Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie
Chambord, Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie D'artois, Dile De Bordeaux, Comte De (1820-s3). A Bourbon Claimant To The French Throne. He Was The Son Of The Due De Berry. Who Was Murdered By Louvel On Feb Ruary 13, 1820, And The Grandson Of Charles X. Seven Months After The Death Of ...
History
History. The Invention Of The Calculus Meth Od Is Generally Referred To The Latter Half Of The Seventeenth Century. But The Course Of Its Early Development Really Leads Much Further Back. Thus, The 'method Of Exhaustion.' Which, As First Applied, Consisted In Comparing The Area Bounded By A Given Curve ...
History
History. The Araueanians Were The Most Important Of The Indian Tribes Living In What Is Now Chile, And The History Of The Country Before 1800 Is Mainly Concerned With The Continuous Efforts Of The Spanish To Subjugate This Fierce And Intelli Gent Nation. The Survivors Of The Pure Native Race ...
History Of The Mil
History Of The Mil Law. I. The Roman City Late (juts Virile), During The Royal Period (down To About N.c. 500). Was Largely Religious In Its Character. The Patricians Had 'sacral,' Or Ref Igions,customs Which Controlled The Public Law Of The City And Regulated Their Own Family Relations. The So-called ...
History_2
History. Cambridge Originally Included The Present Towns Of Lexington. Arlington. And The Brighton District Of Boston. It. Was Settled At Newtowne, In 1630, By Governor Winthrop And Others. Who Intended It To Be The Chief Place Of The Colony. But Found The Peninsula Of Shaw Mut (boston) Better Adapted For ...
History_3
History. The First Attempt To Bring Together In A Systematic Manner Flub Teachings Of Chem Istry As Applied To Agriculture Was Made By Sir Ilumphry Davy. In A Series Of Lectures Before The British Board Of Agriculture. Early In The Nineteenth Century (elements Of _tyrieultural Chemistry, 181-11. Davy Regarded The ...
Iatrochem Istry
Iatrochem Istry (gk. Ia7p6c, Iatros, Ph•si Cian). The First Great Iatrochemist Was Para «dsus (14:)3-1541). Who Taught That The Aim Of Chemistry Was The Preparation. Not Of Gold. But Of Therapeutic Agents. Adopting A View Eur Ient Among, Alchemists Prior To His Time, He Held That. Everything Being Composed Of ...
Ictline Of
Ictline Of .mont.ax Classmearfox. The Earlier Writers Always Classified The Animal King Dom In A Linear Series; Usually Beginning With Mankind, And 'descending' To The Creatures Deemed Most Inferior. This Was Net With Them, As It Is With Us. A Mere Matter Of Eonvenienee In Making A List Of The ...
Ii A
A, Ii, C, E, And Three Tones Above, H, G, A. Within This Compass Our C Major Scale Is Com Prised, And The Fact That The Tones Have The Same Names In Different Octaves Proves That The Chi Nese Understood The Principle Of The Octave. But F Was Still Regarded ...
Iiistorical Sketch Of Classification
Iiistorical Sketch Of Classification. The Creeks Had Considerable Knowledge Concerning Animals, Which Aristotle Recorded, Added To And Arranged, For The First Time Of Which We Have Any Knowledge, In An Orderly Fashion. Aristotle Had Some Conception Of Genera And Species. It Is True That His Yepor Locuo•) Was A Rather ...
Inez De Castro
Castro, Inez De ( ? -1355). A Spanish Noblewoman Whose Unhappy Fate Has Been Made The Subject Of Tragedies And Poems. She Iran The Daughter Of Pedro Fernandez De Castro, A De Scendant Of The Royal Family Of Castile. After 1340 Inez Lived With Her Cousin, Constantia, The Betrothed Wife ...
Interna Tional Centennial Exhibition
Centennial Exhibition, Interna Tional. An International Exhibition Of Arts, Manufactures, And Products Of The Soil And Mines, Held In Philadelphia, Pa., From Alay 10 To November 10, 1876. The Exhibition Was De Signed As A Celebration Of The One Hundredth Anni Versary Of The Declaration Of Independence. And To Illustrate ...
Irrigation
Irrigation. The Aridity Of The Climate Of California Is Not So Extreme As Is Generally Sup Posed, Nor Is It Without Its Advantages. In Most Parts The Rainfall Of The Spring Months Is Sufficient For The Development 4)f The Early-ma Turing Crops, The Numerous Mountain Streams Supply A Source Of ...
Isod
Isod. The Son Of Refined Parents, His Musical Education Began As Soon As His Predilection For Music Manifested Itself. Adalbert Zwyny Was His Piano-teacher, And Later He Had Lessons In Composition From Joseph Elsner. When Not Quite Nine Years Old He Played In Public A Con Certo By Gyrowetz. Boy-like, ...
Ivan
'ivan D•.) (in The Death Of His Grandfather, Maximilian, In 15111. Charles Conjointly With His Younger Brother, Ferdinand, Succeeded To The Pos Session Of The Hereditary Dominions Of The House Of Hapsburg (house Of Austria). On •j 11110 28, 1511), He Was Raised To The Imperial Throne Of Ily By ...
Ivilli Cecil
Cecil, Ivilli Tut, Lord Burleigh Or Burghley 11520-159s). One Of England's Foremost States Men. The Son Of Richard Cecil. Master Of The Rots'- To Henry Vol, He Horn At Bourn, September 13. 1520. He Was Educated At Grant Ham And Stamford Grammar Schools, And At Saint John's College, Cambridge, Where ...
Jean Fran Champollion
Champollion, Jean Fran Cois I 1790.1832). French Egyptologist. Ile Was Born December 23. 1790, At Figeac, Depart Ment Of Lot. Ile Is Often Palled Champoilion Le Jenne. In Distinction From His Brother Chatnpol Lion Figeoc, A Professor At Grenoble, Who Edu Cated Him. In 18117 He Went To Paris To ...
Jeorge 1770 I827 Canning
Canning, (jeorge ( 1770-i827). A Dis Tinguished British Statesman And Orator, Born In London April 11, 1770. His Father. Who Died In Poverty When His Son Was A Year Old. Came Of An Ancient Bristol Family, Whose Ill-will He In Curred By Marrying Beneath His Station. Ms Mother Earned A ...
Jerome Cardan
Car'dan, Jerome, Often Referred To As Hieronymus Cardanus Or Girolamo Cardano (1501-76). An Italian Mathematician. Born At Pavia, The Illegitimate Son Of Facia Cardan, A Jurist. He Was At Once An Astrologer And A Genu Ine Philosopher; A Gambler And Charlatan, And A True Devotee Of Science. As Early As ...
Johannes Cassianus
Cassia'nus, Johannes, Also Called Johan Nes Massiliensis, Or Johannes Eremita (e.390 E.435). A Teacher Of The Ancient Church. Ile Was Born Probably In Provence. He Received A Good Education. Went On A Pilgrimage To The Holy Land, And Became A Monk At Bethlehem; Then Removed To Egypt. And Lived There ...
John Sleeper 1833 99clarke
Clarke, John Sleeper ( 1833-99). An American Comedian, After 1867 A Resident Of England. He Was Born At Baltimore. And In His Boyhood Was A Schoolmate Of Edwin Booth. With Whom He Engaged In Amateur Dramatic Readings. Giving Up The Study Of Law In Order To Go Upon The Stage, ...
Jonatiian 1732 80 Carver
Carver, Jonatiian (1732-80). An Ameri Can Traveler. Lle Was Born In Stillwater, Coml, Studied Medicine For A Time, Served In The Colonial Army Throughout The Freime't Aml Iulion War,. And After The Conclusion Of Pence In 1763 Resolved To Explore The Territory Beyond The :mississippi Acquired By Great Britain Front ...
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain, Joseph ( 1836—). A British Liberal Unionist And Imperialist States Man. He Was Born In London, July. 1836, And Was Educated At The University College School. He Entered The Screw-manufacturing Firm Of Net Tlefold & Chamberlain, Birmingham, And Re Tired In 1874. Shortly After The Death Of His Father, ...
Karlstadt Carlstadt
Carlstadt, Karlstadt, Or Karol Stadt 4s0-1.141). A Tierman Reformer Nvhose Real Name Was Andreas Bilden Stein, And Who Was At First A Friend, But Later An Opponent. Of Luther. He Was Born At Earl Stadt. Franconia; Studied At The Universities Of Frfnrt I 1500-031. Cologne ( 1503 . And W ...
Lanbcace And Literature
Lanbcace And Literature. The Ceylonese, Singhalese. Or Sinhalese Is A Modern Indian Dia Lect Spoken In The South Of Ceylon, While A Dravidian Dialect, The Tamil, Is The Language Of The Northern Part Of The Island. The Singhalese Is Allied Most Closely To The Malnirlislitri Prak Rit. And The Pali. ...
Langdon 1776 1857 Cheves
Cheves, Langdon (1776-1857). An American Lawyer And Statesman, Sometimes Called 'the Of The United States Bank.' Lie Was Horn In County, S. C.; Was Self-educated; Was Admitted To The Charleston Bar In 1797, And Rapidly Rose To Eminence As A Lawyer. In 1808 He Became+ Attorney-general Of His State, And. ...
Lazairf Iiiirpolyte 1801 88
Carnot, Lazairf: Iiiirpolyte (1801 88). A Prowl' Politician And Journalist, The Son Of The 'organizer Of Victory.' 110 Was Born At Saint Omer. _\pril 6, 1:401. Lie Studied For The Law, But Was Debarred From Practice For Refusing To Take The Oath Of Allegiance To The Bourbons. Turning To Journalism, ...
Legality Of Church Discipline
Legality Of Church Discipline. 111, The United 'states. Church Discipline Is Administered Exclusively By Church Officials And Judicatories. The Complete Separation Of Church And State Deprives The Civil Tribunals Of All Power To Re Vise Or Question Ordinary Acts Of Church Dis Cipline. Or Of Exclusion From Church Member Ship. ...
Lewis 1782 1866 Cass
Cass, Lewis (1782-1866). An American Statesman. He Was Born On October 9, 1782, At Exeter, N. Ii., And Was The Son Of Jonathan Cass. A Blacksmith By Trade, Who Joined The Revolutionary Army, Rose To The Rank Of Cap Tain Before The Close Of The War, Reentered The Military Service, ...
Lime
Lime. Lime. Common Lime, Quicklime, Or Calls. Tic Lime. As It Is Variously Named, Is Produced By Burning Limestone In Kilns Until The Carbonic Acid Has Been Driven Off. The Clinker Resulting From This Burning Possesses The Property Of Dis Integration Or Slaking Upon Being Treated With A Sufficient Quantity ...
Literature
Literature.. In A Science Whose Progress Is So Phemanenally Rapid As That Of Chemistry. Even The Best Books Are Likely. Within A Few Years Of Publication, To Lose More Or Less Of Their Original Value. Never Theless. It Is Safe To Say That Most Of The Follow Ing Work, Will. ...
Literature
Literature. The History Of Chinese Litera Ture Is Long—going Back Perhaps Eighteen Or Twenty Centuries ',lc.; Though, Owing To The Lack Of Durable Monuments, There Are No Credible Texts Of Very Ancient Inscriptions In China, As Inere Are In Babylonia And Egypt. By The Sixth Century B.r., Confueius Edited The ...
Lower Or Old California
California, Lower. Or Old (sp. Baja Or Rieja California). A Peninsula In Southwest North America, Forming A Territory Of Mexico (map: :mexi•o, 11 3). It Extends From About Latitude 22' 40' To 32° 40' N. It Is Bounded By California On The North, The Pacific On The West, And The ...
Lumber Industry
Lumber Industry. From An Early Day The Forests Of Canada Have Been One Of Her Main Sources Of Wealth And The Making Of Lumber Has Been A Leading Factor In The Industrial Life Of The People. In The Eastern Provinces The Trees Have Been Cut From Large Sections Of The ...
Manuel Ch Rysolo R
Ch Rysolo R A S, :manuel ?-1415). A Llyzantine Cheek Scholar, Born In The Middle Of The Fourteenth Century. Lie Has The Distinction Of Being The First Important Teacher Of Greek Of The Renaissance. Toward The End Of The Fourteenth Century His Scholarship Became Famons•itt Italy, So That Guarino Da ...
Manufactures
Manufactures. The Great Abundance Of Natu Ral Resources In Canada, Including Raw Manu Facturing Material, Affords A Good Basis For The Upbuilding Of The Manufacturing Industry. Addi Tional Advantages Come From The Abundance Of Fuel, Particularly In Nova Scotia, Where Coal Is Plentiful, And From The Widespread Facilities For Procuring ...
Marcus Porcius Cato
Cato, Marcus Porcius. Named Cato Tile Or Cato Uticensis (from The Place Et His Death) Lax. 95-46). A Roman Statesman And Soldier. Having Lost Both Parents During Ehildhood, He Was Educated In The House Of His Uncle, M. Living Drusus, And Even In Boyhood Gave Proofs Of Decision And Strength ...
Marie Joseph De 1764 Is11
Chenier, :marie Joseph De (1764-is11). A French And Dramatist. The Younger Brother Of Andri• Marie De Chillier. Ile Was Horn In Constantinople. Was Educated In France, And En Tered The Army At Seventeen, But Soon Left It. And At Twenty Produced (1784), A Rather Feeble Tragedy. Ilk Cherles Ix., However, ...
Military Camp
Camp, :military. A Collection Of Tents Or Huts For The Shelter Of Troops, In A Position, Or On A Piece Of Ground, Specially Adapted Pre Pared For Such Occupation. The Evolution Of The Modern Camp, Or Military Encampment, Is Practically The History Of Modern Armies, Strat Egy, Engineering, And Sanitation. ...
Mineral Resources
Mineral Resources. The Mining Industry Is Of The Utmost Importance, And Cape Colony Is The Greatest Diamond-producing Country In The World. The Diamond-fields Are Almost Exclusively Situated In Griqualand \vest, And The Mining Of Diamonds Has Reached A Very High Degree Of Development Of Late. The Annual Export Amount Ing ...
Mineral Resources And
Mineral Resources And ..‘11 In In G. Ca Na Da 'iris Long Supposed To Possess Great Mineral Wealth. But Only In Recent Years Has The Great Yari• Ety, Extent. And Richness Of Its Mineral Resources Been Ascertained. The Geological Provinces Which Have Been So Productive Of Mineral In The United ...
Mining
Mining. Chile Is One Of The Chief Mineral Producing Countries Of South America. Prior To The Peruvian War The Mineral For Which Chile Was Mainly Known Was Copper, Which Still Occu Pies An Important Place In The Mining Output Of The Country. With The Acquisition Of The Prov Ince Of ...
Mollci Forail Las
.mollci Forail Las. After Analysis Has Shown The Percentage Composition Of A Substance, The Next Step Is To Determine Its Molecular Formula. For This Purpose The Percentages Of The Constituent Elements Must, First Of All, Be Ex Pressed In Terms Of Their Atomic Weights. Let, For Example, An Analysis Of ...
Nicolas 741 94
Nicolas ( 741-94). A French Epigrammatist, The Best Talker Of His Generation In France. He Was Born In Auvergne, An Illegitimate Child, Was Educated On A Scholarship In Paris. And Achieved A Distinction In Classic Studies That Led Him In After-years To Write. "what I Learned I Have Forgotten. The ...
Nsibale 1307 011
.nsibale 1307-011). An Ital Ian Poet, Hest Remembered For His Felicitous Translation Of Vergirs _en( Ill. Ile Was Born At Civitanova, In Ancona: Became At An Early Age Tutor To The Sons Of Luigi In Florence: And In 15-13 Entered The Service Of Pier Luigi Farnese, Nephew Of Paul Iii., ...
Order Of Tile Knights
Christ, Order Of Tile Knights Of, In Por Tugal. An Order Instituted In 1317, By King Diniz, Of Portngal (1279-1325), And Endowed With Property Confiscated From The Order Of The Templars, Which Lie Suppressed In 1314. It Was Founded In Imitation Of The Spanish Or Ders Of Alefintara (q.v.) And ...
Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry. When The General Prin Ciples Of Chemistry Were Established, And The Atomic Had Lent, To The Science A Keen Power Of Penetration, It Became Possible To Ap Proach The World Of Organic Matter With The Hope Of Shedding Some Light Upon Its Mystery. Since Then Organic Research Occupied ...
Pain
Pain Rind. The Art Of Painting, In A Large And Complete Sense, Is Known To Have Existed In Very Early Times. It Is Evident From History And Legend That The Artistic Painting Of The Epoch Already Al Luded To As That Of The Ilan Dymisty Was Descrip Tive, Emblematic, Decorative ...
Paint
Paint' No And The Painted Ornamen Tation Of The Earliest In The Roman Cata Combs, Such As Those Of Domitilla And Priseilla, Show That Not Until The Middle Of The Second Century Was There Enough That Was Significantly Christian To Be Called Christian Painting. The Technique Is Exactly The Same ...
Or Asiatic Cholera Cholera
Cholera I Ndica, Or Asiatic Cholera. This Is An Infectious Di-ease Caused By Drinking %rater Contaminated By The Fa(ces Of Other Cholera Pa Tients, And Containing The Spirillum Cholera'. It Is Probably Never Communicated By Contagion, That Is, Through The Breath, Perspiration, Or Other Emanation From The Patient. The Disease ...
Or Caernarvon Carnarvon
Carnarvon, Or Caernarvon, Ur N:lel-on (welsh, Caer-yn-ar-fon, Fort Opposite 31ona Or Anglesey). A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough And Seaport In North Wales, The Capital Of Carnarvonshire, Situated Near The South End Of The Alenai Strait, On The Right Bank Of The Seiont, About 6:1 Miles Nvest Of Chester (map: England, ...
Or Caludima
Caludima, Or Colon/ba (neo-lat., Prob Ably From Mozambique Lialumb; According To Some, The Name Is Derived From Colombo, In Cey Lon). The Root Of Jateorrhiza Palmata, A Herba Ceous Plant Of The Natural Order Menispermaeen. The Cahunba Now Chiefly In Use Is Produced In Mozambique. The Flowers Of The Plant ...
Or Caper Cailzie Capercaillie
Capercaillie, Or Caper Cailzie, Kii'•r-kal'zi Or -kiifyi (of Uncertain Etymology, Possibly From Gael. Eabhqr, Hawk -i-. Collie, Wood; According To Some, From Gael. (apan-coinc, From Capall, Mare, Lat. Cabanas, Horse + Coinc, Or From Gael. Cabhar Coileach, Wood Wood-grouse, Or Cock Of Tile Nv000s. A European Grouse (tetra° Urogallas), Almost ...
Or Capodistrias Capo Distria
Capo D'istria, Or Capodistrias, .1 On N Anthony, Count (1776-1831). The Presi Nt Of The Greek Republic From 1827 To 1531. He Burn In Corfu, February I I, 1776, Of :1 Family Which Had Come From The Illyrian Town Of Calm D'lstria, Near Triest, In The Fourteenth Century. He Devoted ...
Or Carbon Dioxide Carbonic Acid
Carbonic-acid Gas, Or Carbon Dioxide (carbon -f- Dioxide, From Gk. Bi-, Di-, Double Oxide), Cnoke-damie, Or Vi :ked Ala. A Gaseous Compound Of Carbon And Oxygen Represented By The Formula Co,. It Occurs In The Free State As A Constituent Of Atmospheric Air, And Iu Solu Tion In Sea-water And ...
Or Carbon Disulphide
Carbon Disul'phide, Or Llist:lphide (carbon + Disulphide, From Uk. St, Di-, Double -1- Sulphide, End Bisulphidc, From Lat. Bi-. Double Sulphide). Cs,. An Unstable Eomponnd Of And Sulphur, Analogous To Carbon Dioxide, Whose Formula Is Co,. It May Be Prepared By Passing, The Vapors Of Sulphur Over Charcoal Kept At ...
Or Cassava
Cas'sava, Or Alaxior (neo-lat., Fr. Eassare, Sp. Easafie, Ca;:abc. From Haitian Kasabi), Manihot Large. Shrub By Plant To The Order Enphorldnee:e. Cassava Is The West Indian Name. And Is Used In The United States: Manioe, Or Mmmlioe, The Brazilian; And In Peru And Other Parts Of South America. It Is ...
Or Cassiodorius Cassiodorits
Cas'siodo'rits, Or Cas'siodo'rius, Flay I Us Magnus Aurelius, Sena Tor ( C.480 E.580 ) . A Latin Statesman And Writer, The Most Profound And Enlightened Scholar Of An Age Of Barbarism. Ile Was Horn Shortly Before A.d. 490, Seylaeeum (squillacel, In Bruttii (now Ca Labria), Of A Noble Family Long ...
Or Catiiarists Cativari
Cativari, Or Catiiarists (med. Lat., From Gk. Knaapoc, Katharos, Pure), A Name Very Generally Given To Various Sects Which Appeared In The Church During The Middle Ages. It Ap Pears To Have Been Sometimes Assumed In Pro Fession Of A Purity Of Doctrine And Morals Su Perior To That Which ...
Or Cavern Of Cave
Cave, Or Cavern (of. Care, Coins, From Lat. Caveat, Cave, From Lat. Earns, Hollow, Gk. Tamp, Kyar, Hole, From Silly, Kycin, To Swell, To Contain). A Hollow Place In The Earth's Crust. Aside From The Subterranean Excavations Made By Man, Caves Are Produced By The Fracture And Dislocation Of Strata ...
Or Centiped Centipede
Centipede, Or Centiped (lat. Cc/di P-via, C• At Apt Da. From Rent Um, Hundred Pes, Foot). Centipedes Belong To The Order Chilopoda, One Of The Two Principal Groups Of The Myria Pod A, And In Some Places Are Popularly Known 'galley-worms.' They Have Fewer Segments In The Body Than The ...
Or Charities Charitable Trusts
Charitable Trusts, Or Charities. Property, Real Or Personal, Vested In Trustees To He Administered By Them For Religious, Eleemosy Nary, Educational. Or Other Benevolent Purposes Of A Public Nature. The Origin And Use Of The Term Is Due To The Difficulty, More Apparent Than Real, Experienced By The English Court ...
Or Charle Magne Charles
Charles The Great, Or Charle Magne (front Lat. ('arolus Magnus. Charles The Great) (742-s14). King Of The Franks After 7gti. And Roman Emperor Front Soo To Si I. Ile Was The Son Of Pepin The Short. The First Carolin Gian King, And Of Bertha, A Daughter Of Chan Bert. Count ...
Or Chatti Catti
Cat'ti, Or Chatti, Kiit'tt (lat., From Celtic, Connected, Probably As An Original Totem Name, With O. Ir. Cat, Welsh Eath, Corn. Cash, Cat). A German People, Included By Cesar Un Der The Name Suevi (q.v.), Who Inhabited A Coun Try Included In The Present Ilesse And The Prus Sian Province ...
Or Chauncey C H
C H A U N C Y, Or Chauncey, Charles (1592-1672). An American Clergyman And Edu •ator. The Second President Of Harvard College. Ile Was Born At Yardley, England : Graduated. In 1613, At Trinity College, Cambridge, Of Which He Was For Sonic Time A And For Several Years Was ...
Or Hot Air Engine Caloric
Caloric Engine, Or Hot-air Engine. An Engine In Which The Pressure Acting On The Piston Is Produced By Increasing The Tem Perature Of Air Through The Application To It Of Heat By Transfer Through A Separating Metal Wall. This Definition Distinguishes The Hot-air Engine From The Compressed-air Engine (see Compressed ...
Or Kephallenia Cephalonia
Ceph'alo'nia, Or Keph'alle'nia (gk. Kccpaxx7p/a, From Keoaxi, Head + Boos. Onus-, Donkey). The Largest Of The Ionian Island.: (q.v.). Situated Off The Coast Of Greece. Be Latitude- :3s Anal 3s :3(1' N. And Out 21' And •0' 49' E. (nip: Greece. 1; 3). Its Greatest Length Is About 32 Miles, ...
Or Laurel Ciierry Cherry Laurel
Cherry-laurel, Or Laurel-ciierry. A Popular Name For Certain Evergreen Species Of The Genii, Prunus. They Bear Racemes Of Small, Usually White, Flowers And Small Nauseous Fruits, The Kernels Of Wide!' Somewhat Resemble In Flavor The Kernel, Of The Kernels And Leaves Of The Cherry-laurel Are Poisonous Although They Are To ...
Or Order Of Ocr
Carmelites, Or Order Of Ocr Lady Of 3101:nt Carmel. A Monastic Order About Whose Origin There Has Been No Little Controversy. At Cne Time It Was Piously Believed / Have Been Founded By The Prophet Elijah; But This Belief Was Dissipated By The Learned Editors Of The Acta ,sonetorum, Who ...
Or Stone Calculus
Cal'culus, Or Stone. In Medi•ine, A Hard Toncretion Formed Within The Animal Body, In Consequence Of The Deposition In The Solid Form Of Substances Which Usually Remain In Solu Tion. (see Concretion.) The Concretions Most Commonly Termed Calculi Are Those Formed In The Kidney's Or Bladder (urinary Calculi). And Those ...
Or Succory Chicory
Chicory, Or Succory (fr. Chicorec. Lat. Cichorium, From Gk. Tax6plop, Kiehorion, Chicory). A Plant Belonging To The Genus Cichorium, Of The Natural Order Composit:e. The Same Natural Fam Ily Of Plants To Which The Sunflower, The Oxeye Daisy, The Dandelion. The Lettuce, And Other Use Ful And Obnoxious Plants Belong. ...