Called Because Of The Supposed Connec Tion Of The Disease With This Part Of The Body). A Disease Characterized By Extreme Increase Of Sensibility, Palpitations, Morbid Feelings That Simulate The Greater Part Of Diseases, Exaggerated Uneasiness, And Anxiety. Chiefly In ...
Hypothesis
Hypothesis (gk. I.760earc , Supposition, From I.7,-orioepat, Hypotithenai, To Place Under, From 076, Hypo, Under + Rtoivat, Tithenai, To Place). In Scientific Procedure. A Conjecture As To The Explanation Of Any Phenomenon. Made Pro Visionally And Used As A Starting-point For Fur Ther Investigation And Theory. Thus In Studying The ...
Hypsometer
Hypsom'eter (from Gk. Qt, )typsi, On High + Tarpop, Outrun, Pleasure), Or Thermo 13.kuometen. An Instrument To Determine The At Mospheric Pressure And Altitude At A Given Point By Ascertaining Accurately With A Thermometer The Temperature At Which Water Boils. The Boil Ing-point Of Water Diminishes With A Decrease In ...
Hypsometry
Hypsom'etry. The Art Of Measuring Heights On The Earth's Surface. Sileh Measure Ments Are Performed By Means Of Trigonometrical Observations And Ealeulations; By Running A Line Of Precise Levels Starting From Mean Sea-level And Terminating At The Point Whose Height Is To Equal To One Mile, Then, The Dimension On ...
Hyrax
Hyrax (neo-lat., From Gk. Oat,. Mouse). A General Name For A Suborder (hyraeoideal Of Small Peculiar Ungulate Mammals Comprised In A Single Genus And Family (proeavia, Procavihhe), Whose Species Are Locally Called 'conies,' 'dainau•,' And 'rock-rabbits.' Some Fourteen Species Are Known In Southwestern Asia, And In Eastern And Southern Africa. ...
Hyrcanus
Hyrca'nus (lat., From (k. "rporcac, 11 Yr Ka Nos ) . The Name Of Two Jewish High Priests And Primes Of Thin Asmonean Family. (1) .1(11in (ileb., Johanan) I I Yrcanus, Son Of Simon :mac Cabwus, Was. During The Lifetime Of His Father, Governor Of The Seacoast, With His Seat ...
Hysteresis
Hys'tere'sis (yco-lat.. From Gk. Paals, Deficiency, From Barepeip, Bystercin. To Be Behind, From Varepos, Hysteros, Latter; Connected With Skt. Ad, As. Fit. 0110. Fiz, Ger. Errs. Eng. Out). The Name Given A Phenomenon In The Magnetization Of Magnetic Substances, Which Was First Observed By. Warburg.•in 1851. And Later, In 1885, ...
Hysteria
Hysteria (lat., From (1k. Itcrripa, Hystera, Womb; Connected With Lat. Uterus, Womb, Skt. Wlara, Belly). A Diseased State Of The Nervous System Characterized By A Great Variety Of Symp Toms Denoting Disordered Nervous Functions. It Was Formerly Considered To Be A Disease Of The Womb, And Hence Came Its Name: ...
Hythe
Hythe, Mtn (as., Haven). A Market-town And Parliamentary Borough In Kent. England. 14 Miles South Of Canterbury. Ilythe Is A Favorite Seaside Summer Resort, And The Seat Of The Na Tional School Of Musketry (map: England. 11 5). It Has An Interesting Church. Partly Norman And Partly Early English. Under ...
I 0n Ernnient
I :0n Ernnient. The Chief Executive Officer For The Government Of Ireland Is The Lord Lieutenant, Who Is Assisted By A Privy Council. Ile Is The Personal Representative Of The Crown, And As Such Occupies A Viceregal Position. The Maintenance Of Which Is Elide( Function. For This Purpose Lie Receives ...
I Iumpitrey 1659 1707 Hody
Ho'dy, I Iumpitrey (1659-1707). A Chureh Of England Divine. He Was Born At Odeombe, Somersetshire. January I, 1059; Graduated B.a. At Oxford, 1679; Became Fellow Of Wadham Col Von. X.-9. Lege There, And In 1697-98 Regius Professor Of Greek. He Died Near Bath, January 20, 1707. Ile Participated On The ...
Iamblichus
Iamblichus, I-am'bli-kfis (lat., From Gk. 'icip/32..ixec). (1) A Greek Writer Of The Second Century A.d., A Syrian By Birth, And The Author Of The Earliest Greek Romance Of Which Considerable Remains Have Survived. It Was Entitled Babyloni Aca, And Described In Thirty-five Books The Re Markable Adventures Of Two Lovers, ...
Ibis
Ibis ( Lat. Ibis, Gk. Ititr„ Of Egyptian Origin). A Stork-like Bird Of The Family Ibidx. The Bill Is Long, Slender, Curved, Thick At The Base, The Point Rather Obtuse, The Upper Mandible Deeply Grooved Throughout Its Length. The Face, And Generally The Greater Part Of The Bead, And Sometimes ...
Iblis
Ib'lis. One Of The Names Of The Devil, In The Koran, Who, However, Is More Often Called Shai Iiin (satan). Mils Is The Chief Of The Fallen Angels. Who Was Once A Gond Angel Named Azazil, But Having Refused At God's Command To Render Homage To Adam, Was First Condemned ...
Ibn Janach
Ibn Janach, E:b'n 115-mich', A Lw.% Lid Merwan, Or Jonah Marines. A Jewish Gram Marian Of Spain. Ile Was Born Near The End Of The Tenth Century And Died About The Middle Of The Eleventh Century, But The Exact Dates Are Unknown. Ile Studied Ilebrew At His Birth Place, Cordova, ...
Ibsen
Ibsen, Ip'sol,exult: (1828—). A Nor Wegian Dramatist, Born At Skien, .nlarch 20, 1828, Whose Intluclive Is Marked In German, French, English, And Italian Literatures. His Great-grandmother Was Scotch, His Grandmother And Mother German, His Grandfather's Grand Father Danish. They Were A Family Of Ship Masters. Llis Father, Enud Ibsen, N ...
Ibygits
Ibygits, (lat., From Gk. '113vsor, Ibykos). A Greek Lyric Poet Of The Sixth Century B.c., Born At Rhegium In Italy. He Lived The Life Of A Wandering Minstrel, And Passed Some Time At The Court Of Polycrates, The Tyrant Of Samos. The Story Of His Death Near Corinth, And The ...
Icarians
Icarians. Members Of A Communistic So Ciety. Founded By Cabet (q.v.) To Realize The Ideals Set Forth In His Romance Voyage En /carie. During The Years Preceding The Revolution Of 1848 Communistic Doctrines Had A Wide Follow Ing In France; And When, In 1547. Cabet An Nounced The Acquisition Of ...
Ice Yachting
Ice Yachting. Excepting Russia, No Country In The World Shares With America The Sport Of Ice Yachting. And Russia Is Only A Sharer In The Sense That A Few Of Its Boats, Such As Those Of 'the Russian River Club.' Are Sailed Over A Portion Of The Gulf Of Finland, ...
Iceberg
Iceberg. Under This Name Is Understood A Detached Fragment Or Section Of A Glacier, Whose Terminal Foot Has Reached A Body Of Water, Whether Fresh Or Salt, And There Broken (calved) Off. Fresh-water Bergs Are Those Of Lakes, And Are Of Comparatively Rare Oecurrence, And Never Of Large Size. The ...
Iceland
Iceland. An Island And Danish Colony In The North Atlantic. On Hie Northern Edge Of The Temperate Zone. The Arefie Circle Cuts The Two Most Northern Points Of The Island. Wide]] Ex Tends South To Latitude G3° 35' N., And From Longitude 13° 23' To 24° 35' W. (map: Denmark. ...
Icelandic Language
Icelandic Language. With The Nor Wegian Popular Dialects And Faroese, Icelandic Forms The West Norse Subdivision Of The Scandi Navian Languages, As Opposed To The East Norse, Made Up Of Swedish And Danish. The His Tory Of Icelandic Begins With The Settlement Of Iceland By Norwegians, Principally From Western Norway, ...
Icelandic Literature
Icelandic Literature. In Order To Understand The Remarkable Brilliancy Of The Classical Icelandic Literature Of The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries, It Is Necessary To Hear In Mind The Fact That The Early Settlers Were Among The Cream Of The Norwegian People. In Spite Of The Political Difficulties That Had Induced ...
Ichneumon Fly
Ichneumon-fly. An Insect Of A Group Of Parasitic Hymenoptera, Forming The Family Ichneumonithe. More Than 1100 Genera Of Ichneu Mon-flies Have Been Described, And Many Thou Sands Of Species. Economically Considered They Are Among The Most Important Groups Of Insects, Since Without Exception They Are Parasitic Upon Or Within Other ...
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis, (yeo-lat., From /x6iiit, Iehthys. Fish --i-- /sprit, Orals, Bird). A Genus Of Toothed Birds Of The Cretaeemis Age, Found Fossil Numerously In Western Kansas, Along With Remains Of Ilesperornis, Aptornis, And The Like. 'these Two Genera Represent The Division Odontotortme Of The Toothed Birds (sett Bona, Eharneierized By The ...
Ichthyosatjrits
Ichthyosatjrits, Ik'thretesa'rus ( Np1). Lat.. From Gk. Lx06r, Iclithyr, Fish Craiipot, Sauros, Lizard). An Extinct Genus Of Fish-like Reptiles Found In The :mesozoic Rocks Of Europe And North .tnierica. The Ichthyosaurs Among Reptiles Are Analogous To The Whales Among Mam Mm Als. And They Have Many Points Of Resemblance To ...
Idealism
Idealism. In Philosophy, The Theory That No Reality Is Independent Of Consciousness. Its Ordinary Antithesis Is Realism, Or The Theory That The Reality Of Things Is Not Dependent Upon Their Relation To Consciousness. The Motif Of Idealism Can Best Be Understood By Contrasting Idealism With Agnosticism Or Skepticism (q.v.), Which ...
Identity Ml
Identity (ml. Identitas, Sameness, From Identicus, Same, From Lat. Idem, Same). The Law Of. The Principle That In Any Train Of Thought, Such As A Syllogism, There Must Be Running Through All The Differences Of Contents A Oneness Of Meaning, In Which Is Found The Consistency Of The Phrase Of ...
Idiocy
Idiocy (in Law). A Total Lack Of Reasoning Powers, Or Of Those Intellectual Faculties By Which Man Is Peculiarly Distinguished. Its Legal Conse Quences, So Far As Contract And Tort Obligations As Well As Criminal Responsibility Are Concerned, Are The Same As Those Of Insanity (q.v.). The Term Is Limited ...
Idol Of
Idol (of. Idole, Lat. Ido/ani, From Ilk. (taw Xor, Ei.bifort, Image, From Elbivat, Eidenai. Skt. -rid, To Know, Lat. Videre, To See). An Image In Tended To Represent A Deity, And To Be Adored As Such. The Act Of Such Adoration Is Idolatry. Through Theological Usage. The Term Idolatry Has ...
Idylls Of The King
Idylls Of The King. Twelve Poems By Tennyson, Published Between 1842 And 1885, Based On The Arthurian Romances. The Titles Are: "the Coming Of Arthur," "gareth And Lynette," ''the Marriage Of Geraint," "geraint And Enid," "balin And Balan," "merlin And Vivien," "lancelot And Elaine," "the Holy Grail," "pelleas And Ettarre," ...
Igneous Rocks
Igneous Rocks (lat. Igneus, Fiery, From Ignis, Skt. Agoi. Fire). Rocks Produced As The Re Sult Of Solidification From A Molten Condition. Such Rocks Include Lavas Which Have Been Poured Out Upon The Earth's Surface; The Fillings Of The Fissures, Pipes, And Other Passages In The Earth's Crust Through Which ...
Ignorance Of The Law
Ignorance Of The Law. (me Of The Important Maxims 14 The C0111111011 111w Is Igno Ronce Of The Line (xras, S Ale Om. It Is Not, How Ever, :in Aphorioi Of Link Ersal Application, Nor Is It To He Pressed Into The Service Of Injustice; Neither Does It Warrant The ...
Iguana
Iguana, Ig-wii'nft (sp., From The Ilaitian Name, Iguana, Hivana, Yuana). A Genus Of Trop Ical American Lizards, Representing The Family Iguanid:r. Of Which There Are About 55 Genera And 235 Or More Species. In External And Internal Structure Iguanas Closely Resemble The Agamithe Of The Old World And Are Distinguished ...
Iguanodon
Iguanodon, Ig-wan'()-(irm (neo-lat , From Eng. Iguana 4- Gk. Inloric, °dolls, Tooth). A Genus Of Ornithopod Dinosaurs, Found Fossil In Jurassic And Lower Cretaceous Rocks Of Europe. Iguanodon Is Perhaps The First Dinosaur Brought To Light, For It Was Described By Mantel] In 1825 From Specimens Found In Bent, England. ...
Ii Kamon No Kami
Ii Kamon No Kami, I•-17• Kii'mtin No Or It Nsvdsicia. Baron (1515-111). The Japanese Statesman Whose Wise And Vigorous Statesman Ship Led To The Opening Of Japan To Foreign Na Tions, And The Establishment Of Friendly Rela Tions With Them. Ile Was The Fourteenth Son Of Baron Li, Of Ilikone ...
Ii Story
Ii !story. (see Preceding Article.) The Line Of Hesse-darmstadt. The Second Main Branch Of The House Of Ilesse. Is Derived From George 1., The Fourth Son Of Philip The Nla.rnaninions. Land Grave Of Hesse, Who, On The Death Of His Father In 1507, Obtained The Principality Of Eltilmgen, With The ...
Iindu Sects And Modern
Iindu Sects And Modern Popi'lar Faith. Under This Designation May Be Comprised The Sects Which Arose (hiring The Last Period Of Hinduism And The Beliefs Which Are Common To The Hindus To-day. These Believers Suppose That Their Religion Is Countenanced By The Vedas; But Its Source In Reality Is To ...
Illegitimacy
Illegitimacy (from Lat. In-, Not Gitinins, Legal, Front Lex, Law). According To The Civil And Statute Law As Found In Many States, The Status Of Children Born Out Of Wedlock. In England, Children Born Out Of Wedlock Have Been Held As Illegitimate Even Upon Subsequent Inter Marriage Of The Parents; ...
Illiteracy
Illiteracy (front Lit. Itinerants, Unedu Cated, From In-, Not -f- Literatus, Educated, From Liter', Littera, Letter). The Condition Of One Who Cannot Read And Write His Own Language. As Used In The Unitcd States Census, The Term In Cludes Also Those Who Can Read But Not Write. There Are Several ...
Illuminati
Illu'mina'ti (lat. Noun. Pl., Enlightened). A Name Which Has Been Borne By Four Different Societies. (1 ) The Earliest Was That Of The Alom Brados In Spain, Followers Of A Seductive Mysti Cism. Curiously Compounded Of Gnosticism, Lu Theranism, And Buddhism. 1t Spread Rapidly Through Spain About The Middle Of ...
Illusion
Illusion (from Lat. Illusio, Mockery, From Illudere, To Mock, From In, In + Ludere, To Play). In General, A Distorted Or Abnormal Perception (q.v.). The Word Is Used In English Psychology Holy Legion Was To Be Led On, As It Was Imag Ined, To The Benefaction Of Mankind. But, From ...