Feeling
Feeling Emotion.) \\e Have, Further, Fre Quent Instate-es Of Passive Memory, I.e. Of The Recognition Of Persons Or Places—recognitions Which Our Waking Consciousness Not Seldom De (laws To Be False Recognitions, Hut Which, None The Less, Have The True Recognitive Form And 'feel': Of Act Ire Memory, Efforts Ttf Recollection; ...
Ferencz Deak
Deak, Ferencz (francis) (1803-76). An Hungarian Statesman, Born At Siijtor, In The County Of Zala. Ile Studied Law At Raab. Prac Ticed As An Advoeate In His Native Eounty, And Soon Became Noted For His Eloquence And Enlight Ened Patriotism. Elected In 1832 To The National Diet, Den, As Leader ...
Fermentation
Fermentation. This Is Effected By Adding Either Brewer's Or Compressed Yeast To The Wort Prepared As Described Above; Or To A Saccharine Liquid Obtained From Molasses, Beets, Or Other Fruits Or Vegetables. Eight To Len Parts Of Brewer': Yeast Are Mixed With 1000 Parts Of Grain Mash, And With A ...
Finance
Finance, The Net Debt Of The City On July 1, 19112, Was $4,873.056.38, The Per Capita Debt. Being The Exceptionally Low Figure Of The Legal Borrowing Limit Is Fixed At 2 Per Cent. Of The Assessed Valuation. The Actual Income For The Fiscal Year 1902 Was $5.822,819.44, Of Which $3.s07,500.57 ...
Finances
Finances The Administration Of The Finances Of Egypt May Be Said To Be Entirely In British Hands, For While The Caisse De In Dettc, Which Has Charge Of The Payment Of The Foreign Debt Of Egypt. Contains Representatives Of All The Great Edropean Powers, The British Financial Adviser Has Control ...
Flora
Flora. The Date-palm And Sycamore Are The Chief Trees Of Egypt, But All The Tropical Fruits Which Flourish In A Dry Climate Are Found. Among These Are Lemons, Oranges, And Figs. Tamarisks And Thorny Acacias Occur In The Less Dry Deserts. Many Species Of Trees Have Been Introduced, And Where ...
Fossil Edentata
Fossil Edentata. Remains Of Fossil Eden Tates Have Been Found Rarely In The Tertiaries Of Europe And Africa. The Centre Of Greatest De Velopment Seems To Have Been South America, During Ancient Times As Well As At Present, Though Some Imperfectly Known Forms, More Nearly Like The Normal Mammals In ...
Fossil Elephants
Fossil Elephants. The Ancestry Of The Ele Phants, Or Proboscidea, Is Not Well Known. They Are The Least Specialized Of The Modern Ungulates, For During Their Known History They Have Pro Gressed Only In Respect Of The Development Of The Trunk Or Proboscis, The Substitution Of Tusks For The Hicisor ...
Free Hand Drawing
Free-hand Drawing. Drawing In Which The Hand Receives No Assistance From Ineehanieal Ap Pliances Is Called Free-hand Drawing. It Lies At The Foundation Of All The Arts Of Design, Sculpture Not Excepted. And Constitutes An Art In Itself. Its Greatest Masters. Like Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci. And Michelangelo, Have Been ...
French Drama
French Drama. France. In The Revival Of The Classical Drama, Accepted The 'unities' As The First Essentials In The Drama. This Was In Great Part. Owing To The Logical Temper Of The National Genius. Previous To Jodelle, Or. Indeed, To Corneille. Hardly Any Progres. Had Been Made In Regular Dramatic ...
Fresh Water Life
Fresh-water Life. The Fresh-water Fauna Presents Certain Characteristic Features. And Is Divisible Into 'fluviatile' Forms, Inhabiting Streams And Rivers, And `laeustrine' Forms, Inhabiting Large Lakes, Where. As In The Sea, The Life Is Di Visible Into 'littoral,' Pelagic," And 'deep-water.' Dispeastox. The Slow Or Rapid Spread Of A Species From ...
Ftc Fillings
Fillings, Ftc. The Tilling Of Teeth Is Now Fometimes Called (maranon. Before The Intro Duction Of Gold. Lead Foil Was Used As The Ma Terial For Filling Teeth. Celsus (fix. 100) Is Sometimes Referred To As The First To Have Advised Lilting Cavitic• In Teeth; Hut The Only Reference To ...
Functions
Functions. The Digestive Apparatus Of The Elephant Is Similar To That Of Other Herbivorous Animals; But The Stomach, Which Is Of A Very Lengthened And Narrow Form, Has Near The Gullet A Reservoir For Water, Capable Of Containing Several Gallons, While A Peculiar Muscle. Eon Meting The Windpipe And Gullet. ...
Gaeta Donizetti
Donizetti, Gaeta Xo ( 1 707 1848). An Italian Operatie Eomposer, Born At Bergamo. Lie Studied At The Local Under Simon Slay R, Salari, And Gonzalez, And Later At Bologna. In 1 8 I 0 His First Opera. Enrico Di Borgogna, Won Success At Venice. And He There After Wrote ...
Gaits At Relics Valeiu
Diocletian, Gaits At Relics Valeiu Ts A Roman Emperor (a.n. 2s4 305). He Was Horn Of Humble Parents In Dal Matia (i.n. 2451. He Adopted A Military Career. And Served With Distinction Under Aurelian And Prohus. Accompanied Carus On His Persian Cam Paign, And Finally, On The Murder Of Numerianus ...
General Electro Chemistry
Electro-chemistry, General. The Branch Of General Chemistry That Deals With Chem Ical Changes Producing. Or Caused By, Electrical Energy. The Growing Industrial Applications Of Electro-chemistry Are Rendering The Science Itself More And More Important Every Year. Another Title Of Electro-ehemistry To General Interest Con Sists In The Fact That The ...
Geoffrey Sniitii
Geoffrey Sniitii Sianley. Fourteenth Earl Of 11799-1';91. An Statesman. Be Was Born At Knowsley Park. In Lancashire, On March 29. 1790. Educated At Eton And At Christ Church, Oxford. And In 1820. Immediately After Leaving The University, He Was Made A Member Of Parliament. In 1330 He Became Irish Secretary ...
Geometry
Geometry, Dcscript Many Devices Have Been Invented By Which (engrain, Illustrating Natural Phenomena May Be Automatically Described. The Physical Ex Periment Which Produces The Parallelogram Of Forces Is A Familiar Example. As A More General Illustration. Suppose A Spring Dynamometer (9.v.) Placed Where It May Receive The Draught Of A ...
Glology And
Glology And .thxy.n.xt.ociv. The Entire State Falls Within The All•ntie )11,tal Region, And Is Therefore Underlain By Strata Of Recent Geolog Teal Age I Nlap: Special \lap). Cretneetats Strata Appear In The Northern Part Of New Castle L'outi Ty. While Southward Tertiary And Post-tertiary Reds Predominate. Clays Suitable For The ...
Government
Government. The Present Constitution Was Adopted In 1897. To Be Amended. It Requires A Two-thirds Vote Of Each House At Two Consecutive Legislatures. A Constitutional Convention May Be Called If Demanded By A Two-thirds Vote Of Each House, Approved By A Vote Of The People. To Enjoy The Right Of ...
Government And Adm In
Government And Adm In I Stration. Has Been Conjectured That The Nomes Or Provinces Of Ancient Egypt Represent The Remains Of A Number Of Independent States Which, In Course Of Time, Were Brought Together Under A Central Authority. It Is Not Improbable That Such A Condition Actually Existed, But, If ...
Government_2
Government. Denmark Is A Constitutional Monarehy Based Upon The Fundamental Law Of June 5, 1849, As Revised In 1800. The Law-mak Ing Power Is Vested In The King And In The Na Tional Legislature, Or Rigsdag, Consisting Of An Upper House (landsthing) And A Popular Cham Ber (folkething). The Landsthing ...
Government_3
Government. The Constitution Dates Front 1830 And Has Been Frequently Altered. The Ex Ecutive Authority Is Shared By The President With A Responsible Ministry. The President Is Elected Directly For A Period Of Four Years. The Vice President Is Elected In The Same Manner, But Two Years After The Election ...
Henry Dundas
Dundas, Henry, First Visconnt Melville And Baron Dunira (1742-1s11). British States Man. The Fourth Son Of Robert Dundas, Lord President. Of The Scottish Court Of Session, He Was Born At Edinburgh, And Received His Educa Tion At The High School Aml University. Ile Was Called To The Scottish Bar In ...
Henry Sutherland Edwards
Edwards, Henry Sutherland An English Jourimlist And Author, Horn In Lon Don, And Educated In That City And In France. Ile Was Correspondent Of The London Times At The Coronation Of Alexander Ii. Of Russia (1s56) In The Camp Of The Insurgents At Warsaw I 4'0;2 63) ; At Luxembourg ...
Historical Sketch Of The
Historical Sketch Of The Theory Of Edu Cation. 'flit Greeks Were The First To Work Out A Theory And Practice Of Education. Based Upon Scientific Principles Rather Than Upon Religious Beliefs And Ecclesiastical Ceremonies. The Pur Pose Of The Early ...lineation. With Both Athenian And Spartan, Was Preparation For The ...
History
History. The History Of Ecuador Up To The Coming Of The Spaniards Is Involved In Obscu Rity. Whatever There Was Among The Natives In The Way Of Writings And Reeords Which Dealt With Their Earlier Experienees The Fanatical Mis Sionaries Converted Into Ashes. There Is, How Ever, Among The Indians ...
History
History. The Earliest Dictionary Of 'which There Is Any Mention Is That Made In Nineveh In The Reign Of Asshurbanipal In The Seventh Century D.c.. Which Is Impressed On A Number Of Clay Tablets In Cuneiform Letters. Arabic Scholars Early Busied Themselves With Dictionary-making. A Work Very Necessary For A ...
History Of Divorce
History Of Divorce. In Early Society The Hus Band Usually Had The Right Of Repudiating His Wife, Originally, Perhaps, At Pleasure, Among Some Races Only For Cause. Primitive Causes Were Witchcraft, Drunkenness, Barrenness, Adul Tery. In Those Communities In Which The Man Became A Member Of His Wife's Family Power ...
I Ses Or Electricity
I Ses Or Electricity. Electricity Prac Ti•al Applications In Dentistry As Well As In The Arts, And Is Utilized Not Only For The Control Of Various Mechanical Appliances Employed By The Operative :hid Piostlietie Dentist, Nil In The Form Of The Electric Mouth-lamp. The Eataphorie Current. Is Used For Diagnostie ...
In Disease
In Disease. I Disease The Activity Of Digestion Is Generally Lessened, And There Is Total Waste Or Los, From The Body Of Certain Tis Sue Constituents Which In Health Are Replaced As Rapidly As They Are Excreted. In Chronic Disease The Preservation Of Nutrition Is Of Great Impor Tance Front ...
Incandescent Lamps
Incandescent Lamps Are Very Simple Com Pared With Are Lamps. The Carbon Strip Or Fila Ment Is Bent Into The Shape Of A Horseshoe, Loop, Or Some More Complex Form, And Placed Inside Of A Glass Bulb Called The Lamp-chamber. The Air Is Then Exhausted From The Chamber, Most Commonly ...
India
India. It Is An Icteresting Fact That Late-greek Design- Appear To Have Been Perpetuated In In Dian Jewelry. In Ci Shmere And The Punjab. The Style With Gems And Enamels. In Tibet That With Heavy Gold Forms, In The Region Of Orissa And In Other Northern Provinces. The Filigree And ...
Institutions
Institutions. Detroit Has. Besides Numerous Public And Parochial Schools And Private Secon Dary Institutions Of Learning. A Normal School (city). Detroit College (roman Catholic), Opened In 1s17, The Detroit College Of Law, The Detroit College Of Medicine, Which Maintains Schools Of Dentistry And And The Michigan Col Lege Of Medicine ...
Institutions
Institutions. The First Public. School For Deaf Mutes Was Established At Leipzig, In 1778. Under The Direction Of Samuel Ileineeke. The Systematic Instruction Of The Deaf And Dumb. And The Intelligent Organization Of Institutions In Which To Educate Them, Date From The Early Part Of The Nineteenth Century. An Essay ...
Insular Faunas
Insular Faunas. The Faunas Of Most Islands Near Continents Date Back To The Time When These Islands Were A Part Of The Adjacent Mainland, Or Were Separated Front It Only By Narrow Straits. The Explanation Of The Broad And Conspicuous Disparity That Exists Between. The Faunas Of Such Large Islands ...
Intella 1 S34 91
I.ntella 1 S34-91; ). An English Artist And Novelist. Horn In Paris. On His Father's Side He Was Of French Deseent : His Mother Was 'eng Lish. Ills Boyhood Was Passed In Paris. Belgium. And London, And At The Age Of Seventeen His Father Placed Hint In University College, London. ...
Ionocotyiedons
..)ionocotyiedons. The Most Gen Eral Facts In Connection With The Distribution Of Monocotyledons Are As Follows: Cosmopol T , Groups.—four Great Families (grass, Lily. And Iris). Including Almost 10.000 Species Or About One-half Of The Monocotyledons, Are World Wide In Their Distribution. This Means That They Have Succeeded In Adapting ...
Italian Drani A
Italian Drani A. In Italy, Where The Revival Of The Classical Type Wa- Earliest. The Religions Drama Reached A Considerable Degree Of Literary Progress Before It Was Superseded. The Fifteenth Century Saw The Development Of The So-called Rapprescrita:ionc Sacra, Produced Chiefly In Connection With The Festivities In Honor Of Saint ...
Iteating Effect Of Cfurents
Iteating Effect Of Cfurents. Since In A Current Through A Conductor A Certain Quantity Of Electricity Is Passing From High To Low Poten Tial, It Is Losing Energy. Which In Turn Is Gained By The Conductor. Thus, If A Quantity E Has Its Potential Lowered By V,— V. The Loss ...
Johannes Heinrich Av Gust
Ebrard, Johannes Heinrich Av -gust ( 818-88). A German Reformed Theologian And Miscellaneous Writer. Ile Was Born At Er Langen, January Is. Isis. Lie Studied At Er Langen And Berlin, Hecame Professor At Zurich In 1844. At Erlangen In 1847, Removed To Speyer In 1853. But In 1861 Returned To ...
Jonathan Edwards
Edwards, Jonathan (the Younger) (1745 An American Theologian, Born At North Ampton, The Second Son Of :jonathan Edwards The Elder. Early Left An Orphan, His Education Was Provided For By Friends, And He Was Graduated At Princeton In 1765. While In College He Was Con Verted, And After Graduation Studied ...
K Die Sterweg
Die Sterweg, K, Friedricii Adolf \\tut Elm ( 1790-1866 . A Noted German Educator. He Was Born At Siegel). Prussia, And In Isos-11 Studied At Herborn And Tubingen. He Taught At Alannheim And At Worms Until Was Called To The :model School At Frank Fort, Was Rector Of The Latin ...
Language
Language. Egyptian Belonged To The Hamitic Family Of Speech, Of Which The Principal Modern Representatives Are The Galla, Somali, And Bishari Of Eastern Africa, And The Berber Ian 1_,ruages Of Northern Africa. Egyptian Itself Shows An Undeniable Relationship To The Scinitie Languages. Though It Is Not Yet Determined Whether This ...
Laws Or
Laws Or Stevov Elk:clam! Cuiments. .1,1v:111 Tage Is Token Of The Action Of An Electric Current On A Magnet To Define :t 'unit Current.' A Unit Pole In Magnetism Is Defined As Such A Pole That, If Two Of Them Are At The Distance Of One Centi Meter Apa•t In ...
Le Play Mystery Homality
(le Play; Mystery ; Homality.) Probably Because Of The Importance Of The 1\laceabee Brothers And Their Mother In The Earlier Represen Tations.the French And Other Latin Peoples Call It The ',make Macabre,' Or Sonic Equivalent Name. The Play Consisted Of A Dialogue Between Death And Representatives Of The Various Classes. ...
Limits Or Mversion Tiip
Limits Or M.:version: Tiip. Sea As A Barrier. Ella Kind Of Animal Must Have Laid It Point Of Origin, Whence It Spread As It Increased. Theo Retically, The Expansion Of A Species Would Pro Ceed Equally In All Directions, But Actually This Expansion Has Encountered Barriers And Restric Tions That ...
Lternati Current Siachines
Lternati - Current Si Achines. Dynamo Electric Machines For Generating Alternating Current Have Been Mentioned Several Times In The Preceding Pages. Before Proceeding To Dis Cuss This Type Of Dynamo, It Will Be Desirable To Define The Terms 'single Phase.' 'two-phase.' And 'llirce•phase,' Nvi1 Iell Will Be Frequently Used In ...
Lvanometer
Lvanometer. ) The Delicacy Of The Instrument May He Increased In Many Ways: Making The Magnet Light. And Short, The Wire In Sev Eral Turns Instead Of A Single Loop, Suspending The Magnet By A Tine Fibre With Little If Any Torsional Resist A /10p. Illqking The Magnet 'astatic.' An ...
Maier Von Eck
Eck, Maier Von (1•s6-1543). A German Theologian, The Well-known Adversary Of Luther And Opponent Of The Reformation. Lie Was 1)(51.1) At Eck (now Egg). Suabia. November 13, 11813. He Studied At Heidelberg (1498), Tit Bingen (1499), And Freiburg (1501). De Be Eame Doctor Of Theology At Freiburg In 1510. And ...
Manners And
Manners And The Wonderful Fer Tility Of The Nile Valley Has Been Famous In All Ages, And. Tinder Normal Condithms. The Produce Of The Soil Has Always Sufficed To Support A Dense Population, And To Leave A Large Surplus Of Commodities For Export. Agriculture Was The Source Of Egypt's Wealth, ...
Marketing And Testing
_marketing And Testing. In Earlier Times Eggs, If Sold At All, Were Marketed Near The Place Where They Were Produced. Many Are Still Sold In Local Markets; But With Improved Methods Of Transportation The Market Has Been Extended, And Large Quantities Of Eggs Are Shipped From The United States And ...
Martin Lebereciit 17so 1849
Martin Lebereciit (17so-1849). A German Theologian. He Was Born At Rila, Near Weimar, And Studied At The University Of Jena. In I807 He Was Appointed Extraordinary Professor Of Phi Losophy At Heidelberg, In 1809 Professor Of The Olo:•y, And In 1810 Was Called To Berlin. By His Excellence As A ...
Mary Baker Lover Eddy
Eddy, :mary Baker (;lover (e.1822-1. The Founder Of The Christian Scientist Denomination. She Was Born At Bow. Near Concord, N. H. When A Comparatively Young Woman. She Removed To The South And Married Col. George W. Glover. Of Charleston. S. C., With Whom She Lived In That City. In 1877 ...
Materials
Materials. The Materials Entering Into The Construc Tion Of The Various Parts Of Dynamo- { Electric Machines Are As Follows: The Magnetic Circuit In The Field Is Usually Com Posed Of Cast Iron Or Steel. The Pole Pieces May Be Of The Same Material As The Field, Or They May ...
Medical Uses Of Electricity
Electricity, Medical Uses Of. Three Forms Of Electricity Are Used In Medicine: Static, Galvanic, And Faradic. Static Electricity Is Obtained From A Machine In Which Glass Plates Are Rapidly Revolved Against Chamois Rubbers Or Horsehair Brushes. The Elec Tricity Is Produced In A Succession Of Sparks. Which May Be Received ...
Mit Donis Conditionalibus
Donis Conditionalibus, (mit: Kiin Dish'in5i'i-hfis. Statute De (lat., Concerning Conditional Gifts). The Usual Legal Title Of The Famous Statute Of Westminster Ii. ( 1 3 Edward I.. C. I 1. Passed In 1285. Which Created And Ste•eo Typed The Form Of Estate Which Is Known As A Fee Tail. Prior ...
Mordants
Mordants. These Are Substances Capable Of Combining With Other Substanees (the Commer Cial Dyestuffs) To Form Insoluble Colored Com Thus. Aluminum Salts Make An In Soluble Red Compound With Alizarin, Arid Are Therefore Used A= Mordants In Calico-printing. Ferrie Salts Make, With Alizarin. An Insoluble Dark Purple Compound, And Are ...
N Dam Lntai Principles
N Dam L:ntai. Principles. To Understand The Fundamental Principles Involved In The Opera Tion Of Dynamo-electrie Machines, Consider First Two Magnetic Poles, N And S. Of Opposite Polarity Placed Near To Each Other, As In Fig. 1. Between The Poles N And S Is A Field Of Magnetic Force Composed ...
Nation Al Educationalassociation
Educational Association, Nation Al. A Society Of Teachers And Educators Organ Ized As The National Teachers' Association At I'hiladelphia, Pa., In 1857. And Incorporated Under Its Present Name In The District Of Colum Bia In 1886. The Aid Which Associated Teachers Might Render To The Progress Of Education Was Recognized ...
Nieasureiient
Nieasureiient Electeical. Quantities. .v.; Already Explained, The Intensity Of An Electric Cur Rent May Lie Measured In Terms Of The Earth's Magnetic Force By A Galvanometer, And The Value Of This Fierce May He Determined By Suitable Meas Urements, (see Thus The Numeri Cal Value Of Any Current On The ...
Nvillixm Drummond
Drummond, Nvilli.xm ( 155-1t3-19). A Scottish Poet. Descended From A Tery Ancient And Noble Family, And Born At The Family Seat, Ilawthornden. Near Edinlinrgli. Ile Was Edu Cated At The High School Of Edinburgh. And At The University Of That City. Where He Took His Degree Of In 160.1. During ...
Oaias Wilson 1805 54dorr
Dorr, Oaias Wilson ( 1805-54). An American Politician, Famous As The Leader Of `dorr's Rebellion' In Rhode Island. Ile Was Born Ii. Providence, R. 1.; Graduated At Harvard In 1823: Studied Law And Was Admitted To The Bar; Was A Member Of The State Assembly From 1833 To 1837, And ...
Of Land
Of Land. In Reclaiming Large Traits Of Land, Often Of Great Fertility. But Which Are At So Slight An Elevation Above The Sea Or The M•ighboring Streams That They Can Be Rendered Tit For Cultivation And Habitation By Artificial Means Only, Dike Or Embankments Are Con -trot•led To Keep Out ...
Of Droitwich
Droitwich, (of.. Fr. Droit, Right, Customs Duty + Eng. Trick Wick, Salt-spring. Icel. Irk, Creek, Lat. Saliva, Salt-spring:). _1 Municipal Borough In Worcestershire, England, Seven Miles North-northeast Of Worcester, In The Narrow Valley Of The Salwarpe, And On A Canal With The Severn, Which Admits Vessels Of 00 Tons F ...
Or Bruta Edentata
E'denta'ta, Or Bru'ta (lat. Nom. Pl.. Toothless, From C, Out (lens, Tooth). An Order Of Mammalin, Established By Envier, Who Re Marked That, Although Brought Together By A Purely Negative Character. The Edentata Have, Nevertheless, Some Positive Mutual Relations, Par Ticularly In The Great Claws Which Approximate To The Nature ...
Or Cecology Of Ecology
Ecol'ogy, Or Cecol'ogy Of Man•'s ( From Ok. Olkos, Oikor. House + -xoyict, -/oaia, Discourse. Front V-yetp, /c9cin, To Say). That Division Of Bot Any Which Has To Do With The Inntual Relations Between Plant Organisms And Their Environment. Reeently The Subject.matter Of Evolm.fy Has Not Been Systematically Treated, Although ...
Or Dayak Dyak
Dy'ak, Or Dayak. A General Name Ap Plied By The Malay Invaders To The Peoples In Habiting The Interior And A Considerable Portion Ef The Coast Of The Great Island Of Borneo. Who Seem To Be Its Aborigines. Physically And Lin Guistically They All Belong To The Malayan Race, But ...
Or Delaware De La
De La Warr, Or Delaware, Titomas \vest. Lord (1577-16141. A Colonial Governor Of Virginia. Ile Succeeded His Father As Llaron De La %van., And Became A Member Of Queen Eliza Prisy T Outlet] M 1tio2. In He Came A Member Of The Council Of Virginia., And 111••llrl1.11•\ Appointed First Tor•ernor ...
Or Depth Distance
Distance, Or Depth, L'eurrrtion \\ Hen We Look At Objects We Think That We How Far Away They Are. 'let Their Distance Is Not Directly Given With The Act Of Vision. It Is True That A Few Writers. E.g. Hering And James, Be Lieve That The Pliolitnr Field Of View ...
Or Dia Critic Diacritical
Diacritical Mark Or Sign, Or Dia Critic (gk. Alatcpproolc, Dinkritiko.c, Distinc Tive, From Diaxpirtte, Diekrinein. To Distinguish, From 514, (lig, Through Kpivriv, Krinrin, To Judge). A Mark Or Sign Used To Il1stil4otish Dif Ferent Sounds Or Rallies Of The Same Letter Or Character. Such As Those Used In Indicating The ...
Or Diphtheritis Diphtheria
Diphtheria, Or Diph'theri'tis (neo-lat., From I K. Iiicolpa, Iliplithera, Leather). An Acute Infectious And Very Dangerous Disease, Caused By The Klebs-l6tiler Bacillus. It Is Char Acterized By An Inflamed Throat In Which A False Membrane Appears On The Mucous Membrane In Patches, Generally First On The Tonsils, And Then Extending ...
Or Disciples Of Christ
Disciples Of Christ, Or Cmtutsrtaxs. This Religious Body, Sometimes Called, Without Its Consent, 'campbellites.' Represents A Movement In The Church In The Interest Of Union By A Return In Faith And Life To The Christianity Of The New Testament. They Are Distinctly American In Their Origin. Simultaneously In Ditterent See ...
Or Dividing Engine
Dividing Engine, Or Th:i.ing Engine. A Machine Devised To Rule Tine Lines At Regular Intervals By Means Of A Diamond Point Or Other Sharp Edge. The Most Common Use Of Such Ma Chines Is For The Purpose Of Dividing The Cir Cumference Of A Circle Into Degrees And Minutes Or ...
Or Donato Donatello
Don'atel'lo, Or Donato, (16-nii/to Le.1386-1466). An Italian Sculptor Of The Florentine School. He Was The Most Impor Tant Sculptor Of The Early Renaissance, And, More Than Any Other. May Be Considered The Founder Of Modern Sculpture. He Was Born At Florence. Probably In 1386. His Father, Niccolil Di Betto 1;ardi, ...
Or Drum
Drum, Or ( So Called From The Drumming Noise). Any Of Several Fishes Of The Family Seiamida.. Most Of The Species Of Which Make A Noise Under Water Variously Called Croak Ing, Drumming, Snoring. Grunting. Etc., But Which Most Resembles The Roll Of A Muffled Or Distant Drum. This Noise ...
Or Duckbill
Duckbill, Or Plat'veus. An Aquatic, Egg Laying Mammal Of The Order :\lonotremata. Of Which Only One Species I Rnitherhynch Para Dortir) Is Known. It Inhabits The Rivers Of Aus Tralia. Papua, And Tasmania. The First Descrip Tions Of This Singular Quadruped Were Received With Incredulity, And Even When A Stuffed ...
Or Duyker Duiker
Duiker, Or Duyker, Or Doi'16•r (dutch, Diver). (1) One Of The Small African Antelopes Or Doikerboks Of The Genus (.'ephalolo Phus. Often. But Confusingly. Called Buslibucks By Eng! Ish Residents And Sportsmen: Especially Cephatotoithus Grimtni. They Abound In For Ested And Bushy Distriets, Moving About In Small Inirties, Leaping Among ...
Or Dyke As Dike
Dike, Or Dyke (as. Die, Icel. Dik, Amc. Lick Ger. Teich, Pool; Probably Connected Ulti Mately With Gk. Rdxos, Teichos, Wall). In Geol Ogy, A Relatively Thin Body Of Igneous Rock Occur Ring Between The Separated Walls Of A Fissure. It Differs From Vein, Which It Resembles In Form, In ...