Agricultupe
Agricultup.e. The Agricultural Activities Of Chile Are Almost Wholly Confined To The Great Central Valley. This Is The Region Of Large Estates Equipped With Modern Machinery And Owned By The Wealthy Classes, Who Are So Potent In The Political Life Of The Republic. Furthermore, A Large Part Of The Best ...
Agriculture
Agriculture. Both By The Quality Of Its Soil And Its Climatic Conditions, Cape Colony Is Better Adapted For Grazing Than For The Raising Of Grain. Wheat. Oats, Barley, Corn, And Other Grains Are Raised In Quantities Hardly Sufficient To Meet The Domestic Demand. The Rearing Of Cattle, Sheep, And Goats ...
Agriculture_2
Agriculture. China Is Essentially An Agri Cultural Country. The Bulk Of The People Being Tillers Of The Soil. Agriculture Is Held In The Highest Honor, The Farmer Ranking, In Theory At Least, Next To The Scholar, And Before The Merchant And Artisan, In The Four Classifications Of The People. With ...
Agricvltche
Agricvltche Is The Chief Industry Of Ceylon As Well As The Main Source Of Its Prosperity. Of A Total Of Over I6,000,000 Acres Covered By The Ishund, An Area Of About 3.000,000 Acres. Or About 19 Per Cent. Is Under Cultivation And Pasture. Of These, About 750.000 Acres Are Under ...
Airo
Airo, Ki'ro (from Ar. Masr Cl Whira, The Victorious Capital). The Capital Of Egypt And The Largest City Of Africa. It Is -litt). Ated Near The Right Bank Of The Nile, About Nine Miles Above Its Bifurcation Into The Rosetta And Damietta Arms, 150 Miles Southeast Of Alexandria And So ...
Alexis Claude 1713 65
Clairaut, Alexis Claude (1713 65). A Prominent French Mathematician, Physicist, And Astronomer, Horn In Paris. He Showed A Precocity Analogous To That Of Pascal. At The Age Of Ten He Read 111cipitafs Works On Infinitesimal Analysis And Comic Sections; Be Fore Lie Was Thirteen He Presented A Memoir On Curves ...
Anal
('anal.) This Canal, 28 Miles In Was Originally Designed To Carry The Drainage Of Chi Cago To The Mississippi Instead Of To Lake Miehi Gam It Has A Minimum Depth Of 22 Feet. A Width At The Bottom Of 160 Feet, And A Width At The Top Varying From 162 ...
Analysis
Analysis. After A Compound Has Been Iso Lated And Purified By Repeated Distillation Or Crystallization, Its Physical Properties (especial Ly The Boiling Or Melting Point) Are Carefully Determined, And Then It Is Analyzed. The Analy Sis Of Carbon Compounds Usually Involves The Determination Of Carbon And Hydrogen, And Often Of ...
Ancient
Ancient Dismay. The History Of Ancient Phi Losophy Records Certain Theories Of Matter, Which Have Had A Directing Influence On Chemical Thought During Later Centuries. The Most Im Portant Ideas Date From The Fifth Century B.c. Empedoeles (c.490-30 'lc.), Who May Have De Rived His Views From The Ancient Philosophers ...
Ancient Cavalry
Ancient Cavalry. The Earliest Mention Of Military Horsemen Is Found In The Bible. In Genesis And Isaiah The Horses And Horsemanship Of Palestine And Among The Arabs Are Highly Extolled. Diodorus. The Historian, Mentions Au Expedition Of 20,000 Horsemen To Put Down A Rebellion In Baetria. It Is Probable That ...
And Command
And Command. A Captain In The Navy Is The Commanding Officer Of A Man-of-war, And In Most Navies This Title Is Given To Officers Next In Rank To Rear Admirals. Its Origin As A Naval Title Is Dis Puted, But It Seems To Have Come Into Use About The Time ...
Angelica Mo 1549 Catalani
Catalani, Angelica (mo 1549). A Celebrated Italian Soprano, Born At Sinigaglia. She Was Educated In The Convent Of Santa Lucia, Cubbio, Where, In Her Seventh Year, She Displayed Such Wonderful Vocal Powers That Grangers Flocked From All Quarters To Hear Her. After Two Years Of Study With 11oselli, She Made ...
Anic
Anic L" S ( P2-41 ) . Emperor Of Rome From A.d. 37 To 41. Ile Was The Youngest Son Of Germani Ens (nephew Of Tiberius) By Agrippina, And Was Born August 31, A.d. 12, At Antium. And Was Educated In The Camp. Where The Soldiers Gave Him The Nickname ...
Antiquities
Antiquities. The Buried Cities And Ruins Of Massive Monuments In Ceylon Make Its Anti Quities A Subject Of Importance To The Student Of Art, Arelmology, And History. These Vestiges Of Early Civilization Are Directly Connected With Buddhism As The National Faith Of The Island. In All Buddhist Countries The Sacred ...
Architecture
Architecture. Architecture In The Usual Sense Is Not Known To Have Been Carried To Important Results In China Before The Appearance There Of The Buddhist Influence In The Course Of The First Century A.d. Then Indian Types Were Introduced And The Taa Or Pagoda Of Chinese Form Appeared; Although None ...
Aveat C
C.,a'veat (lat.. It Him Beware, From Cavere, To Take Heed). A Formal Notice Addressed To A Judicial Or Administrative Otlieer. Warning Him Not To Take Certain Proceedings, Which May Or May Not Be In Contemplation, Without First, Giv• Iug Due Notice To The Person Filing The Caveat. The Object Of ...
Baldssare Castiglione
Castiglione, Bald.ssare, Count (1478 1529). An Italian Author And Statesman, Lie Was Born At Casanatico, Duchy Of Mantua, And Studied In Allflau. Ilis Many Talents, Wide Knowledge, And Polished Manners Made Him A Favorite Of Gnidobaido Di Montefeltro, Dnke Of Urbino, A Great Patron Of Literature. Who Enter Tained Him ...
Battle Chickamauga
Chickamauga, Battle One Of The Most Hotly Contested Battles Of The Civil War, Sometimes (-ailed 'the Great Battle Of The West.' It Was Fomdtt September 19 And 20, 186:3, Near Chickamauga Creek. About 12 Miles East Of Chat Tanooga. Tenn., Between A Fetleral Artily Of 55.001), Under General Roseerans (q.v.), ...
Battle Of Chancellorsville
Chan'cellorsville, Battle Of. One Of The Most Important Battles Of The Civil War. Fought May 2-4, 1803, At Chaneellorsville, 11 Miles West Of Fredericksburg, Between The Federal Army Of The Potomac, Numbering About 130.000. Under General Hooker, And The Confederate Army Of Northern Virginia, Num About 60.000. Under General Lee. ...
Battle Of Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Battle Of. One Of The Most Important Battles Of The Civil \var. Fought In The Vicinity Of Chattanooga, Tenn.. November 23-25. 1863, Between A Federal Army Of 00.000. Under General Grant. And A Confederate Army Of About 40.000, Under General Bragg. After The Battle Of Chickamauga (qa-.1, Bragg Had ...
Beef Cattle
Beef Cattle. The Principal Breeds Of Beef Cattle In Great Britain And The United States Are The Shorthorn, Hereford, Galloway, Devon, And Aberdeen-angus. These Breeds All Originated In Great Britain, And For The Most Part Took Their Names From The County Or District Whence They Came. Alvord Says: "the Cattle ...
Benvenuto 1500 71 Cellini
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-71). An Italian Sculptor And Goldsmith. Ile Was Born In Florence. In Compliance With The Wishes Of His Father, Cellini Devoted Himself To Music Until His Fifteenth Year. But His Desire To Learn Design Ing Prevailed, And He Became A Pupil Of The Sculp Tor Alarconi. As The ...
Benzene And Its
Benzene And Its Derivatives. One Of The Most Important Of The Compounds Of Carbon Is Ben Zene (q.v.), A Liquid Hydrocarbon Found In Coal Tar. Thousands Of Substances Are Derived (ruin Benzene, Thousands Find Extensive Application In The Arts. (see Con-tar Coloas.) An Exact Knowledge Of The Constitution Of Benzene ...
Besidual Calculus
Besidual Calculus. A Branch Of Integral Calculus Due To Cauchy, In Which The Integration Takes Place Around A Contour Inclosing Points For Which The Function Is Infinite. The Integral Is Called The Residual, And In Case The Contour Con Tains All Tile Critical Points. The Integral Is Called The Total ...
Blind
Blind Pp.:1'•s. The Most Striking And Inter Esting Form In Mammoth T'ave Is The Blindfish (a Nib/ Apsis Spek Us). It Is About Four Inches Long, Pale Or Colorless, Blind, The Eyes Being Vestigial. According To Prof. C. Ii. Eigenmann, Who Has Made The Latest And Most Thorough Studies On ...
Boat Canals
Boat Canals. History.—canals Date From A Period Long Anterior To The Christian Era And Were Employed As Means Of Navigation And Com Munication By The Assyrians, Egyptians, Hindus, And Chinese. The Royal Canal Of Babylon Was Built About B.c. 600. As An Interesting Instance Of Canal Construction, Previous To The ...
Buildings
Buildings. Among The Fine And Substantial Edifices May Be Mentioned The United States Government Building, Which Contains The Post Office, Custom-ilouse, Court-rooms, And Various Offices, Erected At A Cost Of $5,000,000. It Is Of Sawed Freestone, Three Stories High, In The Ro Man-corinthian Style. The City Ilall Is Equally Fine, ...
Ca Stellamare
Ca Stellamare, (it., Sea Castle). A Leading City And Seaport In South Italy, 17 Miles Southeast Of Naples (nap: Italy, 3 7). On Account Of Its Cool, Healthy Climate, Delightful Walks, Sea-ha Thing, And Sulphur Springs, It Is A Summer Resort Of The Neapolitans, And A Spring And Autumn Resort ...
Caisson
Caisson. A Floating Gate With Both Ends Alike, And Resembling A Short But Very Deep Ves Sel, Which Is Used To Close The Entrance To A Dry Dock. Its Framing And Plating Resemble Those Of A Ship, And It Frequently Contains A Boiler And Pumps For Clearing It Of Water ...
Caisson Disease
Caisson Disease. A Rare Affection In Duced By Remaining For Any Length Of Time In A Caisson. The Disease Was First Described By Vol And Watelle, In 1s-15. The Symptoms Are Buzzing And Pain In The Ears, Dizziness. Loss Of Power In The Legs. Severe Pain In The Arms, Legs, ...
Caivierarius
Caivi'era'rius, &mount (1500.74). A Distinguished German Classicist, Born At Bam Berg, April 12, 1500, Of A Family Which Original Ly Bore The Name Lichhard; For This Ca Merarius (ger. Kammermeister) Was Substituted, Since The Office Of Chamberlain To The Prince-bishop Of Bamberg Was Hereditary In The Family. At The Age ...
Cajeput
Caj'eput Kija, Tree Pulih, White). .11cialeuca Leuradendron. A Tree Of The Order Myrtacete. Front The Leaves Of Which The Pungent, Aromatic. Volatile Oil Called Oil Of Eajeput Is Obtained By Distillation. The Tree Occurs From The Malay Peninsula To Aus Tralia, And Is A Tree 30 To 40 Feet High ...
Cajetan
Caj'etan ( Lat. ('ojetanas) (14('i9-1534) . An Italian Eeelesiastie, Whose Real Name Wits .laeopo De Vio (in Religion Tomaso), The Name Cajetan Being Assumed By Him Front His Birth Place Gaeta (('ajeta). At The Age Of 15 He Entered The Ll I Ll Ieatt Order. Studied For The Next Few ...
Calabar Bean
Calabar Bean. The Seed Of Physo Stigma Renenosn At. A Twining. Half-shrubby Plant. Native Of Western Africa. Of The Natural Order Leguminosi•, Nearly Allied To The Kidney-bean, Hut Of A Genus Distinguished By The Hood.shaped Stigma And The Deeply Furrowed Hit= Of The Seed. The Following Are The Leading Characters ...
Calabria
Cala'bria (gk. Kaxaflpia, Kalabria). The Southernmost Peninsula Of Italy, Having The Ionian Sea And The Gulf Of Taranto On The East, And The Tyrrhenian Sea On The West (map: Italy. 1, Si. Its Area Is 5519 Square Miles. The Sur Face Is Very Mountainous, The Peninsula Being Traversed Through Its ...
Calais
Calais, ( Med. Lat. Cataitia.('ainisis). A Seaport Town And Fortress Of The First Class In The Department Of Pas-de-calais, France, On The Strait Of Dover. Near Its Narrowest Part, The Distance From The Town Of Dover. England. Not Being More Than 1$ Miles (nap: France. Ii 1). On The South ...
Calame
Calame, Kw1ciue, Alexandre ( 1810-64 ) . A Swiss Landscape Painter. Ile Was Born In Vevey, And Studied In Geneva With Diday, Whose Suc Cessor As Head-master Of The Art School He Afterwards Became. In 1842 He Exhibited In Paris The Pictures Entitled, "mont Blanc;" "jungfrau;" "lake Of Brienz;" And ...
Calamites
Calamites, (gk. Kaxakdrns, Hula In It (r, Reed-like, From Scixaklos, Kalomos, Reed). A Genus Of Fossil Plants, Appearing First In The Devonian Rocks, And Rising Through The Intermediate Formations To The Jurassic, Where It Is Represented By A Single Species. They Reach Their Maximum Development In The Coal-meas Ures, Where ...
Calatrava
Calatrava, Kii'la-trii'vit. A Military And Religious Order In Spain, Instituted In 1158, In The Reign Of Sancho 111. Of Castile. It Received The Town Of Calatrava As A Perpetual Gift, On Condition That It Should Defend It Against The Moors. The Order Was Confirmed By Pope Alex Ander Iii., In ...
Calceolaria
Cal'ceola'ria Neo-lat., From Lat. Calee Olus, A Little Shoe, Referring To The Part Of The Corolla Resembling A Slipper ). A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Scrophillariacea.. There Are Numer Ous Species, Natives Of South America, Chiefly Of That Part Of The Andes Which Is More Than 9000 Feet ...
Calcium Carbide
Calcium Carbide, Cac,,. A Compound Of Calcium And Carbon. It Was Originally Dis Covered In 1836 By Edmund Davy. Who Produced It. Simply As A Laboratory Curiosity. In Is62 Wiihler Prepared It, In And About The Same Time Berthelot, In Paris, Obtained It, But Only In Small Quantities. In Thomas ...
Calculating Machines
Calculating Machines (from Lat. Ea/en/arc. To Reckon, Compute; See Mechanical Contrivances Designed To Facilitate Computations, To Relieve The Calculator From The Mental Strain Of His Work, And To Insure Greater Accuracy In Results. Calculating Machines Exist In Various Forms, And Are Now Made In Such Perfection That Large Business Houses ...
Calcutta
Calcutta (hind. Kali Ghati, The Ghat, Or Landing-place Leading To The Temple Of The Goddess Kali). The Capital Of The Province Of Bengal And Metropolis Of British India, Situ Ated On The Left Bank Of The River Hugli, Au Arm Of The Ganges, In Latitude 22° 35' N., And Longi ...
Calderwood
Calderwood, Kapder-wud, David (1575 '650). A Scottish Divine And Ecclesiastical His Torian. He Was Born In Dalkeith, Of A Good Fam Ily, And About 1604 Was Settled As Presbyterian Minister Of Craning, Roxburghshire, A Few Miles Southeast Of Edinburgh. Opposed To The De Signs Of James Vi. For The Establishment ...
Caldrinvetry
Caldrinvetry (from Lat. Calor, Heat + Gk. Pirpov, Metron, Measure), The Science Of The Measurement Of Quantities Of Energy When Mani Fested By Heat Effects. By The Name 'heat Effects' Is Meant The Changes Produced In Material Bodies When They Are Exposed To What Is Called A 'source Of Heat,' ...
Calendar
Calendar (lat. Ealendarium. Account Book, Interest Falling Due On The Calends, From Ealcnda% Calends). The Mode Of Adjusting The Months And Other Divisions Of The Civil Year To The Natural Or Solar Year. The Necessity Of Some Division And Measurement Of Time Must Have Been Early Felt. The Phases Or ...
Calendering
Calendering (fr. Ralandre, Roller, From Lat. Cylindrus, Gk. Koxa3pos, Kylindros, Cylin Der, Roller). The Term Applied To The Finishing Process By Which A Glazed Or Polished Surface Is Given To Paper And Various Textile Fabrics, Such As Linen And Cotton. It Is Usually Done By Pass Ing The Fabric Between ...
Calhoun
Calhoun, Join Caldwell ( 1782 1850). An American Statesman, Of Scotch-irish Descent, And Vice-president Of The United States. He Was The Third Son Of Patrick And Martha (caldwell) Nn, And Was Born In The Abbe Ville District (now County), South Carolina, March 18, 17)32. Though Early Of A Meditative Dis ...
California
Cal'ifor'nia (a Name Applied In Spanish Romance As Early As 1520 To A Fabulous Island Near The Indies, And "very Near The Terrestrial Paradise"). A State On The Pacific Coast Of The United States Of America. Ranking Second In Area (not Reckoning The Territory Of Alaska ), Twenty First In ...
Calipers
Calipers (corrupted From Ealibre: See Ca Libre ) . All Instrument For Measuring The Diameter Or Thickness Of Objects. If A Pair Of Ordinary Dividers Be Applied To An Object So That The Extreme Points Of The Diverging Legs Em Brace It. The Distance Between The Points Of The Two ...
Caliph
Caliph (fr. Miff., Ar. Khalifa, Successor, From Khalafa, To Succeed). The Title Of Moham Med's Successors In Temporal And Spiritual Power, From Which The Early Empire Of Islam Is Known As The Caliphate. While The First Impulse Of Conquest Given To The Arabs By The New Faith En Dured, The ...
Calixtus
Calixtus, G•or:c A German Lutheran Theologian. Ile Was Horn At Aledelbye In Schleswig. And Studied At. Flensburg And Helmstiidt. After Traveling As An Earnest Stu Dent, For Four Years In Germany, Holland, Eng Land, And France. Where He Made Theacquaintance Of The Most Learned Men Of His Time. He Returned ...
Call 1
Call. .1 Term Often Used In Reference To Various Theological And Ecclesiastical Subjects. (1) The Command Or Invitation To Believe In Jesus Christ Is Desiimatell The Call Of God, Or The Gorpr/ Call. Calvinistic Theologians Make A Distinction Between A General Call And A Special Or Cffectua/ Call. The Former ...
Callao
Callao, Ka-lyii/6 (sp. Eala, Creek, Bay, From Celt. Cola, Harbor). The Principal Seaport Of Peru And Capital Of The Small Province Of The Same Name, Situated On Callao Bay, Seven Miles West Of Lima, With Which It Is Connected By Rail (slap: Peru, B 6). The Modern City. A Short ...
Callimachus
Callimachus (c.310-240 N.e.). A Cele Brated .alexandrine Poet And Grammarian. He Was Born In Cyrene, Of A Distinguished Family, Which Traced Its Ancestry To Bath's, The Founder Of That City. With Aratus Of Soli He Studied At Athens, And Then Began Teaching At Alexandria, Where He Enjoyed The Favor Of ...
Calomarde
Calomarde, Ks'vemhn'd:1, Francisco Ta Deo. Count (1775-1842). A Spanish Statesman. He Was Born At Villel, In Aragon, Studied In Saragossa. And Became An Advocate. During The Wars Of Napoleon He Remained Loyal To The Na Tional Cause, And After The Expulsion Of The French And The Return Of Ferdinand V11. ...
Calonne
Calonne, Kalint', Charles Ale Xa Nore De ( 1734-18(42). French Minister Of Finance Under Louis Xvi. He Was Born January 20, 1734, In Douai. As Advocate-general. Procurator-general And Intendant. He Had Displayed Many Brilliant But Misubstantial Qualities, When, In 1783, At The Instance Of His Patron, Comte Trartois, And Marie ...
Calophyllum
Cal'ophyl'lum (neo-lat., From Ck.k0a6s. Kakis, Beautiful Phynun, Leaf). A Genus Of Trees Of The Order Guttifem, Natives Of Wa•m Climates. Some Of The Species Yield Valu Able Timber, As The Piney-tree I Calophyllum An• Gusti(olinta), Which Grows At Penang And In The Islands To The Eastward Of The Bay Of ...
Calotype
Cal'otype (gk. Sax6s, Kalos, Beautiful, Renros, Typos, Impression). A Name Applied To One Of The Earliest Processes For Producing Photo Graphic Prints, As Well As To The Prints Them Selves. The Process Was Invented By Henry Fox Talbot In 1840. It Consists Of The Following Oper Ations. A Sheet Of ...
Calvary
Calvary. An Oratorio Brought Out At The Norwich Festival In England In Is39. It Was A Translation Of Des Ilcila Ads Let .:te U Mien (cas Sel, Is:35) By Spolir, Who Personally Conducted The Production. Kapvtv, En Nia. Stage Name Of Emma De 111°141•el: A French Dramatic Soprano. She Was ...
Calvin
Calvin (in Its French Form Caurin, Or Jonx (1509-64). One Of The Most Eminent Of The Reformers Of The Sixteenth Cen Tury. He Was Born At Noyon. In Picardy, France. July 10, 1509. His Father, Girard Cau Vin, Was Proeurenr- Fiscal Of The District Of Noyon, And Secretary Of The ...
Calvinism
Calvinism. The System Of Thought Deriv Ing Its Name From Its Greatest Representative, John Calvin (1509-64). It Has Its Starting-point In The Conception Of The Sovereignty Of God. This Is Not Merely Ibis Sole Causality In The Physical Universe. But His Priority, In Particular, In The Whole Realm Of The ...
Calyx
Calyx (lat., Gk. Krixue, Kaly.r. Cup Of A Flower, From Kax6ttelv, Kalyptein, To Cover). In Flowers, The Miter And Sometimes The Only Set Of Floral Leaves. The Individual Parts Are Called 'sepals.' And When These Are Not Present The Flower Is Said To Be 'naked.' The Sepals Are Usu Ally ...
Cambodia
Cambo'dia Skt. Kamkjii Once A Pow Erful Kingdom Of Extreme Southeastern Asia; Latterly A French Possession, Constituting One Of The Divisions Of The General Government Of Ludo China (map: Shun, K 8). Two Of Its Provinces, However, Have Become Annexed To Siam, Its Neighbor On The Northwest. Cambodia Is Bounded ...
Cambrian System
Cam'brian System. The Name Given To The Great Series Of Sedimentary Deposits Which Comes Next In Order Of Succession To The Archa An, The Lower Beds Of The Cambrian System Resting Uneonfonnably On Its Upturned Edges. The Nanee Cainlirian, Derived From Cambria. The Ancient Name Of Wales, In Which Country ...
Cambridge
Cambridge, Kilin'brij (('am Bridge; Neo Cantabrigia). The County-town Of Cam Bridgeshire. England, Situated On The Cain, About 57 Miles North-northeast Of London (,,nlap: Eng Land, (t 4). The Town. As A Whole, Is Less Pic Turesque Than Its Rival, Oxford, And Its Main Street, Trumpington, Does Not Compare Fa Vor ...
Cambridge Platonists
Cambridge Platonists. A School Of Writers In The English Church, Members Of The University Of Cambridge, In The Latter Part Of The Seventeenth Century. Who Sought To Exhibit The Entire Rationality Of The Doctrines Of The Christian Religion, And Drew Largely From I'lato In Execution Of This Purpose. They Were ...
Cambridge_2
Cambridge. A City. The Seat Of Harvard University, And One Of The County-seats Of Mid Dlesex County. Mass. It Is On The Charles River Opposite Bo-ton, Of Which It Is Practically A Suburb. Being Connected By Several Bridges (map: Massachusetts, E 3). It Is Entered By The Boston And Albany ...
Cambyses Ii
Cambyses Ii. ( ? -b.c. 522). King Of The United Realm Of The Medes And Persians Front B.c. 529 To 522. He Was The Grandson Of Cam Byses 1. And Sou Of Cyrus The Great. Ascending The Throne On The Death Of His Father, He At Once Took The Reins ...
Camden
Camden. A City, Port Of Entry, And County Seat Of Camden County. N. J., On The Delaware River, Opposite Philadelphia, With Which It Is Connected By Several Lines Of Steam Ferries (map: Jersey, 1; 4 ). It Is An Important Railroad Centre, The Terminus Of The Athintic City And The ...
Camel Of
Camel (of.. Lat. Camelits, (1k, Faitnixos, Kanirlos, From Hob, Al, Came)). A Large Desert-dwelling Ruminant Of Two Species, •onsti Tuting The Typical Geniis. Cainelus, Of The Family Camelida.. Both Have Been Subjugated To Man Since Prehistoric Times, And Neither Is Known Or Remembered In A Wild State. The Free Camels ...
Camelidze
Camel'idze (neo-lat.. From Gk. Kcianxos, Kame/os, Camel). The Camel Family, Constituting A Section Of The Ruminants Termed Tylopoda, In Reference To The Character Of The Feet. This Family Is Composed Of Two Genera—et/7110ms, With Two Species (see Camel), And Llama, The Ican Llamas, Considered By Some Naturalists One Species, By ...
Camellia
Camellia (neo-lat.. Named After Joseph Kamel, A Aloravian Traveler Of The Seventeenth Century, Who First Described The Ramellia Ja Ponica). A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Ternstrcemincete, Nearly Hardy Evergreen Shrubs Or Trees, And Natives Of China. Japan, And The North Of India. Camellias Are Now Extensively Cultivated ...
Cameo
Cameo (it. Coninoyo, Fr. Reou'e, Med. Lat. Catnnu•ns). (.;eats Cut In Relief Are Called Cameos. In Opposition To Those That Are Hollowed Out So As To Yield A Raised Impression, Which Are Ealled Intaglios. The Term En Men. However, Is Applied More Especially To Those Diminutive Pieces Of Sculpture Which ...
Camera Lucida
Camera Lu'cida (lat., Light Chamber), A Device Fitted To The Eyepiece Of A Compound Microscope To Enable The Observer To Trace Upon A Sheet Of Paper The Magnified Image Of The Ob Ject As Seen. It Is Eonstrueted In Various Forms, The Simplest Of Which Is A Small Plate Of ...
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscu'ra (lat., Dark Chamber). A Light-tight Box, With A Convex Lens At One End And A Screen At The Other, On Which An Image Is Produced. This Screen Is Generally A Piece Of Ground Glass, Or Translucent Paper, So That The Image May Be Viewed From Behind. The Rays ...
Cameron
Cameron, Rtunattn A ? -10i8nt. A Scotch Minister, Born In Falkland, Fife. Lie Was Founder Of The Sect Of Cameronians. A Term Popularly Applied To But Declined By The Re Formed Presbyterians. The Son Of A Trades 111311, He Was An Apt. Pupil At The Village School, And While Still ...
Camisards
Camisards, Kilmq-ziirdz (fr.. From Of. Camise. Smock, Less Probably From Fr. Namisarle, Attack By Night). The Active Participants In The Protestant Revolt Of 1702 In The Cevennes, A Mountainous Region In Southern France, Against The Persecutions That Followed The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes. (see Nantes, Edict Of.) The ...
Camorra
Camorra. (olt., Frock, Cassock). A Secret Society With Ramifications Throughout The Former Kingdom Of Naples, Which Exerts Con Siderable Influence Among The Lower Classes In That Part Of Italy. And Whose Aetivity Extends To Higher Official Quarters. The Members Are Called Camorriste. Under The Bourbons. Camo•riste Ap Peared In Public ...
Camp Meeting
Camp-meeting. A Series Of Religions Meetings Held In The Open Air, Usually In The Woods, And Participated In By Families Or Groups Of Persons From A Distance, Who Live In Tents Or In Simply Built Houses During The Sessions And Devote The Greater Part Of The Time To Listening To ...