Investiture
Investiture (lat. Inrcaliturn, From In Teslire, To Invest, Trorn In. In Er.elir, To Clothe, From Restig, Garment : Connected With Ok. H•viwrzt, Heft Nynai, Skt. Ras, Coth. Irasjnn, 011(1., A!-:. Forma, Eng. Ortur). In Feudal And Ecclesiastical History, The Act Of Giving Corporal Possession Of A Manor, 'alive, Or Benefice, ...
Inviolability
Inviolability (lat. Inriolabilitas, From Inviolabilis, Inviolable, From In-, Not + Vioiabins, Violable, From Violare, To Violate. From Ris, Cs, Is, Strength, Violence). In International Law, The Freedom Or Immunity Which Attaches, To A Greater Or Less Degree, To The Public Vessels And Their Crews And To The Diplomatic Agents Of ...
Involution And Evolution
Involution And Evolution.. In Mathematics. The Raising To Powers And The Ex Traction Of Roots, Respectively. The Result Of Taking A Number Twice As A Factor Is Called The Square Of The Ninniter; The Result Of Taking It Three Times As A Factor, Its Cube; Four Limes, Its Fourth Power, ...
Iodine
Iodine (from Gk. Ii:ks, Iiidzr, Like A Vio Let, So Called From The Color Of Its Vapor). One Of The 'halogen' Elements, Similar To Chlorine And Bromine. It Was Discovered By Courtois In 1811, In The Ashes Of Seaweeds. It Has Been Found Free In Nature, But Occurs Chiefly In ...
Iolite
I'olite (from Gk. He. Ion, Violet -i- Was, Lithos, Stone), Cordierite, Ur Inch Roite. A Hy• Drated Masmesi Llll 1-iron-aluminum Silicate That Crystallizes In The Orthorhombie System. It Is Fonnd In Various Shades Of Blue, And Is Trans Parent To Translucent. Lolite Is Found In Ita S Aria, Hungary, Tuscany, ...
Ionia
Io'nia (lat., From Gk. Itovta. Earlier 'iorle, Maria, For *lapovia, La Conia, Skt. Verona). The Ancient Name Of The District Occupying The Centre Of The Western Coast Of Asia Minor From (ap Proximately) The River Tiermus In The North To Mount Latmus In The South. It Received Its Name From ...
Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands. A Collective Nal11e Given To The Islands In The Ionian Sea (together With The Island Of Cerigo Farther South) Belong Ing To Greece. They Consist Of Six Principal And A Large Number Of Smaller Islands, And Fall Mainly Into Three Groups (map: Greece. B The First And Northernmost ...
Ionic Order
Ionic Order. One Of The Three Orders Of Creek Architecture, So Called Because It Was First And Principally Used In The Greek Cities Of Asia Alinor. It Is Not A Development Of The Doric Order, As Was Formerly Supposed, But Was Co Existent With It. It Is Of A More ...
Ionization
I'oniza'tion (from Ion, From Gk. Pre-. Part. Of Itrai, Icn1i, To Go). The Modern Theory Of Electric Conduction Is That An Electric Current Consists Of The Motion Of Minute Particles Of Matter Which Are Charged Positively And Nega Tively, The Motion Of The Oppositely Charged Par Ticles Being In Opposite ...
Iowa
Iowa, L'on•wit (popularly Known As The 'llawk Eye State'). One Of The North Central States Of The United States. It Lies Het Ween Latitudes 40° 311' And 43' 30. N.. And Between Longitudes S9° 5' And 90° 31' Nv.. And Is Bounded On The North By :nlinnesota, On The East ...
Iowa State College Of
Iowa State College Of Agricul Ture And Mechanic Arts. .1 Etieduca Tional Stale Institution At Ames. Iowa, Estah Li•hed By Act Of Legislature In 185s. In 1862 The College Came Into Possession Of A Grant Of Public Lands Bestowed By General Act Of Congress For The Purpose Of Fostering Tigricullitral ...
Ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha, Fp'-kzileii-rin'n (port.. From Brazilian Ip•canpuen, Smaller Wayside Plant Emetic. The Native Name). The Name Hoth Of A Very Valuable Medicine And Of The Plant Produc Ing It. According To The American And English Pharmaeoweias The Source Of This Drug Is Cephaclin Iperacuanha (referred By Some Bota Nists To Pruchotria ...
Iphicrates
Iphic'rates (lat.. From Gk. 'ioociatrns, 1phikrat(s). An Athenian General Of The First Half Of The Fourth Century Il.c. Lit Was Of Humble Parentage. At An Early Age He Began His Military Eareer In The 'weaned Corinthian War, Ile Was Ill 1.01111111111d Of The .1 Thenian Troop. At Leeinemn, Near Corinth, ...
Ipomcea
Ip'omce'a (nerelat.. From Gk. ;its, Wortn 1.1.nios. Hotttoios, Like). A Genus Of The Nat Ural Order Convidvulaeem. Differing Very Little From The Genus Couvolvillus. Embracing About 400 Species Of Tropical And Warm Temperate Plants. The Are Mostly Twining Or Trailing Herbs And Shrubs. Although In The Tropies A Few' Become ...
Ipswich
Ipswich. A Town In Essex County, Mass., 27 Miles No•heast Of Boston; On The Ipswich River, And On The Boston And Maine Railroad (slap: :massachusetts, .2). It Possesses A Public Library And The Manning Iligh School. The Ipswich Historical Society, Founded In 1900, Possesses A Collection Of Old Furniture, Documents, ...
Iran
Iran, The Native Name Of Persia, In Its Broadest Sense, 1 See Peasta.) The Word Iran Itself, In Its Modern Form, Is Earlier Found As Ellin (whence Often Eranian As An Adjective), And It Is Ultimately Connected With Aryan (q.v.) As A Racial Designation. In The Arcata (q.v.) The People ...
Iranian Languages And Litera
Iranian Languages And Litera Tures. Historically, The Linguistic And Liter Ary Monuments Of Iran Cover A Period Of More Than Two Thousand Five Hundred Years, Dating From The Early Zoroastrian Scriptures And The Ohl Persian Cuncif, Run Inscription-, Through The Pahlavt, Duln11 To .voderll Literature, From The Standpoint ,,f The ...
Ireland
Ireland, Cut La It Or. The Name Applied To The Independent Branell In Ireland Of The Angli Can Communion. It Was Established By Law Ac Cording To The Act Of • 111011, Which Went Into Effect On January 1. Iso'. The Listahlished Church 14 Ireland. Considering Itself The Rightful Successor ...
Iridescent Glass
Iridescent Glass (from Lat. Iris. Gk. Ipts, Iris, Rainbow). Glass Containing A Display Of Changing Colors On The Surface Somewhat Sim Ilar To The Delicate Hues Of Soap-bubbles. It Is Produced By Rendering The Surface Of The Glass Imperceptibly Uneven. Either By Artificial Means Or By The Natural Process Of ...
Iridziim
Iridziim (neo-lat.. From Gk. Ipes, Iris, Rain Bow; So Called On Account Of Its Iridescence). A Metallic Element Discovered In 1s03 By Smithson Tennant. It Is Found In Platinum Ores; As Iridos Mine, A Native Alloy Of Iridium And Osmium In Varying Proportions: And In The Form Of Native Alloys ...
Iriga
Iriga, T-wget. A Town Of Luzon, Philippines, In The Province Of South Ca Marines (map: Philippine Island:, Il It Lies About 22 Miles Southeast Of Nueva Cficeres, And Has N Population (1898) Of About 17.100. I'ris (lat., From Gk. 'ipts). In Ilesiod, The Daughter Of Thaumas And Electra, And Sister ...
Irish Land Laws
Irish Land Laws. The Land Tenure Of Ireland Is The Product Of Two 1114111(4. System:, The Irish Tribal And The English Feudal. In The Former. As Described In The Brehm' Laws., The Land Was Ultimately The Property Of One Of The Four Or Five Tribes Into Which The Irish Popula ...
Irish Literary Society
Irish Literary Society. A Society For The Study Of The Irish Language, Literature, History, Music. And Art, Founded In London In 1892 By A Small Coterie Of Young Irish Men And Women, With The Eniiperation Of Leading Irish Lit Erary Men In England And Ireland. The Society Has A Large ...
Iritis
Iri'tis (neo•lat., From Iris, Iris). Inflam Mation Of The Iris. The Objective Symptoms Of Iritis (those Which Can Be Observed By The Physi Cian) Are: (1) Redness Of The Eye, Arising From Vascularity Of The Sclerotic Around The Cornea And General Redness Of The Sclerotic From Accom Panying Conjunctivitis. (2) ...
Irkutsk
Irkutsk, I!r-ketsk'. A Governor-general Ship And A Government Of Eastern Siberia. The Former Comprises The Governments Of Irkutsk And Yeniseisk (q.v.), And The Territory Of Yakutsk (q.v.), With A Total Area Of Nearly 2,800,000 Square Miles, And A Population In 1897 Of 1,323,150 (map: Asia, K 3). The Government Of ...
Iroquoian
Iroquoian Ir'tekwoi'an ) Stock. I Ffie Of The Most Important Linguistic Stocks Of The American Ingliami, Formerly Inhabiting A Large Part Of The Present Ontario. Sew York, Ohio, And Pennsylvania. With Portions Of Nisi -rut Vir Ginia And North Carolina And The Whole Of The Southern .111eglieny Region. The Stock ...
Iroquois
Iroquois, A Confederacy Of Five Tribes Of Iroquoian Stock—mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, And Seneca—to Which The Tuscarora Were Afterwards Added. They Called Themselves By Names Signifying Respectively 'we Of The Long House' And 'real People.' The Term Iroquois Is Of French Origin, Being Possibly Corn Pcunded From Two Ceremonial Words ...
Irrational Number
Irrational Number. :\ny Number That Cannot He Exiiivssell As The Quotient Of Two Integers. A Fraction Or Quotient Of Two Integers May Be Expre•,ed In The Form Of Either A Termi Nating Or A Non-terminating Ileeinial, The Latter Always Containing A Repet End. (see Deci)1.11, Systen1.1 T1111a, 1,(1. A Terminating ...
Irrigation
Irrigation (lat. Irrigatio, From Irrigate, To Irrigate, From In, In Rigarc, To Moisten: Con. Neeted With Goth. Rigs, As. Neon, 01t(1. Regan, Ger. Prgen. Eng. Ruin, And Probably With Gk. Pptretv, Breehcin. To Wet). In Agriculture, The Method Of Increasing The Productiveness Of Soils By An Artificial Supply Of Water. ...
Irrigation
Irrigation. From Remote Times The Inhabit Ants Of India Have Sought, By Means Of Artificial Water-supply. To Protect Themselves Against The Calamities Of Drought. Under British Control The Irrigation Works Have Been Enlarged And New Ones Constructed On An Enormous Scale. In 190(1 There Were 31.544,000 Acres. One-seventh Of The ...
Irritability
Irritability (lat, Irritabilitas, From Ir Ritabilis, Irritable, From Irritate, To Irritate). The State Or Condition Of The 'protoplasm Of Plants When It Responds To A Change In External Influences Or The Adjacent Protoplasm. The Change Which Initiates The Response Is Called A Stimulus. When The Nature Of The Stimulus Is ...
Irving
Irving, I•r'ving, Enwarn (1792-1s:14). An Eloquent And Distinguished Scotch Clergyman. Ile Was Born At Annan, Dumfriesshire, August 4, 1792. Ile Studied At The University Of Edinburgh, And, After Completing His F-m The Min Istry, Became A School-teacher At Itaddington And Later At At The Former Place, One Of His Pupils ...
Irving
Irving, Wasitington An American Author. Lie Was Born In New York It). April 3, I753. Llis Mother Was English And Iris Father Had Come From Scotland To New York City, Where He Enraged In Trade. Irving Studied In The Schools I) F New York, And At The Age Of Six ...
Irving_2
Irving, Sir Henry (1838-1905). A Distin Guished English Actor And Manager. He Was Born At Keinton, Somersetshire, February 6, 1838, His Name Being Originally John Henry Brodribb ; His Stage Name Of Irving Was Legalized By Royal License In 1887. He Was Carefully Educated At A Private School And Then ...
Isaac
Isaac, I'zak (ha. From ?eihql.c. To Laugh). One Of The Three Hebrew Patriarchs. The Story Of Isaac Is Given In Gen. Xviii.-xxxv. Ile Was The Son Of Abraham And Sarah, Born To Them When Abraham Was One Hundred And Sarah Ninety Years Old. The Conneetion Of The Name With The ...
Isaac I
Isaac I., Coivinernus F ?-1 061 ) . Byzan Tine Emperor From 1057 To 1059. 11e Was The First Of The Line Of The Comneni To Ascend The Throne, Though His Family Had Been For Some Time Prominent In Both Military And Civil Capacities. In 1057 Lie Was Proclaimed Emperor ...
Isabella I
Isabella I., Sp. Isabel, (1451 1504). Queen Of Castile. Known As The Catholic. She Was Born At Madri7al, Old Castile. The Daugh Ter Of John Ii., King Of Castile And Leon, By His Second Wife, The Infanta Isabella, Of Portugal. In 1454 Isabglla's Brother Henry Ascended The Throne Of Castile, ...
Isabella Ii 1830 1904
Isabella Ii. (1830-1904). Queen Of Spain From 1833 To 1868. She Was The (laughter Of Ferdinand Vii. By His Fourth Wife, Maria Chris Tina Of The Two Siedies, And Was Horn At Ma Drid, October 10, 1830. By A (teens- Which Set Aside The Salic Law In Spain And Which ...
Isaiah
Isaiah, 1-zii'ya Or (ileh. Yesha'ayii Ha, Help Of Yahweh, Or Yahweh Helps). Tine Of The Most Famous Of The Older Hebrew Prophets. Ile Was The Son Of Amoz And Lived At .jerusalem During The Reigns Of Ahaz And Hezekiah, Extend Ing From E. 736 To 693 B.c. We May Assume ...
Ischl
Ischl, Ish"l. A Celebrated \ Vatering-plaee, In The Crownland Of Upper Austria, Picturesquely Situated In The Centre Of The Salzkammergut. Over 1500 Feet Above The Sea-level. On A Pen Insula Formed By The Rivers Traun And !sell], 28 Miles East-southeast Of Salzburg (map: Austria, C 3). It Has A Fine ...
Ishmael
Ishmael, ( Hch. Fish,nd•ci, God Hears). The Elder Son Of Abraham, And Reputed Founder Of The Arab Race. His Story Is Given In Genesis Xvi. And Xxi. Modern Critics Hold That It Is Compounded Of Two Sources, And Fur Nishes A Good Illustration Of The Way In Which The Writers ...
James 726 97 Hutton
Hutton, James ( 726-97). An Eminent British Geologist. Lie Wag Born In Edinburgh, And Cdueated At The University In That City. After Serving A Year's Apprenticeship A Office. He Relinquished His Plan Of Joining The Legal Profession, And Entered Upon The Study Of Medi Sine, Taking Courses At Edinburgh, Paris, ...
James 771 1 835hogg
Hogg, James ( 77(1-1 835 ) . A Scottish Poet, Known As The 'ettriek Shepherd,' Born In The Par Ish Of Ettriek, Solkirkshire, In 1770. His Father Was A Poor Farmer. The Boy's Education Was Slight, For He Was Taken From School To Herd Ewes. But From His Mother Lie ...
Jewelry
Jewelry. Of All The Smaller Arts In India. Jewelry Is The Most Universally Interesting, And Beautiful. In It We See Survivals Of Early And Late Etruscan, Creek, And Asiatic Forms, Un Doubtcdly Descended Frogn Imported Originals. The Techniques Of Filigree And Granular Work, Only Recently Rediscovered In Europe After - ...
John Bell 1831 79 Hood
Hood, John Bell (1831-79). An American Soldier, Prominent On The Confederate Side During The Civil War. He Was Born In Owingsville. Ky.; Graduated At West Point In 1853: And Remained In The United States Army Until 1861. When He Resigned To Accept A Commission In The Confeder Ate Service. During ...
John Henry 1775 1830 Hobart
Hobart, John Henry (1775-1830). A Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of New York. He Was Born In Philadelphia. Pa., And Was The Descendant In The Fifth Generation Of A Puritan Family Of New England. Originally Established By Joshua Hobart At Hingham, Mass. He Was Left Fatherless In His First Year And Was ...
John Hume
Hume, -john. See Home, Join. Hume, .tosern (1777-1855). A British Political Reformer, Born January 22. 1777, At Se, Scotland. Ile Was Educated In The Local Schools Of Montrose. And At The Age Of Thirteen Was Apprenticed To An Apothecary. He Studied Medicine, Was Admitted In 1796 A Mem Ber Of ...
Joseph 1a Iton 1
Hooker, Joseph 1)a I.ton ( 1 S 17—) . .1 Noted British Botanist And Traveler, Second Son Of W..i. Hooker (q.v.). Ile Was Horn At Glasgow. Where He Obtained The Degree Of 11.d. In 1s39. Ile Im Mediately Thereafter Renouneed The Pursuit. Of Medicine For That Of Botany, And Joined ...
Joseph Paxson Iddings
Id'dings, 'joseph Paxson (1857— ). An American Geologist, Born In Baltimore. Md. He Graduated At The Sheffield Scientific School Of Yale In 1s77, Was A Graduate Student And A. Sistant In Mechanical Drawing And Surveying There Until I878, And Continued His Studies In Geology And Microscopic Petrography At Colum Bia ...
Lake Huron
Huron, Lake. One Of The Five Great Lakes On The Northern Frontier Of The United States, Lying Between Lake Superior On The Northwest And Lake Erie On The Southeast, Connected With Lake Michigan On The West, And Bounded On The Southwest By Michigan And On The North, East, And South ...
Language
Language. The First Attempt At Classifying The North American Languages Was Made By Al Bert Gallatin In 1836, The Relationships Being Established Chiefly By A Comparison Of Word Roots. The Beginning Of Regular Systematic Research Dates From The Establishment Of The Bureau Of Ethnology, Under Major J. W. Powell. In ...
Latin
Latin. The Earliest Latin Inscriptions Cannot Rival The Antiquity Of The Greek. The Gold Fibula Or Brooch Of Pr•neste Is Probably Of The Sixth Century B.c., And Some Have Claimed An Even Greater Antiquity For The Broken Column Of The Roman Forum, Though The Best Authorities Con Sider It Scarcely ...
Law Ice
Ice, Law Or. After Ice Has Been Harvested It Is Personalty, And I= Subject To The Rules Of Law Governing That Form Of Property. Before It Is Harvested It Is Deemed Realty For Most Purposes, Although Some Courts Have Held That A Contract For The Sale Of All The Ice ...
Laws An Institutions
Laws An') Institutions. The Development Of Irrigation In The Western United States Has Given Rise To Many Complex Legal, Ecomanie, And Social Problems. This Has Resulted From Lack Of Uni Form Laws Regarding Ownership, Control. And Dis Tribution Of The Water.supply And Uncertainty As To State And Federal Jurisdiction. These ...
Legislation
Legislation. It Has Already Been Pointed Out That Immigration Into The United States Was So Much A Matter Of Course That Before 1820 It Was Not Even Recorded. While In That Year Records Of The Number Of Arrivals Were Introduced, Noth Ing Was Done In The Way Of Legislation, Either ...
Live Stock Agriculture
Agriculture, Live Stock, Forests, Etc. Hun Gary Is Preeminently An Agricultural Country, About Three-fourths Of The Total Population Being Included In The Agricultural Class. The Country Made Marked Progress. Both In The Extent Of The Industry And In Respect To Agricultural Methods, During The Last Two Decades Of The Nineteenth ...
Lower Orders
Lower Orders. The Cell Integument Found In Certain Lnfusoria Consists Of A Chitinous Or Cellu Lose Membrane, Which May Pvc!' Harden Into A Shell By The Impregnation Of Carbonate Of Lime. Lu Dililugia This Membrane Becomes A Case By Its Onion With Small Foreign Particles. The Integu N.ent Or Body ...
Magnetic Inclination
Inclination, :magnetic, Or Dip. The Angle Made With The Horizontal By The Axis Of A Magnetic Needle Swinging Freely In A Vertical Plane. The Inclination Of A Magnetic Needle Varies At Different Places Of The Earth's Surface, Ranging From 90° At The Magnetic Poles To Zero At The Magnetic Equator. ...
Manufactures
Manufactures. Indiana Is Somewhat Less Fortunate Than Some Of Its Sister States In Respect To Natural Facilities Of Transportation And The Possession Of Cities Favorably Situated To Draw Trade. It Has No Centres Of The First Rank. Nevertheless, The Highly Developed State Of Railroad Transpertation Gives Indiana An Easy :access ...
Medicinal Uses Of
Medicinal Uses Of 'enos Compounds. Iron Itself And A Number Of Its Compounds Are Used In Medicine In The Form Of Various Preparations; In The Stomach All Such Compounds Are Con Verted Into Ferric Chloride, And To A Small Ex Tent Into Ferrous Chloride. One Of The Best Medi Cinal ...
Medico Legal Aspects Of Insanity
Medico-legal Aspects Of Insanity. The Plea Of Insanity As An Excuse For Crime Has Been Fashionable At Intervals. There Are Cases Of Im Perative Impulse In Partial Degenerative Insanity Under Which The Lunatic Commits An Act Which Would Be A Crime In A Sane Man, But For The Lunatic Is ...
Mendels Law
Mendel's Law. Great Interest Has Been Ex Cited Among Biologists By Mendel's Law, And His Discovery Of Certain Principles Of Heredity Which Will Prove Of Much Practical Value To Breeders Of Plants And Animals, And Lend A New Phase To The Theory Of Heredity And Also Of Evolution, Since The ...
Menetal Ciimiacter
(menet:al Ciimiacter. The Religious Character Of Indian Art Is Quite As Prominent In Other Branches As It Is In Architecture. A Knowledge Of The Intricacies Of The Pantheon Is A Necessary Prerequisite To The Study Of The Sculp Ture And The Pottery And Even Tile Lac Quers, Bronzes. And Goldsmith ...
Mental And Physical Hygiene
Mental And Physical Hygiene. To Regard The Matter From Another View-point, Hygiene May I* Also Divided Into Mental And Physical. The Former Will Necessarily Include Ninny Questions That Belong To The Latter, For The Healthy Action Of The Mind Depends To A Great Extent Upon The Health Of The Body. ...
Military Hospitals
Military Hospitals. These Are Hospitals De Signed And Erected For The Exclusive Use Of Soldiers, And In Some Instances Sailors, Including Every Form Of Establishment, From The Field Dressing Sta Tion, Or First Hospital, Keeping Pace With The Firing Line, To The Permanent Institutions Of The Home Country. Naturally, Military ...
Military Hygiene
Military Hygiene. This Term Is Applied To The Sanitary Care Of The Soldier In Camp And Garrison, And While On The Field. Military Hy Giene Embraces A Consideration Of: (i) The Se Lection Of The Recruit, His Exercise And Training, His General Development, And His Mental And Moral Education. (2) ...
Mineral
Mineral Br.sot Uccs. The Coal•fields Of In Diana Cover An Area Of 0500 Square Miles In The Western And Southwestern Counties. They Are Of Carboniferous Age And Yield Bituminous Coal Suitable For Heating. The Chief Producing Coun Ties Are Clay And Vigo. Each With An Annual Out Put Of More ...
Mitten
Mitten, Puttte Von Tc.1515-40). A I;erman Adventurer, And Relative Of I. Kid) Nuttell ( Q.v. ) Iv Was One Of The Goo Adven Turers Collected From All Parts Of Europe Who Went Out Under George Hohermuth (better Known As George Of Speyer) To Conquer The Prov Ince Of 1. Enezucla, ...
Modern Ii 0 R
Modern Ii 0 R S E Shoeing. The Ad Vanced Farriery Of To Day Owes Its Excel Lence To Modern Veter Inary Science; So That There Is No Longer Ex Cuse For The Ignor Ance Which In Com Paratively Recent Times Was Universal, And Which Even To Day Is Prevalent ...
Native States Of India
India, Native States Of. The Native States Of India •ole.j..1, Of Over 1;1)(1 Stales, Which Do Not Eoine Under The Administrative System Of British India, But Have %.arying Degrees If Independence, And Are Mostly Governed By Native Iiritices. Many Of The States Are Quite Small, But Some Are Very Large. ...
Natural Ice
:natural Ice. It Is Said That Both The Creeks ' And The Romans Packed Snow In Deep Under Ground Pits, And That Nero Established Ice-houses In Rome. At The End Of The Seventeenth Century Dealers In Ice And Snow Were Quite Common In France. In 1799 A Cargo Of Ice, ...
Nature And Service Of
Nature And Service Of Hons. Horn Is The Connective Tissue Of The Epidermis Hardened And Thickened, And In Some Cases Mixed With, Or Composed Of, Agglutinated Hairs. Its Purpose Is To Form A Resisting Or Protective Surface, Or A Tough Tool Or Weapon. The Whole, Or Principal Part, Of The ...
Ndustries And Its
Ndustries And Its. Front His Foodproeuring Oecupations, The Indian Had Quite A Number Of Industries And Arts. Both Economic And Icsthetie. Flaying Only Accidental Knowledge Of Any Metal But Native Copper, His Tools Were Made Of Stone, Bone, Shell, Or Wood. From Stone He Fashioned His Knife, Hammer, Axe, Spear-head. ...
Nianufacturis Voi
Nianufacturi:s. Voi* Centuries 'india Ha, Been Noted For Its Beautiful Fabrics And Metalwork, Made Chiefly In The Houses Of The Natives. They Formerly Constituted A Large Proportion Of The Exports Of The Country, And Competed Even With English Goods Until Prohibitory Laws Were Passed 113. Parliament To Protect The British ...
Nikoiai Ignatieff
Ignatieff, Nikoi.ai Count (1532—). A Russian General And Diplo Mat, Born In Saint Petersburg, January 29. 1532. Lie Was The Son Of A Favorite Officer Of The Em Peror Nicholas, And Was Eommissioned In The Guards In 1849; He Served In The Crimean War, And Was Made A Eolonel In ...
Nufactures
Nufactures. Since No Duties Van He Col Lected Upon The Imports From Austria. The Hun Garian Manufacturing Industries Must Compete With The Long-established And Highly Developed Austrian Industries; Hut In Spite Of This. Much Progress Has Been Recently Made. The Govern Meat Has Sought To Encourage Industries By Fa \ ...
Of Nacsetic
Of Nacsetic 1 Nduction Are Tubes Formed In The Same Manner In The Field Around Magnets By Drawing Lines Of Magnetic Force Through The Points Of Any Small Closed Curve. Farattay Conceived The Idea Of These Tubes Being Continuous Through Magnets And All Bodies, Not Ending On Arty Surface; They ...
Ohg Ice As
Ice (as., Ohg. Is. Ger. Eis). Water In The Solid State. It Is Crystallized In The Hexagonal System. Ordinarily The Crystalline Structure Of A Block Of Ice Is Not Apparent. Owing To The Close Contact And Perfectly Regular Arrangement Of The Crystals. But When A Piece Of Ice Is Exposed ...
Oliver Otis Howard
Howard, Oliver Otis An Ameri Can Soldier. He Was Born In Leeds, Maine: Graduated At Bowdoin In 1s5u, And At \\ Est Point In 1854; Served As Chief Of Ordnance During The Seminole Troubles Of 1857 ; And Was Assistant Professor Of Mathematics At West Point From 1857 To 1861. ...
Or 10doform
10d'oform, Or Tai-lono-metitane, Chemical Compound Of Elution, Hydrogen, And Iodine, Analogous To Chloroform It Is A Yel Low Crystalline Substance, Having A Penetrating Sweetish Odor And An Unpleasant Sweetish Taste. It Is Very Soluble In Either, Moderately So In Alco Hol, And But Very Sparingly In Water. It Melts At ...
Or Differ Ential Psychology
Individual Psychology, Or Differ Ential Psychology. That Branch Of Psychology Which Deals With The Individual Differences Be Tween Mind And Mind, As Distinct From General Psychology (see Psychology ) , Which Deals With Mental Constants And Uniformities. It Thus In Cludes What Mill Called 'ethology' And Bahnsen 'eliaracterology,' Though It ...
Or Dormant Vitality
Dormant Vitality, Or 'rigor,' Is A Term Used For An Apparent Suspension Of Vital Activity, Distinguished From Death By The Possibility Of Resuscitation. Two General Classes May Lie Dis Tinguished: (1) Dormant Vitality Induced By External Conditions: And (2) Dormant Vitality Determined By Internal Conditions. The First Class Is Of ...
Or English House
House, Or 'english,' Sparrow. This Typical Sparrow (paraita Domestic()) Is The Most Familiar Fringilline Bird Of Europe, And Latterly Of The Whole Civilized World. It Is Indigenous To Europe And Asia, Where It Is Only Partly Migratory, And A Constant Attendant Upon Man Kind. It Was Not Known South Of ...
Or Eranian Iranian
Ira'nian, Or Eranian. The Term Ap Plied To Peoples, Sonic Of Which Are Now Almost Or Altogether Extinct, Speaking Languages Belong Ing To The Aryan Stock, And Inhabiting The Plateau Lying Between Asia Minor And The Cas Pian On The West And The Hindu Kush Mountains On The East (of ...
Or Heron Hero
Hero, Or Heron, Of Al'exan'dria. The Leading Greek Mathematician And Physicist Of His Time. Not Only Are The Dates Of His Birth And Death Unknown. But There Is Great Uncertainty As To The Century In Which He Lived. The Most Recent Investigation Of The Evidence, By Schmidt (1899, Work Cited ...
Or Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphics
Hi'eroglyph'ics, Or Hieroglyphs (lat. Hicroglyphicus, From Gk. Irpoy?.uctnx.6e, Hi Croglyphikos, Hieroglyphic, From Itp9}i.19.1-, Hiero Glyphos, Carver Of Hieroglyphics, From Lep6s, Hieros, ,,x Env, Gtyphein, To Carve). The Tern) Applied To Those Systems Of Writing In Which Figures Of Objects Take The Place Of Purely Conventional Signs. And Especially Used To ...