Fee Tail Oil
Fee Tail (.oil. Feodum Talliatum, Abbre Viated Fee). A Fee, Or Estate Of Inheritance, In Which The Inheritance Is Restricted To The Lineal Descendants Of The Tenant. The Right Of Inher Itance, Which Is The Principal Characteristic Of A Fee, Is Not Ordinarily Capable Of Restriction, But The Fee Tail ...
Feeding Farm Animals
Feeding Farm Animals. The Proper And Et.onomical Feeding Of Farm Animals Is Receiv Ing Far More Attention And Is Conducted In A Much More Intelligent Manner Than Formerly. A Generation Ago Stock Was Pastured During The Summer, No Grain Was Given During That Season, And In Winter Hay And Straw ...
Feeding Stuffs
Feeding Stuffs. A General Term Applied To All Kinds Of Food Materials Used For Farm Animals, Including So-called 'fodder,' Forage,' And Grain Feeds. These Materials Are Very Diverse In Character. They May Be Green, Wet, Or Dry; The Whole Plant, As In The Ease Of Hay; Only A Part, As ...
Feeling As
Feeling (as. Man, Oitg. Fuo/en, Ger. Ph Len, To Feel; Ultimately Connected With Lat. Pal Gk. Iraxdav, Pe/aine Palm Of The Hand, Skt. Mo, Hand, As., Os. Foie?, Hand). A Term Whose Variety Of Meaning Has Caused Much Confusion In Psychology. It Is Used (i) For Perceptions Of Touch: We ...
Fees
Fees. The Compensation Of Lawyers And Phy Sicians For Their Professional Services. In Eng Land Neither Barristers Nor Physicians' Could Recover Their Fees By Legal Proceedings Against Their Clients Or Patients, Except Under A Special Contract. The Ground Of This Rule Was That Such Fees Are Regarded Not As Payment. ...
Feldspar
Feldspar, Fevspiir ( Ger. Fcrspath, From Feld, Field + Spath,m1i13. Spat, Laminated Stone: Connected By Popular Etymology With Spar). A Group Of Minerals, All The Species Of Which Con Sist Of Silicate Of Aluminum In Combination With One Or More Of The Following Metals: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Or Barium. The ...
Felicissimus
Fe'licis'simus. The Leader Of A Schism In The Church At Carthage About The Middle Of The Third Century. Bishop Cyprian Having With Drawn At The Outbreak Of The Decian Persecution, The Church Was Governed During His Absence By The Presbyters, Among Whom Was One Novatus, Who Made Felicissimus His Deacon. ...
Felix
Fe'lix. The Name Of Four Popes And An Anti Pope. Felix I. (pope, 269-274). Ills Pontifi Cate Is Interesting As An Early Example Of The Re Lations Of The Christian Church To The Roman Empire, And Of The Recognition By The State Of The Civil Rights Of Christians. In The ...
Fellow Servants
Fellow-servants. T. Such As To Render The Safety Of One Dependent, If The Natural And Ordinary Course Of Things, Upot The Care And Skill Of The Other. Although The Definition Of Fellow-servant State: Above Is Sustained By The English Decisions, B: Those Of Our Federal Courts, And By Those Of ...
Fellows
Fellows, Sir Charles (1799-1860). An English Antiquarian, Born At Nottingham. Lie Early Showed A Fondness For Travel, And After 1832 Spent A Large Part Of His Time In The Levant. In 1838 He Began A Series Of Journeys Fron Smyrna Into Parts Of Asia Minor, At That Time Almost Unknown ...
Fellowship
Fellowship (front Fellow, Icel. Felagi, From Meta, Partnership. From Fit, Property, Eng. Fee + Lag, A Laying Together, As. Lugu, Eng. Lair Eng. -ship ; Cf. Icel. Plagsskaiw, Fel Lowship). An Institution Which Arose In Con Nection With The Medifeval Colleges, Originally Eleemosynary In Their Character. The Members, Or 'fellows' ...
Felony
Felony. In The Common-law Classification Of Crimes, The Second In Atrocity And In Impor Tance, The First Being Treason, And The One Com Prehending All Minor Offenses Being Misdemean Ors. Omitting Treason (which, Though Sometimes Classed As A, Felony, Really Stands By Itself In Our Legal The Distinction B 'tween ...
Felt Ohg
Felt ( Ohg. Fib!, Ger. Filz, Oc'hurch Slay. Idristi, Felt ; Probably Connected With Oiig. Falz, Ger. Pak:, Fold). A Fabric Formed Without Weav Ing By Taking Advantage Of The Natural Of The Fibres Of Hair And Wool To Interlace With And Cling To Each Other. As To The Origin ...
Fem
Fem.. Natu'r/e (lat., Animals, Wild Of Nature). In Law, Animals Of Wild Nature And Habo Its, In Contradistinction To Domesticated A Nimal At Common Law, They Are Not The Subjects Of Absolute Property, And Persons Having Them In Possession Are Bound At Their Peril To Keep Them From Doing Harm. ...
Femur
Femur (lat., Thigh). The Thigh-bone. In General Terms, It Consists Of A Shaft, Very Slightly Curved, And Two Extremities. The Upper Ex Tremity Bears Two Projections. Called The Greater And Lesser Trochanters, For The Attachment Of Muscles, And A Short Neck, Nearly At Right Angles To The Shaft, Terminated By ...
Fence Lizard
Fence-lizard. A Small, Active, And Harm Less Iguanid Lizard (sceloporus Vndulatus), Com Mon Throughout All The Warmer Parts Of The Fruited States And Mexico. It Is Exceedingly Variable In Color, Hut. Eastern Specimens Are Usually Brown-green Above And Whitish Below, With An Indistinct Stripe On Each Side, Above Which Is ...
Fencing
Fencing. Specifically, The Art Of Attack And Defense With Sword Or Rapier, But Frequently Employed So As To Include The Use Of Such Weapons As Foils, Singlesticks, Broadsword, Quarter-staff, Bayonet, Lance„ Etc. It Has Also Been Well Defined As The Philosophy Of Gymnastics. There Is Not Much Evidence To Justify ...
Fencing Fence
Fence, Fencing (in Law). At Common Law, A Landowner Is Under No Duty To Maintain A Fence, Either To Mark His Boundary Line. Or To Protect His Premises From Trespass By Man Or Beast. On The Other Hand, Every One Is Under A Common-law Duty To Keep His Cattle From ...
Fencing In France
Fencing In France. It Is Supposed That Henri Saint-didier, Who Taught Fencing In Paris About 1570, Was The First To Give Names To The Different Thrusts Then In Use, Such As Amin-drette, Ren Rerse, Fendante, Estocadr, And Imbroeade. Pater, A Later Teacher, Divided The Various Parries Into Live Distinct Classes, ...
Fenian Society
Fenian Society. A Political Association Of Irish And Irish-americans, The Object Of Which Was The Overthrow Of English Authority In Ire Land, And The Establishment Of A Republic There. It Has Been Said, And Is Generally Supposed. That The Movement Originated In America. And Was Transplanted, To Ireland; But, As ...
Fennel As
Fennel (as. Fcao/, From Lat. Ferniculum, Fennel, Diminutive Of Fwnum, Fwnum. Hay). Pa Ni Cilium. A Genus Of Umbelliferous Plants Allied To Dill (q.v.). The Flowers Are Yellow. All The Species Are Aromatic, And Have Nmeh-divided Leaves With Thread-like Segments. The Best-known Is Common Fennel (pwnieuluin Ollicinale), A Na Tive ...
Fenrir
Fen'rir. In Norse Mythology, The Offspring Of Loki (the Evil Genius) And Angurboda, (an Guish-boding), A Giantess From .16tunheim. Loki Had A Legitimate Wife, Sig,yn; Lint By Angurboda He Became The Father Of Three Monsters: (1) The Wolf Fenrir; (2) The Midgard Serpent; (3) The Goddess Of Death, Whose Name ...
Feoffment
Feoffment, Wrinent (of. Froffement, From Feoffer, Lieffer, Jeffer, To Enfeoff, From Lief, Lien, Fen, Fiat, Fee, From .,11l. Property Held In Fee, From 01ig. Film, Ger. As. Fm-oh. Goth, Foihn, Cattle; Connected With Lai. Peens, Skt. Post', Cattle). The Oldest, And For A Long Period The Only. Method For She ...
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I., Ger. Pron. Filedt2•niint (1793-1875). Emperor Of Austria From 1835 To 1848. He Was The Eldest Son Of Francis I. By His Marriage With Maria Theresa, Of The House Of .naples, And Was Born In Vien Na, April I!), 1793. While Crown Prince Ho Traveled Through The Italian Provinces ...
Ferdinand I 1503 64
Fer'dinand I. (1503-64). Holy Roman Emperor From 1556 To 1564. He Was Horn At Ale:dd. Spain, March 10. 1503. And Was The Second Son Of Philip Of Austria And The Younger Brother Of Charles V. Of Germany (charles I. Of Spain), Who Soon After His Accession To The Im Perial ...
Ferdinand I 1751 18251
Ferdinand I. 1751-18251. Icing Of The Two Sicilies From 1759 To 1825• Llo Was Tho Third Son Of Charles Iii. Of Spa In. And Was Horn At Naples, January 12, 1751. When Charles Ascended The Spanish Throne, In 1759, Ferdinand Succeeded Him In Naples And Sicily Under A Re Gency ...
Ferdinand I_2
Fer'dinand I. ( ?-10651. King Of Castile And Leon. Surnamed The Great. He Was The Sec And Son Of Sancho Iii. Of Navarre, And In 1033, When Sancho Forced Bermudo 111. Of Leon. The Last Direct Descendant Of Pelayo, In The Male Line, To Surrender Castile, Ferdinand Received That Kingdom, ...
Ferdinand Ii 1578 1637
Ferdinand Ii. (1578-1637). Holy Roman Emperor From 1619 To 1637. He Was Born At Gratz, July 9. 1578, And Was The Son Of Charles, Duke Of Styria, And Grandson Of The Emperor Ferdinand I. His Mother. Mary Of Bavaria, Was A Fervent Catholic, And From Her, As Well As From ...
Ferdinand Ii 1810 59
Ferdinand Ii. (1810-59). King Of The Two Sicilies From 1830 To 1859, Known As 'king Bomba.' Ile Was The Son Of Francis 1. By His Second Wife, Isabella Maria Of Spain, And Was Born January 12, 1810. On Succeeding His Father In 1830, He Found The Country In The Most ...
Ferdinand Iii 1769 1824
Ferdinand Iii. (1769 - 1824 ) . Grand Duke Of Tuscany, And Archduke Of Austria. Ile Was The Second Son Of The Emperor Leopold 11., And Was Born At Florence, May 6, 1769. In 179 1 He Succeeded His Father In The Government Of Tuscany, When The Latter Became Emperor ...
Ferdinand V
Ferdinand V., Surnamed The Catholic (1452-1516), King Of Spain; As King Of Castile, Ferdinand V.; As King Of Aragon, Ferdinand Il; As King Of Naples, Ferdinand Hi. He Was The Son Of John Ii., King Of Aragon, And Was Born March 10, 1452. In 1469 He Married, At Valladolid, Isabella, ...
Ferdinand Vii 1784 1833
Ferdinand Vii. (1784-1833). King Of Spain 1808 And 1814 To 1833. He Was The Son Of King T Narles Iv., And Was Born At San Ilde Fonso, October 14, 1784. Lu 1789 He Was Pro Claimed Prince Of Asturias, Aml His Educa Tion Was Intrusted To The Duke Of San ...
Ferghana
Ferghana, Fer-givrth. A Territory (ablest) Of Russian Turkestan, Central Asia„ Situated Between East Turk,,:hm N. The Pamir. Itoklara. And The Of Russian Turkestan (slap: Asia. Ci 5). Its Area Is Approximately 35,500 Swin•e Nines. With The Exception Of The Central Portion. Which Forms The Valley Of The Upper Sir-daria, The ...
Ferguson
Fer'guson, Anam (1723-1816). A Scottish Philosopher And Historian. He Was Born At Logierait, Perthshire, Where His Father Was Parish Minister; Studied At The Universities Of Saint Andrews And Edinburgh, And In 1745 Was Appointed Chaplain To The Forty-second Regiment, In Which Capacity Ise Was Pre,e11t In The Battle Of Fontenoy, ...
Fermat
Fermat, Fil•mn', Pierre Ne (1(101-65). A French Mathematician, Born At Beaumont-de Lomagne, Near Montauban. He Was One Of The Moot Versatile Mathematicians Of Hit Time, And Was Unsurpassed As A Contributor To The Theory Of Numbers. Fermat Was Educated Privately, Was Of A Retiring Disposition, And Published Little Dur Ing ...
Fermat_2
Fermat, Far'ine. Pierre Or (11101-65). A French Mathematician, Born At 13eautnont-de Lomagne. Near -montauban. He Was One Of The Most Versatile Mathematicians Of His Time, And Was Unsurpassed As A Contributor To The Theory Of Numbers. Fermat Was Educated Privately, Was Of A Retiring Disposition, And Published Little Dur Ing ...
Fermentation
Fermentation ( From Lat. Fermentarc, To Ferment, From Fermentum, Yeast, From To Boil). A Term Applied To The Decomposition Of Certain Carbon Compounds By The Action Of Living Organisms, Either Directly Or By Means Of Enzymes Which They Secrete. When The Sub Stances Decomposed Contain Nitrogen And Sulphur (e.g. Proteids), ...
Fern As
Fern ( As. Fr A Ru, . Tarn ; Probably Connected With Skt. Panto, Feather, Leaf, And With Russ. Pa Porot I, H, Fern). A Plant Of The Order Filieales, One Of The Three Great Living Groups Of Pteridophytes. The Group Con Tains About 4000 Of The Species Belonging To ...
Ferrara
Ferrara, For-i-mr:1 ( Lat. 'or Ti Mot A 1 If•mt I ). A City In North Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Ferrara, 5 Miles South Of The Po, 30 Miles North Of Rologna ( Slap: Italy, C 3). It Is Situ Ated In Fertile, Marshy, Unhealthful Territory, The Threshold ...
Ferret
Ferret (fr. Furct, It. Furctto, From Ml. Fu Ret Us, Diminutive F Aro, Ferret, From Lat. Fur, Thief ; Apparently Connected By Popular Etymology With Lat. Fern, Wild Beast). (1) An Animal Of The Weasel Family (mustelidce), So Nearly Allied To The Polecat (putorius Fcetidus) That Many Re Gard It ...
Ferry
Ferry, Fa-rp, Jules Francois Camille (1832-93). A French Statesman, He Was Horn At Saint-dip, In The Department Of Vosges, April 5, 1832. Admitted To The Bar In Paris In 1851, Lie Became Connected With The Gazette Des Tribunaux, Joining The Group Of Young Lawyers Who Opposed Empire. He Was Among ...
Fertilization
Fertilization (from Lat. Fertilis, Fertile, From Term. To Bear, (;k. Oeptly, Pherein, Skt. Latnr, Cloth. Bairan, Oho., As. Beran, Eng. Bear). In Plants, The Fusion Of Two Sexual Cells Or Gametes (q.v.). This Process, Sometimes Called 'fecunda Tion,' Is Exhibited In The Life Histories Of T Plants. Gametes Are Present ...
Fesch
Fesch, Fesh, Josepii ( 1763-1839). Cardinal Archbishop Of Lyons And Maternal Uncle Of Na Poleon 1., Born At Ajaccio, Corsica. Lie Was Destined From The First For The Church, And Re Ceived A Careful Education In The Seminary At Aix, Becoming A Priest Shortly Before 1789. During The Revolution, However, ...
Fescue
Fescue (corrupt. Of Testa, Ofr. Testa, Lat. Jestuca, Straw, Stalk), Testae°. A Genus Of Grasses, Very Nearly Allied To Brome-grass (q.v.). The Species Are Numerous, And Are Very Widely Diffused Over The World, Both In The Northern And Southern Hemispheres. Among Them Are Many Of The Most Valuable Pasture And ...
Festivals Of
Festivals (of., Fr. Festival, From :nil. Festiralis, From Lat. Frstirus, Festive, From /eaten/. Feast), Or Feasts. Days Or Seasons Set Apart For Public Rejoicing And Rest From Ordinary Labor, At Stated Intervals, Or Occasionally For Religious Pur Poses Solely, Or For The Celebration Of Some Per Son Or Event. Originally, ...
Fetishism
Fetishism (from Fetish, Fr. Fetiche, From Port. Feitiro, Artificial, From Lat. Facticias, Made By Art, From Facere, To Make: The Term Was Originally Applied By Portuguese Pioneers In Western Africa To Artifacts Adored By The Natives And Supposed By Them To Possess Magical Po Tency). A Form Of Belief And ...
Feudal Society
Feudal Society. The People Were Divided, Ac Cording To Contemporary Writers, Into Three Classes: Those Who Did The Fighting, The Nobles; Those Who Did The Praying, The Clergy; And Those Who Did The Work. The Nobles Were Necessarily Warriors. In Order To Be Able To Devote Themselves To Fighting, They ...
Feuerbach
Feuerbach, Foi'er-bao, Anselm Von ( 1829 80). A German Historical Painter. Born At Spey Er, The Son Of The Archwoloeist Anselm Feuer Bach (1798-1851). His Artistic Proclivities Having Been Early Awakened In The Course Of His Educa Cation At Freiburg (1836-46), He Went To Dfissel Dorf In 1846, Where He ...
Feuillants
Feuillants, The Name Applied To (1 ) A Religious Congregation, Springing Out Of The Cistercian Order And Taking Its Name From The Mother House Of Feuillant, Latin Pa Li Um, Near Toulouse. Its Founder Was Jean Do La Barriere, Who Was Abbot Of This Monastery From 1562. Protestantism Made Inroads ...
Fever As
Fever (as. Fefer, Olig. Fiebur, Ger. Picber, From Lat. Febris, Fever, From Ferere, To Be Hot). A Condition Occurring During Disease Characterized Principally By Increase Of The Temperature Of The Body. The Temperature Is Estimated According To The State Of The Internal Parts, Rather Than The External. The Term Fever ...
Feyjoo Y Montenegro
Feyjoo Y Montenegro, Fii'-llo't.) Inietti-n5'gro, Benito Gerondio ( 1676-1764). A Spanish Critic And Scholar, Born At Cardamiro, Near Orense. He Entered The Benedictine Order, And Lived All His Life At One Of The Monasteries Of The Order At Oviedo, Where He Died. He Studied Not Only Religion, But Mathematics, Philosophy, ...
Fezzan
Fezzan, Fez-ziin'. A Lieutenant-governorship Of The Turkish Vilayet Of Tripoli, In Northern Africa (map: Africa, F 2). It Is An Ex Tensive Oasis Occupying The Southern Portion Of The Vilayet, With A Total Area Of About 150,000 Square Miles. The Greater Portion Of The Surface Consists Of Hills Of Black ...
Fibre
Fibre (lat. Fibre, Filament). A Term Of Very Common Use As Applied To Objects Of A Stringy Or Thread-like Character, Whether Of The Animal, Vegetable, Or Mineral Kingdom. Minerals Are Often Described As Of A Fibrous Structure Or Ap Pearance. In Which There Is, However, No Possibil Ity Of Detaching ...
Fiction Of Law
Fiction Of Law (1,at. Fictio, A Fashion Ing, A Feigning. From /ingere, To Fashion. To Feign). A Legal Assumption That Something Is True Which Is Known Not To Be True, Or Which May Be False. The Term Legal Fiction Is Used By Sir Ilenry Maine In A Wider Sense Than ...
Fiddler Crab
Fiddler Crab. A Small Crab Of The Ge Nus Ltea (or Gelasimus) Enormously Abundant On Muddy Shores Along The Eastern Coast' Of The United States South Of Cape Cod. "the Males Have One Claw Very Largely Developed; The Other Chela Is Small. The Former Is Likened To A Fiddle. The ...
Fideicommissum
Fideicommissum, - I - Lam] - Mis'sfun (lat., Committed To Faith, Bequest ). At Roman Law, The Lideirommissunt Was A Trust Bequest. Dur Ing, The Republican Period, A Valid Bequest Could He Made Only In The Form Of A Legacy In :1 Regular Testament. It Was, However, Not Unusual For ...
Fiduciary
Fiduciary (lat. Fidneiarius, Relating To A Trust. From Lid Aria, Trust. From To Trust). A Legal Term Designating A Person In Whom Peculiar Trust And Confidence Are Reposed By An Other. Or Tbe Relation Which Subsists Between Suelt Persons: Or A Liability Incurred By One Of These Persons Toward The ...
Fief Fee
Fee, Fief, Or Feud (as. Fcoh, (loth. Fahn, Cattle, Property; Connected With Lat. Peons, Skt. Patt, Cattle). In The Feudal System Of Land Ten Ure, A. Freehold Estate In Land, Field Of Another And In Subordination To Certain Paramount Rights Of The Latter. These Rights, Taken Together, Con Stituted Lordship ...
Field
Field, Cm's West (1819-921. An Ameri Can Financier, The Projector And Promoter Of The First Submarine Telegraph Cable Bet Ween Europe And America, Born At Stoekliridge. Mass. Ile Was The Brother Of David Dudley Field, The Eminent Lawyer, And Of Justice Stephen .1. Field Of The United States Supreme Court. ...
Field Artillery
Field Artillery. In The Contest For Military Superiority Among The Great Powers Of The World, The Greatest Activity, The Heaviest Ex Pense, And The Largest Number Of Experiments Are In The Direction Of The Development Of Field Artil Lery. The Twenty Years Succeeding The Franco Prussian War Saw Practically No ...
Field Cooking
Field Cooking. The Method Of Prepar Ing Soldiers' Rations In The Field. Field Kitchens Distinct Branch Of Instruction, And With The General Advantage Of Military Science And Hygiene Is Receiving More Than Ever Before Its Proper .4mre Of Attention. In The 'united States Post Commanders Are Responsible For The Proper ...
Field Measurements
Field Measurements. The Rapid Approxi Mate Measurement Of Distances Is Frequently Necessary In Field Operations. For Short Dis Tances Resort Is Had To The Use Of The Rule And Tape. For Longer Distances, Where Both Extreme Points Are Accessible, Measurement Is Ordinarily Made By Pacing, Running Over The Line With ...
Field_2
Field, Joirg (1782-1837). An English Com Poser, Born In Dublin. Lie Was The Immediate Pre Cursor And Probable Model Of Chopin And The Modern School Of Pianoforte Composition. Field Came Of Musical Stock. Nis Father Was A Violin Ist And His Grandfather, Of Whom He Took His First Lessons, An ...
Fieschi
Fieschi, Oritsliree Maria (1790. 1836). A Corsican, Notorious Through His At Tempt On The Life Of King Louis Philippe. At First A Shepherd, He Later Entered The Neapolitan Army Under Murat, Became A Sergeant And A Member Of The Royal Bodyguard, And Was Given The Cross Of The Two Sieilies ...
Fiesole
Fiesole, Simno D.a. See Mino Da Fiesole. Figvee, Joseph (1767-1s39). A French Publicist And Novelist. Born In Paris. Sur Ia Neccssite Dune Religion As Well As Many Cutting Epigrams, Made Him Unpoplar With The Directory, And He Thought It Prudent To Withdraw To The Country, Where He Spent His Leisure ...
Fifth And Later Weeks
Fifth And Later Weeks. By The Middle Of The Fifth Week The Embryo Is Nine Milli Meters In Length. The Am Niotic Sac Is Now So Much En Larged That It Is Everywhere In Contact With The Chorion. A True Umbilical Cord Of Some Length Has Developed From The Abdominal ...
Fig 3 Transitional Epithelium
Fig. 3. Transitional. Epithelium Of Bladder. Magnified 300 Times: A, Superficial Layer Of Cells; B, In Termediate Layer Of Cells; C, Deep Layer Of Cells; D, Fibrous Tissue. Lungs, The Membranous Labyrinth Of The Ear, And Occurs In A Few Other Places. It Consists Of A Single Layer Of Flat ...
Fig As
Fig (as. Fic, Ofr. Figue, Five, From Lat. Flees. Fig). A Name Given To A Large Group Of Plant, Very Diverse In Habits Of Growth And In Products Useful To Man. The Fig Of Commerce, Known Botanically As Fires Cancel, Is A Dioecious Plant, 15 To 30 Feet High, With ...
Figures Of Speech
Figures Of Speech. The General Term Under Which Are Comprised All Deviations In The Use Of Words From The Literal Sense, Or From The Literary Or Common Forms And Constructions. Such Deviations Have At Different Periods Been Variously Classified And Minutely Differentiated. At The Present Time The Tendency Is Toward ...
Fiji Or Vitiwo
Fiji Or Viti Wo) Islands. A Group Of Islands And A Crown Colony Of Great Britain, In The Southern Pacific, Between Lati Tudes 10° And 20' S., And Lictween Longitudes 177' E. And 178' \v. (map: Australasia, K 4). It Is The Largest And Most Valuable Group In Polynesia. It ...
Filangierl
Filangierl Felan-jyere, Gaetano (1752 88). An Italian Jurist, Best Remembered As The Author Of A Voluminous Treatise, La Seienrta Della Legislazione (the Science Of Legislation). He Was Born In Naples, Of A Noble Family, Was Trained For A Military Career, But Soon Abandoned It In Favor Of Legal And Scientific ...
Filaria
Fila'ria (from Lat. Filvm, Thread). A Para Site Found In The Blood, Lymph, And Other Fluids Of The Human Body. It Was First Seen By Demarquay, In 1863, In A Fluid Obtained From A Galactocele, And Was Identified In 1866 By Wueherer, Of Brazil. In 1868 Salisbury Found The Eggs ...
File As
File (as. Leo!, 011g. Fihala, Lila, Ger. Pelle, °church Slay. Pita, File; Connected Ultimately With Lat. Pingere, To Paint, ()church Slay. Pisati, To Write, Skt. Pi*, To Adorn). A Steel Instrument, With Sharp Ridges Or Teeth Made By The Indenta Tions Of A Chisel, Which Is Employed For Cutting Down ...
Filibusters
Filibusters (sp, Filibuster°. From Fr. Fribustier. From Dutch Rrijbucter, Boiler. Freebooter, From Cvij. Free + Butler. From Boric, Eng. Boot, Profit I. The Na111e Once Applied To A Class Of Piratieal Adventurers In The West Indies During The Seventeenth Century (see Ca N But Now Generally Used To Designate Any ...
Filigree
Filigree (formerly Migraine, Migrant., Fr. /ma•ano, From Lat. Mum, Thread Gronutn, Grain: The Old Filigree Work Being A Combination Of These Two Elements). The Name Applied To Deli Cate Wirework Ornaments, Usually Of Gold Or Silver Wire, Hvisted And Plaited Into Spirals And Other Convoluted Forms, Combined Lo Form A ...
Filioque
Fil'io'que. A Latin Phrase Meaning 'and From The Son,' Which Was Added To The Nicene Creed By The Western Church, And Has Formed A Prolific Source Of Controversy Between The Greek And Roman Catholic Chili-dies. According To The Received Greek Text, This Article Of The Creed Runs Thus: "and We ...
Filter And Filtration
Filter And Filtration (pr. 'hire, Oublet Of Fr., Of. Feutre, Ii. Fell Ro, Felt, From Ohg. Fib, Ger. As., Eng. Felt ; Connected With Ohg. Fat:, Ger. Rah, Fold, Lat. P4iere, To Drive). The Original And Oftentimes The Sole Object Of Filtration Is The Removal Of Suspend Ed Matter From ...
Filth Disease
Filth Disease. A Term That May Be Ap Plied To Any Disease Caused Or Supporte4 By Ac Cumulation Of Filth. The Term, Although Useful, Is Not Strictly Scientific. It Has Been Applied To Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Dysentery, And Diarrhoea, As Well As To Erysipelas, Pyremia, Septicannia, And Puerperal Fever. These ...
Finance
Finance' (lat. Finantia, Payment. Derivative Of Finare, To Pay A Fine, From Lat. Finis. End, Settle Ment). A Term Which Is Popularly Applied To The Management Of Transactions Involving Large Slims Of Money, Such As The Floating Of Great Corporate Enterprises And The Stock-exchange Transactions Incident The-eto; Or. On The ...
Financial Policy
Financial Policy. The Aim Of Financial Policy Can Be Summed Up As The Attainment Of Adequate Revenue, A Revenue Adequate To Fiscal Needs And Responsive To Changes In Them. This Involves The Questions Of Distribution Of Sources Of Revenue And Elasticity Of Income. The Separation Of Government Into National And ...
Finch As
Finch (as. Fine, Ger. Fink; Connected With Welsh Pine, Chaffinch, Russ. Pienka, Hedge-spar Row). The Popular Name Of A Great Number Of Species Of Small Birds Of The Family Fringillida' (q.v.). Many Of Them Have Great Powers Of Song, And Are Called By Bird-fanciers 'hard-billed Song-birds,' In Contradistinction To The ...
Findlay
Find'lay. A City And County-seat Of Han Cock County. Ohio, 44 Miles South Of Toledo; On The Blanchard River, And On The Toledo And Ohio Central; The Cincinnati, Hamilton And Dayton; The Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago And Saint Louis; The Lake Erie And Western, And Other Railroads (map: Ohio, C 3). ...
Fine
Fine. In Criminal Law, A Pecuniary Mulct Ur Punishment Imposed By A Eompetent Upon An Offender Convicted Of A Crime Or Misde Meanor. The Term Into Use In England During The Reign Of Edward 1., When It Beeame Common For A Court To Sentence :1 Culprit To A, Short Term ...
Finial
Finial ( From Lat. Finis, End). An Orna Ment Executed In The Round, Generally Carved To Resemble Foliage, And Forming The Upper Ter Mination Of Peaks, Pinnacles, Gables, Spires, And Other Pointed Structures. Finials Arc Found In Twiny Different Styles; In Greek Architecture, In He Exquisite Choragie Monument Of Lysierates ...
Fining
Fining ( From Fine. Deng. Finen, To Refine, From Fine, Pure. From Oe, Fr. Fin, From Lat. /ini Tus, P.p. Of Fin Ire, To End, From Finis, End), Or Cla 111f1 Cat I . The Process By Which Turbid Liquors Such As Beer Or Wine Are Clarified Or 11111(1(1 Clear. ...
Finland
Fin'land ( Fin. Suomenmaa, Land Lakes And Marshes). A Grand Duchy Of Russia. Extend Ing From About Latitude To About 711' N., And Lying Between Longitudes 20' 30' And 33° E. (slap: Russia, C 2). Its Extreme Length Is 700 Miles From North To South. The Greatest Breadth Is About ...
Finnish Language And Litera
Finnish Language And Litera Ture. The Finnish Language Belongs To The Finno-ugric Branch Of The Uralo-altaic Family Of Languages. The Tongues Of The Finno-ugric Group Are Spoken In Finland, Lapland, And Part Of The Baltic Provinces By A Number Of Finnic Tribes Scattered Over A Vast Area In Northern And ...
Fins
Fins Of Fishes. Fishes' Fins May Consist Of Mere Folds Of The Skin, Or These Membranous Folds May He Supported By Cartilaginous Or Bony Rods, The Fin Rays. When The Supporting Rays Arc Unsegmented, In Which Ease They Are Usually Strong, We Have A Spiny-rayed Fin Like The First Dorsal ...
Fir As
Fir (as. Furh, Teel. Furs, (mg. Forhu, Ger. Fiihre; Ultimately Connected With Lat. Quereus, Oak). The Popular Name Applied To Many Conif. Emus Trees Of The Genus Aides. This Name Ha< Often Been Employed To Embrace All The Evergreen Coniferous Trees That Have Short. Rigid Leaves, Occurring Singly. Scattered Over ...
Firdausi
Firdausi, F(ir'dou-se', Or Firdusi, Doo•sr.:', Ats1'1, Ria Si Ne Ansur, Or Ahniad, Or 11 Asa N (c.935-1020). The Greatest Epic Poet Of Persia, And One Of The Foremost In All Literature. Lie Was Born In Tus In Khorassan About 323 A.11. ( A 935). The Name Of His Father Is ...
Fire Alarm
Fire-alarm. A Fire-alarm System Consists Of A Telegraph With A Network Of Wires Running From A Main Office To All Parts Of A District. And Provided With Signal-boxes Conveniently Placed And Accessible, From Which Signals May Be Sent To The Fire Department By Any One Without Special Knowledge Of The ...
Fire Clay
Fire-clay. A Variety Of Clay Capable Of Withstanding A High Degree Of Heat. This Is Because It Contains Such A Low Percentage Of Fluxing Impurities Such As Iron, Lime, Magnesia, And Alkalies. A Good Fire-clay Should Resist A Temperature Of 2900° F., And Some Will Resist 3500° ; Hut, Unfortunately, ...
Fire Engine
Fire-engine. A Machine Employed For Throwing A Jet Of Water For The Purpose Of Ex Tinguishing Fire. Machines For The Extinguishing Of Fires Have Been Used From A Very Early Date. They Were Employed By The Romans, And Are Re Ferred To By Pliny; But He Gives No Account Of ...