Embargo
Embargo (sp.. Seizure). A Law Or Execu Tive Decree Directing The Detention In Port Of Vessels, Whether Foreign Or National. It May Be For The Purpose Of Using Them For Naval Opera Tion, Or In The Event Of Some Projected Expedition To Insure Secrecy, Or With A View To Temporary ...
Embezzlement
Embezzlement (from Enitie.4.4.:/e, From Oe. Imbecile, Imbeeille, Fr. Imbecilic, Weak, Imbecile. From Lat. Imherillis, Weak). The Fraudulent Appropriation Of Personal Property Held In Some Fiduciary Capacity, As That Of Agent, Clerk, Or Servant. It Is A Statutory Offense. The Ameri Can Statutes Upon This Subject Are Based Ehielly Upon The ...
Embossing
Embossing (fr. Embosser, From Cot, In + Bosse, Hump, Bump, Ohg. Bo.::o, Tuft, From Bown, Ger, Bossen, To Beat). The Art Of Producing Fig Ures In Relief Upon Various Substances, Including Paper, Leather. Wood, And Metals. This Is Usually Effected By Pressing The Substances Into A Die. The Kind Of ...
Embryo
Em'bryo (from Gk. Eaflptiop, Cm Bryon, Em Bryo. From ?v, Cm In -- /3ptletv, Bryri N, To Swell). An Organized Being In A Rudimentary Condition, Or The Rudiment From Which An Organized Being May Be Developed. In Botany, The Term Is Ap Plied To The Germ Which Forms Within The ...
Embryology In Plants
Embryology In Plants. The Study That Deals With The Earliest Stages Of Plants. In General The Embryo Arises From The Germination Of A Spore. In Ordinary Usage, However, The Term Embryo Is Applied To The Young Plant Which Is Denaloped Within The Seed. This Embryo Is The Result Of The ...
Emden
Emden, 6m/den. A City In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, Situated On An Inlet Of The Dollart Bay At The Mouth Of The Ems--lade Canal And About 75 Miles West-northwest Of Bremen (map: Prussia. B 2). It Lies Low. Hut Is Protected By Strong Dikes From The Waters Of The ...
Emerald Oe
Emerald (oe. Cnicraud. Of. Cameraudc. Fr. T'mrrande, Sp., Port. Esmeralda. It. Smeraldo, Lat. Smaragdus, From (7k. (radpa-yaos, Nmoragdos, Adp,2-050s, Maraados, Emerald. Skt. Marakala, Emerald). A Gem Variety Of The Mineral Beryl. It Was Known To The Ancients, Who Valued It For Its Supposed °veldt Properties And Its Power Of Healing ...
Emery
Emery (formerly M•rit', From Of. Cmeril, Sp., Port. Esmeril, It. Suir•iylio, From Gk. Criaelpts, Sutyris, Sun Iris, Emery). A Variety Co Rundum (q.v.), Or Of The Mineral Species Of Which Corundum And Sapphire (with Oriental Ruby, Etc.) Are Also Varieties. It Agrees With Them Very Perfectly In Hardness And Specific ...
Emetine
Em'etine Lat. (met Ie) , C„,11,„,n1).. Nil:mold Which Forms The ;int Ive Principle Of Ipeeacuanha-root. It Is A Yellowish White Powder, Which Is Slightly Soluble In Cold Water, Hut Dissolves Readily In Alcohol. When Taken Internally, It Exhibits Violent Emetic Prop Erties. See Ipecaccanha. Emeu (port. Circa, Probably From An ...
Emigration
Emigration (lat. Cmigratio, Removal From A Place. From Entigrarc, To Emigrate, From R, Niigrarr, To Depart). In The Broadest Sense Emigration Denotes The Transfer Of Resi Dence From One Place To Another. But So Broad A Definition Includes Many Phenomena, Such As The Movement From Rural Districts To The Cities ...
Emigres
Emigres, Tu'irg.'grti' (fr., P.p. Of Emigrer, From Lat. Emigrarc, To Emigrate). The Name Given To The Royalists Who Fled From France Dur Ing The Revolution Of 1789. After The Disturb Ances At Paris And The Taking Of The Bastille (july 14, 1789), The Princes Of The Royal Family Departed From ...
Emin Pasha
Emin Pasha, Amen Pa-shil' (1840-92). An African Explorer And Governor In The Egyptian Sudan. Was Horn At 0ppeln. Prussia. Of Jewish Parents, His Real Name Being Eduard Schnitzer. Ile Studied At Breslau, Berlin, Awl Konigsberg, Taking His Degree In Mdicine. Ile \t,ent To Turkey In 1861, Where In The Following ...
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain. In Modern Piddle Law, The Right Of The Sovereign To Appropriate The Property Of The Subject For Public Purposes. This Is :in Incident Of Sovereignly And Not Of The Naramonnt Title Which, Under The Feudal System Of Land Te111111' In England And Elsewhere. The State Enjoys. It Has ...
Emotion
Emotion (from Lat. Caioverc,.to Agitate, From C, Out -f- Movere, To Move. Slat. To Push). A Highly Complex Mental Process, Or Mental Formation, Belonging To The Affective Side Of Our (see Affection.) It Includes All Such Experiences As Joy And Sorrow, Hope And Fear, Anger And Disgust. Its Place In ...
Empedocles
Emped'ocles (lat., From Gk. 'epre50kx;29, Empedokles) (c.429 U.c.-?). A Greek Philoso Pher. He Was Born Of A Distinguished Family At Grigentmu In Sicily, And Was Held In High Esteem By His Fellow Citizens For His Skill In Medi Cine And Rhetoric, As Well As For His Ability As A Philosopher. ...
Emperor
Emperor (or. Empercor, Lat. Imperator, 1).m. Pert' T Or, Fmm Lin Pera Re, To Command, From In. In + Purarr, To Prepare). The Original Signifieation Of This, Which In The Modern World Bus Become The Highest Title Of Sovereignty, Can Be Understood Only When It Is Iskt'll In Eonjunc .. ...
Emphyteusis
Emphyteu'sis (lat., From Gk.ipptirevats, An Implanting, From //vpuretifiv, Emphyteuein, To Implant, From Emphytos, Implanted, From Cm Phyein, To Implant, From /v, En, In Oetv, Phyrin, To Plant). At Roman Law, A Perpetual, Alienable, And Heritable Right Of Pos Sessing And Enjoying Agricultural Property In Con Sideration Of The Payment Of ...
Empire Of
Empire (of., Fr. Empire, From Bat. Im Perium, Power, From Iwperarc, To Command). The Territory And People Whose Sovereign Bears The Title, Of Emperor Or Empress; A Title Which, Since The Time Of Julius Usesar, Implies The Pos Session Of Monarchical Power In Its Highest Form. The Roman Empire, From ...
Employers Liability
Employers' Liability. In General, The Liability Of Employers For Injuries Sustained By Workmen While In Their Employ And Owing To T Heir Negligence. (see Tont) Expression Is Most Frequently Employed Lo Describe Certain Statutes. Recently En ;tete,' In England And The Fulled States, With The Object Of Defining And Enlarging ...
Employment Bureau
Employment Bureau. Any Agency Intended To Bring Employers And The Unemployed Together. There Are Four Kinds: (1) Private Agencies; (2) Trade Unions For Skilled Labor; (3) Philanthropic Societies; And (4) Free Bu Reaus Established By National Or Local Govern Ments. The Free Bureaus Have In View The Larger Object Of ...
Empyema
Em'pye'ma (neo-lat., From Gk. ;prinipa, Suppuration, From Iv, En., In -4- 11-1.10p, Anon, Pus). An Internal Suppuration. The Term Is Now Ap Plied To A Collection Of Pus In The Pleura. See (neo-lat.„ Gk, Iprri Live Coal Preserved Under Ashes. From Kindle, Ent 'afros, Fiery. From Le, En, In 71y, ...
Emser
Emser, Hieronym•s ( 1477-1527). A (1( Man Theologian Of The Roman Catholic Church• Known For His Opposition To Luther. He Was Horn At Studied At Tubingen And Basel, And Lectured At Erfurt, Where Luther Was One Of His Hearers, And Afterwards At Leipzig. Front 1501 He Was Secretary To Duke ...
Enamel
Enamel Fen Older Form Amel, Fr. Email, Of. Esmail, It. Smalto, From Ohg. Smalz, Ger. Schmalz, Butter, From Sehmelzen, To Melt, Gk. Padetv, Meldcin, To Melt). A Glaze Coating Ap Plied By Fusion To Any Subslanee Which Will Bear The Necessary Heat, Especially To Metals And To Pottery (q.v.). Enamel ...
Enamel In Ceramics
Enamel In Ceramics. In Ancient European Practice The Material Was, And In Modern Orien Tal Practice It Still Is, Sometimes Applied So As To Cover The Whole Surface, And The New Surface Thus Formed May- He Painted Arith Vitrifiable Colors, Or The Enamel May Be Applied To Parts Of The ...
Encampment
Encampment. During Active Operation In The Field, Troops Are, Wherever Practicable, Lodged In Tents. The Principal Tents In Use In The United States Are The Shelter. Just Large Enough For Two Men To Sleep Under And Trans Ported By The Soldiers On Their Person; The Corn Mon Tent With Wall, ...
Encyclorzedia
Encyclorzedia (gk. Eytwaoratiiita, En Kyklopaidein, A Barbarous Derivative Of The Greek Phrase Eyrvkxes Ral6eta, (ukyklios Puidcia, Cir Cular. Complete Education). Originally, The Entire Group Of Studies Which Every Free-born Greek Youth Was Required To Complete In Prepara Tion For Active Life; The Liberal Curriculum. In This Sense The Greek Phrase ...
Endeiwism
Endeiwism (from Gk. Zvdnpos, Endcmos, Native). In Botany, The Restriction In Area Of Geographical Distribution, Commonly Resulting From Long-continued Isolation; The Opposite Of Cosmopolitanism. Somewhat Famous Cases Of Endemism Arc The Big Trees Or Sequoias Of Cali Fo•nia, Which, Like Most Endemic Forms, Represent The Scattered Remnants Of A Former ...
Endemic
Endemic (from Gk. Irdvpos, Endt7mos, Na Tive, From Iv, Cn, In Di/pos, (icarus, People). A Tern: Applied To Diseases Which Affect Numbers Of Persons Simultaneously, But So As To Show A Con Nection With Localities As Well As With Their In Habitants. Endemic Diseases Are Usually Spoken Of As Contrasted ...
Endermic
Ender'mic (from Gk. Iv, En, In + Dep,ua, Derma, Skin) And Hy'podermic (from Gk. I74, Hypo, Under Pua, Derma, Skin). Terms Used To Designate Certain Methods Of Making The Skin An Avenue For The Reception Of Medicines. The Endermic Method Consists In Raising A Blister By The Ordinary Process, Opening ...
Endlicher
Endlicher, Entlik-er, Stephan Ladi Laus (180-1-49). A Distinguished Austrian Bot Anist And Sinologist, Born At Pressburg. Elm Gary. Ile Was Educated In His Native Town, And At The Universities Of Pest And Vienna. And Entered The Church, Which Career, However, He Abandoned After A Few Years. In 1827 He Began ...
Endowed Schools Acts
Endowed Schools Acts. Stets Of Par Liament Made To Prevent Misapplieationsind Abuse Of The Foundations For The Snprott Of Secondary Education In En•lond. L'itimutely, They ]nave Ail Led At Introdut Int; System, And Some C•ntral Control. Ashene All Was Confusion :ind Individual Ity. The Only Diva Ds Of Feet Ifying ...
Enemy Of
Enemy (of. Anemi, Fr. Emecnii, Fort. Inimigo, Enemy, From Lat. In Ho Ices, Foe, From In Not + A M Ices, Friend, From (mare, To Love). In International Hiw, A Nation At War With An Other, Considered As A Whole, Or An Individual Or Body Of Men Belonging To The ...
Energetics
Energetics (gk. Iverynruc6s, Energi. Tikos, Active, From Ivep-yeiv, Encrycin, To Be Ac Tive, From Iv, En, In + Fpyov, Ergot!, Work). The Theory Of Energy: A Theory Which States The Conditions And Laws Under Which The Phenomena Of Energy Are Manifested. Energy, Pending A More Technical Definition, May Lie Understood ...
Energy Of Plants
Energy Of Plants. The Plant Body Takes Up Into Itself During Its Life A Certain Amount Of Material Which For It Time Forms Part Of The Body And Then Leaves It. Another Portion Forms Permanently A Part Of The Body, Only Returning To The Inorganic World Upon The Dissolution Of ...
Enghien
Enghien, Iin'gyaix', Lows Antoine Henri De Bourron, Due D' (1772-1804). A Member Of The Bourbon Family, Celebrated In History For His Tragic Fate. He Was The Only Son Of Prince Louis Henri Joseph De Bourbon, And Was Born At Chan Tilly, August 2, 1772. In 1789 He Left France And ...
Engineer Corps
Engineer Corps, Kor, United States Navy. The First Step Toward The Of An Engineer Corps Of :he United States Navy Was Taken By The Appointment Of Mr. C. H. Haswell As Chief Engineer Of The Pu/ton. His Appoint Ment Bore The Date Of July 2. 1836. For Some Years After ...
Engineer And Engineering Of
Engineer And Engineering (of. Rroliono R, Inn, Ofo•iti Vo•impr. From Hat. You Woo, Mir Talent. From Inyignere, To Instill By Birth, From In, In + Gignere, To Pro Duce). The Designing, Constructing, And Often The Operating Of Various Structures And Machines To Serve As Ways And Means Of Communication, To ...
Engineering Instruments
Engineering Instruments. The Various Instruments Used By The Engineer And Surveyor In Determining Elevations, Directions, And Distances In Their Work Of Mapping Land, And Locating And Laying Out Engineering Works. They May Be Broadly Divided Into Instniments For: (i) Measuring Distances, (2) Determining Directions, (3) Determining Horizontal Lines. (4) Measuring ...
Engineers
Engineers, Cones Of. The Corps Of Engi Neers Of The United States Army, Organized In 1802, Originally Consisted Of One Colonel, One Lieu Tenant-colonel, Two Majors, Four Captains, Four First And Second Lieutenants, And Cadets; The Whole Number Not To Exceed 20. They Were Sta Tioned At West Point. N. ...
England
England. The Most Important. Member Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ire Land (map: Europe C 3). The Name England Is Commonly Applied Io The Entire Southern Por Tion Of The Island Of Great Britain, But It Will Be Limited Here To The Ancient Historical Divi Sion, Reserving ...
English Channel
English Channel ( Fr. La Manche, The Sleeve). A Reach Of The North Atlantic Ocean Separating England From France. And Commonly Called Tie Channel, The Most Important Marine Thoroughfare In The World (nap: Europe, C 3). It Is Connected With The North Sea By The Strait Of Dover, 20 Miles ...
English Language
English Language. The Chief Medium Of Communication In The British Empire And The United States. It Is The Language Used Originally By The Teutonic Tribes That Invaded The Island Of Britain During The Latter Half Of The Fifth Cen Tury. It Belongs Historically To The Western Branch Of The Teutonic ...
English Literature
English Literature. The Literature Produced By The English People, Amid The Varied Course Of Their National Development, And In The Vernacular Tongue. Whether Purely Teutonic, Or The Fusion Of That Clement With The Norman French, Or The Splendid And Highly Organized Language, Rich In Its Double Inheritance, Which Modern Times ...
English Pale
English Pale, Also Known As Irish Pale, The Pale, Or English Land. That Portion Of Ireland Brought Under English Rule Before The Complete Subjugation Of The Island. The Name L'ale Was Not Applied To The Land Until The Six Teenth Century, Although 'english Land' Was Ern. Plowed As Early As ...
Engraving
Engraving. The Art And The Process Of Making Incisions In A Hard Surface. Removing A Part Of The Material. The Term Is Limited In Its Use To Suet Ineising When Done With Deliberate Purpose For Decorative Effect Or For A Record Of Some Sort. Engraving May Be Divided Into That ...
Engrossing Of
Engrossing (of. Engrossir, From Ml. In Qrossarc, To Engross, From Lat. In, In Grossus, Large). The Crime Of Buying Up Standing Corn Or Victuals At Wholesale (fr. En Pros) In Order To Sell Them Again At Retail (known As Regrating) In The Same Market At An Enhanced Price. It Cor ...
Enlistment
Enlistment. The Act By Which A Citizen Becomes An Enlisted Man And Joins The Military Or Naval Forces Of The Country. In The United States Any Male Citizen, Or Person Who Has Legally Declared His Intention To Become A Citizen, May Enlist In The Army If Above The Age Of ...
Enoch
E'noch (heb. Liana, Probably Of Babylo Nian Origin). According To Gen. Iv. 17-18. Enoch Is The Son Of Cain And Father Of Jared, Whereas In Gen. V. 18, He Is The Son Of Jared. Modern Scholars Of The Critical School Consider Gen. Iv. To Be A Relic Of An Ancient ...
Entablature Op
Entab'lature (op. ( Ntablature, From En Table- R, It/tabu/are. To Construct A Base. From Bat. In, In ± Ml. Tububerc, To Tloor. From Lat. Tabula. Hoard). In Architecture, The Crowning Part Of A Structure. It. Is Used, For Example, Of The Fillet. Eyma, And Astragal At The Top Of An ...
Entail Of
Entail' (of., Fr. Entailler, It. Intagliare, To Cut In, From Ml. To Cut In. From Lat. In, In Ml. Taliare, To Cut, From Lat. Talea, Cut Ting, Rod). Any Settlement Or Conveyance Of An Estate Of Inheritance Whereby The Legal Course Of Succession Is 'cut Off,' One Or More Of ...
Entirety
Entirety (from Entire, Of., Fr. Entirr, It. Intero, From Lat. Integer, Whole, From Not Tangere, To Toueb ). Tenancy Ry, The Form Of Joint Estate Which Subsists Between Husband And Wife. Like The Ordinary Joint Estate, It Arises Upon A Conveyance Or Device To The Two Persons Together Who Are ...
Entomostraca
En'tomos'traca (neo-lnl. Nom. Pl., From F:k. Rprepov, •laomon, Insect + Fkrrptenw,ostrokon, Shell). (me Of The Two Siiiwins.:es Of Crus T :weans Many Of Them Are Minute, And In Great Numbers I Mu 11 Ill Fresh And Salt Water. Particularly In Stagnant. Or Nearly Stagnant Fresh Water. Affording To Many Kinds ...
Envelope Of
Envelope (of. Enroluper, Enreloper, En Relopper. Fr. Envelop Per, To Enwrap). A Paper Covering Extensively Employed For Inclosing Let Ters, Circulars, Pamphlets, And Othe'r Mail Mat Ter, And For An Endless Variety Of Other Purposes. Envelopes Began To Be Used In England And The United States In The Decade From ...
Enzoesty
Enzoesty, En-zrn-d (gk. ?v, Cn, In Is ;:.'6on, Animal). A Disease Which Seems To Be Permanently Established Among The Animals Of A Certain Leality. The Term Corresponds To `endemic Disease' In Mankind. Enzyme Clizymos, Leavened, From Gk. Fv, Ea, In :gnu', Leaven). A Name Applied To Any One Of A ...
Eocene Epoch
E'ocene Epoch (from Gk.ficiis, Cos, Dawn + Mobs, K.a-inos, New). A Division Of Geologic Time Following The Cretaceons Period And Mark Ing The Beginning Of The Cenozoic Era. At The End Of The Cretaceous Period Great Geographical Changes Occurred In Both Europe And North America, By Which The Floor Of ...
Eohippus
E'ohip'pus. See Hyracotherium ; And Iloose. Fossil. Cliarles N' A French Diplomatist, Commonly Known As The Chevalier D'eou. Ile Was Born At Tonnerre, Burgundy, And In Early Life Practiced As An Advocate In Paris. His Essay On The Finances Of France Attracted Much Attention, And In 1755 He Was Sent ...
Eostra
Eos'tra. The Teutonic Goddess Of Spring. The Name Of Whose Festival Has Been Transferred To The Christian Easter (q.v.). Dozser. Baron (1813-71). A Distinguished Hungarian Statesman And Author, Who Has Lett A Lasting Imprint Upon Both The Literary And Political Life Of His Country. He Was Corn At Buda. Studied ...
Epaminondas
Epam'inon'das (lat.. From Gk. 'eraltei Uthvaas, Or 'errapont,v5as) (c.418-362 A Greek Statesman And General. Ile Was Born At Thebes, Of An Influential, Though Not Wealthy. Family, And As A Pupil Of The Pythagorean Phi Losopher 1,ysis Of 'parent= His Early Life Was Spent In Study. When The Theban Democracy Was ...
Epaulet
Epaulet (fr. Epaulette, Diminutive Of Epattle, Shoulder). An Ornamental Badge Of Rank, Formerly In Very General Use Throughout The Armies And Navies Of The World—a Survival Of The Metal Shoulder-piece Of Mediawal Days. Epaulets Were Worn By Commissioned Officers In The United States Army As Late As 1872, When They ...
Ephebus
Ephe'bus (lat.. From Gk. Gcb73os, From Dot, (pi, Upon + .4077, /1("v, Youth). Among The An Cient Greeks, A Youth Who Has Just Attained Man Hood, Which Was Commonly Reckoned To Commence At The Sixteenth Year. In Athenian Constitutional Law, It Denoted One Who Had Attained His Major Ity, But ...
Ephesus
Eph'esus (lat. From Gk. "eoecros, Ephcsos). One Of The Twelve Ionic Cities Of Asia Minor. It Was Situated In Lydia, Near The Mouth Of The River Cayster, In The Midst Of An Alluvial Plain. Its Origin Is Enveloped In Myths, As In The Case Of All The Ionic Cities; But ...
Ephesus_2
Ephesus, Coux•u.s Of. .inny Councils Were Held At Ephesus, Of Which Two Deserve Special Mention: The Third Ecumenical Council, Which Opened On June 22. 431. It Was Called By The Emperor Theodosius H. At The Request Of The Orthodox. Represented By Cyril, Patriarch Of Andria, And Of Nestorius, Patriarch Of ...
Ephod
Eph'od (heb. En/•od, Vestment, Perhaps From Aphah, To Clothe). The Name Of One Of The Gar Ments Worn By The High Priest (ex. Xxviii. 6-8), But Also Worn By Temple Servants In General. Samuel Wears One (i. Sam. E. 18), And Also The Eighty-five Priests Of Nob (i. Sam. Xxii. ...
Ephori
Eph'ori (lat., From Gk. Goopot, Ephoroi, Overseers, From Epi, Upon + *iv, !loran, To Look). An Order Of Magistrates At Sparta. He Rodotus Attributes Their Creation To Lycu•gus, And Aristotle To King Theopompus, While It Seems Clear That The Alexandrian Chronologists Had A List Which Extended Back To About B.c. ...
Ephraim
Ephraim, (heb., Fertile, Fruitful Tract). The Name Given In Gen. Xli. 50-2, To The Younger Son Of Joseph By His Wife Asenat-h, And Re Garded As The Eponymous Ancestor Of The Tribe Of Ephraim. The Territories Of The Tribe In Palestine (q.v.) Extended From The Brook Kanah, Where Manasseh Began, ...
Ephrem Sy Rus Ephraem
Ephraem, E'phrem Sy' Rus, Ernucamit Tile Syrian ( E.:306 -78). The Greatest, Of The Syrian Church Fathers, Known As The Prophet Of The Syrians. He Was Born At Nisibis, Mesopotamia, About :306. Ile Was A Pupil Of Jacob, Bishop Of Nisibis (died :3:35), Became A Teacher In The Latter's School, ...
Epic Poetry
Epic Poetry. A Species Of Narrative Poetry, Dealing With An Action Or Series Of Ac Tions And Events Of Permanent Interest And Power. Its Theme, However Varied In Its Aspects And Is Sues—and The Epic Manner Favors Multiplicity Here—must Be, In The Last Analysis, Single In Its Nature, And Must ...
Epicharmus
Ep'ichar'mus (lat., From Gk. 'er(xappos, Epicharmos). The Greatest Of The Sicilian Comic Poets. He Was Born In Cos, But While Still A Child Emigrated To Sicily Early In The Fifth Cen Tury. The Details Of His Life Are Little Known; Tradition Says That He Lived To Be Ninety Years Of ...
Epicurus
Ep'icu'rus (lat., From Gk.'erfrcoupor, Epi Kouros) (c.342-270 Me.). An Illustrious Greek Philosopher. He Was Born Probably In The Island Of Samos, In December, 342, Or January, 34], B.c., Six Or Seven Years After The Death Of Plato. His Father, Neoeles, Is Said To Have Been A Schoolmaster, And His Mother, ...
Epicurvanis1vi
Ep'icurvanis1vi. The Name Applied, Often Very Loosely, To The System Of Philosophy Based More Or Less On The Teachings Of Epicurus (q.v.). The Philosopher Himself, Although The Majority Of His Writings Referred To Natural Philosophy, Was Not, Properly Speaking, A Physicist. He Studied Nature With A Moral Rather Than With ...
Epidaurus
Ep'idau'rus (lat., From Gk. 'eranupos, Epidaurus). A Town Of Ancient Greece, On The Saronie Gulf, In The Northeast Part Of Argolis, Situated On A Small Promontory, In Latitude 37° 38' North, Longitude 23° I0' East. The Early History Of Epidaurus Is Involved In Myth, But Numerous Religious Connections With Attica ...