Begonia
Begonia. A Genus Of The Natural Order Begoniacem, The Species Of Which Number About 350. And Are Found In The Tropics Of Both Hemi Spheres, Being Especially Well Represented In Mexico And Central And South America. Some Of The Species Of Begonia Are Very Popular House-plants, And Are Extensively Grown ...
Beguines
Beguines, Bri-gene, Begui'n2e, Or Be Gut't.. (me. Begyne, Bygyn, 11f. Beguine, :med. Lat. Beguina, Beghina, From Lambert Le Begue). The Name Of The Earliest Of All Non-monastic Societies Of Women United For Pious Purposes, Dating From The Twelfth Century, And In All Probability Founded By Lambert Le Begue (died 1187), ...
Behistun
Behistun, (ar., Pers. Bagh, Garden + Pers. Stall, District, Region; Bisatone, Disutun Of The Old Persian Inscriptions). A Ruined Town Of The Persian Province Of Irak Ajemi, 21 Miles East Of Kermanshah. Diodorus Sleuths ( Ii., 13) Says That Queen Semiramis, On A Journey From Babylon To Ecbatana, Encamped Here, ...
Behn
Behn, Len, Afra, Or Apiira ( 1640-89 ) . An English Novelist And Playwright. She Was Born At Wye, In Kent, The Daughter Of John Johnson, A Barber. When A Child She Sailed To Surinam, South America, With The Lieutenant Governor, Whom She Was Accustomed To Speak Of As Her ...
Beirut
Beirut, Bwrrot Or Ith-rmt', Or Beyrut (anciently, Berytus, Gk. Linper6s, Berytos, The City Of Wells, From Heb., At% Beer, Big, Well). Capital Of The Vilayet Of The Same Name In Syria, Asiatic Turkey. And The Chief Seaport Of Syria (map: Turkey In Asia, F 6). It Is Situ Ated On ...
Beissel
Beissel. Bi's•el, Jou Ann Conrad ( ] 690 1768). A German Mystic. Prominent As The Founder Of The Sect Of "seventh-day Dunkers," And Of The Ephrata Community. He Was Born At Eberbach In The Palatinate, And Learned The Trade Of A Baker. He Also Studied Music And Became A Competent ...
Bela
Bela, Ba'le. The Name Of Four Hungarian Kings Of The Dynasty Of Arplid. Bela 1. (1061-6:3) Suppressed The Last Attempts To Restore Heathen Ism. By Fixing A Standard Of Weights, Measures, And Coinage, Lie Gave A Permanent Stimulus To The Commerce Of Hungary. He Was Also The First To Introduce ...
Belemnites
Belem'nites (gk. Pacp.uov, Beionnon, Dart, Javelin). A Genus Of Dibranehiate Cephalo Pods Of The Extinct Order Belenmoidea, Allied To The Modern .quid. That Portion Of The Shell Usu Ally Found Is The 'rostrum,' Or 'guard,' A Solid, Cigar-shaped Organ, More Or Less Pointed At One End, And Pierced At The ...
Belfast
Belfast, Bil-fiist' (gad. Bel-feirsdr, The Fort Of The Far Set Or Sand-hank). The Principal Commercial And Manufacturing City In Ireland, The Chief Town Of Antrim County, And Capital Of The Province Of Ulster. It Stands At The Mouth Of The Lagan And The Head Of Belfast Lough, 12 Miles From ...
Belfry Me
Belfry (me. Berfrcy, Bcrfrcit, M. Lat. Ber[c]f Redus, 5111g, Berefrit, A Watchtower, From Berc, Protection, Ger. Bergen, To Cover, Hide ± Frit, Frid, Place Of Security, Tower, Ger. Friede, Peace). Originally A Wooden Movable Tower For Protecting A Besieging Force In An Attack On A Fortification, Such As Cesar Mom ...
Belgrade
Belgrade, Bel-gr5d' (serv. Beograd, From Bet, White -f- Grad, City, Fortress; In Ger. Senbury, Same Meaning, Anciently Sin/lir/mm(0. The Capital Of Servia, Situated At The Confluence Of The Rivers Save And Danube (map: Turkey In Europe, C 2). It Consists Of Half A Dozen Dis Tinct Quarters. The Famous Old ...
Belief
Belief' ( The Verb Belic Re, As. Gc/ljfan, Goth. Yalaubjan, Ger. Glauben. Literally Means To Esteem Dear, To Value; Cf. E. Lief, Cloth. Hubs, Dear, Lat. Tibet, Lubct, It Pleases, Ger. Liebe, Love). In Discussing The Subject Of Belief, The Psychologist Has To Distinguish Sharply Between Two Related Questions: That ...
Bell
Bell, Sir Cnarles ( 1774-1342). A Scot Tish Surgeon, Anatomist, And Physiologist. Well Known For His Discoveries In Connection With The Nervous System. Pe Was Born In Edinburgh, The Son Of The Rev. William Bell, Of The Episco Pal Church. While A More Youth Lie Assisted His Brother John In ...
Bell Ringing
Bell'-ringing. The Ringing Of Bells In Changes Of Regular Peals Is Largely A European Practice. It Was Early Brought To A High Degree Of Proficiency In The Netherlands. In Some Of The Church-towers There The Striking. Chiming, And Playing Of Bells Is Incessant, Including The Playing Of Regular Tunes. In ...
Bell Tower
Bell-tow'er. A Tower Built To Contain One Or More Large Bells In Connection With Re Ligious Or Civil Structures. The Use Of Bells For Calling Religious Or Political Gatherings, Or An Nouncing Times And Seasons, Does Not Seem To Have Obtained In Antiquity. Public Criers And Heralds Were The Main ...
Bell_2
Bell, John (1797-1869). An American Statesman. He Was Born Near Nashville, Tenn., Graduated At Cumberland College (now Nash Ville University) In 1814; Studied And Practiced Law, And In 1817 Was Elected To The State Senate. Lie Served In Congress From 1827 To 1841, For Ten Years As Chairman Of The ...
Bellarmine
Bellarmine, Bephir-min Or -men. The Name Of A Jug Devised By The Dutch Protestants In Ridicule Of Cardinal Bellarmino. Its Form Was After The Churchman's Figure, And His Face Was On It. Bellarmine, 1)61111r-ruin Or -men. In Italian Form, Bellarmino, Bil'ilit-bw114. Roberto Francesco Romolo. A Roman Catholic Theo Logian. He ...
Bellbird
Bell'bird'. The English Name Of Various Tropical Birds Whose Voices Suggest The Tones Of A Bell ; Specifically, A Chatterer (family Cotingi (he), Called Campanero By Spanish-speaking Peo Ple Of The Lower Amazon And The Guianas, Where It Lives, And Chasmorhynchus Ni•eus By Orni Thologists. It Resembles The Waxwings (ampe ...
Bellenden
Bellenden, Wituam. A Scottish Author In The Time Of Queen Mary And Dames Vi. Ilis Personal History Is Meagre And Obscure: All That We Know Being The Testimony Of Dempster (hist. Beet.) That He Was A Professor In The University Of Paris And An Advocate In The Parlement There, And ...
Bellerophon
Beller'ophon (probably From Its Re Semblance To The Helmet Of Bellerophon. See Bellerophon). A Genus Of Extinct Gastropods Of The Order Aspidobranchiata. This Genus Is The Type Of The Family Bellerophontid, Which Is Closely Related On The One Hand To The Plenroto Mariidce And On The Other To The Fissurelliche. ...
Bellerophon_2
Bellerophon (gk. Baxepo56v-rns, Bel Lerophon Ffs, 'slayer Of Belle's'). The Son Of Glaucus, And Grandson Of Sisyphus, According To The Narrative In Iliad Vi. Ile Was Driven Forth By King Prcetus On Account Of The False Accusa Tions Of His Wife Anteia, Who Had Become En Amored Of Him, Hut ...
Belligerent
Belligerent (lat. Belligerare, To Wage War, From Beihm, War + Gerere, To Carry). In International Law, A Government Actually At War. It Is Not Necessary That A Political Com Munity Shall Be Independent In Order To Have The Status Of A Belligerent, But It Must Be Main Taining Itself By ...
Bellini
Bellini, Be]-le'ne. A Celebrated Family Of Venetian Painters Of The Renaissance. Jacopo (c.i400-e.64 ). The Founder Of The Family, Was A Pupil Of Gentile Ila Fabbriano, Whom In 1423 25 He Accompanied To Florence. He Was Active As A Painter At Verona, At Padua, Where Man Tegna Married His Daughter. ...
Belshazzar
Belshaz'zar (babylon. Bel Shar-tour, 0 Bel, Protect The King; From Aar, Lord, King ± Veer, To Protect). Aceording To The Book Of Daniel (chap. V.), The Son And Successor Of Neb Uchadnezzar, And The Last King Of Babylon, Who Was Slain, The Empire Passing Into The Hands Of Darius, The ...
Belt As
Belt (as. Belt, Allied With Ohg. Balz, Lat. Balteus, Girdle, Belt). In Engineering, A Flexible Cord Or Band Passing About The Periphery Of Wheels Or Drums For The Purpose Of Transmitting Motion Or Power From One To Another. (_'om Monly The Name 'belt' Is Given Only To Broad, Flat Lands ...
Beltane
Bel'tane ( Scottish Gael. Bealltainno), Belltaine, Or Beltine. A Pagan Celtic Festival, Traces Of Which Have Survived To This Day. The Name Is Still Used For May-day In • Scotland. Gaelic Cotland. The Etymology And Original Meaning Are Uncertain. "cormac's Glossary," An Irish Text Of The Tenth Century, Contains The ...
Benares
Benares ( Skr. Eu•awthi, From .varaaa, Modern Stream Buena-4- Asi, Rivulet; Its Ancient Skr. Name Was Kaci). The Holy City Of The Hindus, Capital Of The Benares Division, North West Provinces, British Lydia, Situated On The Left Side Of The Ganges, Which Here Varies, Ac Cording To The Season; Between ...
Benedict
Ben'edict. The Name Of 14 Popes. Ben Edict I., Pope 574-7s, During The Lombard Devastation Of Italy, Grief At Which Is Said To Have Killed Him.—ben Edict Ii., Pope 083-85, Canonized For His Virtues. Ile Decided The Eng Lish Controversy In Favor Of Wilfrid Of York (q.v.), And Labored In ...
Benedict Biscop
Benedict Bis'cop (c.629-690). An Eng Lish Ecclesiastic Of The Seventh Century, Who Exercised A Most Important And Beneficent Influ Ence On Anglo-saxon Civilization And Learning. Ile Was Born About The Year 629. Of A Noble Northumbrian Family (his Patronymie, Accord Ing To Eddins, Being Baducing), And Until About His 25th ...
Benedictines
Benedictines. The General Name Of The Monks Following The Rule Of Saint Benedict. The First Benedictine Monastery Was Founded At Monte Cassino, In The Apennines About Midway Between Rome And Naples, By Saint Benedict Himself, About 529. It Was Partly Modeled On What He Bad Learned Of The Earlier Eastern ...
Benediction
Benediction (lat. Benedictio, A Praising, Blessing, From Bene, Well + Direre, To Speak). A Solemn Invocation Of The Divine Blessing Upon Men Or Thin.. The Ceremony In Its Simplest Form May Be Considered Almost Coeval With The Earliest Expressions Of Religious Feeling. We Know From I-toly Writ That The Jewish ...
Benefit Of Clergy Me
Ben'efit Of Clergy (me. Bic»f Et, Of. Bienfet, From Lat. Brae, Well + Factin, Something Done, A Deed, Act), Or Pri Vilegium Clericale. The Privilege, Claimed By The Me Dieval Church For Its Clergy, Of Exemption From The Process Of The Secular Courts When Charged With Crime. The Privilege Was ...
Beneke
Beneke, Btenc-ke, Friedrich Eduard ( C.i S56 ) . A Noted German Psychologist. He Was Horn In Berlin, February 17, 179s. He Studied Theology At Ilalle, And Afterwards Philosophy At Berlin. In 1820 He Began Lecturing At The Latter University, But Two Years Later His Lectures Were Interdicted By The ...
Benevento
Ben'even'to (for Derivation, See Below). An Archiepiscopal City In South Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Benevento (slap: Italy, J 6). It Is Situated On A Hill Between The Calore And The Sabato, On The Winding Naples-foggia Rail Way, 60 Miles Northeast Of Naples. The Walls Are Constructed Almost Entirely ...
Bengal
Bengal, Ben-gal' ( Ilind. Bungfike, Slat. Vangalam, From V Adga, One Of The Five Aryan Kingdoms). A Licutenant-governorship Of British India, Situated In The Northeastern Part Of The Empire, Extending From About Latitude 19° Is' To 28° 15'n. And From About Longitude 82° To 93° E. It Is Bounded By ...
Bengali
Bengali (ben-ga'16) Language And Literature. The Bengali Language Is A Modern Indian Dialect, Akin To The Uriya And To The Hindustani (q.v.). Like All The Modern In Dian Languages, It Is Analytic In Type, And The Structure Of Its Grammar This Resembles That Of Modern Persian Or English. According To ...
Bengel
Bengel, B6ng'cl. Johann Albrecht ( 1 6.97 1752). A German Theologian And Commentator He Was Horn At Winnenden, In \hrttcmborg, June 24, 1687. After Completing His Theological Curriculum In 1707, At Tiibingen, Be Became Cu Rate Of Metzingen : A Year After He Was Appointed Tutor In Theology At Tiibingen. ...
Benin
Benin, Be-nen' (from Lat. Ben/gnus, Kind, Good, Benign). A Former Kingdom Of Africa, In Chided, Since 1897, In The Niger Coast Protecto Rate. It Is Bounded By The Niger, Dahomey, And The Bight Of Benin (q.v.) (map: Africa, E 4). The Name Was Formeily Applied To The Entire Coast Of ...
Benjamin
Benjamin. The Eponymous Ancestor Of The Tribe Of Benjamin. According To Biblical Tradition, He Is The Younger Son Of Jacob And Rachel (gen. Xxxv. Is), Named By His Mother Benoni (`child Of My Sorrow'), But Renamed Ben Jamin By His Father. The Second Element Of The Name Is Parallel With ...
Benjamin_2
Benjamin. Jvoaii Pttilir (1811-84). An American Lawyer And Statesman, One Of The Lead Ers Of The Southern Confederacy During The Civil War. Iie Was Born Of English-jewish Parentage, In The Island Of Saint Croix, West Indies; Re Moved With His Parents To Wilmington, N. C., In Is15; Studied For Three ...
Bent Grass As
Bent Grass (as. Beottot, Found In Compo Sition Only, Us. Uinta Ohg. Binnz, Ger. Binse, Rush; Possibly Ohg. Bi, By + 710; Ger. Nass, Wet ; Literally: That Which Grows In Wet Places), Agrostis. A Genus Of Grasses, The Species Of Which Are Numerous, And Are Found In Almost All ...
Benthos
Ben'thos (gk. Pevoos, Ben-thos, The Depth Of The Sea ). In Botany, The Fixed Vegetation Of The Sea Or Of Great Lakes, In Contrast With The Floating Vegetation Or Plankton (q.v.). Benthonic Plants Are In Large Part Attached To Rocks, In Which Case They Are Called Lithophytes. The Lithophytic Members ...
Bentinck
Ben'tinck, Lord William Cavendish (1774-1830). A British Army Officer And Gover Nor-general Of India. He Was Born September 14. 1774, The Second Son Of The Third Duke Of Portland, And Became An Ensign In The Cold Stream Guards In 1791. Having Served With Dis Tinction In Flanders. Italy, And Egypt, ...
Bentinck_2
Bentinck, Lord William George Freder Ick Cavendish ( 1802-48 ) An English States Man And Sportsman, Widely Known As Lord George Bentinck. The Third Son Of The Fourth Duke Of Portland, He Was Born At \velbeck Ab Bey, February 27, 1802, And Entered The Army When Young. For Three Years ...
Benzoin
Benzoin Ben-zoin') Gum, Or Gum Ben Jamin (earlier Benjoin, Fr. Benjoin, Ger. Benzoe, Sp. Benjui, From Ar. Hiban-ja We, Incense Of Java, Which Is The Arabic Name For Sumatra, As The Syllable In Was Lost Through Mistaking It For The Arabic Definite Article Al. Cl). A Fragrant Resinous Substance, The ...
Beowulf
Beowulf, Wet-11-1)1f. An Old English Poem, Epic In Theme And In Tone, And One Of The Most Interesting Literary Monuments Of The Germanic Race. The Unique Sis. Of The Poem, Now In The British Museum, Is Usually Assigned To The Tenth Century. But The Composition Of The Poem, In Its ...
Beranger
Beranger, Bri'riix'zba'. Pierre Jean De (1750-1857). A Popular French Lyric Poet Of Royalist Parents And P,epublican Principles. He Was Born In Paris. Neglected In Childhood, Lie Watched From A Roof The Storming Of The Bastille, And Imbibed P,epublican Prejudices From An Aunt At Peronne, Where Lie Became President Of A ...
Berchta
Berchta, (same As Modern Bertha, From Ohg. Bcraht, Bee/ii, Engl. Bright; Cf. Lat. Lucius, From Lux, Light, And Clara, From Clarus, Clear, Bright). In German Myth Ology, The Name Given In The South Of Ger Many And In Switzerland To A Spiritual Being, Who Was Apparently The Same As The ...
Berengarius Of Tours
Ber'enga'rius Of Tours, Mth (c.1000 1088). A French Scholastic Theologian. He Was Born At Tours, In France. His Master, Ful Bert De Chartres, Is Reported To Have Prophesied On His Death-bed That Berengarins Would Prove A Dangerous Man. Lie Became A Canon Of Tours, And About 1040 Preceptor Of The ...
Beresford
Beresford, Ber'es-filrd, Lord Charles William De La Poer ( 1846—). A British Naval Officer And Parliamentarian, Born In The County Of Waterford, Ireland, The Second Son Of The Rev. John, Fourth Marquis Of Waterford. He Was Educated At Private Schools, And Entered The Sehoolship Britannia As Cadet In 1859. He ...
Bergamo
Bergamo, Ber'g5.-mti (the Town On The Hill, From Celt. Brig. Ger. Berg, Hill). A City, Capital Of The Province Of Bergamo. In North Italy. 33 Miles Northeast Of Milan (slap: Italy, D 2). It Consists Of Two Distinct Sections. The Upper City And The Lower City, Connected By The Via ...
Bergen
Bergen, Ber'gen (ger. Berg, Hill, Referring To Its Position). A Norway Seaport In The Prov Ince Of The Same Name, Situated On A Promontory At The Head Of A Deep Bay, Called Vaagen, On The Atlantic Coast. In Latitude Go° 24' N., Longitude 5° Ls' E. (slap: Norway, A 6). ...
Bergman
Bergman, Berg,'mlin, Torbern Olof (1735 84). A Swedish Chemist And Mathematician. Ile Was Born At Katharinberg. He Was Sent To The University Of Upsala, With A View To Prosecute Studies Qualifying Him Either For The Church Or The Bar; But Disliking Both, He Devoted Himself To Natural History, Physics, And ...
Bering
Bering, Wring,. Dun. Pron. Lia'ring, Some Times Behring, Virus (1680-1741). A Dan Ish Navigator, Horn At Itorsen. In Denmark. He Entered The Service Of Russia, And Was Employed On The Great Northern Expedition Planned By Peter The Great To Determine The Unknown Lim Its Of Asia. On February 4, 1725, ...
Bering Sea Controversy
Bering Sea Controversy. An Inter National Dispute, In Which Great Britain And The United States Were The Principal Parties Eon (erned, Arising Out Of The Depredations Of Un Licensed Canadian Sealers On The Seal-fisheries Of The North Pacific. The Prihylov Islands In The Bering Sea Are The Largest Seal-rookery In ...
Berkeley
Berkeley, Berkl I Or Uiirk'li. George (1685-1753). Bishop Of Cloyne. A Distinguished Philosopher. He Was Born Near Thomastown, County Of Kilkenny. Ireland, And Was The Eld Est Son Of Nvilliam Berkeley, A Cadet Of The Family Of The Earl Of Berkeley. As A Boy Lie Studied At Kilkenny School, At ...
Berlichingen
Berlichingen, B6e11k-ing'cn, Gorz Or Gott•rieo Von ( 14so-1562). A German Feudal Knight And Soldier Of Fortune. He Was Born At Jagsthausen, Wurttemberg, And Was Initiated Into Feudal Warfare At An Early Age. He First Served The Elector Frederick Of Brandenburg, But Soon Took Up The Cause Of Albert Of Bavaria. ...
Berlioz
Berlioz, Bilr'16-6s', Hector (1803-69). A French Composer. Lie Was Born At La Clite December Lt, 1803. His Father, A Physician, Sent Him To Paris To Study Medicine; But He Entered The Conservatoire, Which He Soon Left, Finding The Teaching Too Pedantic. He Gave Himself Up Heart And Soul To The ...
Bermuda
Bermu'da (named After Their Discoverer), Or Somers Islands. A Group Of Small Islands And Reefs In The Atlantic Belong Ing To Great Britain, And Situated In Latitude 32° 14' N. And Longitude 64° 40' Iv., About 750 Miles Southeast Of New York, And About 600 Miles East-southeast Of Cape Hatteras, ...
Bermuda Hundred
Bermuda Hundred. A Peninsula In Chesterfield County, Va.. Formed By The Con Fluence Of The James And The Appomattox Rivers. The Population Of The District Of This Name Was 2044 In 1890 And 2105 In 1900. Bermuda Hun Dred Was The Scene Of Much Sharp Fighting During The Civil War. ...
Bern
Bern, Writ. Gee. Pron. Born (fr. Berne). The Second In Area And The Most Populous And Important Of The Cantons Of Switzerland. Situ Ated In The Northwestern Part Of The Country, Bordering On France On The North And West (slap: Switzerland, B 1 ). Its Area Is 2657 Square Miles. ...
Bernard
Bernard, Br'enard Or He'r-nlird'; Fr. Pron. Bn R'nfir', Saint ( 1091-1153 ) . A Learned Roman Catholic Ecclesiastic. He Was Born Of Noble Par Ents At Fontaine, Near Dijon, In Burgundy, 1091; Was Educated, At Court. But Withdrew With His Four Brothers And Some Friends Into Seclusion For Six Months, ...
Bernard_2
Bernard, Bil•nile, Claude (1813-78). A French Physiologist. He Was Born At Saint Julien, Near Villefranehe. In The Department Of Rhone, July 12, 1813. He Studied Medicine In Paris; Was Admitted In 1839 As A Surgical Interne In One Of The Hospitals, And In 1841 Be Came One Of Magendie's Assistants ...
Bernhardt
Bernhardt, Fr. Pron. Blirn'iirt', Ger. Pron. Bern'hiirt, Rosine. Called Sarah (1844—). A Noted French Actress. She Is A Jewess, Of French And Dutch Parentage, Born In Paris, October 22, 1844, But Having Been Baptized Into The Christian Faith By Her Father's Desire, Was Brought Up In A Convent. Entering The ...
Bernini
Bernini, Ber-ne•, Giovanni Lorenzo ( 150s-16so). The Most Celebrated Italian Sculptor Of The. Baroque Period, Also Renowned As An Archi Tect. The Son Of A Tuscan Sculptor Employed At Naples, He Was Horn In That City December 7, 1598. His Father's Careful Training, He Carved Creditably At The Age Of ...
Berthelot
Berthelot, Brietlti, Pierre Eugene Mar. Cellin 1827—) . A French Chemist. Ile Was Born In Paris. He Received His Education At The College Henri Iv. And Devoted Himself To Research In Organic Chemistry. In 1854 He Re Ceived His Doctor's Degree In Science, On Present Ing A Remarkable Thesis Giving ...
Berthollet
Berthollet, Bilettla', Count Clarde Louis (1748-1822). A Distinguished French Theoretical Chemist. He Was Born At Talloire, A Village Of Savoy, Near Annecy. He Studied At The University Of Turin, And Obtained A Medical Degree There In 1768. He Afterwards Went To Paris, Where He Was Appointed Physician To The Duke ...
Bertillon
Bertillon (115r'ti2'y0x') System. The Name Applied To A Method Of Identifying Crimi Nals. Until Very Recently Only General Descrip Tions And Photographs Were Employed, The Re Sult Being That By Slight Disguises The Appear Ance Was So Changed That Criminals Frequently Es Caped Detection. In March, 1879, Dr. Alphonse Bertillon. ...
Bertin
Bertin, Louis Frangois (1766-1841). A French Journalist Known As Bertin Able. He Was Born In Paris, Began Writing For The Press In 1793, And In 1800, With His Brother (also Called Louis Francois) Assumed The Management Of The Journal Des Debats, Founded In 1789 By Gaultier De Biauzat. Bertin's Royalist ...
Berwick Upon Tweed
Berwick-upon-tweed, B6eik.- (short Ened From Abcrwick, From Celt. Aber, Confluence Of Waters + Tent. Wich, Scand. Wick, Dwelling, Village). A Seaport Town In Northumberland, England, At The Mouth Of The Tweed, 53 Miles South-southeast Of Edinburgh (slap: England, E 1). It Is The Frontier Town Of England And Scotland, And ...
Beryl
Beryl (lat. Bcryllus, Bcrullus, Gk. F3hpux Xos, Berynos, Probably From Ski-. Vaidurya, Origi Nally Brought From Vidura). A Glueinum-alu Minium Silicate, Which Crystallizes In The Hex Agonal System. It Has A Vitreous Lustre, And Varies In Color From An Emerald Green To Lighter Shades Of That Color, And Into Light ...
Berzelius
Berze'lius, Sw. Prom Her-tei'll-us, Joints Jakob, Baron (1779-1848). A Swedish Chemist. He Was Born At Westerlosa, In Ostergiitland. When A Mere Boy He Developed A Liking For The Experimental Sciences, And After Receiving His General Education At The Gymnasium Of Linko Ping And His Professional Training In Medicine And Chemistry ...
Berzsnyi
Berzsnyi, Ber-zhb/nyi, Dan Iel (1 776 1836). A Hungarian Poet, Born At Hetye, County Of Eisenburg. His L'crsci Appeared In 1813, With Out His Consent, Under The Editorship Of Hel Meezi. These Poems. An Authorized Edition Of Which Was Published Under The Direction Of The Author In 1816. Were Cordially ...
Bessemer
Bessemer, Sir Henry ( 1813-98 ). An Eng Lish Inventor, Who Originated And Successfully Developed The Process For Making Steel Known By His Name. He Was Born At Charlton, Nea• Hitchin, England, And Acquired His Early Educa Tion In The Schools Of The Neighborhood. His Father, Who Was A French ...
Biiineas Taylor Barnure
Bar'nure, Biiineas Taylor An American Showman, Born At Bethel, Conn. His Father Was A Tavern-keeper; And While Attending The Village School. Barnum Traded With And Played Practical Jokes Upon His Father's Cus Tomers. At The Age Of 13 He Was Employed In A Country Store, And At 18 Went Largely ...
Boer War
Boer War. In This War, As In The Spanish American, There Was Little Occasion For The Tacti Cal Use Of Artillery. In General, The Boer Modern Long-range, Quick-firing Gun Was Superior To The Older Type Of Gun Used By The English. Little Has Been Said Of Sea-coast Artillery In The ...
Boger Bacon
Bacon, Boger ( C.1214-94 ) . An English Monk And Philosopher. Ile Was Descended From A Respectable Family, And Born At Lichester, In Somersetshire, About 1214. Through The Force Of His Intellect Lie Raised Himself Far Above His Age, Made Remarkable Discoveries In Several Branches Of Science, And Contributed Much ...
Book Bell
Bell, Book, And Candle. The Ex Communication By Bell, Book, And Candle Is A Solemnity Belonging To The Church Of Rome. The Officiating Ecclesiastic Pronounces The Formula Of Ex•ounimnication, Consisting Of Maledictions On The Head Of The Person Anathematized, And Closes The Pronouncing Of The Sentence By Shutting The Book ...
British Artillery
British Artillery. Dust Before The English Wars On The Continent, Which Began In 1793, The British Artillery Consisted Of A Train Composed Of Both Field And Siege Guns, Organized In Brigades Of 12 Pieces Each. Two Guns Were Assigned To Each Infantry Battalion. Draft Was By Three Horsees In Single ...
Buildings Streets
Streets, Buildings, And Aionuments. The Divisions Of Berlin Are Marked By The Course Of The Natural Waterways Intersecting The City. Three Of The Older Parts Of The City—viz., Old Kann, With Its Royal Castle; Old Berlin, With The City Hall; And Friedrichswerder And New With The Arsenal And State Bank—form ...
Care Beresford
Beresford, Care, Viscount (1768-1854). A British General. He Was The Natural Son Of The First Marquis Of Waterford, And Was Horn October 2, 1708. He Entered The Army In 1785. After Serving In India And Else Where, He Bore A Conspicuous Part In The Re Conquest Of The Cape Of ...
Cesar 1538 16071 Baronius
Baro'nius, C.esar (1538-16071. An Emi Nent Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Historian. He Was Born At Sora In The Old Kingdom Of Naples, October 30, 1538, And Educated At Naples And Rome. He Was One Of The First Pupils Of Saint Philip Neri, Who Founded The Congregation Of The Oratory, Of Which ...
Characteristics
Characteristics. Most Bears Are Bulky, And Some Exceed In Size Any Other Carnivore; But This Appearance Of Bulk Is Largely Due To The Looseness Of The Skin, The Length Of The Coarse Fur Of Their Coats, The Lack Of A Visible Tail, And The Conparatite Shortness Of Their Legs, The ...
Charles 1792 1871 Babbage
Bab'bage, Charles ( 1792-1871). An Eng Lish Mathematician And Inventor, Born Near Teignmouth, Devonshire. Be Early Devoted Him Self To Mathematics, Particularly Its Analytical Branches, And Pursued His Systematic Education At Trinity College, Cambridge, From Which He Received His Baccalaureate Degree In Two Years After Graduating He Published, Jointly With ...
Charles 1821 67 Baudelaire
Baudelaire, Charles ( 1821-67 ). A French Poet, Born In Paris, April 9, 1821. He Was The Forerunner Of The Decadent School In Modern French Poetry, And In His Kind Great Er Than Any Of His Successors. Ilis Parents Sought To Turn Him From Literature By Travel In The Orient, ...
Chestfr Arthur
Arthur, Chestfr Alan (1830-86). The Twenty-first President Of The United States. He Was Born At Fairfield, Vt., October• 5, 1830, Of Scotch-irish Parentage. He Graduated From Union College In 1848, Began The Practice Of Law In 1853, And Soon Became Conspicuous At The Bar Of New York. In The Decade ...
Civil War In The
Civil War In The United States. Field Artillery.—at The Beginning Of The Civil War In The States, The Field-artillery Consisted Of Eight Batteries. ,host Of The Sea-coast Artillery Was Promptly Converted Into Field-batteries. The Armament Was 3-inch Muzzle-loading Rifles And 12-pounder (smooth-bore) Napoleons. The Na Poleon Gull Was Used Throughout ...
Classification
Classification. The Enormous Numbers Of Beetles Do Not Adequately Impress Us, Since Bee Tles Are Less On The Wing, And Hence We See Them Less Than Flies, Wasps, Butterflies, Or Motbs. The Form And Variatiod Of The External Parts Arc Almost Wholly Used To Determine Their Classifica Tion. The Present ...
Classification
Classification. Barnacles Are Classified Upon The Manner Of Life And The Method Of Attach Ment. The Order Cirripedia Is Divided Into Five Families, As Follows: (1) Lepadida• Having The Head End Elongated To Form A Flexible Stalk. (2) Balanidir. Without A Stalk. But Having The Body Surrounded By A Ring ...
Classification And Habits
Classification And "habits. Bats Are Classi Fied As An Order, Divisible Into Two Sections, Megacheiroptera And Microeheiroptera. Mcgacheiroptera.—these Are Lowest In Rank, And Include The Large-sized Fruit-eating Species, Mainly Of The Oriental Tropics. The Lowest In Rank Are The Fox-bats Or 'flying-foxes' Of The Family Pteropodid,r. They Are Described Under ...
Climate
Climate. Adstralia Lies Half Within The Trop Ics, And Half Within The South Temperate Zone; While It Has A Wide Range Of Tempera Ture And Rainfall, This Is Not Attributable To The Range In Latitude, Hut To The Topography Of The Continent. The Rainfall Is Heaviest Upon The North And ...