Hydrography
Hydrography. In Its Hydrography, ..\ustralia Is Peculiar, In The Fact That Two-thirds Of Its Area —indeed All Of It, Excepting Strips Of Varying Breadth On The East, North, And West Coasts—has No Drainage To The Sea. In All This Vast Region Of Nearly 2,000,0(10 Square Miles, Comprising The Hole Interior ...
Hydrography_2
Hydrography. Among The Rivers Of Austria Hungary, The Danube Is The Most Important, And Is Second Only To The Volga In All Europe, Its Basin Embracing About Three-fourths Of The Total Area Of The Country. It Enters Upper Austria At Passau, And Crossing Lower Austria In An Easter Ly Direction, ...
Id Ascham
Ascham, Id, Roger (1515-68). A Dis Tinguished English Writer And Classical Scholar, Born At Kirby Wiske. In Yorkshire. He Received His Early Education At Home Nnder The Direction Of His Father And In The Family Of Sir Anthony Wingfield, And In 1530 Entered Saint John's Col Lege, Cambridge. Where He ...
Ii Artemisia
Artemisia, Ii Eta- M -in:mei-ft (lat., Gk. 'apreptaia, Probably From Being Dedi Cated To Artemis). A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Compositre, In Which The Flowers Of The Disk Have Stamens And Styles And Are Either Fertile Or Abortive, Those Of The Ray Pistillate And Fertile. The Heads Of ...
Immigration
Immigration. The Discovery Of Gold Has Done More Than Any Other Factor To Attract Immigra Tion From Abroad And From One State To Another. An Illustration Of This Is The Remarkable Develop Ment Of Victoria In The Decade Following 1850, And Of Western Australia From 1891 To 1901. During The ...
Infant Baptism
Baptism, Infant. The New Testament Is Silent Upon This Subject. The Biblical Argument In Its Favor Is Confessedly Inferential. Starting Generally From The Institution Of The Family. It Points Out The Fact That The Ancient System Of The Old Testament Included Children With Their Par Ents In The Same Covenant, ...
Interior Ballistics
Interior Ballistics. In Interior Ballistics, We Calculate The Velocity Of Translation And Rota Tion Which The Combustion Of A Given Charge Of Powder, Of Known Composition And Quality, Will Impart To A Given Projectile, And The Effect Upon The Gun. Time Following Definitions Will Enable The Non-technical Reader To Appreciate ...
Jacobus Or Jacob Harmensen
Arminius, Jacobus Or Jacob Harmensen, Commonly Called Arminius (1560:1009). One Of The Most Influential Of The Dutch Theologians Of The Reformed Church, And Founder Of The Theological System Which Hears His Name. He Was Born In Oudewater-an-der-yssel, October 10, 1560, And Died In Leyden, October 19, 1609. His Father, A ...
Jakob Bernoulli
Bernoulli, Jakob, Jacq Ces, Or James ( 1654-1705). A Celebrated Mathematician. He Was Born At Basel. Destined By His Father For A Chair Of Theology, He Early Showed His Prefer Ence For Science, And, After Visiting France. Hol Land. And England, He Was Made Professor Of Mathematics In The University ...
James 1741 1806 Barry
Barry, James (1741-1806). An Irish Painter. Lie Was Born At Cork, October 11, 1741, The Son Of A Sea Captain And Inn-keeper. It Is Said That In His Youth He Decorated His Father's House With Reproductions Of Raphael's Cartoons. A Picture, "the Conversion Of The King Of Cashel By Saint ...
James Cordon 1795 1872 Bennett
Bennett, James Cordon (1795-1872). An American Journalist, Born At New Mill, Banff Shire, Scotland. Ile Studied For The Roman Catholic Priesthood At The Seminary Of Aberdeen, And In 1819 Emigrated To Halifax, N. S. Thence, After A Brief And Highly Unsuccessful Career As An Instructor In Bookkeeping, He Proceeded To ...
Jean 1624 S4
Jean) (1624-s4). A Daughter Of Robert Ar Nauld D'andilly, Born In Paris, November 24, 1624. She Beezune A Nun At Port Royal Des Champs In Paris, Where She Had Been Educated By Her Aunt.marie Jacqueline Angelique Anisuld, Sister Of The Great Arnauld. She Was Made Sub Prioress (1653), And On ...
Jean Sylvain 1736 93bailly
Bailly, Jean Sylvain ( 1736-93). A French Savant. Lie Was Born In Paris. Originally In Tended By His Father For An Artist, He First Turned Aside Into Literature, Until, Becoming Ac Quainted With Laeaille, He Was Induced To Study Astronomy. Which Proved To Be The Tine Sphere Of His Genius. ...
Jeremy 1743 1832 Bentham
Bentham, Jeremy ( 1743-1832). An Eng Lish Jurist And Philosopher. He Was The Son Of A Wealthy Solicitor In London; Received His Early Education At Westminster School ; And When Yet A Boy, Being Little More Than 12 Years Of Age, Went To Queen's College, Oxford, Where He Took His ...
Jerusalem Ho Artichoke
Artichoke, Jerusalem ( Ho If N Its Tuber 08u S . A Yellow-flowered Perennial, With Annual Stems Et To 10 Feet High, And Underground Shoots, Which Are Swollen Into Genuine Tubers. In Ap Pearance The Plant Closely Resembles The Common Sunflower. The Name Jerusalem Is A Corruption Of The Italian ...
Joanna 1762 1851 Baillie
Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851). A Scotch Dramatist And Poet. She Was Horn September 11, 1762, At Bothwell, In Lanarkshire. In 1784 She Went To Reside In London, Where Her Brother Had Settled As A Physician. Here And In Hampstead She Remained Till Her Death, February 23, 1851. Through Her Long Life ...
Joel 1754 1812 Barlow
Barlow, Joel ( 1754-1812). An American Poet And Man Of Affairs. Ile Was Born At Redding, Conn., March 24, 1754, And Was Edu Cated First At Dartmouth, Then At Yale, Develop Ing Early Great Poetical Aspirations. In 1780. Two Years After Graduating, Lie Entered The Army As Chaplain, And After ...
Johann Sebastian 1635 1750 Bach
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1635-1750). The Greatest Master Of The Contrapuntal School Of Musical Composition And The Founder Of German Music. He Was Born At Eisenach. Alarch 31 (old Style 21), 1635. Became Of A Thuringian Family, Which Presented A Remarkable Example Of The Principle Of Heredity. (see Bagit.) Bach's Fa ...
Johannes Bessarion
Bessa'rion, Johannes, Or Basil'ius (1305-1472). A Greek Scholar. He Was Born At Trebizond, On The Black Sea, 1395. He Is Remem Bered As One Of The Earliest Of Those Scholars Who, In The Fifteenth Century, Transplanted Greek Literature And Philosophy Into The West, And Rescued The Mind Of Christendom From ...
John 1699 1777 Bartram
Bar'tram, John (1699-1777). The First American Botanist Of Eminence. He Was Born Of Quaker Parentage, Near Darby, Pa.; Received A Scant Education In Country Schools; And, Though Bred A Farmer, Studied Medicine And Surgery. While Engaged In The Cultivation Of A Small Farm, His Attention Was Accidentally Turned To The ...
John 1835 97 Atkinson
Atkinson, John (18:35-97). An American Preacher. He Was Born At Deerfield, N. Y., And Served In The Ministry Of The Methodist Episcopal Church Till His Death At Haverstraw, N. Y. He Wrote The Familiar Hymn, "we Shall Meet Beyond The River," And The Historical Works, Memorials Of Methodism (1860) ; ...
John Bennett
Bennett, John Ti•ghes (1812-75). An English Physician And Physiologist. He Was Horn In London, And Entered The University Of Edin Burgh In 1833, Where J. H. Balfour, Edward Forbes And John Reid Were Among His Fellow Students. After His Graduation, In 1837, Lie Studied Two Years In Paris, Where He ...
John Jacob 1763 1848astor
As'tor, John Jacob ( 1763-1848) . An American Merchant. He Was Born In Waldorf, A Village Near Heidelberg, Germany. The Son Of A Butcher. He Followed His Elder Brother, First To London And Then To New York, Whither Be Went In 1783, He Soon Invested His Small Capi Tal In ...
Jonatiian 1681 1757 Belcher
Belcher, Jonatiian (1681-1757). A Colo Nial Governor Of Massachusetts And New Hamp Shire, And Afterwards Of New Jersey. He Was Born In Cambridge, Mass., Graduated At Harvard In 1699, And Afterwards Spent Six Years In Eu Rope. In 1730 He Was Appointed Governor Of Massachusetts And New Hampshire: But He ...
Jupiter
Jupiter, The Giant Planet Of Our System, Is Nearly Eleven Times As Large In Diameter As The Earth. So Very Far Away Is It That The Earth's Orbit Shrinks Almost Into Insignificance By Com Parison. It Follows That There Is Never Any Sensi Ble Foreshortening In Our View Of Jupiter, ...
Later European Beds
Later European Beds. In The Fifteenth Century Their Size Became Enormous, 7 Feet Long By 6 Feet Or More Wide. The Rooms Were So Large, However, That, As Heretofore, The Bedsteads Were Headed To The Wall, And Sometimes There Were Two Side By Side, And 4 Or 5 Feet Apart, ...
Lawrence 1s3s 91 Barrett
Barrett, Lawrence ( 1s3s-91 ) An Ameri Can Actor, Born At Paterson, N. J. For A Time He Worked In A Dry-goods Shop At Detroit, Mich., And In That City, In 1853, As Murad In The French. Spy, Made His First Stage Appearance. In 1857 58, At New York And ...
Liberal Or Seven Liberal
Arts, Liberal. Or Seven Liberal. The Dis Tinction Between The Liberal Arts And The Practi Cal Arts On The One Hand, And Philosophy On The Other, Originates In Greek Education And Phi Losophy. In The Republic (lik. Xi.) Of Plato, And The Politics 1) Of Aristotle, The 'liberal Arts' Are ...
Life History
Life-history. Owing To The Difficulty Of Rear Ing Beetle Larva, We Know Comparatively Little Of The Life-history -of Beetles. All Undergo Com Plete Metamorphosis. The Eggs Are Laid In The Situations Where The Economy Of The Species De Mands That The Grub Should Be Born, In Order To Maintain Itself—that ...
Live Stock
Live Stock. Stock-raising Is Extensively Car Ried On. And The Animals And Animal Products Not Only Supply The Domestic Demand. But Fur Nish An Important Article Of Export. The Dairy Industry Is Especially Impo•tant—belgian Cheese, And Particularly That Of Limburg, Having A World-wide Reputation. The Number Of Stock Animals In ...
Ludwig 1801 60 Bechstein
Bechstein, Ludwig ( 1801-60). A German Author, Born At Weimar. He First Studied Phar Macy, But Subsequently Devoted Himself To The Study Of Philoe,ophy, Literature, And History At The Universities Of Leipzig And Munich, And In 1831 Was Appointed Librarian Of The Ducal Li Brary At Meiningen. He Was A ...
Ludwig Beethoven
Ludwig Beethoven, Brain Proprietor. Moscheles Submitted To Him The Mss. Of The Pianoforte Arrangement Of Fidclio, On Which Was Inscribed "with God's Help." Beethoven Returned It With The Addition, "0 Man, Help Thyself.'' It Must Not Be Inferred From This That He Was Not Religious. He Was A Roman Catholic; ...
Lyman 1775 1863 Beecher
Beecher, Lyman ( 1775-1863 ). An Ameri Can Theologian. He Was Born In New Haven, Conn., October 12, 1775; (lied In Brooklyn. N. Y., January 10, 1863: Descended From One Of The New Haven Colony Of 1638. He Lost His Mother When An Infant, And Was Adopted By An Lot ...
Manufactures
.manufactures. The Manufactures Of Belgium Constitute Its Chief Source Of Prosperity. They Are Many And Varied, Differing Not Only In The Kind Of Products Turned Out. But Also As To The Scale On Which They Are Carried On: For A Large Number Of Persons Still Work With Their Own Tools ...
Manufactures
Manufactures. The Industrial Development Of Austria-hungary Has Been Advancing With Rapid Strides For The Last Few Decades, And In Many Eases This Has Been Clue To The Material Sup Port Received From The Government In Direct Sub Ventions. Reduced Freight Rates On State Railways, And Exemption From Import Duties On ...
Marie Effie Wilton Bancroft
Bancroft, Marie Effie Wilton, Lady. An English Actress And Manager. She Was Born At Doncaster, And As A Child Appeared On The Stage With Her Parents, Who Were Both Actors. Among Her Early Parts Was That Of Fleanee In Macbeth (1846). After Several Years In The Provincial Towns She Made ...
Martin 1459 1506 Behaim
Behaim, !martin (1459-1506). A Famous German Cosmographer. He Was Born In Nuremberg, Of Bohemian Descent, And Probably Received His Scientific Training From The Famous Savant Regioniontanus. Taking Up A Mercan Tile Life, He Traveled Over Europe, Visiting Ven Ice, Mechlin, Antwerp, And Vienna, For Purposes Of Trade, Between 1475 And ...
Massacre Of Saint Bartholomews
Bartholomew's, Massacre Of Saint (fr. La Saint-barthacmy; Shorter For La Nu-it De Saint-barthelemy, The Night Of Saint Ba•tholo Mew). The Massacre Of The Huguenots, Perpe Trated On August 24-25, 1572, Which Grew Out Of The Feud Ill France Between The House Of Guise And The Catholics, On The One Hand, ...
Medical Department
:medical. Department. In The Principal Euro Pean Armies Every Battalion Has Its Own Medical Officer, And Most Of Them Have Attendants As A Permanent Part Of The Regimental Cadre. In Addi Tion To The Company Hearers. In Germany A Hospital Corps Detachment. For Discovering And Removing The Wounded On The ...
Military Baggage
Baggage, Military. The Impedimenta Of An Army, Including All Articles Of Stores Neces Sary, Or Pertaining To, A Body Of Men Moving From One Point To Another. Ammunition And Food Supplies, While Coining Under This General Heading, Take Precedence Of All Other Baggage, On Account Of Their Imperative Necessity To ...
Military Band
Band, Military. In The Army Service, An Organized Body Of Musicians, Instrumentalists, Under A Bandmaster Or Chief Musician, Generally Assigned To Each Regiment Of Cavalry And In Fant•y, And To The Headquarters Of The Branches Of The Service. Military Bands Of One Form Or Are Coeval With Military Bodies Them ...
Mineral Resources
Mineral Resources. No Other Single Factor Has Played So Important A Part In The Industrial Upbuilding Of Australia As Her Gold Mines. Gold Drew Immigrants To The Country; Led To A More Extensive Exploration; Established A Home Market, And Led To Civilization. Gold Was Offi Cially Reported As Early As ...
Mining
Mining. Arizona Probably Contains A Larger Proportion Of Ore And Mineral-bearing Land Than Any Other Member Of The Union, But The Lack Of Transportation Facilities Has Prevented A Normal Development Of The Mining Industry. In Spite Of This Diflieulty, However, Mining Has Been Under Going A Steady Growth. And Constitutes ...
Mining_2
Mining. The Mining Industry Of The Mon Archy Dates Centuries Back, And Some Of The Mines Are Believed To Have Been Worked By The Celts And The Romans. The Mineral Deposits Are Remarkably Rich And Varied, Including Almost Every Known Mineral, Besides Many Kinds Of Pre Cious Stones, Mineral Oil, ...
Modern Armies
Modern Armies. The Evolution Of The Modern Army Has Been Along The Lines Of National And Mechanical De Velopment; National Needs And Aspirations Dic Tating Its Origin, Organization, And Strength, And The Progress Of Mechanical Invention Its Tactics And Equipment. Medireval Armies, Whose Or Ganization And Characteristics Will Be Found ...
Modern Beds
:modern Beds. Throughout The Continent Of Europe Beds Are Of The Open Couch Form, Suit Able In Width For One Person. They Consist Of A Frame Or Bedstead, Bearing One Or Two Hair Or Wool Mattresses: They Are Often Provided With Curtains, Hanging From The Ceiling. In Germany There Is ...
Municipal Government
Municipal Government. The Original Mu Nicipal Charter, Granted In 1796 And Repeatedly Amended And Modified, Was Replaced In 1898 By A Modern Reform Instrument Of Government. Under Its Provisions The Government Of The City Is Vest Ed In A Mayor, Who Holds Office For Four Years, A Bicameral City Council, ...
N Wv Banville
Banville, N Wv, Theodore Fa U Llai N De ( 1823-91). A French Poet, Born At Moulins. A Pupil Of Hugo In Prosody And Rhetorie, He Wits A Follower Of Gautier In His Passionless Objectivity And Hedonistic Ethics. The Titles Of His Volumes Of Poetry Suggest The Impassive Nature Of ...
Nathaniel Prentiss 1816 94 Banks
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-94). An Anwri•an Soldier And Politician. Born At Wal Tham, Mass., Where He Received A Common-school Education, And Learned The Trade Of A Machinist. Ile Then Edited A Lot-al Paper: Studied Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar; Served Several Terms In The Massachusetts Legislature, For Part ...
National Assembly
Assembly, National ( France) .• The States-general (q.v.), Convoked By Louis Xvi. Of France, And Opened May 5, 1789, Consisted Of The Two Privileged Orders, The Clergy And The Nobles, And Of The Ticrs-etat, Or Commons. The Third Estate, Composed Of Representatives From The Towns And Rural Communities, Outnumbered The ...
National Banks
National Banks. Of The National Banking System. It May Be Said That The Civil War Pre Sented To Congress As Its First Duty The Invention Of Some Plan For Repressing The Hetero Geneous Banking System And Providing A System Of A Homogeneous And Absolutely Safe Character; One That Would Be ...
Nationalities
Nationalities. The Population Of Austria Hungary Embraces A Greater Number Of Races, Distinct In Origin And Language, Than That Of Any Other European Country Except Russia. The Slays Are The Most Numerous Race, Amounting To Over 46 Per Cent. Of The Whole Population. Next In Order Come The Germans, Then ...
Nebule
Nebul.e. In Addition To The Stellar Systems. We Have In The Sky Another Interesting Class Of Objects, The Nebula (q.v.). These Appear In The Telescope As Hazy Clouds Of Light, Usually Con Densing Here And There Into Brighter Nuclei. It Is Impossible To Escape The Conviction That These Nebnice Are ...
Nicolas
Nicolas, Count De ( 1755-1329 ) . A Distinguished Character Of The French Revolution. He Was Born In Provence, And In His Youth Served As A Lieutenant Against The British In India. He Eagerly Joined The Revolutionary Party. But Was Not, As Is Generally But Erroneously Stated, A Member Of ...
Otiier Races
Otiier Races. The Black Naer.—examples Are The Negritos Of The Philippines, The Papuans And Their Mela Nesian Kindred, The Andaman Islanders, And A Few Small Tribes In The Malay Peninsula. Such As The Sakai And The Sermangs. Some Ethnolo Gists Maintain That The White, Yellow, And Brown Races Were Preceded ...
Persia
Persia. The Organization Of The Persian Army In Ancient Days Appears To Have Corre Sponded Largely With The Divisions Introduced Into The Forces Of Media At An Earlier Date By King Cyaxares (q.v.), As Mentioned By Be Rodotus (c.103). This General Distribiltion Into Infantry, Composed Of Spearmen. Bowmen, And Others, ...
Physical Characteristics
Physical Characteristics. Baltimore Is Situated, In Common With Other Great Centres Of The Atlantic Border, At The Junction Of The Pla Teau Of Old Crystalline Rocks And The Overlying Beds Of Younger And Still Unconsolidated Forma Tions, Which Stretch Out Toward The East. The Hills Within The City Are Composed ...
Pierre Dp Terrail 1476
Bayard, Pierre Dp Terrail ( 1476 1524 ). A French Knight, The Chevalier Suns Pent. Et Sans Reproehe. Without A Rival The Model Of Chivalric Virtue. And One Of The Few Medimval Knights Whose Virtues Can Stand The Tests Of Mod Ern Culture. Though His Activity Was Chiefly Military, He ...
Pietro 1470 1547 Bembo
Bem'bo, Pietro (1470-1547). One Of The Most Celebrated Italian Scholars Of The Sixteenth Century. He Was Born In Venice, May 20, 1470. Having Studied At Padua And Ferrara, He Early Devoted Himself To Polite Literature. He Edited The Italian Poems Of Petrareh, Printed By Aldus In 1501, And The Terre ...
Political Divisions
Political Divisions. In The Political Affairs Of Asia, As In Those Of The African Continent, The Predominance Of European Influence Has Become Marked During The Last 200 Years, Though The Power Of The European Nations Has Not Been As Completely Established Over The Native Races Of Asia As Over Those ...
Political Divisions Of Asia
Political. Divisions Of Asia. More Than One Third Of Asia Is Included In The Russian Empire, The Dominions Of The Czar (siberia, Turkestan, Transcaucasia. Etc.), Embracing An Area Of About 6,500,000 Square Miles, With A Population Of About 25,000,000. About One-fourth Of Asia Is Included In The Chinese Empire (china ...
Population
Population. The Population By Decades Is As Follows: 1820, 14.000: 1830. 30.000; 1840.97.000; 1830, 209.000: 1860, 435.000: 1870. 484.000 ; 1880, 802.000; 1890, 1,128,000; 1900. 1.311.000. In 1820 Arkansas Ranked Twenty-sixth In Order Of Population. And Has Since Varied But Little From This Position. Being Twenty-fifth In 1900. The State ...
Population_2
Population. The Population Of Australia Represents The Development Of The First Century Of Her History, And Compares Favorably With The Corresponding Period In Other New Countries, E.g. The United States Or Argentina. In 1801 The White Inhabitants Were But 6.500, Which Number Increased During The First Half Century To About ...
Population_3
Population. The Population Of Bavaria Was 5.284,778 In 1sso; 5,594,982 In 1890; And 6.175,153 In 1900. Over 70 Per Cent. Is Roman Catholic, About 21 Per Cent. Protestant, Less Than 1 Per Cent. Hebrew, And The Rest Belongs To Various Christian Denominations, Such As Old Catholics, 31ennonites, Reformed Anglican. The ...
Praia 1801 50 Bastiat
Bastiat, Praia= ( 1801-50). An Eminent French Political Economist. He Was Born At Bayonne. June 29, 1801. His Father Was A Merchant, And Educated His Son With A View To The Same Pursuit. After Completing His Studies, Bastiat Entered The Commercial House Of One Of His Uncles, Employing His Leisure ...
In Maritime Law Average
Av'erage, In Maritime Law. The Generic Sense Of This Term In Maritime Law Appears To Be: The Loss Of Property While Embarked Upon A Maritime Adventure. Particular Average De Notes A Loss Which Is Borne By The Party Whose Property Is Injured Or Destroyed And Toward Which Others Are Not ...
Or Asphaltite Asphaltic Coal
Asphaltic Coal, Or Asphal'tite. Solid Forms Of Asphalt. Originally Derived From Petroleum, Which, Through Loss Of Their Oil Con Tent, Have Assumed An Appearance Analogous To That Of Glance-coal. Asphaltic Coal Occurs Usually In Fissures, Into Which It Has Flowed While In A Liquid Or Viscous Condition. Such Fissure Deposits ...
Or Asphaltum Asphalt
As'phalt, Or Asphaltum (gk. 'ad -op, Asphaltos, -on. A Loan-word Of Un Certain Origin). A Bituminous Substance Of Solid Consistency Occurring In Nature And Be Longing To The Same Series Of Hydroearbon Com Pounds As Petroleum And Natural Gas. It Is Also Called Jews' Pitch, Dead Sea Hitmnen, Com Pact ...
Or Assafcetida Asafcetida
As'afcet'ida, Or Assafcetida (lat., Fetid Asa Or Assa). A Gum-resin, Which Has Been Supposed To He Identical With The Exuded Juice Of The Si/phion Of Dioscorides, So Highly Esteemed Among The Greek Physicians; But This, Perhaps, Was Rather The .1sa Du/cis (q.v.). This Drug Is Brought From Persia, Turkestan, And ...
Or Assembly Of Divines
Assembly Of Divines', Or Commonly Called, From Their Place Of Meeting, The West Minster Assembly. A Convocation Appointed By The Long Parliament For Settling The Doctrine, Liturgy, And Government Of The Church Of Eng Land. It Consisted Of 121 Clergymen And 30 Lay Men-10 Of Whom Were Lords And 20 ...
Or Asthma
Asthma, Or Fiz'ina (gk. Short-drawn Breath, Panting, From Lir, Aein, To Blow). A Disorder Of The Function Of Respiration Characterized By Acute Attacks Of Difficult Breath Ing Accompanied By Coughing, Wheezing, And, In Severe Paroxysms, By Slight Asphyxia. Asthma Most Often Develops After Sonic Slight Catarrhal Inflammation Of The Bronchial ...
Or Augustines Augustinians
Au'gustin'ians, Or Au'gustines. The Name Given To Several Religious Bodies In The Roman Catholic Church. Although Saint Augus Tine Never Framed Any Formal Rule Of Monastic Life, One Was Deduced From Sermons Attributed To Him, And Was Adopted By As Many As 30 Monas Tic Fraternities, Of Which The Chief ...
Or Baby Lonian Exile
Bab'ylo'nish Captivity, Or Baby Lo'nian Exile. The Name Given To The Deportation Of Judeans To Babylonia By Nebu Chadnezzar At The Time Of The Conquest Of The Judean Kingdom. The Policy Of Deporting The Principal Inhabitants Of Conquered Districts, As An Effective Means Of Preventing Uprisings, Appears To Have Been ...
Or Bahamas
Baha'mas, Or Ltravos. A Group Of Islands, Forming A Division Of The British West Indies, Situated In The Atlantic Ccean. Between Latitudes 21° And 27° 31' N., Southeast Of Flor Ida And North Of Cuba And Haiti (slap: West Indies, K 2). Including The Reefs, They Number Ever 3000, Of ...
Or Basoche Bazoche
Bazoche, Or Basoche. A Guild Consisting Of The Clerks Attached To Theparlement Of Paris, As Well As The Provincial Parlements. When The French Parlenient Ceased To Be The Grand Council Of The King. And Confined Itself Ex Clusively To Administering Justice, A Distinction Of Name Necessarily Sprang Up Between Those ...
Or Benzol Benzene
Ben'zene, Or Ben'zol (for Derivation See 1.3e8zoin), Ca,. One Of The Most Important Of The Compounds Of Carbon. Large Quantities Of It Are Industrially Converted Into Nitro-benzene, From Which, In Turn, All Of The Aniline Of Com Merce Is Manufactured. The Luminosity Of A Coal Gas Flame Is Largely Due ...
Or Eighth Auditory
Au'ditory, Or Eighth, Nerve. Ac Cording To The Older Nomenclature, The Portio Mollis Of The Seventh Pair. The Nerve Connected With The Special Sense Of Hearing. The Ap Parent Origin Of This Nerve Is From The Ventro Lateral Surface Of The Medulla Immediately Be Hind The Transverse Fibres Of The ...
Or Expiation Atonement
Atonement, Or Expiation, Day Of. A Jewish Fast Day, Occurring On The Tenth Day Of The Seventh Month (tishri), And Observed As A Day Of Humiliation And Supplication. The Laws In Connection With It Are Found In Lev. Xvi., And In Some Scattered Passages (ex. Xxx. 10; Num. Xxix. 7-11), ...
Or Gross Aspern Aspern
Aspern, Or Gross Aspern. A Vil Lage Of Austria, On The Left Hank Of The Danube, 5 Miles East-northeast Of Vienna. Population About 1 Bm. This Village And The Neighboring One Of Essling Are Celebrated As The Scene Of A Sanguinary Battle In The Summer Of 1809, Be Tween The ...
Or Otto Of Roses
Attar Of Ro'ses, Or Otto Of Roses. The Volatile Oil Of The Petals Of Some Species Of Rose. It Is A Nearly Colorless Or Light Yellow Crystalline Solid At Temperature Below So° F., Liquefying A Little Above That Temperature. It Is Imported From The East, Where, In Syria, Per Sia, ...
Or Sand Martin Bank
Bank Swallow, Or Sand Mar'tin. This Familiar Swallow Is One Of The Most Nu Merous And Widespread Of All Birds. It Is Known Under One Or Another Name Throughout Nearly The Whole World, Wherever The Cut Banks Of Streams Give It An Opportunity To Make Its Burrowed Nesting-place. The Common ...
Or Tremulous Poplar Aspen
Aspen, Or Tremulous Poplar, Populus Tremula (see Poprar). A Tree Which Grows Plen Tifully In Europe And In Siberia. It Is A Native Of Great Britain, And Is Frequent In Scotland, Where It Is Found Even At An Elevation Of 1500 Feet Above The Sea. It Has Received The Specific ...
Or Zend Avesta Avesta
Aves'ta, Or Zend'-aves'ta. The Name Under Which, As A Designation, Are Comprised The Bible And Prayer-book Of The Zoroastrian Reli Gion. The Avesta Forms To-day The Sacred Books Of The Parris Or Fire Worshipers, As They Are Often Termed, A Small Community Living Now In India, Or Still Scattered Here ...