Kiel
Kiel, Kel (os. Also Icy!). A Town Of The Province Of Sehleswig-holstein, Prussia, On A Bay Of The Baltic Sea, 70 Miles North Of Ham Burg (map: Prussia, D 1). It Is The Chief Naval Station Of Germany. And Consists Of The Old City, Situated Between The Harbor And A ...
Kiev
Kiev. The Capital Of A Government And Of A General Government Of The Same Name, A Third Class Fortress. And The Oldest Of The Famous Cities In Russia (slap: Russia. I) 4). It Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Dnieper In Latitude 50° 27' North And Longitude 30° ...
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (gael_ 'church Of Saint Kenny. Or Canices1. The Capital Of The County Of Kil Kenny, Ireland. And Itself A Civic County, Situated On The Yore, 73 Miles South-southwest Of Dublin By Rail (map: Ireland, D 4). The City Owes Its Origin To The Cathedral Church Of The Diocese Of ...
Killer
Killer. A Small Carnivorous Whale Of The Genus O•ca. These Dolphins Are Notable For The Fact That They Are The Only Cetaceans •hieh Habitually Attack And Devour Mammals. On Account Of Their Propensity To Destroy More Ani Mals Than They Can Eat, They Are Widely Known As 'killers.' The Pains ...
Killifish
Killifish. Any Of The Minnow-like North American Fresh-water Fishes Of The Family Pweil (fornierly Called Cyprinodontid:c, And Erro Neously Associated With The Cyprinid:c). The Body Is Elongate, Compressed Behind And Usually Depressed At The Head: And Both Are Covered With Rather Large Cycloid Scales. The Mouth Is Small, Extremely Protractile. ...
Kiln
Kiln, Kil (as, Eiin, Calenc, From Lat. Eft, Ino. Kitchen). A Furnace, Oven, Or Other Device For Burning, Baking, Or Drying Brick, Charcoal, Pottery, Or Other Materials, Generally At A High Uniform Heat. They Are Made Of Stone. Brick. Or Iron. They May Be Divided Into Intermittent And Continuous Kilns. ...
Kilowatt
Kilowatt (from Gk. ;am, Ehilioi, Thou Sand + Eng. Watt, From The Scotch Engineer -fames Watt). One Thousand Watts: A Unit Of Power. See Watt; Electrical Units. Hcon Juusox (1836-81). All American Soldier, One Of The Most Brilliant Cavalry Leaders On The Federal Side In The Civil War. He Was ...
Kimchi
Kimchi, Kinvi• A Family Of Llebrew Schol Ars Of The Middle Ages. The Most Famous Mem Ber Of The Family Is David (generally Quoted By The Initials Of His Name, Iladak—i.e. Rabid David Kimehi ). Who Was Horn At Narbonne About 1160, And Lived Until About 1235. His Achievements Were ...
Kindergarten
Kindergarten, Kin'der-giieten (ger., Children's Garden). A School For Children From The Third Or Fourth To The Seventh Year. Sug Gested And Organized By Friedrich Fribel (q.v.). Through Which The Natural Activity Of The Child In Play Is So Organized As To Assist In The Physical, Mental. And Moral Development. Friibel ...
Kinetogenesis
Kinet'ogen'esis (from Uk. Kum-rot, Kine Tos, Movable + Ylvecra, Genesis, Origin, From 717vecroat, Gignesthui. To Become). The Mechan Ics Of Evolution. Spencer Led The Way To These Studies By His Of The Mechanical Origin Of The Segmentation Of The Body In Vertebrates, Lead Ing To The Formation Of Vertelaw. Wyman ...
Kinetoscope
Kinet'oscope. An Instrument For Pro Ducing A Series Of Images In Such Rapid Succession That The Illusion Of Actual Motion Results. The Apparatus As Usually Consists Of A Pro Jecting Lantern With An Are Light As Its Radiant And A Fine Projecting Lens By Which The Image Is Formed. (see ...
King
King, Rufus (i814-76). An American Soldier And Journalist, Born In New York City, Son Of Charles King. President Of Columbia Col Lege, And Grandson Of Rufus King. Lie Gradu Ated At West Point In 1833, But Three Years Inter Resigned From The Army And Became An Assistant Engineer On The ...
King Bird
King-bird. One Of The Most Useful And Interesting Of The American Tyrant Flycatchers (tyrannus Lyrannus). The Bird Is Less Than Nine Inches In Length, And Its Plumage Is Grayish Slate Color Above And Nvhite Beneath; But Concealed On The Very Top Of Its Head It Has An Erectile Patch Of ...
King Crab
King-crab. A Large, Singular Crustacean Like Animal Of The Genus Limulus, Also Called 'horseshoe' And 'helmet' Crab. It Is, With Four Other Species Living In The Tropical Regions Of Eastern Asia From Japan To The East Indian Archipelago. The Sole Surviving Representative Of A Large Group (merostomata, Q.v.) Which Dates ...
King Georges War
King George's War. The Name Common Ly Given To That Part Of The Struggle Known In European History As The War Of The Austrian Succession Which Was Fought In America. In Europe Hostilities Began With The Invasion In 1740 Of The Austrian Province Of Silesia By Fred Erick Ii. Of ...
King Williams War
King William's War. The Name Com Monly Given To That Part Of The Struggle Known In European History As The 11 Ar Of The League Of Augsburg Which Was Fought In America. From One Point Of View The War Of The League Of Augsburg Was A War Waged By The ...
King As
King (as. (lining, Dug. Kuning, (4er. Konig; Probably Connected With Goth. Knit/. 1)1311. Kunni, As. Cynn, Eng. Kin. Imp. Family. And Ultimately With Lat. Yen Us, Gk. -y(vos, Genus, Ir. Eine, Skt. Jana, Race, Family. People. From Jan, To Beget). The Title Of A Ruler Vested With Supreme Au Thority ...
Kingfisher
Kingfisher. A Widely Used Name For The Non-passerine Birds Of The Family Aleedinidte, Characterized By The Curious Syndaetyl Feet, The Outer And Middle Toes Tieing Coherent For Half Their Length. In Addition To This Peculiarity. The Kingfishers Have Large. Straight Bills, With Deep Gape; The Tongue Is Very Small Or ...
Kings
Kings, Books Of ( Mal A Nakuru, 13113xol Fkatxecciiv, Bibloi Lmsileiun, Lat. Libri Regnorum). The Name Given To Two Of The Canonical Books Of The Old Testament. Originally They Were But One, But Are Separated In The Septuagint, In Which They Are Designated 'the Third And Fourth Of The Kingdoms'—the ...
Kings College
King's College. A College Of Cambridge University. Originally Known As The College Of Saint Nicholas. It Was Founded By Henry Vi. In 1441. Along With Eton College. Windsor. As Its Preparatory School. The College Was The First In Cambridge To Be Designed On A Splendid Architec Tural Scale, Of Which ...
Kingsley
Kingsley, Kingeli, Charles (1s19-75). An English Author And Clergyman, Born At Ilolue Vicarage. Devonshire. June 12, 1819. He Entered Magdalen College. Cambridge, In 1s3s, Where He Distinguished Himself In Classics And Mathematics. In 1842 He Became Curate, And, Two Years Later, Rector Of Eversley, In Hampshire. In 18-1s He Published ...
Kingston
Kingston, The Capital Of Frontenae Coun Ty, Ontario, Canada, On The Northeast Shore Of Lake Ontario, At The Mouth Of The Cataraqui And At The Eastern End Of The Bay Of Quin*, Where The Waters Of The Canadian Lakes Issue Into The Saint Lawrence (nap: Ontario, G 3). It Is ...
Kingston_2
Kingston. A City And The County-seat Of Ulster County, N. Y., 55 Miles South Of Albany; Beautifully Situated On The Hudson River, And On The North Shore Of Rondout Creek, And On The West Shore, The Ulster And Delaware, And The \valkill Valley Railroads (map: New York. F 4). It ...
Kinnor
Kin'nor ( Deb. Kinnor, Harp. Lyre). A Musical Instrument Of The Ancient Hebrews; Simi Lar To The Zither Or Harp, And Provided With 32 Strings. Kino (apparently Of East Indian Origin). The Concrete Exudation Of Certain Tropical Tree-, Especially The Ptcrocorrpus Inarsupium (natu Ral Order Ieguminosiel, Growing In The East ...
Kioto
Kioto, (chin., Capital), Or Kyoto, Also Called Niiano. 3iiyako, Saikio, Saikto. One Of The Three Fa Cities Of Japan. And The Capital Of The Country From The Year 794 Until 1868. When The Shogunate Was Abolished. Nail The Mikado And His Court Removed To Yedo (tokio). The City Stands On ...
Kiowa
Kiowa, Ke&wit. An Important Plains Tribe, Apparently Constituting A Distinct Linguistic Stock. The Popular Name Is A Corruption Of 1cd-i-gomi, The Name By Which They Call Them Selves. According To Their Own Traditions, Which Are Borne Out By Those Of Other Tribes, They At One Time Lived In The Rocky ...
Kipling
Kip'ling, (josepn ) Ri:dyard ( 1865— ). An English Fiction-writer And Poet. Ile Was Born In Bombay, December 30, 1805. The Soil Of John Lockwood Kipling, Who Was For Many Years Con With The Schools Of Art At And Lahore, In India. Ilis Mother, Alice Macdonald, Was The Daughter Of ...
Kirghiz
Kirghiz, La•r•gee, Or Kirgiiiz-kazaks. The Chief Part Of The Central Asiatic Group Of Turko Tataric (mongolian) Peoples. They Number, Altogether, Some 3,000,000, Ranging Over The Great Steppe And Marshy Area From The Borders Of Euro Pean Russia To Those Of Western China, North Ward Beyond Tile Sir-darya. The Ancient Division ...
Kirin
Kirin, Ke-ren' (chin. Ei-/in, Lucky Forest). The Central One Of The Three Provinces Of Man Chu•ia, Bounded On The North By The Sungari River, On The East By The Usuri And The Russian Maritime Province, On The Smith By Korea And The Province Of Shine-king, And On The West By ...
Kirwan
Kirwan, Ke;r'wan, (1733-1s12). An Irish Scientist. Born In Cloughballymore, County Galway. Ile Was Educated At. Poitiers. France. And In The .jesuit College At Saint-omer, And Was Called To The Irish Liar In 1766, But After Two Years' Practice Devoted Himself To The Study Of The Natural Sciences, And Was Made ...
Kisutch
Kisutch, Ke'sfich. The Native Name In Alaska And Kamtehatka Of The Silver Salmon (oneorhynehus Kisalleh). See Salmon. Kit (probably From As. Eytere, From Lat. Cit/ieee. Gk. Kocipa, Kithnre, Guitar). A Small, Narrow-bodied Violin. About 16 Inches Long, Capa Ble Of Being Carried In The Coat-pocket, And Used Ehieily By Teachers ...
Kit Fox
Kit-fox, Prairie-fox, Or Swift. A Small, Pale, Active Fox (fulpcs .re/ox), Of The Western Plains From Kansas And Colorado North Ward, East Of The Rocky Mountains. Lts Total Length Is About 25 Inches; Its Color, A Yellowish Grizzle Above, The Legs And Under Parts Lighter; Belly And Tip Of Tail. ...
Kitchen Midden
Kitchen-midden ( Kitchen + Midden, Refuse-heap, After The Equivalent Dan. Kjokken Ancient Refuse Of A Camp Or Village. In Whiell Are Found Buried Relies Of Human In Dustry And Art. If They Are On The Seashore They Are Called Shell-heaps, Because Mollusks Enter Largely Into Their Mass. All Over The ...
Kitchener
Kitchener, Kielven-•-, Horatio Hfizbert, First Viscount Kitchener Of Khartum, Of The Vaal, And Of Aspall, Suffolk (1850-1. A British Gen Eral. The Eldest Son Of Lieut.-col. Henry Horatio Kitchener, Of Ossington, Leicestershire, And Anne Frances, Daughter Of The Rev. Dr. Chevallier. Of Aspall Hall, Suffolk. He Was Horn September 22, ...
Kite
Kite ( Called Apparently Because Soaring In The Air Like A Bird). A Contrivance Consisting Of A Light Framework, Covered With Paper Or Cloth And Held By A String In Such A Way That The Wind Acting Upon It, As Upon A Sail, Raises It To A Greater Or Less ...
Kite As
Kite (as. Eyta, Kite). A Diurnal Bird Of Prey Of The Subfamily Mil•ime. Which Contains About Thirty Species, Widely Distributed Over The World, But Most Frequent In The Tropics. The Kites Have Much Weaker Hills And Talons Than The Falcons And Hawks, But The Wings Are Much Longer, And The ...
Kittiwake
Kittiwake (so Called In Imitation Of Its Cry). A Medium-sized Gull Of The Genus Rissa, Characterized By The Rudimentary Or Very Small Hind Toe And The Pectin:1i Pattern Of Coloration Of The Primaries. It Is Confined To The Northern Ilemisphere And Breeds In Immense Numbers Along The Rocky Coasts Of ...
Kitto
Kit'to, Jots ( 104-54 ) An English Bibli Cal Scholar, Horn At Plymouth, December 4. 1804. In His Thirteenth Year He Lost His Power Of Hear Ing In Consequence Of A Fall. Ills Father's •ircum St•nees At This Time Were So 'wretched That Young Ditto Was Soon After Sent To ...
Kiu Kiang
Kiu-kiang, (chin., Nine Ers). A Departmental City Of The Province Of Kiang-si, China, Opened By Treaty In 1861 As A Place Of Foreign Residence And Trade. It. Is Situ Ated On The Right Bank Of The Yang-tse, About 130 Miles Southeast Of Llankow (q.v.), 445 Above Shanghai, And 12 Above ...
Kiuh Fow
Kiuh-fow, Ky66'fou', Ketin-row, Kt-row, Or Cht-roe. A Small Prefectural City In The Department Of Yon-chow-fit, Shantung, China, Situated About 10 Miles Northeast Of Yen-chow. It Is Noted As The Birthplace Of Confucius, And The Residence Of Duke K'ung, His Lineal Descend Ant In The Eightieth Generation. The City Is Walled, ...
Kiuprili
Kiuprili, Kit-pivli% Or Kioprill The Name Of A Family Of Grand Viziers Of Turkey.— 1011animed Kiumili (1585-1661) Was An Alba Nian, And Entered The Palace In A Menial Position, Hut By His Ability He Became In Time Governor Of Damascus, Tripoli, And Jerusalem. In The Troubles Which Followed The Death ...
Kiushiu
Kiushiu, Kyoonlifft3'. Krysllu, Or Kw-siu (sinico-japanese, Nine Provinces). One Of The Live Large Islands Which Form The Main Part Of The Empire Of .tapan, And The Most Southerly Of The Three Which Form ,ta Pan Proper. It Is Sepa Rated From Hondo, Or The Main Island, By The Straits Of ...
Kiwi
Kiwi, Ktvw6 (maori Name, And In Native Speech Usually Doubled, Kiz•i-king, In Imitation Of The Bird's Repetitive Notes). One Of The Small. Wingless, Archaic Birds Of New Zealand Compos Ing The Genus Apteryx, Which Is Considered By Sonic A Family (apterygidw) Or As An Ordinal Group (apteryges) Of The Subclass ...
Kizilbash
Kizilbash, (turk., Red Head). A Nickname Applied By The Orthodox Turks To Some Of The More Or Less Heretical Peoples Of Western And Central Asia. The Name Is Said To Have Been First Used In The Sixteenth Century To Distinguish In Persia The Persianized Turks' (the Ruling Class), Who Were ...
Klaproth
Klaproth, Kl:ip/r6t, Heinrich Julius (1783-1835). A German Oriental Scholar And Traveler, Born In Berlin. Mine Yet In The Gym Nasium, At The Age Of Fourteen, He Began The Study Of The Chinese Language, A Task Then Ren Dered Particularly Difficult By Inadequate Ma Terial. In 1804 He Was Appointed By ...
Klausenburg
Klausenburg, Klou'zen-farork (hung. Kolozsedr). A Royal Free Town Of Hungary. C ,p Ital Of The County Of Klausenburg. And Former Capital Of Transylvania (map: Hungary. Ii 3). It Is Situated On The Little Szamos. 123 Miles By Rail Northwest Of Hermannstadt. And Consists Of The Old Inner Town And Five ...
Kli3ber
Kli3ber, Kl:vbite, Jean Baptiste ( 1753 1800). A Distinguished General Of The French Republic. He Was Born At Strassburg, And After Studying In The Military Academy At Munich, Entered The Austrian Army. Lle Abandoned The Military Career In 1783, Returned To France. And Worked As An'architect Till The Revolution. Join ...
Klinger
Klinger, Max (1857—). A German Artist, Painter, Etcher, And Sculptor, Born In Leipzig. He Studied Under Gussow In Karlsruhe And In Ber Lin; Made His Debut In I878 With Sonic Paintings And Drawings Then Severely Criticised, Hut After Wards Bought, For The National Gallery; Learned Etching And Aquatint By Himself ...
Knee Joint
Knee-joint. The Articulation Between The Femur Or Thigh-bone, Above. And The Tibia Or Shin Bone Below. A Third Hone. The Patella Or Knee Cap—one Of The Sesamoid Bones (q.v.), And Not A True Bone Of The Skeleton—also Enters Into The Structure Of This Joint Anteriorly. The Articular Surfaces Of These ...
Kneeland
Kneeland, Neland, Abner ( 1774-1844 ) . An American Deist. He Was Oorn At Gardner. April 6. 1774; And Was First A Baptist Preacher, Then A Universalist. And Finally A Deist. From 1821 To 1823 Lie Edited A Universalist Peri Odical In Philadelphia; In 1828 He Edited The Ohre Branch ...
Kneller
Kneller, Sir (101)frey ( 16111. 7231. A German Portrait Painter, Who Worked Ly In England. Ile Was Born At Liibeek, Germany, S. 1646, The Son Of A Portrait Painter, Named Knitter. Lie Studied Under Ferdinand Bol At Amsterdam, With Oe,-asional Lessons From Rembrandt. With His Brother Ferdinand, Folio Way Also ...
Knight
Knight, Wifrimaxt Axons (1836-1. A British Writer. He Was Horn At Modrington, Scot Land, And Was Educated At The University Of Edin Burgh. Tn 1876 He Became Professor Of Moral Philosophy In The University Of Saint Andrews; And At Various Times He Has Been Examiner To The University Of London, ...
Knight As
Knight (as. Cniht, Enyht, Cncoht, Youth, Hero. Olig. Knelt, Ger. Knecht, Boy, Servant ; Probably Connected Ultimately With Lat. Gouts, Gk. Genus, Skt. Jonas, Family. As Well As With As. Cyning, Eng. King). Originally, A Man At-arms Hound To The Performance Of Certain Duties. A Knight Was Usually. If Not ...
Knights Of Labor
Knights Of Labor. A National Labor Organization In The United States Formed In December. 1869, By Leaders Of A Dissolved Local Union Of Garment-eutters In Philadelphia. Until 1882 The Name And Purpc.se Of The Order Was Kept Secret, Its Only Official Representation A Line Of Five Stars. This Secrecy Was ...
Knights Of The Golden
Knights Of The Golden Circle. In American History A Secret Society Whose Object Was To Advance The Interests Of The South. It Was Organized In 1855 As A Successor To The Southern Rights Club, Which Had Been Founded In 18:34. Its Early Purpose Was To Further The Setting Up Of ...
Knitting
Knitting (from Knit, As. Enytta», E»ittan, To Knit, From (ilona. Knot). The Art Of Forming A Fabric Out Of A Single Thread By Means Of Needles On Which The Thread Is Placed In A Suc Cession Of Loops Arranged In Rows So That Each Loop In One Row Passes Through ...
Knitting By Machinery
Knitting By Machinery. It Is Probable That The First Knitting-machine Or Stocking-frame Was Invented In Less Than A Century After The Art Of Knitting By Hand Had Been Learned. The Inven Tion Was Made By William Lee Of Nottingham Shire, England, In 1589. The First Knitting-ma Chine Was A Very ...
Knortz
Knortz, Knorts, Karl (1841— ). A Ger Man-american Author And Educator, Born At Tarbenheim Near Wetzlar, Where He Studied At The Royal Gymnasium. He Graduated At Heidelberg University In 1863, And Went The Same Year To The United States. Be Taught German Language And Literature At Detroit (1866-68), At Oshkosh ...
Knotting And Splicing
Knotting And Splicing. A Knot, Is A Loop Or Combination Of Loops And Turns Joining Different Parts Of A Rope Or Parts Of Two Or More Ropes. A Splice Is A More Intimate Junction Of Parts Than A Knot, The Lay Of The Rope Being Opened, And The Ends Tucked ...
Know Nothings
Know-nothings. In American History, A Secret Political Party Or Society, Which After 1852 Suddenly Gained The Ascendency In Several States, And Then As Rapidly Declined. Its Work Was Closely Allied With The Movement Of The 'american' And 'nativist' Parties. And It Aimed, Through Very Stringent Naturalization Laws, To Make Politically ...
Knowledge
Knowledge (from Me. Knowan, As. Call Wan. Icel. Knit, Ohg. Cnaan: Connected With Ochurch Slay. Znati, Lat. Noscere, Gk. Pign5rkein, Slot. Pia, To Know Me. -why. From Icel. -lcikr, An Abstract Suffix). Theory Of. Or Epistemology. The Science Which Is Concerned With Questions About The Existence, The Validity, And The ...
Knoxville
Knoxville. A City And The County-seat Of Knox County, Tenn„ Ll L Miles Northeast Of Chat Tanooga: On The Holston River, At The Head Of Steam Navigation; And On The Atlanta, Knoxville And Northern, The Knoxville And Augusta, The Knoxville, Cumberland Gap And Louisville. And The Southern Railroads (map: Tennessee, ...
Knurr
Knurr (mir) And Spell (i,-nnr, Nun, Odutch Knorre, Dutch Knot., :mug. Knorrc. Ger. K Sorren, Knob, And Spell, From Dutch Spil, Spin Dle). A Game Which Originated On The Moors Of Yorkshire, In England. But Has Since Spread Throughout The North Of England And Many New Localities. It Is Practically ...
Kobell
Ko'bell. A German Family Of Painters, En Gravers, And Etchers, All Descended From .1oliann Heinrich Kobel], Of Frankfort, Who Settled At Mannheim In 1720. His Grandson Ferdinand (1740-99) Was A Landscape Painter And Etcher, Born At Mannheim, Where, After Having Studied At The University Of Heidelberg, He Became The Pupil ...
Koblenz
Koblenz, Ko'blnts. A Town Of Prussia. See Coblen Z. Kob(5 Daishi, Ko'bt, Drshi'• (sinico-japa Nese. Great Teacher, Who Spreads Abroad The Law). The Posthumous Title Of One Ku-kni, A Noted Buddhist Saint Of Japan. And The Founder Of Tile Sect Known There As Shingon, Or 'true Words.' In 1898 Its ...
Kochanowski
Kochanowski, Kiyka-nor'ski, Jan ( 1530 84). A Polish Poet. He Was Born On The Family Estate, Syeyna, In The Government Of Radom. In 1544 He Entered The University Of Cracow, And In 1552 He Continued His Studies At The University Of Padua. He Traveled For Sonic Time In Italy, And ...
Kocher
Kocher, Emu, Theonoa (1841— ). A Swiss Surgeon, Horn At Bern. Ile Was Edu Cated There, And After Study At Berlin, Paris, And London, Became Professor Of Surgery In The Uni Versity Of His Native City, And Director Of The Surgical Clinic. His Especial Field Was In Opera Tion On ...
Koekkoek
Koekkoek, K(tovihtok, Barend Cornelis (1803-62). A Dutch Landscape Painter. He Was Born At Middelburg, Holland, October 11, 1803. He Studied Under His Father, Jan Hermann Kock Koek (1778-1851), A Marine Painter, And At The Amsterdam Academy Under Sehelfhout And Van Gos. He Was Much Influenced By The Great Mas Ters ...
Kofu
Kofu, Ko'm The Chief Town Of The Prov Ince Of Kai. Yamanashi Ken. Japan, About So Miles Southwest Of Tokio (map: Japan. E 61. It Stinds In A Mountainous Region. And Is One Of The Most Progressive Towns In Japan. It Has Many Fine Buildings In European Style. Its Chief ...
Kohler
Kohler, Ko'lor. Joseeit (1849—). A Ger Man Jurist, Author, And Poet, Born At Threw Burg, Baden. ]le Studied At The Universities Of Freiburg And Ileidelberg; Was Judge At Mannheim; And Became Professor At Wiirz Burg In 1878, And In Berlin In 1888. On Civil Law In Germany, He Wrote: Beitrage ...
Kohlrausch
Kohlrausch, Kofroush, Friedrich (1840 —). A German Physicist, Horn At Rinteln, The Son Of Rudolf Hermann Arndt Kohlrausch. His Education Was Obtained At Erlangen And Gottin Gen. In 1866 He Became Professor At Gidtingen, And Subsequently Was Appointed To Chairs At Zu Rich( 1870) , Darmstadt ( 1871 ) , ...
Kolarian Peoples
Kola'rian Peoples. A Group Of East Indian Tribes, Numbering Between Two And Three Millions, Who Inhabit The ,jangle And Mountains Of The Country West And Southwest Of Calcutta In The Presidency Of Bengal. And The Regions Adjoin Ing. The Principal Kolarian Tribes Are The Mnn Da-kols Of Chota Nagpur. The ...
Kolbe
Kolbe, Kawbc, (1818-84). A Ger Man Chemist, Torn At Elliehausen, Near Gottingen. He Studied Chemistry Under Water At Gottingen, And Was Assistant To Bunsen And To Playfair. Ile Was Professor Of Chemistry From 1852 To 1865 At Marburg, And From 1865 To 1884 At Leipzig. Kolbe Carried Out Many Original ...
Kollar
Kollar, Kol'uir, Jan (1793-1852). A Cele Brated Czech, Poet And Scholar. Ile Was Horn In The County Of Tursez, Hungary, Studied At Press Burg And Jena, And In 1819 Became A Preacher In An Evangelical Church In Pestle. Sorrow At Separation From A Sweetheart Of His Student Days Was The ...
Konieh
Ko'nieh, Ko'n'f-e, Or Koniah, The Capital Of The Vilayet Of The Sante Name In Asiatic Turkey, Situated On The Western Edge Of The Plain Of Lyeaonia, At An Altitude Of Over 3300 Feet, About 150 Miles South Of An Gora (map: Turkey In Asia, E 4). The Town Has Little ...
Konigsberg
Konigsberg, Ki?niks-bhrn. A City Of Prussia, Ea Pital Of The Province Of East Prussia, And A Strong Fortress. Situated On The Pregel. About Five Miles From Its Entrance Into The Frisehes Haff, In Latitude 54° 43' N. And Longi Tude 20° 30' E. (slap: Prussia. .1 1). It Lies On ...
Konigsmark
Konigsmark, Kivnikssmiirk. A Swedish Family Of German Origin. Whose Members Achieved Fame And Notoriety In Equal Measure During The Seventeenth And Early Eighteenth Centuries. Iisxs Christopii, Count Konigsmark, Field-nmr Shal In The Swedish Service, Was Born At Kffizlin, Brandenburg, March 4, 1600. On The Outbreak Of The Thirty Years' War ...
Koran
Koran, K6 Ran Or La)-riin' (ar. Lec Tion, Front 1.-ura'u, To Read; Cf. The Later Ileb. Milira, The Written Book, I.e. The Bible). The Sacred Book Of The :mohammedans. The Name Was Given By Mohammed Himself To A Single Revelation, Or A Collection Of Revelations, And Was Afterwards Applied To ...
Korean Language
Korean Language. Korean Belongs To The Agglutinative Class Of Languages, And Is Inter Mediate Between The Mongol-tatar Languages And The Japanese. It Is Entirely Distinct, In Both Genius And Structure, From Chinese, Which Has For Many Centuries Been The Literary Language Of The Country, And That Used For Governmental Documents, ...
Korner
Korner, Ker'ner, Christia N Gott•ried (1750-1831). A German Author And Friend Of Schiller, Born At Leipzig. Lle Studied Law At Gottingen And Leipzig, And In 1783 Became Chief Councilor Of The Etmsistory At Dresden; Was Appointed To The Office Of Judge In The Court Of Appeals In 1790, And In ...
Korolenko
Korolenko, 1:45'roden'ko, Vladimir Ga Laktionovitch ( 1853—). A Russian Writer Of Fiction, Born At Zhitomir. Government Of Volhy Nia, In 1853. Ile Lost His Father In 1868, But Managed To Finish His Studies, Thanks To A Pen Sion. On Graduating From The Real-school He Spent A Year In The Technological ...
Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko, Kos-cloush'ke). Tadeusz ( 1746 1817 ). A Polish Patriot. He Was Born February 12. 1746• At Mereezowszczyzna, Near Novogrudek, In Lithuania. Being Descended From An Ancient But Impoverished Lithuanian Family. He Received His Military Education At Warsaw And At The Mili Tary Academy Of Versailles, And Became A Captain ...
Koszta
Koszta Kt/stb) Affair. In American History The Name Applied To A Diplomatic Episode, Involving The Rights In Foreign Countries Of Emi Grants To The United States As Yet Not Fully Nat Uralized. A Certain Martin Koszta, Of Hungarian Birth, Who Had Taken Part In The Political Move Ment Of 1848-49 ...
Kotow
Kotow, Ki)-tou' (chin. K'ow-fow, K'or-t'oc, From K'olc, To Knock, And Row, Head). To Salute, Pay Respect, Homage, Or Worship By Kneeling Ceremoniously And Then Knocking The Forehead On The Ground. In China, Schoolboys On Entering The Schoolroom Kneel And Knock Their Heads On The Floor Before The Picture Of Confucius: ...
Kovalevsky
Kovalevsky, Som's1l Vasilyevna, Better Known Under Her Pen-name, 'sonya' ( 1830 91). An Eminent Russian Mathematician And Author, The Daughter Of General Korvin-kru Kovsky. She Was Born At Moscow And Brought Up At Palihino, Her Father's Estate, In The Government Of Vitebsk. When In 1865 Stran Nolyubsky Began To Teach ...
Kowdo
Kowdo. A Great Hilly Plateau Of Western Mongolia, 4000 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea; Also The Chief Town Of That Region. The Town Lies North Of The Eastern Branch Of The Tian Shan, Or 'celestial Mountains,' About 40 Miles From The Frontier Of Sungaria. It Is Inhabited Chiefly ...
Koxinga
Koxinga, Kb-shing't) Or Kok-sin'ga (chin. Ceng Ch'iny-kung) (1623-63). A Noted Chinese Patriot And Pirate, Who Drove The Dutch Out Of Formosa And Became King Of That Island. He Was Born In 1623 In Hiraldo, Japan. His Father. Ching Chih-lung, Originally A Poor Tailor Of Fu-kien• Had Married A Japanese Wife, ...