Combined Arms
Combined Arms. If We Define The Strategical Unit As The Smallest Body Composed Perma Nently Of Two Or More Arms. And Capable Of A•t -mg Independently, Then The Division Of The Euro Pean Armies (the Army Corps Of The United States Army) Must He Regarded As That Unit. The Smallest ...
Comets
Comets. In Addition To The Planets, The Solar System Also Contains Certain Somewhat Erratic Bodies Called Comets (q.v.). Nothing Definite Is Known As To Their Origin Or Physical Constitu Tion; But It Is Certain That They Move, Under The Influence Of Gravitation, In Orbits That Admit Of Calculation By The ...
Commerce
Commerce. The Lofty Mountains Surrounding The Country On Nearly All Sides And The Small Extent Of Its Coast-line Are Great Obstacles In The Way Of Development Of Foreign Commerce. On The Other Hand, The Great Diversity Of Natural Re Sources In The Two Halves Of The Monarchy Is Especially Favorable ...
Commerce_2
Commerce. As A Manufacturing Country, Bel Gium Requires Mainly Food-products And Raw Ma Terials From Abroad In Exchange For Its Manu Factures. The Chief Articles Of Import Include Cereals, Cotton. Wool And Flax, Metals, Chemicals, Drugs And Resins, Mineral Substances, Lunther, Textiles, Oil-seeds, Hides, Animals And Animal Products, Coffee, Eamitehonc, ...
Congress Berlin
Berlin, Congress Or. The European Dip Lomatic Conference Which Met At Berlin, June 13, 1878. To Settle The Eastern (,),nestion (q.v.), And Especially Those Phases Of It Which Grew Out Of The Russo-turkish War (q.v.). Temporarily Restrained By The Crimean War And The Treaty Of Paris Of 1856. Russia Had ...
Continental Banks
Continental Banks. On The Continent Of Europe There Are Both Private And State Hanks. The Bank Of France Stands Second In Repute Only To The Bank Of England. It Was Founded In 1800, And In 1806 Was Placed Upon An Enduring Basis. Its Original Capital Was 45,000,000 Francs, Which Was ...
Council Of Basel
Basel, Council Of. A Memorable And Im Portant Ecclesiastical Council, Held In The City Of Basel From 1431 To 1449. It Was Summoned By Pope .martin V., By A Bull Dated February 1, 1431, And Constituted After A Fashion On Feb Ruary 27, Hut After The Cardinal Legate, Julian Cesarini ...
Covernment And Religion
Covernment And Religion. The Government Of Assyria Was, As Everywhere In The Ancient Orient, A Monarchy In Which The King Was The Undisputed Autocrat. Everything Centred In The Monarch, And It Is Characteristic That, In The Royal Inscriptions Detailing The Campaigns, Names Of Officers Or Officials Are Rarely Mentioned. The ...
Crimean War
Crimean War. Previous To This War, The Corps Drivers In The British Artillery Were Replaced By Enlisted Eannonee•s And Drivers In 1822, And In The French In 1829. The Field-batteries Consisted Of 4 Guns And 2 Howitzers Each, The Guns Being 8- And 12-pounders, And The Howitzers 24- And 32 ...
Daines 1729 1300 Barrington
Barrington, Daines (1729-1300). An English Lawyer And Antiquary. It Is Said That He Was Educated At Oxford, But He Took No Degree. He Was Called To The Bar At The Inner Temple. From 1751 To 1753 Was Marshal Of The High Court Of Admiralty, And In 1704 Became Recorder Of ...
Diseases Or
Diseases Or Tne Arteries. The Diseased Conditions Affecting' Arteries Consist Of (1) De Generation Of The Arterial Walls (of Either Fatty, Calcareous, Or Hyaline Variety) ; (2) Arterio Sclerosis: And (3) Aneurism. Fatty Degeneration Of The Intima (or Inner Coat Of An Artery) Is Very Common. It Occurs As Yellowish ...
Earliest Records
Earliest Records. The Word 'cannon,' For Merly Used By Military Men, And To-day Some Times Used By Laymen To Designate The Weapon Of Artillery..has Been Almost Entirely Superseded By The Word 'gun.' For Example, We Speak Of A 3.2-inch, 10-inch, Or 12-inch Gun, And Not Of A 3.2-inch, Or 12-inch ...
Early Artillery Machines
Early Artillery :machines. Before The In Vention Of Gunpowder, The Word 'artillery' Re Ferred To Machines For Throwing Heavy Missiles, In Which The Projecting Force Was Obtained By A Spring Or Weight Suddenly Released. These In Cluded Catapults, Bows, Crossbows, Slings, Hal Lista, The Onager, The Springal, Etc. The Ballista ...
Education
Education. Arkansas. Like The Other Southern States, Has Labored In The Face Of Very Unfavor Able Conditions For The Establishment Of Ade Quate Schools. There Is A Very Large And Widely Scattered Rural Population, And The Experience Of Every State Bears Testimony To The Difficulty Of The Solution Of The ...
Education
Education. Owing To The Diversity Of Race And Language Which Prevails In The Various Provinces Of Austria, The System Of Public Edu Cation Presents Many Differences In The Various Crown-lands Of The Empire. In General, The Organization And Management Of All Public Insti Tutions Of Learning In Austria (cisleithania) Are ...
Education_2
Education. There Are In The City Primary, Secondary, Normal, Technical, And Industrial Schools, And The National University, Founded In 1837, Which Was Named Otho University, In Honor Of King Otho, And After His Abdication Received Its Present Title. The Income Of The University Is Over $(`)0,000; The Number Of Stu ...
Education_3
Education. In The Early Days Of The States, Education Was Provided For By State-aided Re Ligions, By Organizations Of Various Denomina Tions, And By Tuition Fees Exacted From The Pupils. In Time Education Was Made Secular And Free. In New South Wales And Tasmania Nominal Fees Are Still Charged, Yet ...
Education_4
Education. The Educational System Comprises Secular Institutions Supported By The State Or The Local Governments, And The Schools Maintained And Managed By The Roman Catholic Priest Hood. The Efforts Of The Clergy To Obtain Con Trol Of Popular Education Have Been A Principal Feature Of Belgian Politics For A Number ...
Educational Institutions
Educational Institutions. Baltimore Ranks As One Of The Foremost Educational Influences Of The Country. A Graded System Of Public Schools Provides Free Instruction In Kindergarten, Pri Mary. Secondary, Collegiate, And Normal Studies, And In Manual Training. The System Comprises 109 Schools, Employing 1750 Teachers, And In Structing Annually 35.000 Pupils. ...
Egyptian
Egyptian. Under The Old And Middle Em Pires (down To About 1900 N.c.), The Wars Of Egypt Were Comparatively Unimportant. During This Period A Sort Of Feudal System Prevailed, And The Main Strength Of The Army Was Furnished By The Militia Of The Nomes, Commanded By The Monarchs Or Their ...
Eil 1788 1874 Arnott
Ar'nott, \eil ( 1788-1874). A Scotch Physician And Physicist. Lie Was Born At Ar Broath, Scotland, And Was Educated At The Gram Mar School Of Aberdeen And At Slarischal College, In The Same City. After Studying Medicine At Aberdeen, He Went To London In 180fi And Soon Entered The East ...
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles. The Equipment Of The Modern Electric Automobile Consists Of A Storage Battery For Supplying The Current, The Motor For Transforming This Current Into Mechanical Power, And The Controller For Regulating The Speed Of The Motor. In Most Electric Vehicles, Two Motors Or A Double-motor Drive Are Em Ployed, ...
Elizabeth 1658 1713 Barry
Barry, Elizabeth (1658-1713). A Famous English Actress, Whose Dramatic Powers Seem To Have Been Latent Until Awakened By Her Lover, The Earl Of Rochester. Though She Was More Than Once Dismissed As Unfit For The Stage, He Wagered, So The Story Goes, That In Six Months He Would Make Her ...
Eugene De 1781 1824 Beauharnais
Beauharnais, Eugene De (1781-1824). A French General. He Was The Son Of The Vicomte De Beauharnais, And After His Mother's Marriage With Bonaparte He Accompanied Him In The Ex Pedition To Egypt And In His Campaigns In Italy. He Rapidly Rose To The Highest Military Rank, And In 1805, After ...
Excavations
Excavations. The Assyrian Cities, Soon After The Fall Of The Empire, Fell Into Decay. In The Case Of Nineveh, This Decay Was Hastened By The Destruction, Through Fire, Of Important Edifices. After A Few' Centuries, Nothing But Huge Mounds Were Left To Indicate The Site Of Past Glory, And It ...
Exterior Ballistics
Exterior Ballistics. In Exterior Ballistics, We Determine The Path Of The Projectile, Knowing Its Shape, Calibre, Weight, Its Initial Velocity Of Translation And Rotation, The Resistance It Meets From The Air, And The Action Of Gravity. To This Branch Of The Science The Tions Would Apply: The Trajectory Is The ...
Fant
Fant.) The General Practice Of The Church, Greek, Roman, And Reformed, Lies Been To Bap Tize Infants. Another Controversy Of Long Stand Ing Has Been That As To The Mode Of Baptism, Whether Immersion Alone Constitutes Valid Bap Tism, Or Whether Other Forms May Be Used. Those Who Favor Immersion ...
Fauna
Fauna. Sclater And Wallace Divide Asia Into Two Great Regions. North Of The Himalaya Range Lies The Great Pahearchis Region, While To The South Of It Is The Oriental Zone. The Climatic Extremes Of The Former, With Its Long And In Tensely Cold Winters, And Its Warm, Short Sum Mers, ...
Fauna_2
Fauna. The Animal Life Is More Peculiarly Isolated Than Is That Of Any Other Great Region Of The Globe. Of The Non-aquatic Manunalia Only Two Of The Orders Found On The Other Continents Are Represented, The Bats And The Rodents. The Other's Have Their Places Taken By The Two Orders ...
Feeding And Food Valie
Feeding And Food Vali:e. The Ripe Seeds Of The Bean Are Used To A Limited Extent In The United States As A Feed For Farm Animals, While The Whole Plant Is Sometimes Used As Forage. In Bean-growing Districts The Culls (which Are Not Of Good Enough Quality For Human Food) ...
Ferdinand Arlt
Arlt, Ferdinand, Ritter Von (1812-87). An Austrian Oculist, Born Near Teplitz. He Studied Medicine At Prague And Was Professor Of Diseases Of The Eye There From 1849 To 1856, When He Was Appointed To A Similar Chair At The Uni Versity Of Vienna. Arlt Was The Author Of A Number ...
Ferdinand Christian Von 1792
Baur, Ferdinand Christian Von ( 1792 Imo), A German Theologian. Be Was Born At Schmiden, Near Stuttgart, June 21, 1792; Studied Theology In The Blaubeuren Theological Seminary From 1805 To 1809, And In The Uni Versity Of Tiibingen From 1809 To 1817. In 1817 He Became Professor In The Seminary ...
Finance
Finance. An Extremely Heavy Public Debt, Whose Origin Dates Back A Century And A Half, And Which Not Only Shows No Signs Of Abatement, But Keeps Growing From Year To Year; A Chronic Deficit In The Imperial Budget; A Burdensome System Of Taxation, Which Falls Heaviest On The Shoulders Of ...
Finance_2
Finance. The Following Figures Show The Growth Of The Belgian Budget, As Well As The Relation Between Revenue And Expenditure: The Deficit Is Really Much Larger Than It Ap Pears From The Table, Owing To The Fact That The Revenues Include The Amounts Raised By Loans In Order To Meet ...
Finance_3
Finance. The Imperial Revenue Is Derived Chiefly From The Opium Monopoly (over 35 Per Cent.), Land-rent (about 22 Per Cent.), The Salt Monopoly, And Customs. The Imperial Expendi Tures Amount Usually To Less Than One-fourth Of The Revenue, And The Surplus Is Partly Utilized To Cover The Military Expenditures Both ...
First Half Of Sixteenth
First Half Of Sixteenth Century—wars Of Charles V. (1521-44). In The Wars Of Francis T. Of France And The Emperor Charles V., Artillery Began To Establish A Reputation As A Weapon. 'the Materiel, Personnel, And Draft Were Still Very Crude, But Guns Began To He Used Effectively On The Field ...
First Period Of Developm
First Period Of Developm Ent. The Most Im Portant Of These Early Labors On The Motor Vehicle Were Undoubtedly Those Of Walter Han Cock, An Englishman, And They Were Carried Out During The Period Between 1824 And 1836. Han Cock's First Work Was The Invention Of A Rather Remarkable Design ...
Flora
Flora. The Flora Of Australia As A Whole Is Very Distinctive, And, Moreover, Is Of Two Very Marked And Characteristic Types: That Of The Moist East And North Coasts, Which Is Tropical In Its Luxuriance, And That Of The Interior, And The South And West Coasts, Which Is That Of ...
Flora
Flora. Along The Arctic Coast There Is A Bar Ren Region From 150 To 500 Miles Wide, The Tundra, Where Only Dwarf Arctic Plants And Mosses Grow. South Of This Is An Extensive Region Of Forests, Mostly Coniferous In The North And Deciduous Trees In The South. To The Southward ...
Fran Bazaine
Bazaine, Fran Cois Achille ( 1 Si 1 Ss ) . A Marshal Of France. Entering The Army In 1831, He Served With Distinction In Algeria, In Spain, In The Crimea, And In The Italian Cam Paign Of 1859. He Took Part In The French Expe Dition To Mexico In ...
France
France. Since Her Disastrous War With Ger Many, 1870-71, France, With Excellent Effect, Has Put Her Military House In Thorough Order, Greater Heed Having Been Paid To Organization And Efficiency And Less To Numbers. (see Moan. Ization.) Every Frenchman Is Liable To Carry Arms, Substitution And Enlistment For Money Are ...
Francis 1662 1732 Atterbury
At'terbury, Francis (1662-1732). Bishop Of Rochester. He Was Born At Middleton Keynes, Near Bedford, England, 6. 1662, And Educated At Westminster School, London, From Which, In 1680, He Passed To Christ Church, Oxford. In 1687 He Gave Proof Of That Ready Controversial Talent Which Distinguished Him Through Life, In A ...
Francis 1745 1816 Asbury
Asbury, Francis (1745-1816). The First Bishop Of The Methodist Episcopal Church Ordained In The United States. Lie Was Born At Hamstead Bridge, 4 Miles Northwest Of Birmingham, Fog., August 20 Or 21, 1745. He (attained Rodhnentary Education In A Village School; At Is Became A Local Preacher: At 21 Was ...
Francis Bacon
Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount Saint Alrans ( 1561-1 626 ) A Celebrated Eng Lish Philosopher. He Was Born In London On January 22, 1501. His Father, Sir Nicholas Bacon (q.v.), Was Lord Keeper Of The Great Seal, And His Mother Was The Learned Ann Cooke, Sister Of Burghley's Wife. ...
Frederick 1670 1733 Augustusi
Augustus I., Frederick ( 1670-1733). Elector Of Saxony And King Of Poland (as Such Styled Augustus H.), Commonly Called The Strong. He Was The Second Son Of The Elector John George Iii., And Of The Danish Prin Cess, Anna Sophia. And Was Born At Dresden. In Youth He Traveled Over ...
Frederick 1696 1763 Augustus Ii
Augustus Ii., Frederick (1696-1763). Elector Of Saxony And King Of Poland (as Such Styled Augustus 111.). He Was The Son And Suc Cessor Of Augustus The Strong. Though Carefully Educated By His Mother In The Protestant Faith. He Adopted Catholicism In 1712 While On A Jour Ney Through Italy. In ...
Frederick Us Porter1809 S9
Barnard, Frederick Us Porter (1809-s9). An American Matiwinatician And Educator. He Was Born At Sheffield, Mass., Graduated At Yale 1828, And In 11431 Became Teacher In The Hartford Deaf And Dumb Asylum. Lie Was Professor Of Natural Philosophy And Mathematics In The University Of Alabama. From 1837 To 1848, And ...
Frederick The Great
Frederick The Great. It Is Remarkable That Frederick The Great Should Have Neglected His Artillery As He (lid In The Early Battles Of His Career. It Was Not Until Later That Its True Value As A Weapon Was Learned By Him; And, Like Most Military Lessons, It Was Learned By ...
Free Will Baptists
Baptists, Free-will, Correspond In Doctrine And Practice To The General Baptists Of England, But Originated In This Country. There Are Two Distinct Bodies Known By This Name. The Older Arose In North Carolina, And Formed An Associa Tion In 1729. Some Of These Afterwards Joined The Regular Calvinistic Churches Of ...
Friedrich Justin 1747 1822 Bertuch
Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (1747-1822). A German Author And Publisher, Born At Weimar. He Studied At Jena, In 1775 Was Appointed Cabinet-secretary At Weimar, And In 1785 Councilor Of Legation. With Wie Land And Schnitz He Mapped Out The Plan Of The Jenaisehe Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, To Which He Contributed From 1785 ...
Gamaliel 1807 59 Bailey
Bailey, Gamaliel ( 1807-59). An Ameri Can Journalist, Prominent In The Anti-slavery Con Flict. He Was Born At Mount Holly, N. J., The Son Of A Methodist Preacher: Graduated At The Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, In 1327; And For Several Months, After 1829, Was The Edi Tor, At Baltimore, Of ...
General History
General History. It Was Characteristic Of The Social Groups Of Asia That They Early Attained The Limit Of Their Development And Settled Into Grooves In Which Their Life Ran For Ages. (see Under Assyria, Babylonia ; Chinese Em Pire. ) After The Rise Of The Great Medo-persian Empire Under Cyrus ...
Geology
Geology. Little Is Known Of The Geology Of The Greater Part Of Asia. Certain Limited Regions, Such As India, Have Been Studied In Detail, Hut Our Knowledge Of The Greater Part Of The Continent Has Been Derived From Piecing Together The Reports Of Explorers. The Great Mountain Systems Consist Principally ...
Geology And Mineral Resources
Geology And Mineral Resources. A North East Line Drawn From Texarkana In The South Western Corner, Through Little Rock To Pocahon Tas In The Northeast, Divides The State Into Two Parts; The Northwest Portion Is Underlain By Paleozoic Rocks With A Small Area Of Cretaceous Rocks In Its Southernmost Corner; ...
Geology_2
Geology. The Great Dividing Range Is Corn Posed Mainly Of Silurian Beds, With, However, Large Areas Of Carboniferous Formation, While In The Neighborhood Of Sydney And Ipswich, New South Wales, Are Large Areas Of What Arc Proh Ably .jurassic Beds. Throughout The Range In Trusions Of Granite Are Abundant. The ...
George 1800 91 Bancroft
Bancroft, George ( 1800-91). An Ameri Can Historian. Lie Was Born At Woreester, Mass.. October 3, Boo. And As The Son Of The Rev. Aaron Bancroft, A Unitarian Clergyman, The Author Of A Life Of Washington, He Inherited The Blended Qualities Of The Historian And The Ecclesiastic. Ile Was Trained ...
Germany
Germany. The King Of Prussia Is The Head Of The German Army By Right Of His Position As Emperor Of The German Confederated Nations. Ln War Time His Authority Is Supreme And Abso Lute; But In Times Of Peace Bavaria, Saxony, And Wurttemberg Still Retain Considerable Local Control. The Imperial ...
Giovanni
Giovanni (e.1436-1516) Was Probably The Younger Son Of Jacopo. Even More Than Those Of Gentile, His Early Works Show Paduan Influ (nice. In Fact, They Are Often Confounded With Andrea Mantegna's, And Reveal A Careful Study Of The Sculptures Of Donatello At Padua. Among The Best Of Them Are The ...
Government
Government. The Constitution Of Baden Dates From August 22, Isis. The Sovereignty Is Vested In The Eldest Of The Male Line, Which Failing, The Female Inherits. The Sovereign Is Bound By The Constitution. Parliament Is Summoned Every Two Years And Is Divided Into Two Chambers. The Upper Chamber Is Composed ...
Government
Government. The Austro-hungarian Mon Archy Is Composed Of The Empire Of Austria And The Kingdom Of Hungary, And Though It Is Com Mon To Speak Of An Austro-hungarian Empire Divided Into Cisleithan And Transleithan Halves, It Is Nearer The Truth To Regard Austria-hungary As A Loose Union Of Two Independent ...
Government And Administration
Government And Administration. In The Ad Ministrative System Of Berlin, The Municipal Council, Composed Of 126 Members, Is Elected For A Term Of Six Years; To Insure Continuity And Sta Bility In The Council, One-third Of Its Seats Are Vacated And Filled Every Two Years. The Coun Cil Elects The ...
Government_2
Government. In Its Form Of Government, Ba Varia Is A Constitutional Monarchy, The Crown Being Hereditary In The Male Line. The Constitu Tion Of Bavaria Was Adopted In Isis. It Has Been Modified Since. The Kingdom Is Perfectly Independent In Its Internal Affairs, Having Com Plete Control Of Its Army ...
Government_3
Government. The Government Of Belgium Is A "constitutional. Representative, And Hereditary Monarchy," Based On The Constitution Of 1831, Which Guarantees To The Citizen Equality Before The Law, Personal Liberty And Security, The Right Of Association And Petition. And The Freedom Of Worship, Instruction, And The Press. The Crown Is Hereditary ...
Government_4
Government. Owing To The Heterogeneity Of The Population Of Bengal And The Wide Dissimi Larity In The Intellectual Capacity Of The Inhabit Ants, The Government Of Bengal Has Been Highly Centralized. At The Head Of The Administration Is The Lieutenant-governor, Who Practically Exer Cises The Executive Power Unassisted By Any ...
Greece
Greece. In The Homeric Poems The Mass Of The Infantry Is Of Little Account—at Least To The Poet. The Fighting Is Chiefly Carried On By The Individual Heroes, Armed With Lance And Sword, And Defended By Helmet And Shield And Sometimes Corselet. These Heroes Go To And From The Battlefield ...
Greek Beds
Greek Beds. The Odyssey (xxiii. 190) De Scribes The Bed Made For Himself By Ulysses. The Trunk Of The Olive Tree Around Which He Built And Roofed His Chamber Was Trimmed And Used As One Of The Bedposts, The Frame Being Made By The Addition Of Three More Feet And ...
Gribeauval Epoch 17651
Gribeauval Epoch 17651. Gribeauval, Sometimes Called The 'father Of Mod Ern Artillery,' Was Ordered To Reconstruct The French System Of Artillery In 1765. Lle Sepa Rated The Artillery Into The Four Classes Now Gen Erally Recognized By Artillerists—namely, Field, Siege, Garrison, And Sea-coast, And Provided For Each A Distinct 'materiel. ...
Gustav Mauritz 1757 1814armfelt
Armfelt, Gustav Mauritz ( 1757-1814). A Swedish Courtier Whose Public Life Was Charac Terized By Striking Vicissitudes Fortune. Be Was Born In The Government Of Abo. His Loyalty To Gustavus Iii Gained Him The Favor And Friend Ship Of That Monarch. Armfelt Distinguished Himself In The War Between Sweden And ...
Habits
Habits. All Bees Feed, When Adult, On Saccha Rine Juices, Particularly The Nectar Of Flowers: But The Larva Are Fed By Their Elders On 'bee-bread,' Which Consists Of The Pollen Of Flowers Collected By The Bees And Made Into Small Masses. They Begin Their Search With The Opening Of Flowers ...
Heinrich Barth
Barth, Heinrich . A German Explorer And Traveler, He Was Born At Ham Burg, And Received His Education At The Uni Versity Of Berlin. After Visiting Italy And Sicily, He Embarked, In 1815, At Marseilles, And Math Excursions Into Tunis, Tripoli, And Barca. Ile Afterwards Extended His Researches Into Egypt, ...
Henri Eugene Philippeaumale
Aumale, Henri Eugene - Philippe, Louis D'or16ans, Duc D' (1822-97). The Fourth Son Of Louis Philippe, King Of The French. He Was Born At Paris And Was Educated At The College Henri Iv., Where He Showed A Good Deal Of Talent. When 16 Years Of Age He Entered The Army, ...
Henry Ward S3 87beecher
Beecher, Henry Ward ( ]s]3-87 ). A Prot Estant Pulpit Orator. He Was The Eighth Child And Third Son Of Lyman Beecher And Roxana Foote, A Granddaughter Of Gen. Andrew Ward, And Was Born In Litchfield, Conn.. June 24, 1813. He Received His Early Education At Home, And At A ...
Historical Sketch
Historical Sketch. The Origin Of Banking Is In Remote Antiquity, But In Its Nature And Scope Great Changes Have Been Made During The Last Four Centuries. The Modern Banker Is A Dealer In Credit, While In Ancient Times The So Called Banker Was A Mere Custodian Of Other People's Money ...
History
History. Long Before Its Discovery By White Men. Arizona Was Inhabited By A Powerful Race, Whose Ruined Cities, Aqueducts, And Fortifications Dot The Valleys And Canons Of The Territory. In 1539 Fray .11areos De .niza• With A Companion, Left The City Of Mexico To Explore The Country Now Included In ...
History
History. The Armenians Trace Their Descent From Haig, The Grandson Of Japhet. His Descend Ant. Aram, Is The Eponymous Hero Of The Land, Which Was Called Armina By The Persians, And Bail:, Or Haiastan, By The Armenians Themselves. Though Possessed Of An Old Civilization, The Armenians First Appear In History ...
History Of The Atlantic
Atlantic Telegraph, History Of The. The Construction Of The Trans-atlantic Cable Followed As The Result Of The Successful Laying And Operation Of Various Shorter Submarine Lines. The First Definite Suggestion Of Telegraphic Com Munication Between England And America Dates From 1845, When The Messrs. Brett, Who A Few Years Later ...
History_2
History. The Name Arkansas (pronounced Ar'kansaw) Was That Of An Indian Tribe Found By The First Explorers Within The Limits Of The Present State. About 1685, Frenchmen Settled At Arkansas Post. Arkansas Formed A Part Of Louisiana Territory Till 1812, And Of Missouri Territory Till 1819, When It Was Organized ...
History_3
History. The Original Inhabitants Of Baden Were The Alemamii. They Were Conquered By The Franks Under Clovis In 496, And Were Christian Ized. They Made Repeated Attempts To Regain Their Independence, But In Vain; And The Dukedom Of The Alemanni Was Abolished In 748 By Pepin The Short. In The ...
History_4
History. The Foundation Of Baltimore Is As Sociated With The Emergence Of The Proprietary Oovernment Of Maryland From An Era Of Troll Blous Times Toward The Close Of The First Quarter Of The Eighteenth Century. With The Expansion Of Commerce And The Increase Of Population. It Was Not Lung Before ...
History_5
History. Baluchistan, Which Is First Men Tioned By The Historians Of Alexander The Great Under The Name Of Fiedrosia, Was Ruled From Early Times To The End Of The Seventeenth Cen Tury By A Line Of Hindu Primps. Hard Pressed By The Mountain Tribes Of The Interior, The Hin Du ...