Organs And Process Of
Digestion, Organs And Process Of, In Man. The Process Of Digestion Is One Of The Chief Of Those Organic Functions Directly Concerned In Maintaining The Life Of The Individual. Inasmuch As It Is That Through Which The Animal Is Enabled To Receive Aliment. And To Prepare It To He Appro ...
Origin
Origin Diamonns. The Problem As To The Origin Of The Diamond, Once A Favorite Subject Of Speculation, Has Been Studied Recently By Scien Tists With Some Success. In This Connection. The South African Fields Are Most Significant. As Previously Stated, The Deposit: Are Circular Or Oval In Form, And It ...
Origin Of Domestic
Origin Of Domestic Docs. A Great Amount Of Discussion Has Taken Place Over The Question Of The Origin Of Domestic Dogs—whether They Repre Sent A Separate Species, Or Are Time Descendants Of Sonic Existing Canine Species, Or Are Of Composite Stock. The Present Diversity Is So Great That Some Dogs ...
Ornament
Ornament. When The Decorative Artist Seeks To Produce His Effect Not By Recourse To The Repre Sentative Arts Of Painting And Sculpture. But By The Harmony. Rhythm, Balance, And Contrast Of Lines. Light- And Shades, And Colors, Dissociated From Pictorial Purpose. His Work Falls Into The Category Of Ornament Ornament ...
Overhead Trolley Railways
Overhead-trolley Railways. The Vast Ma Jority Of Electric Railways In Operation At Present Are Overhead-trolley Lines; That Is. D• Current For Operating The Cars Is Taken From An Overhead Wire •ondueto• By Means Of An Under-running Trolley-wheel Carried On A Trolley-pole Extending Upward From The Car Roof. The Current Passe; ...
Petrovitc11 1811951
Petrovitc11 (18.11.951. A Russian Scholar And Littrraieur. Lie Was Born At Lladytiteli, In The Of Poltava. In 1865 He Was Ap Pointed Lecturer At The Unix Ersity Of Kiev, Wheie He Held The Chair Of General History Until 1876. He Criticised The Educational System Of (mint Dmitri Tolstoy. Which Was ...
Phonetic Character
Phonetic Character. The (reeks Bad Two Characters To Represent The Short And The Long Sound Of Our C In- Let And They. The Short One. E, Was Called Epsilon: The Long One, N. Was Designated As Eta. In Latin Also There Were Both A Short And A Long C, Just ...
Pienoit Camille 1760 91 Desmoulins
Desmoulins, Pienoit Camille (1760-91). A French Politician And Journalist Of The Time Of The Revolution. Lle Was Born At Guise, In Picardy, March 2, 1760, The Eldest In Of The Lieutenant-general Of The Bailiwick Of Guise. Through The Influence Of A Relative Young Desmoulins Obtained A Scholarship In The College ...
Pierre Etienne Logs 1759
Dumont, Pierre Etienne Logs (1759 '829). A Swiss Philosopher, The Leading Dis Ciple Of Bentham, And The Great Expositor Of The Benthamite Philosophy. Ile Was Born In Ge Neva, July Is, 1759, Studied Theology, And After Officiating As A Minister For A Short Time In His Native Town, Proceeded To ...
Population
Population. The Population Of Egypt. In 1846, 1882, And 1897 Was Respectively 4,476,440, 6,813,919, And 9134,405, The Average Annual In Crease Being 1.25 Per Cent. For The Period 1846 82, And 2.76 Per Cent. For 1882-97. Of The Total Population In 1897, 9,621,879 (including 573,, 974 Nomads) Were Egyptians (including ...
Population
Population. According To The Census Of 1901 The Population Of Denmark Was 2.447,441, Show Ing An Increase Of Nearly 13 Per Cent. Sinee 1890. The Urban Population (five-twelfths Of The Total) Increased During The Same Decade About 30 Per Cent.. While The Rural Population Shows A Gain Of But 4 ...
Positional And Ciiordotonal Organs
Positional And Ciiordotonal Organs. Posi Tional Organs As Found In The Simplest Conditions Are Minute Balls Of Mineral Matter Suspended In A Flexible Chib-shaped Body, And Are Known As 'sense-clubs."1"hey Are Formed On The Margin Of The Bell In Many Medusa,. In Some Eases They Are By Long Hairs Against ...
Prediction Of Lunar Eclipses
Prediction Of Lunar Eclipses. We Said That Lunar Eclipses Only Happen At Full Moon. They Do Not Happen Every Full Moon, Because The Moon's Orbit Is Inclined To The Ecliptic, On Which The Centre Of The Earth's Shadow Moves At An Angle Of 5° 9' Nearly. Of Course, If The ...
Prediction Or
Prediction Or Sot.xn Eclipses. The Period Of Is Julian Years 11 Days, Referred To In Treating Of The Prediction Of Lunar Eclipses, Applies Equally To Solar Eclipses; But The Ancient,. Who Under Stood That Fact, Could Find No Law Of Recurrence Of Solar Eclipses Within That Period So As To ...
Process Of 11a Nufactpre
Process Of .11a Nufactpre. Spirits Were First Distilled From Wine, But An Endless Variety Of Substances Are Now Used In Their Mannfneture. Alcohol, However, Is The Essential Element In All Spirits. It Results From The Decomposition Of Sugar, Which, By The Process Of Fermentation, Is Icsolved Into Carbonic Acid And ...
Pteridopimes
Pteridopimes. In Number The Ferns So Far Exceed All Other Pteridophytes That They May Be Taken As Representing The Group. Their Greatest Display Is In The Tropics. Where They Often Assume The Tree Form And Develop Extraor Dinarily Large Fronds. In Temperate Regions They Are Neither Abundant Nor Conspicuous; While ...
Rem A Rka Ble
Rem A Rka Ble Diamonds. The Most Valuable Gems, Among Which There Are Some Exceeding 100 Carats In Weight, Are Generally Owned By Royal Families Or Are Treasured By Governments As State Jewels. One Of The Largest Is The Orloff, Owned By The Czar Of Russia. Which Weighs 195 Carats. ...
Repayment Of Public Debt
Repayment Of Public Debt. Some Parts Of The Public Debt Are So Constituted As To Be Auto Matically Extinguished. Such Are The Terminable Annuities Of British Finance. Each Payment In Cludes, Besides Interest, A Partial Repayment Of Time Principal. It Would Obviously Be Incon Venient To Pay A Large Part ...
Richard 179s 1873 Delafield
Delafield, Richard (179s-1873). An Eminent American Military Engineer. Lie Was Born In New York City; Graduated At West Point, At The Head Of His Class, In 1818: Was As Signed To The Engineer Corps, And Served Suc Cessively As Assistant Engineer For The Construc Tion Of The Defenses Of Hampton ...
Royal Dockyards
Dockyards, Royal. The Beginnings Of The Present Royal Dockyards Of Great Britain May Be Found In The Establishment Of The Portsmouth Clock By Order Of Henry Vil In 1495. Before That Time Docks Were Mere Temporary Arrangements By Which A Ship Was Laid Ashore At A Suitable Place. In Line ...
Science Drexel Institute Of
Drexel Institute Of Art, Science, And Industry. An Educational Institution Founded In 1891 At Philadelphia. Pa.. By An Thony J. Drexel. The Objects Of The Institute Are To Train Young Men And Women In The Increasing Number Of Industries Dependent Upon Applied Art And Science, And To Afford Opportunity, Through ...
Sebastien
Sebastien Cf:sar (1790-1842). A French Navi Gator, The Discoverer Of A Portion Of The Called Antarctic. Continent. In 1820. While On A Surveying Trip In The Mediterranean. Lie Nized The Artistic Value Of A Grecian Statute, Which Had Just Been Unearthed, And Which Is Tw• 1:110111 As The "venus Of ...
Shape
Shape. In Shape Birds' Eggs Are Rarely Spheri Cal. Though The Contained Yolk Is Always So, But Ordinarily Is 'ovoid.' Being Much Larger At One End Than The Other, :ind Often Nearly Conieal; While Sonic Are Oblong, Having A Decided Length But No Excess Of Thickness At Either End. Eggs ...
Significance And Effects Of
Significance And Effects Of Domestication. Domestication Implies Taming And Accustoming To The Presence Of Loan, To A Greater Or R.oss Ex Tent, And A Change From The Wild Habit ; Hut The Mere Taming Of An Individual Does Not Constitute Domestication. Cultivation Through A Series Of Generations Is Necessary To ...
Silas Deane
Deane, Silas (173i-89). An American Di Plonmtist During The Revolutionary War, Who Passed The Latter Part Of His Life In England. He Was Born In Groton. Conn., Graduated At Yale In 175s, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1761, Became An Active Member Of The 'patriot' Party On The Approach ...
Sources Of Electric Currents
Sources Of Electric Currents. To Maintain A Steady Electric Current Some Method Must He Used Which Will Produce A Constant Difference Of Potential. Four May Be Mentioned: (i I If An Ordinary Electrostatic Machine I- Used It Will Be Found To Give A Current Of Small Intensity. The Energy For ...
Spencer Devonshire
Devonshire, Spencer Conipton Eighth Doke Of (1833—). An English Statesman. Long And Familiarly Known As The 11arquis Of Harlington. Ile Is The Ebl•st Son Of William, The Seventh Duke. And Wars Born In Lon Don. July '23. 1833. Ile Graolualed At 'trinity College. Cambridge, 1s7.1: Was Attaelied To Earl Special ...
States
States. The First Defined Form Of Coin Mercial Instruction In This Country Was That Of The Business,. Colleges, Which Took Their Rise A Little Before The Middle Of The Nineteenth Century. Early In The Eighties The Wharton School Of Fi Nance And Was Established In The Uni Versity Of Pennsylvania ...
Statistics
Statistics. Divorce, In Its Broader Social Aspects. Can Best Be Introduced By A Summary Of Statistics Drawn From Various Official Sou Fee, The Report Of The Lion. Carroll D. Wright, Ll.d., Conunissioner Of Labor At Washington. Is The Best Single Authority. It Was Made In 1889, And Covers The Statutory ...
Stephen 1779 1820 Decatur
Decatur, Stephen ( 1779-1820 ) . An American Naval Officer, Born In Sinnepuxent, January 5, 1779. He Entered The Navy As Mid Shipman On Board The United States, In 1798. In November, 1803, He Had Command Of The And Afterwards Of The Enterprise. On Feb Ruary Hi, 1801*, At The ...
Stephen Arnold 1913 18311 Douglas
Douglas, Ste.phen Arnold (1913-18(311. An Eminent American Political Leader. .ile Was Born In Brandon. Vt.. April 23. 1s13. Fie Passed His Boyho)--i In His Native State And In Western New York; Went To Illinois In 1833; Tanulit School And Studied Law For A Year; Was Admitted To The Bar In ...
Storm F
Storm. F: - Ilarfery System S. Numerous At Tempts Have Been Made To Operate Electric Rail Wily Cars By Means Of Storage Batteries Carried In Them. Hut In 1900 There Was Hilt One Storage Battery Line In Operation In The United Slates, This Being The Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Line In ...
Structure
Structure. Earthworms Are Generally Of A. Uniform Color. Although There Is A Difference In Shading Between The Upper And Under Surfaces And Between Different Regions Of The Holly. The Color Is Usually Ilesh-red. Varying Into Doll Pink On The One Hand And Dirty Brown On The Other. In Size There ...
Suction Dredges
Suction Dredges Are Extensively Used Where The Material To Be Excavated Is Mud, Sand, Or Other Soft Matter Which Can Be Mixed With Water And Pumped Through Pipes. The Excavating Ma Chinery Consists Of A Suction Pipe Which Can Be Lowered Through A Well Or Over The Side Or End ...
Sy M Eetale
Sy M Eetal.e. The Sympetah• Are The Ranking Phints Of The Plant Kingdom And Are Also Those Most Recently Evolved. While They A Number Shrubs And Trees In The Tropics, They Are By No Means So Extensively Represented In Temperate Regions By Shrubs And Trees As Are The •rchichlamydeee. The ...
Symedlism Df The Hove
Symedlism Df The Hove. The Dove Has Taken A Large Place In Legend, Folk-lore, And Poetic And Religious Symbolism. Proper Names Derived From The Dove Have Always Been Used In The Orient As Descriptive Of Loveliness, And Were Espe Cially Applied To Beautiful Women. The Name Semiramis Is Said To ...
Tancrede Gratet De 1750 1801
Tancrede Gratet De (1750-1801). A French Geologist And Mineralogist. The Was One Of The Knights Of Malta When A Boy, And Fought A Duel With And Killed A Brother Knight, For Which He Was Condemned To Death, Hut Was Saved In Consideration Of His Youth. He Then Turned His Attention ...
Technic Of Free Hand Drawing
Technic Of Free-hand Drawing. The Fundamental Principles Of The Art Are The Same. What Ever The Medium Employed. Good Drawmg De Mands. First Of All, A Trained Sense Of Form: That Is. The Power To Observe. To Understand And Ap Preciate, To Remember. And To Represent. Form In General: Or. ...
Temple Haniiiton 11ai Iwood
Temple Haniii.ton 1;1.ai I:wood, ..n1l11111k Of ( L'2g-190:2). A. British Diplomat And States Man. The Only Son Of The Fourth Barron Of He Was Lawn In Florence. Italy. Was Educated At Eton, And Took A Degree At Christ Church, Oxford. Lle Became Fifth Baron Of Initterin, Landleboye. Ireland, At The ...
Teo Nseor Mation Or
Teo. Nseor Mation Or Energy. The Term 'chem Ical Affinity' Is Now Often Used, Not Only In Eon Neetion With Compounds, But Also In Connection With Their Transformations. It Is A Fundamental Principle In Modern Exact Science, That Any Change Whatever That Takes Place In A Given System Without The ...
The Annelids
The Annelids (annulata) Give Comparatively Large Ova, And Each Has A Double Gelatinous Envelope And Contains Food-yolk ; Some Cast Them Abroad; By Many They Are Inclosed In Packets Or Cocoons (as Is The Case In The Earthworm), Or Stick Together Or To The Parent Or To Some Out Side ...
The Decoratie Arts
The Decorati%e Arts. What Has Preceded Applies To Decorative Art In General. Hut The Various Means And Processes By Which Men Adorn Their Building., Furniture. Utensils, And Fabrics Have Given Rise To A Variety Of Distinet Branches Of The Art, Collectively Known As The Decorative Arts. Chief Of These Are ...
The Form Vnd The
The Form _vnd The :magnitude Of The Earth. To A Spectator So Placed As To Have An Unob Structed View In All Directions, The Earth Appears A Circular Plain On Whose Circumferenee The Vault Of Heaven Seems To Rest. In Ancient Time., Even Philosophers Looked Upon The Earth As A ...
The Internal Ear
The Internal Ear. S011ial Is Conducted To The Labyrinth Either By The External And Middle Ear, As Described Above (*air Conduction') ; Or Through The Bones Of The Head ('bone Conduc Tion') ; Normally Air Conduction Is Better Than Bone Eonduction. In Diseases Of The Middle Ear Or In Obstructions ...
The Land
The Land. To The Ancients, Egypt Was That Portion Of The Nile Valley Extending From The First Cataract (latitude 2-1°), Near Svene, On The South, To The Mediterranean On The North. On Either Side The Land Is Shut In By Rocky Ridges, Which Extend On The East To The Arabian. ...
The Teaching Of Drawing
The Teaching Of Drawing. The Delineation Of An Object Actually Seen Involves, First, Observa Tion, Which Comprises Perception And Attention: Secondly. The Memorizing Or Mental Retention Of The Visual Impression While The Eye Is Momenta Rily Withdrawn From The Object To The Paper; And Thirdly. The Coordination Of The Movement ...
The Unanimous Declaration Of
The Unanimous Declaration Of Tile Thirteen United States Or America. When, In The Course Of Human Events, It Be Comes Necessary For One People To Dissolve The Political Bands Which Have Connected Them With And To Assume, Among The Powers Of The Earth, The Separate And Equal Station To Which ...
Theories Of
Theories Of Cor.on-mve.kings On Enos. The Reason For The Many And Various Colorings Of Birds' Eggs Has Been A Favorite Field Of Spe011lillidn. And Many Ingenious Theories Have Been Constructed To Explain The Matter, From The Pions Musings Of Sit Thomas Browne Tee The Present Day. The Most Important Thesis ...
Theories Of Dyeing
Theories Of Dyeing. The Question As To Whether Dyeing True Chemical Combina Tion Of The Fibres With The Dyestuffs Or Not Has Not Yet Been Definitely Answered. Sonic In Vestigators Believe That Dyed Fibres Are Merely Mechanical Others Hold That Dyed Fibres Are True Chemical Compounds: Finally, Still Others Hold ...
Theory Of Public Debts
Theory Of Public Debts. In The Eighteenth Century It Was Held By Many Writers On Finance That A Public Debt Increased A Nation's Wealth. Public Bonds Were Regarded As A Net Addition To Capital. The Claim Was Also Advanced That A Public Debt Was A Matter Of Indifference To The ...
Thomas 1748 89 Day
Day, Thomas ( 1748-89 ). An English Au Thor. He Born In London, And Was Educated At Corpus Christi College. Oxford. Lie Strongly Sympathized With The Americans At The Time Of The Revolutionary War And Expressed His Views In The Devoted Legions (1776), And The Desola Tion Of America (1777); ...
Thomas 1785 1859 Dequincey
De Quin'cey, Thomas (1785-18.59). A Great English Prose Writer. He Was Horn In Man Chester. Where His Father Had Been A Successful Merchant In The Foreign Trade, And Left At His Death An Estate Producing About 1:1600 A Year. The Future Essayist As A Child Was Retiring And Sensitive, Alien ...
Thomas Durfey
D'ur'fey, Thomas (known As Tom Dun Fey) ( 1653-17231. An English Poet And Dram Atist. Born At Exeter (devon). He Turned From The Law To Become Playwright, And Made His First Appearance With The Siege Of Memphis (1676). Be Was Far More Successful With His Comedies, Of Which He Wrote ...
Ti1e Internal Ear Or
Ti1e Internal Ear. Or Lartrint11. This Con Sists Of Three Parts: The Vestibule. The Cochlea, And The Semicircular Canals. The Vestibule Is A Small Central Cat Ity Communicating By Openings Ill It- Posterior Stall X‘itli The Semicircular Vaunts: Anteriorly, The Cochlea It By A Single Opening, The Beginning Of The ...
Tidal Docks
Tidal Docks Are Adapted To Locations Where The Range Of The Tides Is Small, As Along The Atlantic And Gulf Coasts Of The United States, Where This Range Varies From 9 Feet. On The New England Coast, To About 2 Feet At Galveston, Tex.. At The Mediterranean Ports, At Glasgow, ...
Tiie Affair Or Hie
Diamond Necklace, Tiie Affair Or 'hie. .1. Celebrated S(notilal Involving The Royal Family Of France In The Years Preceding The Out Break Of The French Bi.volution. The Affair Has Dana Illed It Plizzling Incident In The History Of The French Court, In Spite Of Time And A Fairly Generous Literature. ...
Tile
Tile Alass And Density Of The Earth. There Are Several Methods Of Weighing The Earth: (1) The Tirst Method Is By Observing How Much The Attraction Of A Mountain Dethoets A Plummet From A If We Can Ascertain The Actual Weight Of The Mountain. We Can Calculate That Of The ...
Tile C Electrostatic
Tile C. (:. Electrostatic System Starts With The Following Definition: A Unit Electric Charge Is Such A One That If Two Particles Of Matter, Placed In A Vacuum At A Distance Of One Centimeter Apart, Are Each Charged With A Unit Charge. The Force Of Action Of One On The ...
Tile Diiper Druilp
Tile Dii`per Druilp Is Similar In Its Ronstruic• Ties To The Ordinary Steam Shovel. Except That The Platform Earrving The Machinery Consists Of A Barge Instead Of A Car. In The Ordinary Dipper Dredging-machines A Mast Or .t Frame Is Mount Ed On The Front End Of The Barge, And ...
Till
Till Do6 1n Law. The Dog Occupies An Anonm Position In The Law. Though Not Belonging To The Animals Of A Wild Nature (feur Naturir), Lie Wau, Not, On The Other Baud, Like Most Other Domestic Animals. Regarded By The Law As The Subjeet Of Property—at Least, While Alive; Though ...
Tion I
Tion. I.', Plantation, Or The Replacing Of A Natural Tooth In The Socket Fr Which It Has Been Ex Tracted. Or Forced Out. Is A Very Old Operation, And Its Definite History Is Unknown. Trans Plantation, Or The Placing Of A Natural Tooth In It Natural Seie Lo.-t Other Than ...
Topography
Topography. Thy Of Delaware Is Extremely Simple, And Presents Little Diversity Of Features. Almost The Entire State Is On The Nearly Level Coastal Plain, And Probably Averages Less Than 50 Feet Above Sea-level. In The Extreme North The Surface Is Rolling, But The Highest Hill Only Attains An Altitude Of ...
Topograpii Y
Topograpii Y. The Western And Northwestern Coasts Of Jutland. Which Are Washed By The North Sea, And The Skagerrak. Are Low And Girt By Dunes And Sand-bars. Behind The Dunes There Are Several Large Lagoons Or Inclosed Bays. But They Are Usually Too Shallow To Serve As Harbors. The Northern ...
Toxin And Antitoxin
Toxin And Antitoxin. The Diphtheria Toxin Has Been Isolated By Roux, Yersin, Brieger, Fraenkel, And Others, By Filtration Of Cultures Of The Living Bacilli Through Porous Porcelain. While It Has Not Yet Been Successfully Analyzed. It Appears To Be Analogous To The Poisons Of Certain Venomous Serpents. Fraenkel, Behring. Wer ...
Transportation And Communication
Transportation And Communication. Almost The Entire Foreign Trade Of Egypt Passes Through Alexandria. The Annual Shipping Of That Port Amounting To About 2,500.000 Tons. About 50 Per Cent, Of Which Is Carried In British Bottoms. The Railway Lines Of Egypt, With The Exception Of Eight Agricultural Roads Built For Service ...
Tue Broader Social Movement
Tue Broader Social :movement. It Is Evident That There Is A Profound And Widespread Social Movement Going On Beneath The Great Variety Of Law, Religion, And Other Conditions Through Which This Movement Finds Expression. And Which Is Most Marked In The United States. Some Re On This Broader Movement And ...
Types Of Education
Types Of Education. The Definitions Given Above Indicate That Education Has Two Phases, More Or Less Distinct. First. It Is The Physical And Psychical Development Of The Individual, Sole Ly With Reference To These Activities Within Them Selves: And Second, It Is The Process Of Adjusting The Human Being To ...
University Of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, University Of. A Scotch Uni Versity Which Owes Its Origin To A Bequest Of Reid, First Bishop Of Orkney In 1538, And To The Later Encouragement Of The Municipality Of Edinburgh. In 1563 The Latter Purchased Ground On The Site Of 'kirk O' Field,' And By Grants Of Confiscated ...
Varieties Oe Domestic Docs
Varieties Oe Domestic Doc.s. No One Probably Has Ever Attempted To Make A Complete Catalogue Of The Varieties Ofdone-lie Dog: Known Through Out The World. Loft Ritzinger Estimated The Num Ber In 1870 It :111010 185. .111 These Fall Into Cer Tain Groups. Or Type-. As Will "presently Be Noted: ...
Wife Dix
Wife. Dix, Dottotlir..% Lynde (i803-57). An Ameri Can Philanthropist, And Writer Of Juvenile Honks, Barn At Won-ester. 'mass. She Was Noted For Her Interest In The 'unfortunate And Criminal Elasses. Ditrinc. The Civil War She Was Superintendent Of Hospital In The Course Of Labors To Improve The Condition Of Paupers, ...
Or Eadward Edward
Edward, Or Eadward King Of The English From 1042 To 1000, Known As The Confessor. Ile Was The Elder Son Of Ethel Red The Unready, And Was Born At Islip, In Oxfordshire, About The Year 1001. On The Death Of Edward's Father In 1016, Followed Soon After By The Death ...
Or Eadwine Edwin
Edwin, Or Eadwine Fe.585-633). A King Of Northumbria. Ile Was The Son Of King Of Deira, And Was Only Three Years Old On The Death Of His Father. In 53s. Deira Was Invaded By Ethelric, The King Of Bernicia, And The Infant Edwin Was Carried In- His Guardians Into North ...
Or Eckardt Eckhart
Eckhart, Or Eckardt, Joirann•s (e. 12(10.1 327 ) A Noted C Horns N Mystic, Generally Called Meister (blaster) Eckhart. Ile Was Of The Dominican Order, And In 1208 Became Prior At Erfurt ;ind Vicar Of Thuringia. Ln 1303 He Was Made Provincial Of Ins Order For Saxony, And In 1307 ...
Or Edessa
Edessa., Or Call11212ila (modern Name Cr Fah, Or Orfa). A Very Ancient City On The River Daisan. In The North Of Mesopotamia (in The Modern Vilayet Of Aleppo), 7s Miles Southwest Of Diarbekir. Though The Town Is Of Very Early Origin, It Is With The Conquest Of Persia By The ...
Or Egmond Egmont
Egmont, Or Egmond, Count, Prince Of Oarre (1522-68). A Flemish General And Born At The Castle Of La Llamaide, In Hainaut. Ile Succeeded His Elder Brother Charles In The Title And Estates In 1541, Accom Panied Charles V. On The Algerian Expedition In The Same Year, And Followed That Monorch ...
Or Oe Devil
Devil, Or (oe. Lat. Diaboitts. Ok. 3,4 Iox0e, Din Botos, Slanderer. Fr.int Sra, Din, Across 4- Bollein, To Throw; 1 Leb. Sr/frit?, Adversary, From ...ohm, To Perseentel. In The Old And New• Testaments, A Mighty Spirit Of Evil Who Ims, During Unknown Rige•, Ruled Over A Kingdom Of Evil And ...
Or Sea Elephant Elephant Seal
Elephant Seal, Or Sea-elephant. The Largest Specie, Uuccurh Inns Leoninus) Of The Hair-seal Family Phocidx, An Inhabitant Of The Seas Of The Southern Hemisphere. It Is Consider Ably Larger Than An Elephant, Being Sometimes More Than 20 Feet In Length, With A Circumference Of About 12 Feet At The Thickest ...
Or Sunday Dominical Letter
Domin'ical Letter, Or Sunday One Of The Seven Letters A. It C, D. E. F. G. Used In Calendar: To Mark The Sundays Throughout The Tear. The First Seven Days Of The Year Being Marked In Their Order By The Above Letters In Their Order, Then The Following Seven, And ...
The Edward
Edward, The 14..vet: Puince (so Named From The Color Of His Armor) (1330-711). The Eldest Son Of Edward Hi. Of England. Lie Was Created Dike Of Cornwall In His Seventh Year, And A Year Later. During The Absence Of Leis Fat Her. Who Was Embarking On 11 Against France, Was ...