Biology
Biology. Future Discovery May Show To Us A Solid Basis For The Opinion That All The Facts Of Biology, Including Those Of Consciousness And Reason And Volition And Moral Obligation, Are, In Ultimate Analysis, Movements Of Matter In Ac Cordance With The Mechanical Principles Which Hold Good Throughout The Inorganic ...
Birch
Birch. Betula, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Betulacew. The Order Contains Two Important Genera, Birch And Alder, The Plants Of Which Are All Trees Or Shrubs, Natives Of Tem Perate And Cold Regions. The Genus Betula Is Distinguished By Ten To Twelve Stamens, And Winged Achenia. The ...
Bird Of Paradise
Bird Of Paradise. A Member Of An Australasian Family Of Passerine Birds, Remark Able For Ornamental Plumes, And So Called In Free Translation Of Their Native Name In The Jloluccas, Meaning 'birds Of The Gods,' Which Buffon Trans Formed Into Manneode. They First Became Known To Europe By Specimens Brought ...
Bird Of Prey
Bird Of Prey. Any Of The Predaceous, Flesh-eating Birds, Called In The Older Classifica Tions Rapaces, Itaptores, .aeciptres, Etc., Consid Ered As A Group From The Point Of View Of Habits Rather Than Of Structure. They Have Been Re Garded Usually As An Order Divisible Into Two Uncertain Groups—noeturnal And ...
Birkenhead
Birkenhead, A Seaport Town And Parliamentary Borough In Cheshire, England: Situated Opposite Liverpool, On The Left Bank Of The Mersey (map: England, C :3). It Includes The Townships Of Claughton, Orton, Tranmere• And Part Of Higher Bebington. The Grow Th Of The Town Has Been Very Rapid Since The Opening ...
Birmingham
Birmingham. A City And The County-seat Of Jefferson County, Ala., And An Important Manufacturing Centre. 97 Miles Northwest Of Montgomery; On The Central Llailroad Of Georgia, The Louisville And Nashville, The Southern, The Alabama Great Southern, And The Kansas City, Memphis And Birmingham Railroads (map: Alabama, C 2), Birmingham Was ...
Birmingham
Birmingham, La7erning-ani (either As. Dermal•big, Bcorming, A Proper Name Home; Or 'home On The Hill By The Heath,' From As B R Fa, Broom -i- Witch, Descent Total, Home). The Chief Seat Of The British For Metallic Manu Factures, And The Leading Hardware Centre Of The World (\lap: England, E ...
Birney
Birney, Tames Gillesme (1792-1857). An American Reformer, Leader Of The Conservative Abolitionists During The Anti-slavery Struggle. Ile Was Born In Danville, Ky.. Studied At Tran Sylvania University, And Graduated At Princeton In 1810. He Then Studied Law Under Alexander J. Dallas In Philadelphia, Began Practice In Dan Ville In 1814, ...
Biron
Biron, Went, Ernest John. Duke Of Cour Land (1690-1772). A Russian Statesman. He Was The Son Of A Landed Proprietor Of The Name Of Biihren. Through Bestuzhetf-rymnin, Who Be Friended Him, He Obtained The Favor Of Anna Iva Novna, Who Was Called To The Russian Throne In 1730. The Council ...
Births
Births, Izegistration Of. The First Nation To Provide For The Public- Registration Of Births Was England. Church Registers Had Long Been Kept, But In 1837 A Registrar-general's Office Was Established. The Registration, However, Was Vol Untary Until 1876. The Continental Countries Slam Adopted The System And Made It. Complete And ...
Biscay
Bis'cay (sp. Biseaya, Vizcaya, A Spanish Province Named After The Basques). Bay Of ( The Roman Sinus Aquitanicus Or Gallicus Oceanus, And The French Golfe De Gaseogne). A Portion Of The Atlantic Ocean Sweeping In Along The Northern Shores Of The Spanish Peninsula In An Almost Straight Line From Cape ...
Bishop
Bishop. The Title Of The Highest Order Of • Clergy In The Christian Church. The Name Is In The Saxon Biseop, And Comes From The Greek Itiaaa=oe, Episkopos, An Overseer, From Cpi, Upon Comer, Skopcin, To Watch. The Athe Nians Used To Send Officers Called Iriamzoi, Epi .s•opoi. To Their ...
Bismuth
Bismuth, (fr. Bismuth, Ger. Bis Wismuth, Of Unknown Origin). A Metallic Element, Probably Known To The Ancients. But First Described In 1450. In The Native State It Is Found Widely Distributed In Small Quantities, Generally With Ores Of Copper, Lead. Etc. It Is Further Found In Combination With Oxygen As ...
Bison
Bison (lat.. Gk. Gives, Bison, Wild Ox; Cf. Ohg. Wisunt, Wisant, Ger. Wiscat, Bison, As. Wesend, Wild Ox). A Kind Of Wild Cattle, Char Acterized By Massive And Shaggy Fore Quarters. The Name Was Applied By Pliny And Subse Quent Latin Writers To A Wild Ox Of Europe Otherwise Called ...
Bithynia
Bithynia, Hi-thin/i-it (gk. &curia). An An Cient Division Of Asia I.nlino•, Separated From Europe By The Propontis (sea Of Marmora) And The Thracian Bosporus (strait Of Constantino Ple). It Was Bounded North By The Euxine, South By Galatia, Phrygia, And Mysia, And East By Paphlagonia. It Contained The Famous Greek ...
Bitri
Bitri, H./re, Or Bure. A Mythical Being Who Stands In Norse Mythology As The Grand Father Of Odin, The Supreme Deity In That Relig Ion. In The Younger Edda (see Edda), The Fol Lowing Account Is Given Of The Creation Of The World: Many Ages Before The Earth Was Made, ...
Bittern Oe
Bittern (oe Bitoure, Bitter, From Fr. Butor; Origin Uncertain). Any Heron Of The Genus Botaurus And Related Genera, Forming The Separate Sub-family Botaurince. Bitterns Are Chiefly Distinguished From Herons By The Long. Loose Plumage Of The Sides Of The Neck. Which They Have The Power Of Erecting At Pleasure, Along ...
Bjornson
Bjornson, Byi.rn'son. 133(irnstjerne ( 1832 —). A Norwegian Poet. Dramatist. And Novelist. Ile Was Horn At Kvikne, December 8, 1832, The Son Of A T.utheran Pastor. His Childhood Was Passed In Kvikne, Romsdal, And Nolde, In Noble Scenery Rich In Legendary Association. He Left The Uni Versity Of Christiania For ...
Black Death
Black Death (lat. Pestis, Testis Bubo Nice, Pestis Inguinalis, Bubonic Plague). One Of The Names Given To An Oriental Plague. An Acute Infectious Disease Caused By The Presence Of A Specific Microbe, And Marked By Suppuration And Tumors, Which In The Fourteenth Century Deso Lated The World. It Took This ...
Black Fly
Black Fly. A Gnat Of The Forest Regions Of North Temperate Latitudes, Especially Torment Ing To Man And Beast, And Representing The Fain Ily Simuliid:e. All The Insects Of This Family Are Short. Small, And Thick-bodied, Having No Simple Eyes And No Transverse Suture In The Thorax; They Rarely Exceed ...
Black Forest
Black Forest ((le'. So Called From The Dark Foliage Of Its Ter And Pine Trees). A Wooded Mountain Region In The South Western Part Of Germany, Occupying The South Ern Part Of Baden And The Western Part Of Wiirttemberg (m•p: Germany, C 4). It Runs In A Direction From South ...
Black Letter
Black Letter (illark 1t.etter). A Name Commonly Given In England And America To The Printing-types Which On The Continent Axe Most Generally Known As Gothic. The First Printed Books Imitated Every Peculiarity Of The Con Temporary Manuscripts: And As Printing Was First Practiced In Germany And The Netherlands, The First ...
Black List
Black List. A List Of Persons Either (1) Against Whom The Compiler Would Warn Others, Or (2) With Whom He Refuses To Have Business Transactions, Or (3) With Whom He Seeks To In Duce Others Net To Have Business Relations. An Example Of The First Class In England Is The ...
Black Sea
Black Sea (let. Pon Tus Eu.rinus, Gk. Ii6wros Etleavos, Pontos Euxcinos, Hospitable Sea, Originally *o'er, Aa'cinos, Inhospitable; Turk !cure (kn. Black Sea). An Inland Sea Lying Between Eastern Europe And Asia Minor, And Connected With The Mediterranean By The Bos Porus, The Sea Of Marmora, And The Darda Nelles (map: ...
Blackberry
Blackberry (rebus Villosus). A Term Applied In America To Both Upright And Decum Bent Thorny Bushes Bearing A Fruit Consisting Of An Aggregation Of Small Drupes Or Berries, Ar Ranged About The Receptacle To Which They Adhere, And Which, When Ripe, Separates From The Plant With The Drupes And Forms ...
Blackbird
Blackbird. Any Of Several Different Birds Prevailingly Black In Plumage; In America, A Member Of The Family Leterid:e. About A Dozen Species Dwell In The United State. They Agree In The Possession Of A Rather Long And Slender Beak, With Cutting Edges, And Have Only Nine Primaries In The Wing; ...
Blackbuck
Blackbuck (so Named From Its Blackish Brown Color; As. Burro, He-goat, Hue, A Male (leer, 01ig. Bock, Ger. Bock, He-goat). The Common Antelope Of India (.1ati/opc Ccrrieapra), Which Ranges Over The Whole Of The Peninsula And As Sam, Wherever There Arc Open Plains. A Male Blacklmek Stands About :3:2 Inches ...
Blackburn
Blackburn (named After The River Black Burn. From As. Barna, Brook, Stream, Ger. Brunnen, Well, Engl. Burn, Rivulet, Brook). A Manufacturing Town In Lancashire. England. On The Blackburn, And The Leeds And Liverpool Canal, 21 Miles North•northwest Of Manchester (map: England, D 3). Among Its Notable Pub Lic Buildings Are ...
Blacking
Blacking. A Preparation Employed For Produchm. A Black, Glazed. Shining Surface On Leather. Producing Arc Numerous Recipes For Making Blacking, But They All Involve The Use Of A Pigment, Which Is Usually Ivory-black, Bone-blaek, Or Lampblack, Mixed With A Vehicle Which Is Usually Some Combination Of Oil, Vinegar, Beer, Molasses, ...
Blackleg
Blackleg (so Named Because The Tumors Affect The Legs Oftener Than Other Parts Of The Body), Black Quarter, Or Symptomatic An Thrax. An Infectious Disease Due To The Action Of Bacterium Ehanroli. It Is Confined Almost En Tirely To Cattle, But Eases Have Occurred Also In Sheep, Goats, Camels, Pigs, ...
Blackstone
Blackstone, Sir William (1723-80). A Celebrated Commentator On English Law. He Was The Son Of A Silk Mercer In London, And Was Horn There July 10, 1723. At The Age Of 15. Having Obtained A Scholarship From The Charterhouse School, Where He Was Educated, He Was Sent To Pembroke Hall, ...
Blaikie
Blaikie, Biteki, William Garden (1820 99). A Scottish Divine And Author. Ile Was Born At Aberdeen. A Son Of James Blaikie, An Advocate, And Provost Of Aberdeen From I8:33 To 1836. Educat•d At The Universities Of Aberdeen And Edinburgh. He Was Ordained Minister Of The Presbyterian Congregation Of Drumblade In ...
Blake
Blake, Rorefrr (1399-1637). An English Soldier And Admiral Of The Commonwealth. The Eldest Of Twelve Sons Of A Merchant, He Was Born At Bridgewater, Somerset, In August. 1599. He Studied At Oxford Front 1613-23, Taking His De Gree Of M.a. In 162:3 At Wadsworth College. When The Cin It War ...
Blake_2
Blake, Wilu...tm (1757-1827 ) . An English Engraver And Poet. He Was Born In London No Vember 28, 1757. In 1789 Lie Published Songs Of Innocence, Followed In 1794 By Songs Of Expe Rience, Showing The Two Contrary States Of The Human Soul, With About 60 Etchings, Remarkable For Their ...
Blank Verse
Blank Verse (refers To Absence Of Rhyme; Probably From Blank, Laeking A Part Necessary For Completeness, As E.g. In 'blank' Cartridges, Containing Powder But No Ball). Verse Without Rhyme. The Typical Line Contains Five Feet, Or Measures, Each Measure Having Two Syllables. A Stress Of The Voice. Varying In Degree, ...
Blanket
Blanket (fr. Blanche!: Originally, A Kind Of White Woolen Stuff, Dimin. Of Blanc, White; Ef. Eng. Blank). A Sheet Of Heavy Woolen Or Partly Woolen Cloth, Which Is Used For Beds, For Horse-eoverings, And To Wrap Around The Person. In The Early Years Of The Last Century, Especially From 1s12 ...
Blanqui
Blanqui, Louis Aucuste (1805-81). A French Revolutionist And A Member Of The Paris Commune. Lle Was A Brother Of Je•rome Adolphe Blanqni (q.v.), And Was Born At Puget-theniers, In The Department Of Alpes-maritimes, February 7, 1805. While Studying Law And Medicine In Paris, He Became Closely Identified With The Revolutionary ...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy (gk. /3xao-gpith(a, B/osphetnia, `speech Or Word Of Evil Omen'). As A Criminal Offense At Common Law, Blasphemy Consists In Maliciously Reviling God Or The Christian Relig Ion. As A Sin, It Was Punishable By The Ecclesias Tical Courts Of England; And Even In The United States, Where Such Courts ...
Blasting As
Blasting (as. Blast, Ohg. Bbist, A Blow Ing; Ef. Otig. Blesan, Breathe, Snort, Ger. Blasen, To Blow, Engl. Blaze, To Spread A Report, Just Like The Slang Blow). The Process Of Breaking Up Rock, Ores, And Other Fracturable Material By Means Of Explosives. It Is Extensively Employed In Engineering Works ...
Bleaching As
Bleaching (as. B/crean, To Grow Pale, Ger. Bleichen, To Whiten; Cf. E. Bleak, Ger. Bleich, Pale, As., Blue, Blire, Pale, Shining). The Art Of Removing Coloring Matters From Animal And Veg Etable Substances. Leaving The Material Uninjured But Of A Light Or White Color, So That, As In The Case ...
Bleek
Bleek, Bl5k, Friedrich (1793-1859). A German Biblical Scholar, Lie Was Born At Ahrens B6k, Holstein, July 4, 1793; Educated At The University Of Kiel (1812-14), And In Berlin, Under De Wette. Neander, And Schleiermacher (1814-17). In Isis He Became Tutor In Theology In The University Of Berlin. Soon Afterwards He ...
Bligh
Bligh, Bli, William ( 1754-1817). An Eng Lish Admiral, Celebrated In Connection With The Mutiny Of The Bounty. Ile Was Born, According To His Statement, At Tyntan, Saint Tudy, Corn Wall, 1753. It Is Probable, However, That He Was The Son Of John Bligh, Of Tretawne, And Born At Plymouth, ...
Blind Spot
Blind Spot. A Roundish Oval Spot In Each Retina, Which Is Blind. It Corresponds To The Place Of Entry Of The Optic Nerve. The Spot Is Some 1.8 Millimeters In Width, I.e. Subtends An Angle Of Some 6° (the Limits Given By Helmholtz Are 18° 55' And 12° 25'). That ...
Blindworm
Blindworm (dan. Blindor;n; So Called On Account Of The Small Size Of The Eyes), Or Blind A Name Given To Certain Worm-shaped, Burrowing Reptiles And Amphibians. It Applies Especially To Those Of Three Groups, None Of Which Is Really Blind: (1) The Serpent-like Lizards Of The Family An Guidfe, Of ...
Blister Beetle
Blister-beetle. A Dark-colored, Elon Gated Beetle Of The Family Meloicke. So Naiad Be Cause The Dried And Pulverized Bodies Of Effillain Of Them Are Used To Make Blister-plasters. They Are Also Called Oil-beetles (q.v.), Because Some Species, As Of Melon, Exude A Disagreeable Yellow Fluid From The Knee-joints When Disturbed. ...
Blisters
Blisters (akin To 0. Dutch Bluyster, Blis Ter; Cf. Blast, Blow). .medicinal Agents Which, When Applied To The Skin. Raise The Cuticle Into Small Vesicles Filled With Serous Fluid. They Are Applied Either In The Form Of Plasters Or In A Fluid State, As Suits The Convenience Of The Per ...
Blizzard
Blizzard. A Severe, Blinding Storm Of Fine Dry Snow, With A Freezing Wind. This Word Is Popularly Said To Have Originated In The United States, And Is In Fact On Record There As Early As 1830 Or 1840; But Snore Recent Investigations Have Shown That It Is Used In Analogous ...
Block Signal System
Block-signal System. A Method In Use On Railways To Insure Increased Safety By Keeping Trains A Certain Distance Apart, By'divid Ing The Line Into Blocks Or Sections, The Entrances To Which Are Guarded By Appropriate Signals For The Government Of The Train. The Blocks May Be Of Any Reasonable Length, ...
Blockade
Blockade (fr. Wagner, To Obstruct, Block; Bloc, Block). The Investment Of An Enemy's City, Port, Or Seacoast. It May Be Military, In Which Case The Object Of The Operation Is To Reduce The Invested Place, Or Commercial, For The Purpose Of Shutting Out Neutral Commerce From Access To The Blockaded ...
Blois
Blois, Blwii (med. Lat. Blesum, Blesis, Bleza). The Capital Of The Department Of Loir Et-cher, France, Finely Situated On The Slopes Of A Hill, On The Right Bank Of The Loire, 35 Miles Southwest Of Orleans (map: France, Ii 4). The Main Street Traverses A Hollow, Flanked By Eleva Tions, ...
Blood Feud As
Blood Feud (as. Ftrh.f, From Fah. Inimical; Oho. Fehide, Injury, Enmity, Ger. Fehdc. Feud). In Primitive Society, The Legalized Right Of Private Vengeance For Crimes Of Violence. The Institution Of The Feud And Its Regulation By Law, Involving. As It. Does, A Restriction On The Primary Impulse Of Revenge, Marks ...
Blood Stains
Blood-stains. In Some Criminal Trials It Is A Matter Of Extreme Importance To Determine Whether Certain Stains Found Upon Various Weap Ons. Upon Clothing. Or Upon Carpets, Walls, Furni Ture, Etc., Have Been Made By Blood Or By Sonic Other Substance. Further, There Comes Up The Question As To Whether ...
Blowpipe
Blowpipe. A Con Ical Tube Of Metal Ter Minating In A Small Opening, And Used In The Arts For Soldering Metals. And In Mineralogy And Analytical Chemistry For Determining The Nature Of Substances. According To Berzelius. Anton Von Swab, A Swedish Counsel Or Of Mines, First Used The Blowpipe In ...
Blucher
Blucher, Bink'er, Geiihard Leberecht Yon, Prince Of Wahlstadt (1742-1819). A Prussian Field-marshal. Lie Was Born At Rostock, In Meck Lenburg-schwerin, December 16, 1742. At The Beginning Of The Seven Years' War Lie Joined A Regiment Of Swedish Hussars, And In His First Action Was Taken Prisoner By The Prussian Hus ...
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge. The Name Of The Most East Erly Range Of The Appalachians In The United States (map: United States, Eastern Part, K 3). It Forms An Almost Continuous Chain From \vest Point In New York (the Highlands) Down To The North Of Alabama, Through New Jersey (schooley's Fountain). Pennsylvania ...
Bluebeard
Bluebeard. A Fictitious Hero Of The Fa Miliar Tale Which In The Eighteenth Century Found Its Way Into English From The French Of Charles Perrault (c.1097). In This Story, The Chevalier Raoul, Whose Surname Is Due To The Color Of His Beard, Had Married Seven Wives. Six Of These Had ...
Bluefish
Bluefish (so Called From Its Bluish Or Greenish Color). A Well-known Food And Game Fish (pomatoraus Saltatrix) Of Wide Distribution. Common In Summer Along The Eastern Coast Of The United States. It Is The Sole Representative Of The Family Pomatomithr, And Closely Allied To The Mackerels. It Occurs In Nearly ...
Bluethroat
Bluethroat. A Remarkable Little Euro Pean Bird, Allied To The Robin (and Hence Some Times Called 'bluebreast' In England, Where It Is An Infrequent Visitor), Assigned To The Genus Cyanecula; And Characterized By A Bright-blue Throat, Separated From The White Below It By Crescentic Bands Of Black And Rust-red. Two ...
Bo Tree
Bo-tree. The Name Given To The Sacred Fig-tree, Ficus Reliyinsa, Or Pipal (see Peertm). Under Which The Buddha, Prime Siddhartha, Sat During The Night In Which He Received Supreme Enlightenment And Attained To The Buddhaship. As Bo-tree Literally Means 'tree Of Wisdom,' From Sinhalese Bo = Slat. Pali Bodhi, Wisdom, ...
Boar As
Boar (as. Bar, Ohg. Leer, Ger. Bar, Brood Bear: Cf. Russ. Borora, Boar). Wild. The Com Mon And Most Typical Species (sus Scrofc) Of Wild Swine, Which Exceeds The Largest Domestic Swine In Size, And Is Far Superior To Them In Strength And Swiftness. It Is Grayish-black In Color, Cov ...
Boat As
Boat (as. Bat, Ger. Boot; Cf. Fr. Bateau, Boat, From Low Lat. Batcllus, Dimin. Of Battus, Baths, Boat). A Small Vessel Propelled By Oars, Sail, Or Steam. The Name Is Also Applied To Large Vessels Built To Navigate Rivers And Interior Waters, And Sometimes To Large Sea-going Vessels: But In ...
Bobolink
Bobolink (earlier Boblincoln, Bob O' Lin Coln, Bob-o-/incon; In Imitation Of The Sounds Produced By The Bird). One Of The Most Con Spicuous And Interesting Song-birds Of North America, Found Wherever Plains, Prairie Mead Ows, Or Cultivated Fields Offer It A Suitable Home. It Is A Member Of The Lete•idle, ...
Boccaccio
Boccaccio, Biik-kli'cbt.), Giovanni (1313 75), The Third Great Figure In Italian Litera Ture, Who. Lacking The Inspiration Of Dante And The Perfect Form Of Petrarch, Is Remembered In The History Of Culture As The Creator Of A Classic Italian Prose, And, Through The Deeamcron, As The Father Of The Modern ...
Bocklin
Bocklin, Willi, Arnold (187.1901). A Swiss Landscape Painter. Ile Was Born In Basel, And Studied In Diisseldorf (under Schirmer), In Brussels, Paris, And Rome. Ile Returned To Ger Many In 1856, And Lived In Hanover, And Then In Munich. Where Count Schack, Afterwards His Chief Patron, Was First Attracted By ...
Bodin
Bodin, Bosisn', Jean ( 1530-96). A French Writer On Polities, Born In Angers. Ile Was A Lecturer On Law In Toulouse. And Subsequently Practiced As On Advocate Of The Parlement Of Paris. Before He Devoted Himself To The Study Of Political Theory, Llis Exceptional Talents. And The Positive Attitude He ...
Bodleian
Bodleian (bod'h"..-an) Library. The Great Library Of The University Of Oxford, Eng Land. The First Library, The Foundation Of Hum Phrey, Duke Of Gloucester, Was Destroyed By The Fanaticism Of Edward Vi.'s Commissioners For The Reform Of The University. Sir Thomas Dud Ley's Was A Restoration (1602), And His Active ...
Bodley
Bod'ley, Sir Thomas (1545-1612). An English Scholar And Diplomatist. Now Best Known Through The Bodleian Library (q.v.). During The Reign Of Mary His Parents Were For A Time In Geneva. Where Thomas Studied Greek, And Divinity, The Last With Calvin. The Family Returned On The Accession Of Elizabeth, And The ...
Body And Mind
Body And Mind. The Question Of The Rela Tion Of Body To Mind, Together With The Deeper Question Whether We Have A Right To Separate These Two Terms And To Speak At All Of A 'relation' Between Them, Is Subject-matter For Metaphysical Inquiry. We Refer To The Articles Dualism; Epistemology; ...
Boecrh
Boecrh, Hick, (1785-1s67). A Ger Man Classical Scholar. Ile Was Born In Nails Rube, November 24, 1785, And Was Enrolled As Student In The University Of Halle In L803, Where The Lectures Of F. A. Wolf (q.v.) Induced Him To Devote Himself Exclusively To Philology. La 1807 He Became Professor ...
Boer
Boer, Lair (dutch Hoer, Farmer, Ger. Bauer, Peasant, Eng. Boor, Husbandman, Rustic). The Name Given To The Dutch Inhabitants Of South Africa Who Are Descended From The Original Set Tlers Of Cape Colony. Separated For Centuries From The Rest Of The World, These People, In Their Rude Pioneer Life, Preserved ...
Boffins Bower
Boffin's Bower. The Name Given By Mrs. Boll In. In Dickens's Our Mutual Friend, To The Place She Mode Her Home, As Being More Cheer Fill Than Its Original Of Harmon's Jail. Bog (gael. Bogom Quagmire, Ir. And Gael. Bog, Soft, Moist). Wet Land Covered With Moss, And Often Underlain ...
Bogomiles
Bog'omiles. A Religious Sect Which Came Into Notice In The Twelfth Century, Whose Chief Seat Was In Thrace. They Resembled The Pauli Clans And Cathari. Their Name, If Derived From The Slay. Bog, 'god,' And Milug, 'have Mercy,' May Perhaps Refer To The Frequency Of Their Prayers; But More Likely ...
Bogoslov
Bogoslov, Brig(!)-slte. A Volcanic Islet Off The Northwest Coast Of Unalaska In The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U. S. It Was Formed By A Volcanic Upheaval In The Year 1796. It Is A Haunt Of Sea-lions. Bogota, (under Spanish Rule Santa Fa De Bogota). The Capital Of Colombia And An Archiepiscopal ...
Bohemia
Bohemia (aled. Lat., From Lat. Holiday Mum, From Boil, A Celtic Tribe -i- Luring, Old Sax. Hem, Home; Called By Its Slavic Inhabitants. The Czechs, Cechy). A Former Kingdom Of En Rope, And Now A Crownland Of The Cisleithan (austrian) Half Of The Austro-hungarian Mon• Amity (map: Austria, D 2). ...
Bohemian Brethren
Brethren, Bohemian. The Name Of A Re Ligious Society Which Was First Instituted In Bohemia About The Middle Of The Fifteenth Cen Tury. It Was Originally Composed Of Remnants Of The Hussites. Dissatisfied With The Conduct Of The Calixtines (see Hussrres), They Went, In 1453, To The Borders Of Silesia ...
Bohemund I
Bo'hemund I. (lat. Bohemundus) (e.1066. 1111). The Eldest Son Of Robert Guiscard, The Norman Duke Of Apulia And Calabria, Born Some Time Between 1052 And 1060. Ile Distin Guished Himself In The War Carried On By His Father Against Alexius Comnenus (1081-84). Rob Ert Guiseard Died In 1085, Leaving His ...
Bohm
Bohm, Ben, Richard (1854-1884). An Af Rican Explorer. Ile Was Born In Berlin, Studied Zoology, And In 1880 Went With Paul Richard To Zanzibar. In The Following Year He Made An Ex Pedition To The Interior Of The Continent And Vis Ited Lake Tanganyika. Lie Died Of Fever In The ...
Boiardo
Boiardo, Matte° Slutta. Count Of Scandiano (c.1434-94 ). A Celebrated Italian P' • .et Born At Scandiano. Educated At The L'ni Versity Of Ferrara. He Bnig Resided At The Court Of Borso And Ereole D'este, Duke: Of Ferrara, Who Were His Steadfast Friends And Patrons. Ile Was Made Governor Of ...
Boieldietj
Boieldietj, Francois-adrien ( 1775-1834). An Eminent Composer Of French Om'ra Coin I Lle Was Born December 15, 1775. In Rouen, Son Of An Archbishop's 'secretary. He Ran Away From His Teacher, The Organist Broche, To Paris (17s7 ). Whence He Was Ignominiously Brought Back; And Brodie's Lessons Seem To Have ...
Boii
Boii, Ba Eyes A Celtic People, Who Early Mi Grated Eastward From Gaul Into Northern Italy, Bohemia, And The Region Of The Eastern Alps. In Italy They Stubbornly Resisted The Romans, Some Times Victors, Often Vanquished. They United With Both Hannibal And A Lesser Hamilear Against The Common Enemy, But ...
Boiler
Boiler. In Steam Engineering, A Vessel In Which Steam Is Generated At A High Pressure For Heating Or Power Purposes.. In Its Simplest Form, It Consists Of A Closed Vessel Made Of Sheet Metal, Having Apertures For The Admission Of Water And Egress Of Steam, Fitted With Appara Tus For ...
Boiling Point
Boiling-point. The Temperature At Which A Liquid Substance Boils. Evaporation Of Water Takes Place. More Or Less Rapidly, At All Tem Peratures (even At Temperatures At Which It Rapidly Freezes). No Matter How Great The Pres Sure Of Air Or Other Gases On Its Surface. When Some Water Is Placed ...
Boisseree
Boisseree, Bwirsrte. Stmettz (1783-1854). A German Art Critic And Antiquary. Ile Was Born In Cologne. August. 2. 1783. A Visit Which He And His Brother Melchior (1786-1851), Along With Their Friend Bertram, Paid To Paris In Is03, Inspired The Trio With The Idea Of Collecting And Preserving The Scattered Specimens ...