Phylloxera
Phyl'loxe'ra (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From (1k. Oirtnoc, Phyllcm, Leaf £np6s, A'f'ros, Dry). Au Bisect I If Mer Van (nig ( Phyllthreni His I. Which Belongs To The Aphid Family. And Accidentally Introduced Into France About 1ti5!1 Upon Anwriean Viol's, Spread Through The Principal Vine Districts Of Southern Europe, Enormous Damage. ...
Phylogeny
Phylog'eny (from Gk. Of/xop, Phylon, Tribe -76eta, -yeneia, Production, From -yl-yeecroat, Yiynest Hat, To Become). While Ontogeny (q.v.) Is A Term Expressing The Development (embry Ology) Of The Individual, Phylogeny Means The Development Or Genetic History Of The Members Of The Group Or Class As A Whole. The Conception Of ...
Physical Features
Physical Features. The Surface Is An Un Dulating Plateau Lying At An Elevation Of 3000 To 4000 Feet Above The Sea. This Plateau Is Bounded On The Cast By The Drakenberg, With A Height Of 7000 To 11.000 Feet, And Slopes Mainly Westward And Northwestward Toward The Vaal River. It ...
Physical Training Il
Physical Training ()il. Phyricer/is. From Lat. Physieus. From Gk. Cpuo-arrk Physikos, Relating To Nature, From Cptio-ls, Phy.sis. Nature, From Ow., Phyrin, To Produce; Connected With Lat. Fin, 1 Was, Skt. Wo, To Become. Ger. Bin, As. Be7o, 1 Am, Eng. Be). _1 Term In Its Larg Est Sense Including (1) ...
Physics
Physics (from Gk. Cbucroof, Physika, Nom. Pl. Lieu. Of Otm6s, Physikos, Relating To Nature). One Successors Of The Study Formerly Called Natural Philosophy. Or The Science Of The Phenomena Of Nature As Revealed To Us By Our Senses And As Interpreted And Systematized By Our Intellects. The Name Itself Is ...
Physiocrats
Physiocrats (from Gk. Physis, Nature + K Par Eiv, Kgotsir, To Rule). French School Of Political And Eeonomic Philosophers, Known To Their Own Generation As Les Econo Inixtis. Who Wrote Against The Antiquated Meth Ods Of The State In Encouraging Industry (see Counarr), And In Favor Of Agriculture, Industrial Freedom ...
Physiognomy Op
Phys'iog'nomy (op. Physiiognomic, Ptrisioncintic, Fr. Physionomie, From Gk.ovcrtoyvccala, Physiognomia, Outywyptotcovia, Physiogn45monia, Art Of Judging By The Features, Fromcpuircoryvc4cop, Phys Iognamon, One Who Judges By The Features, From Ittiats, Physis, Nature + -yru5cuw, Gnomon, Judge, From -yrypdfakcw, Gignoskcin, To Know; Ultimately Connected With Eng. Know). In General, The Form And Expression ...
Physiology
Physiology (lat. Physiologia, From Gk. Ovato")oyla, Natural Philosophy, From Occriox6-yos, Physiologos, Discoursing On Nature, Natural Phi Losopher, From 00-lt, Physis. Nature + X6-yos, Logos, Word, Account, Ratio, From Xiyav,legein, To Say). Under The Term Physiology, When Used In Its Widest Sense, We Include All That Is Known Of The Properties ...
Physiology Of Plants History
Physiology Of Plants. History. T:p To The Close Of The Seventeenth Century Nothing Was Known Of The Physiology Of Plants Beyond The Scattered Impressions Derived From The Practical Cultivation Of Plants In Fields And Gardens. In Asmuch As The Physiology Of Animals Was Better Known, The First Study Of The ...
Piacenza
. Piacenza. The Capital Of The Province Of Piacenza, Italy. Situated On The Right Bank Of The Po, Two Miles Below Its Confluence With The Trebbia, 43 Miles Southeast Of Milan (map: Italy. 1) 2). The City Is Gloomy Desolate In Appearance. Though Its Thoroughfares Art' Broad Not Regular. The ...
Pianoforte
Pianoforte (it. Pianoforte, From Piano, Sett Forte, Loud). A Percussive Instrument Sisting Of Wire Strings Struck By Felt-eovered Hammers. Operated By Keys Arranged In A Key Board. It Was Directly Evolved From The Clavi Chord And Harpsichord (qq.v.). The History Of The Pianoforte Proper Begins With The Year 1709. Scipione ...
Piccolomini
Piccolomini,. Pik'kc5-1(‘n'i-n& The Name Of An Old Italian Family, Whose Ancestors Settled At Rome, Afterwards Removed To Siena, And Finally Obtained The Duchy Of Amalfi. Its Most Eminent Member Was _eneas Sylvius Ptcc'olomixt, Who Became Pope In 1458. (see Plus 11.) The Fam Ily Also Gave Several Cardinals To The ...
Pichegrii
Pichegrii, P6sh'grn', Charles ( 1761-1so4 ) . A French Revolutionary General. He Was Born February 16, 1761, At Arinds, In The Department Of Jura, And Was Educated At The College Of His Native Town. Ile Subsequently Attended The Mili Tary Academy At Brienne, Where He Taught Mathe Matics And Had ...
Piionetic Character
Piionetic Character. As A Phonetic Char Acter, P Is The Breathed Or Surd Labial Stop Con Sonant Corresponding To The Voiced B. In Form Ing The Sound The Lips Are Closed For An Instant, And The Breath Then Escapes Explosively. From The Manner Of Its Sound-formation It Is Termed An ...
Poiitical Geography Anli History
Poi.itical Geography Anli History. The Early History Of Palestine, To The Sixteenth Cen Tury C.c., Is Exceedingly Obscure. From The Rec Ords Of The Egyptians We Learn That It Was A Part Of The Land Of The Amu (southwestern Asia), Ear Lier Called By The Same People Latan Or Ruten. ...
Population
Population. The Population In 1900 Was 1,293,697, Philadelphia Ranking Third Among American Cities. Since 1554 No Territory Been Added To The Municipal Limits. The Iterecnt Age Of Increase From 1550 To 1590 Was 23.55. And From 1890 To 1900, 23.57. Fifty-four Mid Seven-tenths Per Cent. Of The White Population Is ...
Process Of Alan Ufacture
Process Of Alan Ufacture By Machinery. Whether For Hand-made Or Fur Maelone-made Paper, The Preparation Of Rags For Pulp May Be Divided As Follows: ( 1 ) (leaning: (2) Boiling; (3, Washing: (4) Bleaching: 1 5) Beating Or Re Ducing To Pulp. The Preparation Of Substitutes For Rags Is Practically ...
Publiits Pertinax
Per'tinax, Publiits Helvtus, Emperor Of Rome. He Was Born, According To Dio Cassius, At Alba-pompeia, A Roman Colony Of Liguria, A.d. 126. He Received A Good Education, And, Entering The Military Service, Rose Through The Various Grades Till He Obtained The Command Of The First Legion, At The Head Of ...
R0iman Cast Iron Guns
R0iman Cast-iron Guns. A Casting Cools And Solidifies First On The Surface, Then Pro Gressively Inward. The Metal Contracting As It Solidifies Draws Inward From The Solid Outer Shell, And The Inner Portion Is Thus Put Muter Tensile Strain, While The Outer Is Compressed By The Reduction Of Its Diameter. ...
Redogenesis
Redogenesis. The Larva Or Maggot Of A Cer Tain Gall-gnat Fly Is Known To Produce Young Which Is Developed Within The Body Of The Larva From A 'germ-ball' Essentially Agreeing With An Ovary In Appearance. The Asexual Begin Life As Egg-like Bodies Developed From The Germ Ball, Just As Eggs ...
Refining
Refining. The Refining Of Petroleum.i. Based Upon The Separation Of The Component Hydrocar Bons By A Process Of Fractional Distillation. This Is Usually Carried Out In Horizontal Cylindrical Iron Stills, Which Are Surmounted By A Dome That Connects With A Vapor Pipe. A Common Size Of Still Is 30 Feet ...
Reflex Actions
Reflex Actions. A Large Part Of The Beautiful Adaptation And Coardination Of The Different Parts Of Our Bodies Is Effected By The Reflex Activities Of The Nervous System Entirely Outside Our Con Scious Knowledge. The Way In Which These Re Flexes Are Produced Is Illustrated Best By The Simple Reflex ...
Relation To Botany
Relation To Botany. The Facts Relative To The Phylog.eny, Or Ancestral Development, Of The Vegetable Kingdom Supplied By Palcobotany Have Materially Aided In Placing Modern Vegetable Taxonomy Upon A Firm And Philosophical Basis. :many Of The Now Recognized Early Errors In Tax Onom• Might Have Been Avoided If The Path ...
Relief Photo Engraving
Relief Photo-engraving. This Covers All Those Processes By Means Of Which A Surface Is Prepared Like That Of A Wood Engraving, The Lines, Points, And Small Surfaces Which Are To Be Re Produced Upon The Paper Standing Up In Low Relief From The Background Which Is Cut Away. The Level ...
Religion
'religion. Nearly All The Inhabitants Are Mo Hammedans, Besides Whom There Are About 9,1)00 Rsis. 35,000 Jews. 45,000 Armenians, And 05,1100 Nestorians. Wide Tolerance Is Exercised Inward The Followers Of Other Religions In Places Nn Here Europeans Reside, But Elsewhere They Are Sometimes Oppressed By The Lower Classes Of The ...
Rembrandt 1775 1601 Peale
Peale, Rembrandt (1775-1~601. An Ameri Can Portrait And Historical Painter And Author. Iie Was Born In Bucks County, Pa., Febritary 22, 1778. The Son And Pupil Of Charles Wilson Peale. From 1790 To 1801 He Practiced Portrait Painting In Charleston, S. C., And Then Went To London, Where Lie Studied ...
Robert 1819 95 Payne Smith
Payne Smith, Robert (1819-95). An English Theologian And Orientalist. He Was Born At Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, And En Tered Pembroke College, Oxford. Where He Pur Sued Oriental Studies, And Took The Sanskrit Scholarship In 1840 And A Hebrew Scholarship In 1s43. After His Ordination He Spent Three Years In Pastoral ...
Robert Dale 1801 77 Owen
Owen, Robert Dale (1801-77). A Social Reformer, Son Of Robert Owen (q.v.) ; Born At Glasgow, Scotland. November 9, 1801. He Was Educated At Home And In Switzerland. He Came To The United States In 1825, Aided His Father To Found New Harmony In Indiana, Went Back, On The Failure ...
Robert Edwin Peary
Pea'ry, Robert Edwin ( 1856—) . An Ameri Can Arctic Explorer And Civil Engineer In The United States Navy, Born At Cresson, Pa., May' 6, 1856. He Was Graduated From Bowdoin Col Lege, Maine, In 1877, Became A Civil Engineer In ' The Navy In 1881. And In 1s84-85, Under ...
Saint 151595 Philipneri
Philip Ne'ri, Saint ( 151595). The Found Er Of The Congregation Of The Oratory (q.v.). Lie Was Born At Florence Of A Distinguished Family, Duly 21, 1515. On The Death Of His Parents In 1533, He Was Adopted As His Heir By A Wealthy Relative, With Whom Lie Lived For ...
Saint 373 Patrick
Pat'rick, Saint ( 373 ?-103 ?) . The Apostle Of Ireland. Of The Existence Of This Holy Man There Is No Question. But Every Other Fact About Him Has Been Hotly Disputed. This Is The More Strange As He Left An Autobiography, But As His Object In It Was Rather ...
Samuel 1305 81 Palmer
Palmer, Samuel (1305-81). An English Landscape Painter, Illustrator, And Etcher. Ile Was Born At Newington, January 27. 1805. Lle First Studied Under An Obscure Artist Named Wate, And Then In The Antique School Of The British Museum; But His Style Was Formed Under The Influence And Advice Of His Father-in-law, ...
Samuel 1633 1703 Pepys
Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703). A Well-known English Diarist. He Was Born February 23. 1633. The Son Of A London Citizen, A Tailor, But Was Well Educated, First At Saint Paul's School, And Afterwards At Magdalene College. Cambridge. His Cousin, Sir Edward Montagu (later Earl Of Sandwich, Q.v.), Introduced Him To Public ...
Samuel 1735 1826 Peters
Peters, Samuel (1735-1826). Au Ameri Can Clergyman, The Author Of A Well-known His I Tory Of Connecticut. He Was Born In Hebron Conn., Graduated At Yale In 1757, And In 175' Was Ordained In London As A Minister Of Tit: Church Of England. Returning To Connectieu• In 1760, He Was ...
Samuel Holden 1737 S9 Parsons
Parsons, Samuel Holden (1737-s9). An American Soldier And Judge, Born At Lyme, Conn. He Graduated At Harvard In 1756, Studied Law At Lyme. Conn.. With Governor Matthew Griswold, His Uncle; Began Practice In 1759; And Was, For Eighteen Years. A Member Of The Connecticut As Sembly. In 1774 He Removed ...
Samuel Jones Loyd Overstone
O'verstone, Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron (1796-1883). One Of The Ablest Authorities On Banking Whom England Has Produced. Lle Was Educated At Eton And Cambridge. On Completing His Studies He Entered The Banking And Mercantile Firms Of Lubbock, Forster & Co., And Lubbock & Co., Of Which His Father Was The ...
Sciiool Of Painting
Sciiool Of Painting. ) The Greatest German Mural Painter Of The Nineteenth Century. Alfred Bethel (1516-59), Was From The School Of D'issel Dorf. ',vitae The Principal Romantic Painter, Moritz Von Schwind (1804-71), Came From Munich. Romantic Landscape Found Its Highest Development In Karl Friedrich Lessiug And Hi, Pupils, Like The ...
Sculpture And
Sculpture And 'al Indic Arts. The Anthropoid Sarcophagi. Of Which The Possesses A Mun Ber, While Others, Found At Sidon, Are Now In The Museum Of Constantinople, Show The Influence Of Egypt On Monumental Pluenician Sculpture. But. The Sarcophagi And Statues Found By Cesnola And Others In Cyprus Are By ...
Sense
Sense). In Which There Is Disturbance Or De Rangement Of Our Space Perceptions And Relations. They Serve As A Sense-organ: And The Sensation Of Dizziness• Unpleasant As It Is. Plays A Useful Part As A Warring Of Spatial Disorientation. The Above List Gives The Full Tale Of Organic Qualities, So ...
Separation
Separation. Having The Ore Erushed. The Suc Ceeding Process Is To Separate The Valuable Ore From The Waste. Sorge Of The Principal Apparatus And Methods For Performing This Operation Are As Follow,: Palimingry Are Used To Dis Integrate And Float Adhering Clay Or Fine Stuff From The Coarse Particles. Which ...
Ships Bottom Paints
Ships' Bottom Paints. In• General, The Sub Ject Of Painting The Bottoms Of Iron Ships May Be Divided Into The Preservation Of The Metal From Corrosion And The Prevention Of Fouling. The Former Is Secured By Applying Any Good Anti-corrosive Paint, And The Problem, So Far, Is Like The Preservation ...
Simon 1626 1707 Patrick
Patrick, Simon (1626-1707). A Church Of England Divine. He Was Born At Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, And Graduated From Queen's Col Lege, Cambridge, In 1648. He Took Orders, And In 1655 Was Received As Chaplain Into The Family Of Sir Waiter Saint John, Of Battersea. In 1662 He Was Appointed Rector Of ...
Size And Power Of
Size And Power Of Guns. By Pao The In Troduction Of Large-grain Slow-burning Powder And Of Heavier Projectile, Had Much Increased The Power Of Guns In Proportion To Calibre. .\t That, Time The English Had Guns Weighing About No Tons, Of 17.72-inch Bore. Firing A 2000-ponn Projectile. With 11140 Feet. ...
Solvents
Solvents. J1ost Oil Paints Contain Some Tur Pentine Or Other Volatile Solvent. It Is Generally Agreed That Turpentine Is The Hest Of These; It Is Slow To Evaipo•ate. And Any Residue Which Does Not Evaporate Readily Oxidizes Into A Durable Resinous Substance, Highly Elastic, While Benzine, Which Is Often Used ...
Special Development Yxercises
Special Development Yxercises. To Go Thoroughly This Large Branch Of Phvsieal Eulture Would Be Impossible Here. It Is Howeven, To Lines Of Work. The And Are So Monoto Tams That They Do Not Occupy The Mind, And They Therefore Lose A Part Of Their Force As Means To Ward Physical ...
Spencer 1762 1812 Perceval
Perceval, Spencer ( 1762-1812). An Eng Lish Statesman. He Was The Second Son Of John, Earl Of Egmont, And Was Educated At Harrow, And At Trinity College. Cambridge. He Was Ad Mitted To The Bar And Soon Gained A Reputation As An Able Lawyer. A Clever Pamphlet On The Abate ...
Standards Of Light
Standards Of Light. The Question Of Stand Ards Of Light Possesses An Intimate And Impor Tant Connection With Photometry. And Is A Sub Ject Which Is Still Attracting Nmeh Attention From Physicists. Until The International Congress On Electrical Units In Isti3 Adopted As The Absolute Standard The Amount Of Light ...
Steel Pens
Steel Pens. Toward The Close Of The Eigh Teenth Century Various Experiments Were Being Made In France, England, And America Toward The Manufacture Of Steel Pens. At First They Were Barrel-shaped And Were Made As Much Like A Quill Pen As Possible. They Were By Bending A Flat Piece Of ...
Stephen 1808 Phillips
Phillips, Stephen ( 1808 — ) . An English Poet. Horn At Summertown, Near Oxford. July 28, 1808, Son Of The Rev. Stephen Phillips, After Wards Precentor Of Peterborough Cathedral. Having Attended The Grammar School At Strat Ford-on-avon And At Peterborough. Lie Studied For The Civil Service And Entered Queen's ...
Stock Raising
Stock-raising. The Adaptability Of The State For Grazing Has Resulted In An Extensive Dairying Industry. In Every Decade Between 1850 And 1900 There Was An Increase In The Number Of Dairy Cows. Only Three Other States Have A Larger Number. And In Only One Is The Value Of The Product ...
Stone Block Pavements
Stone Block Pavements Are Most Commonly Of Granite, Some Of The Harder And Tougher Sand Stones, And Trap Rock, The Latter Being The Least Satisfactory Of The Three. The Lengths And Depths Are Quite Variable In Different Cities, But In The Hest Work The Widths Range From 3 To 4 ...
Symptoms
Symptoms. The Onset Is Gradual. It Is First Noticed By Friends That The Patient Does Not Seem In His Usual Frame Of Mind. He Is Irritable, Either Depressed O• Excitable, Is Growing Inat Tentive To Business, Is Laying Unusual Plans And Schemes. These Are Often Of Great Magnitude And Involve ...
Syntax
Syntax. Only The Chief Points Can Lie Noticed Here. First. As To The Syntax Of Nouns: The Old Distinction Between Grammatical And Non-gram Matical Cases Cannot Be Maintained. The Nom Inative Designates The Active, The Accusative The Passive Relation. The Latter Is Both An Object Of A Verb And An ...
Tbe Respiratory Mechanism Iii
Tbe Respiratory Mechanism. Iii Illahhirimilo" Ourselves The Chief Organ Of External Respiration Is The Lungs. When The Inspiratory Muscles Are Contracted The Chest Is Enlargol And Air Flows Into The Lungs. When The Expiratory Muscles Are Con Tracted The Chest Is Diminished In Size And Air Is Forced Out Of ...
Testing Of 1efined Oits
Testing Of 1:efined Oit.s, Refilled Oils Are Usually Tested For Their Color, And Burning Points, And Sometimes For Their Be Havior When Motel] (cold Test). The Color Is Determinable By Inspection. The Gravity Is A Measure Of The Purity Of The Distillate. Too Large A Propoorlion Of The Lighter Oils ...
The Circulatory Mechan
The Circulatory Mechan Ism. The Anatomical Mechanism For The Circulation Of The Blood And Lymph Consists Of The Heart, The Blood-vessels, And The Lymph-vessels. With Regard To The Blood We Have The Central Fact That The Powerful Inns Eulature Of The Heart Serves As A Force-pump Driving The Blood Out ...
The Cylinder Machine
The Cylinder Machine. While Almost All Pa• Per. Ordinarily So Called, Made In The Vour. Drinier Machine, A Very Large Class Of Liea%2, Paper,. Cardboard-. St Rau Boa R.1, Neus Boa Id Binders' Board, And The Like, A- Well A. Itio-t Tissue Paper, Is Made On A Different Machine. Instead ...
The Fourdrinier Machine
The Fourdrinier Machine Consists Of The Following Parts: A. The Screens; B, The Wire. With Dandy Roll. Deckel Straps, And Suction Boxes: C, The Couch Rolls; D, The First Press; E, The Sec Ond Press; F, The Driers: G, The Caienders; The Reel; And I, The Slitter. A. The Sereens.—from ...
The Influence Of Italian
The Influence Of Italian Opera. How Ripe Italy Was For The Music Reform Begun At Florence Is Proved By The Eagerness With Which Other Composers Took Up And Utilized The Canterata's Ideas. Fortunately For The Fate Of Opera, Some Great Musicians Interested Themselves In It; Musicians Who Were Bolder Even ...
The Modern Organ
The Modern Organ. The Modern Organ Is Ordi Narily Several Organs In One. The Number Varying According To The Size Of The Complete Instrument. In A Large Organ The Order Of Claviers Would Be As Follows: Echo Organ, Solo Organ, Swell Organ, Great Organ. Choir Organ, And Pedal Organ. The ...
The Muscular Tissues
The Muscular Tissues. In Man, As In The Other Vertebrate., We Distinguish Three Kinds Of Muscu Lar Tissue: ( 1 ) The Cross-striped Or Voluntary Muscle Which Forms The Musculature Of The Body By Means Of Which Our Voluntary Movements Are Made: (2.1 The Heart-musele, Composing The Walls Of The ...
The Pacific Basin
'the Pacific Basin. The Configuration Of The Pacific Basin Is Quite Irregular, Although There Are Large Areas Where The Bottom Exhibits Little Relief. In General, The Depth Increases From Southeast To Northwest. A Vast Depression Known As The Tuscarora Deep Extends From The Japan And Kurile Islands Eastward Along The ...
The Pteridophytes
The Pteridophytes. The Rise And Decline Of This Sub-kingdom Of Plants Comprises One Of The Most Remarkable Chapters In The Life History Of The Earth. Pteridophytes Probably Originated In The Lower Silurian Period. Although Their Earli Est Well-defined Remains Are From The Devonian. During The Carboniferous Period They Attained A ...
The Species And Gents
The Species And Gent's In Paleontology, The Early Conceptions Of Species Held By The Botanists And Zwilogists Of The Non-transformist School Were Held Also By Paleontologists. Each Fossil Species Was Considered To Represent A Dis Tinct Entity Separate Front Its Allies And Specially Created. At That Time Transitional Forms Between ...
The Spermatophytes
The Spermatophytes. The Earliest Definite Remains Of Plants Of This Sub-kingdom Thus Far Recorded In America Helong To The Devonian Period. But In Europe They Probably Date As Far Back As The Upper Silurian. They Developed Slowly Until Mesozoic Time, When, As Gyinno Spurn's, They Became 111e Dominant Type Of ...
The Stops
The Stops. Each Stop Include, A Number Of Pipes Which Follow Each Other Chromatically And Extent! Over The Entire Keyboard Or Some Portion Of It. Each Set Of Pipes Consists Of Tubes Producing The Same Quality Of Tone Through Out ; Thus The (;erman Term Ntinunc ( Voice) For Stop ...
Theopiiilus 1750 1813 Parsons
Parsons, Theopiiilus ( 1750-1813 ) . An Eminent American Jurist. He Was Born At By Field, Mass., February 24. 1750. And Graduated At Harvard In 1769. From 1770 To 1773 He Taught School At Falmouth. Now Portland, Maine, At The Same Time Studying Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar ...
Thomas 1652 85 Otway
Otway, Thomas (1652-85). An English Dramatist, Author Of The Orphan And 1 Enice Preserved, Two Plays Long Famous On The British Stage. Ile Was Horn March 3, 1652, At 'frot Ton, Near Midhurst, Sussex. Leaving Oxford Without A Degree, He Went To London To Seek His Fortune In 1671. He ...
Thomas 1679 1718 Parnell
Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718). An Anglo Irish Poet, Born In Dublin. He Graduated At Trinity College, Dublin. And Was Ordained Dea Con, Though Under The Canonical Age. In 1706 Lw Was Appointed Archdeacon Of Clogher; In 1713, Prebendary To Saint Patrick's Cathedral; Dublin; And In 1716. Vicar Of Finglas. He Contributed ...
Thomas 1729 1811 Percy
Percy, Thomas ( 1729-1811). Au English Antiquary. Editor Of The Re11qt:es Of Ancient Eng Lish Poetry, Born In Bridgnorth, Shropshire, April 13, 1729. He Graduated From Christ Church, Oxford, B.a.. In 1750, And M.a. In L7.53; And Proceeded D.d. From Emmanuel Col Lege, Cambridge, In 1770. In 1753 He Was ...
Thomas Love 1785 1s66 Peacock
Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1s66). An English Novelist And Poet. He Was Born At Wey Mouth, October 18, 1785, And, His Father Dying Soon Afterwards, Was Educated In A Somewhat Desultory Fashion At Home And At A Private School Until He Was Thirteen. Lie Made His First Publi Cation, In Poetry, ...
Thomas Paine
Paine, Thomas (1737-1n09). An Anglo American Politic-al And Philosophical Writer And Agitator. He Was Born At Thetford. Norfolk. England, January 29. 1737, The Son Of A Quaker. Ilk Schooling Was Over By The Time He Was Thir Teen. And He Was Then Put To His Father's Trade Of Staymaking. In ...
Tiiallopiittes
Tiiallopiittes. By Reason Of Their Cellular Structure The Thallophytes Were Poor Subjects For Preservation, While From Their Mieroseopic Size They Would Be Exceedingly Difficult To Detect Even When Preserved. Their Comparative Rarity As Fossils Is Then To He Expected, And Such Of Their Traces As Are Known Are For The ...
Tiie Palestine Explorationfund
Palestine Exploration Fund, Tiie. A Society Founded In London, June 22, 1865, For The Accurate And Systematic Investiga Tion Of The Archaeology, Topography, Geology And Physical Geography, Natural History, Manners, And Customs Of The Holy Land For Biblical Illus Tration. Under Its Auspices The Following Expedi Tions, Travels, And Excavations ...
Tiie Peninsular War
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Tiie Ten Persecutionsof
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Tile Central Nervous System
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Tile Germans And Wagner
Tile Germans And 'wagner. Mozart's Early Death Left Germany Without Any Great Opera Composers Until Ludwig Van Bee Thoven ( 1770-1827) Wrote Fidelio. Beethoven Was About The Last Man Who Might He Expected To Attack The Task Of Opera-writing—all His Works Had Been In The Line Of Absolute Music; But ...
Tile Nature Of A
Tile Nature Of A Paiitnei:s1hp. After A Part Nership Has Been Formed The Association Is Gen Erally Spoken Of As A Firm, And...the Name In Whieh It Does Birsiness Is Called The Tirm Name. Un Less A Statute Forbids, The Firm May Adopt Any Name It 1deases And May Change ...
Tile Palatinate
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The Ornaments Rubric
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The Philip Iv
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