Order Oe The 11oly
Cross, Order Oe The 11oly. The Name Of Several Monastic Or Semi-monastic Orders. The Rigin Of The First Community Bearing This Name Is 14,st In Obscurity; But Leaving Aside Legendary Accounts. We Find Tho Order Definitely Established In Italy As Early As The Accession Of Pope Alex Ander 111. 1)130). ...
Origin
Origin. Coal Is One Of The Most Important Economic Minerals, And Is Of Vegetable Origin. When Vegetable Matter Accumulates Under Water It Undergoes A Slow Process Of Decomposition, Gradually Giving Off Its Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxy Gen. And Some Carbon, The Result Of Which If Car Ried Far Enough Is The ...
Output
Output. The World's Annual Production At The Present Time Is About 850,000,000 Short Tons; The Output In 1900, According To The Min Eral Industry, Was Distributed As Follows: It Is Interesting To Follow The Progress Of The United States As A Coal-producer. In 1s6s Great Britain Produced 3.6 Times As ...
Ovna
Ovna, Princess (1743-1810). A Prominent Fig Ure In Russian Political And Literary Circles Dur Ing The Latter Half Of The Eighteenth Century. She Was The Daughter Of Count Vo•ontsoff, And Was Born March 28, 1743. At The Age Of Fifteen She Was Married To Prince Dashkotl An Officer Of The ...
Peter 1791 1883 Cooper
Cooper, Peter ( 1791-1883 ) . An Ameri Can Inventor, Manufacturer, And Philanthropist, Born In New York City. He Assisted His Father In His Successive Occupations Of Hatter, Brewer, And Brick-maker: Gained Such Education As His Limited Means Allowed, And From 1808 To 1812 Was Apprenticed To A Carriage-builder. 11e ...
Peter Yon 1783 1867 Cornelius
Cornelius, Peter Yon (1783-1867). A German Historical Painter, The Founder Of The Munich School. He Was Born September 23, 1783. In Thiskeldorf. Where His Father Was Inspec Tor Of The Gallery. At The Age Of Sixteen The Youth Assisted In Supporting The Family By His Art, And At The Same ...
Philip Saint George 1809 95
Cooke, Philip Saint George (1809-95). An American Soldier, Born Near Leesburg, Va. He Graduated At West Point And Was Assigned As Second Lieutenant Of The Sixth Infantry In 1s27, Served For Many Years On The Frontier, Partici Pated In The Black Hawk War Of 1832, And Be Came Lieutenant Of ...
Phy Bibliogio
Bibliogio,phy. Following The Lead Of Comte. The French Positivists Have Sought With Con Siderable Suceess To Redeem The Reputation Of Danton, And To Establish His Claim To Rank As A Patriot. The Biographies Of Him That Are Of Any Value Represent This Tendency. His Chief Biog Rapher Has Been Dr. ...
Pierre Jean 17s9 1s56david
David, Pierre Jean ( 17s9-1s56). A French Sculptor. He Was Born At Angers, March 12, 1789, And Was Called David D'angers To Dis Tinguish Him From David The Painter. He Went To Paris To Study Sculpture. Through The Liber Ality Of David The Painter, Who Gave Him Gratu Itous Instruction, ...
Pierre Jer6inie Daumet
Daumet, Pierre Je.r6inie Ilonorp. (1826— ). A French Architect, Born In Paris. He Studied At The Ecole Des Beaux-arts. And Obtained The Prix De Rome In 1855. Afterwards Lie Accompanied An Archeological Mission To Greece Under The Directorship Of M. Henzey. Upon His Return He Was Employed By The City ...
Pocket And Pen Knives
Pocket And Pen Knives. Each Knife, Rough Ly Speaking, Consists Of Two Parts, The Blade And The Handle, But Each Of These, From The Manu Facturer's Standpoint, Is Composed Of A Number Of Parts. The Blade Consists Of The Blade Proper Or Cutting Edge And Its Supporting Back, And Of ...
Political Convention
Political Convention. A Gathering Of Dele Gates Representing A Political Party For The Pur Pose Of Placing In Nomination The Candidate Of That Party For An Elective Office. The Method Of Holding Elections Is Carefully Regulated By Statute In All Communities In Which Public Offices Are Filled By Popular Vote, ...
Prevention Of Cruelty To
Cruelty To Animals, Prevention Of. The Earlier Laws On This Subject Were Not So Much The Outcome Of Humane Principles As For The Protection Of Animals Considered As Property. At The Common Law Cruel Treatment Of Animals By Their Owner Was A Criminal Offense Only When It Was So Aggravated ...
Prevention Of Crueltyto
Cruelty To Children, Prevention Of. I Wing To The Long Survival Of The Boman Idea Of Parental Power I See Cruelty), And The Compara Tively Late Growth Of A Tendency Toward Socialis Tic Legislation, It Was Not Until Very Recent Times That Organized Effort In This Direction Became Common. Curiously ...
Prudence 1303 901crandall
Cran'dall ( Philleo ) , Prudence ( 1303 901. An American Educator And Philanthropist. She Was Born At Hopkinton. H. I., Of Quaker Parentage; Was Educated At The Friends' School In Providence, H. T.; Taught For A Time At Plain Field• Conn., And In 183] Established A Private School For ...
Range
Range. The Cystoidea Is The Oldest Known Class Of Echinoderms; Their Isolated Plates. Rare Ly United To Give A Clue To The Form Of The Ani Mal, Known Under The Names Of Eoeystites. Pro Toeystites, Etc., From The Cambrian Rocks, Are The Earliest Representatives. The Class Enjoyed Two Periods Of ...
Relations
Relations. The Ollowing Are Sonic Of The More Important Relations Which Exist Among Certain Groups Of Curves: (1) The Evolute (q.v.) Of A Curve Is The Locus (q.v.) Of Its Centre Of Curvature. The Evolute As The Principal Curve, The Original Curve Is Called Its Involute. The Normals To Any ...
Reser Voi Rs
Reser Voi Rs. Reservoirs May Be Classified Broadly Into Im Pounding, Settling, Storage, A Lid Distributing Ervoirs, All Of Which, Except Impounding. May Be Covered Or Open, The Latter Being The General Form. Hopounding Reserroirs Are Formed By Throwing A Dam Across Sonic Stream And Flood Ing The Country Above. ...
Richard 1804 65 Cobden
Cob'den, Richard (1804-65). An English Statesman And Economist Known As The Apostle Of Free Trade. He Was Horn In The Hamlet Of Heyshott. Near Midhurst, In Sussex, On June 3, 1804, Of A Family Which For Centuries Had Been Settled In The Place. Llis Father Was A Sweet Natured, Incapable ...
Robert Clive
Clive, Robert, Baron Clive Of Plassey 74). An English General, Whose Achievements Laid The Foundations Of The British Indian Em Pire. His Father, A Lawyer And Small Land-owner, Came Of An Ancient Shropshire Family, Whose Mano•-seat, Styehe, Near Market Drayton, Dates From The Reign Of Henry Ii. There Clive Was ...
Roman Courts
Roman Courts. Among The Romans Criminal Jurisdiction Was Exercised By The King Or By Officials Appointed By The King. From The Deci Sions Of Such Officials Appeal To The Popular As Sembly Was Sometimes Granted. In The Repub Lican Period Such An Appeal (prococatio) Lay Against All Sentences Condemning A ...
Sacrificial
Sacrificial. The Chasuble Is The Principal Vestment Regarded As Strictly Sacerdotal Or Sac Rificial. It Was Originally An Ample Round Mantle Falling Over The Arms, But This, While A Far More Picturesque Vestment Than The Modern 'fiddle-back,' Was Found Practically So Inconven Ient That In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Cen ...
Saint Cuthbert
Cuthbert, Saint (c.635-6s7). Bishop Of Lindisfarne And One Of The Most Popular Saints In England In The Middle Ages. He Was Born About 635, Probably Of Lowland Scotch Parents. In 651. Moved By A Vision Of Angels Carrying To Heaven The Soul Of Saint Aidan, He Entered The Monastery Of ...
Saint Cyril
Cyril, Saint (c.315-86). A Bishop Of .te Rusalem And An Eminent Church Father. He Was Horn In Jermoalein About A.d. 315. And Ordained A Deacon In 334, A Presbyter In 345, And, On The Death Of 'maximus, In 351 Was Elected Bishop Of His Native City. His Metropolitan Was The ...
Saint Saint Columba
Colum'ba, Saint. Saint Coursr-emix., Or Saint Colm (521-5971. An Irish Missionary, One Of The Greatest Names In The Early Ecclesias Tical History Of The British Isles. He Was Horn At Gartan. County Donegal. Northwest Ireland, December 7, 521. His Father Was Fedhilmidh, Of The Powerful Clan O'donnell. And Related To ...
Samuel La Nghorne Clemens
Clemens, Samuel La Nghorne An American Novelist And Humorist. Better Known As 'mark Twain'—a Name Derived From Calls Used In Taking Soundings On The Missis Sippi, And First Employed By Mr. Clemens In Newspaper Work In 1863. It Had Previously Been Taken As A Pen-name By Capt. Isaiah Sellers, In ...
Samuel Taylor 1772 18341 Coleridge
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-18341. An English Poet, Philosopher, And Critic. He Was Born At Ottery Saint :mary, Devonshire, And Educated At Christ's Hospital, Where Charles Lamb Was A School-fellow. He Was An Omnivorous Reader, Even As A Boy, And Gaining Access To A Li Brary Through A Chance Acquaintance, Lie ...
Slovakian
Slovakian. Along With The Czech Language Must Be Mentioned The Slovakian Language, Spoken By 2.500.000 Persons In Northwest Hungary And In America. Its Literature Is Only A Century Old, And Its Independent Development Was Entirely Due To The Great Wave Of National Reawakening That Swept Over Europe At The End ...
Social Factors
Social Factors. Concerning The Social Factors Of Crime, It Must Be Observed That The Action Of Society Upon The Individual Is So Complex That It Will Here Be Impossible To Discuss, Even Briefly, All These Factors. Considering, First, The Conjugal Condition Of Criminals, It Appears That There Is A Higher ...
Society Of Daughtersof
Daughters Of The American Re Volution, Society Of. A Woman's Patri Otic Society, Organized In Washington, D. C., October 11, 1890. It Has For Its Objects The Perpetuation Of The Memory Of Those Who Achieved American Independence, The Collection Of Relics Of Early American Days. And The Erec Tion Of ...
State Coaciies
State Coaciies. The Romans During The Em Pire Had A System Of Public Vehicles For Hire Which Traveled Over Definite Routes And Probably At Stated Times. During The Middle Ages No Such System Of Public Conveyance Prevailed. Toward The End Of The Sixteenth Century Wagons Began To Travel Regularly Between ...
Stephen 1800 72 Colwell
Col'well, Stephen (1800-72). An Ameri Can Author And Philanthropist, Born In Brooke County, West Va. He Graduated At .refrerson College, Pa., In 1819; Was Admitted To The Bar Of Virginia In 1821 ; And Practiced In Pittsburg Un Til 1s31, When Be Engaged In The Iron Business In Philadelphia, And ...
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Cleveland, ( Stephen) Grover ( 1837—). The Twenty-second And Twenty-fourth President Of The United States. He Was Born At Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., March 18, 1837. Ln 1841 His Father, The Rev. Richard F. Cleveland (yale, 1524), A Presbyterian Minister, Removed With His Family To Fayetteville, Near Syracuse, N. ...
Stratus 5
Stratus (5). 'lifted Fog' In A Horizontal Stratum. When This Stratum Is Torn By The Wind Or By Mountain Summits Into Irregular Fragments, They May Be Called Fraeto-stratus. In General, The Cirrus, Cirro-stratus, And Cirro Cumulus Are The Highest And Swiftest; The Alto Stratus, Alto - Cumulus, Stra To - ...
Street Railway Locomotives
Street-railway Locomotives. Numerous At Tempts Have Been Made, In The United States, To Employ Compressed-air Locomotives For Propel Ling Street-railway Cars; But. With The Exception Of A Few Short Lines Under Special Con Ditions. These Attempts Have All Resulted In Com Mercial Failures. Probably The Most Extensive Experiments Have Been ...
Striking Apparatus
Striking Apparatus. The Principal Function Of A Clock. According To The Media•val Conception, Was That It Should Be A Reliable Instrument For Automatically Calling Out The Hours, Particularly The Hours For Devotion. This Conception Of The Clock Is Shown In The Word Itself, Which Orig Inally Meant 'bell'—a Meaning Which ...
Structure
Structure. The Crustacea Derive Their Name From The Hard Armor Which In Most Of Them Covers The Whole Body, Forming A. Complex Exo Skeleton, Calcareous And Intermediate Between Shell And Bone In The Higher Forms, While In The Lower And Smaller Kinds It Consists Principally Of Chitin, And Corresponds More ...
Sumerian Cuneiform
Sumerian Cuneiform 1nscri••tona. There Are Five Chief Forms Of Cuneiform Alphabets— Sumerian Or Aecadian, Assyro-babylonian, New Susian, Old Persian, And Armenian. Of These By Far The Oldest Is The Sumerian, Also Called The Hieratic, Which Was Employed By The Pre-semitic Inhabitants Of Iniesopotamia. This Alphabet Is In Character, That Is, ...
T1abits And Distribution
T1abits And Distribution. The Modern Coma Tulidic, Like Antedon, Aetinometra, Etc., Have A Very Wide Distribution, And Are Usually Found In Waters Less Than 150 Fathoms In Depth, Although One Species Of The Antedon Has Been Dredged From The Great Depth Of 2900 Fathoms. The Habits Of Antedon Are Best ...
Tenancy In Common
Common, Tenancy In. The Most Usual Form Of Joint Or Common Ownership Of Lands Or Goods. It May Be Constituted Of Two Or Any Greater Number Of Persons, Who May Have Equal Or Unequal Shares, And Whose Titles And Interests Are Distinct Although Undivided From Those Of Their Colleagues. Accordingly, ...
Teutonic And Medialwal Courts
Teutonic And Medialwal Courts. The Primi Tive Teutonic Court Was A Folk-moot, Or Popular Court, In Which The Decision Was Proposed By The Presiding Dignitary (king Or Prince Or 11011 Dredman), Or By Law-speaker Appointed By The Presiding Dignitary, And Was Approved Or Disapproved By The Assembled Freemen. In The ...
Theodore Agrippa 1550 I630
D'aubigne, Theodore Agrippa (1550 I630). A Protestant Historian, Poet, And Soldier, Born Near Pons In Saintonge, France, February 8, 1550. He Was Educated At Geneva. Latin. Greek, And Hebrew Were Familiar To Him From His Earliest Youth, And At Seven Years Of Age He Is Said To Have Made A ...
Thomas 1747 1814 Coke
Coke, Thomas (1747-1814). The First Bishop Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. He Wa_s Born At Brecon, Wales; Was Educated At Ox Ford, And Took Orders In The Church Of England In 1770. About 1772 He Was Converted. And Showed Great Fervor; In 1770 He Met Wesley For The First Time, ...
Thomas 1759 1840 Cooper
Cooper, Thomas (1759-1840). A British American Scientist, Political Economist, Educa Tor. And Publicist. Conspicuous For His Versa Tility And His Radicalism In Politics. Ile Was Born In London. Studied For A Time At Ox Ford, And Was Admitted To The Bar. In 1792 He Spent Four Months In Paris And ...
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson (1831—) . An American Manufacturer And Diplomat. He Was Born In Boston, Mass., And Was Educated At Harvard And In Europe. In 1892 He Was Sent As United States Minister To France, But Was Super Seded By James B. Eustis In 1893. He Was Ap Pointed Member ...
Tiaiii Dressing Hair Powder
Tiaiii-dressing : Hair-powder Etc. To- Judge From The Artistic Remains Of Ancient Egypt And Assyria, The Use Of Rich Stuffs Was The Primary Thought Of The Egyptians. Who Sought To Be Splendid In Appearance. Beauty Of Material And Of Pattern At Least Held An Even Place In Their Minds With ...
Tie Covenants
Covenants, 'tie. A Term By Which The Scottish People Denoted Association Of 'bands' Under Oath To Support Each Other In Times Of Danger, Or To Maintain Sonic Principle. The Most Famous Ones Are The National Corcnant Of 1038, And The Solemn League And Covenant Of 1643, Which Are Often Referred ...
Tiiomas 11s9 1556 Cranmer
Cran'mer, Tiiomas (1.1s9-1556). Re Former Of The English Church, And The First Prot Estant Archbishop Of Canterbury. Be Was Born At Aslaeton, In The County Of Nottingham, On July 2, 1489. In His Fourteenth Year He Went To Jesus College, Cambridge, Of Which He Was Elect Ed A Fellow In ...
Tile Btile Print Process
Tile Bt.ile-print Process Is Peculiarly Adapt Ed To The Reproduction Of Drawings And Plans, And Is Used By Architects, Engineers. And Mechan Ics. Two Solutions Are Prepared: The First Con Tains One Part Of Citrate Of Iron In Four Parts Of Pure Water; The Second Contains One Part Of Red ...
Tile Results Of The
Tile Results Of The Crusades. The Crusades Were Of Very Great Importance In The History Of Europe In That They Accelerated Many Movements Which Without Them Would Probably Have Ad Vanced Much More Gradually. They Contributed To The Growth Of The Great Italian Seaports, By Establishing Closer Commercial Communications Between ...
Tions
Tions. These Are Founded For Mutual Financial Aid, And Have Been Wonderfully Prosperous In Germany. Where They Do A Business Of Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars. In 1s49 Herr Schulze (schulze-delitzsch) Founded A Cooperative So Ciety To Purchase Raw Material, Among Thirteen Cabinet-makers In Delitzsch, His Native Town. In The ...
Topografiiy
Topografiiy. The Bulk Of Colombia May Be Divided Into Two Physiograpliic Regions, The An Dean Cordilleras, And The Great Plains Or Banos Of The East. The Highlands Of Panama And Darien Are Only Indirectly Connected With The Andes. Entering Colombia From Ecuador, The Cordilleras Are Continued In A General Northerly ...
Topograp I Y
Topograp I Y. The Coast Of Cuba Is Exceed Ingly Broken, Being Indented By Numerous Gulfs Or Bays. The Chief Of These On The South Coast, Commencing At The West, Are The Following: Cor Rientes, Cortez, Matainana, Ca Zones, And Guaca Nabo. There Are Many Line Harbors, With Nar Row, ...
Topography
Topography. Colorado Lies Upon The Great Watershed Of The Continent, And Is. After Wyo Ming, The Most Elevated State In The Union. A Number Of The Most Prominent Ranges Of The Rocky Mountain System Traverse The State In A Northerly And Southerly Direction, Spreading Magnificently Over More Than Half The ...
Topography_2
Topography. The Highland Region, Which Cotn /deuces In Vermont In The Green Mountains And Continues Across Massachusetts In The Berkshire Hills, Descends Into Connecticut, At Find With Con Siderable Height; But Southward It Gradually Loses Its Mountainous Character, And As Long Island Sound Is Approached It Is Represented By Low ...
Town Or Market Crosses
Town Or Market Crosses Were Erected As Stands To Preach From, Or In Commemoration Of Events Regarding Which It Was Deemed Proper To Evoke Pious Feelings. As These Structures Were Incorpo Rated With Or Surmounted By A Crucifix, The Term Cross Was So Indelibly Associated With Them That It Survived ...
Triphentl Carbinol Derivatives
Triphentl-carbinol Derivatives. These Rep Resent The First Discoveries In The Aniline Dyes, And Some Of Them Are Still Produced On The Larg Est Possible Scale. The Fundamental Compound Of The Class Is Triphenyl-earbinol And Its Derivatives Are Properly Subdivided Into Rosanilines, Rosolie Acids, And Phthaleins. In The Rosaniline Group. Two ...
Twitilyornis
Twitilyornis.) The Ill:1mm Hall Remains Were Mostly Those Of Lower Orders, Such As Marsupials And Monotremes. The Geographic Developments In North Amer Ica During The Cretaceous Were Great. The In Terior Continental Sea Was Shallowed, And Finally Obliterated By The Uplifting Of The Land, So That The Eastern And Western ...
United States
United States. The Coal-fields Of The United States Are Especially Extensive; Indeed, In Sonic Instances The Deposits Of A Single State Exceed Those Of Germany Or France In Area. They Are Separable Into Several Regions, The Divisions Being Geographical And Not Geological. The Geological Ages Of The Coals In 1, ...
United States Coastand
Coast And Ge'odet'ic Survey', United States. A Bureau Of The Treasury De Partment Which Has For Its Object, First, The Survey Of The Coasts Of The United States, Prin Cipally For The Benefit Of Commerce; And, Second, The Task Of Determining The Magnetic Elements, Exact Elevations, And Geographical Positions Of ...
United States Congress
Congress, United States. The Legislative Branch Of The Federal Oovernment Of The United States, It Was Instituted By The Constitution, Which Prescribes Its Membership And Defines Its Powers. It Has No General Legislat Ive Power, Such As Is Enjoyed By The British Parliament, And, In A Lesser Degree, By The ...
University Copenhagen
Copenhagen, University Or. The Only University In Denmark. And The Oldest And One Of The Most Famous In Northern Europe. It Was Founded By Christian I., In 1478, Taking Its Statutes As Well As Some Of Its Teachers From The University Of Cologne, Which, Up To That Time, Had Been ...
Or Clustered Pier
Clustered Pier, Or Com;xfpr, Or. Com Pound Pier. A Form Of Architectural Support Characteristic Of The Middle Ages. Though Not Absolutely Unknown To The Ancient East, As Is Shown By The Babylonian Cluster Of Four Columns Found At Telloh. It Was Not Used In The Classic, Early Christian, Or Byzantine ...
Or Coal Tar
Coal-tar, Or Gas-tar. The Thick, Black, Opaque Liquid That Comes Over And Condenses In The Pipes When Gas Is Distilled From Coal. It Is Slightly Heavier Than Water, And Has A Strong, Disagreeable Odor. Coal - Tar Is A Mixture Of Many Distinct Liquid And Solid Substances, And The Separation ...
Or Cobra De Capello
Co'bra, Or Cobra De Capello, Ko'bra Da Ka-pc'6 (port.. Hooded Snake). One Of A Group Of Oriental Venomous Snakes Constituting The Pro Teroglyphic Genus Naja. There Are Six Or Seven Species. Dwelling In Asia And Africa. Of The African Species The Best Known Is The Asp (naja Haie): See Asp. ...
Or Coconut Cocoanut
Cocoanut, Or Coconut (fr. Coco, Gk. Kocikl, Kouki, Cocoa-tree, From Anc. Egypt. Kuku, Cocoa-tree). The Well-known Fruit Of A Species Of Palm (cocos Itacifcra), Perhaps Originally A Native Of The Indian Coasts And South Sea Isl Ands, Although There Is Evidence Of Its Prehistoric Occurrence On The West Coast Of ...
Or Colored Hearing
Colored Hearing, Or Curoalestiiesia. The Anomalous Association Of Colors With Sounds. It Is The Commonest Type Of Symesthesia, Or The Formation Of Unusual Connections Between Sen Sations Of Different Sense Departments. While Colored Hearing Is Relatively Frequent (statis Tics Record One Person In Eight), It Is Exhib Ited In Very ...
Or Columbanus Coluivfban
Coluivfban, Or Col'umba'nus, Saint (543-615). One Of The Most Learned And Elo Quent Of The Many Missionaries Whom Ireland Sent To The Continent During The Dark Ages. He Was Born In Leinster. Having Studied Under Saint Congall, In The Great Monastery Of Bangor, In Ulster, He Passed Over To France, ...
Or Competency Competence
Competence, Or Competency. As A Law Term, Used In The Sense Both Of Authority And Of Legal Ability. It Is In The Former Sense That It Is Employed In The Law Of France And Of Other Latin Countries, A. The Equivalent Of Our Term 'jurisdiction,' The Competence Of A Tribunal ...
Or Coppice Of Copse
Copse, Or Coppice (of. Copciz, From Roper, Fr. Couper, To Cut, From Of. Coup, Cusp, Cup, Colp. Fr. Coup, From Eolpus. Blow, From Lit. Co/aphus, Gk. To5xctos, Ko/aphos, Buffet, From Acomirreie, Kolaptein, To Strike). A Name Given In England And Elsewhere To A Natural Wood Or Plantation In Which The ...
Or Coyote
Coyote, Or Kileit (sp., From Mex. Ceyo//). The Modified Native :mexican Name Of The Prairie-wolf (canis Latrans), Now Universally Adopted Throughout The Western United States. The Coyote In Several Varieties Is Abundant Almost Everywhere From The Plains To The Pacific, South Of Central British Columbia, And Is Famous For Its ...
Or Crayfish Of Crawfish
Crawfish, Or Crayfish (of. Crevice, Crevisse, Fr. E'ercrisse, From Ohg. Chrebiz, Ger. Krebs, Crawfish). A Fresh-water Or Terrestrial Crustacean (astacus Fluviatilis) Nearly Allied To The Lobster, From Which, However, It Differs In Having The Middle Plate Of The Tail-fin Trans Versely Divided By A Suture. It Inhabits The Rivers And ...
Or Creasote Creosote
Cre'osote, Or Cre'asote (gk. Spiac, Areas, Flesh + Atdriip, Sok'r, Preserver, From (36;t1r, Sii:eim To Save). An Oily Liquid Obtained By The Destructive Distillation Of Wood, Particularly That Of The Beech (fugus Syleatica Linn;, Natural Order Cupuliferle). It Is Almost Colorless When Freshly Obtained, But Gradually Assumes A Darker Color ...
Or Cyprian Cyfrianus
Cyfria'nus, Or Cyprian, Trascius Czecilius ? -25s). The Great Leader Of The Early African Church. Ile Was Horn In North Africa, Probably Not In Carthage, Though At The Time Lie First Comes Into Notice He Was Living There In The Luxurious Style Of A Man Of Large Wealth. His Training ...
Or Cyrus Tile Elder
Cyrus The Great, Or Cyrus Tile Elder (c. 600-529 N.c.). The Founder Of The Persian Empire And Conqueror Of Babylon, Whom Isaiah Called The Anointed Of The Lord And His Shepherd (isa. Xliv. 23; Xlv. 1). The Name Of This Mon Arch Appears In Old Persian As Kuruk% In The ...
Or Dammar Pine Dammar
Dam'mar, Or Dammar Pine (hind. Dinar, Pitch, Resin), Aguthis, Formerly Called Dammam. A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Conifer, Distinguished By Their Broad, Lanceolate, Leathery Leaves, Which Have Numerous Nearly Parallel Veins. The Name, Originally Applied To Its Resinous Product, Has Been Ex Tended To A Number Of ...
Or Eaves Swallow Cliff Swallow
Cliff-swallow, Or Eaves-swallow. A Swallow (pc•ochelidon Lunifrons) Familiar Throughout North America As One Of Those That Make Their Nests About Barns And Outhouses. (see Barn-swallow. ) It Is Distinguished From Other Semi-domestic Swallows By Its Short, Square Tail, Reddish Rump. Grayish Breast And Collar, And White Forehead; And By The ...
Or Fortress Artil Lery
Coast Artillery, Or Fortress Artil Lery. Under This Head Are Included The Heavier Guns And Mortars, Which Are Used For The Arma Ment Of Permanent Works, Usually On The Sea Coast, And Which Are Mounted On Carriages Not Intended For Transporting The Guns, But Only As Supports From Which They ...
Or Kissing Conenose
Conenose, Or Kissing Bun. A Bug Of The Predatory Family Beduviithe; Specifically Cono Rhians Sunguisuga, Called 'giant Bedbug' In The Southern United States, Where It Is A Pest In Houses. It Is Three-quarters Of An Inch Long, Black With Red Patches, Or Spots, On The Sides Of The Thorax, At ...
Or Koblenz Coblenz
Coblenz, Or Koblenz, Ko'blents (corrupt Ed From The Latin Name Confluentia, Or Conlluen Tes, From Confluere, To Flow Together, From Con-, Together + Fluerc, To Flow). The Capital Of The Prussian Rhine Province, About 57 Miles South East Of Cologne, Beautifully Situated At The Junc Tion Of The Rhine And ...
Or Koiniensey Comenius
Come'nius, Or Koiniensey, Johann Amos (1592-1670). A Noted Educational Reformer Of The Seventeenth Century. Born Either At Or Near Un Garisch-brod. Moravia. His Parents Belonged To The Moravian Brethren, And Comenius Became One Of The Leaders Of That Seet. Though On Ac Count Of Poverty He Was Unable To Begin ...
Or Kurland Courland
Courland, Or Kurland (translation Of Lett. K U Rsem Me, From K Ur, Finnish Tribe Inhabiting The Region In Mediceval Times ± Sem Me, Land, Oc'h. Slay. Zemlya, Opruss. Some, Land, Gk. Xalat, Elm Mai. On The Ground, Lat. Demo, Honor, Man). One Of The Baltic Prov Inces Of Russia, ...
Or Na Sonry Cyclopean
Cy'clope'an Architecture, Or Na Sonry. The Name Frequently Used Fur An Ancient Wall Of Mtge, Irregular Stones, Rudely Hewn Or Quite Unwrought. The Term Originated In Greece, Where Structures Of This Kind Were Fabled To Have Been The Work Of The Cyclopes. The Ancients Also Attributed Them To The Pelasgians ...
Or Omnibus Bill Compromise
Compromise Measures Of 1850, Or Omnibus Bill. A Name Popularly Given To A Series Of Measures Passed By The United States Congress In 1850, Directed To A General .settle Went Of Certain Questions Arising Out Of The Struggle Over Slavery. The Affirmance Of Ameri Can Rights In The Oregon Territory, ...
Or Pseudo Clemen Tine Clementina
Clem'enti'na, Or Pseudo-clemen Tine (sii'da-klon'en-t ) Writings (lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Kxna/vrta, Kiementia, From Lat. Clemens, Clement). A Collection Of Dis Courses And Stories, Bearing The Name Of Clement Of Rome (q.v.), Of Uncertain Authorship And Date, But In Their Present Form Not Earlier Than The Beginning Of The ...
Or Roach Cockroach
Cockroach, Or Roach. An Orthopterous Insect Of The Family Blattiffie, Several Species Of Which Are Household Pests Throughout The Civil Ized World. Those Most Common Are (11 The Croton-bup. (blatta Germaniea), So Called From Its Noticeable In New York When Croton Water Was Introduced, Lint Which Is Of Foreign Origin, ...
The Constitution
Constitution, The. A Forty-four-gun Frigate, The Most Famous Vessel In The History Of The United States Navy, Sometimes Called 'old Ironsides,' From The Hardness Of Her Planking And Timbers. She Was Launched On October 21, 1797, Hut Was Not Completed And Equipped Until The Following Year, When She Put To ...