Actual Values
Actual Values. The Figures Given In The Pre Ceding Tabular Statements Show Rough Average Values, Useful Ehiellv To Be Memorized As A Basis For Approximation. In Careful Designing The In Gineer Requires Actual Values As Determined By Authoritative Tests Upon The Particular Material He Is Using Or Proposes To Use. ...
Adam 1723 90 Smith
Smith, Adam (1723-90). An Eminent Politi Cal Economist. He Is Regarded As The Founder Of Political Economy As A Separate Branch Of Human Knowledge. He Was Born At. Kirkcaldy, In Fife Shire, Scotland. He Studied At The University Of Glasgow And Won There An Exhibition On The Such Foundation, Which ...
Administration
Administration. Sicily Forms, Together With The Lipari And Regadian Groups And A Few Other Islands. A Compartimento Of The Kingdom Of Italy, And Is Divided Into The Seven Provinces Of Mes Sina, Catania, Syracuse, Caltanissetta, Palermo. Girgenti, And Trapani. The Elementary Schools Of The Island Are Still Inadequate. Secondary Education ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. As To Agriculture, Siberia Must Be Divided Into Western And Eastern Halves. West Ern Siberia Is More Fertile And More Thickly Popu Lated And Is Chiefly Devoted To Agriculture (nine Tenths Of The Inhabitants Are Tillers Of The Soil). While Mining And Hunting Are Still More Promi Nent In ...
Agriculture And Stock Raising
Agriculture And Stock-raising. The Soil Is Distributed Among Nearly 300,000 Peasant Pro Prietors Representing Nearly Two-thirds Of The Population. More Than 28 Per Cent. Of The Area Is Unproductive, Chiefly The Regions Above The Zone Of Tillage. Bay And Pasturage Lands, More Important Than The Cultivated Lands, Cover 36 Per ...
Agriculture_2
Agriculture. In 1900. 72.4 Per Cent. Of The Land Area Was Included In Farms, And Of This 41.3 Per Cent. (5.775,741 Acres) Was Improved—a Large Increase Over All Earlier Years. The Average Size Of Farms In 1900 (90 Acres) Was Only One Sixth As Large As The Average Size In ...
Alexander 1830 67 Smith
Smith, Alexander ( 1830-67 ). A Scottish Poet, Born At Kilmarnock. His Father Was A Lace-pattern Designer. After The Usual Education Of A Scotch Boy, Smith Took Up The Trade Of His Father At Paisley And Glasgow', Whither The Fam Ily In Turn Had Gone. His Life Drama (1853) Created ...
Algernon Sidney
Sidney, Algernon (c.1622 S3). An English Revolutionary Statesman. After Receiving A Care Ful Education He Accompanied His Father, The Sec Ond Earl Of Leicester. On Embassies To Denmark And France. His First Military Service Was Against The Rebels Of Ireland In 1641 While His Father Was Lord Lieutenant There. In ...
Analysis
Analysis. The Motor Element Of The Engine Is The Cylinder And Piston (fig. 2). The Cylin Der, C, Is A Hollow Cylinder Of Metal Closed At On A Water Pipe, A, Connected With A Cistern, C'. This Condensed The Steam In The Cylinder, And Caused A Vacuum Below The Piston, ...
Andrew Jackson 1815 97smith
Smith, Andrew Jackson ( 1815-97). An American Soldier, Born In Berks County, Pa. Ho Graduated At \vest Point In 1s38. Served On The Southwestern Frontier And In The :mexican War, And Afterwards Against The Indians In Oregon And Washington Territory. At The Outbreak Of The Civil War Lie Was Commissioned ...
Anthony Ashley Cooper
Anthony Ashley Cooper. Third Earl Of Shaftesbury, Philosopher And Moralist,• Grand Son Of The First Earl. Was Born In London, Febru Ary 26, 1671. In 16s3 He Was Sent To Winchester School, And Three Years Later He Traveled In Ger Many, France, And Italy. After An Absence Of Three Years ...
Anthony Ashley Cooper_2
Anthony Ashley Cooper Seventh Earl Of Shaftesbury. Was One Of The Most Eminent Philanthropists Of The Nineteenth Century. He Was Horn In London. Was Educated At Harrow And Christ Church, Oxford, And Entered The House Of Commons In 1826. Remaining A Member Of The House Until 1851, When He Succeeded ...
Arthur Penrhyn 1815 81stanley
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn ( 1815-81). An English Scholar And Divine. He Was Born At Alderley, Of Which His Father (afterwards Bishop Of Norwich) Was Rector. From 1829 To 1834 He Was At Rugby, Where He Was Profoundly Im Pressed By The Extraordinary Influence Of Dr. Arnold, Then Head Master, Which ...
Artificial Silk
Silk, Artificial. Artificial Silk Has Been The Aim Of Experimenters For Many Years. The Comte De Chardonnet, At The Paris Exposition Of 1889, Exhibited A Most Ingenious Process Of Producing From Cellulose An Artificial Fibre Resembling In All Its Characteristics And Uses The True Silk Of Bombyx Inoni. The Cellulose ...
Artificial Stone
Stone, Artificial. The Name Given To Various Artificial Compositions Of Which The Basis Is Hydraulic Cement, Which Are Plastic When First Made And Assume With Age A Stone-like Hardness And Consistency. Some Of These Compositions Possess Undeniable Merit For Certain Kinds Of Work And Are Considerably Used. The Chief Stones ...
Asexual Spores
Asexual Spores. The Diverse Names Given To Asexual Spores Usually Indicate Some Peculiar Character Of The Spore Or The Group Of Plants Which Produce It. Among The Green Alga? (chlo Rophycete, Q.v.) The Characteristic Spore Is A Zo Ospore Or Swarm Spore, A Minute, Pear-shaped Naked Mass Of Protoplasm, Swimming ...
Bacteria Beds
Bacteria Beds Are Largely An English Out Growth, Since 1891, Of The Work On Intermittent Filtration. There Have Been Various Modifications Of These Beds, Such As The Use Of Coal, Burnt Clay, And Coke, For Filtering Material; Placing The Beds In Tiers, Or In Terraces; And Aim Ing To Use ...
Bat Tles Of Spottsylvania
Spottsylvania Court House, Bat Tles Of. A Series Of Battles During The Civil War, Fought Between Mav 7 And 3iftv 21, 1864. At And Near Spottsylvania Court House In Virginia, 49 Miles North By West Of Richmond, Between The Federal Army Of The Potomac, Under General Meade, And The Confed ...
Battle Of Seven Pines
Seven Pines, Battle Of, Also Known As The Battle Of Fair Oaks. A Battle Fought About Seven Miles East Of Richmond. Va., On :nlay 31 And June 1, 1s62, During Mcclellan's Peninsular Campaign Against Richmond. Between A Part Of The Federal Army Of The Potomac. Numbering About 42,000 Effective Men ...
Battle Of Shiloh
Shiloh, Battle Of, Frequently Called The Battle Of Pittsburg Landing. A Battle Of The Civil War Fought At Pittsburg Landing, In Ten Nessee, On The West Bank Of The Tennessee River, About 20 Miles North Of Corinth, Miss.. On April 6 And 7, 1862, Between The Federal Army Of The ...
Battle Of Stone River
Stone River, Battle Of, Or Murfrees Now, Battle Of. An Indecisive Battle Fought Near Stone River, In The Vicinity Of Murfrees Boro, Tenn., On December 31, 1862, And Janu Ary 2. 1863, Between The Federal Army Of The Cumberland, Numbering About 41,000 Ef Fective Men, Under General Rosecrans, And The ...
Beet Sugar
Beet Sugar. The Manufacture Of Sugar From Beet Roots Is A Comparatively Modern In Dustry, Having Its Inception In The Investiga Tions Of Alargraff. Who In 1747 Announced To The Merlin Academy Of Sciences The Analyses Of Sev Eral Sugar-containing Plants And Predicted That The Sugar Beet (q.v.1, Being The ...
Belgium
Belgium. A Socialistic Association Was Found Ed In 1866, And A Labor Party With A Mixed So Cialistic And Anarchistic Programme Was Estab Lished In 1868. The International Workingmen's Association Had Sections In Belgium, But In 1872, When The Schism Between The Socialists And An Archists Took Place, The Belgian ...
Benjamin 1779 1s64 Silliman
Sil'liman, Benjamin (1779-1s64). An American Scientist, Born At North Stratford (now Trumbull), Conn., The On Of Gold Selleck Sim Ilian, A General In The Army Of The Revolution. After Graduating At Yale In 1796 He Studied Law, Became A Tutor In Yale, Was Soon Chosen To He A Professor Of ...
Bibliography I
Bibliography. (i) Historical: Pray, History Of Sz4nday-schools And Of Religions Education From The Earliest Times (boston, 1847) ; Wat Son, The History Of The Sunday School Union (london, 1853) ; Id., The First Fifty Years Of The Sunday Sehool (ib., 1873) ; Centenary Me Morial Of The Establishment Of Sunday ...
Bohemia
Bohemia. The Folk Music Of Bohemia Is Es Pecially Rich In Popular Dance Tunes, Some Of Which, Like The Polka, Have Also Found Great Favor In Other Countries. The Influence Of Church Music Is Pronounced In Many Of The Folk Songs, Especially In Those Dating From The Fifteenth And Sixteenth ...
Boilers
Boilers. Modern Marine Practice Is Either To Use The Cylindrical Fire-tube Boiler Carrying Pressures Of 150 To 200 Pounds Per Square Inch, Or Some Form Of Water-tube Boiler Using Pres Sures Of 160 To 300 Pounds. W.t. (water-tube) Boilers Are More Largely Used For Naval Pur Poses And Fast Passenger ...
Breeds Of Sheep
Breeds Of Sheep. Sheep Are Commonly Classi Fied According To Their Fleece Into Long-wooled, Middle Or Medium-wooled, And Short Or Fine Wooled Breeds. (see Woor.,.) The Names Of The Breeds Or Varieties Within These General Divisions Are Often Derived From The Habitat Of The Sheep Or The Name Of The ...
Cable Railways
Cable Railways For City Passenger Service Had Their Origin In San Francisco, And It Was At First Thought That The System Was Only Applicable To Straight Lines With Heavy Grades In Favor Able Climates, But This View Was Changed When Cable Traction Was Established In Chicago On Level Lines With ...
Cane Sugar
Cane Sugar. During The Middle Of The Eight Eenth Century Sugar-cane (q.v.) Was Introduced From Southern Europe Into Louisiana. \limrc The Successful Manufacture Of Sugar Began During The Last Decade Of That Century. Formerly The Juice Obtained By More O• Less Crude Processes Was Evaporated In Open Pans (`kettles') And ...
Cane Sugar Sucrose
Sucrose, Cane Sugar, Or Sacciiarose. This Is Commercially The Most Important Sugar. It And The Products Of Its Hydrolysis, 'invert Sugar,' And The Sugars That Compose 'invert Sugar' (d-glucose And D-fructose) Are The Most Impor Tant Sugars, Considered From The Point Of Their Wide Distribution In Fruits And Vegetables Used ...
Characteristics Of Sovereignty
Characteristics Of Sovereignty. In The Nar Rower Sense, Sovereignty Is Generally Regarded As Absolute. There Is No Limitation Of A Legal Or Governmental Character Upon The Exercise Of Its Power. Speaking, All Governments, Whether Monarchical, Aristocratic, Or Democratic In Form, Are Absolute. There Are Physical And Moral Limitations Upon It, ...
Charles 177s 1869 Stewart
Stewart, Charles ( 177s-1869). An Ameri Can Naval Officer, Born In Philadelphia, Pa. At The Age Of Thirteen He Shipped On Board A Mer Chant Vessel As Cabin Boy, And In A Few Years Rose To He Captain Of An Indianian. In 179s He Entered The United States Navy As ...
Charles 1811 74 Sumner
Sum'ner, Charles (1811-74). An American Statesman. He Was Born In Boston. Jan. 6, 1811; Graduated At Harvard In 1830; Entered The Har Vard Law School The Following Year, And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1834. Throughout His Early Years He Maintained An Extraordinary Lit Erary Activity, Writing Chiefly Upon ...
Charles Edward Stuart
Stuart, Charles Edward Louts Pnit.tr Ca:slat Hi.ofted Called The Young Pretender ( 1720 Ss ) . A Claimant To The British Throne. Lle Was The Eldest Son Of Dames Edward, Known As The Old Pretender, And Was Horn At Rome. After Some Military Service On The Continent, Charles, Encouraged By ...
Charles Haddon 1834 92 Spurgeon
Spur'geon, Charles Haddon (1834-92). A Celebrated English Preacher. He Was Horn At Kelvedon, Essex, Attended School At Colehester, And Spent A Few Months At An Agricultural Col Lege At Maidstone. His Family Intended Him For An Independent Minister, But His Own Sym Pathies Drew Him Toward The Baptists, Whose Connection ...
Chemical Precipitation
Chemical Precipitation Is Little More Than Ac Celerated Sedimentation, Although Under Certain Conditions Some Of The Dissolved Organic Matter Is Removed. A Chemical With The Power Of Pre Cipitating, Or Throwing Down, The Suspended Mat Ters Is Admitted To And Mixed With The Sewage By Simple Means, After Which The ...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Historical Section.) Secondly, Thetic Methods May, And Very Often Do, Serve To Reveal The Complex Chemical Constitution Of Com Pounds Of Carbon. It Is Explained Under Carbon Compounds (q.v.) That One Of The Basal Princi Ples Employed In Determining The Constitution Of Compounds Is The Assumption. Itself Well Founded ...
Chronic Arthritis
Chronic Arthritis. The Most Important Forms Of Chronic Arthritis Are Simple Ehronie Arthritis, Arthritis Deformans, Rheumatic Arthritis, Gouty Arthritis, And Tubercular Arthritis. In Simple Chronic Arthritis There Is A Serous Exudation Into The Joint Cavity; The Synovia] Membrane Is Thick Ened, Pale, And Rough. The Exudate May Be Clear, Thin, ...
Ciphers
Ciphers. A Signal Cipher Is A Method Of Or Key To Secret Signaling Understood Only By Those Concerned. In The Presence Of The Enemy The Necessity For Its Use Is Apparent, And In Order To Secure Secrecy It Must Frequently Be Changed. Naturally There Are Countless Forms And Systems Of ...
Classification
Classification. Steam Engines May Be Classi Fied (i.) According To The Nature Of Their Mecha Nism, (ii.) According To The Manner In Which The Steam Is Used, And (iii.) According To The Use To Which The Engine Is Put. I. Reciprocating Engines May Be Grouped Ac Cording To The Position ...
Clerical Stipends
Stipends, Clerical (lat. Stipewdium, Tax, Tribute, Salary, From Slips, Gift. Donation Pcndere, To Weigh Nut). A General Designation Of The Means Of Support Provided For The Clergy. There Have Developed In Western Civilization Five General Methods Of Providing Clerical Support, To Gether With All Sorts Of Combinations Of Those Methods. ...
Climate
Climate. The Distribution Of Climate Is Verti Cal Rather Than Horizontal. On The Central Plain And In The Lower Mountain Valleys A Temperate Climate Prevails, T He Inca N A Mina 1 Temperature Be Ing About 50' V. 'the Mean Temperature Dimin Ishes On An Average By For E?ery Thousand ...
Climate Soil And Vegetation
Climate. Soil. And Vegetation. South Da Kota, Occupying Almost The Very Centre Of The Continent, Has, Of Course, A Continental Climate With Great Extremes Of Temperature. The Mean Annual Temperature Is 44.3 F. The Mean For January Is 15° And For July 72.2°, While The Ab Solute Extremes May Rise ...
Climate And Soil
Climate And Soil. Spain Has Almost A Con Tinental Climate Notwithstanding The Great Length Of Its Coast Line. The Range Of Temperature Be Tween Summer And Winter And The Diurnal Varia Tions Are Great And Rapid. Spain Has Often Been Misconceived As A Land Of Eternal Spring, In Which Groves ...
Culture Of Silkworms
Culture Of Silkworms. The Leaf Of The White Mulberry (mores Alba) Is Apparently The Nat Ural Food Of The Domestic Silkworm. There Are Many Horticultural Varieties Of This Plant, Some Much Better Adapted Than Others To Commercial Silk Culture, And Some Better Suited To Certain Localities. The .mores Moretti, The ...
Curb Trading
Curb Trading. An Institution Which Has Grown To Considerable Proportions In Recent Years Has Been The So-called 'curb Trading,' So Named Because The Transactions Are Usually Conducted On The Street Outside The Entrance To The Stock Exchange. In London. Paris, And New York This Trading Has At Times Reached Very ...
Curvature Of The Spine
Spine, Curvature Of The. There Are Two Distinct Forms Of Curvature. Lateral Curvature, Arising From Weakness Of The Bones, Ligaments, And Muscles, And Angular Curvature, Which Re Sults From Carious Disease Of The Vertebra. Lateral Curvature Of The Spine, Or Seoliosis, Is Not Simply A Bending Of The Spine Laterally. ...
Daniel Edgar Sickles
Sickles, Daniel Edgar (1s25—). An American Soldier And Politician, Born In New York City. He Was Educated At The New York University, Studied Law, And Was Admitted To Practice In 1846. In The Following Years He Sat As A Tammany Democrat In The State Assembly. In 1853 He Was Appointed ...
David Friedrich 1808 74 Strauss
Strauss, David Friedrich (1808-74). A Distinguished German Theological And Philo Sophical Writer, Born At Ludwigsburg, Near Stuttgart. He Was Educated In The Evangelical Seminary Of Blaubouren (where F. C. Baur Was Then Teaching), Whence He Passed To The University Of Tubingen. Here His Religious Con Victions Became Disturbed. The Theories ...
Dcgalo 1753 182s Stewart
Stewart, Dcgalo (1753-182s). A Scottish Philosopher, Born In Edinburgh. Ile Studied At The University Of Edinburgh From 1765 To 1769. In 1771 He Went To Glasgow, Partly With A View To One Of The Snell Scholarships At Balliol Col Oxford, And Partly To Attend The Lectures Reid. It Was There ...
Department Of State
State, Department Of. One Of The Nine Executive Departments Of The Government Of The United States, Presided Over By A Secretary Who Is A Member Of The Cabinet And First In The Line Of Succession To The Presidency After The Vice-presi Dent. In Rank The Department Of State Stands First ...
Descriptive Sociology
Descriptive Sociology. A Few Words Of Analysis Of The Subject Matter, Namely, Social Phenomena, May Fitly Introduce An Account Of The Second Division, Descriptive Sociology. A Fact Of The Physiographic Order Is The Starting Point. Throughout The Universe As Known To Man, Ob Jects Of Like Kind Are Commonly Grouped ...
Dilution
Dilution Is The Method Of Sewage Disposal Most Commonly Employed Outside Of England. As Usually Practiced It Can Scarcely Be Said To Be A System Of Disposal. Since The Sewage Is Dis Charged Into The Nearest Body Of Water With Lit-tle Regard To Consequences. In :1/41assachu Setts, New York. New ...
Diseases
Diseases. The Silkworm Is Liable To Various Diseases, Particularly To Muscardine, P6brine, Tlacherie, Gattine. And Grasserie. Muscardine, Commonly Known As Silkworm Rot, Is Due To A Fungous Growth Within The Caterpillar. A Worm So Affected Becomes Of A Dull White Color, Slug Gish In Action, And Soon Dies. A Few ...
Diseases Of The Stomach
Stomach, Diseases Of The. The Organic Diseases Of The Stomach With Constant Lesions In Clude Gastritis (q.v.), Ulcer, Erosions, And Can Cer. The 'functional' Diseases, With Variable Lesions. Include Hyperehlorhydria, Ga St Rustic Corrinea. Aehylia Gastrica, And Isoehymia. Ulcer Of The Stomach Is Usually Characterized By A Deep Circumscribed Loss ...
Dry Processes
Dry Processes. The Extraction Of Silver In The Dry Way Is Effected By Converting The Metal Into A Silver-lead Alloy And Then Submitting This To An Oxidizing Melting In The Cupellation Fur Nace. The Production Of The Silver-lead Alloy Depends Upon The Power Which Lead Possesses Of Extracting Silver From ...
Duties
Duties. The Chief Signal Officer Is Charged, Under The Secretary Of War, With The Direction Of The Signal Bureau; With The Control Of The Offi Cers, Enlisted Men, And Employees Attached There To; With The Construction, Repair, And Operation Of Military Telegraph Lines And Cables, Field Tele Graph Lines, Balloon ...
Earls Of Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury, Earls Of. A Noble English Family. Anthony Asiiley Cooper. The First Earl (1621-s3), Was Born At Wimborne Saint Giles, Dorsetshire, July 22, 1621. His Father Was John Cooper And His Mother Was Anne Ash Ley, Daughter And Sole Heiress Of Sir Anthony Ashley. Young Anthony Entered Exeter College, Oxford, ...
Early History
Early History. The First Instance Of The Use Of Steam As A Motive Power Is Generally As Sumed To Have Been The A'olipile Of Hero Of Alexandria (q.v.). As Early As 1513 A Span Ish Captain, Named Blasco De Garay, Is Reputed To Have Shown In The Harbor Of Barcelona ...
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman, Edmund Clarence ( 1833— ). An American Poet, Critic, And Essayist, Born At Hartford, Conn., And Educated At Yale. In 1852 He Entered Journalism As Editor Of The Norwich (conn.) Tribune And The Following Year He Be Came Editor Of The Winsted (conn.) Herald, Where Be Remained Till 1855. ...
Edmund Kirby Smith
Smith, Edmund Kirby An American Soldier, Born At Saint Augustine, Fla. Ile Graduated At West Point In 1845. During The Mexiean \var He Was Brevetted First Lieutenant For Gallantry At Cerro Gordo, And Captain For Bravery At Contreras And Churubuseo. From 1849 To 1852 He Was Assistant Professor Of Mathe ...
Edmund Spenser
Spen'ser, Edmund (c.1552-99). An English Poet, Born In London. He Claimed Relationship To The Noble Family Of Spencers At Althorp, But He Seems To Have Been More Closely Connected With The Spensers Of Lancashire. His Father, Certainly In Reduced Circumstances, Has Been Iden Tified With John Spenser. A London Clothmaker. ...
Education
Education. Primary Education Is Free, And Is Compulsory Between The Ages Of 7 And 13. Re Ligious Instruction May Be Given, But Not During Ordinary School Hours. In 1901 There Were 69.115 Scholars Enrolled In The State Schools. There Is A Secondary School For Girls At Adelaide, And Fees Are ...
Education_2
Education. South Carolina Has A Negro Popu Lation Greatly In Excess Of The White, And Has Con Sequently Had To Deal With Most Serious Problems In The Matter Of Providing Adequate Educational Facilities. The Considerable Success Attained Is Shown By The Decrease In Illiteracy. In 1900. 35.9 Per Cent. Of ...
Education_3
Education. Instruction Was Almost Entirely Neglected Until Quite Recent Times. The Older Generations Of The Poorer Classes Are, For The Most Part, Unable Either To Read Or To Write. The Middle Schools And The Once Famous Uni Versities Are Far Inferior In In Standards To Corresponding Institutions In Most European ...
Edwin Vose 1797 1863sumner
Sumner, Edwin Vose ( 1797-1863 ) . An American Soldier, Born In Boston, Mass. He Was Educated At Milton Academy, Entered The United States Army, Distinguished Himself In The Black Hawk War, And Was Engaged In Fight Ing Indians On The Western Frontier. In 18'38 He Was Placed In Command ...
Eistorical Sketch
Eistorical Sketch. Silk Appears Not To Have Been Well Known To The Ancients; Although Sev Eral Times Mentioned In The Translations Of The Bible, The Best Authorities Deny That It Is In The Original, Or That It Was Known To The Hebrews. Among The Greeks, Aristotle Is The First Who ...
Electrical Subways
Electrical Subways. Although There Are No Instances Of Subways For Both Pipes And Wires In The United States, The Practice Of Putting Wires Underground Is Rapidly Growing. It Is Getting To Be A Comparatively Common Practice, Even In Small Towns, For Telephone Companies To Bury Their Wires; And Though The ...
England
England. While Socialist Ideas Probably Have As Much Influence In England As In Any Country, And Possibly Even A Greater Influence. They Find Expression Rather In A Molding Of The Thought Of Other Political Parties Than In Any Distinct So Cialist Party. The Chief Power Of Socialism Has Been Seen ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. Within This Broadest Belt Of Africa Lying South Of The Sahara, The Following Races And Peoples Are To Be Discriminated: (1) Semitcs, Consisting Of Arabs, Who Under Many Names Live In Kanem And Bornu About Lake Chad And Eastward To Khartum And Kordofan. (2) Lignites, Whose Main Divisions Are ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. The Perspective Of Spanish Eth Nology Extends Back To The Chellean Epoch, Im Plements Of That Type Having Been Dug Up In The Ancient Alluvium At San Isidro And Other Sta Tions Near Madrid. Solutrean Implements Were Found In The Grotto Of Altamira, Province Of Santander. In The Same ...
Explanatory
Explanatory Sotminor. This Department Is As Yet In A Very Incomplete State Of Development. So Far As The Physical Side Of Social Evolution Is Coneerned, It Exhibits The Same Phenomena Of Integration, Differentiation, And Increasing Defi Niteness Of Organization, That Material Bodies Undergo. The Cause Also Is The Same, Namely ...
External Sovereignty
External Sovereignty. States Possessing Certain Powers, Such As That Of Negotiating Treaties, Declaring Tvar, And Regulating Their Internal Administration, Are Called Sovereign Powers And Are The Parties To International Law, Entitled To Its Rights And Privileges And Liable To Its Duties And Responsibilities. In International Law Sovereignty Is Not Regarded ...
Feast Of Tabernacles
Tabernacles, Feast Of (heb. Khag Has Sukkoth). The Name Given In The Old Testament Codes To A Festival Which Marked The Close Of The Harvest Of Fruit, Oil, And Wine In Palestine. As A Harvest Festival It Is Also Known As The Feast Of Ingathering (ex. Xxiii. 16; Xxxiv. 22) ...
Fford 1298 1369
Fford (1298-1369), Who Held High Office Under Edward Iii. He Was Made Admiral Of The North Ern Fleet In 1344, Fought At Crecy And Poitiers And Was Repeatedly Intrusted With Diplomatic Missions. Lie Was Succeeded By His 50h William De Who Was One Of The Most Popular Statesmen Of The ...
Fi Sulphuric Acid
Sulphuric Acid, Fi,s0,. A Well-known Acid Compound Of Hydrogen, Sulphur, And Oxygen. When Pure And Free From Water, It Is A. Colorless, Oily Liquid Of Specific Gravity I.s4 (approximate Ly) At 0° C. While It May Readily Be Under Cooled, It Solidifies Normally At 6.79° C. (44.3° F.). At About ...
Fication
Fication.) On The Election Of President Coln In 1860, A Convention Was Called On Decem Ber 20th, Which Unanimously Passed An Ordinanee Of Secession. The Attack On Fort Sumter In April, 1861, Precipitated The Civil War. (see Civil War.) The State Furnished 60.000 Sol Diers To The Confederate Armies, Though ...
Figures Of Syntax
Syntax, Figures Of. Intentional Deviations From The Ordinary Construction Of Words. The Principal Figures Of Syntax Are As Follows: Ana Phora Is The Repetition Of The Same Word O• Gram Matical Form At The Beginning Of Several Succes Sive Clauses, As 'without Tumult, Without Arms, Without Harm Or Injury The ...
Foist Beginnings Of Life
Foist Beginnings Of Life. To Account For The Beginnings Of Life We Have Been Compelled To Im Agine The Creation Of A Primordial Microscopic Bit Of Protoplasm. In Shape It Was Drop-like, Spherical Or Oval, Its Form Being Due To Gravity, As The Primary Form Of All Living Beings Tends ...
Food Value
Food Value Or Sugar. Since Milk Sugar And Dextrose Are Used For Human Food To A Far Less Ex Tent Than Cane Sugar, Which They Resemble Some What Closely In Action, The Statements In The Fol Lowing Paragraphs Are Confined To Cane Sugar. Tn Its Food Value Sugar Resembles Starch, ...
Fossil Shark
Fossil Shark. Fossilized Remains Of Sharks Occur From The Lower Devonian Upward, And Even In The Upper Silurian Detached Tin-spines, Teeth, And Dermal Dentieles Resembling Those Of Elasmobranchs Are Found, Being Thus Among The Earliest Known Remains Of Vertebrates. The Re Lationships Of These Silurian Forms Are Doubtful, However, And ...