Dispensation
Dispensation (lat. Disprasatio, From Dispensarr. To Disburse). A Tern, In Ecclesiasti Cal Law To Denote A Relaxing Of The Law In Sonic Particular Ease ; More Specifically A License Granted By The Pope Or Some Bishop Relieving Or Exempting An Individual In Certain Circum Stances From The Action Of Some ...
Dispersion
Dispersion F Lat. Disprsio, From Tlis Pergcre, To Disperse). It Was Shown By Sir Isaac Newton That If A Beam Of Sunlight Entered A Darkened Room Through A Small Round Opening. A, And Fell Upon A Prism Of Glass. I', The Light On Leaving The Prism Consisted Of Colored Beams. ...
Disposition
Disposition Disposifio, From Dis I,om To Dispose, From Dis-, Apart ± !tonere. To Loll ). The Hypothesis Of Mental Dispositions Has Been Used Ill Psychology To Bring Facts Into An Intereonnected And Coherent System. It Is Obvious That The Conditions Of Many Mental Processes Are Not Themselves Direetly Available To ...
Disraeli
Disraeli. Diz-rall Or Diz-w1t. Benjamin, En R1 Of Beaconsfield ( 1so4-s1 ) . An English Author And Statesman. Ile Was Born In London, December 21. 1804, The Sun Of Isaac D'israeli, Author Of Curiosities Of Literature, Who Belonged To A Jewish Family. His Education Was Care Fully Superintended By His ...
Dissection Wounds
Dissection Wounds (from Hat. Ilis ,cr(rir',•, To Putt Up, From Ills-, Apart -f .clear,', To Cut ). The Dam Gi'm From Troirads Acu'i Den Grlly Eon• Trnclvd Uhumingdissrt•tjolt Is R,'halivey Small, It Being Nn Psi:ihlisletl Rule (lint Every Puncture Should Be Carefully Sucked As Soon As It Is Ob Served, ...
Disseisin Of
Disseisin (of. Disscisin. From Disseisir, Dissnisir, Fr. Dessnisir. To Disseise. From Des-, Dig-, Apart + Sei.sir, Sniser, It. Satire, To Seize, From 31l. Satire. To Take Possession Of. From 011g. Snz.:an, Ger. Setzen, To Set). At Common Law, The Process Of Acquiring Title To Land By A Wrong Ful Possession ...
Dissociation
Dissociation (lat. Dissociatio, From Dis Soctore, To Disrupt, From Dis-. Away + Soeinre, To From Socius-. Associate). A Term Applied In Chemistry To An Important Class Of De •ompositions. The Distinction Ween Decom Position And Mhat. Is Now Usually Termed Dis Sociation Is Diseusseil In The Article On Decontro Sition. ...
Distemper Of
Distemper (of. Destemprer, To Distemper, :nil. Distemper-are, From Lat. Dis-, Apart ± Ecinperarc, To Temper, From Tempts, Time). A Typhoid Inflammation Affecting The Upper Air Passages Of Young Dogs, And Resembling In Many Respects The Strangles Of Young Horses, And The -earlatina And Other Such Complaints Of Children. Like These, ...
Distillation
Distillation (lat. Destillatia, From De Stillare, To Distil. From De, Down + Stillarc, To Drop, From Stilla. Drop). A Process Consisting In The Evaporation Of Liquids By Boiling And The Subsequent Liquefaction Of Their Vapors By Cool Ing. The Purpose Of Distillation Is To Separate Different Snbstances From One Another ...
Distress Of
Distress (of. Destresser, Destrceicr, Des T•oisser, From Hat. Dist Ringerc, To Pull Asunder, From Dis-, Apart Stringer, To Draw Tight; Con Nected With Lith. Strrgli. To Fnwel. An Ancient •reditor's Remedy, Co111111011 To All Systems Of Primitive Which Consists In The Seizure And Detention By The Creditor Of His Debtor's ...
Distributi Nb Systems
Distributi Nb Systems Are Almost Invariably Of Copper Wire. But Aluminium Is Beginning, To Be Employed Extensively, Though Its Use Depends Largely On The Relative Priees Of The Two Metals. I'nder Certain Conditions It May Be Economical. And It Is Usually Preferable Where Lightness Is Essential. L'p To The Year ...
Distribution
Distribution (lat. Distributio, From Dist Ribuere, To Distrihute. Front (as-, Apart + Trilowre. To Give, From T•ibus, Tribe). The De Partment Of Political Economy Devoted To The Con Sideration Of The Reward: Which Are Allotted To The Several Factor, In Production. It Is A Famil Iar :ixi0111 Of Political Eeolionly ...
Distribution Of Diseases
Distribution Of Diseases. It Is Generally Known That Local Conditions, Such As Climate, Variation Of Temperature, The Composi Tion Of The Soil, Elevation Of The Land Above The Sea-level, Distribution Of Water, And The Character Of The Vegetation, Combine With The Peculiar Habits Of The People To Determine The Greater ...
Distribution Of Plants In
Distribution Of Plants ((in.). Physiological Ecology. Whether Anatomical Or Organographic, Is Concerned Chiefly With The Origin And Meaning Of The Tissues And Organs Of Plants. In The Interpretation Of This Field There Are Two Prominent Theories, Which May He Briefly Outlined. The Older And Commoner Theory Is Based 4)11 Teleological ...
Distribution_2
Distribution. In Its Most General Sense In The Law, The Division Of A Surplus Fund Among Those Legally Entitled To Share Therein. It Applies Equally To The Division Of A Trust Fund Among The Restuiv Wee Trust, Of The Surplus A- 9. Of A Bankrupt Or Insolvent Among The Creditors. ...
District Of Columbia 1
District Of Columbia. .1 Territory 60 Square Mile-. Situated On The Bank Of The Potomac River. Between 11aryland And Virginia (map: .)laryland. B 71. The Surface Is Flat And Marshy Along The Potomac, But Elsewhere Gently Rolling And Hilly. The Anacostia )liver. Or Eastern Branch (of The Potomac), Crosses The ...
Disturbance
Disturbance. The Common-law Offense Of Violating An Incorporeal Property Right. A- An Easement. A Profit. Or A Public Right In The Land Of Another. As Such Rights Do Not Carry With Them The Right Of Possession, But. As The Techni Cal Expression Is, 'lie In Grant.' And Not In Livery.' ...
Disuse
Disuse. One Of The Negative. But Yet Button Tart. Factors Of Evolution Is Disuse. Lts Signifi Can•e Was First Pointed Out By Laniard: In His First Law Of Evolution. Wherein Be Says That The Constant Lack Of Use Of An Organ "imperceptibly Weakens It. Eauses It To Become Reduced. Pro ...
Diuretics
Diuretics (lat. Ditiretieus, From Ilk. 8.ot Diouri1iio.e, Promoting Urine, From E‘our(iv, Diourein, To Urinate, Front Ilia, T. Rough + Oipov, Our, Ire, To Urinate, From Orpov, 6 Nledicine• Having The Property Of Reasing The Secretion Of Urine. They Are Of Several Lasses: ( 1 ) Vanctilur Or Cur-dig(' Lit,. Which ...
Dividend Ila
Dividend Ila. Divide/was, To Be Divided, Front Dirid• R,, To Divide). A Fund. Made Up Of Principal Or Profits, Set Apart For 11 I Om. Lion Among A Number Of Persons Ratably Titled Thereto: Al-o The Portion Or Share Of Each Per.-4.1) 11100..1. In Piaci Ie.' The Term Is Not ...
Divination
Divination ("lat. Dirina T In, From Dirinare. Divine. From Diriang„ 'licitly. From Dims, Deity). A Term Employed To Describe The Quest Of A Knowledge Of Secret Thing:, Past, Present, Or Future, By Various Supernatural Methods, Princi Pally Oracular Responses And The Ori Gin Of The Word Indieates, The Idea Is ...
Diving
Diving (from Dire, As. Dyfan, Causative Of Dtifan. To Plunge). The Act Of Working Under Water—either With Or Without Mechanical Aids To Enable Respiration—as In Pearl And Sponge Fishing, The Raising Of Sunken Vessels, The Laying Of Subaqueous Foundations, Or Other Operations Under Water. Formerly Diving Operations Were Confined Mostly ...
Division
Division. In Mathematics. One Of The Four Fundamental Piocesses Of Arithmetic, The One By Which We Find One Of Tv‘o Factors When The Prod Uct And The Other Factor Are Given. The Given Factor Is Called The Dirisor, The Given Product Is Called The Diridend, And The Result (i.e. The ...
Division Of
Division ( Of. Derision. Division, Fr. Shm, From Lat. Dirisio, From Divider,. To Divide). In Logic, The Proces, Of Distributing All The Ob Jects Included In The Denotation (q.v.) Of A Con Cept (q.v.) Into Mutually Exclusive Classes, Of Which Is Marked Of From The Others By The Possession Of ...
Division Of Labor
Division Of Labor. In Political Econo My. An Expression Designating, Somewhat Awk Wardly, The Fact That In Modern Production Each Workman Performs A Part Only Of The Process Of Manufacture. His Work Is Eoiirdinated With That Of Others To Complete The Whole. The Fact Of Division Is Dependent On The ...
Dnieper
Dnieper, Ram:. Prom Dnyi•'..r. A River Of The Largest In Europe With The Exception Of The Volga And The Danube (map: 1) Si. It Rise In The Swamp, Of The Of Smolensk, And, After Leav Ing That Government. Flows In A Southern Direc Tion As Far A. Kiev. At That ...
Dobrovsky
Dobrovsky. (16-br(oc's1.0%, .10ser ( I 7.53. 18'29 . \ Bohemian Writer, The 'patriarch Of Slavonic Philology.' Ile Was Born In Hung:try. Where Leis Father Was Stationed In Garrison. His Eduea T Ion Was Carried On In I Lid H.• His 11:111re F S1'11111/11110.1'ti !err 1 Boy Of Ten. He Studied ...
Docent
Docent', Diletsant" ( Lat. Degree'. To Teach). A Teacher In German Universities, With Full Offi Cial Relations. In Its More General Sense, The Term Includes Of All Grades And The Privat-doeent (q.v.) . In A Meriean .ersit Ies It Indicates A Member Of The Teaching Staff Of The Lowest Grade. ...
Dock 1s
Dock (.1s. Ducce, Probably Connected With Gael. Dughu, Burdock). A Name Applied To Those Species Of The Section Lapathum, Of The Genus Rumex. Which Are Not Acid Or Only Slightly So, And Of Which The Flowers Are Perfect Or Polyg Amous. The Other Species Are Generally Called Sorrel (q.v.). The ...
Dock Warrant
Dock Warrant. A Written Instrument Given By A Dock-ow Her To The Owner Of Goods Therein Described, Acknowledging Their Receipt And Engaging To Deliver Them To The Owner Or To His Assignee. It. Is A Species Of 'warehouse Re Ceipt. It Differs From A Hill Of Lading At Com Mon ...
Doctor
Doctor I Hat.. From Doe, Re, To Teach). A Title Formerly Used, In Accordance Will] Its Deri Cation, To Signify A Teacher In General; In More Tteent Times It Is A Title Of Honor Conferred By Universities. The Word Had Long Been Used As A General Term For Leacher. Before ...
Doctors Commons
Doctors' Commons. A Name Applied Both To The Association Of Doctors Of The Civil And Canon Law In London. Practicing By Exclu Sive Privilege In The Ecclesiastical Courts, And To A Erected By Them About 1567 Near Saint Paul's For The Aeeommodation Of Those Courts And The Court Of Admiralty. ...
Doctors Of The Church
Doctors Of The Church. A Title Long Eurrent For The Most Emillent Of The Early Christian Teachers, And Applied Especially To The Four Greek Fathers—athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nnzianzen, And Chrysostom—and The Four Latin Fathers—,lerome, Augustine. .ambrose, And Greg Ory The Great. In More Recent T Hues The Title Has Been ...
Doctrinaire
Doctrinaire, Tlak'tr.'•ettar' ( Fr_ Theorist, From Lat. Doe!rino, Doctrine I. .\ Term Used To Designate One Who Is All Zolv000te Of Principles Rather Than Of Practical Schemes In Government And Politics. After The First Restoration Of The Bourbons, In 1815. The Term Came To Applied In France To A Portion ...
Doctrine
Doctrine. F.vrileits Or Christian. A. (*rival Brotherhood In The Homan Catholic Church. It Was Founded By C(s•ar De Bus (1341 1)i4171, Who, After A Dissipated Military Career, I To Piety, Wa. Ordained In And Be Came Zealous In All Good Works. Devoting Him Self Especially To Opposing Du Progress Of ...
Dodder As
Dodder (as. Dodder, Probably Connected, As Being A Yellow Plant, With As. Dydrin, °sax. Dodro, Toto•o, Yolk Of An Egg). Cuseuta. A Genus Of Plants Referred By Some Botanists To The Natural Order Convolvulacete. And Regarded By Others As The Type Of A Small Distinct Order Cusenta•ex. The Plants Are ...
Dodington
Dod'ington, George Bum, Baron \lel Combe (1691-1762). An English Politician. He Was The Son Of Jeremiah Bubb. But Took The Name Of Dodington In 1720. On Inheriting A Large Estate From An Uncle Of That Name. Ile Was Educated, It Is Said, At Oxford, Was Elected Member Of Par Liament ...
Dodo
Dodo ( Nen•lat. Us, Port. Dowio, Simple Ton. P0--i Dy Connected With Devonshire. Engl. (fold. (loll. Lit. Dulled. From Dull Plionte Tl)titch. Of Origin, Bloaletl ). An Extinct Bird I De/ In In, Plus I Of .latirititts. Allied To The Pigeons. A 1111 Representing A Family Which Was Confined To ...
Dodona
Dodo'na ( Lat., From (;1‘. T) _\it Ancient City Of Epirus. It Sea, :sitinitud In A Fertile S Alley Shout 11 Wiles Soutime,t Of The Site Of The Modern Janina. On It Hill Project Ing From Alwant And Surrounded By Rug,,ed Mountain.. It Was Seat Of A Very Ancient Oracle ...
Dodsley
Dods'ley, Itotalrr T 1703-61). An English Author And Publisher. Ile Was Born Near Mans Field, In Nottingham. His Father, Who Was A Seiwohnaster. Apprenticed Him To A Stocking Weaver: Hut Finding This Employment Disaree 1 Le. Dodsley Ran Away, And Was Afterwards En Gaged As Footman. While Thus Employed He ...
Dog Days
Dog-days. See Can Icut.a. Doge, (inj (il, Variant Of Duct', Duke, From Lat. Dmr, Leader). The Name Of The Chief Magis Trate In The Former Republies Of Venice And I:ctioa. 'flue First Doge Of Venice, Paola Limb) .nnafesto, Was Eleeted By The People In 697. Lie Fore That Time The ...
Dog As
Dog (as. Docga). A Carnivorous Mammal Of The Family Canidw, Especially The Genus Canis, And 'none Specifically One That Is Domesticated. The Dog, Or Dogs, Considered As A Subject For Present Purposes, Regain, Treatment From Sev Eral Points Of View, 1. As A Tribe, In Its Zoological Relations. 2. As ...
Dogma
Dogma ( Lat., From (fk. 36-yria, Dogma, From Sokfiv, Dokein, To Seem). Ilriginally An Opinion Or I R..position, Put In The Form Of A Positive As Its Truth Being Supposed To Have Been Pre\ Ionsly Shown. In Theology, It Was Understood To Signify A Defined By The Church, And Mhan•. ...
Dogwood
Dogwood. A Name Given To Some Of The Shrubby And Arborescent Species Of The Genus Corrals. Acre Are About Tvventy-five Species Indigenous To Europe. Asia, And North America, Most Of Which Are Shrubs, Although A Few Become Trees. The Common Dogwood (('urn Us Sangui Nea) Of Europe Is A Shrub ...
Dolabella
Dol'abel'la, L'utit.t Us (e.70• 4:3 Me.). A Roman Of Patrician Family, And Of Profligate Character. Though Ilkolved In Crimi Nal Charges. He Was Defended And Protected By Cicero: And In 13.c. 49 He Put Away His Wife Fabia That He Might Sue For The Hand Of Cieero's Daugh Tc-r Tullia. ...
Doldrums
Doldrums (apparently A Quasi-lat. Form Of Dialectic Engl. Bold, Dolt, Really P.p. Of Dull, To Stupefy, From Dull, As.. Os., Dot, Ger. Ton, Stupid, Mad). A Name Given By Sailors To That Part Of The Ocean Near The Equator In Which Calms And Light Baffling Winds Prevail With Hot, Sultry ...
Dolium
Do'lium (lat., Large Jar). A Genus Of Gas Tropod Mollusks. See Tt N-sitta Doll (probably From If. Ii, Abbreviation Of Doredby). A Figure Representing A Baby, Willett Always Been A Favorite Toy For Girls. Dolls Have Been Used From The Earliest Limes Anti Among All Nations. Barbarous As Well As ...
Dollar
Dollar. The Unit Of Value In The Monetary Systems Of The United States And Canada. The Name Itself Is Derived From .toachimsthal, In Bo Hemia, Where The Counts Of Schlick, In The Fif Teenth Century, Struck Large Coins Of Silver From The Metal Found In The Neighborhood. These Were Known ...
Dollinger
Dollinger, Delling-i-r, Johann Joseph Ig Naz Von (1799-18,90). A Distinguished German Roman Catholic Theologian And Historian. Ile Was Born At Bamberg, Bavaria, February 28, 1799. Ile Was Educated There And At The Uni Versity Of Wiirzburg, Where His Father Was Pro Fessor Of Anatomy And Physiology. Ile Was Ordained A ...
Dollond
Dol'lond, Dons (170(i•gl A Di-difigntishod English Optician. Inventor Of The Achromatie Object-glass For Telescopes, Lle Was The Son Of A In Ill11111/11' Eircuutslanecs Who Bad Route To London As A French Refugee. Dollond Followed His Father's Occupation. But 1v114 Also Able To Devote Himself To The Study Of Mathe Matics, ...
Dolmen
Dolmen (bret., Table-stone. From Dal, Table ± Men, Welsh Morn, Stone; The Wel411 Equivalent Is Cromirrh, Bending Slab). The Name Given To A Class Of Monuments Of Prehistoric Civilization, Consisting Of Several Great Stone Slabs, Set Edgewise In The Earth And Supporting A Flat Capstone For The Roof, Designed For ...
Dolphin
Dolphin (0r. Doulphin, Lat. Tit/ It/anus. From (:k. 85(x¢/s, Iblithis, Dolphin). A Cetaccan Of The Family Dclphinidte. Eharacteri•ed By The Moderato Relative Size Of The Head, Differ Ing In This From The Cachalots, And Also Usually By Having Numerous Simply Conical Or Nearly Conical Teeth In Both Jaws, Although Some ...
Dombey And Son
Dom'bey And Son. A Novel By Charles Dickens. First Published Serially In 1846. It Nar Rates Tile Fortunes Of A London Merchant Whose Chief Desire Is To Assure The Continuance Of The Firm Name Through His Son Paul. He Is Indif Ferent To The Death Of The Boy's Mother. But ...
Dombrowski
Dombrowski, D6m-br6v'sk6. Or Dabrow Ski, Jan Iien Ryk. ( ;55-181;') . A Distinguished Polish General, Born In Pierszowiee, In The Cracow. Lie Entered The Service Of The Elector Of Saxony In Mo; Hut In 1792, On The First Symptoms Of The Insurrection In Poland. Proceeded To Warsaw. He Took Part ...
Dome W
Dome ((w. Dom.., Fr. Thiate, From Lat. Domus, Gk. 86/10s, °('hurch Slay. Dorms, Skt. Damn, House; Connected Ultimately With 0110. Zintbor, Ger. Ziatimr, Icel. As., Engl. Timber: The Word Is Also Influenced By Lat. Dome, Gk. 6,17' Rm. House). A Term In Architecture Bearing A Twofold Mean Ing. It Is ...
Domenichino
Domenichino, Du-inti'0-ke'no ( 15s1-1641 ) . An Italian Painter Of The Bolognese School (q.v.), Whose Real Name Was Domenico Zampieri. Lie Was Born In Bologna, October 21. 15s1. And Stud Ied Chiefly Under The Carracci. Among His School. Mates Were Guido Reni And Francesco Alban': With The Latter He Formed ...
Domesday Book Or Doomsday
Domesday Book. Or Doomsday Book. A Statistical Account Of The State Of England In The Latter Part Of The Eleventh Century. Prepared By Command Of William The Conqueror In The Year Or Years Just Preceding 1086. It Of The Oldest And Most Valuable Of Eng Lish Records. The Origin And ...
Domestic Relations
Domestic Relations. A Term Eni-• Played To Denote The Legal Relations Subsisting Between The Members Of A Family Or Household; And The Law Of Domestic Relations Is The Group Of Rules Which Define And Regulate The Rights And Duties Of These Members. The Separate Grouping Of These Rules Is A ...
Domestic Service
Domestic Service. By Domestic Service Is Meant The Work Done In And About The House To Provide For The Physical Comfort Of Its Occu Pants. It Includes The Labor Of Housekeepers, Cooks, Laundresses, Chambermaids, Waitresses, Nurses, Butlers. Coachmen, Footmen, Gardeners, Ehoremen And Charwomen, And Personal Attend Ants. The Condition Of ...
Domicile
Domicile (lat. Domfcllinin, From Domes, House). The Legal Residence Of A Person. Though Used In Common Speech As Synonymous With Or 'place Of Abode,' In The Strict Legal Sellse Vile' Denotes The Place Which The Law Will Hold To He A Man's Residence: And This May Or May Not Coincide ...
Dominicans
Domin'icans. An Order Of Preaching Friar: Ithe Lai In Name Orrin Prallic,tlnrunn) In The Notnnii Catholic (mundt. If Was Founded By Mint Dominic Tq.v.i In For The Mirpose Of (minter:let Ing. By Moans I F Preaching. In, Tendency Of The Time To Break Away From The Church. \\ Hen In ...
Dominis
Dominis, Manco Antonio De (1566-1624). An Italian Ecclesiastic. He Was Horn On The Tsland Of Arbe. On The Coast Of Dalmatia, And Was Educated By The Jesuits At Loretto And Padua. Winning Distinction By His Ability And The Varied Character Of His Studies, Lie Taught Mathematics At Padua And Logic ...
Dominium
Domin'ium (lat., Lordship). At Law, Doni In Meant Ownership. Or Private Right Over A Thing, Whether Immovable Or Mova Ble. 'more Precisely, Dominium Was The General Right, As Opposed To Any Special Right. Such As Servitude Or Lien. It Included The Power Of Use And Of Alienation And Of Testamentary ...
Dominoes
Dominoes (so Called, Apparcut13, Loan The Color Of The Back Of The Pieces. Which Is Black, Like A Domino). A Game Partly Of Chance And Partly Of Skill Played By Any Number Of People From Two To A Dozen. Lint Most Often By Two, With Twenty-eight Oblong Pieces Of Ivory. ...
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks, Novince Ot• The. A Re Gion In Southern Russia, Bounded By The Govern Ments Of Voronezh And Saratov On The North. Saratov And Astrakhan On The East, Stavropol And Kuban On The South. The Lea Of _um' And The Governments Of Ekaterinoslav, Kharkov, And Voronezh On The West ...
Don Juan
Don Ju'an, Sp. Pron. (vl Mviin (sp.. Sir John). A Legendary Figure, Like Tann Hliuscr, And The Flying Dutchman, And One Of The Most Widely Handled In :ill Modern Poetry. The Ideal Of The Don Juan Legend Is Presented In The Life Of A Profligate, Who Give, Himself Up So ...
Donaldson
Donaldson, 'ton N (1sl1 Ell I. English Classical Philologist, Born In London, Lle Was Educated At The L'iliversity Of London, And At Trinity College. From Whit+ Lie Reeeived The Degree Of Ka. In I.. The Year Following He Was T Leeted Frllntc. Ills Fir-1 Work Was As Reviser Of T'hr ...
Donation
Donation ( Lat. Donatio, Gift, From Donarc, To Give. From Donum. Skt. Duna, Gift, From Lat. Dare, Gk. Morat Didonai, Skt. Di, To Give). In Strict Legal Usage, The Word Donation Is Confined To The Transfer Of Personal Property Made With Out Consideration : The Word 'gift' Being At Com ...
Donne
Donne, Don. Joni (1573-1631). An F,ng Poet And Divine. He Was Born In London, Where His Father, John Donne, Who Was Welsh By Descent. Was A Prosperous Ironmonger. Ilia Mother A Daughter Of John Heywood. The Epigrammatist. He Was Brought Tip A Roman Catholic'. Li 15'14 He Was Admitted At ...
Door As
Door (as. Dor, Cbsth. Dati•, 011c. Tor, Net. Thor: Connected With Lat. Furls. (;1;. El Pa. Ir., (1ael. &wits. ()church Slay. Driri. 1.ilh, Lett. Duririr, _kv„ Dram, Ski. Dear, The Movable Patrol Opening To A Build Ing. An Apartment, Eloset. Or Passage Is Closed. Doors Are Made Of Wood, Iron, ...
Doorway
Doorway (in Art). The Form Of The Door Way Is Determined By The Architectural Style Of The Building In Which It Is Played. It Quickly Took An Important Place In Architectural History. In Egypt It Was Based On The Principle Of The Lin Tel, Surmounted By A Strongly Projecting, Cornice ...
Dopplers Principle
Doppler's Principle. A Law In Phys His Enunciated By Christian Doppler, An Austrian Physicist, In 1st?... If A Body Which Is Entitling Waves Of Any Kind Recedes From The Instrument Tqhiclt Is Receiving The The Wine-iiiinth•r Is Apparently Decreased: And Eonversely. If The Vi Brating Body Approaches The Reeeiving Instru ...
Dora Distria
Dora D'istria, D5fra (1828-88). A Pseudonym Of Ilelen Ghika, Princ,?ss Koltzoff Alassalsky. She The Niece Of Prince Alexan Der Ghika, Liospodar Of Wallachia, And Was Born At Bucharest, January 22, 1828. Thoroughly In Structed In The Classics Under The Care Of Profes Sor Pappadopoulos, She Added To These By Frequent ...
Dore
Dore, Do'rti.', Pa•l (1833-83), A French Illustrator, Painter, And Sculptor. Ile Was Born At St Ra .tannary G, 1833, The Son Of An Engineer. Ilis Was Very Preco Cious. At The Age Of Ten He Drew Sketches For Lithographs. And In His Fifteenth Year Lac Was Regularly Employed As An ...
Doria
Doria. Do'ri-a. Andrea (e.14(18-1560). A Genoese Admiral. In The Tirst Half Of His Long Career He Fought In The Service Of Various Italian Princes. When Genoa Was Freed From French Domination At The Close Of The Reign Of Louis Xii.. Doria. At The Age Of About 45 Years, Was Appointed ...
Dorians
Dorians (gk. Acupteis, D4rieis, Lat. Dores, Front Acopis, D6ris). Line Of The Principal Peoples Of Ancient :reeve. Aceording To The Legend. They Took Their Name From Dorns, The Son Of Ilellen, Who Settled In Doris (q.v.). Which Was Always Regarded By The As Their Mother Count Ry. The Anep-t Or: ...
Dormouse
Dormouse (from Archaic Dorm, To Sleep, Iron) Icel, Dogma. From Lat. (foonire, To Sleep Small, Arboreal Rodent Of The Old 11 Orh.1 Family 211yoxishe. The Dormice, In Adapta Tion To A Ssruirrellike Existence, Have Come To Resemble Those Animal: In Miniature, But In Or Ganization Are Much More Nearly Allied ...
Dorpat
Dor'pat, Formerly Also Written D Orpt (russian Official Name Yuricv, Esth. Tarto Lin, Lett. Tchrpat(t). A Town In The Russian Government Of Livonia. On The Embach. 163 Miles Southwest Of Saint Petersburg (map: Rus Sia, C 3). The Domberg. Situated At The North West Extremity Of The Town, Was Formerly ...
Dorpat University
Dorpat University. See Yuri Ev Uni Versity. Dorpfeld, Witm•a.m (1853—). A German Archaeologist. Lie Was Born At Bar Men, And Was Educated At The Benakademie, Ber Lin. From 1877 To 1881 Lie Took Part In The Excavations At. Olympia. Becoming Director Of The Technical Operations There In 1878. In 1887 ...
Dorsiventraiiity
Dor'siventraiiity (from Lat. Dorsum, Back -i- Renter, In Plants. A Term Of Sym Metry. Indicating That A Structure Has Two Dis Simila• (dorsal And Ventral) Faces, Which Are Dif Ferently Related To The Environment. For Ex Ample, The Thallus Body Of An Ordinary Liverwort, Like Alarehantia, Is Dorsiventral. It Is ...
Dort
Dort, Si Con Of. The Largest And Most Im Portant Legislative Council Ever Held By The Re Formed Churches, The Confessional Outcome Of Which, The 'canons Of The Synod Of Dort,' Have Binding Doctrinal Force Upon The Reformed Dutch Churches. It Was Convened On November 13. 161s, Dissolved Slay 9, ...
Dortmund
Dortmund, Denivinunt. One Of The Chief Towns Of The Prussian Province Of Westphalia, And A Notable Mining Centre, Situated Near The Emscher, About 73 Miles Northeast Of Cologne (slap: Prussia. B 3). The City Was Formerly Surrounded By A Massive Wall, But It Has Been Removed And The Site Converted ...
Dosso Dossi
Dosso Dossi, Diis'set Das'se, Gtovax Ni Di Rt'01.6 Lt 0%1475.15421. A Celebrated Italian Portrait And Historical Painter Of The Ferrarcse ?chool. Born In Ferrara. He And His Brother Ilarri Sta ( ?-15411) Were Probably Both Pupils Of Lorenzo Costa—giovanni, At Any Rate, Was. The Brothers Painted Together. Giovanni Doing The ...
Dost Mohammed Khan
Dost Mohammed Khan, (1,5st Mid 1793- I Si;:3 . .lower Of .1fgh:utistau From 1s:26 To 1s63, And Founder Of The Present Reigning Dynasty. Ile Was A Son Of Poyndah An Able Man. Prominent In The Civil And Military Life Of Afghanistan. To Avenge The As Sassination 44 His Eldest Brother. ...
Double Consciousness
Double Consciousness. A Morbid Mental Condition, Also Known As Datable Person Ality, Observed In Eases Of Hysteria. Hypnosis, And Tramp, Characterized By The Existence Of Two Or More Independent, Self-consistent Groups Of Conscious Which Alternate Periodically, Or Are Called Lip In Irregular Sequence As Favor Able Eireinnstances Arise. Usually These ...
Douglas
Douglas, Or. .1 Family Of Great Prominence In The History Of Scotland. 'ilte Iegeml Of The Sixteenth Or Seventeenth Century. At T•ibuting Its To The Bravery Of Sholto Douglas In 770, Is Impossilde Irmo The Details Of The Legend Itself. Nor Can Any Connection He Traced. As Chalmers Supposed There ...
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Douglas. Gawrx Or Cavin (e.1474-15221. A Scottish Poet. The Third Son Of Archibald. Fifth Earl Of Angus. Lie Was Educated At Saint An Drews For The Church, And Was Early Appointed In Presionkirk, Near Dunbar. In 1301 He Was Made Provost Of Saint Giles, Edinburgh. From The Marriage Of His ...
Douglass
Douglass, Fileverick 11817.951. An Ameri Can Anti Slavery Orator And 5ournali-t, Horn At Tn•kalare. Near Ea-ton. Nit]. Ili. Father Was A White Man. Mother A Negro -lave. And He Wa- Reared A- A Slave On The Plantation Of Col. Edward D Until Lie Way Ten Par- Old, When He Was ...
Douw
Douw, Dou. Gerard. 'zee Doc, Gerard. Douzette, Louts (1834—). A German Landscape Painter. He Was Born At Trieb Sees. Pomerania, And Studied With Esehke At Berlin. Subsequently He Traveled In France, Italy. Germany. And Sweden. Llis .spe•ialty Is Moonlight Painting. In Which Genre He Excels. Among His Best Works Are: ...