Minnesota
Min'neso'ta (indian. Sky-tinted Water). One Of The North-central States Of The American Union. It Lies Around The Head Waters Of The Mississippi Piver, Between 30' And 25' North Lotitude, And Between 29' And 5' West Longitude. It Is Hounded On The North By The Canadian Provinces Of On Tario And ...
Mino Da Fiesole
Mino Da Fiesole, Me'n4 Dal Fy5w?dtt (1431-84). A Florentine Sculptor Of The Early Renaissance. He Was Born At Poppi In The Casentino Valley. While Employed As A Stone Mason At Florence He Became The Friend And Pupil Of Desiderio Di Settignano. 1h, Home Was At Florence, But There Is Documentary ...
Minor Prophets
Minor Prophets. A Common Desigma Hon For A Group Of Twelve Prophetical Books In The Hebrew Canon, Which In The English I;ible Form The Close Of The Old Testament. It Was Em Ployed As Early As The Time Of Augustine And Ru Tms, Who Are Careful To Explain That Its ...
Minsk
Minsk, Minsk. A Government Of West Rus Sia. In Lithuania, Hounded By The Government Of Vitebsk On The North. Alohilev And Tehernigov On The East. ]rica And Vulltgnia On The South, And Groduio And Vilna On The West (map: Russia, C 4). Area. 35.293 Square Miles. The Northwestern Part. About ...
Minstrel Of
Minstrel (of. Nrenestref, Ntrnester,1 Men Fro/. Fr. Ini:nest Rat. It. Minxcarello. Menestrello, From Ml. Migistrel, Retainer, Lat. M In Ist, R. At Lefulant . Retainer, Minister From Minor, Less). The Term Seems To Have Been Em Ployed At First To Designate A Retainer Who Amused His Lord With Music And ...
Mint As
Mint (as. Minte, Icel. Minta, 0110. »ibiza, Munza, Ger. Mini. Iin:e, From Lat. Menta, Nientha, From Gi:. Ihivect, Mintha, Kdvon, 9/1 In T He, Mint), Mentha. A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Labiate; With Small, Funnel-shaped, 4-fid Corolla. And Four Straight Stamens. The Species Are Perennial Herbs. Varying ...
Mint As
Mint (as. Niync•t, Mynit, Mynyt, From Let. Moncta, Mint, Epithet Of Juno. Whose Temple At Home Was The Mint. From Moncee, To Warn). An Establishment For Making Coins Or Metallic Money. Fee :nioney. The Earliest Regulations Regarding The English Mint Ix•long To Anglo-saxon Times. An Officer Called A Reeve Is ...
Minuet
Minuet (fr., Small, Diminutive Of Menu, From Lat. Minutes, Small, P.p. Of Mi Acre, To Diminish, From M In Or,less ; Connected With Stnall. Skt. E To Make Small. (loth. Minairo, R:er. Minder, As.. Archaic Eng. Win, Ie.,: So Called Of The Small Steps Taken In The Dance). Graceful And ...
Minuit
Minuit, To Twa It. Minuits, Or Minne Wit, Pt Tf12 I An Early Governor Of New Netherland. Lle Was Horn In Wesel, On The 'rhine: Was A Fur A Hine In The Protestant Or Walloon Church There. Removed To Hol Land Early In The Seventeenth Century, And In December, 1625. ...
Minwesinger
Minwesing'er. The Common Name For Those German Poets Who Flourished At The Vari Ous Feudal Courts Of Germany In The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries. The Themes Of The Minnesingers Are First Epic, Then Mainly Religions In Inspiration. They Also Described The Beau Ties Of Nature. More Often Than The Troubadours ...
Miquel
Miquel, Johannes Von ( 1829- 1901). A German Statesman, Born In Ncuenhaus, Hanover. Of A Family Of French Emigres, And Edu Cated For The Bar At Heidelberg And Gottingen. In His Student Days He Was A Rabid Revolutionist And Something Of A Socialist, But When The Period Of Reaction Set ...
Miracle Play Of
Miracle Play (of., Fr. Miracle, From Let. Mirocalum, Miracle, From Mirari, To Wonder, From Mints, Wonderful; Connected With (:k. Act Meitlan, Skt. Smi, To Smile). Strictly, The Second Stage In The Development Of The Modern Drama Under Religious Auspices, Though It Is Sometimes Confounded With The First, Fur Which. And ...
Miracles
Miracles. The View To He Taken Of These Extraordinary Events Is Very Largely It Question Of What Definition Of Them Is Presupposed. A Miracle Was For A Time Held To He "a Viola Tion Or Suspension Of, Or An Interforenee With. The Laws Of Nature." „\ Later Typical Definition Makes ...
Mirage
Mirage, Mi-rfizir' (fr.. From Mirer, To Gaze). A Phenomenon Extremely Common In Certain Lo Calities. And Due To Existing In The At Mosphere. As A Result Of A Deviation Of The Ray.; Of Li ;id Caused By Refraction And Reflection. Ob. Jeets Seen Is Oh The Eye Appear In Unusual ...
Miranda
Miranda, Me-rall'a, Fra Ncesco ( 1750? 1816). A Spanish-american Revolutionist. De Was Born In Venezuela, And Entered The Spanish Army, Rising To The Rank Of Captain. He Resigned In Order To Serve With The French In The United States. He Was Then Sent To Cuba, Where He Engaged In Illegal ...
Miscegenation
Miscegenation (from Lat. Mi:were, To Mix -1- Race). Mixing Of Races: Usually Restricted To Amalgamation Of Caucasian And African Races In .1merien. The Expression Came Into Common Use In Discussions If Negro Slavery In The United Stales Toward And After The Middle Of The Nineteenth Century, When Certain Publicists Advocated ...
Misdemeanor
Misdemeanor (from Lois- -1- Demeanor, From Demean, From ()f. Rieeneicr, Demincr, To Manage, From Lat. 4/4.. Down + Minarr, To Leach, Drive). The Name Given By English Common Law To Every Crime Below The Grade Of Felony (q.v.). By The Common Law, The Offense Of Greatest Enormity Is Treason. And ...
Mishna
Mish'na (heb., Explanation, From Shfinah, To Learn). The Body Of The 'oral Law',' O• The Juridico-political, Civil, And Religious Code Of The Jews. As Such It Forms A Kind Of Com Plement To The Pentateuehal Codes, Which It Ex Plains, Amplifies. And Innnut Ably Fixes In Accord Once With Traditional ...
Misprision Ok
Misprision (ok. Misprision. Inisprison, Mistake. From In Csprend Rc, To Mistake, From Nos-, From Lat. Minus, Prendrr, From Lat. Dere. Preheat/ere. To Take). In Its General Sense. A Crime Under The Degree Of A Capital Offense, Hut Graver Than An Ordinary Misdemeanor (q.v.). In The Early English Law It Was ...
Misrepresentation
Misrepresentation. An Untrue Rep Resentation, By Words Or By Conduct. Which In Duces Another To Act To His Injury. Svben Deliber Ately Or Recklessly Made 1)3- One Party To A Busi Ness Transaction Concerning A Matter Of Fact And Relied On By The Other Party To His Damage, It Amounts ...
Missal Ml
Missal (ml. Missals, From In Issalis, Relat Ing To The Mass. From In Issa, Mass). The Hook Which Contains The Prayers, Lessons, And Rubrics Of The Mass In The Roman Catholic Church. Until The 'middle Ages The Various Parts Of The Service Were Distributed In Separate Hooks, Accord Ing To ...
Mission Indians
Mission Indians. A Collective Term For The Surviving Remnants Of The Tribes Civilized And Christianized By The Effort, Of The Spanish Fran Ciscan Missionaries In Southern California In The Latter Part Of The Eighteenth Century. They Were Originally Of Ninny Various Dialect, And Stocks. Chiefly Shoshonean And Yuman, Roving Over ...
Missisaga
Missis'aga. An Algonquian Tribe Residing East And Smith From Lake Ontario, Ontario. Ada. Are Closely Connected With The Of Whom They Are An Oil The Name Is Said To Mean 'great Referring To The Mouth Of I He Alissisaga Hut An Ednr•ated Member Of The Tribe Says That It Refers ...
Mississippi River
Mississippi River ( Algonquin 3/ Issi Rrne, Great River; Literally, Father Of Waters). The Principal River Of The North American Continent ; Counting As A Part Of It The Longest Branch Of The Drainage System, The Missouri, Which Far Over Tops The Central Stem, It Is The Longest River In ...
Mississippi Scheme
Mississippi Scheme. A Gigantic Bank Ing And Commercial Scheme Projected In France By The Celebrated Scotch Linanuier ,iohn Law (rot.), At The Beginning Of The Reign Of Louis Xv. The Primary Object Of The Scheme Was To Re Suscitate The French Finances By Removing Some Of The (hit And Disorder ...
Missouri
Missouri, Miz-zivre. A Small Tribe Of Siouan Stock. When First Known To The Whites They Occupied The Territory About Grand River, A Northern Affluent Of The Missouri, In What Is Now The State Of Missouri, And Contiguous To The Iowa And Oto (q.v.) On The North And West, Nil Three ...
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise. In American History. An Arrangement Between The Free And Slave States, Embodied Chiefly In An Act Of Con Gress Approved :march 0, 1820, Which Provided For The Admission Of The State Of :missouri Into The Union With A :must It Tit Ion Which Allowed Slav Ery, But Which ...
Missouri River
Missouri River. The Principal Affluent Of The Mississippi And The Longest River Of The United States (map: United States, G 3). It Is Formed In Southwestern Montana By The Con Fluence Of The Jefferson, Madison, And Gallatin Rivers. The Longest Branch, The Jefferson, Has Its Farthest Source'in Red Rock Creek, ...
Mistake
Mistake. An Erroneous Mental Conception Affecting The Will, And Hence Leading To Or Pre Venting Some Act. The Importance Of The Mis Take In Legal Contemplation Is Its Effect Upon The Act. In General A Mistake Of Law Produces No Legal Effect Upon An Act Influenced Or Induced By It. ...
Mistletoe
Mistletoe, T (as. Mistcitein, Titian, Icel. Mistilteinn, From As. Mistr/, Bird Lime, Mistletoe. Basil, Led.. 01111. Inisti/, Ger. Moo, Mistletoe -(- As Tan, Twig). A Genus Risruin) Of Small Shrubs Of The Natural Order Loranthaeea•. This Order Eontains More Than 400 Known Species. Mostly Tropical And Parasitic. The Leaves Are ...
Mistral
Mistral, Fnentnic (1830—). A French Poet. The Leader Of The Modern Provencal Revival In Southern France. He Was Born At Slaillane, Bouches-du-rhone, September 8, 1830, And Went To School In Avignon. Here He Came Under The Influence Of Joseph Ronmanille (q.v.), Who Had Already Conceived The Idea Of Raising The ...
Mitchel
Mitch'el, ,toni (1815-75). An Trish Na Tionalist Agitator. Lie Was Born In Dungiven. Ireland : Was Educated At Trinity College, Dub Lin; And Studied And Practiced Law. Throug.h His Life Of Hugh Cryeil. Prince Of Ulster (1845), He Gained A Reputation As A Writer And A Nation All-4. He Became ...
Mitchell
Mitchell, (stuks) Weir (1829—). A Di, Tingui-hed American Neurologist And Man Of Let Ters. He Was Horn In Virginia, The Son Of John Eearsley Mitchell. A Noted Philadelphia Physi Cian. After Receiving His Baecalaureate Degree At The University Of Pennsylvania. He Was Grad Uated In Medicine In 1850 At Jefferson ...
Mite As
Mite (as. Mite, Ohg. Miza, Miz.:11, Ger. Miele; Probably Connected With Goth. Maitan, Ohg. Smvsrnn, To Cut). Any One Of The Acarina, An Order In The Class Arachnida. They May Be Distinguished From Other Arachnids By Their Small Size; By The Unse,lmiented Holy, Without A Constriction Between The Anterior Portion ...
Mithras
Mith'ras (gh.m/opac,ar. Miora,skt. Friend). One Of The Chief Deities Of The An Cient Persian Religion. The God Seems To Have Been Known To The Indo-lranians Before Their Separation. As Lie Appears In Both Avesta And Veda. He Is A God Of Light, Invoked In Company With The Heaven (ahura And ...
Mithridates
Mithridates. Mitivri-da%v. (also Ith Radates, From ()pers. Miora, The Sun-gnd Data, Given, P. P, Of Du-, To Give). An Old Persian ;um. Common Throughout The East. Borne By Several Kings Of Point's. The Most Eelebrated Of Them And The Urealp.1 Of The Rulers Of Pontes Was 1mithridates Vi., Surnamed L'apator ...
Mitla
Mitla, In T115, Or Mictlan. A Small Town Situated Thirty Miles East Of The City Of Oaxaca, In Southern Mexivo. It Is Notalde As Being The Site Of One Of The Most Famous And Remarkable Groups Of Anteriean Ruins. The Surroundings Are Mountainous And Inclose A Wide, Fertile Val Ley, ...
Mitosis
Mito'sis (neo-lat., From Gk. Aurae, ?altos, Thread). The Phenomena Accompanying The Di Vision Of The Nucleus Of Cells, A Term Proposed By Fleming In Is:82 And Superseding •karyokinesis.' In Cell-division The Scat Of The Changes Is The Nucleus. In Which Portion Of The Cell The Processes Of Eell-division Originate. After ...
Mitre
Mitre, 111?•'1 Rtt, Llmttot.om ( 1'321— ) An Argentine Statesman, Born At Buenos Ayres. To Escape The Despotism Of The Dictator Roses, He Tied To :montevideo. In 1846 He Emigrated To Where He Was Appointed Chief Of Staff To President Ltallivian. And Director Of The Military College. Upon The Overthrow ...
Mitre Of
Mitre ( Of., Fr. Mare, From Lat, Mitre, From Gk. Yirpn, Mitre, Fillet, Belt; Probably Ulti Mately Of Oriental Origin). The Head-dress Worn In Solemn Functions By Bishops And Some Abbots. The Ornament Is Probably Of Eastern Origin. Al Though The Head-dress Of Eastern Prelates At The Present Day Is ...
Mivart
Mivart, I;f:mo,r. ,i ,u On English Zoologist, Horn In Don. Lie Was Educated First At Ilarrow, Then At King's College, London, And Then, Having Become A Callodie In 15-t 1, At. Saint Nlary's College, Ds Colt, Ile Was Admitted To The Bar In 1851, Hut In 1862 He Beca Me ...
Mixed Races
Mixed Races. Races Which Are Blends Of Various Other Raves, The Factors Which Have Been Most Potent In Producing The Varieties Of Mini Which We Find On Earth To-day, Probably En Vironment And Cross-breeding Must Be Nssigned The First Place. I'nfortunately,neit Her One Has Been Investigated With Sufficient Care To ...
Mnesicles
Mnesicles, Nes'i-klez (lat.. From Gk. Mi,iierac21a-, 11 No'sikli's . A Greek Architect. Who )milt The Propyltea Of The Acropolis At Athens. His Name Was Found On An Inscription In Its Ruin,, And Plutarch Mentions Him As Its Archi Tect. Mo'a (maori Name). A General Name For A Family (dinornithida) Of ...
Moab
Mo'ab. The Name Given To A People Occupy Ing The High Table-land East Of The Dead Sea And The Southern Section Of The Jordan. The Southern Boundary Was Edom, The Eastern. Ammon And The Desert: The Northern Boundary Shifted From Time To Time, But In General Was Marked By A ...
Mobile
Mobile, Ine..1)w. A Port Of Entry And The Counly-sent Of Mobile County, Ala., 140 Miles East By North Of New Orleans: On :mobile Bay, At The Month Of \lobile Ith.er, 30 Miles From The Gulf Of Mexico. And On The Louisville And Nashville. The Southern, The Mobile. Jackson And Kansas ...
Mobilization
Mobilization (fr. Mobilisation, Front Not To Mobilize, From Mobile, Lat. Atobi/is, Movable. Front Morcre, To Move. Slit. Mit:, To 1)11,111 • The Transformation Of An Army Front Its Peace Establishment To A War Footing And Its As Sembly At Appointed Depots Or Stations. The German Method Of Mobilization. Which Is ...
Mocking Bird
Mocking-bird (.11inins Pulyglollon). The Most Famous, If Not The Sweetest And Most Beauti Ful, Of American Songsters. It Receives Its Popu Lar Name From Its Extraordinary Powers Of Vocal Imitation. It Is Often Called 'mocking-thrush,' And Was Formerly Considered A Peculiarly Modified Thrush. But Iow, With Its Near Relatives The ...
Model Yachting
Model Yachting. The Pastime Of Sail Ing Model Yachts. In England It Is Known As 'mini Ature Yachting; Under Which Name It Was First Generally Practiced In America. The Boats Used Were Either Exact Models To Scale Of Well-known Large Yachts, Or Of Such Perfection As To Be Capa Ble ...
Modena
Modena, Inrv(1:1-na (lat., .1inlina). A For Mer In Northern Ital•, South Of The Po. Cluded In The Coin Part Linen To Of Emilia In The Modern Kingdom Of Italy. Th.. 'roman Colony Muting Was Founded On The „emilian Way About It.c. After The Conquest Of Cisalpine Gaul. Modena Was Acquired ...
Modena_2
Modena. A City In Northern Italy, For Merly The Capital Of The Duchy Of :modena And Now The Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, Situated In A Rich Gardened Plain Between The Panaro And The Seechia. 24 Miles Northwest Of Bologna (map: Italy. E 3). A Navigable Canal ...
Modes Or
Modes (or, Fr. Mode, From T.:it. Tannins, Measure, Manner). The Octave Species In Use Before The Time Of The Invention Of Harmony As Well As During The Period Of The Contrapuntal Style Up To The Lime Of Hach. The Original Scale Of The Ancient Creeks Was A Minor Sole With ...
Modoc
Mo'doc. A Small But Warlike And Aggres Sive Tribe, Formerly Ranging About Lower Kla Math Lake And Lost River, And On The Extreme Northeast Frontier Of California. The Name Is Said To Mean 'aliens' (i.e. Enemies), Having Been Given By Some One Of The Neighhoring Tribes. They Call Themselves Maklaks, ...
Modulation
Modulation (in Music) (lat. Modu/atio, From Modu/nri, To Regulate, From Modulus, Dimin Utive Of Modus, Measure, Manner). '1'11e Process Of Chamgiug From One Key To Another Within The Same Composition. 111 A Movement Of Even The Smallest Dimensions Monotony Would Result If The Cot»poser Should Confine Himself Strictly To One ...
Mohammed
Mohammed. The Name Of Four Sultans Of '1'urkcy.—\ion.t>teat•:u 1. Was The Son Of Sultan Baja Zet T.. Who Was Defeated Intl Eaptured By Thum. In I-102 And Died In Captivity In 1103. Mohammed I.. After Sharing The Supreme Power His Brothers, Became Sole S11111111 In 1113. Ile Reigned Until 1421. ...
Mohammed
Mohammed ( R. Mohammad, The Praised; According To Deutsch. Sprenger, And Hirschfeld, The Predicted Messiah (cf. Haggai Ii. 7). The Founder Of Islam. 1 Le Was Born About A.d. 570, At Mecca, The Son Of Abd Allah, Of The Family Of Hasidim' And Amina, Of The Family Of Zuhra, Both ...
Mohammedan Art
Mohammedan Art. The Art Produced By The Nations And In The Emmtries Professing The Religion Of Islam, From The Seventh Century A.n. To The Presonl I Into. The Most Flourishing, Period Tins Bet Wcen The Ninth And Fon Rteent Li Centuries, Though In Certain Place, Siteli As Constantinople, Caul). And ...
Mohammedan Sects
Mohammedan Sects. The Movement Which Led To The Division Of Islatn Into Opposing Parties Was At Tirst A Political One, Though Reli Gious, Theological. And Phillmsoplihn1 -.non Which Added To The El Implvxity Of The Sittunion And Caused A Further Subdivision Into Mohammed Died Without Naming R; And While .11.11 ...
Mohawk
Mo'hawk (sew England Algonquian Nanw, If Iloilo. Mahotpot, Lear; They Call Themselves Gan/gm-row). Ilear People, Or Flint People). The Leading Tribe Of The Iroquois Confederacy (q.v.) And Ffirmerly Occupying The Lower 1\lo Hawk Liver Valley, In New York. They Were Considered The Keepers Of The Eastern 'door' Or Frontier Of ...
Mohegan
Mohe'gan (dialect Ic Form Of Mohican, From Which Tribe The Moliegan Were Originally An Offshoot). An Algonquian Tribe Formerly Re Siding Chiefly Upon The Thames River In Eastern Connecticut, And Claiming Dominion By Conquest Over Several Smaller Adjoining Tribes, Not All Of Which, How0ver, Admitted The Claim. They Seem To ...
Molay
Molay, Iinvi5',.1.tcqt•es Bernard De Fc.1243 1314 ). The Last Grand Master Of The Templars. Lie Was A Naive Of Ircirgundv, And Entered The Order Of Templars In 1203, And Was Elected Grand Master In 1298. About This Lime Philip Iv. Of France (1283-1311) Undertook To Carry Out The Project Which ...
Molding
Molding ( From Mould, Of. Moiler, Miller, Miller, Fr. Men/cr. Sp., Port. Molder, To Measure, From Lat. Mudulare, To Measure, From Measure, Diminutive Of Modus, Measure, Melody, Manner, Mode). A Curved, Plane, Or Irregular Surface Used As An Ornament In Cornices, Panels. Arches, Etc.. And In All Enriched Apertures And ...
Mole
Mole ( Abhrev Lotion Of Millewarp, Millflwarp, Mould Warp. Ohci. Millorprf, Ueultcerrf, N,r. I/ N Ul Wurf, From As. Mob/c, Dust -i- Wrorpan, Goth. Wairpon, 01ig. Werfna, Ger. Frerfrn, To Throw). A Small Mammal Belonging To The Order Lasecti Vont And To The Family Talpida% Although The Name Is Often ...
Mole Cricket
Mole Cricket. Any One Of The Crickets Of The Genus Gryllotalpa And Its Close Allies, Forming A Tribe Oryllotalpides, Remarkable For The Dilated Front Legs. Which Superficially Re Semble Those Of The Mole, And Which Are Admir Ably Adapted To An Underground Life. The Entire Existence Of The Insect Is ...
Mole_2
Mole, Ni.v1v, Louts Marrnmu, Count (17a1 1835). A French Lle Was A De• Seentlant Of The Famous French Magistrate Mat Thieu Mole (1584-1653), Prominent At The Time Of The Fronde (q.v.). Ile Was Born In Paris, January 24, 1781. Ilis Father, President Of The Parliament Of Paris, Died By The ...
Molech
Molech, Molek, Also Called Motocu, Com, And (zeph. I. 5) .1alciiani. A Heathen Deity Referred To In The Old Testament As 'the Abomination Of The Ammonites.' There Appears, However, To He Some Confusion In The Passages In Which Moloch Occurs Between The National Deity Of The Ammonites And Other Gods, ...
Molesworth
Molesworth, Sir Willi:\ ( S I 0-55). An English Statesman, Known As The Originator Of "colonial Self-government." 11 ..e Was Born In London. May 23, 1510, And Was Descended From An Old Cornish Family Of Large Possessions. He Early Showed Promise Of Distinction, Although His University Ea Reer At Cambridge ...
Moliere
Moliere, Intylyfle. The Name Assumed By Jean Itm"rtste Poorwx (1622-73). The Great• Est Dramatist And Perhaps The Greatest Writer Of France. Moliere Was Born January 15, 1622, In Paris. His Father Was It Well-to•do Tradesman And Titular 'tapissier Valet-de-ehambre' Of The King, An Office Held Later By Moliere, Moliere's Mother ...
Molinism
Mo'linism. The Name Commonly Applied To The Doctrine Of Molina (q.v.) On The Relation Between Divine Grace And The Will Of Man. The Problem Which It Is Meant To Solve Is As Old As The Fourth Century, When It Led To The Well-known Pelagian Controversy. (see Pelagianism. ) In Reconciling ...
Mollusca
Mollus'ca (lat. Nom. P1. Nen. Of Niollus Cus, From Mollis, Soft). One Of The Chief Divi Sions, Or Phyla, Of The Animal Kingdom, The Study Of Which Is Conchology Or The Body Is Bilaterally Symmetrical Except In Snails (gastropods), Not Segmented As In Worms And Arthropods, But Soft, Fleshy, And ...
Mollusk
Mollusk. An Animal Of The Phylum Mot Lusca (q.v.). Mollusks Are Usually Easy To Dis Tinguish From Other Animals On Account Of Their Shell, Whence They Are Eonnulady Called 'shell Fish': But The More We Study Their• Development And Morphology The More Difficult Is It To Draw A Definite Line ...
Molly Maguires
Molly Maguires, Mh-gwir-s'. A Secret Order Which Existed In 1854-77, And Possibly After Wards, In The Anthracite Coal Mining Region Of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Here 400 Collieries Employed 60.000 Men: Anlerivans, Germans. Welshmen. Englishmen, And Swedes Comprised In One-half The Number. The Remainder Being Irish. Among The Latter Appeared The Molly ...
Moltke
Moltke. Inedt'kv, Liet.mt:tii Earl Bern Hard. Count Von (1500-91). A Famous Prussian General. Lie Was Bore At Parchim. Alecklenburg !schwerin, October 20, 1800. In 1511 He Was Sent To The :military Academy At Copenhagen. And In 151!1 Became An Officer In The Danish Svi'vivt% Hut In 1522 Entered The Prussian ...
Molyneux
Molyneux, Mill'inirks, William ( 1656 An Irish Philosopher And Author, Born In Dublin. Lie Graduated At Trinity College, Dub Lin, In 1675; Studied Law At The Middle Temple, London, In 1675-78; Published A Translation 116801 Of Descartes's Meditationeg De Prinut Philosophic ( And In 1683 Assisted In Founding The Dublin ...
Mombisen
Mombisen, Intimizen, Titemma (1817-1903). An Eminent German Historian And Arelurologist. He Was Born November 30, 1817, At Garding, In Schleswig, Where His Father Was A Pastor. From 1838 To 1843 He Studied At The University Of Kiel, Devoting Himself Especially To Legal And Historical Subjects. From 1844 To 1847 He ...
Momentum
Momentum (lat., Movement, Particle Sufficient To Turn The Scales, Moment). Or Quantity Or Motion, The Product Of The Of A Moving Particle And Its Linear Velocity. ( It Is A Vector Quantity.) Both Terms Were Used By Galileo; The Latter By Newton. It Is A Fundamental Principle Of Mechanics (q.v.) ...
Monaco
Monaco, M5n'h-k5. An Independent Italian Principality And The Smallest Sovereign State Of Europe, Bounded By The Alediterranean And The French Department Of Alpes-alaritimes (alap: N 8). Its Area Is About. Tiny Square Miles. And The Principality Practically Consists Of The Capital, Alonaeo. Monte Carlo (q.v.). And The Village Of Condamine. ...
Monarchians
Monarchians (from Gk. P-ovapx(a, Mon Archia, Sole Power, From Ovapxos% Monarchos, Monarch, From Abpos, Mottos, Single + Dpv(p, Arehein, To Rule). A Term Of Christian Theology, Ap Plied To Certain Persons In The Early Church Who Ob Jected To The Orthodox Christolog,v, On The Ground That It Suggested Two Gods ...
Monastery
Monastery (lat. Monaderium, From Gk. Pavaarhptov, Monastery, Solitary Dwelling, From Povaarr,s, In (mast R's, Solitary Man, Monk, From Poid'ems, Mt,nrncin, To Dwell Alone, From Izbros, Ja0a0m. Single). The Generic Name Of The Resi Dence Of Any Body Of Men Or Even. Though More Rarely, Of Women) Bound By Monastic Vows. ...
Monastic Art
Monastic Art. The Art Peculiar To The Monastic Orders. In The Development Of Chris Tian Art Astieism Was At Times Thy Ing Cause. The 1tnsilinin And 'ally)* Group, Of Monks In The East (luring The Entire Middle :kges: The Licnedirtinus In The %vest From The Eighth To Tin- Eleventh Century; ...
Monasticism
Monasticism. The General Term Used To Describe The System Under Which Those Men And Women Live Have Abandoned The World For Religious Reasons, And Live. Whether Separately Or In Community. In The Pursuit Of Perfection. The Cows Under Which They Live (for Details See Vow) Are Based Upon What Are ...
Moner
Moner (from Neo-lat. Nioneron, From Gk. Iloinjpys, Mont'res, Solitary, From P6vos, Monos, Single Apapitqce,v, Ararinkein, To Join). The Simplest Form Of Protozoa, And The Nearest To What May Have Been The Most Primitive Living Being. The Monera Of Llaeckel Differ From The Rhizopods (ameba, Etc.) In Wanting A Nucleus And ...
Monet
Monet, Inei'ri'. Claude ( 1840—). A French Landscape Painter, The Leader Of The Im Pressionist School. Lle Was Born In Paris. When A Youth He Entered The Atelier Of The Classicist Gleyre, But Lack Of Sympathy With The Style Of Work Executed There Caused His Withdrawal. In The Beginning His ...
Monetary Commission Of Tile
Monetary Commission Of Tile 11. S. Con Gress. The Fall In The Value Of Silver After 1873 Was The Source Of Mach Debate In The Forty Fourth Congress, And In August, 1876, A Joint Resolution Was Passed For The Appointment Of A Commission Of Three Senators And Three Represen Tatives, ...
Money Of
Money (of. Moneic, Monoie, Fr. 711onnaie, From Lat. Inonctit, Money, Mint, From Moneta, An Epithet Of Juno. In Whose Temple At Rome Money Was Coined, From Moncre, To Warn, Connected With Nientinisse, To Remember. Gk. ,dpiaeos, Merimnos, Anxious, Skt. Since, To Re Member). The Medium Of Exchange And Measure Of ...