George 1678 1707 Farquhar
Farquhar, George ( 1678-1707 ) An English Dramatist. He Was Born At London Derry, Ireland, And Entered Trinity College, Dub Lin, In 1694, But Left Without A Degree. He Was Then Engaged As An Actor By Orm Of The Dublin Theatres. Playing The Part Of Guyomar In Dry Den's Indian ...
George Barrell 1797 1881 Emerson
Emerson, George Barrell (1797-1881). An American Educator, Born At Kennebunk, Maine. He Graduated At Harvard, Where Lie Was Afterwards Tutor In Mathematics And Natural Philosophy. He Was A Popular Teacher In Boston For Many Years, And Served As President Of The Boston Society Of Natural History, And As Chair Man ...
Ginn Ngs
Ginn Ngs A Lodern El Ropean S, The Power Of Charles The Great's Successors Was Undermined By The Growing Independence Of The Magnates, Particularly Of Those Who Held The Offices Of Count Or Of Margrave. These Ollives,. As Well As The Domains That Went With Them, Coining To Be Regarded ...
Goths Suevi Vandals
Goths: Suevi; Vandals; Etc.) To The Roman Provincials (except In Britain) The Change Of Conditions Must Have Seemed Slight. They Had Often Been Ruled By German Officials, And The German Kings Who Now Ruled Them Held Official Titles Conferred By The Emperor At Rome Or The Emperor At Constantinople. The ...
Governmental Reg Lations
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Hats
Hats. Various Fabrics Which Are Technically Known As Felt, And Which Possess In Greater Or Less Degree The Qualities Of This Material, Are Manufactured For Use In Different Industries. In These Coarser Grades Of Felt Cove's Hair Is Often An Important Ingredient. The Felted Sheathing Used As A Non Conducting ...
Hearsay
Hearsay. What Others Than The Witness Have Said Before The Trial Is Not Generally Ad Missible In Evidence Because Not Sworn To, And Because Not Subject. To Cross-examination. This Rule, Known As The 'hearsay-evidence Rule,' Is Subject To Several Important Exceptions: (a) Ad Missions And Confessions.—statements, Either Oral Or Written, ...
Henry 1707 54 Fielding
Fielding, Henry ( 1707-54). An English Novelist, Not Improperly Called The Father Of The Modern Novel. The Son Of Gem Edmund Fielding, He Was Born At Sharpham Park, Near Glaston Bury, In Somersetshire, April 22, 1707. Ile Be Longed To The Younger Branch Of The Earls Of Denbigh, And His ...
Henry 1823 98 Flad
Flad, Henry (1823-98). An American Civil Engineer, Born In Bavaria. Soon After His Gradua Tion At The University Of Mnmmich, In 1846. He Came To The United States, Where He Was Appoint Ed Engineer On The Ohio And Mississippi Railroad, Then In Course Of Construction. He Was Elected President Of ...
Henry Fitzalan
Fitzal'an, Henry, Twelfth Earl Of Arundel (e.1511-so). An English Statesman, Son Of Wil Lian And Anne Percy. He Was A Godson Of Henry Viii., And Early Entered His Service. For His Part In The Storming Of Boulogne (1544) He Was Re Warded With The Office Of Lord Chamberlain, In Which ...
Herring
Herring. Under The Head Of Herring Fisheries May Be Considered All The Clupeiform Fishes, Such As Shad, Herring, Alewife, Sardine, And Menhaden. The True Herring, Or Sea Herring (clupea Haren Gus). Is Undoubtedly The Most Important Food Liah In Existence, Although In The United States Its Importance Is Much Less ...
Historical Development
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Historical Development
_historical Development. As Is The Case With Most Other Great Industrial Movements, It Would Be Difficult To Assign To The Origin Of The Factory System An Exact Place Or Date. The System Orig Inated In England In Textile Manufacture, Dur Ing The Latter Half Of The Eighteenth Century, Hut Its ...
Historical Development Of Milling
Historical Development Of Milling Proc Esses. Long Before The Dawn Of History Cereals Formed An Important Article Of Food For The Human Race, Especially For That Portion Of It In Haldting Temperate Climates. At First These Grains Were Used In The Wild State, Without Grind Ing Or Cooking. But Agriculture ...
History
History. The Finns Are Said To Have Dwelt On The Volga In The Seventh Century, And To Have Driven Eortheard At The Beginning Of The Eighth. The True Films Call Themselves Suomi. In The Teelith Century I He Swedes, Zealous For The Extension Of Christianity, And Perhaps Also Ambitious For ...
History
History. Of The Inhabitants Of England Before The First Century N.c. Little Is Known. In Some Of The Ancient Geographers There Are A Few Scattered Notices Of A Rude Population, With Whom A Limited Commerce In Tin Was Carried On By The Phmnieian Merchants; But Further Than This Our Information ...
History Of The Evolution
History Of' The Evolution Theory. Aristotle (me. 384-322) May Be Regarded As The Father Of The Theory Of Descent, Although Empedoeles Has Been Credited With The Conception. The Latter Taught In A Vague Way The Fact Of The Gradual Succession Of Life-forms From The Less To The More Perfect, Though ...
Hy M Enoptera
Hy M Enoptera. Still Better Adapted Than The Flies Are The Wasps, And Especially The Bees, Which Rely Almost Exclusively On A Floral Diet., And Are Most Iinport Ant As Fertilizers Of Flowers. In Bees (q.v.) The Mouth Parts Are Wonderfully Adapted For Probing Flowers, The Maxilla Being Specialized In ...
I Felibrige
Felibrige, 'i E'brizle. An Association Founded At The Chftteau Of Fontskgugne. Near Avignon. On May 21, 1854, And Organized In Its Present. Form At Avignon On May 21, 1876. Its Purpose Is Stated In The First Article Of Its Eon Stitntbm: "to Bring Together And To Encourage Those Who By ...
Ii Pisces
Ii. Pisces. Characterized By Having The Or Gans Of Respiration (gills) And The Organs Of Loco Motion (paired Fins) Adapted For An Aquatic Life. The Class Is Divided Into Subclasses, As Follows: (1) E/osmobronchii,—pisces With A Skeleton Composed Essentially Of Cartilage—the Sharks, Rays, Etc., Divided Into Three Orders, Cladoselachea, Pleuraeant ...
Imam Ilton 1 Sos
Fish, Imam Ilton 1 Sos- D3 ) . Au American Statesman. Ile Was Born In New York City, Graduated At Columbia College In 1827, Studied Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar In Ism. In 1842 He Was Elected To Congress As A Whig. In 1846 He Was The Whig ...
In Spermatophytes
In Spermatophytes. Among The Seed-plants The Conditions Are Quite Different. The Fertilized Egg Which Lies Within The Embryo-sac Of The Ovule Proceeds To Germinate At Once And To Form An Embryo Of A Variable Degree Of Advancement, And Then The Whole Process Is Checked By The Final Hardening Of The ...
In The Lower Animals
In The Lower Animals. Inflammation Of The Bowels, Among The Heavier Breeds Of Horses, Gen Erally Results From Some Error Of Diet, Such As A Long Fast, Followed By A Large, Hastily Devoured Meal, Indigestible Or Easily Fermentable Food, Or Large Draughts Of Water At Improper Times. When Thus Produced, ...
Increasing Power Of The
Increasing Power Of The After The Disruption Of The Frankish Empire The Unity Of Western Christendom Was Visibly Represented Only In The Roman Church. The Church Had Loyally Supported The Einpire, And Had Striven To Avert Its Destruction. When This Became Inevita Ble, The Church Naturally Secured As Much As ...
Inorganic Evolution
Inorganic Evolution. Under This Head May Be Comprised The Evolution Of The Cosmos Or Mate Rial Universe; The Evolution Of Our Solar System. It Is Chiefly Concerned With The Evolution Of °sir Own Planet, In The Manner Described By The Fram Ers Of The Nebular Hypothesis. It Involves The Gradual ...
Integument
Integument. Fishes Are Usually Eovered By Sealer Or Bony Plates. These May Become Very Minute, As In Eels, Or May Be Entirely Wanting, As In The Leather Carp, In Certain Eels, And In Many Of The Eat Fishes. Seales May Be Either Bony Or Horny, And Are Generally Imbricated Like ...
Internal Structure
Internal Structure. The Respiratory Organs Of Fishes Consist Of Gills. And In The Case Of Dipnoi, Of Gills And Lungs. In The Region Of The Pharynx The Alimentary Canal Communicates With The Exterior On Each Side By A Series Of Slits Called Gill-clefts. The Water Passing Through The Mouth Into ...
International Aspect
International Aspect. International Fishing Laws Are Mostly Regulated By Convention, And The Course Of Their Development Has Largely Depended Upon The Outcome Of Political Disputes. This Is Especially True Of The Fishing Laws Fixed By Treaty Between The United States And Great Britain, And Between Great Britain And France, In ...
Irreversibility Dissipation Of Energy
Dissipation Of Energy, Irreversibility, En Tropy. If A Body Is Changed From One State To An Other By A Series Of Operations, And Then, When Subjected To These Operations In An Opposite Sense And In Exactly The Reverse Order, The Body Returns To Its First State, The Whole Cycle Of ...
Izeiagion
Izeiagion. England Has An Established State Church, Eimmionly Called The Church Of England. However. There Are Numerous Dissenting Churches, And In Attendance And Membership The Country, The State Church Is Supposed To Lead By A Slight Majority Only. The Faith Of The Church, Since The Beformatinn, Is Known As Protestant ...
James Fisk
Fisk, James, ,la. (1834-72). An American Stock Speculator. He Was Born In Bennington, Vt., The Son Of A Peddler, And Received Scanty Schooling. After Trying Various Other Occupa Tions, He Took Up That Of His Father, And Finally Attracted The Attention Of Jordan & Marsh, The Boston Merchants, Of Whom ...
James Pollard 1785 1860espy
Espy, James Pollard ( 1785-1860 ) . An American Meteorologist, The Founder Of Modern Physical Or Theoretical Meteorology. Lie Was Horn In Westmoreland County, Pa.; Graduated In 1808 At The Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; Studied Law At Xenia, Ohio, And Was Principal Of The Academy At Cumberland. Md., From 1812 ...
James Thomas 1817 81fields
Fields, James Thomas ( 1817-81). An American Author And Publisher. He Was Born In Portsmouth, N. H., And Was Educated In The Pub Lic Schools Of That Place. In 1834 He Removed To Boston, And In 1839 He Became Junior Partner In The Publishing Firm Of Tieknor, Reed & Fields, ...
Japan
Japan Has 13 Regiments (117 Batteries) Of Field Artillery, Each Composed Of 1223 Men And 1405 Horses. Guns Of The Latest Italian Pattern With Shields Of The Last Model Are Used. There Is Also A New Quick-firing Gun, Designed By Colonel Krisalt Of The Japanese Artily, And Manufactured For Japan ...
Jean Gabriel 1775 1363eynard
Eynard, Jean Gabriel ( 1775-1363 ) . A French Banker Known For Iris Interest In The Cause Of Greek Independence. Lle Was Born At Lyons, And Settled At Geneva In 1810, After Ac Cumulating A Great Fortune In Mercantile Pur Suits At. Genoa, Italy. He Was The Ambassador Of The ...
Johann Franz 1791 1865 Encke
Encke, Johann Franz (1791-1865.) A Ger Man Astronomer, Born In Ilambnrg. Where His Father Was A Clergyman. After Studying At G6t Tingen, Tinder Gauss, He Took Part In The Cam Paign Of 1813-14, And In 1815 Scrved In The Prus Sian Army As Lieutenant Of Artillery. On The Establishment Of ...
Johann Gottlieb 1762 1814 Fichte
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814). An Illustrious German Philosopher. Ile Was Born The Son Of A Ribbon-weaver. At Rammenau, In Upper Lusatia, May 19, 1762. As A Lad Of Prom Ise He Attracted The Attention Of A Neighboring Nobleman, Baron Von Miltitz, Who Assisted Him In His Early Education. In 1776 ...
John 1743 98 Fitch
Fitch, John (1743-98 ) . A Distinguished American Inventor. Who Was One Of The First To Apply Steam To The Propulsion Of Boats. Lle Was Born At Windsor. Conn., And Was The Son Of A Farmer. After Receiving A Common-school Educa Tion He Made A Few Voyages Before The Mast, ...
John 1842 1901 Fiske
Fiske, John (1842-1901). An American Philosopher And Historian. His Original Name Was Edwin Fiske Green, But On The Second Mar Riage Of His Mother (1855) He Assumed The Name Of His Maternal Great-grandfather, John Fiske. Ile Was Born At Hartford, Conn., March 30, 1842. As A Child He Exhibited Remarkable ...
Joiin Farley
Far'ley, Joiin Mt:1{1'11v ( 1842—) . An American Roman Catholic Prelate, Born At New Ton Hamilton, Ireland. Lle Came To America After His Education Had Begun, Was A Student In The Provincial Seminary At Troy, And Completed His Theological Studies At The American College In Rome. Here Lie Was Ordained ...
Join Henry 1818 741 Foley
Fo'ley, Join Henry (1818-741. An Irish Sculptor. He Was Born In Dublin. May 24. Isis. And Studied At The Dublin Society Of Art, And Afterwards At The Royal Academy. Landon. Ile First Exhibited, In 18311, The "death Of Abel" And "innocence," And Made A Decided Reputation By His "ha, And ...
Jules Claude Gabriel 1809 80
Favre, Jules Claude Gabriel (1809-80). A French Advocate, Author, And Politician. Ile Was Born At Lyons, March 21, 1509, And Studied For The Bar At Paris, Where He Took An Active Part In The July 1:evolution Of 1830. On Re Turning To Lyons. The Same Year, He Became Noted For ...
Khso
= Khso, Sinigrin Allyl Sulpho- Glucose Acid Cyanate Potassium Sulphate The Principal Enzymes, Their Distribution, The Substances They Attack, And The Chief Products Of Their Action Are Shown By The Following Table: By Crushing Or Grinding The Plant Tissue, Extract Ing It For Twenty-four Hours With Several Vol Umes Of ...
Kingdom Of
Kingdom Of Akst.tx. The Mountain Region Of Abyssinia Was Probably Inhabited In Very Early Times By Semites As Well As By Hamites. Whether The Original Home Of The Former Was In Africa Or In Arabia (see Semites ) , The Overflow Of Popula Tion Would Naturally Set In The Direction ...
Kingdom Of Napata
Kingdom Of Napata. For A Description Of That Part Of The Nile Valley Which Was Ruled From Napata, See Numa, And For The City Itself, See Barkal And Napata. Already In The Time Of The Old Empire The Egyptians Had Relations With Their Southern Neighbors. From The Forests Of Nubia ...
L Ferrari
Ferrari, (l T'denzio (1471-1546). An 'ital Ian Painter Of The Lombard-nilattese School. Ile Was Horn At Valduggia. In Piedmont. We Know Little Of His Life, Which Was Paved Mostly At Vercelli. Varallo. And :milan. Where He Took Up His Residence In 1536, And Died On January 31, 1516. It Is ...
Liability Of Insular Faunas
Liability Of Insular Faunas To Destimction. The Examples ,inst. Recounted Illustrate Cases In Which Inhabitants Of Small Islands Have Succumbed To Changes In Their Limited Circum Stances. Thus The New Zealand Group Has Lost Several Birds Which Were Either Confined To Iso Lated :hai Limited Places Or Were Helpless To ...
Literature
Literature. The Great Interest, In Military Circles Concerning Explosives Has Led To Time Pub Lication Of A Periodical In London Entitled Arms And Explosives. The Bureau Of Ordnance Of The United States War Department Issues, At In Tervals. Notes On The Construction Of Ordnance, Which Contains The Latest Information On ...
Literature C
Literature. C. Darwin, The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection (first Edition, London, 1859; Sixth Edition. 1371) : Descent Of Man (new York, 1s72) ; The Variation Of Ani Mals And Plants Under Domestication (london, 1881) ; A. R. Wallace, Natural Selection (lon Don And New York, 1s70) ...
Lloyds
Lloyds. In The Early Nineties There Were Or Ganized In The States A Large Number Of Fire Companies On The Plan Of The English Lloyds. Most Of These Companies Were Located In New York, Where A Special Provision Of The Insurance Law Gave Them A Temporary Advantage. A `lloyds' Is ...
Local Finance
Finance, Local. As A Result Of The Division Of Authority And Functions Between Central And Local Governments, A Distinction Is Coming To Be Clearly Drawn Between General And Local Financial Operations. The Extent Of The Latter Has Been Treated At The Beginning Of This Article; It Is Here Necessary To ...
Ludwig Andreas 180472 Feuerbach
Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas (1804.72). A German Philosopher, Fourth Son Of Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach. Lie Was Horn At Landshut. After Studying Theology For Two Years At Heidelberg Under Paulus And Daub, In 1824 He Was Attracted To Berlin For The Purpose Of Hearing Hegel, And Soon Afterwards He Abandoned Theology ...
Luminosity
Luminosity. The Luminosity Of Flames, Such As Those Obtained By Burning Coal-gas Or A Candle, Is Due Mainly To The' Incandescence Of The Carbon Particles Produced By The Chemical Decomposition Of The Combustible Gases. If Enough Air Is Mixed With The Latter Previous To Their Entering The Flame, Complete Combustion ...
Magnus Felix Ennoidius
Ennoidius, Magnus Felix (e.473-521). A Bishop Of Tieinum (pavia). His Writings Sug Gest That He May Have Been Trained For The Pro Fession Of Rhetoric. He Took Deacon's Orders At About The Age Of Twenty. In 514 Pope Hormis Das Appointed Him Bishop Of Ticinum. He Was Twice Sent As ...
Manufacture
Manufacture. Formerly, All Files Were Hand Made, The Steel Bar Being Forged To Shape, Ground Smooth, And Mit By Hand Tools. Most Tiles Are Now Made By Machinery Designed To Perform All Of These Essential Operations. The Old Method Of Hand Cutting Has A Peculiar Interest Because Of The Deftness ...
Mari 1800 74 Fillmore
Fill'more, Mari) (1800-74). The Thirteenth President Of The Coiled States. Lie Was Born In Cayuga County, N. Y., February 7, 1800. After A Youth Of Industry With Little Op Portunity For Education, He Undertook The Study Of Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1823. Nis Practice Of His ...
Matriarciiate
Matriarciiate.) Polyandry Is Common, And De Scent Is Reckoned Only Through The Mother. The Father Is Frequently Kept At A Distance, And Some Times Is Not Even Regarded As A Blood Relative Of His Own Children. A Higher Form Is The Patriarchal Family, Which Is Almost Universally Accompanied By Polygamy. ...
Mechanism For Flight
Mechanism For Flight. The Wings Of Verte Brates Are Modifications Of The Fore Limbs; These In Bats And Pterodactyls Support, Or Supported, A Thin Membrane, While In Birds The Bones Sup Port Stiff Feathers. In Bats The Thumb Is Free, The Bones Corresponding To The Fingers Of Man Greatly Elongated. ...
Medico Legal Importance Of Epilepsy
Medico-legal Importance Of Epilepsy. At Tacks Of Psychic Epilepsy Are Of Vast Medico-legal Importance. Epilepsy Is Common Among The Criminal Class, And The Lower Type Of Epileptic Is Cunning, Deceitful, Treacherous, And Bold. Bevan Lewis C.•ils ,:itention To The Fact That Leading Ideas, Delusional (1. Otherwise, Prevailing In The Pre-paroxysmal ...
Mental Evolution
Mental Evolution. The Actions Of Animals Are Physiological Or Reflex, Instinctive, And Ration Al. .,nlan, With His Exalted Nervous Vigor And Brain Power, Alone Thinks, Reflects, Or Is Self-conscious. It Is Probable That The More Intelligent Insects, And Most Of The Vertebrates, Are Conscious Agents. It Is Well-nigh Impossible In ...
Michael 1791 1867 Faraday
Far'aday, :michael (1791-1867). A Dis Tinguished English Chemist And Physicist. He Was Born Near London, The Son Of A Blacksmith, And At An Early Age Was Apprenticed To A Bookbinder. Ile Devoted His Leisure Time To Science, And, Among Other Things, Made Experiments With An Electrical Machine Of His Own ...
Military Organizations
Military Organizations. The Element Of Personal Relationship, Which Is The Main Char Acteristic Of The Feudal System, Affected To A Marked Degree The Organization Even Of The Medi •val Army. The Fighting Force Under Feudal Con Ditions Was Marked By Four Main Characteristics: (1) Its Members Were A Military Class; ...
Military Uses Of Explosives
Military Uses Of Explosives. The Principal Use Of Explosives Is, Of Course, For Military Pur Poses, Where They Are Employed As Propelling And As Bursting Charges For Projectiles. An Explosive For Use As A Propelling Charge In A Gun Should Give In That Gun As Low Maximum Pressures And As ...
Militia
Militia. In 1899 The Organized Aggregate Mili Tia Of Florida Was 1258, Of Whom 1167 Were Mem Bers Of The Infantry And 91 Of The Light Batteries. In 1900 The Males Of Military Age Numbered 114.500. Tallahassee Is The Capital Of The State. Three Representatives Are Sent To The Lower ...
Mimic
Mimic Languages Are Commonly Indicated By Prepositions. Verbs Have But Two Tenses, Present And Past, The Future Tense Being Expressed By A Circumlocution; But Their Conjugation Is Very Intricate. The Language Is Capable Of Expressing The Nicest Shades Of Meaning. Consult Eliot, Finnish Oman:tar (oxford. 1s89). The Chief Monument Of ...
Mining
Mining. England Has Great Resources Of Coal, And Annually Produces Over Two-thirds Of The Coal Output Of The United Kingdom. There Are Two Principal Producing Areas, The Region About New Castle And That Of Southeastern Lancashire, South Western Yorkshire. Northern Derbyshire, And Western Nottinghamshire. The Production Of The Former District ...
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Fiske, Minnie Maddern (1865—). A Prom Inent American Actress, Horn In New Orleans, Of Theatrical Parents, Her Father, Thomas Davey, Being A Manager. Maddern Was Her Mother's Family Name. From Infancy Her Life Was Large Ly Spent In The Theatre, And At Three Years She Made Her Regular Appearance Upon ...
Modes Of Flight
Modes Of Flight. Broadly Speaking, There Are Two Modes Of Flight: (1) By Repeated Strokes Of The Wings; And (2) By Gliding Or Sailing With Outstretched, Almost Motionless, Wings; But Al Most Every Intermediate Condition Is To Be Met With. The Humming-bird And Albatross Represent The Extremes Of These Methods; ...
Moses Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Moses .taeon ( 1844— ) . An American Sculptor, Born In Richmond. Va. Ile Was Educated In His Native City, And Fought In The Civil War. In 1869 He Entered The Academy Of Art, In Berlin, Where He Studied Under Wolf. And In 1873 Received The Michael Beer Prize ...
Mountstuart 1779 1859 Elphinstone
Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859). An Anglo-indian Statesman And Historian, One Of The Founders Of The Indian Empire, The Fourth Son Of John, Eleventh Baron Elphinstone. Part Of His Boyhood Was Spent In Edinburgh Castle, Of Which Stronghold His Father Was Governor. He Ivan Educated At The Edinburgh High School, And Afterwards ...
Municipal Fire Protection
Fire Protection, Municipal. The Fire Protection Service Includes Not Only The Fire-alarm Telegraph. Fire-engines, And Water-works (qq.v.), But A Variety Of Apparatus Used In Fire Fighting, Horses To Draw The Apparatus, And Men To Operate And Direct' The Whole. The Sum Total, With The General Exception Of The Water-works System, ...
Municipal Protection
Protection, Municipal. A Stationary Or Portable Device To Enable People To Escape From Burning Buildings When Ordinary Means Of Egress To The Ground Are Destroyed Or Eat Off By Flames. The Standard Fire-escape Used In America, And Re Quired By Most City Building Laws, Consists Of Balconies Attached One Above ...
N Itc10 1569 1622
N Itc10 (1569-1622), His Son And Successor In The Duchy Of Parma, Was Sombre, Greedy, And Proud. Ile Was Succeeded By His Second Son, Odoa Rdo (1612-46), A Prince Remarkable For The Elegance Of His Manners, His Magnificence, Mag Nanimity, And Farnese (1692-l766), The Daughter Of Odoardo H., Mar Ried, ...
National Organization Of Italy
National Organization Of Italy And Ger Many ( 1859-71 ) The Unification Of Italy And Germany, Which The Popular Revolutions Of 1848 Had Failed To Achieve, Was Accomplished By Revo Lution From Above. In Italy The Movement Was Initiated And Directed By The Sardinian Premier. Cavour (q.v.) ; In Germany ...
National And Sy Ni
Flowers, National And Sy Ni Iiolica L. The Use Of Flowers Its Symbols Began In Very Early Times, And Has Eontinned To The Preseut Day Among Nearly All Nations. Biblical Literature Contains Many Allusions To Floral Symbols. And China Once Possessed A Complete Floral Alphabet. At The Present Day The ...
Natural Selection
Natural Selection. After The Ea Rth Breame Stocked \vith Even A Few Comparatively Simple Forms, The Selective Principles In Nature Began To Operate, Resulting In The Preservation Of The Fittest. The Factor Of Natural Selection, As Stated By Wallace, Is Based First On "the Enormous Powers Of Increase In Geometrical ...
Nemea Olympia Olympiadolympic
Nemea ; Olympia; Olympiad; Olympic Games; I'ytiiian Games. As In Greece, So In Italy, The Festivals Were In Earlier Times Comparatively Few In Number. Among Them Were Distinctly Animistic Feasts Such As The Lemuralia And The Fcralia. The Roman Receptivity To Foreign Religious Customs Subsequently Led To A Great Increase, ...
Nets And Weirs
Nets And Weirs. The Principal Nets Are The Beanctrawl, The Gill-net, And Seine. In America The 'long Line' Is Known As A Trawl, But In Eng Land This Term Refers To A Large, Purse-shaped Net Attached To A Front Beam. Which Is Weighted And Dragged At Varying Depths Near Or ...
New Structures
New Structures. An Interesting Example Of The Origin Of A New Structure Due To Change In Habits And To Resulting Strains And Movements Is The Formation Of Bivalve Shells In Animals Of Classes So Unlike As The Bivalve Mollusks (pele Cypoda) And The Ostracod, Phyllopod, And Phyb Loearidan Crustaceans. The ...
Nitroglycerin
Nitroglycerin. This Most Powerful Explosive Was Discovered By Ascanio Sobrero, In Turin, Italy, 1547, And Is A Colorless Or Light Yellow Oily Liquid Made By Passing Pure Glycerin Into A Mixture Of Concentrated Nitric Acid And Sul Phuric Acid Which Explodes Violently At 150° C. Its Tendency To Decompose, Resulting ...
Odern Em Ba Lm
Odern Em Ba Lm Ing. The Art Of Emhahning Was Probably Never Lost In Europe. The Develop Ment Of Nnalern Nwthods, However, May Be Said To Date From The Beginning Of The Eighteenth Cen Tury. It Is Said That Arterial Injection Of Em Balming Fluid For The Preservation Of A ...
Of The Old Testament
Of The Old Testament. The Bible Of The Apostolic Church Was, Natu Rally, The Scriptures Of The Jews, And These Scrip Tures Mainly In The Greek Form Of The Septuagint Translation, Since The Popular Ignorance Of The Hebrew Language At That Time Rendered Direct Use Of The Original Text Impossible. ...