Acceleration And
Acceleration And Retardation. In Scone Cases The Correspondence Between The Two Classes Of Stages Mentioned Above Is Incomplete, Throogh Action Of 'tachygenesis,' Or 'acceleration Of D Opment,' Which Has Been Defined By Hyatt As Fol ”ail Variati.ms In Pro Gressive Series Tend To Appear F.r-t In The Adolescent Or Adult ...
Actinoimetry
Actinoimetry. That Light Is Capable Of Caus Ing Chemical Transformations Was Not Unknown In The Eighteenth Century. That Silver Chloride Turns Dark Antler The Action Of Light Was Known To Schultze As Far Back As 1727. In The Latter Part Of The Century It Was Recognized That Sun Light Enables ...
Administration
Administration. Paris Is Divided Int.) Twenty Arrondissements For Purposes Of Administration. 'ile Prefect Of The Seine Is The Chief Of The Municipal Government. And Is Appoioted By The National Ooverninent. There Is A Municipal Coun Cil, Eompo,ed Of Eighty Members. Four Franc Arrondissement. Chosen By Popular Election. Each Arrondissement Ha. ...
Agicicultcre
Agicicultcre. Farming Is Carried On More Or Less Extensively In All Sections, There Being Many Arable And Fertile Valleys, Even In The More Mountainous Regions. Districts Too Hilly To Be Readily Cultivated Are Admirably Adapted For Grazing. In The Southeastern Counties The Soil Is An Exceedingly Rich Loam, And Agriculture ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. The Different Sections Of The State, Varying So Distinctly In Climate, Topog Raphy, And Soil, Naturally Vary In Agricultural Development. In The River Valleys West Of The Cascades Almost Every Variety Of Crop Common To The Temperate Zone Is Produced In Great Abun Dance. The Willamette Valley Especially Is ...
Agriculture_2
Agriculture. The Soil In Paraguay Is Gen Erally Good. Farming Is The Chief Pursuit, But -is In A Very Backward Condition. Only About 300.000 Acres Are Under Cultivation, Chiefly Along The Rivers, Where Transportation Is Easy. Owing To The Fact That The State Owns The Public Lands And For A ...
Agriculture_3
Agriculture. The Chief Crops Of The Fertile Coast Valleys Arc Sugar, Cotton, And Coffee. In 1903, 370,050 Acres Of These Irrigated Lands Were In Sugar-cane, Which Is Grown To Perfection, 12.5 Tons Of Cane Yielding A Ton Of Sugar, The Great Ex Port Crop, And The Basis Of Agricultural Pros ...
Agriculture_4
Agriculture% Though Agriculture Is The Most Important Source Of Wealth, It Is In A Very Back Ward Condition. Farming Implements Are Of Tire Most Primitive Sort. The Cultivator, Farm Roller, And Many Other Implements Were Never Seen In The Philippines Till The United States Authorities Opened The Government Experimental Farm. ...
Aiodern Times
Aiodern Times. The Develomnent Of Our Pres Ent Knowledge Of Physics Is More Fully Described Under The Separate Headings Of Its Various Sub Jects; Namely, Acoustics, Heat, Light, Electricity, And Magnetism. It Should He Sufficient In This Place To Refer To A Few' Names In Connection With Each Of The ...
Albert Parsons
Parsons, Albert Ross (1847-1. An American Musician And Archaeologist, Born At Sandusky. Ohio. He Studied Music With Several American Teachers; With Moscheles. Reineeke, Papperitz, And Richeter In Leipzig. 1867.(i9, And With Tausig, Weitzmann-. And Kullak Iu Berlin, 1870-71. He Became A Very Successful Teacher And Composer, And His Are Especial ...
Alfxeyevitcii 1672 1725 Peteri
Peter I., Alf.xeyevitcii ( 1672-1725) . Em Peror Of Russia From 1682 To 1725. Generally Known As Peter The Great. Lie Was The Son Of The Czar Alexei Mikhailovitch By His Second Wife, Natalia Naryshkin, And Was Born At Moscow, June 9 (may 30), 1672. Peter's Half-brother Feodur, Who Succeeded ...
Ambrose
Ambrose (1675?-1749). An Lish Poet, Born In Shropshire, Probably In 1675. He Graduated From Saint .john's College, Cam Bridge. B.a. In 1690, M.a. In 1700, And Was Elected Fellow Of His College, But He Resigned His Fellowship (1708) And Traveled On The Continent. From Copenhagen He Addressed (march 9, 1709) ...
American Philosophical Society
Philosophical Society, American. The Oldest Of American Learned Societies. Its Offi Cial Name Is The American Philosoom,;,..-,1 Held At Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge. Its Hall Is No. 104 Smith Fifth Street. Philadelphia, In Which Are Meeting And Banquet Rooms, An Extensive And Valuable Li Brary, Many Interesting Portraits And ...
Ancient Climate And
Ancient Climate And Paleoceth ;ra Y. 1 Li Math- Zones Are Thought To Have Existed As Early As Cambrian Time And To Have Continued Through The Silurian And Devonian Periods. The Euro And North American Fauna. Of These Pe Riods Can Be Separated Into Northern And Southern Types Which Are ...
Andrea Orcagna
Orcagna, Andrea (e.130s V.130'). The Greatest Italian Artist Of The Fourteenth Century. Excepting Giotto. Llis Real Name Was Andrea Di Cione. And He Was Probably Born About 1:308 At Florence. Lie Is Supposed To Have First Studied In The Workshop Of His Father, Clone, A Famous Goldsmith. And To Have ...
Antiquity
Antiquity. The Pastoral Undoubtedly Takes Its Root Far Hack In Greek Literature. Aecordirus To _eliauus ([aria Historia. X. 1s) Its Inventor Was Stesichorus Of Himera In Sicily (who Died About N.r. 553) : And His Subject Was The Blind Ness Of Daphnis. Afterwards The Typical Love-lorn Cowherd. According To The ...
Artificial Parthenogenesis
Artificial Parthenogenesis. Experiments By Herbst, E. Hertwig, T. H. Morgan, And Espe Cially By Loeb, Show That The Unfertilized Eggs Of The Sea-urchin May Be So Stimulated By Chemi Cal Solutions As To Undergo The Earlier Phases Of Development. Herbst Experimented With Potas Sium Chloride And Lithium Chloride, But Found ...
Asphalt Pavements
Asphalt Pavements Are Divided Into Sheet And Block. Sheet Asphalt Consists Of A Binder And A Wearing Surface, The Hinder Serving To Unite The Foundation And The Wearing Surface. The Binder Is Composed Of Small Pieces Of Broken Stone, United With Asphaltic Cement. The Mix Ture Is Spread On The ...
Asphalt Plants
Asphalt Plants, Used To Prepare The Mate Rial For Laying Sheet Asphalt Pavements, Include Melting Kettles, Sand-heaters, Mixers, And Vari Ous Accessories. The Asphalt Arrives At The Plant In Barrels. These Are Cut Away And The Asphalt And The Residuum Oil Or Other Flux. Are Heated And Thoroughly Mixed In ...
Aston Jean Baptiste
(:aston Jean Baptiste, Duke Of Orleans (1603-60), Best Known For His Talents In Con Spiracy. Ile Was The Third Son Of Henry Iv. Of France And Of Nlaria De' Medici. And Was Born At Fontainebleau. April 25, 1608, Being Known After 1611 As Monsieur. In 1620 He Was Made Duke ...
Astronomical Aspects
Astronomical Aspects. The Study Of Physi Ography Deals Essentially With The Earth—its Spherical Form, Its Envelopes Of Air And Water, Its Cold Crust And Heated Interior, And Their In Fluence On Life. Yet No Thorough Appreciation Of These Conditons And Influences Is Possible Without A Knowledge Of The Astronomical Relations ...
Banking
Banking. There Are Three General Banking Corporations In The Islands. The Banco Espanol Filipino, At Manila, With A Branch At Iloilo, Monopolizes The Bank-note Circulation Of The Philippines. Amounting To 2,407,560 Pesos (a Peso = 50 Cents). Its Capital Is 1,500,000 Pesos. The Bong Kong And Shanghai Banking Cor Poration ...
Banks
Banks. The Constitution Of 1857 Forbade Any Banks Of Issue, And Also The Incorporation Of Any Banks By The Legislature. A Private Banking Business Was Established In Portland In 1859. The First National Bank Of Portland Opened In 1865. Being The Oldest National Bank West Of The Rocky Alountains. The ...
Banks_2
Banks. The Bank Of North America, Origi Nally Chartered By Congress In 1781. Was The First Bank In Pennsylvania, Where It Obtained A Charter In 1782. In 1793 The Bank Of Pennsylvania Was Incorporated As The Official Agent Of The State, Which Was Heavily Interested In It. A Few Other ...
Brick Pavements
Brick Pavements Are Composed Of Tough, Hard, Non-absorbent Brick. Designed To Withstand The Hammer-like Blows And Abrasive Action Of Hoofs And Wheels And To Resist The Action Of Water And Frost. In Size, Shape, And General Appearance They Resemble Ordinary Building Brick, But They Are Made And Burned With More ...
Buildings
Buildings. Adherence To An Early Architec Tural Idea Has Made Philadelphia One Of The Last Of Large American Cities To Favor Tall Buildings. Very Recently, However, A Group Of Tall Structures Has Sprung Up In The Vicinity Of The 'public• Buildings,' As Philadelphians Designate Their City Hall. This Immense Structure, ...
Buildings Streets
Streets, Buildings, 1()nuinients, Etc. The Private Houses. Most Of Which Are Of The Apart Ment Or Flat-house Order, Rising To Six Or Seven Stories, As Well As The Public Buildings, Are Built Of A Light-colored Limestone. Easily Wrought And Carved Ornamentally. Among The Finest Of The Wide And Straight Streets ...
Calbraitii 1794 1858 Perry
Perry, Calbraitii (1794-1858). An Americ•au Naval Officer, Brother Of Oliver Haz Ard Perry (q.v.). Ile Was Born At Newport, R. I., Entered The Navy As A Midshipman In 1809, And In The War Of 1812 Was One Of The Officers Of The Frigate President. In 1813 Lie Was Trans Ferred ...
Carriages
Carriages. Gun Carriages Are Either Station Ary (as Seacoast) Or Mobile (siege And Field) ; As To Mode Of Action, Barbette, Disappearing, Tur Ret Or Casemate, Or Motor Carriages, Or Rapid Fire Mounts (recoil And Non-recoil). The Main Function Of A Gun Carriage Is To Support The Gun During Firing: ...
Character And Composition
Character And Composition. Petiole Ligridl Of Varying Color. Being Black. Brown Red, :hither. Or Straw, And By Reflected Light Often Ap Ptaring Greenish In Tint. The Black Oils In The :states Are Obtained From The Trenton Linftstone Of Ohio And From California; The Penn Oils Arc Of Amber Tint. Lu ...
Charitable And Penal Institutions
Charitable And Penal Institutions. The State Maintains Hospitals For The Insane At Har Risburg. Danville, Norristown. Warren, Dixmont, And Warrensville. Which Together With The State Aided Asylums Contained 7411 Inmates On Sep Tember 30. 1900. On The Same Date The Hos For The Sick And Wounded. And Homes For Children. ...
Charles Nicolas Oudinot
Oudinot, Charles Nicolas. Duke Of Reggio (1767-1847). A Marshal Of France. He Was Born At Bar-le-due, In The Department Of Meuse. France, April 25. 1767. Lie Entered The Army At The Age Of Seventeen. And Distill Gnished Himself In 1790 By Suppressing A Popu Lar Insurrection In His Native District. ...
Charles Stewart 1846 91 Parnell
Par'nell, Charles Stewart (1846-91). An Irish Statesman And Parliamentl».y Leader. He Was Born At Avondale, In The County Of Wicklow, Ireland, June 28, 1846. Of An Old Protestant Family. He Was The Son Of John Henry Parnell And Delia Tudor Stewart, Daugh Ter Of Rear-admiral Charles Stewart Of The United ...
Chemical Wood Pulp
Chemical Wood Pulp. The Oldest Process Of Freeing Cellulose From The Incrusting Woody Mat Ter, Producing A Material For Making White Pa Per, Is The Soda Process, Patented By Watt & Bur Gess In England In 1854. A Soft Wood, Usually Poplar In America, Pine In Europe, Is Barked, Chipped ...
Classes Of Cannon
Classes Of Cannon. Cannon Are Classified As Guns. Howitzers, And Mortars. Guns Fire At High Velocity And Therefore Low Elevation, About 11?' Being The Maxinmm ; Howitzers. Shorter Than Guns Of Same Calibre, Have Lower Velocity, And Therefore, Range For Range, Higher Angles Of Ele Vation. Generally Up To 20'; ...
Climate
Climate. The Winter Cold Is Intense On The High Tableland. The Summers Are Very Warm, But There Is Little Humidity. And The Dry, Clear Heat Is Temperate Compared With That Of North Ern India. On The Other Hand. The Air Is Damp And Relaxing In The Forest-covered Lowlands Of The ...
Climate_2
Climate. The Chief Determining Influences On The Climate Are The Trade Winds And The Great Differences In Elevation. The Country Is More Temperate Than Might Be Expected From Its Posi Tion In The Tropics. The Trade Winds Coining West From The Atlantic Deluge The Eastern Mountains, Drop Cold Rain And ...
Climate_3
Climate. As The Archipelago Is Wholly Within The Tropics. The Climate Is Naturally Very Warm. From November To February Inclusive. The Most Temperate Months, The Temperature Ranges From 75° To So° F. The Hottest Months Are April, May, And June, When The Monthly Mean Ranges Between Sl° And 53°, The ...
Co Co
= Co, + Co + Oxalic Carbonic Carbonic Water Acid Acid Gas Oxide This Reaction Affords One Of The Best Means Of Ob Taining Carbonic Oxide For Use In The Laboratory. Oxidizing Agents, Such As Manganese Dioxide, Peroxide Of Lead, Nitric Acid, Etc.. Convert Oxalic Into Carbonic Acid, And On ...
Com M Cations And
Com M (cations And Bridges. The Wall-girt City Covers An Area Of About 30 Square Miles. It Is Entered By Six Lines Of Railroads: The Palatial Stations In The Metropolis Include The Gare Du Nord On The Place Roubaix. The Gare Saint-lazare, Facing The Rue Saint-lazare. The Gare De L'est ...
Commerce
Commerce. The Russian Frontier Is Within So Miles Of Tabriz, The Commercial 'capital Of Per Sia, And Russian Steamers Unload Cargoes Within 160 Miles Of Teheran. The Result Is That In North Persia Russia Is The Predominant Com Mercial Factor. In South Persia Great Britain, Controlling The Persian Gulf, Has ...
Commerce And Manufactures
Commerce And =manufactures. The Industrial Development Of Philadelphia Has Been Greatly Aided By The Favorable Location Of The City For Commerce, And Especially By Its Proximity To Raw Materials. The City Has The Advantage Of Superior Railroad Facilities. The Great Penn Sylvania Railroad System, With 10.484 Miles Of Owned Am.] ...
Commerce_2
Commerce. Pern's Business Relations With For Eign Countries Have Been Steadily Increasing In Recent Years. The Following Table Shows The Progressive Growth In The Value Of International Commerce For Six Years: Ported, Great Britain, The United States, And Chile Being The Largest Buyers. The Distinctive Qualities Of Peruvian Cotton Create ...
Commerce_3
Commerce. Trade Relations With Foreign Coun Tries Have Grown Rapidly Since Law And Order Were Restored Throughout Most Of The Islands About The Beginning Of 1900, As The Following Table, Giving The Value Of Exports And Imports, Shows: The Large Increase In The Trade Between The Philippines And The United ...
Compensation Pendulum
Compensation Pendulum. As The Length Of A Rod Or Bar Of Any Material Depends On Its Tem Perature (see Beat), A Clock With An Ordinary Pendulum Goes Faster In Cold And Slower In Hot Weather. In The Method Of Correction Usually Employed, And Called A D Va N T Ge ...
Compounds
Compounds Or Phosphorus. P110s111101115 Forms At Least Three Different Compounds With Hydrogen: Viz, A Solid Hydrogen Phosphate, A Liquid Phosphide, P,h.,; And A Gaseous Phosphide, Ph„, Called Phosphine. The Last-named Compound, Analogous To Ammonia (nil), Is Usually Pre Pared By Heating Phosphorus With A Strong Solu Tion Of Caustic Potash. ...
Construction Of Built Up Steel
Construction Of Built-up Steel Cannon. The Material Of Which Modern Guns Are Made Is 'low Steel' Eontaining About One-half Of One Per Cent. Of Carbon. In The United States It Is Made By The Open-hearth Process. (see Iron And Steel, Met, L:1.1;6y Or.) In Germany Crucible Steel Is Used. Bessemer ...
Cope
`cope. As A Science, Plant Physiology Con Cerns It-elf With Every Inquiry Relating To The Functions And Behavior Of Living Plants. Certain Aspects Of Physiology, Namely The Relation Of Liv Ing Plants To The Environment. Physical (includ Ing Soil. Water Supply. Temperature. Etc.) And Biological (i.e. Other Plants And Animals), ...
Cost
Cost Of Pavements Varies Widely With Local Conditions, Particularly The Dittli And Character Of The Foundations, The Kind And Quality Of The Wearing Surfaces, The Inclusion (or Absence) In The Contract Of Maintenance Guarantees, And The Freight Rates. The Variations Are Even Great Er When The Cost Of Grading Is ...
Coventry Kearsey Dighton Patmore
Pat'more, Coventry Kearsey Dighton ). An English Poet, Horn At Woodford, Essex. His Earliest Iulleafion Was A Volume Of /'drums (1844). Praised By Bulwer And Utterly Condemned By Ittackwood In An Unsparing Re Tww. He Also Contributed To Various Periodi Cals, In Particular To The North. British And The Eduubaryli, ...
Disappearing Carriages
Disappearing Carriages. In The United States Disappearing Carriage For Seacoast Guns (the Crozier-buffington) The Gun's Trunnions Rest In The Upper Ends Of Two Levers Which Have An Axle At Their Centres Resting In A Top Carriage And Pins At Their Lower Ends Supporting A Counterweight In Vertical Guides. The Motion ...
Distribution
Distribution. Ore Deposits Are Not Confined To Any Particular Geological Horizon, Although The Meehanically Formed And Some Of The Surficial Ones Are Commonly Of Pleistocene And Less Often Tertiary Age. 1tt The United States Ore Deposits Are Widely Distributed, But, Owing To Their Fre Quent Association With Igneous Rocks, They ...
Distribution Of Organisms In
Distribution Of Organisms In Tile Past. De Tailed Information Regarding The Range Of The Va Rious Fossil Animals Throughout The Geological Formations Is Given In The Articles On The Separate Groups And Genera. And The Range Of Fossil Plants Is Described In The Article Paleobotan Y. It Is Necessary Here ...
Distribution_2
Distribution. Van Inpen, "petroleum In New Bulletin Of Ni Ie York Stat, Museum. Vol. Iii., No. 15 (albany, 18961 : Orton. "petroleum And Natural Gas In New York," Bulletin Of I, Is York State 311w11111. Vol. Vi. (ilk, 1r991: Bishop, "oil And Gas In Southwestern New York," New York State ...
Earliest Process Of Manufacture
Earliest Process Of Manufacture. The Method Of Manufacturing Paper By Hand From The Inner Bark Of The Paper Mulberry, As Prac Ticed To-day By The Japanese, Probably Represents The Method In Vogue From The Very Earliest Times. It Is Of Interest Not Only Ou Account Of Its Antiquity, But Because ...
Early
Early The Patronage Of The Court Of Burronnly, And Of The Rh Ii Burghers Of The Netherlands, A School Of Painting Arose During The Latter Fourteenth Century. Which Appear: Highly Develop.] In Flanders In The Art Of Iluvhrecht And .fall Van Eyek (d. I 4 401, In Their Works, The ...
Early Forms
Early Forms. The Periodical, As Thus Defined, Originated In France In The Seventeenth Century, And In The Form Of The Critical Literary Journal. The First Example Of It Is Also One Of The Most Famous And The Longest Lived, For Its Publication Has Continued, Though With Many Interruptions, Until The ...
Early Law
Early Law. While The Legal Relationship Be Tween Mother And Child Has Always Been Based On The Fact Of Maternity, That Between Father And Child Was Originally Based, Not On The Fact At Paternity, But Ou The Husband's Power Over The Child's Mother. :marriage (q.v.), As We Find It At ...
Early Renaissance Italy
Early Renaissance --italy. Italian Painting Had The Great Advantage' Of Flourishing Contem Poraneously With A Very High Intellectual And A General Artistic Development. What The North Erner Knew But Imperfectly, As A Result Of His Own Observation, The Italian Based On Scientific Knowledge Of Natural Laws. The Laws Of Linear ...
Education
Education. Great Attention Is Given To Educa Tion, And The Educational System Is Complete In Scope. Progressive In Spirit, And Efficient In Ad Ministration. The Taxpayers Elect Local Boards Of Trustees, Who Have Immediate Control Of The Schools, But They Are Administered In Accordance With The General Regulations Of The ...
Education
Education. In 1900 Only 3.3 Per Cent. Of The Population Ten Year: Of Age And Over Were Illiterate. The State Board Of Education Con Sists Of The Governor, Secretary Of State. And A Superintendent Of Instruction. County Superin Tendents Are Elected Biennially, And Officers Of District Boards Every Three Years. ...
Education_2
Education. The First Settlers Of Pennsylvania, The Swedes And The Dutch. Usually Relegated The Matter Of Education To The Ministers. William Penn, In His Frame Of Government. Provided That The "governor And Provincial Council Shall Erect And Order All Public Schools" And "that The Chil Dren Within This Province Of ...
Educational Institutions
Educational Institutions. The Chief Insti Tutions Connected With The University Of France Are Situated In The Quartier Latin. The Old Sorbonne (q.v.). A Large Building Erected By Cardinal Richelieu For The Faculties Of The Old University Of Paris, Has Been Replaced By A Magnificent Modern Building, With Fine Lecture Halls ...
Educational Institutions And Libraries
Educational Institutions And Libraries. At The Close Of 1902 There Were In The City Six Higher School., Including A High School For Boys, Conferring Degrees Of A.b. And B.s., And A School Of Pedagogy; A High School. A Commercial High School, And A Normal School For Girls; And Two Manual ...
Educational Methods
Educational Methods. The Word 'method' Is Used In Two Senses: ( 1 ) To Designate Those Special Rules Which Are Applicable To The Teach Ing Of A Particular Subject: And (11) To Designate General Modes Of Procedure Applicable To All Sub Jects. Examples Of The First Are The Various Meth ...
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
Patterson ( Bonaparte) , Elizabeth (]7s5-1579). An American Woman, Famous As The Wife Of Jerome Bonaparte. She Was Born In Baal )110te. Aid_ And Was The Daughter Of William Pat Terson. One Of The Wealthiest Men In The United States. When Jerome Bonaparte Visited Baltimore In 1803 Lie Was Fascinated ...
Emilia 1851 Pardo Bazan
Pardo Bazan, Emilia (1851 —). A Naturalistic Spanish Novelist And Critic. She Was Born At Corufia, September 16, 1851. After Her Marriage In 1868, She Went To Madrid. Where She Witnessed The Revolution Ary Outbreak Of That Year. In 1870 She Won A Prize Offered By The Municipality Of Oviedo ...
England
England. Before The Sixteenth Century There Was Notldng Beyond The Realistic Treatment Of Tile Shepherd Scenes In The Drama. An 1 Rohene And Makyne Of Robert Llenry-on 1506?), Written In The Scotch Dialect. The Pas. Tural On The Continental Model Made Its First English Amfu•a Ranee In The -ix Dull ...
Epistle To Tue Philippians
Philippians, Epistle To Tue. One Of The New Testament Letters, Whose Authorship Is Generally Assigned To Paul. It Was Written To The Church At Philippi To Correct Tendencies Toward Faction And Self-seeking Among Its Members (ii. 1-4. 14; Iv. 2-5), To Warn Them Against Evil In Fluences In Their Midst ...
Epistle To The Romans
Romans, Epistle To The. In The Spring Of 5g He Left Corinth For Jeru Salem With Quite A Company. Who Doubtle:s Rep Resented The Churches That Had Been Engaged In Gathering A Contribution For The Mother Church (acts Xx. 4. See Also 1. Cor. Xvi. 1-4: Il. Cor. Viii.-ix.). After ...
Estuarine Facies
Estuarine Facies Embraces The Deposits Faunas Of Lagoons And Estuaries. The Sediments Are Usually Irregularly Bedded Muddy Said,, And Clays. Here Is Found A Commingling Of Brackish Water Types With Marine Organisms, Fresh-water And Terrestrial Types. A Fine Example Of Snell An Estuarine Facies, Is Afforded By The Lower Car ...
Ethnology And Customs
Ethnology And Customs. The Inhabitants Are Unequally Divided Between Blacks, Browns, Yel Lows, And Whites, And There Is Also A Slight Rep Resentation Of Reds. The Blacks Comprise Native Tribes, With Descendants Of African Negroes And Papuans Introduced By Spaniards. The Native Blacks Are Of Negrito Type, Commonly Called .aeta, ...
Eulogy And Nineral Resources
(;eulogy And Nineral Resources. Sections Of The Desert Zone, Exposed Along The Coast And Valleys For Several Hundred Feet, Reveal Nearly Horizontal Layers Of Calcareous Sandstone Above Strata Of Pudding Stone And Shell Marl, Beneath Which Are Beds Of Argillaceous Shale, Considerably Tilted And Often Of Immense Thickness. Ridges Found ...
Executive
Executive. Tie Governor': Term Of Office Is Four Years, And He Is Not Eligible To This Office More Than Eight Years In Any Period Of Twelve. He Has The Right Of Veto, But His Veto May Be Overridden By A Two-thirds Vote Id Each House. The People Elect A Secretary ...
Extinction Of Organisms
Extinction Of Organisms, One Of The Most Impressive Phenomena Brought To The Attention Of The Student Of Paleontology Is The Extinction Or Disappearance Of Species, Families, And Even Whole Orders, As Well As Faunas, Of Fossil Animals And Plants. In Sonic Cases The Rate Of Disappearance Is Gradual, The Group ...
And Money Weigiits Measures
Weigiits. Measures, And Money. The Kran, A Silver Coin, Is The Monetary Unit. Its Value, Subject To Great Fluctuations, Is About 8.2 Cents. The Copper Coinage Has Been Entirely Replaced By Large Quantities Of Nickel 5 And 10 Centimes Pieces Coined At Brussels And Put Into Circulation In 1900. There ...