Chandler
Chandler, C". Iiarles Frederick (1836—) An American Ehemist, Born At Lancaster, Mass. Ile Was Educated At The Lawrence Scientific S•hotil Of Harvard University, And At The Uni Versities Of C;ittiimpen And Berlin. After Being Director Of The Chemieal Department Of Union College. Schene•tady, N. Y. (1557). He Was Ap Professor ...
Channel Islands
Channel Islands (fr. Tic La 11am:ht. The Channel Archipelago). A Group Of Islands Geographically Connected With France. Hut Politically Attached To Great Britain, In The English Channel. To The Nest Of The Peninsula Of Cotentin. The Islands He 10 To 30 Miles Distant Trout The Normandy Coast. And 50 To ...
Chansons De Geste Or
Chansons De Geste Or Gestes, Zlnist (fr., Songs Of Achievement Or Adventure). The Name Generally Given By Scholars To The Large And Important Class Of (tie Wit Lilt -prang Into Existence In France In The Latter Part Of The Tenth Century Or The Beginning Of The Eleventh. The History Of ...
Chantrey
Chantrey, Elian't•i. Sir Fa.v.xets Leg.%tt 117s1-1s42). An English Sculptor. 111• Way 10111 In The Village Of Norton. 1/erhyshire, April 7, 17s1. His First Modeling Was (lone In Pastry For The Table Of It Wealthy Lady Named Stanley, Who Heeame Interested In Hint And Placed Him With A Carver And Frame ...
Chap Books
Chap-books (engl. Chap, As. Crwp, Bar Gain, Engl. Cheap, Ger. Kauf, Trade, Lat. Ettupo, Innkeeper + Books). The Name Given To A Vari Ety Of Old And Scarce Tracts Or Booklets Of A Homely Kind. W111141 At One Time Formed The Only Popular Literature. In The Trade Of The 6)0k ...
Chapel 1p
Chapel (1)p. Chaffle, Rapele, From Lat. Cap( //a, Chapel, Sanctuary For Relics. Prob Ably Referring To The Covering Of The Altar Dur Ing Mass, From Cop/hts. Diminutive Of Calla, Cappa, Hood, Mantle, Of Uncertain Origin, Prob Ably Not. Connected Either With Lat. Cup Re, To Take. Or Capat. Head). During ...
Chaplain 1
Chaplain. _1 Military Clergyman. Having The Rank And Status Of A Non-combatant Offi Cer. In The United States Army. Chaplains Are Appointed By The President And Assigned Or Trans Ferred By The Secretary Of War. Usually They Are Attached To The Various Army Posts Iif The De Partments, Under The ...
Chapman
Chapman, T:loactu: (1%15.19-b13d1. An Eng Lish Poet And Dramatist. Born Near Llitehin. Fordshire. According To Wood. He Studied At Oxford And Cambrhbte. In I:it's He Was Already Known As A Successful Playa Right. Among His Earliest And Best Plays Are: 77o Blind Beggar Of Miria (printed ; ( Printed 111051 ...
Chaputitepec
Chaputitepec (aztee, Hill Of The Grass Hoppers). A -mall Hill. 3 Miles Southwest. Of The City Of Menieo, Rising, About 150 Feet Above The Surrounding Plain. (in It The Aztec Mon Arelis Are Said To Have Made Their Summer Home: And Here, In 1755, (iolvez. Then Viceroy Of Mex Ico. ...
Characteristic
Characteristic. A Term Variously Ion ',toyed In Mathematics, Requiring Speeitic Defini Tion In Each Ease. The Integral Part Of A Logarithm Is Called Its Eharacteristie; Thus, In Loots,) = 2.0909. 1e0.013 = 2.1139. Log5 = It 0990, The Characteristics Of The Three Are, Il-speetively. 2, —2, And 0. The Character ...
Charade
Charade, Shn-rad' (fr.. Languedoc Char Rode, Idle Probably From Sp. Charrado, Speech Or Action Of A Eherro, Clown). A Form Of Amusement Which Consists In Dividing A Word Of One Or More Syllables Into Its Component Syl Lables. R Into Its Component Letters. Something Predicated Of Each: And Them The ...
Charcoal
Charcoal (probably From 111e, •harken. To Crackle.. As. Co/rein?). To Creak, Variant Of Craci«n, To Crack Sole, Coal: Less Plausibly From Char, Turn, From As. Cure, (.cr. Keh•. Turn + Cols, Coal I. A Black, Porous Substanee Harming With Out Smoke Or Flame, And Formed By The Imperfect Combustion Of ...
Chares
Chares. (lat.. From Gk. Nelpric) ( ? -c.324 Me.). An Athenian General. The Son Qf Theochares. Ile Was Appointed General In Me. And In The Same Year Relieved The Phliasians, Who Were Besieged By The Argives And \\ Hen (iropti: Was Taken. Be Was Recalled From The Peloponnesu-.; Hut Soon ...
Charities
Charities. The Public And Private In .titutions Of Society Win Se Ohicel Le; Tilt' Relief Cf Those Suffering From Poverty, Sickness, And All Terms Of Human Disease. Provided Such Relief Is Without Proceeds Solely From The Motive Of Human Sympathy. In Ancient Tini•s Few Such Institutions Existed. The Unfortunate Individual ...
Charities And Correction The
Charities And Correction. The Na Tion.‘ L Conferi:nce ()•. .\n Assoviation Of Some I-mo Members In The United States, Canada, And Mexico. Who Art. Interested In Philanthropie Ef Forts, .nlany Of The Members Are Actively Con 'wiled With Charitable Activities In Various Cities. There Are No Tests Of Membership. All ...
Charity Organization Society
Charity Organization Society. Assoeiations Bearing This Name Or Known As Associated Charities, United Charities. Or Bu Reau Of Charities Existed In 1901 In 131 Cities Of The I State:. A Ith 17 Other Societies Par Tially Adopting Their Methods. And In 7 Canadian Cities. They Are Also Found In The ...
Charivari
Charivari, Slia'ri/va're.' (low Lat. Ehari Rat-into). A French Term Used To Designate A. Wild Tumult And Uproar, Produced By The Heating Of Pans, Kettles, And Dishes. Mingled With Whis Tling, Ba‘vling, Groans. And Hisses, And Got Up For The Purpose Of Expressing A General Dislike To The Person Against Whom ...
Charles
Charles, 1.ouis Joni (1771-1847). Arch Duke Of Austria. Ile Was The Third Son Of The Emperor Leopold Ii. And Was Born In Florence, September 5, 1771. Lle Pursued His Military Studies With Much Ardor: And, Having Displayed Great Ability In Inferior Commands In The Battles Of .lemmapes, Neerwinden, And Wattignies, ...
Charles Carroll
Carroll, Charles, Of Carrollton (1737 1832). An American Patriot. Ile Was Born In Annapolis, Md., But At An Early Age Went Abroad And Was Educated In The Jesuit Colleges Of Saint-omer, Rheims, And Louis He Grand. He Then Studied Law In Bourges, Paris, And London, And Returned To America Iu ...
Charles I
Charles I. (1839—). King Of Rumania. Ile Was Horn April 20, 1839, The Second Son Of Prince Karl Anton Of Hohenizollern-sigmaringen. Ile Served In The Prussian Army, And After The Dethronement Of Alexander John I Cuza) Was Elected Prince Of Rumania, April 20, 1806, And Arrived In The Capital, Bucharest. ...
Charles I 1600 49
Charles I. (1600-49). King Of England. Scotland, And Ireland From 1625 To 1649. The Second Son Of James I. Of England And Vi. Of So Aland, Lie Was Born At Dunfermline, 'novem Ber 19, 1600. And Created Duke Of Albany At His Baptism, Deeember 23. Lle Was A Deli Cate ...
Charles Ii 1332 S7
Charles Ii. (1332-s7). King Of Navarre, Known As Tue Bad. He Was The Son Of Philip Of Evreux And Of Joanna, The Daughter Of The French King, Louis X. Lle Became King Of Navarre In 134:1 On The Death Of His Mother, And In 1352 Married Joanna, The Daughter Of ...
Charles Ii 1630 85
Charles Ii. (1630-85). King Of England, Scotland, And Ireland From 1649 (reigned From 1660) To 1685. Ile Was The Second, But Eldest Sur Viving Son, Of Charles 1., And Was Prinec Of Wales From His Birth. He Was Born At Saint ,tamer's London, Nay 29, 1630, And Bap Tized By ...
Charles Iv I74s 1819
Charles Iv. (i74s-1819). King Of Spain From 1788 To 180s. Lie Was The Son And Successor Of Charles Ill., And Was Born In Naples. Novem Ber 12, 174s. When Very Young, Charles Mar Ried His Cousin, Maria Louisa, Of Parma, Who Boon Acquired Great Intimatee Over Him. The Gov Ernment ...
Charles Ix 1550 74
Charles Ix. (1550-74). King Of France From 1560 To 1574. Ile Was Born At Saintt ;er Main-en-laye, June 27, 15511. Charles Succeeded His Elder Brother. Francis Il, At The Age Of Ten, Under The Regency Of His Mother, Catharine De' Alediei (q.v.). Ile Was Declared Of Age Three Years Later, ...
Charles Pratt Camden
Camden, Charles Pratt, First Earl Of (1714-94). An English Chief Justice And Lord Chancellor, Third Son Of Sir John Pratt, A Chief .justice Under George I. He Was Born At Ken Sington And Educated At. Eton And Cambridge. In Lie Became A Fellow Of His College, The Next Year Obtained ...
Charles Vi I6s5 1740
Charles Vi. (i6s5-1740). Holy Roman Emperor From 1711 To 1740, And The Last Of The Direct Male Line Of The House Of Hapsburg. Lie Was The Second Son Of The Emperor Leopold I., And Was Born October 1. 16s5. His Father Wished To Secure For Him Tile Crown Of Spain: ...
Charles Vii 1403 61
Charles Vii. (1403-61). King Of France Front 1422 To 1461. Lie Was The Fifth S011 And The Successor Of Charles Vi., And Was Born On Feb Ruary 22, 1403. 1vhen His Father Died Charles Had Little Prospect Of Ruling France. Paris And Almost All The North Were In The Lands ...
Charles Viii 1470 98
Charles Viii. (1470-98). King Of France From 1485 To 1498. He Was Horn At Amboise, And Succeeded To The Throne On The Death Of His Father, Louis Xi., In 1483. For Some Time The Government Was Carried On Under The Re Gency Of His Sister, Anne Of Beaujeu, Who Displayed ...
Charles X Gustavus 1622 60
Charles X. Gustavus ( 1622-60). King Of Sweden From 1651 To 1660. Lie Was Born At Nykiiping, November 8, 1622, The Of Cath Arine, Eldest Sister Of Gustavus Adolphus, And Of John Casimir, Count Palatine Of Zweihriteken (deux Fonts). After Studying At The University Of Upsala, He Traveled Through France, ...
Charles Xi 1653 97
Charles Xi. (1653-97). King Front 1660 To 1697. Lie Was The On Of Charles X. And Hedwig Eleimora Of Holstein. And Was Born November 24. 1655. During His Minority The Government Was Intrusted To His Mother, Iledwig. As Regent. By The Peace Of Oliva (may :1. 1(660) With Poland. Sweden ...
Charles Xii Ic2 1718
Charles Xii. (ic;2-1718). King Of Sweden From 1697 To 17i4. Lit Was The Eldest On Charles And Of L'irica Eleonora Of Denmark. And Was Born In Stockholm. June 27. 16s...!. His Youth Gave No Promise. Either Of Ability Or Purpose Befitting A Sovereign. But He Showed His Mettle When Sweden, ...
Charles Xiv John 1764 R844
Charles Xiv. John (1764-r844). King Of Sweden And Norway From Isis To 1844, And Before His Elevation To The Throne 1;enera1 Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, A Celebrated Marshal Of Napoleon. Ile Was Born In Pau. France, January 21;. 1704, The Son Of A French Lawyer. He Fought In The Revointiona•y ...
Charles Of Anjou
Charles Of Anjou. Its'zlim', Count Of Provence And King Of Naples And Sicily (1226 .85). Lle Was The Seventh Sun Of Louis V111. Of France. And Wedded Beatrice, Heiress Of Provence. In 1248 He Went On A Crusade In Company With His Brother. Louis Ix.. Suffered Captivity In Egypt With ...
Charles The Bold
Charles The Bold (translation Of Fr. ('horb's Lc 7',:m12raire) (1433-77). The Last Duke Of Burgundy. He Was The Son Of Philip The Good, Of The House Of Valois, And Of Isabella Of Portugal, And Was Born In Dijon, November 10, 1433. During His Father's Life He Bore The Title Of ...
Charleston
Charleston. A Port Of Entry And An Im Portant Commercial Centre, The Largest City In South Carolina And The Eounty-seat Of Charles Ton County (map: South Carolina, D 4). It Ia Seven Miles From The Oeean, On A Low Penin Sula Formed By The Ashley And Cooper Rivers, Which Unite ...
Charlevoix
Charlevoix, Shart-vivit', Pierre Fran Cois Lacier De ( 16s2-1761). A French Mission Ary And Traveler, Best Known As The Historian Of 'new France.' Lie Was Born In Saint-quentin, Became A Member Of The Society Of Jesus In 1(19s, And From 1705 To 1709 Taught In The Jesuit Col Lege In ...
Charlotte
Charlotte. A City And County-seat Of Mecklenburg County. Y. C.. 125 Miles West By South Of Raleigh, On Sugar Creek. And On The Southern And The Seaboard Air-line Railroads (slap: North Carolina. 11 21. It Is In The Gold Region Of The State, And A Branell Mint Was Es Tablished ...
Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg, Shiir-lot'ten -btrork (ger.. Charlotte's Town). A Prosperous Town And Residential Suburb Of Berlin In The Western Outskirts Of The City (map: Prussia. E 2). It Is Connected With Berlin By Street Railway And By The Stadtbahn, An Elevated Road. It Has Numer Ous Educational Institutions, Including A Gymna Sium, ...
Chart
Chart (fr. Eharte, (-barter. Lat.. Charter, Paper. From Gk. ;chary, Chart(, Paper). A Marine Ur Hydrographic Map, Exhibiting A Portion Of A Sea Or Other Body Of Water. With The Islands, Ad Jacent Coasts, Soundings. Currents, Etc. (see Ni A E. ) Charts Are Made Of Eonvenient Size And ,eale ...
Charter Party
Charter-party (fr. Eharte Pantie, Di Vided Deed, One Part Being Given To Each Party Concerned; Cf. Indmiture). In Maritime Law, A Contract Under Seal By The Owner Or Master Of A Ship. To Carry A Complete 'cargo Of Goods Or To Furnish A Vessel Or Part Of A Vessel For ...
Charter Of
Charter (of. Chortre, From Lat. Chartula, .dim. Of Gk. Xtriprii, Churl'', Paper). A Formal Writing By Which Property Is Granted Or Rights And Privileges Are Conferred. The Term Was Formerly Applied To A Written Conveyance Of Land, And Property Held Under Such An Instrument Was. In Anglo-saxon Law, Called 'charter-land,' ...
Charterhouse
Charterhouse (a Corruption Of Fr. ('hartreuse). The Name Applied In England To Carthusian Monasteries. The First Was Founded At Witham, On The Borders Of Selwood Forest. In 117s. By Icing Henry 11., In Fulfillment Of A Vow Made On The Oecasion Of His Memorable Penance At The Tomb Of Saint ...
Chartism
Chartism. A Radical Reform Movement Which Grew To Culmination In England From 1838 To 1848. Its Name Originated In The Na Tional Or People's Charter. Which Embodied The Scheme Of Reform Under Six Specific Titles: (1) The Right Of Voting To Every Male And Every Naturalized Foreigner Resident In The ...
Chartres
Chartres, Shiir'tr' (med. Lat. (iarnotum, Lat. Carnutum Civitas, Gall. Autricum). A City Of France. Capital Of The Department Of Eure-et Loir, And Seat Of A Bishopric, 47 Miles Southwest Of Paris (map: France, Ii 3). It Is Built Partly At The Base, And Partly On The Declivity Of A Hill ...
Chase Salmon
Chase. Salmon L'ontlann (1809-73). An American Statesman. He Was Born In Cornish, N. H., January 13. 1808. And Was A Nephew Of Bishop Chase. Who Supervised His Earlier Edu Cation In Ohio. He Graduated At Dartmouth College In 1826, Opened A School For Boys In Washington, D. C., Where He ...
Chasidim
Chasidim, Kii-sivdim Itch., Saints). A Name Employed At Different Periods Of History To Designate A Sect Of Pietists Among The Jews. (i) Beginning In The Time Of The High Priest Simon The Just (n.c. 300-270), A Sect Of Jews Arose Which Was Distinguished By Its Strict Observance Of Ceremonial Regulations. ...
Chasles
Chasles, Shal, Sticiiel (1793-1880). A French Mathematician. He Was Born At Eper Non, Entered The Eeole Polytechnique, Of Paris, In 1812, Took Part In The Defense Of Paris In 1814, And Reentered The School In The Following Year. At Graduation He Secured The Much Coveted Pro Motion To A Commission ...
Chastellux
Chastellux, Shet'tinks'. Fflancois Jean, Marquis De (1734-s8). A French Soldier And Writer. He Was Born In Paris. Entered The French Army In 1749, Distinguished Himself In The Seven Years' War, And From 1780 To 17a2 Served As A Major-general In The French A Mit% Under Rochambeau, Which Eo(lperated With The ...
Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand, Slia'to'brt-lix', Fran Cois Rene Auguste, Vicomte De (176s-1848). A French Author And Statesman. 11e Was Born In Saint \lalo, The Most Catholic Of French Prov Inces, And The Warm Piety Of His Mother And The Distant Reserve Of His Father Combined With The Strange 'breton Legends And The Mysterious ...
Chatham
Chatham, Chat'uni (as. L'ofrbnin, Village Of Huts. From Rot, Hilt --f- Ham. Inelosure). A Parliamentary Borough, River-port, Fortified Town, And Naval Arsenal. In The Comity Of Eng Land, On The Estuary Of The Sledway. 30 Miles East-southeast Of London I \lap: England.) 51. It Lies A Little To The East ...
Chattanooga
Chat'tanoo'ga. A City And County-seat Of Hamilton County, Tenn., 150 Miles Southeast Of Nashville, On The Tennessee River (map: Tennessee. F 5). The River Is Navigable Eight Months Of The Year As Far As This Place, And Several Lines Of Railroad Pass Throng!' The City, Making It An Important Railroad ...
Chattel Of
Chattel (of. (glutei, Eatc/, Sled. Lat. Cap Tate, Capitate, Property, From Eat. Caput, Head). A Term Nearly, Though Not Quite, Coextensive With The Term Personal Property Property Which Passes To The Executor Or Ad Ministrator, As Distinguished Front Real Prop Erty, Which Is Inheritable And Passes To The Heir. By ...
Chatterton
Chat'terton, Titontas (1752-1770). An English Poet, Born In Bristol. Novemher 20, 1752. His Father, Who Had Once Been A Sexton Of Saint Mary Itedeliffe, Bristol, And Also Master Of A Charity School, Died About Two Months Be Fore The Poet's Birth. Chatterton Was Educated At The School Of Which His ...
Chaucer
Chaucer. Chesi•r. Ggosrtlev Le.1 34 0- 1 400 ) . The First Great English Poet. The Son Of John Chaucer. A London Vintner, He Was Born In Lon Don Shout 1310, Or Possibly A Years Earlier. Of The Poet's Life Few Trustworthy Details Have Come 110w11 To Us; The Usual ...
Chaumonot
Chaumonot, Slyninw, Pierre Marie Joseph ( 1611-93). A French Jesuit Missionary In North America. De Was The Son Of A Vine Dresser, But Was Hrought Up By His ,incle, A Priest, Who Lived At Chatillon. On The Seine. At The Age Of Ten He Ran Off, With A Companion, To ...
Check
Check, Or' Cheque. A Bill Of Ex•lialige (q.v.) Drawn On A Banker Payable On Demand. Such Is The Definition Given In The English Bills Of Exchange Act, Lss'2 (45 And 46 Viet.. C. 61, § 73), And In The Negotiable Instruments Law, Which Has Been Adopted By A Numberof The ...
Checkers Of
Checkers (of. Eschew/ice. Front :nil. -etrarilt Ehess-hilard. From Scaeei, Chess, From Pers. Shah, King). Or Draughts ( Dui Ell Dragt. T;er. Tracht. Burden. From As. Dragon, To Draw, Ger. Ira Gen, To Carry). A Game Played With `men' On A Checkered Board, Made Square, Di Vided Into Sixty-four Equal Square ...
Checking
Checking. In Arithmetic, One Of The Old Est And Best Methods Of Checking The Results Of Operations In Decimal Arithmetic Is Known As Casting Out Nines. It Originated At An Early Date Among The Hindus, And From Them It Passed To The Arabs. Proofs For This Rule Appear In The ...
Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer, A King Of Elam, Who. According To Gen. Xiv., Commered Palestine. But Thirteen Years Later Was Forced To Make An Invasion In Order To Establish His Authority. He Was Accompanied By Amraphel (q.v.) Of Shinar, Arioch (q.v.) Of Ellasar, Amid Tidal Of Goyim. Daring Conquered The Re Phaim, The ...
Cheese Factory
Cheese Factory. A Place Where Cheese Is Made On A Commercial Scale. The First Cheese Factory In The United States Was Established At Rome, N. Y., In 1851, By Mn Jesse Williams, A Fanner And Skillful Elleese-maker. The Idea Of Bringing Together Daily The Milk From Several Neighboring Farms, To ...
Cheese Making
Cheese-making. The Making Of Ched Da• Cheese, Which Is The Common Cheese Made In The United States And Canada, And Also Exten Sively In England. May Be Taken As Illustrating The General Principles Upon Which The Proves; Depends. The Milk Used Should Lie Free From Taint 1 R Sun Di, ...
Cheese Rennet
Cheese Rennet. See Bedstraw. Cheeta, Ehe'tn, Chita (hind. Rite, From Skt. Citra, Spotted), Or Hunting-leopard. A Large Tropical Eat ((ynicturlis 1111,1 I 118) . It Forms An Aberrant. Genus Of The Felida., Differ Ing From Felis Prominently By Its Greater Eoni Parative Length And Slenderness Of Limb. Which Enables It ...
Cheese As
Cheese (as. Cis(', From Lat. Cuscur, •heese). A Food Product Made From Milk By Separating The Curd Or Casein And Portions Of The Fat And Other Constituents From The Whey, Shaping The Mass Into Different Forms, And Usually Ripening Or Curing It. The Product Has Been Known Since Earliest Times. ...
Chelsea
Chelsea. A City In Suffolk County, Mass., And A Suburb Of Boston, Front Which It. Is Distant 2 Miles, On The Boston And Maine Railroad (-map: Massachusetts, E 3). It Is Connected With Charlestown By A Bridge Across The Mystic And With P,oston By Ferry And Steam And Electric Railroad:. ...
Cheltenham
Cheltenham. Elu.pruant (village On The C'helt1. A Municipal And Parliamentary Bor Ough And Fashionable Watering-place In Glouces Tershire, England. Eight Miles Northeast Of The City Of Gloucester (map: England, E It Lies In A Picturesque Valley, On The Chelt, A Small Stream Which Rises In The Adjacent Hills And Flows ...
Chemical
Chemical Fonmutas. In The Notation Based On The Atomic Theory, The Atoms Of The Several Elements And Their Relative Weights Are Repre Sented By Symbols, Such As Ii For Hydrogen, 0 For Oxygen, C For Carbon. Etc.; H Standing For 1, 0 For 16, C For 12. Etc. (a List ...
Chemistry
Chemistry. The Doctrine Of Valency Eolith! Not Have Come Into Existence If Not For The Fact That Toward The End Of The Fifties Chem Ists Had Learned The True Atomic Wei!drts Of The (dements. Without A Knowledge Of The True Relative Weights Of Atoms, It Would Have Been Im Possible ...
Chemists And Druggists
Chemists And Druggists, Laws Re Latum(; To. In The United States The Terns Apo Thecaries, Druggists. Pharmaeists, And Sometimes Chemists, Are Used With Little Or No Distinction As Names Of Those Licensed To Compound And Sell Drugs And Medicines Upon Prescriptions Of Physi Vial's Or Otherwise; In Great Britain. However, ...
Chemnitz
Chemnitz, (from Om Slay. L-amcni, 1.ith. Akmu, Stone, Gk. Iikidv, Akmon, Anvil, Skt. A;man. Stone). The Foremost Manu Facturing Town. And The Third In Population, In The Kingdom Of Saxony, Situated In A Fertile Valley At The Base Of The Erzgebirge. And At The Contluenee Of The River Chemnitz With ...
Chemotaxis
Chem'otax'is (xeo-lat., From Gk. Virtia, Candia, Alchemy + Taxis, Arrangement, From Rtiaartv, Tassein, To Arrange). The Sensitive Ness Of Free-swimming Organisms To Certain Chemical Substances, By Virtue Of Which They Ap Proach Or Recede From The Source Of The Sub Stance. Chemotaxis Seems To Be Fundamentally The Same As Chemotropism ...
Chemotropism
Chemot'ropism ( From Gk. Xripeto, Che A Leheilly Truer, A Turning, From Rphretv, Trepein, To Turn). The Sensitiveness Of Certain Plant-organs By Virtue Of Which They Change The Direction Of Their Growth When Acted Upon By Chemical Substances. If An Organ Bends So As To Grow Toward The Source Of ...
Chemung
Chemung (she-mfing') Group. A Series Of Sandstones And Shales Of Marine Origin. Consti Tuting The Uppermost Member Of The Devonian System In Southern And Western New York And Eastern Pennsylvania, And Deriving Its Name From The Cbemung Narrows, Near Elmira, N. Y., Where The Formation \vas First Described. The Chemung ...
Chenier
Chenier, And:a: Marie De (1762 Ni. A French Poet. Lie Was Born In Constanti Nople. Where His Father. Louis De A Of Some Not,, Was •onsul-general. Andril Was Sent In Infancy To France, And Studied In Paris. Ilis Mother Was Creek, Nail Be Had A Strong, Lu-eilileethol For Greek Poets, ...
Chenopodiaceze
Chenopodiaceze, (neo Lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Xiir, Chin. Goose Roif, Pous. Foot). An Order Of Dicotyledonous Plants. Consisting Of Herbs And Half Shrubs, With Entire Or Divided Leaves That Are Destitute Of Stipules. The Flowers Are Inconspicuous, Hermaphrodite, Or Unisexual : The Perianth Deeply Divided. Per Sistent: The Stamens ...
Chenopodium
Chenopodium. (xeo-lat., From Gk. Xi,' P, C/u•n, Goose Putts, Foot). A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Cheimpodincew. Sonic Species Of Which Are Well Known By The Name Of Goosefoot, As Weeds In Gardens, On Heaps Of Rub Bish. And In Waste Places. The Species Are Mostly Annuals. With Entire ...
Cherbourg
Cherbourg, A Fortified Seaport Town And Arsenal Of France, In The Department Of Manche, At The Mouth Of The Divette River And At The Head Of A Deep Bay On The Northern Ex Tremity Of The Peninsula Of Cotentin, On The Eng Lish Channel (map: France, E 2). Among Its ...
Cherokee N
Cher'okee (n. Amer. Indian. 111)1:11111 Field). The Largest And Most Important Native Tribe Of The Eastern United States. They Are Of Remote Iroquoian Affinity, And Formerly Occu Pied The Mountain Region Of The Carolinas, Ten Nessee, Georgia, And Alabama, In Numerous Permanent Villages Of Substantially Built Log Houses. They Depended ...
Cherry As
Cherry (as. Eiris, Ger. Kiesehr, From Lat. Ccrusus, Gk. Krru Sos, Cherry-tree, From Kipac, Kerns. Mull). Cultivated Cherries Have Sprung Almost Entirely From Two Parent Species —prunus Itrasus And Prunus Ariuni—heali Of European Origin. I For Illustration, See Colored Plate Of Thrums. ) Besides These Specks. The Cherry Is Represented ...
Cherub
Cherub (low Lat., Front Ileb. Icrubh, Cherub; Ileb. Plural Cherubim, Engl. Plural Also Cherubs). The Name For A Winged Crea Ture With A Human Eountenanee, Which In The Religious Symbolism Of The Old Testament Is Rep Resented In Attendance Upon Jehovah, And As Forming, Part Of The Court Of Heavenly ...
Cherubim
Cherubim, It5'rio-wia".. Mama. Lt Igi Carlo Zen01310 Salvatoiii: (1760-181•). An Italian Composer. Ile Was Born In Florence. And Began To Study Music At The Age Of Six, Under His Father, A Musician In The Pergola Theatre. And Composition When Nine Years Of Age. Under The Brothers Felici And Bizarri And ...
Chervil As
Chervil (as. Cerfille, Ger. Kcrbcl, From Bat. Cfrojolium, From Gk. Xerpi9vii.er, Philllon, From Xay,em Clrnirciri, To Rejoice Phanea. Leaf) (s•andix Ccrefolium Or Anthris•us Eurefolium). An Umbelliferous Plant Which Has Long Been Cultivated As A Pot-herb, Used In Soups And For A Garnish, In The Same Manner As Parsley. It Is ...
Chesapeake
Ches'apeake, Tile. A Thirty-eight-gun Vessel Famous In The History Of The American Navy. Early In Is07, After Undergoing Partial Repairs In The Washington Navy Yard. She Pro Ceeded To Hampton Roads, Where Commodore James Barron (q.v.) Assumed Command. I In -lime 22, Poorly Equipped. Insufficiently Manned By An Untrained Crew, ...
Chess If
Chess ((if. Etches, Fr. Pl. (ehecs, From It. Searehi. Sled. Lat. Scam, From Pers. Shrill, King). The Origin Of This, The Most Intellectual Of All Games Of Skill, Has Been Much Disputed; But It Is Safe To Say That Under The Sanskrit Name Of Ehaturanga, Consisting Of Four Members, A ...
Chest
Chest (palatalization Of As. Cist, Test, From Lat. Vista, Gk. 00771, Kiste, Chest, Box). Or Thorax. In Anatomy, The Part Of The Body Which Lies Beneath The Neck And Above The Ab Domen (q.v.), Constituting The Uppermost Of The Two Divisions Of The Trunk, Or That Which Con Tains The ...
Chester
Chester. A City In Delaware County, Pa., 14 Miles Southwest Of Philadelphia. On The Dela Ware River, And On The Baltimore And Ohio, The Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia And Reading Railroads (slap: Pennsylvania. F 4). It Has A Free Library, Two Hospitals, And Two Parks. And Is The Seat Of The ...
Chester As
Ches'ter (as. (-easier, From Lat. Casts, Camp). An Ancient Episcopal City, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And River Port. The Capital Of Cheshire. England, On The Right Hank Of The Dee, 2.2. Miles From Its Estuary, And 16 Miles Southeast Of Liverpool (map: England. D 3). It Stands On A Rocky ...
Chestnut
Chestnut, (formerly Ehesten-nut, A Contamination Of As. Eisten, 0110. Chest/atm, Kestiono, Ger. Kastanie, Chestnut, And Of. Rhos Tabu., It, Eastagno, Lat. Eastanea, Chestnut, From Gk. Kaaravia,kast(inea, Arm. Kask, Chestnut; Con Nected With Gk. Kciarava, Krishn', Or Karrapala, Rash:noir', A City Of Pontus Noted For Chestnuts). (*aslant'''. A Genus Of Plants ...
Chevreul
Chevreul, She-vriw, Michel Eugene 1786..iss9 ) A French Chemist, Burn At Angers. In The Department Of Maine-et-loire. Ile Studied Chemistry In Paris. Became Assistant To Vanque Lin. In 1513 Was Appointed Professor Of The Phys Ical Sciences At The Lye6e Charlemagne. In Is20 He Was Made Examiner In The Eeole ...
Chevrons
Chevrons. Badges Or Insignia Of Rank Or Service, Consisting Of Stripes Meeting At An Angle, And Worn On The Sleeve Of The Coat By Non-commissioned Officers And Men. In The United States Army, Such Badges Of Rank Are Worn By All Non-commissioned Officers, And Are Of Cloth Corresponding In Colors ...
Chewy Chase
Chewy Chase (probably A Corruption Of Fr. Chevauchec, Raid; Scarcely Connected With Engl. Chery, Chivy, To Drive, Front Gypsy Chic, Goad). The Name Of Perhaps The Most Famous Of British Ballads. It Has Been Preserved In Two Forms, Known Severally As The Scotch Version And The English Version. Of Which ...
Chicago University
Chicago University (officially Styled The University Of Chicago). A Leading Ameri Can University, Situated In Chicago, Ill. The University Was Established At The Instance Of Prominent Baptists Throughout The Country, And Through Gifts Made Chiefly By Mr. John 1). Rockefeller, To Replace The Former University Of Chk-ago, A Baptist Institution ...