Abbott 1792 1855lawrence
Lawrence, Abbott ( 1792 1855 ). An American Merchant, Legislator, And Diplomat. Ile Was Horn In Groton, Mass.; Was Educated In A District School, And At The Groton Academy (now The Lawrence Academy); Removed To Bos Ton In 1808. And There Served An Apprenticeship In The Warehouse Of His Elder ...
Absorption
Absorption. When White Light Falls Upon Any Material Substance There Is Always A Certain Amount Scattered From The Surface, And Also As A Rule Sonic Scattered From The Interior Portions Of The Body If Light Enters. The Light Scattered From The Surface Is White, But If The Body Is A ...
Accidents From Lightning
Lightning, Accidents From. Statistics Have Been Kept For Ninny Years, Both In Europe And America. The Frequency Of Lightning Strokes And The Destruction Done By Them. Thus, According To The Report Of The Registrar-general For England, Iu 1871, 28 Persons Were Killed; All But 5 Were Men And Were Chiefly ...
Admen Marie 1752 1833 Legendre
Legendre, Admen Marie (1752-1833). A French Mathematician, Born In Paris. Ile Early Became Professor Of Mathe Matics In The Military School. And Later In The Normal School At Pal:is. Ile Was A Member Of The Academy And Of The Bureau Of Longitudes, And Ill 1816 Was Appointed Examiner For Ad ...
Agnetic Properties Of Iron
Agnetic Properties Of Iron. We Have Seen That When An Electric Current Is Sent Through A Coil Or Spiral Of Wire The Coil Is Found To Have The Properties Of A Magnet; That Is To Say, It Will At Tract Bits Of Iron, Deflect A Magnetic Needle, Etc. The Region ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. Louisiana Is Exceptionally Fa Vored By The Nature Of Its Soil, Rainfall, And Temperature For The Luxuriant Growth Of Vegeta Tion And The Success Of Agriculture. The Only Uncultivable Land Is Found In The Region Of The Coast Marshes, But Even These Afford Fine Pas Turage. The Alluvial Soils ...
Agriculture And Live Stock
Agriculture And Live Stock. Like That Of The Other New England States. The Surface Is Too Rugged And Broken. Also The Soil For The Most Part Too Sterile, To Admit Of The Extensive Development Of Agriculture. In The River Valleys, However, The Soil Is Very Fertile. The Aroostook Valley, In ...
Alfred Lerbevs 1831 93loomis
Loo'mis, Alfred Lerbevs ( 1831-93 ) An American Physician. Born At Itennington, Vt., He Was Graduated (rain Union College In 1851. He Studied Medicine At The College Of Physicians And Surgeons, New York. And Was Graduated In 1852. At This Time The Science Of Auscultation And Per Cussion Was Developing ...
Antoine Nompar De Ca
Lauzun, Antoine Nompar De Ca U Mont. Duke De (11133-1723). A French Soldier, Horn In Lie Came To Court About 1669, And Won The Favor Of The Young Louis Nit. By His Energy, Shrewdness. And A Certain Swashbuck Ling Carriage That Differed Favorably From The Common Courtier's Demeanor. The King ...
Apost1fs
.apost1.f.s. As To The Time Of This Gospel's Writing There Is An Absence Of The Marks Which In Matthew And Mark Seem To Indicate A Date Previous To The Destruction Of Jerusalem ( A.d. To) . To The Other Hand, The Military Terms In Such Pa,,agen As Six. 41-44 And ...
Applications Of Law Persons
Applications Of Law: Persons And Places. Early Law Is Tribal, I.e. The Individual Is Subject To Its Authority And Entitled To Its Benefits Be Cause Of His Membership In A Tribe. With The Formation Of Wider Political Associations. Law Becomes National. Under Either System The Stranger Or Foreigner Is Out ...
Area And
Area And Configcration. The Area Of Luzon Has Been Variously Estimated At From 37,000 To 47,000 Square Miles. The Olgeial Estimate Of 1902 Is Probably The Most Nearly Correct, And Gives 43,075 Squae Miles For The Mainland Amid 1160 For Tlme 311 Small Dependent Islmnuls, Giving A Total Of 44,235 ...
Arrangement Of Leaves
Arrangement Of Leaves. The Distribution Of Leaves On The Stem Has Given Rise To A Subject Called Phyllotaxy, Which Undertakes To Study The Laws Which Govern The Distribution. Tht General Conclusion Reached Is That Leaves Are Distributed So As To Economize Space And To Ob Tain A Light Exposure, Hut ...
Azimuthal Condensing Light
Azimuthal Condensing Light. The Above Is Description Of The General Principles On Which Lighthouses Are Illuminated. In Placing A Light In Some Situation, Regard, However, Must He Had To The Physical Peculiarities Of The Localities. The Following Plans Of Thomas Stevenson May He Cited As Examples. Where It Is Only ...
Battle Lundys Lane
Lundy's Lane, Battle Or. A Battle Fought Along A Roadway Known As Lundy's Lane, About Miles From Niagara Fall-, On The Canadian Side, On .)illy •5, 1814, Between An American Force 'under The Command Tirst Of General Scott And Then Of I ;en. Jaeob Brown, And A Greatly Superior Llritish ...
Battle Malvern Hill
Malvern Hill, Battle Or. A Battle Fought On July 1, 1862, At Malvern Hill, Va., Near The North Bank Of The :fames River, About 15 Miles Southeast Of Richmond, Between The Fed Eral Army Of The Potomac. Numbering About 80, 000 Men, Under General Mcclellan. And The Con Federate Army ...
Battle Of Longisland
Long Island, Battle Of. A Battle Fought On Brooklyn Heights, Island. N. Y., August 27, 1776, During The Revolutionary War, Bet With A British Force Of More Than 1 5.000 Under General Dove And An American Force Of About S000 Under The Immediate Command Of General Israel Put Nam. The ...
Benjamin 1733 1s10 Lincoln
Lincoln, Benjamin ( 1733-1s10 ) . An American Soldier, Prominent In The Revolutionary Lle Was Born At Hingham, Mass.. January "4, 1733, Received A Common-school Education. And Was Engaged In Farming At Hingham Until 1774. Acting Successively As Local Magistrate. Rep Resentative In The Massachusetts Legislature, And Colonel Of Militia. ...
Benjamin 1789 1839 Lundy
Lun'dy, Benjamin (1789-1839). An Ameri Can Anti-slavery Agitator. Born Of Quaker Parent Age At Hardwick, Warren County. N. J. At The Age Of Nineteen He Went To Wheeling, On The Ohio, Where He Worked As A Saddler's Apprentice. The Town Was A Great Thoroughfare For The Slave Trade, And Lundy's ...
Bernardino Luini
Luini, Bernardino (c.1475-e.1533). A Milanese Painter, Of The High Renaissance. He Etas Born At Luino. On Lake Maggiore, Between 1475 And 1480, The Son Of Giovanni Lutero. His Chief Master Was Borgofnone (q.v.). With Whom He Labored In The Decoration Of The Chapel Of San Maurizio, Milan. The Years Between ...
Bibliography
Bibliography. A Library Of Hooks Has Been Written About London, And The Works Mentioned Here Were Published In The Metropolis. Some Of The Earlier Books Are Extremely Valuable For His Toric Reasons. Such Are Fitzstephen's Work, Writ Ten In The Reign Of Henry Ii_ Hut First Printed In Stow's Surrey ...
Binliograpj1 Y
Binliograpj1 Y. For History Of Ancient And Val Logic, Consult Prantl's Great Work. Gcschiehtc Der Logik Im Abendlande (4 Vols., Leipzig, 1855 ;u). For A General History, Consult Harms, Ge Schiehle Der Logik (berlin, 1881). L'eberweg, System Der Logik (bonn. 1857; 5th Ed. 1882; Eng. Trans. Of 3d Ed., London, ...
Bmuography
Bmuography. Lather's Works In Latin And German Are Voluminous. In The Most Accessible Edition, That Of Erlangen, Edited By J. G. Ploch Mann And J. K. Irmischer, The Latin Works Till 38 Volumes (1829-8(3), And The German 67 Vol Umes (1826-57). In 1883, Under The Editorship Of J. C. F. ...
Book Numbers
Book Numbers. Mr. Cutter Is Also Author Of An Ingenious And Widely Used Table To Keep Books In Each Class In Alphabetical Order. The Author's Initial Is Followed By A Number Which Is The Translation Into Figures Of The Rest Of The Name, So That The System Is Much Simpler ...
Book Shelves
Book- Shelves. The Rapid Growth Of Libraries Is A Constant Embarrassment. The Most Compact Possible System Of Storage Is Still Too Costly. The Lowest Estimate For Fireproof Building Is 30 Cents Per Cubic Foot, So That A Building 30x50 Feet And 40 Feet High For Two Stories And High Basement ...
Bq Bc
B'q = B'c' Sin (b'c'q) And The Angle = A,. And The Angle B'c'q = A, Hence The Condition Becomes Sin A, Sin Rt, The Velocity Of Any Homogeneous Train Of Waves In Any One Medium Is Constant (but Varies With The Medium) ; Therefore For Any Such Train Of ...
Building
Building. The Location Should Be Very Near The Business Centre. But Preferably On A Side Street Just Away From The Turmoil Of The Main Thoroughfare. In Larger Towns, Branches And Delivery Stations Should Bring Library Facilities Within Easy Walking Distance Of Every Home. For Most Libraries The Heavy Cost Of ...
Buildings
Buildings. The Greatest Recent Innovation In The Building Enterprises Of London Is The Multi Plication Of Very Large And Handsome Hotels, The Increasing Number Of Theatres Whieltfar Surpass The Old Buildings In Architecture And In The Safety, Convenience, And Beauty Of Their Interior Arrange Ments And Fittings, And The Construction ...
Calculation Of Premiums
Calculation Of Premiums. We Are Now Pre Pared To Investigate The Method Of Determining Net Premium Rates From The Mortality Table. It Will Be Most Convenient To Start With The Sim Plest Form Of Policy And To Proceed To The More Complex Forms. It A Person At Age Twenty-five Desires ...
Caroles Linnaeus
Linnaeus, Carole's The :wner Ally Used Latin Name Of Karl Von Linn(.. The Great Swedish Naturalist. Who Is Chiefly Thought Of As The Originator Of The Modern Nomenelatorial Methods As Applied To Plants And Animals, But Is To He Regarded In A Broader Sense As The Fore Runner Of The ...
Ceorge 1753 1821 Logan
Logan, Ceorge ( 1753-1821). An Aineriean Scientist And Politician, Born Of Quaker Parent Age At Menton, Pa. He Studied Medicine At Edinburgh For Three Years, And Then Traveled On The Continent, Returning To America In 1780. He Did Not Take Up The Practice Of His Profession. But Devoted Himself To ...
Charles 1731 82 Lee
Lee, Charles (1731-82). A British-ameri Can Soldier, Born At Dernhall, Cheshire. Ile Received A Commission As Lieutenant In The British Army In 17.51: Accompanied Brad Lot-k's Expedition In 1755; And In 1758 Was Wounded At Ticonderoga, And Was Promoted To A Captaincy. In 1762 He Served With Conspicuous Gallantry In ...
Charles 1785 95 Louisxvii
Louis Xvii., Charles ( 1785-95). Titular King Of France After The Execution Of Louis Xvi. On January 21, 1793. Ile Was Horn On 2dareh 27, 1785, The Second Son Of Louis Xvi. And Marie Antoinette. After The Death Of His Brother, June 4, 1789, He Became Heir To The Throne, ...
Charles Godfrey 1824 1903 Leland
Le'land, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903). An American Poet, Journalist, Humorist, And Mis Cellaneous Writer, Born In Philadelphia, August 15, 1824. Some Years Before His Graduation At Princeton, In 1845, His Precocious Talent Had Found Voice In Short Poems Contributed To The Newspapers. After Graduation He Studied At Heidelberg, Mimich, And Paris, ...
Charles Robert 1794 1859 Leslie
Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859). An English Genre Painter, Of American Descent, He Was Born In London. October 19. 1794, Of Ameri Can Parentage. His Father, A Watchmaker Of Philadelphia, Died In 1503, Upon His Return To That City, Leaving His Family Destitute. Charles Robert Was Apprenticed To A Bookseller, But ...
Chrome Tanning
Chrome-tanning. The Possibility Of Tanning By The Use Of Chromium Compounds, Instead Of The Older Tanning Materials, Was Discovered As Early As 185t By A German Chemist, But The First Process Which Attained Commercial Success Was Invented In 1884 By Augustus Schultz. The Introduction Of This Process In Philadelphia Caused ...
Cil Lebrun
Lebrun, Cil% Rles 1619-90 A French Historical And Portrait Painter, Architect, And Decorator. Lie Was Born In Paris. February 24, 1619. His Predisposition Toward Art, Which Developed Early, Was Diseovered By The Chancel Lor Seguier, Who Placed Him In The Atelier Of The Painter Vouet, And In 16(2 Sent Him ...
Classes Of
Classes Of The Genus Homo Of Linnieus Comprised Two Species. Homo Sapiens And Homo Mormtrosus, The Former Including Several Varieties Or Races And The Latter Certain Peoples Supposed To Have Been Modified By Local Conditions Or Habits. 'rho Varieties Of Homo Mtpicns Have Been Much Discussed, And Many Systems Of ...
Classification
Classification. Locomotives Are Classified According To The Number And Arrangement Of Their Driving And Truck Wheels. The Various Classes And The Service For Which Each Is Chiefly Employed Are As Follows: American Or Eight Wheeled Locomotive: This Type Of Locomotive Bas Two Pairs Of Driving Wheels With A Four-wheeled Truck ...
Classification_2
Classification. Linnaeus (170(0 Divided The Mammals Into Seven Orders: Cete, Bellua?, Pecora, Glires, Fenc. Bruta. Primates. Of These Orders The Cete, Glires, And Perhaps Bellme And Pecora Were Natural Groups Quite Similar To Some Of Our Modern Orders. But Under Fern Were Grouped Opossums, Moles. Hedgehogs, Weasels, Bears, Dogs. Cats, ...
Climate
Climate. The State Enjoys A Semi-tropical Climate. And Time Proximity To The Gulf Makes It Climate Remarkably Equable. The Cyclonic Storms Of Temperate Latitudes Travel For The Most Part To The West And North, Making The Prevailing. Winds South And Southwest. So The Tem Pering Influenceof The Gulf Uyrr The ...
Climate_2
Climate. Maine Lies In The Heart Of The Tem Perate Zone, Yet In Climate It Ranks As Boreal In The Northwestern Part, And The Southeastern Part Is Only• A Region Of Transition Into The Austral Zone—a Region Of Overlapping Floras And Faunas. The Winter Is Very Severe, Except In A ...
Commerce
Commerce. The Value Of The Total Foreign Trade Of London Has Amounted For Years Past To Considerably Over1.000.000.000 A Year. In 1901) It Was About :31.300.000.000. The Average Annual Tonnage Of Over-sea Shipping Amounts To More Than 10.000.000 Tons A Year. The Tonnage Of The Over-sea Vessels Entering And Clearing ...
Commerce_2
Commerce. While The Oversea Trade Of Mada Gascar Is Increasing Every Year, Most Of It Is With France. The Preferential Tariff In Favor Of France Reduces The Trade With Other Countries. In 1901, 13,440 Vessels Of 2,438,952 Tons Visited The Ports. The Value Of The Total External Com Merce Of ...
Communications
Communications. Such Immense Multitudes As Throng The Leading Thoroughfares Of London During Business Hours Are Seen In Very Few Other Streets Of The World. From The Spacial!, Sta Tions Of The Metropolitan And Other Railroads About 1,000,000 Persons Are Emptied Into The Streets Every Morning. Every Day Over 100.000 Foot ...
Compound Locomotives
Compound Locomotives. The Compound Loco Motive Is One In Which The Steam Is Admitted To One Cylinder Called The High-pressure Cylinder, Where It Partially Expands In Doing Its Work, And Whence It Exhausts Into The Steam-chest Of A Larger Cylinder. Called The Low-pressure Cylinder, Where It Completes Its Expansion And ...
Compounds Of Leatl
Compounds Of Leatl The Two Most Impor Tant Among The Compounds Of H•ad With Oxygen Are Litharge And Minium. Litharge Is Obtained When Molten Lead Is Heated At A Moderate Tem Perature In The Air With Constant Stirring. It Is Used In The Arts In The Manufacture Of Flint Glass, ...
Councils Of Lyons
Lyons, Councils Of. The Name Applied To Two Synods Received As Ecumenical By The Roman Catholic Church. The First Was Held In 1245 By Innocent Iv. (q.v.). Largely For The Purpose Of Discussing The Questions At Issue Between Th. Pope And The Emperor Frederick Tt.. Who Had Driven The Pontiff ...
Criminal Law
Law, Criminal. That Branch Of Public Law Which Relates To Crime Or Public Wrongs; That Is, Wrongs Or Injuries By Individuals Against The State Or Sovereign As Distinguished Front In Juries By Individuals Against Others, Which Are Dealt With By The Private Law Of Wrongs Or Tort. All Civilized Systems ...
Custom And Legislation In
Custom And Legislation In Tiie Field Of I.aw. Not Only The Relations Of Individ Uals And Of Private Associations To Each Other, Hut Also The Organization Of The State And Of Govern Ment, And The Relations Of The Different Branches Of Government To Each Other. Are Governed By Law. This ...
Detlev Liliencron
Liliencron, Detlev, Baron Von (1s44—). A German Novelist And Poet, Best Known As A Lyrist And Leader Ill Revo Lutionary Literary Circles. Ile Was Born In Kiel, Entered The Prussian Army. Served In The Cam Paigns Of 1866 And Of 1870-71, And Was Severely Wounded In Each. After Traveling In ...
Development And Nourishment Of
Development And Nourishment Of Young. The Most Distinctive Character Of The Mammalia Is Their Of Development And Of Nourishment During The Earliest Period Of Life. Excepting Only The Lowest Forms ( Prototheria), All Are Brought Into The World Alive, Not Merely By The Retention And Hatching Of The Egg Within ...
Dianchitria
Dianchitria, Man-eb5ivra-it (the Land Of The Shui•hi's). The Northeastern Part Of The Chinese Empire. Situated East Of Mongolia And The Argun River (which Formerly Traversed Man Churian Territory), South Of The Amur Diver (which Separates It From Siberia), And West Of The Rsuri. Which Separates It From Primorsk (maritime Province) ...
Diseases Of The Liver
Liver, Diseases Of The. The Liver Is Sub Ject To A Number Of Disorders, Circulatory, In Flammatory, And Infectious, Some Of Which Origi Nate In The Organ Itself, While Others Arise From Disorders In Other Parts Of The Body. It Is In Timately Concerned With The Processes Of Assimi Lation ...
Early Custom And
Early Custom And Law. The Beginnings Of Law Are Found In Social Habit Or Custom. Custom Is Simply Observance Of Precedents. Precedents Are Made By Acts And Forbearances. Whenever A Power Is Exercised Or A State Of Things Is Main Tained By The Community Itself, Or By Individuals With The ...
Early History And Development
Early History And Development. The Loco Motive Engine Was First Developed For Use On Com Mon Roads (see Automobile) ; It Was Not Until 1so4 That It Was Applied To Railway Operation By Richard Trevithick. Little Is Definitely Known Of The Trevithick Locomotive Tirst Used On The Merthyr-tydvil Railway Beyond ...
Ecology Of
Ecology Of •iie Leaf. Ecologically, The Leaves Of Plants May Be Considered From The Standpoint Of The Various Leaf-forms Found In Nature, And (2) From That Of The Evidence Ob Tained By Experiments To Determine The Cause Of The Various Forms. In General, Leaves Are Expanded Organs. And They Also ...
Economic
Economic I Mportant 14 The Annual ? B F Lobsters 011 The Atlantic Coast Of Tl E United 7.5 Per Cent. Is Front Tl E Waters I F . 1:ss0 The Total Yield Of The United States Was Over 20 Million Pounds. And In Hs!, This Had Risen To Over ...
Economic Effects Of Machinery
Machinery, Economic Effects Of. The Extension Of Machinery Iu Modern Production Has Given Rise To A Controversy As To Its Economic Significance. The Opposing Attitudes May Be Said To Spring From A Difference In The Point Of View, Those Who Defend Machinery Looking Upon It Chiefly From The Standpoint Of ...
Edmund Ludlow
Ludlow, Edmund (e.1617-16921. An Eng Lish Parliamentarian And Regicide. Lie Was Horn At Maiden-bradley, Wiltshire; Was Educated At Oxford: Joined The Parliamentary Army Under Essex As A Volunteer, And Was At The Battle Of Edgehi]l In 1642. After The Death Of His Father He Entered Parliament For Wiltshire, And Ob ...
Education
Education. The Educational Reports Of Louis Iana For Recent Years Show That The State Is In A Fair Way Of Redeeming Its Educational Reputation. The Enrollment Of White Pupils In The Public Schools Increased From 3s,s70 In 1881 To 125.257 In 1901, The Enrollment In The Latter Year Amount Ing ...
Education_2
Education. In The Year 1900, 5.1 Per Cent. Of The Population Ten Years Of Age And Over Was Illiterate. For The Native White Population Alone It Was 2.4 Per Cent. As In The Other New England States, Much Attention Was Given Here To Educa Tion From The Earliest Colonial Period. ...
Edward 1714 1836 Livingston
Livingston, Edward (17(14-1836) . An American Jurist And Statesman, Horn Slay 26, 1764, At Clermont, Columbia County, X. Y. He Graduated In 1781 At Princeton, Studied Law At Albany And Now York. Was Admitted To The Bar In 1785, And Rose Rapidly To High Rank In His Profession. From 1795 ...
Edward 1837 1900 Mcglynn
Mcglynn', Edward ( 1837-1900 ) An Ameri Can Roman Catholie Clergyman. Lle Was Born In New York, September 27. 1837, Of Irish Parents. He Was Educated At The Propaganda In Rome, Was Ordained There, And In 1866 Became Pastor Of Saint Steplo.11's C11111%211 In New York, In 1886 Was Removed ...
Edward George Earle Lytton
Lyt'ton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer. See Belwer-lytton, Edward. Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer 1831 91 ) A Poet And Statesman, Only Son Of The Novelist Bulwer-lytton (q.v.) And Best Known Under His Pseudonym Owen Meredith. He Was Born In London, November S, 1s31. Ile Was Educated At Harrow And At ...
Eiectr031agnetic Phenomena
Eiectr031agnetic Phenomena. The Connec Tion Between Light And Electromagnetic Phenom Ena Is Shown In Several Ways: The Identity In The Properties Of And The Waves Pro Duced By Electric Oscillations; The Rotation Of The Plane Of Polarization In A Magnetic Field: The Kerr Phenomenon; The Zeeman Etteet. Etc. It Is ...
Elephant Mammoth Mastodon
Elephant: Mammoth ; Mastodon; Etc. The Carnivora Begin In The Eocene With Gen Eralized Carnivorous Types As Creodonta (q.v.) That Are Easily Confounded With The Early Ungu Lates; In Fact. The Creodonta Is Considered To Be The Ancestral Group Of Both The Ungulata And The Carnivora And Possibly Also Of ...
Eliza Lee
Lee, Eliza ( Iii:ct:)linster) ( 1792- I S114 ) An American Author, The Daughter Of Joseph Buckminster. She •iis Born At Portsmouth, N. H., Was Well Educated By Her Father And Brother, Joseph Stevens Buekminster; Married A Thomas Lee Of Boston: Became A Writer. And Was Un Usually Felicitous In ...
Emrryology And I Ietamorpiiosis
Emrryology And I\ Ietamorpiiosis. The Lob Ster Has A Much Shorter Larval Life Than Most Deeapod Crustacea, And Its Development Is In Fact Direct, Its Metamorphosis Being Incomplete. The Period Of Incubation At Woods Is About Ten Months, Front The Middle Of July Or August To The Middle Of The ...
Equity
Equity. With The Establishment Of Judicial And Legislative Authorities, The Factors That Pro Duce Law In Modern Times Are Already Operative. There Is. However. An Intermediate Stage Of De Velopment, Noticeable Both In Roman And In Eng Lish Legal History, Which Is Known As Equity. Neither The Roman Pnetors Nor ...
Ernest 1807 1903 Legouve
Legouve, Ernest ( 1807-1903 ) . A French Dramatist, Essayist. And Academician, Son Of The Poet Jean Baptiste Legouv6. His Mother Died In 1810, And His Father Soon Had To Be Put In A Lunatic Asylum. But The Orphan Had Plenty Of Money And Was Well Educated. In 1829 He ...
Ernest Lavisse
Lavisse, Ernest ( S42— ). A French Historian, Horn At Nouvion•cu-thh•radie, Aisne. Lie Was Educated At A Classical School In Paris. And At The Superior Normal School. And Received A Fellowship In History In 181;5. Ile Taught For Ten Years In The Lyceums At Nancy, Versailles. And At The College ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. The Generic Term For The Natives Of Madagascar Is Malagasy. Of Their Three Prin Eipal Tribes, The Novas Are Indonesians, More Or Less Mixed With Malay. They Are Supposed To Be The Last Wave Of The Malay Migration, Coming About Eight Centuries Ago. They Have Straight Black Hair And ...
Ettiet And
Ettiet: And Matteu1. Among The Phenomena Of Light Which Can He Explained Only By Assuming Sonic Definite Con Nection Between The Ether And Matter. Are Dis Persion. Both Regular And Anomalous: Absorption And Emission: Color: Fluorescence And Phosphores Cence: Rotation Of The Plane Of Polarization By Quartz And Other Bodies: ...
Examination
Examination. The Early Mortality Tables Were Constructed On The Basis Of The Mor Tality Of The General Population. In The Absence Of Restrietions It Is Obvious That Insurance Com Panies Would Suffer From An Unfavorable Selec Tion Of Risks. The Unhealthy And The Weak Would Seek The Benefits Of Insurance, ...
Feeding Value And Uses
Feeding Value And Uses Of _maize As Fowl Corn Is Of The Greatest Importance And Is Exten Sively Used In The Feeding Of Farm Animals Be Cause Of The Variety And Cheapness Of Feeding Stuffs Which It Furnishes. The Uncured Plant In Different Stages Of Maturity Is Used As Forage; ...
Finance
Finance. London Is Still The Chief Money Centre Of The World. The Business Of The Great Hankers Is On Lombard Street Anti In Its Neigh Borhood. The Centre Of The Banking Business Of The Country Is The Bank Of England, The Chief Bank Of Deposit And Circulation In Europe, Housed ...
Foreicn Ltfe Saving Service
Foreicn Ltfe-saving Service. In Nearly All Maritime Countries Some Organized Means Exist For Assisting The Shipwrecked From The Shore. These Means, With Few Exceptions, Are Controlled And Supported Either M Holly Or In Part. By Private Institutions. China For Cen Turies Has Had A Life-saving Service. Operated By Benevolent Societies. ...
Forests
Forests. Maine Is One Of The Leading States In The Union In The Extent Of Wooded Area And In The Annual Value Received From The Forest Prod Ucts. The Woodland Is Estimated At 23.700 Square Miles, Or 79 Per Cent. Of The Total Land Area. The Forests Cover Largely The ...
Fossil Aiammalia
Fossil Aiammalia. Most Of The Mammalian Types Of Modern Times Can Be Traced Back To Early Tertiary Time, But Before That Period Only Scat Tered Synthetic Or Generalized Types Are Known. In The Late Paleozoic (permian) And The Earliest Mesozoic (lower Triassic) Rocks Are Found Re Mains Of The So-called ...
Francis I Lieber
Lieber, Francis I. A German American Publicist. He Was Horn In B( Din, March Is. I500. In 1815 Lieber Enlisted In The Prussian Army, Fought At Ligny And Waterloo, And In The Attack On Namur Was Severely Wound Ed. After Napoleon's Overthrow He Studied In Berlin, And Beemning Imbued With ...
Francis Makemie
Mak'emie, Francis ( 1?-1708). The Father Of American Presbyterianism. He Was Born Near Rathmehon, County Donegal, Ireland; Stud Ied At Glasgow; Was Licensed By The Presby Tery Of Laggan In 1681, And Went The Next Year As Missionary To Barbados. In 1683 He Went To Maryland And For Several Years ...
Francis Sylvester 1804 66 Mahony
Maho'ny, Francis Sylvester (1804-66), Best Known By His Pseudonym Of Father Paoti.r. An Irish Poet And Humorist. He Was Born In Cork. His Father Wished Him To Prepare For The Bar, Hut Lie Chose The Church, And, After Studying In Paris And At Rome, Was Admitted To The Order Of ...
Francois 1837 83 Lenormant
Lenormant, Francois ( 1837-83). A French Arehatologist, Born In Paris, January 17, 1s37. He Was Early Trained By His Father, The Archeologist Charles Lenormant. In The Greek Literature And Instructed As To The Monuments; And When Only Fourteen Years Of Age. He Pub Lished An Article On Some Greek Tablets ...
Frederick Leighton
Leighton, Frederick, Lord (1830-9g). An English Historical Painter. He Was Horn At Scarborough, December 3, 1830, And Spent Much Of His Youth In Travel. His Father, A Physician Of Means, Enabled Him To Prosecute Very Ex Tensive Studies In Painting. He Began At Four Teen In Florence, Continuing In Frankfort. ...
Gellan
Gellan ( ?-1521). The Discoverer Of The Strait Of Magellan, And The First European Naviga Tor To Sail Across The Pacific Ocean. He Was Born At Villa De Sabroza, District Of Villa Real, Traz Os Montes, In Portugal, Of A Noble Or Hidalgo Family. The Date Is Not Known. He ...
Geology And Soils
Geology And Soils. Maine Has Had A Very Complex Geological History. Pre-cambrian Time The State Was Crossed By Two Great Moun Tain Ranges. One Extended Along The Northwest Ern Boundary Through The White Mountains To Long Island Sound East Of The Connecticut River; The Other Extended Northeast, Along The Coast. ...