Meleager
Mel'ea'ger ( Lat., From Gk. .mt7ea; Poe, Mete Eyrop), In Greek Legend. The Hero Of The Caly Donian Boar-hunt. In The Earliest. Known Form Of The Legend. Which Is Found In The Iliad. He Is The On Of (linens, King Of .etolia. And Althwa, Daughter Of Thestins. When The Calydonian ...
Melendez Valdes
Melendez Valdes, Nialtin'dilth V51 Dhs, Juan (1754-1817). A Spanish Poet, Born At Ribero Del Fresno. In Estremadura, March 11, 1754. He Studied At Salamanca, And Began His Poetical Career With Some Compositions In The Manner Of Lobo, But Soon Came Under The In Fluence Of The Elder Aluratin And Other ...
Meliaceie
Me'lia'ceie (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Milk', From Gk. Scim, Ash-tree: So Called Because The Leaves Resemble Those Of The Ash). A Natural Order Of Mostly Tropical Dicotyledonous Trees And Shrubs. Containing About 40 Genera And 6110 Species, Nati Vi, Of Warm Climates. Many Of The Species Possess Bitter. Astringent, And ...
Melilot
Mel'ilot, Met.u.ott•s (neo-lat.. From Of. Melilat. Fr. Mt:/1/01, From La T, Oic/i/o/o8, From Ilk. Pe2i2.07oe, Mc/i/eito.c. Peza(drov. Me/i/mon, A Kind Of Clover. From Ei?.t, Mcli, Hones' -4- 16tos. Lotus). A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Le?mminos,e, Natives Of The Old World And Wide Ly Disseminated. The Species Have Upright ...
Melodeon
Melodeon. The Early American Organ. In \\i'm' An Exhaust Or Suction Bellows Draws The Air Inward Through The Reed:. About 1836 .1. Carbart Made A Number Of Improvements In The Melodeon, And Upon The Application Of Still Fur Ther Inventions By E. P. Needham And E. Hamlin The Instrument Beeame ...
Melody
Melody (lat. Mclodia. Gk. Pe24usia, From Mc/os, Song ± Tid(., Song). A Suc Cession Of Tones Constituting A Musical Phrase. That This Succession Be Pleasing Is Not Absolutely Essential. Whereas Harmony Eonsiders All The Tones Sounded Simultaneously In The Various Voices Or Parts, Melody Primarily Considers The Various Tones Of ...
Meloplaste
Meloplaste, N0'161)414' (from Gk. 11) Loss, Song + 1-ri(if777/f, Plastic, Molder. From 77iircriv, Plassein. To Form). A Peculiar Method Of Teaching Children The Rudiments Of Music, Orig Inated By Pierre Galin At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century. In Order Not To Confuse The Beginner With The Various Musical Characters. ...
Melting Point
Melting-point. The Temperature At Which A Given Substance Passes From The Solid Into The Liquid State. Different Substances Gen Erally Have Different Melting-points. Thus, Mercury If Solidified By Cold Would Melt At A Temperature Of Below 0° C. (-40° F.) : Ice Melts At 0° C. (32° F.) ; Sulphur ...
Melville
Melville, Ihatma (1819-91). An Ameri Can Novelist, Born In New York City, And Note Worthy For His Stories Of The Sea. Tle Was Edu Cated Nt The _tlhany Classical School, And In New York City. And Went To Sea In 1s37 In A Merchant Vessel Hound For Liverpool. In 13j1 ...
Melyile Melvil
Mel'vil, Melyile, Or Melville, Sir James, Of Ha (1535-1617). A Scotch Soldier, Mat, And Historical Writer. Ile Was The Third Son Of Sir John Meivil Of Melville Of Haiti'', Scotland, Who Was Convicted And Executed At Stirling On Charges Of High Treason On Account Of His Devo Tion To The ...
Memling
Memling, Hins (c.1430-94). An Eminent Painter Of The Early Flemish School, Which May He Said To Have Attained In His Works The Highest Delicacy Of Artistic Development. Ile Was Born At Abhnlingen, Near Aschahlenburg, 'bavaria, And Appcars Permanently Established At Bruges In 1478, But Was Probably Active There A Few ...
Memnon
Mem'non I Lat., From Gk. .31/proc). In Greek Legend. A Son Of Tithonus And Ens (the Dawn), King Of The Ethiopians, Who Led An Army Fa Aid Priam. King Of Troy. Clad In Armor Made By Ilepluestus (or Vulean). He Made Great Slaughter Among The Greeks. And Finally Killed A ...
Memnonium
Memno'nium (lat., From Gk. Meur6rtor). The Name Applied In Ptolemaic Times To An Egyptian Temple About Miles From The Nile, Near Abydos. The Geographer Strata) (c.30 Us.) Mentions It With Admiration And Compares It With The Celebrated Labyrinth (q.v.). In 1s.59 :\lariette, With The Financial Aid Of The Egyptian Government. ...
Memory Of
Memory (of. Mcmoric, Memo/t, ?armoire, Fr. Memoirs, From Lat. Memoria, From Mentor, Mindful; Connected With Gk. Pippepoe, Larrmeros, Anxious, Skt. Solar, To Remember). The Scious Representation Of Past Experience. To Say That A Man Has 'a Good Memory' Means That He Is Able To Recall Past Events Fully And Accurately. ...
Memphis
Memphis. A City Of Ancient Egypt, Situ Ated About 12 Miles South Of Modern Cairo, On The Left Bank Of The Nile (map: Egypt, E 3). It Is Said To Have Been Founded By \imes• The First Historical King Of Ancient Egypt, Hut This Is As Little Probable As The ...
Memphis_2
Memphis. The Largest City Of Tennessee And The County-seat Of Shelby County, Situated On The Mississippi River, 454 Miles Below Saint Louis And S1s Miles Above New Orleans (map: Tennessee, B 5). It Is At The Head Of Navigation For Large Steamers, And Has Exceptional Railway Facilities, Being On The ...
Menander
Menan'der (lat.. From Gk. Never(ipor, Mcnandros) (me. 342-c.291). One Of The Greatest Poets Of The Attie New Comedy, Horn At Athens Of A Distinguished Family. By His Uncle, Alexis, The Eminent Poet Of The Aliddle Comedy, He Initiated Into The Dramatist's Art;'his Philosoph Iesl Education He Received From Association With ...
Mencius
Mencius, Itl@nishils ( Latinized Form Of Chinese Altng-tse Or Mung-tse) (e.371-287 B.c.). A Chinese Sage, Ranking Next After Confucius In The Estimation Of The Chinese. He Was Born About 371 (108 Years After The Death Of Confucius), In The Small Principality Of Tsow In The Province. Of Shantung, At No ...
Mendeleeff
Mendeleeff, Iw.tz'owrro'mi —). Chemist, Born In '1•ololsic. Siberia. Ile Graduated From The Local Gymnasium. And In 15.511 Imlored The Institnte Of Pedagogy Of Saint L'etorsbitrg„ Whore He Ap Plied Himself To The Study Of Natural Seionees. In 1556 Lie Was Appointed Docent At The Uni Versity Of Saint Petersburg, And ...
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Mendelssohn - Bartholdy, Feux (1809-47). A Famous Ger Man Composer. Lie Was Born At Llamburg, Febru Ary 3. 1809, The Son Of Abraham Mendelssohn And Leah Salomon. The Latter's Brother. After Embrac Ing Christianity, Assumed The Name Bartholdy, Which The Mendelssohns Then Added To Their Fam Ily Name. The Family ...
Mendicancy
Mendicancy (from Mendicant, From Lat. In End Ira Ns, Pre:. Part. Of M En D Ice Re, To Beg. From Mcndicus, Poor). The Practice Of Begging. A Beggar Is One Who Seeks To Get His Living, In Whole Or In Part, By Soliciting Alms. The Word Beggar Is Probably Derived ...
Menendez De Aviles
Menendez De Aviles, Uiiie-uiin'dath 1319-74 . The Founder Of Saint Augustine. Fla. Ile Was Horn At Avi In Asturias. Spain. Philip 11, Placed Him In Command Of The Fleet Which Escorted The Treasure Vessels To And From The \vest Spearing A Grant Of Florida With The Title Of Adelantado Or ...
Mengs
Mengs, Misngs, Raphael (1728-79). A Ger Man Historical And Portrait Painter. He Was Horn At Aussig, Bohemia. March 12. 1728. The Son Of Ismael Mengs. A Miniature Painter Of Some Repute, Who In 1741 Took Him To Rome. On His Return To Dresden In 1744 Lie Was Appointed Court Painter ...
Menhaden
Menhaden, Mr.w115/den (eorrupted From Narragansett Indian Inunnuirhattralig. Fertilizer: In Allusion To Its Use As A Fertilizer In The Corn Fields). A Small Fish (breroortin Tyrannns), Close Ly Related To The Shad (q.v.). Which Is Caught In Great Quantities On Our Eastern Coast During The Summer Months. Its Length Varies From ...
Meningitis
Men'ingi'tis. An Inflammation Of The Meninges, The Membranes Covering The Brain And Spinal Cord. These Are Three In Number: The Pia Muter, Lying In Contact With The Substance Of The Brain And Cord; The Durn Muter. Lining The Cra Nial Cavity And Spinal Ea Nal; And The Aroohnoid, A Delicate ...
Mennonites
Mennonites. Denomination Of Evan Gelical Protestant Christians Which Arose In Switzerland In The Sixteenth Century. The Be Ginning Of The Sect Was In A Eongregation Formed In Zurich In 1525 By Conrad Grebe] And His Associates, Manz And Blaurock. Stress Was Laid Upon Discipline Rather Than Dogma; Abstinence From The ...
Menstruation
Menstruation. The Discharge Of Bloody Fluid Whidi Issues Every Month From The Genera Tive Organs Of The Human Female During The Period In Which She Is Capailde Of Procreation. The First Appearance Of This Discharge. To Which Are Applied The Terms Nica.wg And Catamenia, Is :t Decided Indication Of The ...
Mensurable Music
Mensurable Music (ult. Mensurabilis, Measurable, From Mcnsura, Measure). Strictly Speaking. All Music Written Ill Notes That Have A Definite Time-value. In A Specific Sense The Term Is Applied To The Musie Written Between The Be Ginning Of The Twelfth And The Seventeenth Cen Turies, Before The Invention Of The Line ...
Mensuration
Mensuration (lat. Mcnsuratio, From Anensurair, To Measure, From Measure, From Nu To Measure). A Braneh Of Applied Mathematics Dealing With The Calculation Of Lines, Angles, Surfaces, And Volumes From Measured That The Volume Of A Rectangular Parallelepiped Or Prism Is Found By Multiplying Together The Length, Breadth, And Thickness; And ...
Mental Constitution
Mental Constitution. The Typical Character Which Serves To Give The Mind Its Unity And Individual Significance. Mental Constitution Is Determined, First Of All, B2, The Manner Of The Assembling Of The Elements Which Go To Make Up Conseionsness. Every Normal Mind Comprises Manifold Elements And Diverging Tendencies—sen Sations, Feelings. Yolk ...
Mental Pathology
Mental Pathology. The Science Of Abnormal Mental Process. The Intimate Depen Dence Of Consciousness Upon The Functioning Of The Central Nervous System Enables Us To Approach The Investigation Of Morbid Mental Conditions From The Vantage Ground Of Physiology. The Brain, Which Is The Substrate Of Mind, May, Like Any Other ...
Mental Science
Mental Science. The Name Given To A Philosophical Or Religious System Which, As Ex Plained By One Of Its Adherents, Aims At The Pre Vention Of Disease, Rather Than Its Cure, By Awak Ening In The Individual The Inherent But Dormant Spiritual Forces Through The Medium Of Its Litera Ture. ...
Mentone
Mentone, Rinth-t 5'nfi, Fr. Menton, N5n'trin'. A Seaport Town In The Department Of Alpes-maritimes, France, On The Mediterranean. 19 Miles Northeast Of Nice Ily Rail (map; France, (i 8). It Is Situated On Two Small Bays Known Respectively As Bale De L'ouest And Italic Dc (1aravan, Divided By A Point ...
Mercantile Agency
Mercantile Agency. "an Institution Which, For A Subscription Price, Agrees To Collect T Information As To The Financial Condition And Re Sponsibility Of Business Men And To Transmit The Same To Its Subscribers." At Times It Also Un Dertakes The Collection Of Debts For Its Ens Touters. It Originated In ...
Mercantilism
Mercantilism. The System Of Economic Policy Evolved By The European States After The Decay Of The Feudal System. In Essence It Repre Sented A Transition From Local And Territorial To National Economy. In The Earlier Period Each Town Had Regulated Industry In The Exclusive Interest Of Its Own Inhabitants, Treating ...
Mercenaries
Mercenaries (lat, Tticrectierrins, Hireling, From No Recs. Wages. From In Crcre. To Gain, De Serve ; Connected With Ci:, Pripprtliai. Viciregnuji, To Sh:uv, Divide). Soldier,, 11,11:111y Eigners I Ii The Country For Which They Tight. They Existed From The Earliest Times. In The Early Tarok Republics There Was No Standing ...
Merchants Adventurers
Merchants Adventurers. An Eng Lish Conlitany Organized In Late Inediwval Times For Carrying On Foreign Trade. Its Constitution Was That Of A Regulated Company (q.v.), Any One Having A Right To Join In The Trade Upon Payment J Of A Fine And Agreement To Submit To The Regula Tions Of ...
Mercury
Mercury, 1}:u1cinal Cses Of. The Twenty: One Official Preparations Of Hydrargyrum, Or Cury. May Be Classified As Follows: (1) Lions Of Mercury. Including Mereury With Chalk, Blue Mass, Mercurial Ointment, And Two Plasters Of Memory; (2) The Chlorides Of Mercury And Their Preparations, Including Calomel, Eorrosive Sublimate, And Others: (3) ...
Merger 11
Merger. ( 11 In The Law Of Real Property, The Union Of A Lesser With A Greater Estate In The Same Property In The Same Person, With The Re Sult That The Lesser Estate Is Obliterated By The Larger Estate. Thus, If One Is A Tenant For Years Or For ...
Mergui Archipelago
Mergui Archipelago. A Group Of Isl Ands In The Bay Of Bengal, Forming Part Of The District Of The Same Name In The Burnw:e Division Of And Scattered Along The North Western Short' Of The :malay Peninsula (slap: .1 7). The Islands Are Rocky A Mi Tumid Laillons, Some Of ...
Meriden
Mer'iden. A City In New Haven County, Conn.. 18 Miles North-northeast Of Now Haven, And The Same Distance South-southwest Of Hartford; On The New York, New Haven And Hartford, And The Meriden, Waterbury And Mid Dletown Railroad, A Branch Of The Former (map: Connecticut, D 3). It Is Picturesquely Situated, ...
Meridian Circle
Meridian Circle. An Instrument Used For Determining The Meridian Altitude Or Zenith Distance Of A Star. It Consists Of An Astronomical Telescope Firmly Fixed To A Graduated Circle. Which Moves About A Horizontal Axis, Resting Od A Pair Of Very Solid Supports. In The Common Focus Of The Eye-piece And ...
Meridian Measurement
Meridian Measurement. The Deter Mination Of The Form And Size Of The Earth From The Measurement Of A Meridional Are Has Been A Favorite Problem With Mathematicians From The Earliest Times, But, Up To The Middle Of The Eigh Teenth Century Their Operations Were Not Carried On With Exactness Sufficient ...
Merimee
Merimee,. L'itosemt (1503-70). A French Novelist, Historian, Dramatist, Awl Critic, Born In Paris, September 25, 1503. Ii.' Studied Law, Which He Never Practiced; He Held Various Offices In The Civil Service, Became, In ' 1531, Inspector Of Archwological And Historical Monuments Of France, An Acallemieian In 1514, And A Senator ...
Merle Op
Merle ( Op., Fr. Surric. From Lat. Merula, Blackbird). The Minium' European Blackbird (turdns Merula1. N Thrush Closely Allied To The American Robin. The Male Of Nbieh Is Uniformly Black, While The Female Is Dusky Olive-brown Above And Reddish-brown Below. The Species Is Migratory Except On The Borders Of The ...
Merlin
Mer'lin. The Name Of An Ancient British Prophet And Magician, Who Flourished. According To The Riunancers. During The Decline Of The Native British Paver In Its /mutest With The Saxon In Vaders. 'flue Earliest Traces Of Him Are Found In The Insioria Br/to/rum, Ascribed To A Certain (11i)out 800). Ile ...
Merlino Coccajo
Merlino Coccajo, Otherwise Known As Teofilo 'vole:ng°. Ids Real Name (1491-1544). One Of The Principal Nutea Ronic Poets Of The Sixteenth Century. At The Age Of Eighteen He Became A Member Of The Benedictine Order, And While A Monk He Wrote Latin Verses In The Style Of Vergil. About 1515 ...
Merodach
Merodach, Tnivra-dak. Or Bel-meitonacit. The Name Of A Babylonian-assyrian Deity. Who Is Generally Referred To In The Old Testament As Bel (i.e. Or Bel-merodaeli. The Baby Lonian Form Of The, Name Is "(anoint: Or Mantel... Originally Merely The Patron Deity Of The City Of Babylon. He Became The Head If ...
Merostomata
Mer'ostom'ata (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Uepos, Meros! Part + Ar6i4a, Stoma, Mouth). A Class Of Arthropoda, Standing Next Above The Trilobites And Immediately Below The Arachnida, These Three Classes Forming A Series By Them ! Selves And Distinct From The Crustacea. They Are Represented By The King-crab (q.v.), Or ...
Merton College
Merton College. The Oldest College Of Its Type In Oxford, And The Model Of All Later Secular Colleges, In Both Oxford And Cam Bridge. It Was First Founded As The House Of The Scholars Of Merton, In 1263 Or 1264, By Walter De Merton (q.v.). The Original Endow Ment Consisted ...
Merv
Merv, Milrf. A Region In Central Asia Now Forming A District In The Russian Trans-caspian Province. A Short Distance From The Northeastern Corner Of Persia (map: Asia. ('entral. H 3). Its Area Is Estimated At About 49.000 Square Miles. The Northern And Larger Hart Is A Vast Sandy Plain With ...
Mesa
Mesa, A Spanish Word Meaning 'table' (cf. Latin Mensa). And Used Especially In The Southwestern United States To Designate The 'mall, Isolated Plateaus, Usually Rising Abruptly From The Surrounding Plains, Which Are Found Seattered Over The Region Traversed By The Colo Rado Riven The Mesas Are Remnants Of An Ancient ...
Mesentery And Its Diseases
Mesentery And Its Diseases. The Mes Entery Derives Its Name From Being Eonnected To The Middle Portion (gr. Of The Small Intestine (ivrepov). It Is A Broad Fold Of Toneum (the Great. Serous Membrane Of The Abdo Men), Surrounding The Jejunum And Ilemn. And Attached. Posteriorly To The Vertebral Column. ...
Mesmerism
Mesmerism. The Name Of The Process By Which, Toward The End Of The Eighteenth Century. Mesmer, Primulgator Of The Doctrine Of 'animal Magnetism,' Induced The So-ealted Mesmeric Trance Or Sleep. Since Mesmer's Day The Subject, Has Been Transferred From The Domain Of Charlatanism To That Of Scientific Research. The Mesmeric ...
Mesophyte
Mes'ophyte (from Gk. Kthsoc, Mcsos, Mid Ph A Ton, Growth, Plant ). A Name Given To Plants Which Grow Naturally In Conditions Of Intermediate Soil Moisture. The Term Is Thus In Contrast With Hydrophyte And Xerophyte (qq.v.). To This Group Belong The Most Common Plants Of Tile Ft Rest And ...
Mesquite Tree
Mesquite Tree (prosopis Julillora). A Shrub Or Tree Belonging To The Natural Order Le?mminosa., Found From Central Texas To East Ern California. And Southward Through Mexico And Central America To Chile And Argentina, I And Also In Jamaica. It Is Also Known As Honey Locust, Honey Pod. Algaroba. And Has ...
Messiah
Messiah (gk. Meacrlas, Ilcssias, Or 31(alas, Mcsias, From Aramaic Ilcslaklia. Equivalent Of Itch. Hatn-jfitshiakh, The Anointed). A Title Given To The King Or Pontiff In Ancient Israel Be Valise Of His Anointment As Vice-gorent Of The Deity And Ruler Of The People: And In Later Times A Designation Of The ...
Messina
Messina, Mes-se'n5. (anciently Ilessana). The Capital Of The Province Of Messina, And, After Palermo, The Most Important City Of Sicily. It Is In The Northeast Corner Of The Island On The Strait Of Messina, 59 Miles By Rail Northeast Of Catania (slap: Italy, K 9). It Is Situated Between A ...
Metabolism
Metabolism (from Gk. Perafio?,ijonctabolt', Change, From Yer(062:iew, Mctaballein, To Change, From 'ifni, Meta, Beyond + 13cl7aetv, Ballein, To Throw). The Continual Molecular Or Physico Chemical Changes Taking Place In The Protoplasm Of Organisms, During Growth And Throughout Life. Upon It The Life-processes Rest. Verworn Says That It Is Solely A ...
Metacentre
Metacentre ( From Gk. Pera, Meta, After Kivrpov, Kentron, Centre). It Is Shown In Hydro Statics That A Floating, Body Is Acted On By Two Equal Forces In Opposite Directions; One, Vertically Down Through The Centre Of Gravity Of The Body Itself; The Other, Vertically Up Through The Of Gravity ...
Metachrosis
Met'achro'sis (from Gk. Peraxpwvvitat, Metachronnynai, To Change Color, From Perri, Meta, After Xmovivat, Ebrannynui, Xp6cetv, Ehrozein, To Color, From Xpc5cae, Ehrosis, Color, From Xpoui, Ehroia„rp6a, Chroa, Skin. Color). Color-change. As That Of The Chameleon, In Adaptation To Surround Ings, And Due To Changes In The Size Of The Pigment Cells ...
Metal
:metal Won.. The Persians, Syrians, And Egyptians Were Skillful Workers In Metal. Per Haps The Earliest Centre Was In Mesopotamia, At. Mosul. Brass, Bronze. And Copper Were Chiefly Used. While Chiseled Bronze And Repouss6 Copper Seem The Earliest Processes, The Works Came To Be Often Inlaid With Silver And Sometimes ...
Metal Work
Metal Work. A Term Usually Applied To Artistic Work In Metal. The Metals Generally Used For This Purpose Are Gold, Silver. Copper, Iron, And Lead, And The Principal Methods Of Treatment Employed Are Casting And Reponss. (for A Description Of These Processes, See Fouxn Ng And 1:e1'ousst.) By Reason Of ...
Metal Working Machinery
Metal-working Machinery. The Number And Variety Of Metal-working Machines Are Very Large, The Term Comprehending Prac Tically All Machines By Which Metals Are Wrought Into Useful Shapes. For Ordinary Purposes Metal Working Machines May Be Divided Into The Fol Lowing Classes: Planing Machinery Or Planers; Turning Machinery Or Lathes; Boring ...
Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks. One Of The Three Great Divisions Of The Rocks (see Rock) Char Acterized Generally V A Foliated Or Schistose Structure And Including: (1) Rocks Which Have Been Shown To Be Altered (metamorphosed) Igne Ous Rocks (q.v.) : (2) Rocks Which Have Been Shown To He Altered Sedimentary Rocks ...
Metamorphism
Met'amor'phism. A Term Commonly Used By Geologists To Indicate The Profound Changes Which Sonic Rocks Have Undergone. The Term Is Not Applied To The Changes Induced By Weathering And Decomposition, But Is Appli Cable Only To The Profound Modifications That Are Usually Accompanied By An Increase In Hard Ness And ...
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis (in Animals). A Change Of Form In The Post-embryonic Life Of An Indi Vidual Animal. The Term Is Also Applied To The Change In Form Of Homologous Parts In Different Species. The Young Of Many Animals Pass Through A Series Of Changes Of Form, In Each Of Which The ...
Metaphysics
Metaphysics (lat. Metaphysiea, Fron Gk. Yera Re( Meta To Physika, Followim The Physics; Because Of The Position This Subjec Jccupied In Aristotle's Collected Works). Name Given To The Science Which Deals With Ulti Mate Reality. Metaphysics Or Ontology Is Term Used To Designate A Branch Of Philosophy But Much Difference ...
Metastasio
Metastasio, Inhff5-stii'zi-i5 (originally Trapassi), Pietro (1698-1782). One Of Italy's Most Admired Poets. He Was Born At Rome, January 13. 1698, Of Humble Parents, And Gave Early Evidence Of His Genius By His Boyish Im Provisations. Metastasio Having Attracted The Casual Notice Of Gravina, A Famous Jurisconsult Of The Day, The ...
Metayer
Metayer, Au'tnyer, Farmer Who Tills The Land For Half The Produce). An Agricultural Tenant Who Works The Land With Capital Owned By The Landlord, And Pays As Rental A Fixed Proportion Of The Crop. It May In General Be Said To Be The Resource Of A Community Where Cultivators Are ...
Metazoa
Met'azo'a (nen-lat. Nom. Pl.. Front Gk. Meta, After ,t5on, Animal). The Name Applied To All The Above The Proto Zoa. The Animal Kingdom Is Thus Subdivided Into Twit Divisions, Namely. The Protozoa, Or One-celled Animals, And The Aletazoa, Or Many-eelled Ani Mals. The Latter Include All The Branches Or Phyla ...
Metchnikoff
Metchnikoff, Iltya ( 1 815—). A Russian Embryologist And Cytologist, Born In The Province Of Kharkov, 1\1;iy 15, 1345. Ile Was Educated At Kharkov. And Afterwards Studied At Giessen And At _munich. Ile Was Appointed To The Chair Of Zoi;logy At Odessa In 1870, Hut Resigned In 1882 To Devote ...
Metempsychosis
Metem'psycho'sis (lat., From Gk. Spi;-xcecrts, From Gerqgfruxofiv, Metempsychoun, To Male The Soul Pass Front One Body To Another, From Gera, Meta, Over + /alkuxo0v, Cmpsychoun, To Animate, From '441.9cos, Empsychos, Animate, From H, En, Ink- .fruxh, Psyche, Soul). Transmigration Of Souls, Or, More Accurately, The Reincorporation Of A Soul. In ...
Meteors Of
Meteors (of. Meteore, Fr. Meteore, From Gk, Tartopov, Meteciron, Meteor, From Periwpor, Meteoros, On High, From Tura, Meta, Beyond + Aetpetv. Acirein, To Lift). A Term Now Applied By Astronomers To Those Shooting Stars That Flash Into View Without Detonation Or Explosion. As Thus Characterized, Meteors Form A Class Of ...
Methane
Methane ( From M Ethyl ), Marsh Gas, Fire-damp (ger. Sum Pf Gas) , Cil. The Simplest Of The Compounds Of Carbon And Hydrogen, Usu Ally Prepared By Heating A Mixture Of Sodium Acetate And It Is One Of The Gase Ous Products Of The Decay Of Vegetable Mat Ter ...
Methodism
Methodism. The Name Given To The Ons Reli°i Movement In England Led By John Wesley, S• • Appropriated By The Numerous Churches Which Have Sprung From That Movement, And By Others Which, Though Not Bearing The Name, Are Both Historically And Spiritually In The Methodist Suc Cession. Wesley Himself Was ...
Methyl Alcohol
Methyl Alcohol, Wool) Alcohol, Or Pittoxylw Spirit, A Colorless Liquid Having A Peculiar Aromatic Odor. It Boils At A Lower Temperature Than Ordinary Alcohol, And, Like The Latter, Mixes With Water In Ali Propor Tion.. It Is Largely Used In The Manufacture Of Varnishes And For The Preparation Of 'methylated ...
Metonic Cycle
Metonic Cycle ( So Railed From Its In Ventor, Teton. Who Flourished At Athens About Me. 43'2). A Cycle Of Nineteen Years Of 235 Lunar Months, Or 0940 Days. At The End Of Which Time The New Moon Falls On The Same Day Of The Year As It Did At ...
Metric System
Metric System ( From Lat. Met Rum, From Ilk. Pl-op, Measure, From Perpeir, To Measure). A System Of Nveights And Measures Invented By The French In The Latter Part Of The Eighteenth Century. From Earliest Times, Civil Ized People Have Possessed Two Ideas Concern Ing Their Standards Of Weights And ...
Metternich
Metternich, Mktter-nik, Clemens Wen Zel Nepomite Lothar, Prince (1773-1859). An Austrian Statesman. He Was Born At Coblenz, May 15, 1773, Being The Son Of Franz Georg Karl, Count Von Metternich, An Austrian Diplomat And An Associate Of Kaunitz. Young Was Educated At The Univer Sity Of Strassburg, And Afterwards Studied ...
Metz
Metz, Nets. A Town And First-class Fortres1 In Alsace-lorraine, Germany. Capital Of The Dis Trict Of Lorraine, Situated At The Confluence Of The Seille With The Moselle, About 11 Miles Cast Of The French Frontier And 60 Miles By Rail South-south West Of Treves (map: Germany, B 4). It Is ...
Meuse
Meuse, Mk, Or Maas, Miffs. One Of The Principal Rivers Of Western Europe. It Rises On The Plateau Of Langres In The Department Of Llaute-slarne, Northeastern France, And Flows At First North Through A Narrow. Winding Valley With High And Steep Sides, Sometimes Becoming Carton-like With Rocky Dill's. And Through ...
Mexican
Mexican Arch/eology. Among The Many Tribes Which Occupied Alexieo In Former Times, Six Ma He Said To Have Attained A Con Siderable Degree Of Culture. The Nahuas. Whose Chief Seat At The Time Of The Spanish Conquest Was In The Valley Of Mexico, Had Come From The North, And Their ...
Mexican Literature
Mexican Literature. Modern :mexi Co, Despite The Surprising Advance Of The Past Quarter-century, Has Been So Far Outstripped In The Material Elements Of Civilization That The People Of More Progressive Nations Arc Apt To For Get The Time When Its Capital Was The Intellectual And Artistic Centre Of The New ...
Mexican War
Mexican War. The War Between The United States And Mexico In 1s46-4r. It Was The Result Of A Series Of Outrages Upon American Citizens, The Recognition Of The Independence Of Texas By The United States ( 1 S37), The Annexa Tion (1845) Of Texas To The United States, In The ...