United States
United States. The Great Hulk Of Those Who Have Left Europe To Seek New Homes Have Come To The United States. Lien- The Various Phe Nomena Connected With Immigration Can Be Studied In Their Fullest Development. Records Of Immigration To The United Btates Begin In 1820. For The Period Before ...
University Of Illinois
Illinois, University Of. The State Uni Versity Of Illinois, Occupying A Site Of 600 Acres, Between The Cities Of Urbana And Champaign. It Was Chartered In 1867 As The Illinois Lndus Ti Ial University. And Assumed Its Present Name In 1885. In 1870 Women Were Admitted As Students, And Now ...
Vaclav Holar 1607 77
Vaclav Holar ) ( 1607-77 ) . A Celebrated Etcher And Engraver. He Was Born At Prague. June 13, 1607, The Son Of A Lawyer, And Received A Good Education. Ile Studied Engraving Under Matthew Marian, A Pupil Of Rubens And Van Dyck. He Was Only Eighteen When Lie Published ...
Valley Of Hinnom
Hinnom, Valley Of. A Ravine In Or Near Jerusalem. The Precise Location Has Not Yet Been Determined. Scholars Differ As To Which Of The Three Valleys, Kidron, Tyropeon. Or Wady Er Ilababi, Is Likely To Have Been Called The Valley Of Hinman. .fewisli And Arah Tradition Favor The First, Which ...
Victor Alexander Haden 1857
Horsley, Victor Alexander Haden (1857 — ). An English Surgeon And Neurologist. He Studied Medicine In London, And In 1881 Re Ceived The Gold Medal In Surgery From The Uni Versity School. He Has Been President, Of The :medical Defense Union. And Is Fellow Of The Royal Medical Chirurgical Society; ...
Wail
Wail As In The Tribal Stage Warfare Is The Chronic Condition, So To The War Was The Chief Glory. Seorn Of Death The Highest Virtue, And Eowardiee The Greatest Crime. Among Ex Treme Northern Tribes The Principal Weapons Were The Knife, (-limb. And Lance. To These Were Added Farther South ...
Walter Farquhar 179s 1875 Hook
Hook, Walter Farquhar (179s-1875). An English Dean And Ecclesiastical Historian. He Was The Nephew Of The Humorist Theodore Hook, And The Son Of Dr. James Hook, Dean Of Wor Cester. He Was Born In London. Graduated M.a. At Christ Church. Oxford, In 1824, And Received The Degree Of D.d. In ...
Water Supply For Irrigation
Water-supply For Irrigation. For Irrigation Is Derived From (1) Natural Streams, Springs And Lakes; (2) Wells: And (3) Storage Of Storm Waters. Occasionally Also The Sewage Water Of Towns Is Used For Irrigating Purpose-. The Simplest And Most Common Method Of Secur Ing Water For Irrigation Is To Divert It ...
Wilijani Hunt
Hunt, Wilijani Altauti.s (1821-79). An Anieriean Landscape, Figure, And Portrait Painter. Lie Was Born At Brattleboro, \i., Aland] 31, 1824. Lie Entered Llarvard College In 1840, Hut, Com Pelled To Have On Account Of His Health, He Traveled In Europe. Ile At First Studied Sculp Ture At The .keadenly Of ...
William 1777 1835 Ireland
Ireland, William_ (1777-1835). A Shakespearean Forger, Son Of Samuel Ireland, Engraver And Author. Born In London In 1777. After Attending Various Private Schools. He Was Sent To Schools In France. Where He Remained Four Years. On Returning To London. He Was Ap Prenticed To A Conveyancer. In 1794 He Visited ...
Wrought
Wrought Bum The Iron Made By The An Dents, And, Indeed, By All Peoples Up To 1350, When East Iron Was First Produced In The German Blast-furnaces, Was Wrought Iron, And It Was Produced From The Ore In A Single Operation. To-day Wrought Iron Is Nearly Always Obtained By Treating ...