Edward Bowman
Bowman, Edward Mounts (1848-1. An American Organist. Pianist, Choral Conductor, And Teacher; Horn In Barnard, Vt. Ile Studied Under Dr. William Mason And John P. Morgan, Of New York; Nveitzmann, Rohde. August. Haupt, And Franz Bendel. Of Berlin; Batiste And Guilmant, Of Paris. And Drs. Maefarren. Bridge. And E. H. ...
Edward George Earle Bulwer Lytton
Bulwer-lyt'ton, Edward George Earle, First Lord Lytton (1803-73). An English Novelist, Born In London, May 25, 1803. Tie Vat The Youngest Son Of William Earle Bulwer Of Ileydon Hall, Norfolk, And Elizabeth Barbara I.ytton Of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Ills Father Died In 1807; And On The Death Of His Mother In ...
Edwin Thomas 1833 93 Booth
Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833-93). A Dis Tinguished American Actor, The Son Of Junius Brutus Booth. Be Was Born At Belair, Md., No Vember 13, 1833. And Early Showed His Studious Temperament. Brought Up To The Stage By His Father, He Made His D(•but In Boston In In 1851 Lie Took ...
Elig
Elig Ills. The Burmese Are The Practical Buddhists Of The World, Their Religion Being Of The Southern (ceylonese) Or Purer Variety, Which Most Elosely Approximates The Original Form Taught By Gautama. Even The Siamese Are Lax In Comparison To The Burmese. Burma, Isolated Geographically Between The Mountains And The Ocean, ...
Elizabeth Barrett 1806 61
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806 61). An English Poet. She Was The Eldest Daugh Ter Of Edward Moulton, Or Moulton-barrett, As Lie Afterwards Wrote His Name, And Mary Graham, And Was Born At Coxhoe Ilall, Five Miles From The City Of Durham, March 6, 1806. In 1809 The Family Settled In ...
Elizaretti Blackwell
Blackwell, Elizaretti (1821—). The First Woman Ever Obtained A Medical Di Ploma In The United States. She Was Horn In Bristol, England. Ciremnstances Induced The Family To Emigrate To New York, And They After Wards Went To Cineinnati. Miss Blackwell In 1838, With Two Elder Sisters, Opened A Boarding Milord, ...
Eorge Cable
Cable, (;eorge \vasurngton (1844—). An American Novelist And Writer On Social Ques Tions. He Was Born In New Orleans, October 12, 1844. On His Father's Side He Is Of Vir Ginia Stock, And On His Mother's Side Of New England Ancestry. After Scant Schooling, Cable Became A Clerk In New ...
Eustace I6s6 1737 Budgell
Budg'ell, Eustace I6s6-1737 ). An Eng Lish Essayist And Miscellaneous Writer. He Stud Ied At Trinity College, Oxford, And At The Inner Temple, And Was Admitted To The Bar. In 1709 Be Was Appointed A Clerk, And In 1715 Under-secre Tary To His Second Consin, Joseph Addison, Who In Those ...
External Features
External Features. Though A Strictly Scien Tific Arrangement Might Call For The More Basal Internal Structure To Be First Considered, It Suits Present Purposes Better To Give First An Account Of The Exterior—the Plumage And Epidermal Ap Pendages So Characteristic Of Birds. Plumage.—feathers Are Horny Products Of The Epidermal Cells ...
Finance Govern Ent
Govern Ent, Finance, Etc. The Govern Ment Of Bolivia Is A Representative Democracy, In Which The Executive Power Is Vested In A President, Elected Directly For Four Years. Who Is Assisted By Two Vice-presidents. Similarly Elected. And A Responsible Of Five Members. Neither The President Nor The Vice-presidents Are Eligible ...
Finances
Finances. The Financial Conditions Of Brazil Are Not Better Than Those Of Any Other South American Country, If Indeed They Are Not In A Worse Plight. Reckless Extravagance Or Un Scrupulous Handling Of Public Funds By The Po Litical Parties In Power. A Too Liberal Use Of The Printing-press For ...
Flora
Flora. The Flora Of Brazil May Be Divided Roughly Into Three Zones—that Of The Lowlands Of The Amazon Basin, That Of The Southeastern Pla Teau, And That Of The Broad Divide Separating Tributaries Of Time Amazon From Those Of The Rio De La I'lata In The Interior. Vegetation On The ...
Flora And Forests
Flora And Forests. The Flora Is Distinctly Of A Northern Type, And The Forest Resources Of The Province Rank Next To The Mineral Wealth In Importance. British Columbia Probably Con Tains The Largest Unbroken Area Of Merchantable Forests On The Continent. The Western Slopes Of The Mountains. Particularly The Coast ...
Food Value
Food Value. The Grain Of Buckwheat And Its Various By-products Are Used To A Limited Extent For Feeding Farm Animals, As Are Also The Green Plant And The Straw. Buckwheat Flour And Grits Are Used As Human Food. The Plants Are Some Times Grown As Bee-plants For The Honey They ...
Fossil Bird
Bird, Fossil. Fossil Remains That Could Be Referred To Birds Were Among The Later Ac Quisitions Of Paleontologists. The First Were Mis Takenly So Considered, And Consisted Of The Famous 'bird-tracks' Discovered In The 'brown Stone' Rocks Of The Connecticut River By Hitch Cock, About 1835, And Extensively Studied By ...
Francis Itenry Bridgewater
Bridgewater, Francis Itenry Eneirrox, Eighth Earl Of (1756-1829). The Son Of John Egerton, Bishop Of Durham. And Grandnenbew Of The First Duke Of Bridgewater. He Was Born In London, November 11, 175g, And Succeeded His Brother As Earl In 1823. He Was Educated At Oxford, Becoming Fellow Of All Souls ...
Francis Preston Blair
Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1s21-75). An American Lawyer. Politimn, And Soldier, Born In Lexington. Ky. He Graduated At Princeton In 1841. Was Admitted To The Bar In 1843. And Re Moved To Saint Louis To Practice Law. In The Mexican War He Served In The United States Army As A ...
Friedrich 1805 59
Friedrich (1805-59). A German Writer On Political Economy. He Was Born At Freiberg And Studied At The University Of Leipzig (1823-20, Where He Was Appointed In 1833 To The Chair Of Applied Philosophy And Political Science. The Principal Works Of This Prolific Writer Include: Eneyklopiidie Der Staats Aissenschaften (2d Ed., ...
Friedrich Martin Von 1819 92
Bo'denstedt, Friedrich Martin Von (1819-92). A German Poet And Journalist. He Was Born In Peine. April 22, 1819, And Educated For Commerce; But Forced His Way To The Uni Versity, Studying In Gottingen, Munich, And Ber Lin, After Which He Lived Three Years As Tutor In Moscow, Making Excellent Translations ...
Gaics Jclics Ciesar
Ciesar, Gaics Jclics (ic.100-11.c.44). A Famous Roman General. Statesman, And Writer; One Of The Most Remarkable Men Of All Time. He Was The Son Of A Roman Of The Same Name, And Was Born July 12, B.c. 100. Two Cir Cumstances Conspired To Determine His Sym Pathies In Favor Of ...
General Considerations
General Considerations. Many Aspects Of Bird-life Properly Belonging To A Treatise More Extended Than This Need Only Be Indicated Here, Because They Arc Elsewhere Discussed With Rea Sonable Fullness. Thus Their Classification Is Out Lined Under Intnithology. The Distribution Of Birds On The Globe, Where, In Spite Of Their Powers ...
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
Brandes, Georg :morris Cohen 1842—). The First Of Danish Critics By Genius, And One Of The Great Systematic Critics Of Literature In Modern Times, Worthy To Rank With The French Men Sainte-bence, Taine, And Brunetiere. Even His Books Of Travel Are Books Of Criticism, But It Is With The Wide ...
George 1506 82 Buchanan
Buchanan, George (1506-82). A Scot Tish Historian And Poet, Noted As Tutor Of James I. Ile Was Born Of Poor Parents In Killearn, Stirling, February, 1506. He Was Sent To Time University Of Paris By His Uncle, Who Died Two Years Afterwards, Leaving Buchanan Without The Means Of Prosecuting His ...
George Bull
Bull, George An English Bishop And Theological Writer. He Was Born At Wells And Studied At Oxford, Whence He Retired In 1649, Having Refused To Take The Common Wealth Oath Imposed By Parliament. He Received Holy Orders When 21 Years Old, And Was Appointed Pastor Of Saint George's. Bristol: Later ...
George Gordon Byron
Byron, George Gordon, Sixth Lord (1788 1824 ). One Of The Greatest Of English Poets. Lie Was Horn In London. January 22, 1788. And Was The Only Son Of Capt. John Byron. Of The Guards. And Catherine Gordon Of Gight, A Scottish Heiress. Captain Byron And His Wife Did Not ...
George Itenry 1803 81 Borrow
Borrow, George Itenry (1803-81). An English Author. Lie Was Born At East Dereham, Norfolk, July 5, 1803, The Son Of Capt. Thomas Borrow, Of The \vest Norfolk Regiment. Moving With His Father's Regiment From One Station To Another, He Saw Much Of England. He Was Also For A Short Time ...
Georges 183s 75
Georges (183s-75). A French Operatic Composer. He Was The Son Of A Singing-master In Paris, And Was Generally Regarded As A Child Prodigy. At Nine He Entered The Conservatoire, Where His Masters Were Marmontel In Piano, Zimmermann In Harmony, Benoist In Organ, And His Future Father-in-law, Dalevy, In Composition. For ...
Gilbert 1643 1715 Burnet
Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715). A British Prelate And Historian. He Was Born In Edin Burgh, September 18, L643, The Youngest Son Of Lord Crimond. At The Age Of 10 He Entered Marischal College, Abercken, Being Admitted M.a. At The Age Of 14. He Inclined To The Study Of Civil And Feudal ...
Girder Bridges
Girder Bridges. On Account Of Its General Applicability And Wide Utility, The Girder Bridge Is Perhaps The Type Of Bridge Structure Most Available To The Engi Neer. The Three Forms Of Girder Bridge Which Have Been Used Are The Plate Girder. The Box Or Tubular Bridge, And The Braced Girder ...
Govern 3ient
Govern 3ient. British Columbia Is Represented In The Canadian Parliament By Three Senators And Six Members Of The House Of Commons. The Local Government Is In The Hands Of A Local Legislature Of Thirty-eight Elected Members. A Lientenant-governor. Appointed By The Dominion Government, And An Executive Couneil. The Chief Towns ...
Government
Government. Burma, Before It Came Under The Rule Of Great Britain, Was N Despotic Monarchy, Though The King. Or 'lord Of The White Elephant.' Was Assisted By A High Coun Cil Of Four Ministers Of State, Who Gave Or Dens To The Governors Of Provinces. The Hindu Code Of Mann, ...
Government
Government. Tn Accordance With The Treaty Adopted By The European Powers At The Berlin Congress Of 1878, Bulgaria Was Constituted An Hereditary And Constitutional Monarchy Under The Suzerainty Of And Tributary To The Turkish Government. Eastern Rumelia, Prior To 1885 An Autonomous Province Of The Ottoman Empire And Administered By ...
Granite
Granite. Of The Crystalline Siliceous Rocks, Granite I Q.v.) Is Undoubtedly The Best Known And Most Deservedly Popular As A Building Stone. ('ommercially, This Term Granite Is Ap Plied To All Igneous And Metamorphic Rocks I See Igneous Rocks; Metamorphic Rocks) ; But Still The Use Of True Granites Predominates. ...
Henry 1835 90 Brady
Brady, Henry (1835-90). An English Paleontologist, Horn At Gateshead. He Was A Successful Manufacturing Pharmacist And Had Much Influence In Placing That Profession On A Sound Scientific Basis. For Several Years He Was Member Of The Council Of The Pharmaceu Tical Society. The Associations Of His Youth Had Developed In ...
Henry Cutler 1855 96 Bunner
Bun'ner, Henry Cutler (1855-96). An American Novelist And Humorist; Editor Of Puck From Almost Its Beginning Till His Death. Lie Was Born In Oswego And Educated In New York, Whither Lie Came As A Youth. After A Brief Ex Perience Of Business Life He Essayed Journalism On The Staff Of ...
Hermann 1668 1738 Boerhaave
Boerhaave, Hermann (1668 '1738). A Dutch Physician. He Was Born At Voor Bout, Near Leyden. In 1652 He Went To Leyden To Become A Clergyman, And Studied Greek, Lat In, Hebrew, Chaldee. Ecclesiastical And Secu Lar History, And Mathematics. In 1659 He Was Made Doctor Of Philosophy, And In 1690 ...
Hetnricii 1504 75 Bullinger
Bullinger, Hetnricii (1504 75). A Swiss Reformer. Ile Was Born At Lirem Garten, In The Canton Of Aargau, July Is, 1504. He Was Sent To The School Of The Brothers Of The Common Life At Emmerich When Twelve Years Old, And There Sang On The Streets For His Support As ...
History
History. The Peninsula On Which Old Bos Ton Was Built Was Known As Si .....tawmut. Or Sweet Waters, To The And Was Named Trimon Taine By The Early Colonists, From The Three Peaked Top Of One Of Its Hills. It Was First Visit Ed By An Exploring Party From Plymouth ...
History Bmmos
History. Bmmos Ayi'vs Has Played An Impor Tant Part In South American History. Founded In 1335 By Don Pedro De Mendoza, It Received Fhe Name Of Ciudad De In Santisima Trinidad Y Puerto The Santa Hula Ile Buenos Ayres. After Our Lady The Virgin Mary Of Good Airs Or Winds. ...
History Of Institutions
History Of Institutions. The First Book Call Ing Attention To The Condition Of The Blind Was Published In Italy In 1646, And We Find, From This Time Onward, An Increasing Interest In The Subject Of Blindness And Its Effect On The Human Mind. Locke, Leibnitz, Condillac, Reid, And Diderot Wrote ...
History_2
History. The History Of The Scientific Study Of Plants Probably Begins With Their Classification By Aristotle And Theophrastus Into Trees, Shrubs, And Herbs. The Study Was, However, Scarcely Carried Any Further Until In The Sixteenth Cen Tury The Authors Of The Oldest Herbals. Brunfels, Fuchs. Bock, And Others, Made A ...
History_3
History. Captain Cook, The Famous Explorer, Visited A Part Of The Coast Of British Columbia In 1778, And Ten Years Later An English Settle Ment Was Established At Nootka By Captain .john Meares, Formerly A Lieutenant In The British Navy, Though It Was Almost Immediately Broken Up By The Spanish, ...
History_4
History. In Ancient Times Brittany, Under The Name Of Aremoriea (armorica), Was The Seat Of The Confederated Armorican Tribes, Who Were Of Celtic And Kymrie Origin. Traces Of Them Remain In The Old Kymric Dialect Of The Three Most Westerly Departments, And In The Nu Merous So-called Druidical Monuments Already ...
History_5
History. In 1679 La Salle Visited This Lo Cality. And Built Near The Present City The First Ship That Was Navigated On Lake Erie—a Little Vessel Of Only 60 Tons, Called The Griffin. In 1792 There Was Only One Settler Here, A Trader Named Winney, And In 1795. According To ...
Horace 1s02 76 Bushnell
Bush'nell, Horace (1s02-76). An Ameri Can Theologian. He Was Born In Litchfield, Conn.. April 14, 1802; Graduated At Yale In 1827, Where He Studied Law And Theology ; In 1833 Became Pastor Of The North Congregational Church In Hartford, Resigned 1859, And Died There February 17, 1876. Lle Was A ...
Ieocraphical Distribution
(ieocraphical Distribution. Lepidoptera Oc Cur Wherever Plant-life Suited To The Nourishment Of The Caterpillars Is Present. They Are Snn-lo•ing Forms, And Are Most Numerous In Species In The Tropics. However, In Numbers Of Individuals. Some Of The Temperate Zone Forms Far Outrank Any Of The Others. Some Species Occur In ...
Iienri De La Bouillon
Bouillon, Iienri De La Torn Due De (1s5s-1033). A French General, At First Known As Vicomte De Turenne. Lie Became A Calvinist And Partisan Of Henry Of Navarre, Who. When King, Gate Him The Hand And Estate Of Char Lotte De La Narek. The Heiress Of The Duchy Of Bouillon. ...
Illustrations Of Bible
Bible, Illustrations Of. As Soon As The Earliest Symbolic Stage Of Christian Art Had Passed, Which Is Represented By The Catacombs Fq.v.), And Their Frescoes Of The Second, Third, And Early Fourth Centuries, The Historic Stage Began, When The Emblems, Allegories, And Sym Bols, Such As Vine, Anchor, Dove, Fish, ...
Immigration
Immigration. The Chief Cause Of Brazil's Backwardness Is Its Lack Of A Skilled, Intelligent, Industrious Population. Nothing Is More Natu Ral, Therefore, Than That The Brazilian Govern Ment Should Try To Attract European Immigra Tion By Offering The Immigrants Abundant Land To Settle On. The Immigration Laws Of Brazil, Like ...
Imperfections And I M
Imperfections And I M Purities In Bread. One Of The Most Common And Dangerous Faults In Bread Is Heaviness And Sogginess. Tn Wheat Bread This May Be Caused By The Use Of Cheap Flours, Poor In Gluten, Which Cannot Absorb All The Water Put Into The Dough, Or, To State ...
Institution S
Institution S. Besides Its Many Churches Of All Denominations, And A Large Variety Of Charit Able Institutions, 13utfalo Is Noted As The Home Of The First Charity Organization Society In The Country (founded In 1877). Its Home In The Fitch Institute Is The Headquarters For A Large Amount Of Philanthropic ...
Internal Structure
Internal Structure. S'cicton.—the Theory And Facts Of Ancestry Related Above Are Enforced By Comparative Anatomy, Which Finds In The Structure Of Birds A Close Resemblance To The Internal Structure Of Reptiles. Birds, Neverthe Less, Possess Distinctive Anatomical Features Fully Entitling Them To Rank As A Separate Class. In General Form ...
Jack 1450 Cade
Cade, Jack ( -1450). The Leader Of An Insurrection Beginning In Kent. England. June, 1450. He Was Of Irish Birth, And Had Served In The French Wars. Assuming The Name'of Morti Mer, And Claiming Relationship With The Duke Of York, Cade Marched With 20,000 To 30,000 Armed Men On London, ...
James 183s Bryce
Bryce, James (183s-) An Eminent Eng Lish Writer And Legislator. Ile Was Born In Belfast, Ireland. Studied At Glasgow University, And In 1862 Graduated At Trinity College, And Won A Fellowship In Oriel College, Oxford. In 1864 He Published A Monograph, The Holy Roman Empire, Which. Subsequently Much Enlarged, Quickly ...
James Blair
Blair, James ( /656-1743). A Colonial Clergyman And Educator, The Founder And First President Of William And Alary College In Virginia. 11e Was Born In Scotland. Graduated At The University Of Edinburgh In 1673, Re Moved To England In 1682, And In 1685 Was Sent To Virginia As A Missionary ...
James Both Well
Both Well, James Hepnran, Fourth Earl Of ( ?i536-78). A Scottish Nobleman, Husband Of Mary. Queen Of Scots. Ile Was Born Probably In 1536 Or 1537, And Was Brought Up And Edu Cated By His Granduncle. Patrick Hepburn. Bishop Of Moray. At Spynie Castle. Ile Was Reputed A Good Scholar. ...
James Gillespie 1s30 93blaine
Blaine, James Gillespie ( 1s30-93). An Eminent American Statesman And Political Leader. Great -grandfather Was Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), An Officer On The Patriot Side In The American Revolution, \rho Served From 1778 To 1782 As Commissary-general Of The Northern De Partment. James Was Born. Of Scotch-i Rish Pa Rentage, At ...
Jean Joseph Louis 1811 82
Blanc, Jean Joseph Louis (1811-82). A French Socialist And Historian, Born In Madrid, October 29, 1811. In 1820 He Was Placed In The College At Rhodez; In 1830 He Went To Paris And Became A Clerk In An Attorney's Office For A Short Time, And In 1832 Became Private Tutor ...
Jean Pierre 1754 93brissot
Brissot De Warville, Jean Pierre ( 1754-93). A French Jurist And Politician. Ile Was Born At Chartres, January 14, 1754. Though His Father Was A 'modest Innkeeper,' Brissot Received A Good Education, And Wa_s Trained For The Bar. Two Scholarly Works On Criminal Law, Theo•ie Des Lois Eriminelles 117140), And ...
Jeremiah Sullivan 1810 83 Black
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (1810-83). An American Jurist And Statesman. Lie Was Born In Somerset County, Pa. ; Received A Common-school Education, Studied Law, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1831, And Soon Acquired A Considerable Prime Tire. Ile Served For Some Time As Deputy Attor Ney-general For Somerset Comity, And ...
Jerome Bonaparte
Bonaparte, Jerome, The Youngest Brother Of Napoleon. Was Horn At Ajaecio, November 15, 1734. After Receiving His Education In The Col Lege Of Juilly, He Served As Naval Lieutenant In The Expedition To Haiti. When War Broke Out Between France And England In 1803, Jerome Was Cruising Off The West ...
Johann Andreas 1783 1852 Buchner
Buchner, Johann Andreas (1783-1852). A German Pharmacist, Born In Munich. Be Studied Pharmacy Under Trommsdorff In Erfurt, And In 1818 Was Appointed Professor Of Pharmacy. Toxicology, And The Theory Of Prescription At (lie University Of Landshut. This Chair He Retained Upon The Transfer Of The University To Munich In 1826. ...
Johann Bugenhagen
Bugenhagen, Johann, Surnamed Or Dr. Pomm ( 1485 1558 ). A German Reformer. He Was Born At %vol Lin, Near Stettin. In Pomerania, June 24, 1485. Lie Studied At Oreifswald, And As Early As 1504 Heeame Rector Of The Academy At Treptow ; Became A Priest In 1509, But Did ...
John Cabot
Cabot, John (1•50-9s). An Italian Navi Gator Sailing Under The English Flag. His Na Tive Name Was Giovanni Cabot°, And He Was Born In Genoa. He Removed To Venice At An Early Age, Acquired Citizenship There, And Traded Thence To All The Important Mediterranean Ports. About 1490 Lie Removed To ...
Joiin Stuart Bute
Bute, Joiin Stuart, Third Earl Of (1713-92). A -british Statesman Whom Wilkes Reviled, At Whom Junius Thundered, And Against Whom Chatham Declaimed As "one Behind The Throne Greater Than The Throne Itself." Lle Was Born In Edinburgh, Slay 25, 1713, And Succeeded To The Peerage In 1723. He Was Educated ...
Joseph 1692 1752 Butler
Butler, Joseph (1692-1752). An English Theologian, Born At Wantage, In Berkshire. With A View To The Ministry Of The Presby Terian Church, He Attended A Dissenting Acad Emy At Tewkesbury. In Gloucestershire. At The Age Of 22 He Gave Proof Of High Meta Physical Ability In A Letter To Dr. ...
Joseph 17s9 1s76 Bosworth
Bosworth, Joseph (17s9-1s76). An Eng Lish Philologist. He Was Born In Derbyshire. He Graduated At Aberdeen And Also Took Degrees From Oxford And Cambridge. In 1817 He Ob Tained The Vicarage Of Horwood Parva, Bucking Hamshire. He Devoted Such Time As An Active Discharge Of His Parochial Duties Left At ...
Joseph Thayendanegea Brant
Brant, Joseph (thayendanegea) (e.1742 1807). A Celebrated Mohawk Indian Chief. When Very Young He Became A Favorite Of Sir William Johnson, Who Sent Him Tee Dr. Eleazar Wheelock's School, At Lebanon, Conn., Out Of Which Later Grew Dartmouth College. Here He Obtained A Fair Education And Joined The Epis Copal ...
Josepii 1728 99 Black
Black, Josepii ( 1728-99). A Scottish Chem Ist. He Was Born In Bordeaux, France, Where His Father Was Engaged In The Wine-trade. Both His Parents Were Of Scotch Descent, But Natives Of Belfast, Whither Their Son Was Sent For His Edu Cation In 1740. In 1746 Lie Entered The Uni ...
Ka Rl Otto Eduard
Bismarck-schonhausen, Ka Rl Otto Eduard Leopold Von, Prince (1815-98). First. Chancellor Of The German Empire. He Was Born April 1, 1815, At The Family Manor Of Schott Hat*en, In The District Of Magdeburg, Prussia. He Was One Of The Six Children Of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Von Bismarck, A Captain In ...
Katharin A Von 1499 1552
Bora, Katharin A Von (1499-1552). The Wife Of Luther, Daughter Of Anna, Of The Haug Witz Family. She Was Born At Elein-laussig. Near Bitterfeld, Saxony, On January 29, 1199. When 10 Years Old, She Entered The Cistercian Convent Of Nimptsch Or Nimbsehen, Near Grim Ma. Becoming With Luther's Doc Trines, ...
Kennedy Hutchison 1825 99
Boyd, Kennedy Hutchison (1825 99). A Scottish Divine And Author, Horn At Auchinleek, In Ayrshire. He Studied At King's College And At The Middle Temple In London, Evidently With A View To The Law, Hut He Took His Bachelor's Degree At Glasgow (1846). Li Eensed To Preach By The Presbytery ...
Kentucky Blue Grass Blue
Blue Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, June Grass, Spear-grass, Or Meadow-grass, Port Prate Nsis. A Species Common In The Cooler Parts Of The United States, Europe, And Asia. It Grows Well Upon Almost Any Soil Not Too Sandy, But Attains Its Best Development Upon Clay Soils Overlying Limestone. In The United ...
L Duncan Bulkley
Bulk'ley, L. Duncan ( 1845—). An American Physician. He Was Born In New York And Was Educated At Yale (1866). And At The College Of Physicians And Surgeons, New York (1869), And Afterwards Took A Supplementary Course In Dermatology Abroad: In 1901 He Was Attending Physician At The New York ...
Lathing And Plastering
Lathing And Plastering Are The Processes Of Finishing Walls And Ceilings With Lath And Plaster. The Very General Practice Of Plastering Walls And Ceilings Dates Back Only About A Century; Pre Vious To That Time Walls And Ceilings Were Either Wainscoted, Boarded. Or Covered With Canvas Or Tapestries, Or Else ...
Leonardo 1369 1444 Bruni
Bruni, Leonardo (1369-1444). An Italian Humanist, Horn At Arezzo, And Hence Styled 'are Lino.' He Was One Of The Most Learned Men Who Flourished During The Epoch Of The Revival Of Greek Learning In Italy. He First Studied Law In Florence And Ravenna, But Afterwards Turned His Attention To Classical ...
Librabies Education
Education, Librabies, Etc. Boston Is Noted As One Of The Greatest Educational And Literary Centres Of The Country. Its Public-school System Comprises, Besides Kindergarten, Primary, And Grammar Schools, A Liberal Number Of High Schools, And Also Normal And Latin Schools. The Boston Latin School, Founded In 1635. And The English ...
Limestone
Limestone. Limestone Consists Of Carbonate Of Lime And Sonic Impurity Which Gives The Stone Its Color, These Colors Ranging Through Various Shades Of Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, Red, And Black. Dolomitic Limestone, Or Dolomite. Is A Spe Cies Which Contains Magnesia In Addition To Car Bonate Of Lime. The Distinction ...
Linen Bt Eaciiing
Linen-bt Eaciiing. The Process Employed For Removing Colors From Linen Is Similar To That Employed For Cotton. Although The Natural Im Purities Are Greater In The Thix-fibre Than In The Cotton. These Are Rendered Soluble By Alkaline Boilings, After Which The Coloring Matters That Still Remain Are Oxidized And Destroyed ...
Malting
Malting. The Raw Materials For Making Beer Are Water, Barley, And Hops. And The First Process In The Manufacture Is The Malting Of The Barley. The Grain Is First Steeped By Placing It In Wooden Or Metal Cisterns And Covering It With Cold Water. This Process Of Steeping Lasts From ...
Marie Rosalie Bonheur
Bonheur, Marie Rosalie (rosa) (1822 99). A French Artist, Considered The Most Emi Nent Woman Painter Of Animals. She Was Born At Bordeaux, October 22, 1822, The Eldest Of Four Children. Her Father, Raymond Bonheur, Who Was A Drawing-teacher, Gave Her Careful Training, And She Also Studied Under Cogniet ; ...
Masonry Arches
Masonry Arches. With The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century, The Masonry Arch, Which Had Up To This Time Been Prominent In The Field Of Bridge Construction, Encountered A Rival In The Metal Bridge, First In The Form Of The Arch And Suspension Bridge And Later In The Form Where Girders ...