Administrative Aspects Of The
Administrative Aspects Of The Tariff. There Is A Marked Difference In Form Between Purely Revenue Tariffs, Such As That Of Great Britain, And Protective Tariffs Like Those Of The United States And Germany. In The Former Only The Few Articles Subject To Duty Are Enumerated And Unenumerated Articles Are Admitted ...
Adolphe 1797 1877 Thiers
Thiers, Adolphe (1797-1877). A French Statesman And Historian. Horn At Marseilles April 15, 1797. He Was Distinguished As A Student At The Lyetse, And In 1815 He Went To Aix To Study Law. There He Formed A Friendship With Miguet, The Historian, In Company With Whom, After He Had Taken ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. The State Has A Great Diversity Of Physical Conditions With A Corresponding Variation Of Soil And Crops. The River Valleys Are Generally Fertile. The Region Known As The Central Basin Contains A Limestone Soil Of Great Fertility. In 1900 20.342.058 Acres Were Included In Farms, A Little Over Half ...
Agriculture And Stock Raising
Agriculture And Stock-raising. Agriculture Is The Chief Occupation. Utah Was The First Of The Rocky Mountain States To Develop This In Dustry. Its Success Was Dependent Almost Wholly Upon Irrigation, And It Was The First State To Demonstrate The Possibilities Of The Irrigation System In The United States. The System ...
Agriculture_2
Agriculture. The Enormous Area Of Texas With Its Favorable Physical And Climatic Condi Tions Has Made It One Of The Leading Agricultural States In The Union. In 1900 There Were 125, 807.017 Acres, Or 74.9 Per Cent, Of The Total ]and Area, Included In Farms. This Was Three Times Greater ...
Agriculture_3
Agriculture. The United States Produces A Larger Value Of Agricultural Products Than Any Other Country. Until The Last Quarter Of The Nine Teenth Century Agriculture Strongly Predominated In The Industrial Life Of The Nation. It Still Em Ploys A Much Greater Number Of Individuals Than Any Other Industry. Owing To ...
Albius Tibullus
Tibul'lus, Albius C.54-e.19 B.c.). A Roman Elegiac Poet, Born Of An Equestrian Family. Be Inherited An Estate At Pedum, Between Tibur And Prieneste, Which Had Been Either Wholly Or Partially Confiscated In The Civil Wars. Tibullus, However, Recovered Part Of His Property, And Spent There The Best Part Of His ...
Alcoholic And Malt Liquors
Alcoholic And Malt Liquors. The Production Of Liquors In The United States Is About Equal To The Home Consumption. Little (chiefly Wine) Is Imported. In 1900 The Value Of Malt Liquors Was Reported At $237,269,713, Distilled Liquors At $96,798.443, And Vinous Liquors At $6.547,310. The First And Last Estimates Included ...
Alfred Charles True
True, Alfred Charles ( 1853—) . An American Educator And Agriculturist, Born At Middletown, Conn. He Graduated At Wesleyan University In 1873, Was Principal Of The High School At Essex, N. Y., In 1873-74, From 1875 To 1882 Was An Instructor In The State Normal School At Westfield, Mass., And ...
Alfred Tennyson
Ten'nyson, Alfred, First Baron Tennyson (1809-92). The Most Representative English Poet Of Victoria's Reign. He Was Horn On August 6, 1809, At Soniersby, In Lincolnshire, A Village Of Which His Father Was Recto•. Two Of His Brothers Also Displayed No Slight Poetic Gifts, Frederick (q.v.). And Charles, Afterwards Known As ...
American Universities
American Universities. In The United States Popular Usage Employs The Terms 'univer Sity' And 'college' Indiscriminately For Any Higher Institution Of Learning Which Possesses The Power Of Conferring The Usual Academic Degrees. This Confusion Prevails Also In Official Nomenclature, For Some Of The Oldest, Richest, And Most Com Pletely Equipped ...
Ance
Ance; ) Influenced, However, By The Same Powerful Motives Which Were Responsible For The Development Of The System Of Uses, The Early Lawyers, By A Method Of Reasoning Now Dif Ficult To Understand, Ultimately Gave To The Stat Ute A Meaning And Effect The Exact Opposite Of That Intended. It ...
Ancient Theatre
Ancient Theatre. The Theatre As A Form Of Architecture Was Originated By The Greeks And Naturally Developed With The Drama. At First It Was Simply The Open Space Near The Temple Of Dionysus, Where The Chorus Danced About The Altar Of The Gnd While The Solitary Actor, Perhaps Standing On ...
Andrew 1778 1857 Ure
Ure, Andrew ( 1778-1857 ). A Scotch Chemist. Born At Glasgow. Ile Studied At Glasgow And Edinburgh. In 1802 He Became Professor Of Chemistry And Natural Philosophy In The Ander Sonian Institution At Glasgow; Took An Active Part In The Establishment (1809) Of The Glasgow Observatory, And Was Appointed Its ...
Anifolding
Anifolding. Reprints May Be Secured By The Ordinary Copy-press (see Copying Machines ) , Copying Ink Being Used On The Typewriter Ribbon Or Pad. By The Use Of Carbon Paper Alternately Between Thin Sheets Of Ordinary Paper, The Type Writer Itielf Can Be Made To Produce Several Copies At A ...
Animal Poisons
Animal Poisons. The Stings Of Insects, The Bites Of Scorpions, Tarantulas, Snakes, And Rabid Dogs, Are Comprised In This Group. Their Action Is Complicated. The Local Effects Are Irritation, Redness, Swelling, And Or Even Gangrene. The Poison After Entering The Circulation May Disorganize The Blood, Causing Jaundice, Htmo Globinuria, Hemorrhage ...
Anne Hilarion De Cotentin
Tourville, Anne Hilarion De Cotentin, Count De (1642-1701). A French Ad Miral. He Was Born At Tourville. Near Coutances, November 24, 1642. He Entered The French Navy, And Became A Captain At Twenty-five, Having Dis Tinguished Himself By Service Against The Turks And Algerians. In 1669 He Participated In The ...
Arbitration Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining, Arbitration, And Conciliation. Modern Political Economy Recog Nizes In Collective Bargaining A Legitimate And The Most Important Function Of Trade Unionism. This Concerted Action, By Which Employers Are Pre Vented From Fixing Wages At The Rate Acceptable To The Neediest Competitor, Is The Goal And Aim Of Trade ...
Area Of Farms And
Area Of Farms And 1 Mproved Land. In The Following Table It Will Lie Seen That The Total Farm Area Of The United States Increased In The Last Half Of The Nineteenth Century Nearly Threefold: The Total Farm Area In The Decade 1860-1870 Stood Practically Stationary, But The Improved Area ...
Arminius Vaivibery
Vaivibery, Arminius (1832—). An Hungarian Traveler And Orientalist, Born At Szerdabely, Near Pressburg. Ile Was Largely Self-educated. In 1854 He Went To Constanti Nople As A Private Tutor, Where He Acquired A Knowledge Of Eastern Languages, Later Becoming Private Secretary To Fuad Pasha. With The Assistance Of The Hungarian Academy ...
Army
Army. The First Step Toward The Establishment Of A Military Force Under The Control Of The Con Tinental Congress Was Taken June 15, 1775, When That Body Resolved That A General Be Appointed To Command All The Continental Forces Raised Or To Be Raised For The Defense Of American Liberty, ...
Attitude Toward Machinery
Attitude Toward 'machinery. Historically, Trade Unions Have Opposed The Introduction Of Labor-saving Machinery, But, Speaking Generally. The Unions Have Realized At Last That It Is Im Possible Effectively To Oppose The Introduction Of Labor-saving Devices; And Among Trade Union Leaders The Number Of Those Who Fully Realize That The Machine ...
Augustus Montague 174078
Top'lady, Augustus Montague ( 1740 78). A Clergyman Of The Church Of England. Ile Was Born At Farnham, Surrey, And Was Edu Cated At Westminster School And Trinity College, Dublin (b.a. 1760). He Was Ordained Priest In 1764 And Became Rector Of Broad Ilembury In 1768. In 1775 Failing Health ...
Australlan Universities
Australlan Universities Exist At Sydney, At Melbourne, And At Adelaide. The First Was Founded In 1851 And Is Affiliated With The Univer Sity Of London. There Are Four Faculties—arts. Law, Medicine, And Science. While The University Is Non-denominational, There Are Statutory Pro Visions For Facilitating The Erection Of Colleges In ...
Austrian German
German, Austrian, And Swiss Universities. The Early German Universities Were Modeled After The University Of Paris, Though The Univer Sity Of Bologna Had Considerable Influence On The Universities Of The South German States; And It Is In The German Universities That The General Organization Or Structure Of The Mediaeval Univer ...
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission. The Speed Of The Ordinary Morse Instrument Is Limited To The Rapidity With Which The Hand Of The Operator Can Move The Key, And Averages About 25 To 40 Words A Minute. To Increase Speed Automatic Appa Ratus Is Used Which Trebles, And In Some Eases Quadruples The ...
Battle Of Tippecanoe
Tippecanoe, Battle Of. An Engagement Fought On November 7, 1811, Near The Site Of The Present Village Of Battle Ground, On The Tippe Canoe River, In Tippecanoe County, Ind., Be Tween An American Force Of About 800, Including 500 Indiana And Kentucky Militiamen, Under William Henry Harrison, Then Governor Of ...
Board Trade
Trade, Board Or. A Department Of Gov Ernment In England Designated "the Lords Of The Committee Of His Majesty's Privy Council Ap Pointed For The Consideration Of All Matters Re Lating To Trade And Foreign Plantations." Crom Well In 1655 Was The First To Establish A Perma Nent Committee For ...
Caledonia Bay Route
Caledonia Bay Route. The Distance Front Caledonia Bay To Tide Water On The Savana River Is About 30 Miles In A Straight Line. Studies Have Been Made Of Three Lines Across The Divide, All Of Them Striking The Same Point On The Savana River, Near The Mouth Of The Lara, ...
Capitalization And Overcapitalization
Capitalization And Overcapitalization. Of Late Years There Has Been A Strong Tendency Toward Overcapitalization. The Promoters Have Ordinarily Adopted Secret Methods In The Or Ganization Of Their Companies, And Many Of The Larger Trusts Have Not Been Ready To Give Much Information, Even To The Stockholders Them Selves. In Consequence, ...
Cattle
Cattle. The Nineteenth Century Was Well Ad Vanced Before Stock Cattle From Europe Had Been Imported To Any Considerable Extent. Short Horn; Were For Several Years Imported In The Largest Numbers, And There Are More Pure-blooded And Grade Shorthorns In The United States To Day Than All Other Breeds. The ...
Cessions By Foreign Powers
Cessions By Foreign Powers. In The Treaty Of September 3, 1783, With Great Britain The West Ern Limits Of The United States Were Declared To Be The Mississippi River To The Thirty-first Parallel. On April 30, 1803, By Treaty With France, The `province Of Louisiana' Was Acquired. (see Louisi Ana ...
Charles Eugene 1842 1904ujfalvy
Ujfalvy, Charles Eugene ( 1842-1904). An Austrian Philologist., Anthropol Ogist, And Traveler, Born In Vienna Of An Old Hungarian Noble Family. Educated In The Mili Tary Academy At Wiener-neustadt, He Served As Lieutenant In The Army Until 1864, When He Went To Study At The University Of Bonn. Going To ...
Charles Fayette 1827 99 Taylor
Taylor, Charles Fayette (1827-99). A Celebrated American Orthopedic Surgeon, Born In Williston, Vt., And Educated At The University Of Vermont. The Year 1857 He Spent In London, Studying The Swedish Movement Cure Under Roth. Subsequently He Settled In New York City, And Was One Of The First To Introduce The ...
Charles Louis Tiffany
Tiffany, Charles Louis An American Merchant. He Was Born At Killingly, Conn., And After Receiving An Academic Education At Plainfield Academy, And Serving An Appren Ticeship In A Cotton Manufactory, He Removed To New York City In ]s37. There In Partnership With A Fellow Townsman, John B. Young, On A ...
Chemical 3 Action
Action, Chemical) (3) The Influence Of Perature On Chemical Equilibrium; (4) The De Termination Of The Maximum Mechanical Work That Can Be Performed By The Chemical Energy Of Reactions. We Will Briefly Consider These Ques Tions In Their Consecutive Order. With Reference To The Dependence Of The Energy-change Of A ...
Chinese Or Eastern Turkestan
Chinese Or Eastern Turkestan. A Depend Ency Of China, Bordered On The North By Sun Garia, On The East By Mongolia, On The South By Tibet, On The Southwest By Kashmir, And On The West And Northwest By The Pamir And Rus Sian Turkestan. The Country Is Isolated And Forbidding ...
Cigars And Chfboots
Cigars And Chf:boots Are Forms Of Ma Nufae• Hired Tobacco. Cuba Supplies The Best Cigar To Bacco, The Best Cigars Being Made From That Grown In Vuelta Bajo And Hence Known As Vuelta To Bacco. The Greater Proportion Of Genuine Ilavana Cigars Smoked In This Country Are Not Manufac Tured ...
Ciiemical
Ciiemical) , It Is Well Known Empirically That A Relatively Small Rise Of Temperature Often Causes Reactions To Take Place With Great Rapid Ity—sometiines With Explosive Violence. Usu Ally A Rise Of 10° C. Doubles Or Even Trebles The Velocity. In A Perfectly General Manner, How Ever, The Dependence Of ...
Classification
Classification. The Chelonia Were At First Divided According To Modifications Of The Feet. Cope, Recognizing The Separability Of Trionychoi Dea, Also, In 1870, Emphasized A Division Based Upon The Mode Of Carrying The Neck, One Group (pleurodira) Bending It Sidewise In Withdrawing The Head, And The Other (cryptodira) Withdraw Ing ...
Classification
Classification. The Form And Mode Of De Velopment Of The Free Cheeks Are Made The Princi Pal Features Of The Classification Proposed By Beecher, Who Divides The Subclass Into Three Orders: Hypoparia Are The Most Primitive Forms Of Trilobites, Mostly Small In Size, Without Com Pound Eyes, And With Simple ...
Classification Of Trade Unions
Classification Of Trade Unions. As Was Pointed Out In The Article On Labor Organiza Tions, The Trade Union Is Simply One Branch Of The Great Family Of Labor Organizations. The Follow Ing Classification Brings Out Clearly The Great Di Versity Of Structure Which Exists Both Among Organizations Of Laborers And ...
Climate
Climate. The Greater Part Of The Area Of The United States Proper Has A Climate Pertaining To The Temperate Zone. The Average Annual Tem Peratures Vary From Somewhat Less Than 50° On The Northern Border To 75° In The Extreme South East. The Average Temperature For July Is About 00° ...
Co Co
Co + = ,co, Urea Carbonate Of Ammonia. A Similar Change Takes Place At Ordinary Tem Peratures In Urine Exposed For Some Time To The Air. Here The Transformation Is Effected Through A Process Of Fermentation Caused By Certain Micro-organisms Producing, When Killed, An Enzyme That Hydrolyzes Urea With Great ...
Coal
Coal. Coal Is The Most Widely Distributed Mineral And Is Far In Advance Of Any Other In The Annual Value Of Its Output. It Is Regularly Mined In Thirty States. (for Localization Of Coal Areas, See Article Com—) The Area Of The Coal Fields, Not Including Those Occurring In The ...
Coastwise And Interior Shipping
Shipping, Coastwise And Interior. Since 1789 The American Navigation Laws Have Prae The United Kingdom Owned Only 846,008 Tons That Were Engaged In Its Own Coastwise Trade. In The Accompanying Table It Will Be Seen That The Development Of The Coasting Trade Has Made Good The Loss Sustained In The ...
Compulsory Laws
Compulsory Laws. Naturally. Vaccination, In Order To Protect. Must Be Universal. All Foci From Which The Disease Might Spread Must Be Destroyed, And Immunity Must Be Secured Round About Each Focus. Every Child Should Be Vac Cinated During Its First Year, And All Adults Should Be Vaccinated On Entering The ...
Congress
Congress. The Origin Of The National Legisla Ture Is To Be Found In The So-called Second Con Tinental Congress Of 1775—a Revolutionary Body Which Was Called To Deliberate Upon The State Of Public Affairs Growing Out Of The Dispute With Great Britain, And Which, With The Acquiescence Of The People, ...
Construction
Construction. Tunnels May Be Classified Ac Cording To The General Nature Of The Materials Penetrated, Into Hard-roek Tunnels And Soft Ground Tunnels. Whatever The Material Pene Trated, The General Methods Of Construction Are The Same, But A Variety Of Differences In Detail Exist. In Certain Kinds Of Tunnels, Such As ...
Copper
Copper. Very Little Copper Was Mined Prior To The Development Of The Lake Superior Copper Mines, Which Began Operations In 1845. From That Year The Product Has Continued To Increase Steadily And Rapidly. In 1866 The Famous Calu Met And Hecla Mine Was Opened, And In 1800 Its Annual Product ...
Corn
Corn. The Largest And Most Valuable American Crops Are Corn And Hay. They Are At The Basis Of The Great Stock-raising Interests Of The Coun Try. Since The Bulk Of Both Crops Are Consumed On The Farm And Not Placed Upon The Market, And Hence Are Not 'money Crops/ Their ...
Cosx
Cosx = Smx = Similarly 2 2i The Other Functions May Be Expressed In Terms Of C'°, These Are The Exponential Sions For The Circular Functions Of X. If I Is Omitted From These Exponentials, The Resulting Functions Are Called The Hyperbolic Cosine, Hyper Bolic Sine Of The Angle X. ...
Cotton
Cotton. While The Value Of The Cotton Crop Is Not So Great As Is That Of Wheat, The Receipts From Its Sales And Especially From Its Exportation Are Much Greater. (see Paragraph On Commerce.) There Is No Other Field Product Which Gives Em Ployment To So Large A Number Of ...
Council Of Trent
Trent, Council Of. The Most Notable Of The Modern Ecumenical Councils Of The Roman Catholic Church, Held With Intermissions From 1545 To 1563. It Was The Culmination Of The Counter-reformation (q.v.), And Its Decrees Crys Tallized The Results Of That Movement Into The Permanent Law Of The Church. For Centuries ...
Cultivation
Cultivation. The Variety Of Tobacco Planted Depends Upon Soil, Climate, And Market Demands. The Different Types Of Tobacco Are Grown Upon A Wide Range Of Soils Differing Mainly In Their Physical Characters. Wet Soils Composed Largely Of Clay Produce Large Heavy Plants That Cure To A (lark Brown Or Red. ...
David Teniers
Teniers, David, The Younger (1610-00). The Principal Genre Painter Of The Flemish School, Born At Antwerp, Son And Pupil Of The Preceding. Before He Was Twenty His Work Bore The Stamp Of Maturity, And In 1633 He Entered The Guild As Master. His Early Manner And Choice Of Subjects Is ...
Density
Density. There Were In 1909 25.6 Persons To The Square Mile In The United States, As Against About 600 Persons In England, 270 Persons In Germany, And About 53 Persons In European The North Atlantic And The North Central States Contain The Great Majority Of The Urban Population. In 1900 ...
Department Of The Treasury
Treasury, Department Of The. The Executive Department Of The Government Of The United States Controlling The National Finances. It Was Established By Act Of Congress In Septem Ber, 178.9, And Was The Successor Of The Treasury Department Created By The Congress Of The Con Federation In 1781, Of Which Robert ...
Development And Treatment Of
Development And Treatment Of Certain Tumors. Carcinoma, Or Scirrhons C•anc•er, Is The Form Most Frequently Seen In The Breast, Where It Is Invariably Primary. It Follows A Blow Or Other Injury, In Many Cases; Often No Cause Can He Assigned. It Most Commonly Commences As A Small. Circumscribed Tumor, Round. ...
Die Air Or Gas
Die Air Or Gas Thermometer. This Form Of The Instrument Is Accepted As The Standard And The Indications Of Mercurial, Alcohol, Or Other Thermometers Are All Supposed To Be Corrected So As To Agree With The Standard Adopted By The International Reau Of Nveights And Aleasurea At Paris. This Standard ...
Direct And Indirect Taxes
Direct And Indirect Taxes. A Classification Of Taxes Of Much Practical Importance Is That Which Distinguishes Between Direct And Indirect. The Distinction Cannot Be Sharply Drawn; But It May In General Be Said That Direct Taxes Are Those Which Are Levied Upon The Persons Or Property Of Those Upon Whom ...
Diseases Of The Uterus
Uterus, Diseases Of The. The Causes Of Uterine Disease May Be Divided Into Those Which Are Operative Before Marriage, Those Which Arise During Married Life, And Those Which Depend Upon Child-bearing Or Its Sequels. These Causes Thus Embrace Neglect Of Out-of-door Life And Physical Development; Improper Dress; Imprudence Dur Ing ...
Doctrine Of Tue Trinity
Trinity, Doctrine Of Tue. A Doctrine Of Theology Which Declares That There Are Three Per Sons In The Godhead, Or Divine Nature—the Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost—and That "these Three Are One True Eternal God, The Same In Substance, Equal In Power And Glory—although Distinguished By Their Personal ...
Early Typewriters
Early Typewriters. The First Typewriter Of Which We Have Any Record Was Patented In Eng Land As Early As 1714. Over A Century Later, In 1829, The First American Typewriter, Called A Typographer, Was Patented By W. A. Burt. In 1833 A Typewriter Was Produced In France, Hay Ing A ...
Ecclesiastical Treaty Rights
Treaty Rights, Ecclesiastical. Those Rights Which Are Secured By Treaty To The Sub Jects Or Citizens Of One State While Residing In The Territory Of Another State, Relating To The Exercise Of Their Religion. The International Agreements From Which Such Rights Arise Differ Radically From Those Treaties, Generally Known As ...
Education
Education. In 1900, 20.7 Per Cent. Of The Population Over Ten Years Of Ag- Were Illiterate. This Was A Reduction From 38.7 In 1880. The Per Cent. For The Native White Population Was 14.2 And For The Colored 41.6. In 1900 There Were 573.287 Whites And 195.556 Colored Persons Be ...
Education And Religion
Education And Religion. The University Of Uruguay, At Montevideo, Has A Faculty Of About 100 Instructors And Over 400 Regular Students. There Are Also A School Of Art, An Industrial School, A Museum And A Library. And A Military School. The Government Contributes Annually About $700.000 Toward The Maintenanee Of ...
Education_2
Education. The Per Cent. Of Illiteracy Is Not Nearly So Great As In Most Southern States, Being. In 1900, 14.5 Of The Total Population Ten Years Of Age And Over—whites 6.1 And Blacks 36.0. The State Is Exceptional Among The States Of The South In That The Public Schools Have ...
Edward John 17921881
Trelawny, Edward John ( 1792 1881). An English Author, Especially Known As The Friend Of Shelley And Byron. He Was Born In London. Though He Was Of An Ancient And Famous Family, His Education Was Neg Lected. Entering The Royal Navy At The Age Of Thirteen, Be Served In The ...
Edward Thompson 1793 1871 Taylor
Taylor, Edward Thompson (1793-1871). An American Preacher, Widely Known As 'father Taylor.' Ile Was Born In Richmond, Va.; Was Taken In Charge By A Lady Near That City; Ran Away To Sea At The Age Of Seven, And For Ten Years Was A Sailor. In The War Of 1812 He ...
Ellen Alicia Terry
Terry, Ellen Alicia (1848—). A Dis Tinguished English Actress, Known In Private Life As Mrs. E. A. Wardell. She Was Horn At Coventry. Her First Appearance On The Stage Was As The Boy Manilius In Charles Kean's Re Vival Of The Winter's Talc, At The Princess's Theatre, 1856. In March, ...
Emory 1839 81 Upton
Up'ton, Emory (1839-81). An American Soldier, Born At Batavia, N. Y. He Graduated At West Point In 1861; Served As Aide-de-camp On The Staff Of General Tyler. And While So Doing Was Wounded In The Battle Of Bull Run; Fought In The Peninsular Campaign And In The Maryland Campaign; And ...
Engineering Schools Schools Of
Engineering Schools; Schools Of Applied Science; Institutes Of Technology. The Ear Liest Establishment Of This Type Of School Occurred In France And Germany. In France, The Ecole Des Pouts Et Chausees, Originally Started In 1747 As A Drawing School, Was Organized In 1760 For The Training Of Engineers For The ...
English Universities
English Universities. These Are Of Two Dis Tinct Types: Those That Date From The Middle Ages, Oxford And Cambridge, And Those Founded During The Nineteenth Century. The Two Former Have Had A Profound Influence Upon National De Velopment And National Life, For In No Other Coun Try Have Universities Been ...
Epistles To Tiie Thessalonians
Thessalonians, Epistles To Tiie (gk. Irpbs Oecreaxcasserss Se. Irwroxi, Pros Salonikcis, To The Thessalonians, Sc. Cpistole, Epistle). Two Letters In The New Testament, Purporting In Their Opening Passages Of Greeting To Have Been Written By Paul, And Generally So Accepted By Scholars. They Were Written In Corinth During Paul's First ...
Esaias 1782 1846 Tegner
Tegner, Esaias (1782-1846). A Swedish Poet, Born At Kyrkerud, In Wennland. Graduated From The University Of Lund (1802) And In 1805 Became Sub-librarian Of The University And Lecturer On :esthetics. In 1811 His Poem On Sweden (srea) Won Him Universal Admiration And An Academic Prize. Already His War-songs And National ...
Etc Agriculture
Agriculture, Etc. Though The Inhabitants Live Almost Exclusively By Farming And Cattle Raising, Agriculture Is In A Very Primitive Con Dition. The Reasons Are The Oppressive Taxation, Which Consumes One-third Of The Harvests, The Wretched Government, The Lack Of Roads, The Low Standard Of Civilization, And The Unfavorable Di Vision ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. The Aboriginal Inhabitants Of Tas Mania, Who Are Now Extinct, Were Of Doubtful Racial Affinities, Having Been Regarded By Differ Ent Authorities As Being Variously Connected With The Papuan, Melanesian, And Australian Races. They Were Of Relatively Low Stature, With Broad, Prognathous Faces, Very Flat Broad Noses, Dark Skins, ...
Ethnology
Ethnology. The Turkish Empire Presents An Extraordinary Medley Of Nationalities. The Ril Ing Raee, The Osmanli Turks, Whose Blood Is Great Ly Mixed With Various Foreign Elements (slavic, Greek, And Albanian In European Turkey), Con Stitute A Minority Of The Population Even In The Regions Actually Under The Rule Of ...
Excavation
Excavation. The Work So Far Described Is Of The Nature Of Engineering Investigation And De Sign. The Actual Construction Of Work Consists In Excavating In The Earth Or Rock A Passageway Which Follows The Established Centre Line And Conforms In Dimensions And Shape To The Estab Lished Cross-section. In Performing ...
Experimental Thermo Chemistry
Experimental Thermo-chemistry. The Ac Tual Execution Of Thermo-chemical Measu•emerts Is A Matter Of Some Difficulty, Owing To The Considerable Errors That May Be Caused By More Or Less Heat Being Lost By Radiation While The Measurement Is Being Carried Out. The Heat Given Off Or Absorbed Is Determined By Keeping ...
Extension Or The Ter
United States, Extension Or The Ter Ritory Of The. Prior To 1781 Only Six Of The Thir Teen Original States, Viz. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, :maryland, And Delaware, Had Exactly Defined Boundaries. Of The Remaining Seven States, Some To Ex Tend To The Pacific Ocean And Others ...
Extent Of Combination Movement
Extent Of Combination Movement. As Yet, There Are No Satisfactory Statistics Regarding The Extent Of The Combination Movement In This Country. The Only Material Of This Nature That Is Trustworthy Is That Secured By The United States Census Of 1900, Published In Volume Vii., Part I., Of The Report On ...