Mass
Mass. The Name Given Among Catholics To The Eucharist Or Lord's Supper (q.v.) , Considered As The Highest Form Of Christian Worship, As A Sacrifice, And The Offering Of The Body And Blood Of Jesus Christ Under The Forms Of Bread And Wine. The Proofs Adduced To Show Its Institution ...
Massoreth Masora
Maso'ra, Massoreth (bch. Tradition. From Mrsar, To Hand Over). A Particular Collection Of Critical Notes On The Text Of The Old Testament, Its Divisions, Accents, Vowels, Grammatical Forms, Letters, Etc. Accord Ing To The Early Mode Of Semitic Writing, Only The Consonants Were Indicated; Hence In The Course Of Time ...
Mast As
Mast (as. Nia-sl. 01tg. Mast. Ger. Host: Probably Eonneeted Ultimately With Lat. Malus, Pole). The Upright Spar On Which Sail Is Set. In Large Ships Masts Are In Several Lengths. In Fore-and-aft Rigged Vessels The Mast Is Commonly In Iwo Parts Called The Lower Mast And The Top Mast: In ...
Mastaba
Mas'taba. An Arabic Word Of Uncertain Derivation. Meaning A Hench, Applied By Mariette To Egyptian Tombs Of A Type Which Prevailed Under The Memphite Dynasties Of The Ancient Empire. Many Hundreds Of These Tombs Ex Ist In The Great Necropolis Between Abu Roash And Dashur, Especially At Gizeh And Saqqara. ...
Master And Servant
Master And Servant. In Its Broadest Sense, Persons In Such A Relation That One Is Em Ployed To Work For And Represent The Other. Modern Law, However, Distinguishes The Employee Who Is Engaged To Represent His Employer In Busi Ness Transactions Involving; The Making Of Con Tracts On The Employer's ...
Mastodon
Mastodon (neo-lat.. From Gk. P.acrr6s, Mastos. Breast + Demis, (dmts. Tooth). The Name For A Genus Of Extinct Elephants. This Genus Is That Most Remote From The Family Type ( Elephas) And Nearest The Dinotherium By Reason Mainly Of The Structure Of Its Molar Teeth. Which Are Provided With But ...
Masudi
Masudi, M1-sr 'dc (ar. Al-hasas `alt Al-))has'tilli ?-c.956). One Of The Most Emi Nent Arabian Geographers And Historians. He Was Born In Bagdad, Descended From A Distin Guished Family, One Of Whose Members, Masod, Was A Companion Of Mohammed On His Flight To Medina. Masudi Early Devoted Himself To Pro ...
Matabeleland
Matabeleland, A Dis Trict In British South Africa, Extending About 200 Miles North Of The Limpopo River, Which Separates It From The Transvaal Colony (map: Africa, H 7). It Now Constitutes The Southeast Ern Part Of Rhodesia (q.v.). In Ms The Slatabele Came Within The British Sphere Of In Lint-nee ...
Matachines
Matachines, Mit'ta-chc'ntis (from Sp. Matachin, Clown Performer, Masked Dancer). An Itinerant Mexican Dance Society, Popular Along The Rio Grande, Which Goes About From Town To Town Toward The Close Of The Lenten Season Giv Ing A Crude Dramatic Performance Founded On The Story Of Montezuma, The Aztec Emperor. The Performers, ...
Matches Of
Matches (of. Mesche, Fr. Meche, It. Miecia, Match, From »ii,z2a, Lat. Myxus, Wick, From Gk. Aqa,mysa, Lamp-nozzle). Specially Pre Pared Pieces Of Inflammable Material Designed To Enable The User To Obtain Tire Readily. At Present The Name Match, Or Friction Ma Telt, Is Usually Applied To A Splinter Of Wood, ...
Materialism
Materialism (from Material, From Lat. Inuterialis, Relating To Matter, From Mutcria, Matter). Usually. Defined As The Philosophical View Which Resolves All Existence Into Matter Or Into An Attribute Or Merely An Effect Of Matter. It Makes Matter The Central Ultimate Reality, And Makes Everything Else, Consciousness In Cluded, A Derivative ...
Mathematics
Mathematics (lat, Mathematics, Front Ilk. Patlrhawruiri, Mathi.matikc, Mathematics, From Pfifhipa, Mat Hi'ma, Leaming, Scienee, F1.0111 Pay Mantlwacin, To Learn). The Technical Meaning Of The Word Is Due To The Pythagoreans, Who Distinguished Four Branches: "there Art' Four Degrees Of Mathematics: Arithmetic, Mush', Geometry, In Modern Times Attempts Have Frequently Been ...
Mathews
Mathews, Miitleuz. Charles (1776-1835). An English Comedian, Born In London On June 28, 1776. Lie Was The Son Of A Bookseller, Who Intended His Son To Follow The Same Vocation; But His Earl• Inclination For The Stage Overcame Parental Counsel, And He Made His Appearance As Tin Amateur, In The ...
Matriarichate
Ma'triarichate (from Lat. Mater, Gk. Frijrap, Miler, Mother ± Apx6s, Archos, Ruler, From Apxetv, Arehein, To Rule). Any Social Group, As A Fancily, A Clan, Or A Tribe, Ruled By A Woman Or By Women. The Term Has Been Used In Eth Nology Sime The Publication In 1865 Of Bach ...
Matsys Massys
Massys, Matsys, Mes Sys, Mit(,--4•', Mr Metsys. (c.111;0-15:311?. A Biblical. Genre. And Portrait Painter Of The Flemish School. His Birthplace Is Disputed, Being Variously Ascribed To Antwerp And Louvain: He Died At The Former Place In 1530. According To Tradition He Was A Loekstuith By (rule. Lint Upon His Marriage ...
Matter Of
Matter (of. Matii.re, Matcre. Matire, Fr. Mat From Lot. Ma Lerift, Matter; Connected With Skt. , To Measure, Build). A Concept Of Physical Science. The Essential Nature Of Matter Is Generally Considered To Be Unknowable. Broad Ly, The Material World Is Discriminated From The World Of Mind, Although It Is ...
Matthews
Matthews (.1.mif.$) 13n.txnlia (1552-). An Amerienn Author And Educator, Barn In New Orleans. Ile Graduated From Columbia College In 1871 Awl From The Columbia Law Sehool In 1573. In 1892 He Was Made A Professor In Co Lumbia, And Soon Won Eminence In America As A Eritie Of Dramatie Literature. ...
Matting
Matting (from Mat, As. Nomita, From Lat. Matte, Mat). A General Name For Various Coarse Woven Or Plaited Fibrous Materials For Covering The Floors Of Rooms, Passages, Lobbies. Etc., For Door-mats, For Hanging As Screens, For Packing Furniture, Or For Packing Heavy Merchandise. _matting Is Extensively Manufactured From Straw, Bulrushes. ...
Matto Grosso
Matto Grosso, Mlit't6 Gr6,:/s,;. A Western State Of Brazil, Bounded By The States Of Ama Zonas And Para On The North, Goyaz On The East, S5o Paulo. Parana, And The Republic Of Para Guay On The South, And Bolivia On The West. Its Area Is Estimated At 532,550 Square Miles. ...
Mauch Chunk
Mauch Chunk, Mak Ehfink. A Borough And The County-seat Of Carbon County, Pa., 46 Miles West By North Of Easton, On The Lehigh River, The Lehigh Canal, And The Lehigh Valley And Central Of New Jersey Railroads (map: Pennsylvania. F 3). This Town Marks The Pas Sage Of The River ...
Maulmain
Maulmain, Nil-mniv. Or Moulmein. A Seaport Town, Capital Of The Amherst District And Of The Tenasserim Division Of Lower Burma, At The Junction Of The Rivers Salwin, (iyaing, And Attaran, On The Gulf Of Martaban, An Arm Of The Bay Of Bengal (map: Burma, C 3). The Town Lies Between ...
Maupassant
Maupassant, Nwpfesiin', Henri Rene Alnert Gev De ( 1850-93 ) . A French Novelist, One Of The Greatest Modern Writers Of Short Stories. Maupassant, After Serving In The Navy Department As Clerk, And As Soldier In The Ger M:1u Vas Slowly Initiated By Flaubert, Who Was An Old Friend Of ...
Maurepas
Maurepas, Ma're-p(v, .trax Trif:ntine Piiplippeacx. Count 11701-811. Minister Of State In The Reigns Of Louis Xv. And Xv1. Of France. Ile Was Born July 9, 1701. At Versailles. The Office Of Minister Of State Had Been Held By His Father, Who On Resigning In 1715 Was Able To Transfer It ...
Maurice
Maurice, Duke And Elector Of Saxony (1521-53). Lie Was The Eldest Son Of Duke Henry The Pious Of The Albertine Line. He Was Born At Freiburg, March 21, 1521, Married In 1541 Agnes, Daughter Of The Landgrave Philip Of Hesse, And Later In The Same Year Succeeded His Father In ...
Mauritius
Mauritius, Ma-rish'i-fis (named In Honor Of Maurice Of Nassau), Formerly Ile De France, A British Island In The Indian Ocean, 530 Miles East Of Madagasear, Bet Wom Longitudes And 58' E., And Latitudes 19' And 20' S. (map: Af Rica, K 71. Its Area Is 71)5 Square Miles. The Coasts ...
Mausoleum
Mau'sole'um (lat., From Gk. Parcuj2.einv, Mauso(eion, From Mai•cw-toc, .muusolos). A Sep Ulchral 11101111111ent Of Large Size, Containing It Chamber In Which Urns Or Coffins Are Deposited. The Mime Is Derived From The Tomb Erected At Halicarnassus To Mausolus, King Of Carla. By His Widow, .1rtemisia. The Work Is Said To ...
Maxima And Minima
Maxima And Minima (lat., Neut. Pl. Of Maximns. Greatest, And Minimus, Least). In Mathematics, The Greatest And The Least Values Of Variable Quantities Or Mag,nitudes. Strictly, A Maximum Is Not Necessarily The Greatest Of All The Possible Values Of A Variable; It Is A Value That Is Greater Than The ...
Maximilian I 1459 1519
Max'imil'ian I. (1459-1519). Holy Ro Man Emperor From 1493 To 1519. He Was The Son And Successor Of Frederick Iii., And Was Horn At Wiener-neustadt, Near Vienna, March 22, 1459. His First Wife, Whom Lie Married In 1477, Was Mary Of Burgundy, Daughter And Sole Heiress Of Charles The Bold ...
Maximilian I 1573 1651
Maximilian I. (1573-1651). A Duke Of Bavaria, Prominent In The Thirty Years' War, Born In Munich. Ile Was Educated At The .tesuit University Of Ingolstadt, And In The Internal Administration Of His Realm Displayed Much Stateeraft. Ile Improved The Judicial And Excel'. Live Departments, Organized A Militia Effective For Defense, ...
Maximilian Ii 1527 76
Maximilian Ii. (1527-76). Holy Ro Man Emperor From 1564 To 1576. Be Was The Eldest Son Of The Emperor Ferdinand I., And Was Horn In Vienna, July 31, 1527. He Was Educated In Spain With His Cousin, Philip Ii. In 154s He Married His Cousin Maria, Daughter Of Charles V. ...
Maximinus
Max'imi'nus, Gams Jclics Venus. A Roman Emperor (a.d. 233-238 ) . Lle Was Original Ly A Thracian Shepherd. Attracting The Attention Of The Emperor Septimius Severus By His Im Mense Size And Wonderful Feats Of Strength And Agility, He Was Admitted To The Army; Was Rapid Ly Advanced For His ...
Maxims
Maxims (fr. Maxime, From Mt.. Maxima, Maxim. Abbreviation Of Maxima Propositio, Chief Premise, Fem. Sg. Of Lat. Maxim Us. Greatest, Superlative Of Magi, Us. Great), Legal. A Term Used By Members Of The Legal Profession And Writers On To Denote Those Brief And Pithy Utterances Which By General Consent Have ...
Maxwell
Maxwell, St Es Clerk- ( 1831-7!) ). One Of The Greatest Of Modern Physicists. Iie Was Born In Edinburgh, The Only Son Of John Clerk Maxwell Of Middlcbie, Scotland, Receiving His Early Education At The Edinburgh Academy, And His First Published Scientific Paper, On The De Scription Of Urn/ Curves, ...
May Day Of
May Day (of., Fr. Mai, From T.at. Llamas; Efinneeted With (11.al. Tnejas. Great, Lat. 11111111111g, Ilk. E(-yes. Megas. (inti!. Mikils. Great. Skt. Malt, To Lie Great). The Name Popularly Given To The First 'lay Of Nlay, Whit+ Among The Germanic And Latin People Has Been Associated From An Early Period ...
May Fly
May Fly. An Insect Of The Order Epheme Rida, Sometimes Also Called `shad-fly' And 'day Fly,' The Latter, Like The Scientific Name, Derived From The Ephemeral Life Of The Adult. They Have Short Antennie, Very Large Fore Wings, Very Small Hind Wings. Absolutely Trophied Mouth-parts. And Two Or Three Long, ...
Maya
Maya. The Civilized Native Race Of The Pen Insula Of Yucatan, Mexico, The Most Important Of The Cognate Peoples Constituting The Mayan Stock ( Q.v.). In 1511 The First Landing Was Effected By The Spaniards On The Coast Of Yucatan. At The Sacred Island Of Cozumel. In 1526, Mexieo Hay ...
Mayan
Mayan (mii'yan) Stock. A Group Of Cog Nate Tribes O• Nations Occupying The States Of Vera Cruz, Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, And Chiapas, In Mexico, With The Greater Part Of Guatemala And A Small Portion Of Salvador, And Exhibiting In Their Ancient Native Culture The Highest Aboriginal Development Found Upon The ...
Maynard
May'nard, Enwmoi (1s13-91). An Ameri Can Dental Surgeon And Inventor, Born At Madi Son. N. Y., Of Puritan Ancestry. Lie Entered The Rnited States Military Academy At West Point In 1831. But His Delicate Constitution Caused Him To Resign And Take Up The Profession Of Dentistry, A Calling Which Lie ...
Maynard_2
Maynard, Sir Joux (1602-00). An Eng Lish Constitutional Lawyer. Ile Was Born At '1;av Istoek, England, And Was Educated At Exeter Col Lege, Oxford. Atter The Regular Course Of Study In The Middle Temple He Was Called To The Bar Iu 1026; He Had Been Elected A Member Of Parlia ...
Mayor
Mayor (from La T. Major, Greater, Compara Tive Of Maynus, Great). The Chief Executive Of Ficer Of A Municipal Corporation. In England The Mayor Was Originally A Steward, Haililf, Or Over Seer. Later Be Became The Chief Magistrate Of A Corporate Town. During The Reign Of .sohn The Right Of ...
Mazarin
Mazarin, Jui.es (1602-61). A Cardinal And Prime Minister Of France During The Minority Of Louis Xiv. Ile Was Born July 14, 1602. At Piscine, In The Abruzzi, Italy, His Father Being Of The Household Of Philip Colonna. Lie Was Educated In The Jesuit College At Rome. And Later Accompanied Jerome ...
Mazzini
Mazzini, Mid-se'rh% Giuseppe ( 1sor-72 ) . An Italian Patriot Prominently Connected With The Struggle For Italian Unity And The Repub Lican Movement Throughout Europe. He Was Born In Genoa, June 28. 1808, Studied At The University Of Genoa, And Practiced Law In His Native City. In 1827 His First ...
Mcesia
Mcesia, Me'shi-a (lat.. From Gk. Mocata, Moisiu). An Ancient Roman Province, Bounded By The Danube, And For A Short Distance By The Savus (save), On The North. The Black Sea On The East, The Mountain Chains Of Ilamms Bal Kan) And Orbelus On The South, And By The Range Of ...
Mceso Goths
Mceso-goths, Inr".4.-gilths'. A Name Given To The Goths Who, Early In The Third Century. Set Tied In Lower /11011ill Of The Dan The. I 11 F0111111 Century They Were 4.44nverted To Christ Ianity Through The Efforts Who Translated The Bible Into Their Dialect. (see L.ts.) The Name 1\14eso-goths Is Applied ...
Me I Mine Workers
Mine Workers Of America, Me I' The Largest American Labor Union, Whose Declared Object Is "to Unite Mine Employees That Produce Or Handle Coal Or Coke In Or Around The Mines, And Ameliorate Their Condition By Means Of Coneiliation, Arbitration. Or Strikes." The Officers Consist Of A President, Viee-president, And ...
Meadow Lark
Meadow-lark. A North Ameriean Star Ling-like Bird Frequenting Meadows And Open Few American Smug Birds Are More Gen Eral Favorites. This Is Not A Lark At All, Bat Oolongs To The Family Leteridle, And Is Therefore A Near Relative Of The Bobolink, Oriole, And Black Bird. The Genus (s(ornelld) Contain: ...
Meadow As
Meadow (as. Mod, ()fries. Node, Meadow, 011c. Mata-screch, Grasshopper, F?cr..1 1(11 Ie. Mead Ow; Probably Connected With ()lit:. Aura, Tier. Ashen. .\s. Matron, Eng. Molt. I At. M Oen-, Arnan, To Reap. Dlr. Nreithe1, Party Of Reap Ers). A Tract Of Low. Level Land, Especially Upon The Margin Of A ...
Meagher
Meagher, Miither, Thomas Era Nci S ( 1823 67). An Irish-american Soldier. De Was Born In Waterford, Ireland, And Was Educated At The .tesuit College Of Clongowes Wood. And At Stony Burst College, Lancashire. England. On The Outbreak Of The French Revolution Of Is-is Lie Was Sent To Paris By ...
Meaning
Meaning (from Mean, As. ?mown, 011g. Mcinan. (wer. Mcinen, To Think; Connected With Ochureh Slay. Miniti, Skt. Man, To Think). The Mental Processes That Constitute The Unanalyzed Eonsciousnesses Of Ordinary, Everyday Experience Are Always Surcharged With Meaning Or Signifi Cance. :mind, As It Is Given, Is Mind In Function; Mental ...
Measles
Measles (from Ilflutell Nurse/en, Mnssrlrn, Connected ( Masolo, Masa Rut, Ger. Llms,r, Diminutive Of Olitt. Mash, (ter. Vase, Spot. Mark Of A Wound), Known Also As Izi'reola And Ahatiln,r.t. One Of The Group Of Diseases Ti.111n1 .rfmlbenur (q.v.). It Is Eommunieable From Person To Person. And Seldom Occurs More Than ...
Measure Of Damages
Measure Of Damages. See Damages. Measures. See Iveigiits And Measures. Poop. Forecastle, Deckhouses, Between Decks, Etc. From The Total So Obtained The Lowing Deductions Are Made: (1) Space Exclusively Occupied By The Crew And T He Storage Of Their Clothing, Etc.; Provided That This Space Does Not Exceed 20 Per ...
Measurement Of
Measurement Of Sums For Tonnage. The Measurement Of Ships To Determine Their Tonnage (q.v.) Is Now Made In Practically The Same Way By All Maritime Nations. The Old Rule In The United States Was Established By Net Of Congress In 1799. This Provided That The Ton Nage Should Be Ascertained ...
Measuring Worm
Measuring Worm. Any One Of The Larv:e Of The Lepidopterous Superfamily Fleoniet Rida., Also Called Humors. The Group Is A Very Extensive One And Consists Of Fragile Moths With Comparativvly Large Wings. The Eaterpillars A•e Long And Slender, With Only One Pair Of Abdominal Feet Phieed Upon The Ninth Segment ...
Meat Extract
Meat Extract. The Term Meat Extract Is C(immonly Applied To A Large Number Of Prepara Tions Of Very Different Character. They May Be Conveniently Divided Into Three (-lasses: (1) True Meat Extracts: (2) Meat Juice Obtained By Pressure And Preserved. Compounds Which Contain Dried Pulverized Meat, And Similar Preparations; And ...
Meat As
Meat (as. Mete, Icel. Matr, Mate, Cloth. Mats, Ohg. Ma:, Meat, Ger. Jlass-lcid, Aversion To Meat). The Flesh Of Animals Used As Food. Sometimes The Word Is Restricted To The Domes Tic Animals, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, While The Term Game Is Applied To The Flesh Of Wild Animals And Poultry ...
Mecca
Mec'ca (ar. Makkah. Or Ilakkah, Koran, Soma Iii. 90; Called Also Af-ifusharrifah, The Exalted, In Ablf Era. Mother Of Cities, And Al !mad Al-amin, The Safe Place. Known To The Geographer Ptolemy As Maeoraba). Capital Of The Turkish Province Of Iledjaz In Arabia, And, Through Being The Birthplace Of Mohammed. ...
Mechanical Powers
Mechanical Powers — Machines. Technically Described A Machine Is A Combination Of Resistant Bodies For Modifying Energy And Doing Work. The Members Of Which Are So Ar Ranged That, In Operation, The Motion Of Any Member Involves Definite, Relative, Constrained Motion Of The Others. A Brief Analysis Of This Definition ...
Mechanical Units
Mechanical Units. Various Units Or Standards Used In Different Countries And Under Different Conditions For The Expression Of Me Eh:init.:1 1 Quantities. One System, The C. G. S. System (q.v.), Is Based Upon The Eentimeter, The Gran. And The Mean Solar Second. Another Uses The Foot, The Pound, And The ...
Mechanics Lien
Mechanics' Lien. A Statutory Lien Or Charge Upon Real Estate To Secure Payment For Work And Labor Performed On, Or Materials Fur Nished For, Buildings O• Other Improvements Thereon, At The Request O• With The Consent, Ex Press Or Implied, Of The Owner. Under The Early English Law No Liens ...
Mecklenburg Declaration Of Independence
Meck'lenburg Declaration Of Independence. In American History, A Series Of Resolutions Purporting To Have Been Adopted At Mevklenburg County, N.c., )lay 20. 1775. By A Convention Of Repre Senting Each Militia Eompany Of The County. An Other Set Of Resolutions Is Nttributed To A Similar Meeting On Ma', 31. 1775. ...
Mecklenburg Schwerin
Mecklenburg-schwerin, Mat.n Hritim A Grand Duchy And Constituent State Of The German Empire, Hounded By The Rainy ..sea On The North, The Prussian Province Of Pomerania And The Grand Duchy Of Mecklenburg Strelitz On The East. The Prussian Provinces Of Brandenburg And Hanover On The South. And Schleswig-holstein. The Iiiaeipality- ...
Medal Op
Medal (op. Medallic, Fr. Nu'(lui//e, From Lat. Melallum, From Gk. Kdraxxov, Metal). A Piece Of Metal, More Or Less Of The Form Of A Coin, Stamped On One Side Or Both With Image And Inscription, With The Object Of Commemorating An Event Or Of Honoring• A Person, And Not Intended ...
Medea
Mede'a (lat., From Ck. 31?),icca, .11mcia). In (recian Legend, A Famous Sorceress, The Daughter Of „fetes, King Of Colchis. And Of The Oceanid Idyia. Or Of Ileente, And Niece Of Circe. On The Arrival Of The Argonauts (tv.) At The Court Of .ectes, In Search Of The Oolden Fleece, She ...
Medford
Med'ford. A City, Including The Villages Of Hillside. Glenwood, South Medford, Welling Ton, And West :medford, In Middlesex County, Mass., Five Miles North By West Of Bosien; On The Mystic River, And On The Southern And West Ern Divisions Of Ruston And Maim Railnkill (map: 31assaehusetts, E 3). The City, ...
Media
Media (lat., From Gk. .1)ina(a, From Mipos, .1b7dos, From ()pers. Jidda, :11edc). In Ancient Times, The Name Of The Northwestern Part Of Iran. Bounded By The Caspian Sea On The North. By Persia On The South. By Parthia On The East, And By Assyria On The West. The Northern Por ...
Medical Code
Medical Code. A Body Of Laws Adopted By A Medical Association Regulating The Comlnet Of The Profession. Snell Voiles Forbid The Pablic Advertising Of Specific Medicines And Gratuitous Cures. And Patent And Secret Nostrums. The Code.: Of Both Chief Schools Of Praetice Re Quire The Professional :rttendanec Of One Physi ...
Medical Education
Medical Education. The Earliest In Stitutions For The Teaching Of Medicine Were Situat Ed In Temples And Groves Dedicated To The Worship Of The Deities Who Were Supposed To Preside Over The Health Of Their Worshipers. Thus In Egypt The God Osiris And His Wife Isis Were The Tutelary Deities ...
Medical Education Of Women
Medical Education Of Women. The Proposi Tion To Admit Women Into The Medical Profession Met With Bitter Opposition, Which Has Gradually Given Way. Although The Boston Homeopathic School For Women Was Opened As Early As 1848. The Association For The Advancement Of The Medical Edueat Ion Of Women. Organized Some ...
Medici
Medici, Mit'd?••••ew. Tub:. The Most Cu.!, Hrated Family Of The Florentine Republic. The Medici Owed Their Earliest Distinction To The Success With Which They Had Pursued Various Branches Of Commerce. And The Liberal Spirit In Which They Devoted Their Wealth To Purposes Of General Utility. From The Thirteenth Century The ...
Medicine Ge
Medicine (ge. Medicine, Fr. Nri'decine, Lat. Lei Dieing. Medicine, From Medieir Us, 111:101g To A Physician. From Med It'll R. Physician, From Inc Rc. Av. Willi, If, Heal) 11 'story Of. V1 Hill' Medical Practice. In An Elementary Form, Is Prohably As Old As Anon, The 1,1,10.:t Records Of Medical ...
Medina
Medi'na (ar. Al.11edinah, The City; Or More Fully Medinat Ul-xubi, The City Of The Prophet; Called Also Taggibah, The Perfumed, Or Ol-i/u Nowweroh, The Illumined; Before The Time Of 3ioha Tinned, Known As Ialhrib, Whence It Is Men Tioned By Ptolemy As Dathrippa). One Of The Sacred Cities Of Islam, ...
Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu, The Modern Arabic Name Of A Ruined Coptic Village. Built In Early Christian Times. On The West Bank Of The Nile In ;timid Latitude 25° 50' N. It Stolid Around And Upon The Ruins Of A Group Of Temple Buildings In The Western (punter Of Ancient Thebes. These ...
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea. A Great Inland Sea Of The Eastern Hemisphere. Almost Entire Ly Inclosed By The Continents Of Europe. Asia. And Africa. And Communicating With The Black Sea By The Dardanelles, The Sea Of Marmora. And The Bosporus ( Map: Europe, D 5). It Extends From Longitude 5° 21' W. ...
Mediterranean Subregion
Mediterranean Subregion. 1 N Zo0geography, That Subdivision Of The Palearctie Legion Whieh Includes The Basin Of The :mediter Ranean Sea. Asia Minor. Persia. And The South Coast Of Asia As Far As The Indus. The Canary, Azores, And Madeira Islands Are Also Included. It Is Bounded On The North By ...
Medulla Spinalis
Medulla Spina'lis. See Nervous Sys Tem And Brain. Li9-(111'. A Village In Egypt. On The Western Side Of The Nile, Some 40 Miles South Of Cairo, In About Latitude 29° 30' N. Near It, On The Edge Of The Is The Pyramid Of King Snefru T Q.v.), The First King ...
Medusa
Medusa (lat., From Gk. 314souo-a, Medomsa, Name Of One Of The Three Gorgons, From Plocip, Niedeia. To Rule). A General Name Applied To The Disk-like, Umbrella-shaped Jelly-fish, With Long Marginal Feelers, And So Called From Their Re Semblance To The Fabled 1\lednsa's Head. (see Plate.) While The Term Medusa Is ...
Megalithic Monuments
Megalithic Monuments (front Gk. Ai-ras, In Ryas, Great + Xleor, Lithos, Stone). Gigantic Monuments. The Materials Of Which In The Earliest Stages Of Industrial Development Were Huge Undressed Stones, And Also Associated \vint Annuli. Megalithic Monuments Are Found In Both Hemispheres, And In The Progress Of Vulture T Hey Marked ...
Megara
Meg'ara (lat., From Gk. 311-yapa) . The Capital Of Megaris (q.v.), On The Isthmus Be Tween The Peloponnesus And Northern Greece. It Was Built At The Base Of Two Hills, ('aria And Aicathous, Each Defended By A Citadel. Two Walls, Built By The Athenians During Their Protectorate Over Megara, Between ...
Megatherium
Meg'athe'rium (neo-lat., From (1k. Cayos, Mcgos. Great + Onplov, Thfrion, Diminu Tire Of Hp, Thcr, Wild Beast). A Gigantic Fossil Edentate Mammal, Larger Than A Rhinoceros, Which Lived In Comparatively Recent Geological Time In South America, And Of Which Skeletons Are Found In The Pampenn Deposits Pleistocene) Of Argentina, Chile, ...
Mehemet Ali
Mehemet Ali, Mfithe-m(st 1849). Viceroy Of Egypt. Ile Was Horn In 1769 At Kavala, A Little Town In Macedonia. Left An Orphan, He Was Taken Into The Service Of A Captain Of The .janizaries. Ile Learned Much Of Military Matters And Of Intrigue, Made A Rich Marriage In 1787, And ...
Meissen
Meissen, Mi.'sen. An Interesting Old Town Of Ihn Kingdom Of Saxony. Germany, Situated On The Left Bank Of The Elbe. Hi 11111e4 By Rail North West Of Dresden (slap: Germany. E 3). It Lies In An Exceptionally Picturesque Region. And Has Re Taini41 Its Ancient Appearance. Above The Town Rises ...
Meissonier
Meissonier, Ina'sa'nya', Jean Loris Er Nest 1 1 5-9 1 . A French Military And Genre Painter, Born Lyons. February 21, 1815. Iii 18:10 Ho Wi'llt To Paris And Worked For A Short Time In The Studio Of Crrniet, Hut He Received His Most Valuable Training In Art From His ...
Meistersinger
Meistersinger, Mis't(7r-sing-er. The Name Given To Those Artistic Poets, Usually Not Of Noble Birth, Who. As The Immediate Follow E•s Of The Minnesinger, Cultivated Artistic Poetry In Contradistinction From The Folk Song. The Word Meister (derived, Like English 'master,' From Latin Mugister) Means A Poet Who Has Studied, As All ...
Mekhitarists
Mekhitarists, Raelel-titr-ists. A Congre Gation Of Armenian Christians Who Reside On The Island Of San Lazaro At Venice, But Have Also Obtained A Footing In France, Austria. Turkey, Russia, And Elsewhere. They Derive Their Name From Alekhitar (i.e. The Comforter) Da Petro (born 1676, Died 1749), Who In 1701 Founded ...
Melancholia
Melancholia (lat.. From Ilk. ?(\a-yxoxia, Black Bile, From A/xas, Mc/us, Hack -4- Xoxii, Eholr, Bile). A Form Of Insanity Clr:orar•terized By Depression Both Of Emotional State And Of Nerve Functions. The Essential Feature Of This Disorder Is Sadness. Dejection. Despondency. The Melan Choliac Is Gloomy, Full Of Forebodings And Fearful ...
Melanesians
Melanesians. The Natives Of That Part Of Oeeaniea Known As \lelanesia (q.v.). Some Authorities (.011.liter Them Physically And Lin Guistically A Compound Of The Woolly-haired Black Papuans. Who May Have Been The Aborigines Of Melanesia, With The Smooth-haired, Light-colored Malays, Who Came To The Archipelago As Adven Turers And Immigrants. ...
Melanism
Melanism (from Gk. 11.0.ac, Mclas, Black), And Albinism ( From Lat. Anots, White). Mel Anism Is A Phenomenon Due To Excess Of Pigment, While Albinism Is Due To Its Absence. Albinism Is A Pathological Condition, While Melanism Is Usually Normal. Melanism Occurs In Insects, Fishes, Rep Tiles. Birds. And Mammals, ...
Melbourne
Melbourne, Mil'bilrn. The Capital Of Viptoria. Australia, Situated Chiefly On Lire North Lank Of The Yarn). About Nine Miles By And I 1% I, Uciles By Land Abnyo• Its 0101.4 In Ihobson Bay I \ Lap: Victoria. E 41. The Bay Is The Northern Bend Of The Spaeious Inlet Near ...