A Ustria Liungary
A Ustria-liungary. Since 1866 The Armies Of Austria-hungary Have Been Organized On What Is Practically A Prussian Basis. The Dual Char Acter Of The Austro-hungarian Monarchy Has Greatly Influenced The Formation Of The Imperial Army, Since Each State Enjoys Its Own Peculiar Constitution And System Of Representation. Military Service Is ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. Isolation And Aridity Have Held Arizona In A Backward State Of Development. Railroads And Irrigation, However, Are Overcom Ing These Obstacles. Stock-raising Has Been Here Tofore The Leading Agricultural Industry, And The Absence Of Climatic Extremes, Such As Are Com Mon To The Regions Farther North. Is Very Favor ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. The Agricultural Development Of Australia Has Been Governed By The Remote Ness Of The Continent From The Rest Of The Civilized World. By The Recent Date Of Its Settlement, And Naturally By The Peculiarities Of Its Physical And Climatic Conditions. Its Latitude And Its Contour Are Such That It ...
Agriculture_2
Agriculture. Few States Are So Exclusively Agricultural As Arkansas. It Shared With The Other Southern States The Disasters Of The Civil War. But Not To So Great A Degree. It Was New And Comparatively Undeveloped At That Time, And It Soon Regained And Rapidly Exceeded Its Former Importance. In 1s60 ...
Agriculture_3
Agriculture. Rich Soil, Abundance Of Water, And A Mild Climate Have Combined To Make Austria-hungary One Of The Foremost Agricul Tural Countries In Europe. Its Crops Are Re Markable For Their Variety, Embracing, Besides All The Common European Products, A Great Many Sub-tropical Plants And Fruits. The Most Fertile Lands ...
Agriculture_4
Agriculture Is Of Greater Importance In Ba Varia Than In Any Other German State, And Has Reached There A Degree Of Perfection Surpassed Only In A Few Countries. • Threatened With Keen Competition Of New Countries With Unlimited Agricultural Resources, The Bavarian Landholder Was Compelled To Adopt Every Available Means ...
Agriculture_5
Agriculture Occupies A Rather Subordinate Place In Industrial Belgium, Owing Partly To Un Favorable Conditions, But Mainly To The Greater Inducements Offered To Capital And Labor By Mining And Manufactures. Such Agriculture As Exists, Nevertheless, Has Attained A High State'of Pet Fection. A Government Agricultural Board Exists In Each Province, ...
Agriculture_6
Agriculture. Bengal Is An Agricultural Coun Try, About Four-fifths Of The Population Being Engaged Directly Or Indirectly In Agricultural Pursuits. Accordihg To Official Estimates, The Total Area Under Cultivation Amounts To About 55,000,000 Acres, Of Which Over 40,000,000 Are Under Rice, The Staple Of Bengal: About 11,000, 000 Acres Under ...
Aiitoiaaton
Aiitoia'aton (lat., From Gk. Airr6p.aros, Automatos, Self-moving). A Piece Of Mechan Ism Constructed To Represent Human Or Animal Figures And Actions. The Construction Of Au Tomata Has Occupied Men's Attention From Very Early Times. As Early As B.c. 400, The Invention Of A Mechanical Dove Which Could Fly Is Credited ...
Aiitoiviedon
Aiitoiviedon (gk. Aiiroincep). The Name Of Two Epigrammatists Of The Greek Anthology, One An ..etolian, The Other A Native Of Cyzicus: One Of The Two Lived Probably In The Reign Of Nerva, The Date Of The Other Is Quite Unknown. Automobile, ;11(!)-nii/bil Or A'tki-mu-bel' (auto + Lat. Mobi/is, Movable). The ...
Aivtichoke
Aivtichoke (it. Arcicioeco, Dial. Carcioeco, Care/gin; Sp, A/en[r]chofa. From Ar. Al-horshaf, Al-];hursl+rifl. The True French Or Globe Arti Choke, Eynara Scolym Us, Is A Thistle-like Peren Nial Plant, Now Growing Wild In The South Of Europe. But Probably A Native Of Asia. The Genus Cynara Belongs To The Natural Order ...
Aizciiitecture
.aizciiitecture. The Assyrians Copied The Baby Lonians Far More Closely In Architecture Than In The Other Arts. They Employed Brick In Similar Fashion, Though They Occasionally Faced Their Sub Structures And Walls With Stone Slabs As The Babylonians Never Did. Their Temples Were Of The Same Pyramidal Shape; Their Palaces ...
Alexander Baring
Baring, Alexander, First Baron Ashburton (1774•1848). An English Financier And States Man. He Was Born In London, October 27, 1774, The Second Son Of Sir Francis Baring. For Many Years He Was Commercially Engaged In The United States And Canada In The Service Of The Great London Mercantile House Founded ...
Alexander Gra Ii A
Bell, Alexander Gra Ii A Al ( 1 S47—). An American Inventor And Scientist, Distinguished For His Invention Of The Telephone. Ile Was Born In Edinburgh, Scotland, The Son Of Alexander Melville Bell, Who Was The Inventor Of 'visible Speech.' He Received His Education In Edinburgh And At London University, ...
Alexete Balakireff
Balakireff, Alexete (1837—). A Russian Composer And Founder Of The Young Russian School Of Music. Ulyby Sheff (oulibicheff) Was His First Teacher In Music At. His Native City, Nizhni-novgorod. Of Excep Tional Memory, He Knew At The Age Of 18 Nearly All The Classics Of Music By Heart. In 1855 ...
American And International Athletics
American And International Athletics. Athletics Became Popular In The United States In The Early Seventies. A Movement Soon Arose To Bring Them Under Definite Organization, And About 1880 The National Association Of Amateur Athletes Of America, Was Formed, Out Of Which Has Grown The Present Governing Body. In America, As ...
Andrew 1753 1832 Bell
Bell, Andrew ( 1753-183;2). A Scottish Edu Cational Reformer. He Was Born At Saint An Drews, And Was Educated At The University There. From 1774 To 1781 He Lived As A Tutor 'in Vir Ginia. Hut Returned To Great Britain, And Took Orders In The Church Of England. In 1787 ...
Anna Letitia 1743 1825 Barbauld
Bar'bauld, Anna Letitia (1743-1825). An English Author. She Was Born June 20, 1743, At Kibworth, Leicestershire, Where Her Father, The Rev. John Aikin, A Dissenting Cler Gyman, Kept An Academy. Her Private Edu Cation, The Religious Influence Of Her Home, And Secluded Life In The Country, Were Well Fitted To ...
Antoine 1312 94 Arnauld
Arnauld, Antoine ( 1(312-94 ) A French Theologian And Polemical Writer, Known As The Great Arnauld. Ile Was Born At Paris, February 6, 1612, And Was The Son Of Antoine Arnauld, The Celebrated Jurist, From Whom The Younger Antoine Seems To Have Inherited His Vigorous In Tellect And That Animosity ...
Antoine Cesar 1788 1878 Becquerel
Becquerel, Antoine Cesar (1788-1878). The First Of Several Generations Of Distinguished French Physicists. He Was Born At Chfitillon Snr-loing, In The Department Of Loirct. 180s He Entered The French Army As An Officer Of Engineers, And Served With Distinction In Spain Under Marshal Suchet. On His Return To France He ...
Apocalypse Of Baruch
Baruch, Apocalypse Of. A Work Distinct From The Apocryphal Book Of Baruch, Which Was Originally Composed In Hebrew, But Survives Only In A Syrian Version Of The Sixth Century, Made From The Greek Translation Of The Original Hebrew. It Was Discovered By Ceriani In 1866, In A Ms. Of The ...
Ar Rlevntis
Ar 'rlevntis ((k. 'apsimavos, .1 Rrhianos) ('?-e.180 A.d.). A Distinguished Historian And A Native Of Nieomedia, In Bithvnia. Ile Was Horn Near The End Of The First Century A.n., Of Good Family, And Illom Obtaining The Roman Citizen Ship• Assumed The Name Flavins. After Eomolet Ing His Education, He Left ...
Archeology
Arch.eology. The Central Point Of The Ancient City Was The Acropolis (q.v.), But The Modern City Lies Almost Entirely To The North And East Between The Acropolis And Mount Lycabettuis, And Along The West Slope Of The Latter, Though A Modern Quarter Is Growing Up On The Banks Of The ...
Aristides
Ar'isti'des (gk. 'aparreidnc, Aristeides), Called Tiie Just (c.550-467 B.c.). An Athenian Statesman. Lie Was The Son Of Lysimachus, Descended From One Of The Best Families In Athens. His Birth Is To He Placed Shortly After The Middle Of The Sixth Century N.c. At The Battle Of Marathon (b.c. 490) Lie ...
Aristippus
Ar'istip'pus (gk. 'apierorroe, A Rist Ippos) . The Founder Of The Cyrenaic Or Hedonistic School Of Philosophy. Lie Was The Son Of Aristades Of Cymric, In Africa, And Was Born Probably Not Long Before B.c. 435. He Was Drawn To Athens By The Fame Of Socrates, Whose Pupil He Remained ...
Aristocracy
Ar'istoc'racy (gk. 6purrosparia, Oris Tokratia, From Aristos, Best + Kpciroc, Kratos, Power). A Form Of Government In Which The Sovereign Power Is Vested In A Small Num Ber Of Citizens, As Opposed To Monarchy, In Which The Supreme Authority Rests With One Man, Or To Democracy, Where The Ultimate Authority ...
Aristol
Ar'istol. A Light-brown, Amorphous Pow Der Formed By The Union Of Iodine And Thy Mol. It Contains 45.8 Per Cent. Of Iodine, And Chemically It Is Dithymol-diiodide. Insoluble In Water And Glycerin. It Is Freely Soluble In Ether Fatty Oils, And Slightly So In Alcohol. Its Action Is Similar To ...
Aristophanes
Aristoph'anes (gk. 'apurroodwic) (c.450 C.385 N.c.). The Only Writer Of The Old Greek Comedy Of Whose Plays Any Survives Entire. He Was The Son Of One Philippus, Born Possi Hly In The Deme Of Cydathene. As Lie Also Had Property In The Island _egina, Lie Was Some Times Called An ...
Aristotle
Aristotle (gk. 'apulroriitlic, Aristoteps) (c.c. 384-322). A Greek Philosopher, Born At Stagira. A Greek Town Of The Ghalcidice, Ou The Strymonic Gulf, The Present Stavro. He Came Of A Family In Which The Practice Of Medi Cine Was Hereditary, And His Father, Nicomachus, Was Physician - In - Ordinary To ...
Arisugawa
Arisugawa, The Name Of A Noble Family In Japan Whose Members, Besides Showing Marked Ability, Have Been Prominent In The Rejuvenation Of That Ancient Empire. The House Was Founded By The Seventh Son Of The Mikado Go-yozei, Who Reigned From 1587 To 1611 And Died In When In January. 1868, ...
Arithmetic Computation
Arithmetic Computation. The Methods Of Carrying Out The Basal Operations Of Arithmetic Have Been Considerably Improved Since The Fif Teenth Century. The Old 'galley' Method Of Di Vision Was Replaced By The 'italian' Method, The Superiority Of Which May Be Seen From The Fol Lowing Examples: Galley. 97535399 E87e, 86 ...
Arius
Ari'us (c.256-336). The Father Of Arianism, The Doctrine That Christ Was Not Of The Same Essence As God The Father, But Was A Creature, Though The First And Highest Of Creation. He Was Born In Libya, The North African Province To The West Of Egypt, About 256. He Went To ...
Ark Of Tile Testimony
Ark Of The Covenant, Ark Of Tile Testimony, Ark Of Xaiiweii (or Jehovah), Or Ark Of Goo. According To The Data Furnished In The Bible, This Was One Of The Most Important Parts Of The Furniture Of The Tabernacle Con Structed In The Wilderness, And Afterwards Of The Temple Built ...
Arkwright
Ark'wright, Sir Richard ( 1732-92). Celebrated For His Invention Of Cotton-spinning Machinery, Was Born At Preston, In Lancashire. Of Humble Origin, The Youngest Of Thirteen Chil Dren, And Bred To The Trade Of A Barber, His Early Opportunities Of Cultivation Were Exceed Ingly Limited. In 1761 He Gave Up His ...
Arles
Arles, Fr. Pron. Lirl; Eng. Pron. Iirlz (an Ciently, Lat. Arelate, Or Arelas, From Pelt. Ar Laeth, "on The Marshy Land"). One Of The Oldest Towns In France, In The Department Of Bouehes Du-rhone, Situated On The Left Bank Of The Prin Cipal Branch Of The Rhone, After It Has ...
Armada
Armada, Iir-nni'da Or Tir-mtikhl (sp., An Armed Force), The. A Name Especially Applied To The Powerful Spanish Fleet Equipped By Philip Ii. In 15ss For The Conquest Of England. By Per Mitting The Execution Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, Elizabeth Had Awakened The Indignation Of All Catholics; And Scotch, French, ...
Armadillo
Ar'madil'lo (sp. Dim. Of Armed°, Armed, Referring To Its Bony Shell). (1) An Edentate Mammal Of The South American Family Dasy Podida', Especially Characterized By Its Bony Armor. The Muzzle Is Elongated. The Mouth Pro Vided With Feeble Teeth Destitute Of True Roots, And Set Apart From Each Other, And ...
Armatoles
Armatoles, Lieind-tulz. A Body Of Greek Militia, First Formed Under The Reign Of Sultan Selim I. About The Beginning Of The Sixteenth Century. They Were Organized To Preserve The Fertile Plains From The Ravages Of The Klephts, Christian Mountain Robbers Of Thessaly,'epirus, And Macedonia (from Gk, Si.177nc, Kleptrs, Rob Ber), ...
Armature
Armature (lat. Armature, Armor; Ger. Anker). The Mass Of Iron Or Other Magnetizable Substance That Is Placed In Contact With The Pole Or Poles Of A Magnet, Or In Proximity Thereto. In The Ease Of A Permanent Magnet Of The Horse Shoe Pattern, The Armature May Be Of Soft Iron ...
Armenia
Armenia (assyrian Ura•tu, Old Persian Aruaniya, Persian Arming). A High Table Land In Western Asia, Situated To The Southwest Of The Caucasus Range, Stretching Southward Toward The Lowlands Of Mesopotamia. And Ex Tending From The Highlands Of Asia Minor On The West To The Vicinity Of The Caspian Sea. Armenia, ...
Armenian Art
Armenian Art. This Art And That Of Georgia Are So Closely Related As To Form But A Single Style, Which Might Be Called The Art Of The Caucasus. Its Early Antiquities Are Not Very Well Known: They Are Related To Those Of The Sar Mathians And Scythians Of Turkestan And ...
Armenian Church
Armenian Church. Christianity Ap Pears To Have Been Introduced In Armenia As Early As The Second Century. It Was For The First Time Firmly Established, However, When Bishop Gregory The Illuminator Baptized Tiridates, The King (301), And A Great Party Of The People. Became Immediately Baptized Christians. (see Armenia.) The ...
Armies
Armies (fr. Armee, Through Med. Lat. Armata, An Armed Force, Seen In Sp. Armada, Properly Fem. Of Latin P. P. Annatus, From Arm Are, To Arm). Armed Forces, Organized Tin Der A Regular System, For Purposes Of Defense. The Term 'army' May Describe The Military Strength Of The Nation Of ...
Arminianism
Armin'ianism, The Name Given To A School Of Protestant Theology Which Arose In The Netherlands Toward The Close Of The Sixteenth Century, Taking The Name Of The Leading Early Representative, Jacob Arminius (q.v.). 'it Con Sisted At First Of A Protest Against The Strict Predestinarian Doctrine Of Calvin And Beza ...
Arminius
Armin'ius (p.c. Is-c.20 A.d.). A Chief Of The Cherusci, A German Tribe Inhabiting Parts Of What Is Now Hanover And Brunswick. He Was Born In B.c. 18, And Passed His Early Years At Rome. The Period Of Arminins's Youth Was A Time Of Great Peril For Germany. To Secure The ...
Armor
Armor (through Of. Arnpure, Armeiire, Lat. Urinal Om. Armor). In Common Usage, Clothing Or Coverings Worn To Protect The Body Against Weapons. (ln The English Statutes It Includes Offensive Weapons As Well.) Among Primitive Nations The Armor Ordinarily Consisted Of The Shield Alone. Before Gunpowder Was Com Monly Used, Each ...
Armor Plate
Armor Plate. The Protection Of Ves Sels Of War By Metallic Plating Began Soon After The Introduction Of Heavy Guns On Board Ship, But Was A Matter Of Little Importance Until The Introduction Of Shell-fire And The Increased Power Of Guns Made The Protection Afforded By Thick Wooden Sides Wholly ...
Army Organization
Army Or'ganiza'tion. The Power Of An Army Rests On Two Elements: Its Matcriat Strength And Its Moral Strength; The Former De Pending On The Character Of Its Commanders. And Soldiers And Its Organization, The Latter Being Determined By Its Discipline, The System Of Mili Tary Education, And The National Spirit. ...
Army Schools
Army Schools. Schools For The Educa Tion Of Non-commissioned Officers And Men And Their Children. In The United States They Are Known As Post Schools. The Most Important Factor In The Making Of A Thoroughly Efficient Soldier Is A Good Education. Modern War Tactics Place More And Noire Responsibility On ...
Arnault
Arnault, Ar'n(y, Antoine Vincent (1166 1834). A French Poet And Dramatist. He Was Born In Paris, January 1, 1766, And Died At Goderville. September 16, 1834. He Is Remem Bered For His Satirical Fables, For His Soli Ecnirs D'uu Sexagenaire (4 Vols., 1833), Which Contain Many Interesting Facts Concerning The ...
Arndt
Arndt, Arnt, Ernst Mourtz ( 1769-1860) . A Distinguished German Poet And Patriot. He Was Born At Schmitz. Which Was Then In Sweden, December 26, 1769. His Father Had Been A Serf, Hut Achieved A Sturdy Peasant Independence, And Designed Arndt For The Ministry. He Has De Scribed His Early ...
Arnim
Arnim, Lrnwro 'joachim ( Achim ) Von (1781-1s31). A German Novelist And Poet, Born In Berlin. Ile Is Best Known For A Collection Of Folk-songs Made With Clemens Brentano, And Pub Lished (1806-os) Under The Title Of The Initial Song. Des Knaben Wunder/torn. He Studied The Natural Sciences At G6ttingen ...
Arnold
Arnold, Iir'nsit, Citristoph (1050-95). A German Peasant (horn Near Leipzig),who Carried Out Interesting Astronomical Observations And Wrote Got Tliche G Nadenzcieh En, In Cincm Son Nen Nder Mom A (igen Gest Hit (leipzig. 1092). Lie Constructed An Observatory At His Own House, And Devoted Himself To Astronomical Studies. He Was ...
Arnold
Arnold, Matthew ( 1822-88). An English Poet And Essayist. He Was A Son Of Dr. Thomas Arnold. The Famous Headmaster Of Rugby, And Was Born December 24, 1822. At Laleham. A Vil Lage Near Staines, In The Valley Of The Thames. With The Exception Of A Year (1836-37) At Win ...
Arnold Benedict 1615 78
Arnold. Benedict (1615-78). A Colonial Governor Of Rhode Island. He Was Born In Eng Land, But Was Brought By His Father To America In 1636. He Removed To Newport In 1653, And Became First Governor Of Rhode Island (under The New Charter) In 1663, And Was Reelected In 1664, 1669, ...
Arnold Of Brescia
Ar'nold Of Brescia, Bresh'a (c.] 100 55). An Italian Cleric, Born At Brescia, Celebrated In Connection With The Movement For Ec Clesiastical Reform In The Twelfth Century. He Studied At Paris Under Al)mard (q.v.), And At Tempted To Apply The Philosophical Teachings Of The Latter To Political Conditions. Arnold Of ...
Aromatics
Ar'omat'ics (gk. Iipiduarmor, Aromatikos, Aromatic). A Class Of Medicines Which Owe Their Efficacy To Oils Obtained From Them By Distillation, And Called Volatile, Distilled, Or Essential Oils. They Are Characterized By Emitting An Agreeable, Aromatic Odor And Usually Have A Warm, Pun Gent, Spicy Taste. Aromatics Include Also Cer Tain ...
Arracacha
Arracacha, Fierit-kii!cha (sp., From Na Tive Name). A Plant, Arraerteia Iranthorrhiza, Of The Natural Order I'mbellifenc, A Native Of The Ele Vated Table-lands In The Neighborhood Of The Cities Of Pogotfi. Colombia, And Caracas. Venezuela. And Of Regions Of Similar Climate In Other Parts Of Tropical South America. It Is ...
Arras
Arras, Iteras' (from _ttrebatcr, Latin Name Of A ( ;allie Tribe). A Fortified Town, Capital Of The Department Of Pas-de-calais. In France (map: France, .1 1). And Formerly Capital Of The County Of Artois (q.v.). It Is Situated On The Banks Of The Scarpe, Partly On An Eminence, And Partly ...
Arrest
Arrest' (low Lat. Arrestarr, From Lat. Ad, To + Restore, To Stop Behind). The Apprehension Or Detention Of A Person By Authority Of Law. If The Seizure Or Restraint Is Unlawful, It Amounts To False Imprisonment. (see False Imprison Ment.) At Present Arrest Takes Place More Fre Quently In Criminal ...
Arrest Of Judgment
Arrest' Of Judgment. In The Practice Of The English Common-law Courts, An Expedient On The Part Of An Unsuccessful Defendant, After Verdict Rendered Against Him, To Have The Judg Ment Stayed Or Arrested, On The Ground That There Was Some Error Which Vitiated The Proceedings. If The Objection Succeeded It ...
Arrhenius
Arrhenius, Iir-ra'ni-us. Svaxre (1859 —). A Swedish Physical Chemist. He Was Horn Near Upsala, And Studied Physical Science At The University Of That City. After A Brief Period Of Teaching At His Alma Meter Lie Spent Several Years Abroad. Carrying On Original Investigations In Collaboration With Some Of The Best ...
Arrowroot
Ar'rowroot'. A Variety Of Starch Ex Tracted From The Roots Of Certain Plants Growing In Tropical Countries. It Is A Fine, Starchy Farina, Valued As A Deliency For Use In Preparing Pud Dings. Desserts, Etc., And As An Easily Digested Food For Children And Invalids. It Is Obtained From The ...
Ars Poetica
Ars Poet'ica (the Poetic Art). A Discus Sion Of Dramatic Poetry By Horace, Called Also Epistle To The Pisos. In It Horace Develops The Laws Of Dramatic Composition, And Adds Sug Gestions And Comments From His Own Experience. Art (lat. Ars). Broadly Speaking, The Word Art Stands For Any Object ...
Arsenal
Arsenal Fr., Sp., Portug., Arsenal, Dock Yard; It. Arse»ale, (rzana, Arzanale, Arsenal, Dockyard; Cf. It. Darsena, Sp. Dorsena, Portug. Taracena, Dock. And Sp. Ataraza»a(1), Dock. All From Ar. Dar Il, Workshop, Factory, From (li•, House -f Al, The + Cinu`ah, Art, Mechanical Industry). An Establishment For The Manufac Ture, Repair, ...
Arsenic
Ar'senic (gk. 'apaermor, (firsenikon, Yellow Orpiment, From Apany, Arsf.», Male, Masculine; Alluding To Its Strong Properties). A Chem Ical Clement That Was Known To The Ancients. It Was Distinctly Referred To As Early As 1694 By Schroder. It Is Found Widely Distributed In Nature, Though In Small Amounts. It Is ...
Arsinoe
Arsin'oe (gk. 'apciroli). A Greek Femi Nine Name Which Was Especially Popular In The :macedonian Dynasty Of Egypt, The Family Of The Ptolemies. The Wife Of Lagas And The Mother Of Ptolemy I. Was Named Arsinoe. Other Note Worthy Princesses Who Bore The Name Were (1) Absinok 11., Horn About ...
Art Students League
Art Stu'dents' League. The Art Students' League, Of New York, The Most Promi Nent School Of Design In America, Was Founded In 1875 By Certain Students From The National .:\cademy Of Design, Who Felt The Need Of Study From Life And A Broader Field Of Work Than That More Conservative ...
Artery
Artery (bat. Arteria, Gk, Apntpin Arteria, Witul-pilw, Artery). An Anatomical Term Desig Nating Any One Of The Vessels Through Which The Blood Passes From The Left Side Of The Heart To The Tissues, Named From The Old Idea That These Tubes Were Air-earricrs Because They Are Empty After Death. The ...
Artesian
Artesian (fir-te'zhan) Wells (from The Old County Of Artois. Lat. Artesia, Now Part Of France. Where The Oldest Well In Europe Was Bored In 1126). Vertical Borings Into The Ground. To A Depth Of Iou Feet Or More For The Purpose Of Obtaining Water From Some Deeply Buried Porous Stratum, ...
Arthropoda
Arthrop'oda (gk. Api9pny, Arthran, Joint + Uric, Pans, Foot). One Of The Phyla Of Animals. They Are Bilaterally Symmetrical, And The Body Is Divided Into Segments, Of Which Each Typically Carries A Pair Of Jointed Append Ages. The Brain Lies Dorsal To The Food Canal, And Is Eonneeted With A ...
Arthur
Arthur. A Half-legendary King Of The Britons, Supposed To Have Reigned In The Sixth Century. Lle Was The Great National Hero Of The British Celts. And Became The Central Figure Of One Of The Principal Cycles Of Medifeval Romance. Nothing Is Absolutely Known Of His History, And His Existence Has ...
Artificial Limbs
Artificial Limbs. The Art Of Replacing Lost Limbs By Artificial Ones Made Of Some Appro Priate Material Is Very Old. In The Museum Of The Royal College Of Surgeons, In London. There Is An Artificial Leg Of Bronze, Wood. And Iron, Ex Humed From A Tomb At Captia, Italy, In ...
Artillery Schools
Artillery Schools. The 'united Slates Artillery School, Established At Fort Monroe, Va., Constitutes An Independent Command, From Which All Reports And Returns Are Made To The Head Quarters Of The Army. It Is Governed By Spe Cial Regulations, Modified From Time To Thne, As May Be Necessary. The School Consists ...
Arundel Marbles
Arundel Marbles. The Inscribed Mar Bles In The Collection Of Ancient Sculptures And Antiquities Formed About The Beginning Of The Seventeenth Century By Thomas Howard. Earl Of Arundel, And Presented In 1667 To The University Of Oxford, By His Grandson, Henry Howard, After Wards Duke Of Norfolk. The Collection Was ...
Arval Brothers
Ar'val Brothers (lat. &ores Arra Ics, From Erruin, N Field, Arable Land). A Roman Priesthood Of Twelve Members. Whose Duty It Was To Offer Public Sacrifices To Insure The Fertility Of The Fields. The Place Of Their -minal Meeting Was Discovered Near Rome In 1570. And Since Then Large Portions ...
Aryan
Aryan, Fleyan Or Ar'i-an. The Name Com Monly Employed To Designate That Group Of Lan Guages And That Branch Of The Human Family To Which Formerly The Appellation Caucasian Or .japhetic, As Opposed To Semitic, Was Popularly But Inaccurately Given. It Is Synonymous In Gen Eral With The Terms Indo-germanic, ...
Arzaivias
Arzaivias, Iieztl-mas'. The Capita] Of The District Of The Same Name, In The Govern Ment Of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia (map: Russia, 3). It. Is Situated On The High Right Bank Of The Tesha River At Its Juncture With The Arsha, An Affluent Of The Volga, About So Miles From Nizhni ...
As Beetle
Beetle, (as. Bitel, Betel, Literally 'biter,' From Bitan. Engl. Bite). An Insect Of The Order Coleoptera. Which Seems To Be Wingless When At Rest, But Really Possesses Two Pairs Of Wings. At Rest One Pair Is Folded Beneath Two Horny Cases That Fit Over The Back And Meet In The ...