Finance_3
Finance. The Constitution Of 1957 Prohibited Debts For Public Improvement, And Prohihited Any State Debt Above $250,000. But An Amendment In 1853 Enabled The State To Issue $5,000,000 Of 7 Per Cent. Bonds To Lend To The Railroads Of The State Under Guaranty Of First Mortgage Bonds. Less Than Half ...
Floods
Floods. The Mean Annual Precipitation Over The Entire Basin Is Estimated By Humphreys And Abbot At 29.8 Inches. The Estimated Discharge Of The River Is 610,000 Cubic Feet Of Water Per Second. The Precipitation, However, Is Subject To Great Variations At Different Seasons—which Fact, Together With The Sudden Melting Of ...
Flora And Agricultural Resources
Flora And Agricultural Resources. The Sharp Differences In Climate Produce Rapid Transi Tions In Forms Of Vegetation; In A Few Hours' Travel Not Only Great Differences In The Kinds Of Plants, Hut Also In The Stages Of Growth Of The Sante Plant, Are Observed. The Mexican Southern Railroad From Puebla ...
Fossil Mollusks
Fossil Mollusks. Remains Of Representatives Of All The Classes Of Mollusks Occur In The Lowest Paleozoic Strata, Having Existed From The Cam Brian Period Down To The Present Time. As They Are So Abundant, Owing To Their Preservation As Fossils (the Shells In The Absence Of The Animal Being As ...
Francis 1732 95 Marion
Marion, Francis ( 1732-95). An American Soldier. Lie Was Born At. Winyah. Near Ceo•ge Town, S. C.. In Which Neighborhood His Grand Father. A Huguenot Refugee. Had Settled Soon After The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes. In 1685. In 1759 Be Removed To Pond Elba Near Eutaw. In 1775 ...
Free Masons
Masons, Free. A Secret Frat(tuntl Organiza Tion Of Worldwide Celebrity, And One Credited By Enthusiastic Writers With Great Antiquity. The I /rder, However, Is How Conceded To Have Been Instituted About The Early Part Of The Eighteenth Century—the Pretensions Put Forth To A Date Coeval With The Building Of The ...
Freezing Point
Freezing-point And Domno-potxr. The Direct And Indirect Osmotic-pressure Meth Ods Just Referred To Are Of The Greatest Practical Importance To The Chemist. For While The Number Of Substances That Can He Vaporized (and Hence Whose Molecular Weights Can Be Determined By The Vapor-density Method) Is Limited. Practically All Substances Can ...
Geographical Distribution
Geographical Distribution. There Are At The Present Time Between Eight And Ten Thousand Mineral Springs In The United States, And Of This Number 659 Were Listed As Commercial Producers In 1901. Most Of The Mineral Springs Of Corn Me-reial Value Are Found In The Eastern United States And In The ...
Geology And Mineral Resources
Geology And :mineral Resources. The 11101111 Tain Ranges Are Formed Chiefly Of Plutonic And Volcanic Rocks Such As Granites, Gneiss, Syenites, Mineral-bearing Trachytes, Basalts, Porphyries, Obsidian, Sulphur. Pumice, Lavas. And Tufa. Sedi Mentary Formations Are Also Represented Especial Ly By A Carboniferous Limestone Interspersed With Deposits Of Anthracite. The Land ...
George 1725 92 Mason
Mason, George (172.5-92). An American Political Leader Of The Revolutionary Period. Brim In Stafford (now Fairfax) County. Va. The Was An Intimate Friend And Neighbor Of Washington. Was A Member Of The (min Company, And As Early As 1759 Was A Member Of The Virginia Assembly. Lie Was A Leader ...
George Meredith
Meredith, George (1528—). A Distin Guished English Novelist And Poet. He Was Born In Ilampshire, February 12, 1825, And Received Part Of His Early Education In (,ermany—a Land Whose Influence, Especially Through Its Poetry And Music, Is Perceptible In His Writings. On Returning To England He Studied Law' For A ...
George Moore
Moore, George (1853—). A British Novel Ist And Dramatist. Born In Ireland. Ile Studied Art Under Luyten In London, And Completed His Education In France. His First Efforts In Litera Ture Were Confined To The Magazines, And Under The Title Notes And Sensations, He Contributed From Time To Time To ...
Giacomo 1791 1364 Meyerbeer
Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791- 1364). A Famous German Composer. He Was Born At Berlin, Of Wealthy Jewish Parents, And Gave Early Promise Of Musical Talent, Which His Parents Encouraged. Lauska. Considered The Best Teacher In Berlin, Superintended His Studies, While Clementi Took A Special Interest In His Progress And Instruction. He ...
Gospel Of Mark
Mark, Gospel Of. The Second Of The New Testament Gospels. Its First Verse Opens With A Phrase ("the Beginning Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ") That Is Evidently Intended To Be A Cap Tion For The Narrative Which Follows. Unlike :matthew. Whose Tendency Is To A Topical Treat Ment Of ...
Gospel Of Matthew
Matthew, Gospel Of. The First Of The Four Gospels In The New Testament. After A Preliminary Narrative Containing ;111 Account Of The Divine Announeement To Joseph Of The Coming, Girth Of Jesus. The Visit Of The Magi After That Birth. The Flight Of Joseph And His Family Into Egypt, Ilerod's ...
Govern M Ent
Govern M Ent. The Present Constitution Was Adopted In 1st5. A Proposed Amendment Be Comes A Part Of The Constitution If Approved By A Majority Of The Members Elected To Each Llouse, And In Turn By A Majority Of The Qualified Voters Of The State. The General Assembly May At ...
Government
Government. With The Exception Of The Tem Porary Organization Of A Municipal Government At Vera Cruz To Further The Ambitious Plans Of Cotes, The Municipal Corporation Of Mexico ('itt• Was The First To Be Established Upon The Auueric•an Continent. The Probable Dale Of Its Establish Ment By The Great Conqueror ...
Government
Government. The Present Constitution Of :mexico Was Adopted By A Constituent Assembly On February 5. 1857. And Has Undergone Various Amendments Extending Down To The Year 1890. It Is A Written Instrument Of Great Length, And Is Closely Modeled After The Constitution Of The United States. There Are Twenty-nine Articles ...
Greek
Greek. Ares, Though Prominent In The Poets, Plays Do Large Part In Greek Cult Or Myth. It Is True That A Somewhat Long List Can Be Compiled Of Tem Ples Of The God, But He Did Not Fill A Large Place In Religious Thought, And At But Few Localities Was ...
Greek_2
Greek. Athena Was A Universally Worshiped Hellenic Divinity. And There Is No Satisfactory Evidence Of A Foreign Origin For Her Cult. In The Earliest Literature, We Find Athena Already A Fully Developed Personality, The Favorite Daugh Ter Of Zeus, Wielder At Times Of His Aegis, And Hut Little Inferior To ...
Gulf Of Mexico
Mexico, Gulf Of. A Partially Inclosed Basin Of The Atlantic Ocean. Having The United States On The North And Mexico On The West And South. It. Has An Extreme Length From East To West Of About 1000 Miles And A Breadth From North To South Of 800 Miles; Its Area ...
Helena Modjeska
Modjeska, Helena (1844— ). A Noted Actress, Of Polish Origin. Since 1876 A Resi Dent Of The United States. She Was The Daughter Of Michael Opido. A Nuisieian, And Was Born In Cracow, October 12, 1844. Married In 1860 To A Manager Named 3iodrzejewski, From The Contrac Tion Of Whose ...
Heterotaxics
Heterotaxics Include Those Forms Which Show Transposition Of The Internal Viscera. Either Of The Thorax Or Of The Abdomen. Rarely We Find Only A Single Organ Transposed; Often All Are In An Abnormal Position, Hut This Change Is Aeeom Panied By No Interference. Of Nutrition Nor Of Function.. So At ...
Historical Development
Historical Development. The Law Of Mar Riage In All Christian Countries Is Derived From The Canon Law, I.e. The Law Established By The Christian Church In The Middle Ages. The Canon Law Drew Many Of Its Rules Regarding Marriage From The Roman Civil Law, And It Was Influenced, To Some ...
Historical Sketch
Historical Sketch. The First Mechanical Problems Solved Were Those Dealing With The Simple Machines. Archi Medes (me. 287-212) Was Acquainted With The Law Of The Lever In Its Simplest Form; And Leo Nardo Da Vinci (1432-1319) Stated The Law For The Most General Case, When The Forces Were In Any ...
History
History. Leazbaleeta, Documentos Para In His Toria De 31.7ico (20 Vols., Mexico, 1853.57) ; Colec (ion Notrra De Documentos Para La Historia De Mcji Co (3 8gls., Mexico, 1892). The Standard Work On Mexican History Is Mexico Al T-are's Dr Los Siglos, A Series Of Five Volumes Published Tinder The ...
History
History. Remains Of Ancient Mines And Mining Implements Have Been Found Within The Present Limits Of The State. The White Discoverers And First Settlers Were French Missionaries And Fur Traders, Sonic Of Whom Visited The Site Of Detroit As Early As 1610. In 1641 French Jesuits Found Their Way To ...
History_2
History. The City Dates From About A.o. 1325, When The Aztecs, Looking For A Favorable Site, Saw' Perched On A Cactus An Eagle Devouring A Snake. The Omen Was Interpreted To Mean That This Was To Be The Site Of Their City; Hence Its Original Name, Tenochtitlan, 'cactus On A ...
History_3
History. The European To Visit The Re Gion Now Included Within The State Was Duluth, Who, In 1678. Built A Fort At The Mouth Of The Pigeon River, On The North Shore Of Lake Superior. In 1680 The Falls Of Saint Anthony Were Discovered By Louis Hennepin, A Fran Ciscan ...
History_4
History. The Principality Of Moldavia Was Founded About The Middle Of The Fourteenth Cen Tury By The Wallach Voivode Bogdan. Its Cradle Appears To Have Been In The Northeastern Car Pathians, Near The Sources Of The Theiss. It Soon Grew To Be A Large State, Embracing, In Addition To The ...
History_5
History. The Sieur De La Verendrye Is Said To Have Traversed The Region Now Included In The State Of Montana In 1742. In 1804 The Lewis And Clark Expedition Crossed Montana From The Northeast To The Extreme Southwest, And The Fol Lowing Year. On Their Return Journey From The Pacific ...
History_6
History. Montenegro Belonged In The Middle Ages To The Great Servian Kingdom, But After The Power Of The Servian% Wns Broken By The Turks In 1389 At The Battle Of Kossovo (q.v.), The Montenegrins Under Their Prince, Who Was Of The Royal Blood Of Servia, Maintained Their Independence, Though Compelled ...
I The Early Period
I. The Early Period. The Energy Of The Apostles In Winning Men To Believe In Jesus Christ Is A Characteristic Feature Of The New Testament Narrative Of The Begin Nings Of Christian History. Earl• Traditions Give Ground For Belief That Their Missionary Operations Were Extended. Vet Excepting In The Case ...
Illumination Of Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Illumination Of. The Art, Of Embellishing Manuscripts With Miniatures And Ornaments, An Art Of The Most Remote Antiquity. The Term Miniature, So Often Used Indiscriminate Ly To Such Ornamentation, As Well As Minute Painting On Ivory Or Other Material, Is Derived From (cinnabar, Red Lead), Whence Ininiarc, To Write ...
Increase 1639 1723 Mather
Mather, Increase (1639-1723). A Colo Nial Divine, Youngest Son Of Richard Mather (q.v.). Ile Was Born At. Dorchester. Mass., June 21, 1639. A Precocious Boy, He Entered Harvard At Twelve And Graduated At Seventeen. On His Nineteenth Birthday He Preached An Able Sermon From His Father's Pulpit. Shortly Afterwards, At ...
India
India. At The Same Time Mohammedan Art Received A Great Hnpettis In India Through The Establishment Of The Mogul Supremacy (1526), And Produced A Style That Was In Many Ways The Most Artistic And The Grandest In The Whole Sphere Of Mohammedan Architecture. Buildings Like The Mosque And Tomb Of ...
Influence Of External Pressure
Influence Of External Pressure On Melt Ing-points. Strictly Speaking, The Melting-point Of A Solid Substance, Just As The Boiling-point (q.v.) Of A Liquid, Depends Upon The External Pressure. In The Case Of The Melting-point, How Ever, The Influence Exercised By The External Pressure Is So Very Slight That It May ...
Influence On Europe
' Influence On Europe. Sicily. Southern Italy. Venice. And Spain Were Affected By The :moham Medan Arts During The Middle Ages, And Even As Late As The Renaissance. Hence The Use Of The Pointed And The Horseshoe Arch In Many Parts Of Southern Europe. The Cosmopolitan Culture Of The Norman ...
Inianufactures
Inianufactures. :nlichigau's Prominence As A Manufacturing State Is Largely Due To Its Enor Mous Timber Resources. :1 Description Of Which With Their Produets Will Be Found Below. The Percentage Of The Population Engaged In The Manufacturing Industry Was 2.3 In 1850, And 7.1 In 1890, L,ul Declined To 0.7 Per ...
Instruction
Instruction. Term Applied To A System Of School Organization And Instruction Popular During The First Half Of The Nineteenth Century In (4eat Britain. To N Less Degree In Some Con Tinental Countries And In Ameriea. It Was Em Ployed In 1795 By Dr. Andrew Bell, Superin Tendent Of The Orphan ...
Internationale Or International Working
Internationale Or International Working Men's Association. Mary (gk. Maptdy, Mariam, Maple, Maria, From Lleb. .11 Iryu In, Of Uncertain Etymology), Tue ..)lorttlia Of Jest's. Apart From What Is Contained In The Narratives Of Jesus' Birth And Childhood (matt. I.-ii.; Luke I.-ii.), Very Little Is Told Of Mary In The New ...
Issionary Enterprises
Issionary Enterprises. At The Time Of The 11eformation, Christendom Was Still Beleaguered By Armed Islam. Up To The Very End Of The Sev,.nteenth Century A Great Part Of Hungary Was In The Possession Of Turkey. And In 1683 Vienna Barely Escaped Falling Into The Hands Of The Mnssulmans. Missionary Access ...
Iteine Miller
Miller, Iteine. Better Known As.jo.‘qt•mx \iii 1.u01 ( 1541—). An American Au Thor. Born In The Iyahash District, 'indiana, No Vember 10. 1841. In 1851 His Parents Took Him To Oregon. Later He Became A Miner In Cali Fornia. Ile Was A Volunteer In Walker's Nica Ragua Expedition Of 1835. ...
Iviaivathon
Iviaivathon (lat., From Uk. Mapaothv). Anciently A Small Town On The Eastern Coast Of Attica, About Twenty Miles Northeast Of Athens. The Modern Village Lies At The Point Where A Valley Opens Into The Plain Of Marathon, Which Is Surrounded By A Semicircular Range Of Moun Tains On The North, ...
Iviolokani
Iviolokani, M(71h-kii'ne (russ., P1. Of Mo/o /coati, From Mo/oko. Milk). A Russian Sect. It Is Said The Mune Was Given Them In Derision By The Orthodox Because, Unlike The Latter, They Do Not Observe Fasts. They Call Themselves Spiritual Christians. They Are Rationalists, Basing Doc Trine And Practice On The ...
Jacques 103775 Marquette
Marquette, Jacques ( 103775). A Fro.nch Missionary And Explorer In America. Lie Was Born At Laon. In France. 'when Seventeen He Entered The Jesuit Order, And In 1000 Was Sent As A Missionary To Canada. There His Superiors Sent Him To The Country Of The Upper Lakes, And In 1068 ...
Jakob Minor
Minor, Jakob (1855— ). An Aus Trian Scholar In Teutonic Philology And Litera Ture, Horn At Vienna. Ile Studied At The Uni Versities Of Vienna (18.74-7s) And Berlin (1878 79) , Became A Lecturer At The Former ( 1580), In 1882-84 Held A Chair In The Aecademia Seientifico Letteraria Of ...
James 1758 1831 Monroe
Monroe, James (1758-1831). The Fifth President Of The United States. Ile Was Bon' In Westmoreland C Ty. Va.. April 28, 1758; And Was Sent To Will Inns And Mary College To Lr Educated, Lint Ms Studies Were Soon Interrupted By The Outbreak Of The Lievoiutioom'c War. When Lie Left College ...
James Mason
Mason, James Alulthay ( 1798-1871 ) An American Lawyer And Legislator, Best Known Ns One Of The Representatives Of The Confederate Government In Europe During The Civil War. Lie Was Born On :mason's Island, Fairfax County, Va.; Graduated At The University Of Pennsyl Vania In 1818. And Practiced Law For ...
James Monmouth
Monmouth, James. Duke Of 116 Pi 85). A Natural Son Of Charles 11. Of England By Tatcy Walters Or Walter. Charles Committed The Boy To The Care Of Lord Crofts., Who Gave Him His Own Name. On The Monmouth. Then Nr. -lames Crofts, Came To With The Queen Dowager And ...
Jean Victor 1763 1813moreau
Moreau, Jean Victor ( 1763-1813 ) . A Cele Brated French General Of The Revolutionary And Napoleonic Period. He Was Horn August 11. 1763, At Slorlaix, In Brittany, And Studied Law At Rennes. In 1789 He Embraced The Cause Of The Revolution, And Was'later Chosen To Command The Battalion Of ...
Jetties Or Contraction
Jetties Or Contraction If Vinu:s. The System Will Be Given More In Outline Than Detail, As The Latter Are Far Too Numerous To Be More Than Barely Mentioned. The Natural Banks Of The River, In Those Places Where The Current Sets Against Them, And Is Likely To Wear Them Away, ...
John Churchill Marlborough
Marlborough, John Churchill. First Duke Of (1650-1722). A Celebrated English Gen Eral. Be Was Born Probably June 24, 1650. At Ashe In The Parish Of Slusbury, Devonshire, The Second Son Of Sir Winston Churchill. A Politician And Historian, And A Stanch Supporter Of The Stuarts. John Churchill W•a.s Educated At ...
John Mason
Mason, John Youxn (1799-1859). An .1meriean Politician, Born At Greensville, Sussex County. Va. Ile Was Educated At The University Of North Carolina, And In 1810 Was Admitted To The Bar. After Presiding Over Federal And State Courts And Serving For A Number Of Terms In The Virginia Assembly, He Was ...
Joiin Frederic Denison1805 72
Maurice, ( Joiin ) Frederic Denison ( 1805-72 ) . An English Author And Divine, Born At Normanston.the Son Of A Unitarian Clergyman. Ile Studied At Cambridge And Became In Literary Work In London. Influenced By Coleridge And Others, He Decided To Become A Clergyman In The Established Church. Ile ...
Jonathan 1720 66 Mayhew
Mayhew, Jonathan (1720-66). An Ameri Can Clergyman, Born 011 The Island Of Martha's Vineyard. Mass. He Graduated At Ilarvard In 1744. Studied Theology. And From 1744 Until His Death Was Pastor Of The West Church (congre Gationah. Boston. Ile Became One Of The Best Known Preachers In New England And ...
Joseph King Fenno 1803
Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno (1803 62). An American Soldier. He Was Horn In New Haven, Conn.. Graduated Second In His Class At West Point In 1822, Was Assigned To The Engineer Corps As Brevet Second Lieutenant, And During The Next Twenty-four Years Was Engaged Almost Continuously On Engineering Work For ...
Juan 1536 1623 Mariana
Mariana, Juan (1536-1623). A Distinguished Spanish Historian And Scholar. Born At Talavera. In 1554 He Entered The Order Of The Jesuits. Early Studies In Languages And Theology Were So Brilliant That He Was Ap Pointed To Teach In The Schools Of His Order, First At Rome (where The Celebrated Bel{aniline ...
Julius Mayer
Mayer, Julius Bonenr Von (1814-78). A German Physicist, Horn In Heilbronn, Wiirttem Berg. Ile Attended The Gymnasium At Heilbronn. Studied Medicine At Tiibingen, And Finished His University Course At Munich And Paris. Ile Made A Voyage To Java In 1840, And While There Made Observations On The Blood Whip)) Led ...
Karl Marx
Marx, Karl ( 1s1s-ti3). A Famous Socialist, Usually Regarded As The Founder Of The Modern School Of Socialism, Horn Of Jewish Parents At Treves, Germany. May 5, 'isis, And Educated At The Universities Of Bonn And Berlin. In 1842 He Became Editor Of The Uh, Inisehe Zcit U Ng Polit ...
Konrad Ferdinand 1825 98meyer
Meyer, Konrad Ferdinand ( 1825-98). A Swiss Poet And Historical Novelist. The Little Volume Of Historical Ballade» (leipzig, 1867), By Which He First Attracted Attention, Is Halting In Expression, As Are The Verses Of Li07111111zelt End Bildcr (leipzig. 1870). More Plasticity Appears In Linticits Letzte Mgr (leipzig, 1871), And In ...
Lake Michigan
Michigan, Lake. The Second In Size Of The Great Fresh-water Lakes Of The North Ameri Can Continent, And The Only One Lying Wholly In The United States, Bounded On The North And East By Michigan, On The South By Indiana, And On The West By Illinois And Wisconsin (map: United ...
Language
Language. Al Ongol Ian Is An Agglutinative Language, Belonging To The Lral-altaie Family. It Is Closely Allied To The Manchu. And In Its Grammatical Procedures It Greatly Resembles Korean. Throughout Mongolia Proper It Is Free From Dialectal Differences, But Slight Dif Ferences Exist In 'calmin: (as In Sungaria ) And ...
Late Byzantine
Late Byzantine. The Three Centuries Before The Twelfth Were Most Prolific And Successful In Byzantine Miniature Painting. The 3inee (ionian Dynasty Saw A Return To More Classic Models, To In Place Of The Decora Tive Work Of The Iconoclastie Age. The Famous Purix Has Of Antique Grace Showing A Eopying, ...
Lewis Henry Morgan
Morgan, Lewis Henry ( ) . An American Ethnologist, Born Near Aurora, N. Y., November 21, 1818. He Was Graduated From Union College, New York, In 1840, And After A Course In Law, Completed In 1844, He Formed A Successful Partnership With His Classmate, After Wards :fudge George F. Danforth, ...
Life History
Life History. Nearly All Mites Deposit Eggs, Frequently Of Large Size. In A Few Forms The Larvae Issue From The Parent, But In Some Eases It Is Rather From The Egg Within The Body Of The Dead Mite. In Many Cases The Hard External Skin Or Chorion Of The Egg ...
Louis Viesse De
Louis Viesse De, Duke Of Ragusa (1774-1852). A Marshal Of France, Born July 20, 1774, At - Stir - Seine. He Entered The French Army In 1791 And Was Rapidly Promoted. He Met Bonaparte At Toulon, Served With Distinction In The Italian Campaign, Particularly At Lodi And Castiglione, And Later ...
Maa 1factuizes
.maa 1:factuizes. The Manufacturing Industry Is Probably Less Developed In Mississippi Than In Any Other Of The Older States Of The ,union. On The Other Hand, The Rate Of The Recent Increase Has Been Greater Than That Of Most Of The Other States. L'rior To 1837 Some Prominence Had Been ...
Man Ufactires
Man Ufacti'res. Is The Leading Manu Facturing State West Of The Mississippi. The Development In This Direction Has Been Favored It The Variety And Extent Of Its Resources—agri Cultural, Mineral. And Forest—and By Its Loca Tion On The Mississippi And Missouri Rivers. The Industry, However. Has Been Of A Fluctuating ...
Manceuvres
Manceuvres (fr. Niamrurre, Of. Man Ourre, Manovre, From Manuopera, V Anupera, A Working With The Band, From Lat, Manes, Hand ± Opera, Work). Field Exercises Of Large Or Small Bodies Of Troops. Designed To Teach In Time Of Peace The Duties Of Troops In War. La Europe These Are Carried ...
Manl Factures
.manl Factures. Manufacturing Has Been Of Great Importance In Massachusetts Almost From The Beginning Of Its History. Only Three Other States (new York, Pennsylvania, And Illinois) Exceed It In The Value Of This Output. During The Last Half Of The Nineteenth Century The Value Of Manufactured Products Increased More Than ...
Mannheim
Mannheim, Mlin'him. The Capital Of A District In Baden, Formerly A Town Of The Pa Latinate; At The Confluence Of The Rhine And Neckar. 43 Miles Southwest Of Frankfort (map: Germany. C 4). It Is The Third Largest City On The Rhine, Surpassed Only By Cologne And Diisseblorf ; Sine', ...
Manning
Manning, Enwaan (1807-92). An English Roman Catholic Prelate, One Of The Most Notable Figures In The Church Life Of His Time. He Was Born July 15, 1807 (not 1808, As Frequently Given), At Tntteridge. In Hertfordshire, And Edu Cated At Harrow And At. Ralliol College, Oxford, Where He Graduated In ...
Mannite
Mannite ( From Manna), A Hexahydric Alcohol Found In The Manna From Prtbrinus ()runs (linni) , Which Grows In The Basin Of The Mediterranean. It Was Discovered Hr That Manna By Proust In 1806 And May Be Readily Ex Tracted From It With Hot Water Or Boiling Weak Alcohol. It ...
Manometer
Manometer (from Gk. Uav6c, Ma Nos, Thin, Rare + Pirpoy, Rnetron, Measure). An Instrument For Measuring The Density Or Pressure Of The Air Or Any Gas. A Barometer (q.v.) Is One Form Of Manometer, As The Pressure Of The Atmosphere Is Measured By The Height Of The Column Of Tiler ...
Manor
Manor. Th, District Of A Lord And His Non Noble Feudal Dependents. The Term Began To Be Used In England After The Norman Conquest, But The System Existed In Anglo-saxon Tittles. A Manor Consisted Of Two Parts: (1) The Inland (demesne) Or Home-estate, Which The Lord Held In His Own ...
Mans
Mans, Iilib:, Le. The Capital Of The Depart Ment Of Sarthe, And Formerly Of The Province Of Maine In Northwestern France. It Is Situated In The Centre Of The Department, On Both Sides Of The River Scathe, 116 Miles (132 Miles By Rail) Southwest Of Paris (map: France, G 3). ...
Manslaughter
Manslaughter. The Unlawful Killing Of Another Without Malice, Express Or Implied. It Is This Absence Of Malice Which Distinguishes The Act From Murder. Not Infrequently Persons Are Charged With This Crime Who Are Admittedly Free Front Any Moral Blame. At Common Law, Manslaughter Is Of Two 1:111(1s. L'y :111(1 In ...
Mantegna
Mantegna. N -ta'nyn, Andrea ( 1431 1506 ). An Italian Painter And Line Engraver Of The Early Renaissance, The Chief Master Of The Padua? School. He Was Born At Vicenza, The Son Of A Peasant Named Biagio (blasius). After The Death Of His Father, At The Age Of Ten He ...
Mantis
Mantis (neo-lat., From Gk. Iniaric, Diviner, Prophet; So Called From The Position Of The Fore Legs, Which Resembles The Attitude Of Prayer). One Of The Popular Names For Any Of The Orthop Terous Insects Of The Family Mantidt, And The Scientific Name Of The Type Genus. Other Popu Lar Names ...
Mantua
Mantua, Nnin'ttl-a (it. Montoya). A City Of Lombardy. Italy, Situated On The Minch), 25 Miles By Rail Southwest Of Verona (map: Italy, F 2). It Was Formerl• The Capital Of The Duchy Of Mantua And Is Now The Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name. It Occupies Two Islands ...
Manu
Manu, Matrolri (from Slat. Menu, Man). An Ancient Mythical Sage Of India. The Progenitor Of Mankind, According To The Hindus, And The Reputed Author Of The Great Law-book Known As The Code Of Mann (skt. Manuca-dhunna-8(ustru). There Is No Good Ground For Accepting The Ex Istence Of Mane As A ...
Manual Training
Manual Training. This Term, In Spite Of Considerable Criticism, Has Come To Be Gencr Ally Applied To The Use Of Constructive Hand Work In The Schools, As A Feature Of General Education. 'the Term Is Broadly Used To Include The Work Of Both Boys And Girls In Various Materials, In ...
Manufacti Res
.manufacti_ Res. Manufacturing Is Of Much Importance, And Has Played An Important Part From The First Settlement Of The State. In 1850 5.2 Per Cent. Of The Population Were Engaged As Wage-earners In That Industry. In 1900 The Per Cent. Of The Population Thus Engaged Was 9.1, A Little Less ...
Manufactured Article
Manufactured Article. A Thing \\i'm' Has Been Created By The Application Of Labor To Crude Materials, Whereby They Arc Trans Formed Into A New And Different Quality. Shape, Or Form, Having A Distinctive Name, Character, Or And Eaintble Of Being Used Without Alteration. The Term Is Sometimes Confused With Manufac ...