Balance
Balance, And Balance-spring. The Balance Of A Watch Is A Wheel Finely Poised On Its Axis; The Pivot-holes In Which It Turns Being Fre Quently—in Chronometers And Clocks, As Well As In Watches—jeweled, Or Made Of Small Rubies, Diamonds. Etc., For The Sake Of Durability. The Natural Effect Of An ...
Balance
Balance (lat. Bilanx, Having Two Scales, From His, Twice + Lame, Plate). An Instrument Used For The Comparison Of Two Masses, Or, Speak Ing Less Technically, For Ascertaining The Weight Of A Body. The Balance In Its Essence Is Simply A Lever (q.v.) Or Beam Poised Or Suspended So As ...
Balance Of Power
Balance Of Power, An Expression Used In Diplomacy, With Reference Especially To The European Powers, To Denote A Condition Of Affairs In Which No One State Is Permitted To Hare Such A Preponderance As To Endanger The Independence Of The Others. This Idea Is Not Confined To Modern Limes. The ...
Balance Of Trade
Balance Of Trade. A Term Applied To The Difference Between The Value Of The Exports And Imports Of A Country. This Difference Was Formerly Measured Roughly, By The Outflow Or Inflow Of The Precious Metals In The Settle Ment Of Accounts. \then The Exports Exceeded The Imports, Causing An Inflow ...
Balanoglossus
Bal'anoglos'sus (t K. Po.x.pos, Baanos, Acorn, Gland -yx(7icrcra, Glossa, Tongue). A Re Markable Worm-like Invertebrate Animal. Now Generally Regarded As In Some Way Related To The Probable Ancestral Form Of The Vertebrates. Two Or Three Genera Form The Sole Family Of The ()vier Enteropneusta And The Class Hemieho•da (or Adeloehorda). ...
Balboa
Balboa, Inl-bivtt, Vasco Ni:ez De (1475 1517). A Spanish Explorer, The First European To See The Pacific Ocean From American Shores. He Was Born Of A Noble But Reduced Family At Xeres De Los Caballeros. After Leading A Rather Dissolute Life In His Youth, He Took Part In The Great ...
Baldness
Baldness. Absence Of Hair Upon The Scalp, Or Loss Of Hair Already Grown. The Term A/opecia Is Often Used Synonymously With The Term Baldness, But Strictly Speaking Should Not He Applied To Lack Of Hair That Is Congenital. Entire Absence Of Development Of The Hair Is Termed Congenital Baldness, Or ...
Baldooin Or Balduin Baldwin
Baldwin, Baldooin. Or Balduin. The Name Of Several Members Of The House Of Flan Ders, Who Reigned As Kings Of Jerusalem During The Period Of The Crusades. Baldwin 1. (1058 1118) Was King Of Jerusalem After 1100. Ile Was The Youngest Brother Of Godfrey De Bouillon (q.v.), Duke Of Lower ...
Balfe
Balfe, Half, Mtchaer. (1808-70). A Popular English Composer Of Operas. He Was Born Slay 15, 1808, In Dublin. His Musical Tal Ent Received Early Culture, And Several Anecdotes Are Related Of His Singular Precocity. When Only 7 Years Old, He Played In Public One Of Viutti's Concertos For The Violin. ...
Balfour
Balfour, Hill' Nor Or Artiii'd James (1848—). An English Statesman. Ile Was Born July 25, 1848, And Studied At Eton And Cam Bridge. From 1878 To Isso He Held The Office Of Private Secretary To His Uncle, The Marquis Of Salisbury, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, And Was Present At The ...
Baliol
Baliol, .lonx De (1249-1315). Lord Of Gal Loway, And King Of Scotland From 1292 To 1296. On The Death Of Princess Margaret, In 1290, He Became A Competitor For The Crown Of Scotland. As The Grandson Of The Eldest Daughter Of David. Earl Of Huntington, Brother Of William The Lion, ...
Balkan
Balkan (bal-kiin' Or Ballkan) Moun Tains (turk., High Ridge: The Ancient Mus). A Mountain Range In Southeastern Europe, In The Balkan Peninsula, Forming A Continuation Of The Carpathian System. As Such They May Be Considered To Begin At The Western Extremity Of The Transylvanian Alps. At The Gorge Known As ...
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula. A Name Commonly Applied To The Easternmost Of The Three Great Southern Peninsulas Of Europe, Hounded By The Adriatic Sea On The West And The Black And _egean Seas On The East. Its Northern Boundary Is Generally Considered To Be The Danube, With Its Tributary, The Save. Thus ...
Ball 011g
Ball (011g. Latta, Ger. Ball, Fr. Bane; Cf. Eng. Bale, A Round Pack). The Ball Was To The Primitive Man Not An Implement Of Sport, But An Absolute Necessity Of Existence. The First Were Stones Rounded By The Action Of Tide Or Enrrent, And Man Used Them With A Sling ...
Ballad Oe
Ballad (oe. And Of. Balade, Fr. Bal Lade, Dancing Song, From Late Lat. And It. Bal Lore, To Dance, From Gk. Piam(eiv, Ballizein, To Dance; Cf. Ball, Ballet). A Versified Narrative, In A Simple, Popular, And Often Rude Style, Of Some Valorous Exploit, Or Sonic Tragic Or Touching Incident. Indeed, ...
Ballast
Bal'last (tirst Part Of Uncertain Origin; Perhaps Eng. Bare, Mere -i- Last, Burden. Weight). Weight Carried By A Ship Or Boat To Secure Proper Stability, Both To Avoid Risk Of Capsizing And To Secure The Greatest Effectiveness Of The Propelling Power. Modern Steamers Have Tanks Fitted For Water Ballast, And ...
Ballet
Ballet, Bripia' Or B5l'let (fr. Dimin. Of Bal, Dance, It. Hallo, Ball, Dance, From Late Lat. And It. Ballare, To Dance; Cognate With Ballad). A Species Of Dance, Usually Forming. On The Stage Of The Present Day, An Interlude In Operatic Or Other Theatrical Performances. Owing To Its Resemblance In ...
Balliol
Balliol (bal'yol) College. One Of The Largest And Most Important Colleges In The Uni Versity Of Oxford. Its Original Foundation Is Attributed To Sir .john De Balliol Of Barnard Castle, Durham I Father Of The Balliol Who Con Tested The Crown Of Scotland With Bruce), As An Act Of Penance ...
Ballistic Haciiines
Ballistic :haciiines. There Are Two Ways In Which The Velocity Of A Projectile May Be Determined Experimentally—by Measuring The Projectile's Momentum, And By Actually Measur Ing The Time Required For The Projectile To Pass Over A Given Space. The First Method Is The Older; And Many Years Ago, When Guns ...
Ballot
Ballot (fr. Ballotte. It. Ballottu, Dim. Of Bona, A Ball). Primarily. A Little Ball, Used In The Practice Of Secret Voting. Secret Voting Is Thence Called 'voting By Ballot.' Whether It Be A Ball, A Ticket, Or A Mechanical Device That Is Used For The Purpose. Wherever The Practice Of ...
Balm
Balm, Bilm (for Derivation, See Balsam). Melissa Offieinalis. An Erect, Branching, Per Ennial• Herbaceous Plant One To Two Feet High, Of The Natural Order Labiata, A Native Of The South Of Europe, Naturalized In England, And Escaped From Gardens In The United States. It Has Ovate, Crenate Leaves, And Axillary ...
Balsa
Balsa, Hiil'sii (sp., Port., From Peruv. Baba, A Light Wood, Of Which Rafts Are Made). A Raft Or Float, Used Originally For Carrying Passengers Across A River Or For Landing In The Surf. It Consists Of Two Floats—commonly Made Of Logs From The Balsa-tree, The Wood Of Which Is Al ...
Balsam
Balsam, Besam (lat. Balsamum, Gk. Pa Aapar, Balsa»ton. Resin Of The Balsam Tree, The Tree Itself). A Name Formerly Comprehending Many Resinous Substances And Oils, To Which Important Medicinal Virtues Were Ascribed, As I•ell As Of Medicines Compounded Of Resins And Oils. When The Term Balsam Is Now Used Without ...
Baltic Provinces
Baltic Provinces. A Term Compre Hending Three Russian Governments Bordering On The Baltic—viz. Courland, Livonia, And Estho Nia (slap: Russia, C 3). Area. 36,560 Square Miles. Population, In 1897, 2,387,000. The Great Bulk Of The Population Consists Of Letts And Esths, The Former Akin To The Lithuanians, The Latter A ...
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea. The Inclosed Sea In Northern Europe, Bounded By Germany. Denmark, Sweden, And Russia, And Communicating With The North Sea Through A Series Of Winding Channels Known As The Sound, Great Belt, Little Belt. Kattegat, And Skagerrak. From The Peninsula Of Den Mark, Which May Be Regarded As Its ...
Balzac
Balzac, Barzak', Lioxont De ( 1799-1850). The Greatest Novelist Of France, And, According To Some Critics, Of The World, If We Regard At Once The Quantity Of His Work, The Multitude And Variety Of His Creations Of Character, His Coordi Nation Of Them Into A Microcosmic Picture Of The Society ...
Bamberg
Bamberg, A City In The District Of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Beautifully Situ Ated On The Banks Of The Regnitz, Not Far From Its Continence With The Slain, About 30 Miles North Of Nuremberg (slap: Germany, D 4). Numer Ous Bridges Connect The Various Sections Of The City, Which Is Intersected ...
Bamboo
Bamboo' (malay, ('ambu Menthe). Data Base, Arandina•ia, And Phyllostachys. Genera Of Grasses, Many Species Of Which Attain A Great Size, Some 70 Or 100 Feet In Height, And Have Trunks A Foot In Diameter. The Species Are Nu Merous, And Are Found In Tropical And Subtropical Regions, Both Of The ...
Ban Ohg
Ban (ohg. Ban, Bann, As. Burn, Order Under Threat Of Hence Fr. Ban, Public Proclamation). A Word Derived From A Root Signifyine. 'to "to Proclaim.' Which Meaning It Retained In The Phrase Buns Or Banns (q.v.) Of Marriage. In Feudal Times It Denoted A Summons To Arms, And Also The ...
Banana
Banana, Bit-niiqa (sp. The Fruit Of The Tree Hunano). A Name Applied Alike To The Well Known Fruit And To The Plant Which Bears It. The Specific Name, .11usa Sapientium, Signifies `muse Of The Wise,' And Is Intended To Convey An Al Lusion To A Statement By Theoploustus Concerning A ...
Band
Band. Originally The Term 'band' Had General Reference To Any Combination Of Instru Ments Organized For The Performance Of Instru Mental Music, In Which Sense It Is Still Largely Employed In England. In Modern Technical Usage, It Refers Only To Such Combinations Of Instruments As Are Usually Played On The ...
Bandicoot
Bandicoot (perhaps A Corruption Of The Native Pandi-kokku, Pig-rat). (1) The Largest Known Species Of Rat (nesokia Bandicota), A Na Tive Of India And Ceylon, Where It Is. Also Known As Malabar Rat And Pig-rat, The Latter Being The Significance Of The Telugu Word Of Which Bandi Coot Is A ...
Bangkok
Bangkok' ('city Of Wild Fruit-trees'). '[he Capital Of Siam And The Chief Commercial City Of The Country, Situated On Both Banks Of The Me Nam, About 20 Miles Above Its Mouth (map: Siam, D 4). It Lies In A Very Low Region, And Covers An Area Of Over 15 Square ...
Bangor
Bangor (celt., High Choir). An Episcopal City, Municipal Borough, And Seaport Town, In The Northwest Of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, Great Britain, On The Southeast Bank Of Menai Strait, 9 Miles Northeast Of Carnarvon, And 60 Miles West Of Chester (slap: Wales, B 3). The Town Stretches Southwest Through A Fertile ...
Bangor_2
Bangor. A City, Port Of Entry, And The Eounty-seat Of Penobscot County, Maine, 137 Miles Northeast Of Portland, At The Head Of Navigation On The Penobscot River, And On The Maine Central And Other Railroads, And The Boston And Bangor Steamship Line (slap: Maine, F 6). The Kenduskeag Stream, Which ...
Banking
Banking. The Banking System Of The Mon Archy Is Quite Simple. It Centres In The Austro Hungarian Bank, With Headquarters At Vienna And Budapest, 71 Branches In The Principal Cities Of The Country, And Agencies In Many Other Towns. This Bank Has The Exclusive Privilege Of Issuing Paper Money, And ...
Banking In England
Banking In England. In The Banking System Of England, The Central Figure Is The Great Bank Of England. This Bank, The Most Important In The World, Was Projected By William Paterson (q.v.), And Was Incorporated July 27, 1694. It Was Constituted As A Joint-stock Association, With A Capital Of £1,200,000. ...
Banking In The United
Banking In The United States. The Earliest Use Of The Term 'bank' In The American Colonies Was To Designate An Issue Of Paper Money, And It May He Said That, In The History Of Banking In The United States, Banks Of Issue Play A More Important Part Than Elsewhere. All ...
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy (bank + Lat. Raptus, Broken, From Rumpere, To Break. It. Lance Rotia, Usually Taken To Refer To The Former Italian Cus Tom Of Destroying The Money-counter When A Hank Failed). In Popular Usage, The Inability Of A Person To Pay His Debts, Or The Financial Condi Tion Of One ...
Banks
Banks. In Australasia There Are Twenty-two Banks, Most Of Them Having Numerous Branches In Australia. The Banks Are Organized On A Broad Basis Of Ample Capital And Surplus, And Until The Crash Of 1893 They Enjoyed Almost Un Interrupted Prosperity. In That Year Fourteen Of The Twenty-six Banks Then In ...
Banks As
Banks As Borrowers. Receiving As They*do Deposits From Their Clients, Banks May Be Spoken Of As Borrowers. Lf, As They Sometimes Do. They Pay Interest Upon Deposits, This Onsets In Part The Profits Arising From Loans. But In Many Cases They Pay No Interest Upon Deposits, The Clients Of The ...
Banks As Benders
Banks As Benders. From The Services Which The Bank Renders Those From Whom It Borrows, We May Turn Briefly To The More Obvious Services, Rendered To Those To Whom It Loans. Bank Loans Are, In Form, Time-loans For A Definite Period Of Days Or Months, And Call-loans, Upon Which Instant ...
Banks In Scotland
Banks In Scotland. The Earliest Banking In Stitution In North Britain Was The Bank Of Scotland, Instituted By A Charter Of Incorporation From The Scottish Parliament In 1695. The Original Capital Was £1.200,000 Scots, Or £100,000 Sterling. In 1774 The Amount Of Stock Was Ex Tended To £200,000 Sterling; Now ...
Banks_2
Banks, Sir .joseelt (1743-1820). ...\n Eng Lish Naturalist. He Was Born In London, Febrn Ary 13, 1743, The Only Son Of William Banks And Sarah, Daughter Of William Bale, Who Left Him A Large Fortune. He Graduated At Oxford, Im Bued With A Profound Interest In Natural History, And It ...
Banner Of
Banner (of. Batten-, Baniere, Fr. Ba N Were, Bandiere. Low Lat. Be Eerie, Banderia, From Bandinn, Standard; Ef. Goth. ?hindle°, Sign, Token. Oho. Bunt, Band). Strictly, A Kind Of Flag Painted Or Embroidered With Arms, And Of A Size Proportioned To The Rank Of Its Bearer; Often Fringed With The ...
Banns
Banns (earlier Also Bannes, Really Plural Of Lan) Of Marriage. The Preliminary Pub Lic Announcement Or Proclamation, Constituting A Part Of The Religious Ceremonial Of Marriage. It \ \ As Made Conmulsory Throughout Christendom By A Decree Of Ill. At The Fourth Lateran Council Of 1215, And Is Still Employed ...
Banns Of Issue
Banns Of Issue. We Have Thus Far Discussed Only Banks Of Deposit And Discount, And It Is Now Time To Consider The Special Characteristics Of Banks Of Issue. Banks Of Deposit, As Has Been Mentioned, Make Loans From Their Capital And Deposits. If From Capital, The Banker Has No Greater ...
Banyan
Banyan, Ban'yon Or Biin-ytin' (hind. Banya, Berg. Lataiya, Skt. Vanij, Merchant, As The Tree Is Used By Native Merchants As A Market-place), Also Spelled Banian, I"teus Itenybaknsis. A Tree, Native Of India. Growing To A Height Of 70 To 100 Feet, Remarkable For Its Vast Rooting Branches. The Banyan-tree Is ...
Baptistery
Baptistery Gk.fiarrurrhpwv, Bra Pt Ist(' Rion, Bathing-place). A Place Where Baptism Is Ad Ministered. A Term Used To Designate A Separate Building, Or The Annex Or Part Of The Church Used For That Purpose, Or Even The Baptismal Font. As Immersion Was The Method In Use Until The Close Of ...
Baptists
Baptists (gk. Baplizein, To Dip In Water, Baptize). A Name First Given In 1644 To Certain Congregations Of English Separatists, Who Had Recently Restored The Ancient Practice Of Immersion. These Congregations Were The First In Modern Times To Maintain That Immersion Is Essential To Valid Baptism; Other Bodies Had Practiced ...
Baptists In America
Baptists In America. There Were Among The Early Colonists Those Who Held Baptist Views, Hut The First Church Established Was At Providence, R. I. Roger Williams, A Minister Of The Church Of England, But An Advanced Puritan, On Coming To The Colony Of Alassachusetts, Became Almost At Once A Disturbing ...
Bar
Bar. A Town In The Government Of Podolia, Russia, On A Tributary Of The Bug, 106 Miles Northeast Of Kamenetz-podolsk (map: Russia, C 5). It Is A Town Of Wooden Houses. Brick-mak Ing. Leather-dressing, And Distilling Are Among Its Industries, And A Trade In Grain Is Carried On. Eleven Fairs ...
Bara
Bara, Brill, Jules (1835-1900 ) . A Belgian Statesman. 1-le Was Born At •ournay, And Pur Sued The Study Of Law In His Native Town, Show Ing Remarkable Intellectual Gifts And A Fine Power Of Oratory. Shortly After He Had Begun The Practice Of His Profession. He Was Summoned To ...
Barbados
Barbados (poring.. The Bearded, From The Bearded Fig Tree, Ficus Bartata, Found There In Abundance). The Most Easterly Of The \vest Indian Islands, A Possession Of Great Britain. Situated 78 Miles East Of St. Vincent, In Latitude 13° 4' N., And Longitude 59° 37' W. (map: \vest Indies, R S.) ...
Barbary States
Barbary States (derived From Berbers: See Belo•). The Countries Of Morocco. Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli. And %rm. In Northern Africa. Known In P0111:111 Times As Mauretania, Numidia. Africa Propria, And Cyrenaica. They Lie Between Longitudes 10° W. And 23° E., And Latitudes 25° To 37° N. The Western Half Of This ...
Barber Me
Bar'ber (me. Harbour. Of. Barbeor, From Lat. Barba, Heard). One Who Shaves The Beard, And Ordinarily Includes Hair-cutting In His Pro Fession. The Office Is Of Great Antiquity, And Is Referred To By The Prophet Ezekiel: "and Thou, Son Of Man, Take Thee A Barber's Razor, And Cause It To ...
Barberini
Barberini, Blirffia-re'416. The Name Of A Celebrated Italian Family, Prominent In Connec Tion With The History Of The Papacy In The Seventeenth Century. The Barberini Settled In Florence In The Eleventh Century, And Became Prominent In Various Ways. Francesco Barberini, A Contemporary Of Dante, Was A Jurist And Poet. Ratl'aelle ...
Barberry
Bar'ber'ry (of Uncertain Origin). Bcr Beris. A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Berberidacen (q.v.), Consisting Of Two Sub Genera That Are Sometimes Ranked As Genera. Those With Simple Leaves Form The Sub-genus Berberis, And Those With Pinnate Leaves, The Sub-genus Mahonia Or Ash-leaved Barberry. The Species Are Low, ...
Barbour John
Barbour. John (c.1316-c.1395). The First Of The Early Scottish Poets, Regarding Whom History Has Not Much To Record Beyond The Pro Duction Of The National Epic. Entitled The Bras, The Subject Of Which Is Robert Bruce. The As Certained Facts Of Barbour's Life May Thus Be Summarized; Born About 1316, ...
Barcelona
Bar'celo'na, Sp. Pros Bit Ethit-lo'nn (an Ciently, ('olonia Parent Ia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino). The Capital Of Catalonia And Of The Province Of Barcelona, The Largest City Of Spain, After Madrid, And The Most Important Maritime, Commercial, And Industrial Centre In The Kingdom (slap: Spain. G 2). It Is Situated ...
Bard
Bard ( Irish Bard, Welsh Ba•dd, Breton Bar:). A Name Connnonly Given To Poets And Singers Among The Celtic Peoples, And Mentioned By Classical Historians As Early As The Second Century My. The Bards Disappeared Early Among The Gauls Of The Continent; At All Events, Not Much Is Known To ...
Bardesanes
Bardesanes, Biiede-sii'nez, Or Bar Daisan (son Of Daisan—a River) (154-0.223). A Syrian Christian Poet And Theologian. He Was Born At Edessa, Of A Good Family, And Lived For A Time At The Court Of The Abgars. Our Informa Tion Concerning Him Is Not Extensive, And Only Fragments Of His Many ...
Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament, A Name In Derision Applied To Cromwell's 'assembly Of Nominees,' From One Of Its Members• The Leather Merchant, Praise-god Barebones. This Parlia Ment Was Composed Of 140 Members Selected By The General-in-chief And The Council Of The Army From Lists Of Nominees Submitted By The Congregational Churches In ...
Barere De Vieuzac
Barere De Vieuzac, Ba'rar' De Vye'zitle, Ber Frani) ( 1755-1841). A Member Of The French National Convention. He Was Born At Tarbes And Practiced Law At Toulouse. After Acting As Deputy In The States-ceneral And Editing A Daily Ilevolutionary Palter, Lc Point Du Jour, He Was Sent In 1792 To ...
Bargain Of
Bar'gain ( Of. Bargaigner, To Chaffer, I.l. Barcaniare, To Traffic. Change About, From Barea, Bark, Boat For Traffic) And Sale. A Mode Of Conveying Lands At Common Law, Owing Its Efficacy To The Statute Of Uses (q.v.). Tech Nieally The Transaction Was A Bargain, Or Agree Ment, On The Part ...
Bari
Bari, Bit're. An Archiepiscopal City And Flourishing Seaport On The Adriatic, In Southern Italy (slap: L 6). It Is The Capital Of The Province Of Bari Delle Puglie, And Is On The Bologna-brindisi Railway. Miles Northwest Of Brindisi. The Old Part Of The Town, Which Is On, The Tongue Of ...
Baring
Baring, Wring, Or B5r'ing. The Firm Of Baring Brothers Was Long One Of The Greatest Commercial Houses In The World. Its Founder Was John Baring, A German. Who Settled In A Small Business In Exeter, England, In The First Half Of The Eighteenth Century. Two Of His Sons, Fran Cis ...
Barium
Barium From Gk. I3aptis, Barys, Heavy; Alluding To Its High Specific Gravity). A Metallic Element Isolated In 1808 By Sir Hum Phry Davy. It Is Not Found Native, But Occurs Chiefly As The Sulphate In Barite, As The Carbonate In Witherite, And In Other Minerals Of A More Complex Composition; ...
Barker
Barker, Jacon (1779-1871). An American Financier And Lawyer, Born In Swan Island. Me., Of (,)uaker Parentage. He Went To New York At The Age Of 16, Engaged In Trade On His Own Ac Count. And Soon Amassed A Considerable Fortune. Early In The War Of 1812 He Was Instrumental In ...
Barlaam And Josaphat
Barlaam And Jos'aphat. One Of The Most Widely Spread Religious Romances Of The Middle Ages. It Is A Christianized Version Of The Legendary History Of Buddha, Agreeing With It In Ninny Details. The Story Is Briefly As Follows: Josaphat Was The Only Son Of A Heathen King In India, Named ...
Barletta
Barletta, Bfir-listqa (anciently, Later Barolent). An Island Port, Connected With The Mainland By A Bridge, On The Adriatic, In Southern Italy (map: Italy, L 6). It Is On The Bologna-brindisi Railway, 35 Miles Northwest Of Bari, With Which It Is Also Connected By A Street Railway. It Is Surrounded By ...
Barley As
Barley (as. Bailie, From Berc, Engl. Bear, Barley ± Lede, A Leek. Plant). Hordeum Relllure. One Of The Most Ancient Of Cultivated Plants, Of The Natural Order Craminece, Or Grasses. Its Cultivation Is Mentioned In The Bible. It Was Grown By The Ancient Egyptians, The Greeks, And The Romans, And ...
Barmen
Barmen. A City In The Province Of Rhenish Prussia, On The Wupper, About 25 Miles Northeast Of Cologne (map: Prussia, B 3). It Is Divided Into Upper, Middle, And Lower Bar Men, And Includes Several Small Villages, Now Uni Ted Into One District. Its Western Boundary Ad Joins The City ...
Barn Owl
Barn-owl. The Barn-owl Is A Familiar Species Named By Linmens Stria Flammea, And Conservative Ornithologists Regard It. As Almost Cosmopolitan In Its Distribution, Counting The Slight Differences Observable In Those Of Africa, Tbe Orient, Australia, North And South America, As Marking Merely Geographical Races; Others, However. Prefer To Separate These ...
Barn Swallow
Barn-swal'low. Two Distinct Species Of Swallow Frequent Barns And Outhouses In North America. But That To Which The Name Properly Applies, And Should Be Restricted, Is The Fork-tailed One Which Makes Its Nest Inside The Building, While The Other, Square-tailed One, Which Nestles On The Outside Of The Walls, Should ...
Barn As
Barn (as. Berern, Born, From /jere, Barley + Ern, A Close Place). A Building Used For The Storage Of Feed, Farm Products, Implements, And Machinery, And For The ,housing Of Stock, All Under One Roof. It Is Now Generally Recognized That It Is More Convenient And Economical Of Labor To ...
Barnabas
Bar'nabas (gk. Bapvcipas). The Surname Given By The Apostles To Joseph, One Of The Mem Bers Of The Early -jerusalem Church, And Inter Preted By The Author Of Acts To Mean 'son Of Consolation' (acts Iv. 36). Or `of Exhortation.' Ile Was A Levite And A Cyprian By Race, Though ...
Barnacle
Barnacle (prob. Berniele) Goose. A Goose (branta Leueopsis), Common In Northern Europe And Greenland, But Rare In North Amer Ica. The Name Arose From The Tables Of Former Days, Which Represented It As Developing From A Stalked Or 'goose' Barnacle. In Size The Barnacle-goose Is Smaller Than The Optimum Wild ...
Barnard College
Barnard College. A Collegiate Insti Tution For Women, Situated In New York City, And Affiliated With Columbia University (q.v.)• Barnard College Proper Was Organized In 1889. As An Indirect Result Of Efforts Conducted For Some Years By Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard And Others Interested In The Higher Education Of Women ...
Barneveldt
Barneveldt, Bliene-viit. Jan Van Olnen (1547-1619). A Dutch Statesman. He Was Born At Amersfoort, In Utrecht, And At An Early Age Showed Great Ardor In The Cause Of His Country's Independence. He Was An Able Ally Of William The Silent In The Struggle Against Spain. And After The Prince's Death, ...
Barometer
Barometer (gk. Gdpos, Baron. Weight + P(rpov, Metion, Measure). An Instrument For Measuring The Elastic Pressure Of The Atmosphere Which Is Sometimes, But Erroneously, Ealled Its Weight. Plato And Aristotle Maintained That The Atmosphere Has Weight; Galileo And To• Rieelli Knew That Pressing Upon The In Well Forced A Portion ...
Baron
Baron, Bfir'on (med. Lat. Biro, From Kelt. Intl', Man, Or As. Beorn, Bait), Man, Vas Sal. The Notion Of Nobility Later Attached To Baron Came Through The Intermediate Stage: The Man Of A Lord). The Title Applied To The Low Est Degree Of The • English Hereditary Nobility. The Rank ...
Baronet
Baronet (fr. Dimin. Of Baron). The Low Est Degree Of Hereditary Honor In Great Britain. The Name Baronet Or Bannaret Was Originally Applied To The Lesser Barons Of The Kingdom, But Passed Out Of Use With Time. The Order Of Baronets Was Created In 1611 By King James I., For ...