Galchas
Galchas, Gill'chaz. The Designation Of A Number Of Tribes In The Plateaus And Valleys Of The Pamir And Hindu Rush, In Ferghana, The Basins Of The Zerafshan, Amu Darya, Etc., Who Physically Belong To The White Race, And Linguis Tically To The Aryan Stock. They Are Generally Thick-set, Brachycephalic, And ...
Galiani
Galiani, Ferninando (1728-87). An Italian Savant, Born In Chieti, In The Abruz Zi. Philosophy, Archolog,y, History, And More Especially The Science Of Political Economy, Were His Favorite Studies; But He First Attracted No Tice By A Clever Squib On The Death Of The Pub Lic Executioner. This Consisted Of A ...
Galicia
Galicia, Span. Pron. Ga-wthe-ft. A Politi Cal Division Of Spain, Bounded On The North By The Atlantic, On The East By The Provinces Of As Turias And Ledn, On The South By Portugal, And On The West By The Atlantic (map: Spain, A 1). Area, 11,344 Square Miles. The Surface ...
Galicia
Galicia, Ga-llshli-a (ger. Giilizien). The Largest Of The Austrian Crownlands, Situated In The Northeastern Part Of Austria-hungary, Bound Ed By Russia On The North And East. Bukowina On The Southeast, Hungary On The South And South West, And Austrian And Prussian Silesia On The West (map: Austria, H 2). Its ...
Galileo
Galileo, Girle-10), Galileo Galilei, Git'le-lit/6 (1564-1642). An Italian Physicist And Astronomer, One Of The Founders Of Modern Experi Mental Science. He Was Born In Pisa, In February, 1564, Of A Florentine Family More Ancient Than Opulent. By Desire Of His Father, A Mathematician Of Considerable Ability, He Directed His Early ...
Galiveston
Galiveston. A City, Port Of Entry, And The County-seat Of Galveston County, Tex., On Gal Veston Island, At The Mouth Of Galveston Bay, 50 Miles Southeast Of Houston; On The Southern Pacific, The International And Great Northern, The Missouri, Kansas And Texas, The Gulf, Colo Rado And Santa Fe, And ...
Gall
Gall, Gal, Franz Joseph (1758-1828). The Founder Of Phrenology,born At Tiefenbrann, Baden. He Studied Medicine At Strassburg And Vienna, And Settled In The Latter Place As A Practicing Phy Sician. He Became Known By The Publication Of His Philosophisch-medizinische Untersuchungen Fiber Watur Und Kunst Ins Gesunden Und Kranken Zu Stande ...
Gall Insects
Gall-insects (from Lat. Galls, Gall-nut). Until About Two Hundred Years Ago Galls Were Supposed To Be Purely Of Vegetable Origin, And The Maggots That Grow Within Them Were Supposed To Arise By Spontaneous Generation In The Organic Substances In The Galls. Pliny Knew That A Fly Came From Galls, And ...
Gallenga
Gallenga, Gal-1611'ga, Antonio ( 1810-95). An Italian Historian And Publicist, Born At Par Ma. He Began The Study Of Medicine At The University Of Parma, But Soon Abandoned It For A Literary Career. After The Insurrection Of 1831, In Which He Played A Part, He Had To Go Into Exile, ...
Gallery Of
Gallery (of. Generic, Galerie, Fr. Galore; Probably A Special Use Of Of. Generic., Galcric, Mirth, From Gale, Festivity, From As. Gal, 011g., Ger. Grit, Wanton). A Word With Several Appli Cations In Architecture. (1) A Long Open Struc Ture In The Upper Part Of A Building, Whether Projecting Or Not, ...
Galley Of
Galley (of. Galee, Galie, It. Galea, From Ml. Galea, Ga Mgk.-yaxea,galea,yaxala,galaia, Galley). The Name Generally Applied To Vessels Using Sails And Oars. The Ships Of The Ancients Were Practically All Of,this Character, Hence They Are Generally Spoken Of As Galleys. A Bas-relief At Thebes Represents A Naval Victory Gained By ...
Gallican Church
Gallican Church. The National Church Of France. The Term Is Frequently Used, How Ever, Not So Much In Its Historical Or Geographical Sense As In The Narrower Signification Attached To The Word Gallicanism—a School Of Thought Which Asserts Certain Principles Of More Or Less Inde Pendent Church Government And Prerogatives ...
Gallio
Gallio, Lucius Junius Annxus. The Mime Assumed By Marcus Anneeus Novatus From That Of Lucius Junius Gallio, The Rhetorician, By Whom, As A Friend Of His Father, Marcus Annwus Seneca, He Had Been Adopted. He Was An Older Brother Of The Philosopher Lucius Annmus Seneca, And Of The Geographer Lucius ...
Gallissonniere
Gallissonniere, Gal1e's5'nyae, Angus Mix Felix Elisabeth Babrin, Comte De La (1742 1828) . A French Soldier. He Was A Nephew Of Roland Michel Barrin, Marquis De La Gallis Sonniere, And Was Born At Anjou. He Entered The Navy While He Was A Boy, And Served Under His Uncle In Canada; ...
Galloway
Gal'loway. An Ancient Province In The Southwest Of Scotland, Now Merged In The County Of And The Stewartry Of Kirkcudbright. The Designation, Though Still In Use, Has No Po Litical Significance. The District, About 70 Miles Long By 40 Miles Broad, Is Famed For Its Moun Tain, Lake, Stream, And ...
Galls
Galls. In Plants, Deformities Caused By The Presence Of Foreign Living Organisms In The Tis Sues, By Substances Which These Organisms Have Produced, Or By Both Causes Combined. The Tech Nical Term `cecidium' Has Been Proposed As A Sub Stitute For 'gall,' With The Purpose Of Using It With Prefixes ...
Gallus
Gallus, Gmus Cornelius (s.c. 66-26). A Roman Poet, Orator, And General, Born Of A Hum Ble Family At Forum Iulii (now Frejus) In South Eastern Gaul. At An Early Age, Like Many Provin Cials, He Went To Rome For An Education, And Attended The Lectures Of The Epicurean Philoso Pher ...
Galminiile
Galminiile '(lat. Gallinula, Diminutive Of Galling, Hen). A Bird Of One Or Other Of The Genera Gallinula, Iornis, Etc., Of The Family Ral Lithe, Closely Allied To The Coots, And Having The Upper Mandible Similarly Extending Up On The Forehead In A Naked Soft Plate, But The Toes Usual Ly ...
Galt
Galt, Sir Alexander Trimocit (1817-93). A Canadian Financier And Statesman. He Was Born In Chelsea, London, Was Educated Privately, And In 1835 Removed To Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, Where He Had Been Appointed To A Clerkship In A Colonization Society. He Remained In The Service Of This Company Until 1856, And ...
Galvani
Galvani, Gal-vii'n6, Lmot (1737-98). A Famous Italian Physician And Anatomist, And The Discoverer Of Current Or 'galvanic' Electricity. He Was Born At Bologna, And At An Early Age Re Linquished An Intention Of Entering The Church, To Follow The Profession Of Medicine, Devoting Himself To The Study Of Physiology And ...
Galvanic Battery
Galvanic Battery. The Names Of Gal Vani And Volta Have Both Become Inseparably Associated With The Earliest Device To Produce A Continuous Current Of Electricity—a Device Now Commonly Known As A Voltaic Cell. In Its Simplest Form It Consisted Of A Strip Of Zinc And One Of Copper Immersed In ...
Galvanized Iron
Galvanized Iron. Iron Which Has Been Coated With Zinc, To Prevent It From Rusting. The Iron Is Simply Dipped Or Immersed In Melted Zinc, Not Coated By Any Galvanic Process, As Its Name Would Imply. The Process Of Galvanizing Iron Is Now Practiced On A Most Extensive Scale. The French ...
Galvanometer
Gal'vanom'eter (from Galvanic + Gk. Airpov, Metron, Measure). An Instrument For Detecting The Presence Of An Electric Current And Measuring Its Magnitude. It Consists Of A Coil Of In Sulated Wire Surrounding A Magnet, Freely Hung Or Pivoted So As To Be Easily Deflected By The Passage Of A Current ...
Galvez
Galvez, Galfvfith, Belabdo, Count De (1755-86). A Spanish Administrator, Governor Of Louisiana And Viceroy Of Mexico. He Was Born Near Malaga, A Member Of A Powerful Spanish Family; Entered The Army In 1771; Studied Mili Tary Science In France In 1772-75; Served Under O'reilly Against The Algerians In The Latter ...
Galway
Galway. The Capital Of Galway County, Ireland, A Municipal And Parliamentary Bor Ough, Seaport, And Civic County At The Mouth Of The Corrib On The North Shore Of Galway Bay. 50 Miles North-northwest Of Limerick, And 130 Miles West Of Dublin (map: Ireland, B 3). It Is Built On Both ...
Gama
Gama, Gii'ma, Vasco Da. (c.1469-1524). A Portuguese Navigator And The First European To Reach India By The Maritime Route Round Africa. He Was Descended From A Noble Family, And Was Born At Sines, A Small Seaport Of Portugal. After Some Years At Court He Was Chosen To Com Mand The ...
Gamaliel
Gamaliel, (heb., 'god Is A Re Ward'). A Noted Pharisee, Twice Referred To In The Book Of Acts : (1) In V. 34-39, Where, As A Member Of The Sanhedrin, He Counseled, From The Point Of Caution, Moderate Measures Regarding Peter And The Other Apostles; And (2) In Xxii. 3, ...
Gamboge
Gamboge, Gam-woj', Or -1)6r, Or Gam Boge (from Camboja, Cambodia, Skt. Kamboja,. Where The Tree Abounds). A Gum Resin Brought From The East Indies, And Believed To Be The Produce Chiefly Of Garcinia Cambogia, Also Known As Garcinia Cambogioides, A Tree Of The Natural Order Guttiferke, A Native Of Ceylon, ...
Game Laws
Game Laws. Statutes Enacted Either For The Purpose Of Protecting Persons In The Enjoy Ment Of Certain Sporting Rights, Or Of Protecting Game From Improper Destruction. Previous To The Norman Conquest Of England There Were No Restrictions Against The Hunting Of Game, Except A General Law Prohibiting The Hunting Of ...
Game Preserve
Game Preserve. A Park Stocked With Game, Or A Tract Of Country, Sometimes Inclosed, And Set Apart For The Protection Of Game. At The Beginning Of The Middle Ages The Rulers Of Euro Pean Countries Maintained Their Own Hunting Grounds Or Forests, A Fashion Which Was Soon Fol Lowed By ...
Ganges
Ganges, Ganfjez (skt. Gangd, Stream). An Important River Of Northern India, Rising In Garhwal, In Latitude 30° 56' 4" N., And Longi Tude 76° 6' 40" E. It Drains The Southern Ranges Of The Himalayas, And After A Southern And East Ern Course Of 1557 Miles Flows Into The Northern ...
Gannet As
Gannet (as. Ganot, Garret, Ohg. Ganazzo, Mhg. Gauze, Gander; Connected Ultimately With Lat. Wiser, Gk. Xi)v, Then, Skt. Hainsa, Goose). A Large Gregarious Seabird, Closely Allied To The Pelicans. Gannets Frequent The Coasts Of Most Parts Of The World Offering Rocky Cliffs Upon Which They May Breed In Fair Security, ...
Ganymede
Gan'ymede (lat., From Gk. 'raw 1.17,67s). According To The Iliad, The Son Of Tros; Or, Ac Cording To Others, Of Laomedon, Ilus, Or Erich Thonius. The Most Beautiful Of Mortals, He Was Carried To Heaven To Become The Cup-bearer Of Zeus. The _legend Gradually Developed, And It Was The Common ...
Gapes
Gapes, Gaps (from Gape, Icel. Gapa, A Yawn). A Disease Of Poultry, Due To The Presence Of A Round Gapeworm ( Syngamus Trachealis) Of Near Ly Universal Distribution, Found In The Trachea Of Gallinaceous Birds. Infested Birds Assume A Char Acteristic Drooping Attitude In Walking Or Stand Ing, Are Attacked ...
Garbage And Refuse Disposal
Garbage And Refuse Disposal (me. Garbage, Entrails Of Fowls; Probably From Of. Garbage, Tribute Paid In Sheaves, From Garbe, Sheaf). A Term Used In The United States To Des Ignate Kitchen Wastes Of Animal And Vegetable Origin, Incident To The Preparation And Serving Of Food. Associated With It There Is ...
Garda
Garda, Gilr'da (lat. Lacus Benacus). The Largest Lake In Italy. It Is 34 Miles Long, From 3 To 11 Miles Broad, 189 Square Miles In Area, And Its Greatest Depth Is 1135 Feet (map: Italy, E 2). Its Northern Extremity Is In Tyrol, And Pescbiera, At Its Southern Extremity, Is ...
Garibaldi
Garibaldi, Gli'r4-biilide, Giuseppe (1807 82). An Italian Patriot And Liberator, Born At Nice, July 4, 1807. He Was A Sailor's Son, And Adopted The Sea As His Own Calling, And As Early As 1830 Was In Command Of A Brig. It Was About This Time That He Became Interested In ...
Garlic As
Garlic (as. Garleac, From Gar, Spear + /jac, Leek, So Called From The Shape Of The Leaves), Sativum. A Bulbous-rooted Plant, Native Of The East, Cultivated From The Earliest Ages. The Stem Rises To The Height Of About Two Feet, Is Unbranched, And Bears At The Top An Umbel Of ...
Garnet Me
Garnet (me. Garnet, Grenat, From Of. Grenat, It. Granato, From Ml. Granatus, Garnet, Either On Account Of Its Crimson Color, From Ml. Granata, Cochineal Insect, Supposed To Be A Seed Or Berry, Or From Lat. Granalum, Pomegranate, As Resembling In Shape And Color Pomegranate Seeds; In Either Case From Lat. ...
Garnishment
Garnishment (from Garnish, From Of. Garnir, Guarnir, Irarair, Fr. Garnir, From Ohg. Tcanion, Ger. Seamen, As. Tcearnian, Eng. Warn). A Process By Which Chattels, Rights, Or Credits Belonging To The Defendant In An Action, But Which Are In The Possession Of A Third Person. Are Seized And Applied To The ...
Garter Snake
Garter-snake (so-called From Its Color Stripes) . An Elastic Name Given In North America To Any Of Various Small Snakes, But Properly Ap Plied To Striped Species Of The Genus Eutania, Which Includes Those Most Often Seen Of All Our Serpents. The Genus Is Widespread, And Contains, According To Cope, ...
Gascoigne
Gascoigne, Gas-koill', George ( C.1535-77 ) An English Poet. He Was Born About 1535, The Son Of Sir John Gascoigne, Of Cardington, Bed Fordshire, And Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge, But Left Without A Degree, Entering, It Is Said, The Middle Temple Before 1548. In 1555 He Became A ...
Gassendi
Gassendi, Gft'sitic'de', Or Gassend, Gas' Sin', Pierre (1592-1655). An Eminent French Philosopher And Mathematician. He Was Born At Champtercier, A Little Village Of Provence, In The Department Of The Lower Alps. His Unusual Powers Of Mind Showed Themselves At An Early Age; And At The Age Of Sixteen He Became ...
Gastrieia Theory
Gastrieia Theory (neo-lat., From Gk. -yacrrhp, Gas Ter, Stomach). A Theory Propounded By E. Haeckel, According To Which The Gastrula Stage In The Development Of Animals (see Em Eryology) Is A Recapitulation Of A Hypothetical Common Ancestor—the Gastma; For Just As The Two-layered Gastrula Stage, Although Sometimes Disguised By The ...
Gastritis
Gastritis (neo-lat., From Gk. Yacrrhp, Gas Tar, Stomach). A Disease In Which The Mucous Membrane Of The Stomach Is The Scat Of Disordered Action Accompanied By Inflammation. Acute Gas Tritis May Be Of Three Forms: (1) Acute Ca Tarrhal Gastritis, In Which There Is A Feeling Of Fullness, Production Of ...
Gates
Gates, Horatio (1728-1806). An American Soldier, Prominent In The Revolutionary War. Iie Was Born At Malden. Essex County, England, His Parents Being Servants In The Household Of The Duke Of Leeds. Ile Entered The Army When Very Young, Came To America In 1753, And, As Major. Served Under Braddock (q.v.) ...
Gates_2
Gates, Sir Thomas ( ?-c.1621). The First Regular Colonial Governor Of Virginia Under The Virginia Company. He Was Born Probably At Colyford, Devonshire, England; Entered The Mili Tary Service; Accompanied Sir Francis Drake On His Voyage To America In 1585-86, And For His Conduct At The Capture Of Cadiz Was ...
Gateway
Gateway. The Passage Or Opening In Which A Gate Or Large Door Is Hung. This May Be Either A Mere Opening In A Wall Or A Covered Way Vaulted Or Roofed Over. It Differs From A Door Way In That It Does Not Open Directly Into A Building. A Monumental ...
Gatschet
Gatschet, Ga'shal, Albert Samuel (1832 —). An American Philologist And Ethnologist, Born At Saint Beatenberg, Bern, Switzerland. He Studied At The Universities Of Bern And Berlin, Made Investigations Regarding The Swiss Dialects, And Published Ortsetymologisehe Forschungen Als Beitriige Zu Einer Toponomastik Der Schweiz (1865-67), And Promenade Onomatologique Sur Les Bords ...
Gauden
Gauden, Gg'dcn, Joun (1605-62). An Eng Lish Prelate And Author. He Was Born At May Land, Essex, Where His Father Was Vicar. After Education At Bury. Saint Edmund's, He Entered Saint John's College, Cambridge, And Obtained The Degrees Of B.a. And M.a. While A Tutor At Oxford He Took The ...
Gauge
Gauge (from Of. Gauge, Jauge; Connected With Ml. Gaugatum, Gauging Of A Wine-cask, Jalagium, Right To Gauge Wine-casks, And Prob Ably With Plea, Gallon, Of., Fr. Jale, Bowl). In Mechanics, An Instrument For Determining The Dimensions, Quantity, Force, Capacity, Etc., Of Anything. Gauges Are Of Various Forms, And Are Employed ...
Gaugua
Gaugua, Goulgwa. See Guagua. Gaul (lat. Gallia). The Name Given By The Romans To That Portion Of Western Europe Which Is In The Main Identical With France, Al Though Extending Beyond The Bounds Of The Mod Ern State. In The Earliest Times This Region, Bounded By The Atlantic, The Rhine, ...
Gaur
Gaur, Gour, Or Dour. The Mediaeval Cap Ital Of Bengal, Situated On The Arm Of The Ganges Called The Bhagirathi, In Latitude 24° 52' N. And Longitude 88° 10' E. According To Tradition, The City Was Founded In The Twelfth Century By Lakshmanasena Of The Vaidya Dynasty Of Ben Gal, ...
Gaur_2
Gaur, Gar Or Pour (hind., From Skt. °aura, White). A Wild Ox (bos Gaurus) Of India, Prob Ably The Largest Existing Species Of Wild Cattle, And The One Hunted By Indian Sportsmen Under The Misnomer 'indian Bison.' An Old Bull May Stand Six Feet High At The Withers, And Speci ...
Gauss
Gauss, Gous, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855). A German Mathematician, One Of The Most Bril Liant Mathematicians Of Modern Times. He Was Born At Brunswick, The Son Of A Day Laborer. After Three Years (1792-95) In The Carolineum At Brunswick, He Went To The University Of Got Tingen, Where He Remained From ...
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha, Goulta-ma The Great Religious Teacher And Reformer Of Early India. His Name Is Variously Given. Its Form As Gautama (q.v.) Was A Common Appella Tive In Ancient Sanskrit And Appears In Pali As Gotama. It Was A Family Designation, And For This Reason The Title Gautama Buddha Is ...
Gavarni
Gavarni, Ge/var'nef (1804-66). A Noted French Caricaturist And Illustrator Of Great Orig Inality And Verve, An Historical Satirist Of Inex Haustible Inventive Power Who Portrayed Types Of French Character, And In Particular The Va Rious Phases Of Parisian Life. His Real Name Was Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier, And He Was Born ...
Gavtro Enteriitis
Gavtro-en'teriitis (neo-lat., From Gk. Yacrrhp, Pester, Stomach Grrepov, Enteron, In Testine). An Inflammatory Disease Of The Stomach And Small Intestine Resulting In Disordered Func Tion, Vomiting, And Diarrhoea. In Children The Disease Is Called Cholera Infantum (q.v.). It Is The 'summer Diarrhoea' Which Proves Fatal To So Many Infants Fed ...
Gawain
Gawain, Git'wttn, Sir. One Of The Knights Of The Round Table. He Is The Nephew Of King Arthur (q.v.), And His Ally In The War With Launcelot. He Tries In Vain To Pull The Magic Sword From The Magic Stone, Fails In The Quest Of The Holy Grail (q.v.), And ...
Gay Lussac
Gay-lussac, Ga' Lu'sale, Louis Joseph (1778-1850). One Of The Most Distinguished Chemists And Physicists Of The Nineteenth Cen Tury. He Was Born At Saint Leonard Le Noblat (haute-vienne). In 1794 He Was Sent To Paris, And Was Admitted To The Ecole Polytechnique In 1797. After Three Years' Study, Berthollet, Who ...
Gaza
Gaza, A City In Southern Syria, The Modern Ghazzeh, Three Miles From The Mediter Ranean Coast, And About 50 Miles Southwest Of Jerusalem. It Was Once The Most Important Member Of The Philistine Pentapolis, And A Flour Ishing Centre Of Hellenistic Culture, And Is Still An Emporium Of Trade And ...
Gazelle
Gazelle, Ga-zoy (of. Gazel, Gazelle, Sp. Gazela, From Ar. Ghazal, Gazelle, From Ghazila, To Be Affectionate). A Name Applied To Various Small, Slender, And Graceful Antelopes, With Large, Liquid Eyes And Short Horns. About Twenty Species Are Known In Southwestern Asia And Northern Africa. They Are Distinguished From Each Other ...
Geary
Geary, Gs'ri Or Gert, .tours White (1819 73). An American Soldier And Politician. He Was Born Of Scotch-irish Parentage In 'westmore Land County, Pa., Was Educated At Jefferson Col Lege. But Left Before Graduating, And Entered Upon A Commercial Career At Pittsburg. At The Same Time Studying Both Civil Engineering ...
Gebhardt
Gebhardt, Aeplhart, Eduard Von (1838-). A Distinguished German Historical Painter, Born At Saint Johannes, Esthonia. After Studying At The Academy Of Saint Petersburg (1855-58) And At The School Of Art In Karlsruhe For The Next Two Years, Part Of Which He Spent In Traveling, He Be Came In 1860 The ...
Gecko
Gecko. A Lizard Of The Family Geckonidu, Which Naturalists Have Divided Into Many Genera. The Geckos Are Of Small Size, And Generally Of Re Pulsive Aspect; The Colors Of Most Of Them Are+ Dull, And The Small Granular Scales With Which They Are Covered Are In General Mingled With Tubercles. ...
Gegenbaiir
Gegenbaiir, Ga•gen-bour, Joseph Anton Vox (1800-76). A German Historical Painter, Born At Wangen, Warttemberg. His First Efforts Without Instruction Were So Promising That Rob Ert Von Langer Admitted Him At The Age Of Fif Teen To His Class In Drawing At The Munich Acad Emy. In 1820 He Brought To ...
Gehenna
Gehenna (gk. Rievva, Or Reivva, Geenna). A Term Used In The New Testament As A Desig Nation Of The Place Of Punishment Of The Wicked After Death. The Word Is A Transliteration Of The Aramaic Gehennam Or Gehinnam, Which Is An Equivalent Of The Hebrew Ge Hinnom. (on The Origin ...
Geiilincx
Geiilincx, He/links, Fr. Pron. Zhe'lanks', Arnold (1625-69). A Dutch Philosopher. He Was Born At Antwerp, Studied Theology And Phi Losophy At Louvain, And Afterwards Remained Twelve Years As A, Successful Lecturer And Teacher Of The Classics And The Cartesian Philosophy. For Some Reason Not Certainly Known, But Supposed To Have ...
Geijer
Geijer, Ylqr, Erik Gustaf ( 1783-1847). A Swedish Historian, Poet, And Composer, Born At Ransilter, Wermland, January 12, 1783. He Was Educated At The Gymnasium Of Karlstad And At The University Of Upsala, And In 1803 Competed Successfully For An Historical Prize Offered By The Academy Of Sciences At Stockholm. ...
Geikie
Geikie, Ge'kl, Sir Archibald (1835— ). A Distinguished British Geologist, Born In Edin Burgh, Where He Attended The High School And University. Becoming A Member Of The Geolog Ical Survey Of Scotland Under Murchison, He Was Raised In 1867 To The Office Of Director. From 1871 To 1882 He Held ...
Geinitz
Geinitz, Wring, Mans Baum) (1841-1900). A German Geologist And Paleontologist. He Was Horn At Altenburg, And Was Educated At Ber Lin And Jena. He Was Appointed Professor Of Mineralogy And Gcognosy At The Polytechnic Institute Of Dresden In 1850, And Director Of The Museum Of Mineralogy There In 1857. His ...
Gelatin
Gelatin (from Neo-lat. Gelatins, From Lat. Gelatus, P.p. Of Gelare, To Freeze, From Gelu, Frost), Or Glutin (not Gluten). A Hard, Yellowish, Transparent, Elastic Substance Obtained From Con Nective Animal Tissues, Especially The Organic Constituents Of Bones. If Bones Are Treated With Cold Dilute Acids, Their Mineral Matter Is Dis ...
Gelee
Gelee, Zhe-le, Claude (1600-82), Generally Called Claude Lorrain. A French Landscape Painter And Etcher. He Was Born In The Village Of Chamagne, In Lorraine, In 1600. His Parents Were Of Humble Origin, And He Was The Third Son Of Five Children. He Became An Orphan At Twelve, And In Consequence ...
Gelseiaiiin
Gelseiaiiin (neo-lat., From It. Gelsomino, Jasmine, From Ar. Yasmin, From Pers. Y4smin, Jasmine). A Drug Consisting Of The Rhizome And Rootlets Of Gelsemium Sempervirens, A Climbing Shrub Of The Natural Order Loganiacere, Having A Milky Juice, Opposite Lanceolate, Shining Leaves, And Axillary Clusters Of From One To Five Large, Funnel-shaped, ...
Gemiiniis
Gemiiniis (lat., From Gk. Rep.ipos). A Greek Writer, Probably Of The First Half Of The First Century B.c. His Birthplace Is Unknown, Although Rhodes Is Often Given. It Is Equally Un Certain Where He Lived, The Claim On Behalf Of Rome Being Insufficiently Established. Of His Works Only One Is ...
Gemmule
Gemmule (from Lat. Gemmula, Little Bud, Diminutive Of Gemma, Bud). In Biology, (1) A Mass Of Cells Cut Off From The Parent For Repro Duction; (2) A Hypothetical Self-multiplying Particle Upon Which Inheritance Depends. (1) Among Animals, Gemmules Are Found In The Groups Of Sponges And Polyzoa. In Sponges, As ...
Gemote
Gemote, Ge-mot' (as. Gemot, Assembly). Among The Anglo-saxons, The Public Assembly Of Freemen Or Men Of Noble Rank For The Purpose Of Legislative And Judicial Action. Besides The Great Council Of The Nation, The Witenagem6t. (q.v.), There Were Among The Anglo-saxons Vari Ous Minor Motes Or Moots, Which Were Local ...
Gender Of
Gender (of. Gendre, Genre, Fr. Genre, From Lat. Genus, Race, From Gignere, To Beget, Gk. Mufti, Gignesthai, Skt. Jan, To Be Born). A Grammatical Category, Commonly Regarded As In Dicating The Sex Of A Noun. Gender Is Either Grammatical Or Natural. In The Former Case There Is No Necessary Coincidence ...
Genealogy
Genealogy (lat. Genealogia, Gk. Yeyeaxo Yta, Pedigree, From -yepeax6-yor, Gcnealogos, One Who Draws Up A Pedigree, From 'wed, Genea, Fam Ily + Account, From Xe-yar, Logan, To Say). The Science Whereby The History Of The Origin And Descent Of A Family Or Race May Be Ascertained. In Recent Years There ...
General Properties Of Gases
Gases, General Properties Of. The Study Of The Nature And Properties Of Gases Has Yielded Many Of The Most Important Results Of Modern Science. Practically The Entire Structure Of Modern Chemistry Rests On Our Knowledge Of Gases. The Birth Of The Science, As Already Ex Plained In The Article Chemistry, ...
General Service And Staff
General Service And Staff Col Lege. A Military School For The Further Tech Nical And Professional Education Of Military Offi Cers Of The United States Army, Situated At Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Subsequent To The Dec Laration Of War With Spain In 1898, There Were Appointed In The Line Of The ...
General Theological Seminary
General Theological Seminary. The Leading Seminary In The United States Of The Protestant Episcopal Church. The Seminary Was Established By Order Of The General Conven Tion In 1817, And Instruction Was Begun In New York City In 1819. In 1820 The Seminary Was Removed To New Haven, But Was Reestablished ...