Duplei
Duplei%, Du'p1:1'. .losern Fa.(xcoec, Tlar Quis (1g97-1764). A French Colonnial I Overuor General, Celebrated As The Opponent Of British Suprenmcy In India. Lle Was Born At Lan Drceies, A Town Nut Far Irvin Vnlenciennes..lan Uary 1, 1697, And Was Cart-hn1lv Educated By His Father, A Rich Farnier-geucral. Ire Made Several ...
Dupont De Nemours
Dupont De Nemours, Dn'pan' De Ne Mir', Pierre Sa M ( 1739-18171. A Fretted) Statesman And Writer On Finance. And An Ex Ponent Of The Theories Of The Physioerats (q.v.). Ile Was Born And Educated In Paris. In 1772 He Was Secretary Of The Council Of Public Instrue Tion In ...
Dupre
Dupre, Dkl'prit'. Giovanni ( 1817-82 . An Italian Sculptor Of French Descent, Born At Siena. He Tirst Practiced Wood-carving And Then Studied Under Bartolini In Florence, Where He Afterwards Lived. Llis First Success Was "abel" (1842) And Its Companion Piece "cain" (1845), Both Now In The Pitti Gallery. Florence. These ...
Dupuis
Dupuis, Du'pwi•, Fltxxcons. T 1809). A Distinguished French Savant. The Son Of A Poor Schoolmaster. Ile Was Born At Trie Chatean, Near Chaumont. And Obtained Admis Sion Into The College Of Harcourt, Where Lie .11 Sour Acquired Extensive Knowledge Flint At The Age Of Twenty-four He Was Made Professor Of ...
Duran
Duran, Dn'riix'. Cai:ma:8 (carnes .11' C:1:ste Emile ( 1837-1. A French Por Trait Painter. Lie Was Horn At Lille, Duly 4, Is:37. He Studied Under Souchon At The Lille Aeademy Of Art. And Afterwards In Paris. Where He Devoted Himself Chiefly To Copying The Old Masters In The Louvre, Especially ...
Duration
Duration. In Plants, The Length Of The Vegetative Period. One Of The Chief Ecological Classifications Is Based On The Duration Of The Various Plants Or Their Organs. Perhaps The Most Important Classification Of This Kind Is That Into Monocyclie, Dieyelie, And Pleiocyclic Plants: Or. As They Arc More Popularly Called, ...
Duration Ml
Duration (ml. Duratio. From Lat. Durare, To Last). Or Pet:sistence In Time. The Simplest Temporal Determination Of Mental Processes. It May Be Assumed That Every Simple Conscious Proc Ess And Every State Of Consciousness Has A Nor Mal Duration. Varying With Variation Of Circum Stances, But Still Capable Of Numerical ...
Durazzo
Durazzo, Clii-riit's,!) (turk. Darts, Slay. Bra Tell, Albanian 1)urcssi, From Lat. Dyrrhachitun, From Gk. ..leivixtor, From Pro-, Dys-, Bad Y Hai, To Break, In Allusion To The Surf On The Peninsula). A Decayed Maritime Town Of European Turkey, In The Tilayet Of Scutari (albania), Built On The Rocky Peninsula Of ...
Durer
Durer. Atm:fa-ht (1471-1528). A German Painter. Engraver. And Designer Of The Franconian School, The Greatest Master, All Things Considered, Of The German Renaissance. Ile Was Born At Nuremberg. May •.1, 1471, The Third Of A Family Of Eighteen Children. His Father, A Goldsmith. Was Of Hungarian Descent. And Had Come ...
Duress Of
Duress (of. Dance, Duresse, It. Durena, From Lat. Duritia, Severity, Front Hard). That Degree And Kind Of Coercion, Exer Cised Over A Person's Will, Which Entitles Him To Avoid Any Contract, Deed, Or Transfer Of Property Made During Its Continuance, Or Which Excuses His Criminal Acts. As An Excuse For ...
Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf. Dus'scl-dorf. The Capital Of The District Of Dusseldorf, In Rhenish Prussia, Situated In The Centre Of A Fertile District, On The Right Bank Of The. Rhine, At The Confluence Of The Diissel With That River, In Latitude 51' 13' N., Longitude 6° 46' E. (map: Prussia, 11 3). Diisseldorf ...
Dusseldorf School Of Painting
Dusseldorf School Of Painting. One Of The Ino,t Important, If Not The Most Im Portant, German School Of The Nineteenth Een Tury. It Was The Outgrowth Of The Academy Of Art, Founded At Diisseldorf By The Eleetor Pala Tine Karl Theodor In 1767. But Did Not At Tain Importance Until ...
Dust As
Dust (as. Dust, Ger. Dust, Connected With Ger. Dunst, Vapor, 01 Dun Ist, Tunist, Breath, Storm. Cloth, Da Uns, Odor. Skt. (divans. 01 R(is, To Fall To Dust. To Perish). A•mosmi•uc. Tt Is A Familiar Fact That Dust Is Always Present In The Atmosphere. Nut Merely In Houses And Near ...
Dutch Language
Dutch Language. Dutch Is The Lan Guage Of The Inhabitants Of The Netherlands And, In A Strongly Marked Dialectic Form, Of The Boers In South Africa. It Was Also In General Use In And About New York Long After The Cession Of The Province To The English. The Name Dutch ...
Dutch Literature
Dutch Literature. The Dawn Of Dutch Literature Appears In The Dutch Sagas Of Charlemagne And Arthur In The Thirteenth Century, Adapted From The French Epics, And Obviously Intended For The Nobility. Such Are Klaas Van Haa•lem's Of Orange (1191-1217) ; Dederic Van Assenede's Flo•is And Blaneheflcur (about 1250) : An ...
Dvina
Dvina, An Important River Of Northern Russia, Formed By The Union Of The Sukhona And The Jug. At The Town Of Veliki Stug, Government Of Vologda (map: Russia, L' 2). It Flows Northeast To Its Junction With The Vitehegda, And Then, Turning Northwest, Enters The White Sea By A Wide ...
Dwarf As
Dwarf (as. Direora, Diecorh, Icel. Drergr, Tirrra, Tier. Zirrry, Dwarf I. In General, An Undersized (and Often Deformed) Human Being. The Term Is Applied Specifically To The A.kka (q.v.) Tribe, And Sonic Other Peoples In Central And Southern Africa, The Andaman Islands (see Ncopies ) , The Peninsula Of Malacca ...
Dybeck
Dybeck, Du'bok, Ricmmaan (i8ii-77). A And Antiquarian, Born In Odensvi For Noarlv Half A Cen Tury He Made A Thorough And Illumivativg Study Of The Ancient The Proverbs, The Tra Ditions• The Folklore And And The Customs Of Sweden. Among The Most Important Of His Works Are Euruairkuodcr ( Is5s-59), ...
Dyeing
Dyeing Pnocessf.s. Cotton, Silk, And Wool Are The Textile Fibres That Are Usually Subjected To Processes Of Dyeing. Uccasif Mally The Material Is Dyed Before Spinning. But Usually In The State Of Yarn Or Thread. And Sometimes As Woven Cloth. Before Dyeing, The Fibres Are First Cleaned So As Completely ...
Dyeing Of
Dyeing (of. ((yea, To Dye. As. Di'a Gin From Dray, Color; Connected With As. (vow, Dew). The Art By Which Various Substances, Especially Textile Fibres, Are Impregnated With Coloring Matters With Sulicient Tenacity To Resist The Action Of Water Or Ordinary Wear. Ilisroar. The Art Of Dyeing Was Known To ...
Dynamite
Dynamite ( From Gk. (wimikts, Dynamis, Power). An Explosive Substance Consisting Of Nitroglycerin And An Absorbent Such As Infu Sorial Earth (ki,selguhr) Or Diatomaceous Silica, Tripoli, Rotten Stone, Wood, Fibre, Etc. It Was In Vented In 1866 By Alfred Nobel. The Original Dynamites Varied From 75 Per Cent. Of Nitro ...
Dynamo Electric Machinery
Dynamo - Electric Machinery. :\lachinery In Which Mechanical Energy Is Con Verted Into Electrical Energy, Or Vice Versa. By Means Of Magnetic Induction. According To This Definition, Every Dynamo-electric Machine Is Capa Ble Of Serving Either As A Generator Or As A Motor, According To It Is Supplied With Mechanical ...
Dysentery
Dysentery (lat. Ilysenteria, Gk. Aucev 7epta, Dysenteric, Dysentery. From Ova-, Dys-, Had Gvrepov, Entrron, Intestine). A Form Of Dis Ease Of The Large. Rarely Also In The Small. Intes Tine. Attended By Frequent And Scanty Discharges From The Bowels. And Differing From Diarrhoea (q.v.) Chiefly In Being Attended By Marked ...
Dyspepsia
Dyspepsia Lat. Dyspepsia, (:k. Dysp Asia, From Ha-, Tlys-, Bad + Irerr6s, Pen T Os, Cooked, Frown Retrrav, Prplf Ill, 10 Disordered Function Of The Stomach, Resulting In Impaired Digestion. The Symptoms Are: Feeling Of Pressure Or Weight After A Meal. Burning (py •osis). Ammuldation Of Gas, Headache, Coated Tongue, ...
Eads
Eads, Edz, Jantes An Ominent American Engineer And Inventor. Lie Was Born In Lawrenceburgh. Ind.. But Removed To Saint Louis In 1833: Beeame A Clerk On A Mis Sissippi Steamboat In 1s39: And. Engineering By Himself. Set Out To Solve Some Of The Problems Of Navigation On That River. By ...
Eagan Iileispatrick
Eagan. \ Iileis Patrick I Iti41-1 An Ann-rican Soldier. Horn In Ireland. Ile Entered The Federal Army From Civil Life In Isq, With Rank Of First Lieutenant, And Upon The Close Of The Civil War Out . In Siti He Was Appointed To The Vnited States Army, With Rank Of ...
Eagle
Eagle. A Military Standard, Adopted By The Humans, And Even By Nations Preceding Them In History. The Persians. In The Time Of Cyrus The Younger, Bore An Eagle On It Spear As A Standard. The Ltomans For Some Time Used The Eagle, The Wolf, The Boar. The Horse, And The ...
Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl. The Name Most Often Given In Europe To The Great-horned Owl (bubo Ignarus), Representing A Group Of Large, Tierce Owls Of The Northern Generally. Of Which The American Great Immed Or Hooting Owl Is A Fa Miliar Example They Are Characterized By A Somewhat Incomplete Facial Disk, Two ...
Eagle_2
Eagle, Lien. Order Of Tii E. A Prussian Or Der. Founded In 1731 By The Margrave Oelt.0 Frederick Charles Of Bayreuth, As A Reorganiza Tion Of The Ordre De La Sincerib% Which Had Been Instituted In The Beginning Of The Century By The Hereditary Prince Of Bayreuth. After Passing Through ...
Ear I As
Ear I As. Tare. ( ()church Slay. Twho, Lith. Ansir. Lat. Canis, Gk. Ots. Of Hearing As It Exist, In Man Sod The Mammalia. It Is Composed Of Three Parts: The External Ear. The Middle Ear Or Tynt And The Internal Ear Or Labyrinth. Tut: External Ear. Th I- C011-i.ts ...
Ear Trumpet
Ear-trumpet. A Contrivance For Improv The Hearing Of The Partially Deaf, And, As Its Name Implies, A Trumpet-shaped Tube. Whose Action Depends On The Principles Of Reflection. The Waves Of Sound Strike The Hell Of The Trum Pet And Are Reflected Into The Narrower Portion Of The Tube. As The ...
Earl As
Earl (as. Eon), Teel. Earl, Dan. Jar), Earl, Os.. Oh(;. Man. Warrior). A Title Of The British Nobility, Third In Rank Under The Princes Of The Blood Royal. Next To A Marquis, And Above A Viscount. In Anglo-saxon Times The Word De Noted The Primitive Noble By Birth Of The ...
Earls Of
Earls Of A A Ci's. This Line Was Begun With Ceorge, The Illegitimate Son Of William, First Earl Of Douglas. And Alargarct Stewart, Countess Of Angus And Alar. Ile Received A Grant Of His Mother's Earldom Of Angus In 13s9, Married In; 1397 The Youngest Daughter Of King Robert 11., ...
Early English
Early English. The Term Generally Ap Plied To The Earliest Form Of Gothic Architecture Q.v.) In Great Britain. It Succeeded The Nor Man I Q.v.) Toward 1200. And Was Merged Into The Decorated Style (q.v.) At The Close Of The Thirteenth Century. The Earliest Works• Which Served As Models. As ...
Earth Lodge
Earth Lodge. A Domieile Of Earth. Or Within The Earth. The Middle-latitude _ktnerind Tribes Made Typical Earth Lodges For Winter Use. The Cathloan, Siouan, And Athapascan Domicile For The Winter Was Constructed By Making An Excavation From Two To Four Feet Deep, Within Which A Framework Of Poles Was Erected. ...
Earthquake
Earthquake. A Term Applied To Any Tremor Or Shaking Of The Solid Crust Of The Earth Due To Natural Subterranean Concussion. Earthquakes Vary In Intensity From Tremors So Slight It S To Be Observed Only By The Most Deli Cate Instruments, To Violent Destructive Shocks. While The More Violent Shocks ...
Earthworm
Earthworm. The Popular Name For Worms Of The Family Lumbricidie, Especially The Common Lambricas Terrestris And .tllobophora Retida. They Belong To The Oligoclurtnus Sec Tion Of The Cluetopod Annelids, And Are Widely Distributed In Temperate And Tropical Lands. Ilaults. Like Most Other Oligochletes, Earth Are Subterranean In Their Habits, And ...
Earwig As
Earwig ( As. Rortrirqa. From ,lore . Eng. Car Fricou. Insect ; Eonneeted With As. /ricg, Horse. Wilt, Wiglit. From We-gun, Icel. R17711. (111t 11 . You I. Gun. Cmg., Ger. :regal', To Ea•ry, Move: Connect Ed With Lat. Rchere, ()church Slay. Re.ai, Skt. 1;0/, To Carry. Gk. Flew, ,chrin, ...
Easement
Easement. All Aequired Right Of Use Or Enjoyment In The Lands Of Another. Which One May Have By Virtue Of His Ownership Or Posses Sion Of Other Land. Though Limited In Number, Are Of Vetv Frequent Occurrence. And Comprehend Such Well-knonn 11 Rights As Rights Of Way, Of Light. Of ...
East India Company
East India Company. The Name Given To Trading Companies Entrusted By Various Euro Pean Got Eminent, With The Monopoly Of Their Trade With The East Indies. The Most Important One Was The En!, Conipan Y. The Original Which Was Obtained From Queen Eliza Beth On December 31. Woo, Granting For ...
Easter Island
Easter Island (so Called Because Discov Ered By Lloggoveell On Easter Day. 1772; Also Called A, Tenpi, And By The Natives, Ra Pa Nal). 'rhe Most Easterly Of The Inhabited Islands Of Polynesia. Situated In The Pacific. In Latitude 27° 20' S., And Longitude 109' 30' W. (map: World. Western ...
Easter As 111g
Easter (as. (111g. 6star6. Ger. Os /ecu. From Tent. .imstri5, Of Spring: Con Nected With Lat. Aurora, Gk. Lith. Ans Zia, Skt. Usas. Usra, Dawn. With As. East. 01-1g. (:er. Osten, East, And Ultimately With Gk. Iaap, Hemar, Dry. Lat. Ter, Spring). The Festi Val Of The Resurrection Of Christ, ...
Eastern Question
Eastern Question. The Complicated Problem Of International Politic, Growing Out Of The Relations Of Turkey And The Balkan Na Tionalities To The Great Of Europe And To Each Other. The Problem Has Occupied The Atten Tion Of Europe. In More Or Degree, Since The Second Half Of The Eighteenth Century, ...
Eastlake
East'lake, Sir Ell Ar ,es Lock ( I 793-1s115). An English Historical Painter, Born At Plymouth, November 17, 1793. The Youngest Son Of George Eastlake. Solicitor To The Admiralty And Judge Advoeate Of Plymouth. Lie Studied In The Schoolq Of The Royal Academy In 1809. And Also Under Ilaydon. As ...
Eaton
Eaton, Manc.turr (o'neill). Best Known As Tracey O'neilu, 0%1796-1879). The Wife Of J. E. Eaton (q.v.), Secretary Of War Under L'resi Dent Jackson. She Was The Daughter Of A \\ Ashington Tavern-keeper. About 1823 She Mar Ried A )11:111 Named Timberlake, A Purser In The United States Navy, Who In ...
Eaton_2
Eaton, ‘vill1aii ( 1764-181 ) . An Ameri Can Adventurer, Prominent In The War Between The Tinted States And Tripoli. Ile Was Born In Woodstock. Conn.: Ran Away From Home At Six Teen; Joined The Army And Served Until 17s3: And Graduated At Dartmouth In 1790. In 1792 He Rejoined ...
Eau De Cologne
Eau De Cologne, De Ko-lon' (fr., Cologne Water). A Perfume Invented In Northern Italy By One Of The Farina Family, Who Subsequently Settled In Cologne. It Is Now Made By A Num Ber Of Persons Bearing The Original Patronymic. Who Are Residents Of Cologne. As Well As By Per Fmne-makers ...
Ebal
Ebal, And Gerizim, Two Mountains Of Palestine Significant In Hebrew Tradition In Connection With The Blessing And Cursing Of The People (dent. Xi. 29. Xxvii. 11-26: 33-4). They Are Situated In Central Separated By A Narrow Valley About 200 Yards Wide, In Which Stands The Town Of Nabulus Neapolis. The ...
Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale, Rid A Town Of :mon Mouthshire. England, About Miles West-south West Of Abergavennv, In The Centre Of A Coal And Iron Mining District (map: England, D 5). Population, In 1591. 17,300; Iu 1901. 21,000. Ebe, Tvbe, Gustav (1834—). German Ar Chitect, Born At Halberstadt. Ile Studied In Ber ...
Eberhard
Eberhard, Fi'bilr-hiirt. Tar Part ( 1445-96 ) . The Fifth Comit And First Duke Of Wfirttemberg. He Was The Son Of Count Louis The Elder, And Succeeded His Brother At The Age Of Twelve: At Fourteen Lie Wrested The Government From His Uncle Ulrich. Who Had Been Appointed His Guar ...
Ebers
Ebers, Geoin: Monrrz (1837-9s). A German Egyptologist And Novelist, Born In Berlin. In 1836 He Entered The University Of Giittingen As A Student Of Law, But Soon Became Interested In Egyptology And Devoted Himself To That Study In Berlin Under Lepsius, Brug,sch, And B6ckh. Receiving His Degree In 1862, He ...
Ecarte
Ecarte, It'keir'til' (fr.. Discarded, P.p. Of C'earter, To Disca•d, From Lat. Ex, Out Charts, Gk.xciprns,eharti.s, Paper). A Game Of Cards Usually Played Two Persons, Though, In The Form Called Pool Three Or Even More May Take Part In It. In This Case The Third Player Takes The Place Of The ...
Ecbatana
Ecbat'ana Topers. Hanymatana, Written Hagmatuna, Probably Place Of Assembly, From Ham, Skt. Sa/n, Together Gum, To Come; Babyl. Agamatanu, Agamtanu, 1-leb. Aelonetha, Lat. Eebutana, Gk. Ekbatuna, 'a-ygd7ara, ...lybatanu). The Ancient Capital Of Media. It Was Situated At A Distance Of 12 Stadia (about Miles) From Mount Orontes, The Modern Elvend. ...
Ecclesia
Ecclesia, (lat.. From Gk. Ikkx77 A'a, Assembly, From 1k, Ch-, Out Kanciv, Loflein, To Call). 111 .\ Term Eommonly Used To Denote The Popular Assembly Of The Athe Nians. In Which All Free Citizens Vote. Its Authority Was Supreme, Though Ordinarily Only Those Citizens Could Be Present Who Lived In ...
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes, (lat.. From Gk. I K Kx770" Ekkli'riasto's, One Concerned With An Assembly, From Ikkx7rria, Assembly). A Philosophical Book Belonging To The Third Divi Shin Of The Old Testament Collection Known As Ilagiographa. The Ilehre• Name Is Kohclefh, Which Is Translated Into Greek As Frelexinsfes, On The Supposition That The ...
Ecclesiastical Commissioners For England
Ecclesiastical Commissioners For England. A Corporate Body Established By Act Of Parliament Constituting An Important Administrative Agency For The Established Church Of England, The Commissioners Are About Fifty In Number, And Include All The Bishops Of The Estab Lished Church In England And \vales, The Deans Of Canterbury. Saint Paul's, ...
Ecclesiastical Corporation
Ecclesiastical Corporation. A Body Corporate Constituted Of An Ecclesiastical Per Son Or Persons And Subject To Eeclesiastieal Judi Catories. Ecclesiastical Corporations Are Divided Into Corporations Aggregate And Corporations Sole. The Former Consist Of Several Persons—as, For Ex Ample. The Head And Fellows Of A College, Or The Dean And Chapter ...
Ecclesiastical Courts
Ecclesiastical Courts. Tribunals Having Jurisdiction More Especially In Causes Re Lating To Religion And To The Discipline Of Reli Gious Bodies. Their Origin Is To He Found In The First Years Of Christianity, When The Christians Made Every Effort To Settle Their Disputes Among Themselves And To Maintain Their Discipline ...
Ecclesiastical Titles Assump Tion
Ecclesiastical Titles Assump Tion Act. An Act Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For The Protection Of The Established Church Of England. In The Year 1850 An Edict Was Issued By Pope Pius Ix., Dividing Great Britain Into Territorial Bishoprics Under An Arch Bishop Of Westminster. This Brief Was Imme ...
Ecclesiasticus
Ecclesiasticus, (lat., From Gk. Imnricriacrrik6s, Ekklcsiastikos, Relating To An Assembly. From /keorda, Assembl•). The Latin Title Of A Biblical Book Called. In The Greek Version, The Wisdom Of .1( Sun, The Son Of Sirach, And, In The Original Hebrew. Sometimes The Wisdom Of Ben Sira, Sometimes The Prov E•bs Of ...
Ecclesiology
Ecclesiol'ogy ( From Ci:. Hocxnala, Sia, Elm Reit T Fogin, Account, From "4-)e.v, /egcin, To Say). (1) That Branch Of The Gen T Rat Science Of Human Society Or Sociology Nvhich Deals With So Much Of Human Relations As Exist For The Purpose Of Religion, Embracing The Anal Ysis Of ...
Echevin
Echevin, Rish'viix' (oe.. Fr. Csche•in. It. Sebia Vino, Keabino. From Mi.. Seabinus, Sheriff, From 011g. Skeffino, Ger. Schiiffe, From 01ig. .seaffna, Ger. Scha(ten, To Create). During The Middle Ages, A Royal Oflieer Possessing A Large Of Power In Local Administration. The Ofliee Was Common In France And The Low Coun ...
Echidna
Echidna, T•-kid'iol (lat., Gk. Gxiiiya, Viper, From Errs, Cells, Skt. Ahi, Av. Azhi, Serpent). A Genus And Family ( Echidniffir) Of Monot•eme Mammals, The Spiny Or Porcupine Ant-eaters Of The Australian Region, Closely Allied To The Duckbill. The Ordinary Echidna Is From 12 To Is Inches Long, And Has A ...
Echinodermata
Echinodermata, (neo Lat. Nom Pl.. From Gk. Ixiyar, Echinos. Hedgehog Olpaa, (if Rinu, Skin). One Of The Great Branches Or Phyla Of Invertebrate Animals, Constituting An Independent. Well-characterized Of Or Ganisms. The Group Is Of Higher Rank Than The Codenterata, And Is Lower Than The Verna's:, Wwi Both Of Which ...
Eckhel
Eckhel, Iclecl..tosern Ifir..ott•s (1737-9s), An Eminent Austrian Numismatist, Born At En Zersfeld. Ile Was Educated At The Jesuits' College In Vienna. And In 1751 Entered The Society. His Knowledge Of Numismatics Soon Won Him The Place Of Keeper Of Coin, And Medals In The Col Lei4e. In 1772 He Went ...
Eclipse
Eclipse (lat. Ec/ipris, From (1k. I'kxeopts, C1icipsis, Eclipse, From Ifixehretp, Ekicipein, To For• Sake, Fail, From Ik Out Xthretv, Let Petit, To Leane). Sometimes One Or Other Of The Self Luminous Beanenly Bodies Is Shut Ill From Our New Temporarily By The Interposition Of Some Other Body Between It And ...
Eclipses Or The Moon
Eclipses Or The Moon. It Has Been Said That These Are Eaused By The Moon Passing Through The (arth's Shadow. Before This Explanation Can Be Aceepted, It Must He Shown That That Shadow Extends As Far As The Moon. This Is Easily Done. Supposing The Earth To No Atmosphere, Then ...
Eclipses Or The Sun
Eclipses Or The Sun. These Are Caused, As We Have Stated, By The Interposition Of The Moon Between The Earth And Through Which A Greater Or Less Portion Of The Sun Is Necessarily Hid From View. By A Process Similar To That Used In Ascertaining The Length Of The Earth's ...
Ecliptic
Ecliptic (lat. Ee/i/dieun. From Ekiciptikos: Relating To An Eelipse. From Ievo,lc Ekleipsis, Eclipse). The Name Gitcu To The Great Circle Of The Heavens Round Which The Sun Seems To Travel From West To East In The Course Of A Year. It Took Its Nanie From The Early Observed Tact That ...
Ecology
Ecology. About 3000 Living Echinoderms Are Known. They Are All Marine, And The Species Are Scattered Through All Seas Of The Globe And Are Found At All Depths, But They Are Most Abundant In The Warm Seas Of The Tropics. The Only Fixed Members Of The Branch Are Those Included ...
Ecuador
Ecuador, I•k'w:1,16r, Span. Pron. Iikw:1-mair' (sp., Equator, So Called Because The Country Is Crossed By The Equator). A Republie Of South America. Situated On The Western Coast Of The Continent And Bounded On The North And Cast By Colombia, On The South By Peru, And On The An E-t By ...
Edda
Ed'da. A Title Applied To Two Distinct Works In Scandinavian Literature, The Edda Of Scum And The Thisc, And The Edda Of Stur/uson. They Are Also Called Respectively The Poetical And The Prose, And The Elder And The Younger Edda. The Latter Of These, To Which Alone The Name Edda ...
Eden
Eden. Sir ]rome' (1741-s4). An English Baronet, The Last Proprietary Governor Of Land. Ile Was The Second Son Of Robert Eden, Of 1\111(10.i-stone Liall, Durham. The Eldest Brother Inherited The Baronetcy And Seat In Parliament ; Two Brothers Raised Themselves To The Peerage As Lord Auckland And Lord Henley; Another ...
Eden Ha
E'den (ha_ 'eden, Delight). According To The Bildical Account, The First Residence Of Man. On The Supposition That The Narrative In Genesis Describes A Real Country, Endless Views Have Been Brought Forward In Regard To The Situation Of Eden. Dosephus And Several Of The Fathers Con Ceived, That Eden Was ...
Edfii
Edfii, (coptic Tb6). A Town Of Up Per Egypt, On The Left Bank Of The Nile (latitude 25° 1' North. Longitude 32° 16' East), About Go Miles Above Thebes. The Chief Local Deity Was Horns (q.v.), Whom The Creeks Identified With Apollo, And For This Reason Called The Place Apolilliopolis. ...
Edict
Edict (lat. Edietuin, From Olicerc, To Pro Claim. From Out Dir•r•, To Say). A Rnle Of Law Promulgated By A Superior Magistrate. The Power Of Making Edicts (ius Edicrin/i) Belonged Generally To The Higher Magistrates At Rome; But It Was By The Clunk :allies, And More Ex Ten;ively Still By ...
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Mth-bur-u. A Royal And Par Liamentary Burgh, The Capital Of Scotland And County Town Of Midlothian, Situated On A Series Of Eminences About Two Miles South Of The Firth Of Forth And 47 Miles East Of Glasgow, In Latitude 55° 57' N. And Longitude 3° 12' W. (map: Scot ...
Edinburgh Review
Edinburgh Review. The First Of The Great Critical Periodicals Which Form A Distin Guishing Feature Of The Literature Of The Nine Teenth Century. It Was Started In October, 1502, A Group Of Young Men Living In Edinburgh, The Principal Of Whom Were Francis Jeffrey ( Sydney Smith (q. V.), Francis ...
Edom
E'dom Web. Ethini, Red, Gk. 'isoqta(a, Mott Maia). According To The Old Testament, Which Places The Esauites In Possession Of Edon', The Latter Becomes One Of The Names Of Esau, Lanei-. Fully Explained Because Of The 'red' Pottage Given Him By His Brother Jacob (gen. Xxv. 29 :34). (see Esay.) ...
Education
Education (lat. Edueatio, Front Educarc, To Rear. Nourish. Bring Up. From Cducere, To Lead Cut. From C, Out T Diterre, To Lead). In A General Sense. The Development Of The Whole Nature Of Man, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral, Through Interaction With Every Phase Of His Environment ; In A Narrower ...
Edward Eggleston
Eg'gleston, Edward An American Novelist And Historian. Hp Was Born At Vevay, Ind., December 10, 1s37, The Son Of A Lawyer. Of Delicate Health In Childhood. And Largely Self-educated, He Began Life As A Metho Dist Eircuit -rider, And Was Then Agent In Nesota For The Bible Society, Doing Such ...
Edward I 1239 1307
Edward I. (1239-1307). King Of England From 1272 To 1307. He Was The Eldest Son Of Henry Iii. By His Wife Eleanor Of Provence, And Was Born At Westminster, June 17-18. 1239. In 1252 His Father Bestowed Upon Him The Lord Ship Of Gascony, And In 1254, On His Marriage ...
Edward Ii 1284 13271
Edward Ii. (1284-13271. King Of England From 1307 To 1327. Ile Was The Son Of Edward I., And Was Born At Carnarvon, April 25, 1284. In 130] He Was Created Prince Of Wales, Being The First Heir Apparent To The English Throne Who Bore That Title. Lle Accompanied His Father ...
Edward Iii 1312 77
Edward Iii. (1312-77). King Of England From 1327 To 1377. He Was The Son Of Edward Ii., And Was Born At Windsor. November 13. 1312. He Was Chosen King By Parliament On January 14, 1327, Six Days Before A Formal Resignation Was Extorted From The Unhappy Edward 11. (q.v.). During ...
Edward Iv
Edward Iv. 1e.1444 S31. King Of England From 1461 To 1483. Ile Nvas The Son Of Richard, Duke Of York, And Was Horn 11t Rouen In 1441 Or 144•. Llis Original Title Was That Of Earl Of Starch. After The Death Of His Father, In The Battle Of Waketichl, December ...
Edward Vi 1537 511
Edward Vi. (1537-5:11. King Of England From 1547 To 1353. The Son Of Henry Viii. By His Third Wife. Jane Seymour. Edward Was Horn At Hampton Court, October 12. 15:17. Lle Sue Veeded To The Throne At His Father's Death, .thim Ar• 2s. 1547, His Uncle, Edward Seymour, Earl Of ...
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Edward Vii. (1841-1. King Of The Unit Ed Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland, And Of All The British Dominions Beyond The Seas, Emperor Of India. The Second Child And Eldest Son Of Queen Victoria And The Prince Consort Albert (q.v.). He Was Born In Buckingham Palace. London, On November ...
Eel As
Eel As. •l, Ger. Aa/). An Elongated, Ser Pent Shaped Fish Of The Order Apodes (q.v.) ; Soft-rayed, Without Ventral Fins, And Having The Long Dorsal Tin Eoniluent With The Anal Around The Tip Of The Tail. The Skin Is Smooth And Exceed Ingl• Slimy And Slippery. It May Contain ...
Effusion
Effusion (lat. Effusio, From Flaw/ere, To Pour Out. From Rx, Out + Prtiere, To Pour). A Term Applied To The Free Outflowing Of A Gas Through A Pinhole, The Resistance To The Outflow Being Very Small. The Velocity Of Effusion Is In The Case Of All Kinds Of Gases Found ...
Egana
Egana, Juan ( 709- Is30 ) A Spanish-american Statesman And Author. He Was Horn In Lima, Peru, And Was Educated At The College Of Santo Toribio. Where He Was Made A Tutor In Philosophy. Ile Practiced Law At Santiago, Chile; Became One Of The Leaders Of The Revo Lution Of ...
Egg As
Egg (as. Crg, Icel. Ego, Ohg. Ci, Cer. Ei; Con Nected With ()church Slay. Eye, Yelp'. Lat. Orate, Gk. 416e. /ion, Egg). The Present Article Proposes To Consider The External Characteristics, Qualities, And Utilities Of The Eggs Of Animals. And More Especially Of Birds, Leaving To The Articles Em Bryology, ...