Gichtel
Gichtel, Gik'tel, Johann Georg (1638 1710). A German Theosophist. He Was Born In Regensburg, And Was A Lawyer By Profession. In 1664 He Came Under The Influence Of The The Osophists, And Thenceforth Devoted Himself En Tirely To Their Doctrines. His Teachings Brought Him Frequently Into Conflict With The Authorities. ...
Gideon
Gideon, Gid'e-on (heb. Gideon; Perhaps Con Nected With Gada‘, To Fell). A Hebrew Warrior, Also Called Jerubbaal And Once (ii. Sam. Xi. 21) Jerubbesheth. According To The Biblical Nar Rative, Gideon Delivered The Hebrews From The Oppression Of The Midianites, And Became One Of The 'judges' Of Israel, And His ...
Gideon 1767 1822 Granger
Granger, Gideon ( 1767-1822). An Ameri Can Politician, For Thirteen Years Postmaster General Of The United States. Ile Was Born At Suffield, Conn.; Graduated At Yale In 1798, Stud Ied Law And Was Admitted To The And Was Elected To The Connecticut Assembly, Where He Became One Of The Most ...
Gifford
Gifford, Wrraiem (1756-1826). An Eng Lish Author. He Was Born At Ashburton, Devon Shire, In April, 1756. Left An Orphan At Twelve, He Was First A Cabin-boy And Then An Apprentice To A Shoemaker. Aided By A Local Surgeon Who Had Seen Some Of The Boy's Verses, He Was Sent ...
Gij6n
Gij6n, No-nonf. An Important Seaport In The Province Of Oviedo, Spain, 20 Miles By Rail North-northeast Of The City Of Oviedo (map: Spain, C 1). It Is Situated On A Peninsula Pro Jecting Into The Bay Of Biscay, And Is One Of The Most Flourishing Towns Of Asturias, Its Population ...
Gilbert
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey ( 1539 Y-83) . An English Soldier And Navigator. He Was Born At Compton, Devonshire, And Was, On His Mother's Side, A Half-brother Of Sir Walter Raleigh. He Was Educated At Eton And At Oxford. He Saw Active Service In Normandy Under The Earl Of Warwick, In ...
Gilbert_2
Gilbert, Sir John (1817-97). An English Historical Painter, Illustrator, And Engraver. He Was Born At Blackheath, July 21, 1817. He Learned Every Technique Possible For Art Expres Sion—oils, Water-color, Fresco, Wood And Stone Engraving, Etching, Carving, And Drawing—and Was In The Main Self-taught. Gilbert Gave Most Of His Attention To ...
Gilbert_3
Gilbert, Sir Joseph Henry (1817-91). An English Agricultural Scientist, Born At Hull (yorkshire). He Studied At Glasgow University, University College, London, And At The Laboratory Of Liebig, University Of Giessen, And In 1840-43 Was Successively Assistant To Prof. A. T. Thomp Son At University College And Chemist To A Calico ...
Gilead
Gilead, (heb. Connected With Ar. Jal'ad, Hard, Rough). A Mountainous District On The East Side Of The Jordan, Whose Boundaries Are Variously Conceived In Different Portions Of The Old Testament. In General, It. Includes The Whole Mountain Region Between The Yarmuk On The North, And The Arnon On The South, ...
Giles
Giles, William Branch (1762-1830). An American Politician And Legislator. He Was Born In Amelia County, Va.; Was Educated At Hamp Den-sidney And Princeton Colleges; Studied Law With Chancellor George Wythe, And Practiced Law For Several Years In Petersburg, Va. In Early Life He Was A Federalist In Politics, But Associa ...
Gilgamesit
Gilgamesit, Gl1vgli-msh. The Name Of The Hero In A Babylonian Epic, Large Portions Of Which Have Now Been Found Among The Cuneiform Tablets Constituting The 'brick' Library Of King Asurbanipal. At First The Name Of The Hero, Written Ideographically, Was Provisionally Read Izdubar (or Gishdubar), Which Simply Represented The Sound ...
Giliaks
Giliaks, Gil'i-oks. A People Of The Northern Portion Of The Island Of Saghalin, And The Coast And Lowlands About The Mouth Of The Amur And Liman. They Number Some 4500, And Are Divided Into Three Tribes, With At Least Two Chief Dialects. Physically They Seem To Be A Mixed People, ...
Gillmore
Gillmore, Gilfmor, Quincy Adams (1825 88). An American Soldier And Eminent Military Engineer, Born At Black River, Lorain County, Ohio. He Graduated At West Point, As First In His Class In 1849,.and Was Assigned To The Engi Neer Corps, Served As An Assistant Engineer In The Building Of Fortress Lilonroe ...
Gilmor
Gilmor, Gillmor, Harry (1838-83). An American Soldier, Born In Baltimore County, Md. Lie Entered The Confederate Army At The Outbreak 'of The Civil War, Was Commissioned Captain In 1862, In 1862-63 Was Imprisoned For Five Months Fat Fort Mchenry, And In 1863 Raised A Cavalry Battalion, Of Which He Was ...
Gilpin
Gilpin, Girpin, Bernard ( 1517-83). An English Clergyman, Known As The 'apostle Of The North.' He Was Born At Kentmere, Westmoreland. He Studied At Queen's College, Oxford. Soon After Graduation He Was Chosen Fellow Of His College, And Took Orders In 1542. On The Opening Of The New Foundation Of ...
Ginger As
Ginger (as. Gingiber, Of. Gengibre, From Lat. Zingiber, Gk. Rol)4ep:1, Zingiberis, Ginger, From Ar., Pers. Zanjabil, From Prak. Singabera, From Skt. Arngavera, Ginger), Zingiber. A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Zingiberacen, Natives Of The East Indies. The Species, Of Which There Are About Twenty, Are Perennial Herbs With An ...
Ginkgo
Ginkgo, Jink'g6 (japanese, From Chinese Gin-hing, Silver Apricot, Front Yin, Silver ± Hing, Apricot). A Genus Of Plants Represented By A Single Living Species, Which Is The Sole Survivor Of An Important Ancient Group Of Gymnosperms Known As The Ginkgoales. The Ginkgo Biloba, Or Salisburia Adiantifolia, As It Is Sometimes ...
Ginseng
Ginseng, Jin'sftg (chinese Jin-tsang, Like Ness Of A Man; Less Probably. First Of Plants). The Yellowish Root Of Pana.r Ginseng, Highly Esteemed As A Medicine By The Chinese, Who Be Lieve That It Possesses Extraordinary Virtues For All Diseases, Particularly For Exhaustion Of Body And Mind. Specimens Resembling The Human ...
Gioberti
Gioberti, Jb-barlte, Vincenzo (1801-52). An Italian Philosopher And Statesman, Born In Turin. Educated In The Church, He Obtained His Degree Of Doctor Of Theology In 1823, And Was Ordained To The Priesthood In 1825. He Was Subsequently Appointed Professor Of Theology In The University Of His Native City, And On ...
Giordano
Giordano, Jor-diitno, Luca, Called Fa Presto (1632-1705). An Italian Painter, Born In Naples. He Was The Son Of An Inferior Painter Who Continually Urged Him On At His Work, Say Ing, "luca, Work Quickly." Thus The Boy Ac Quired The Nickname Of Fa-presto. He Painted With Such Facility That At ...
Giorgione Da Castelfranco
Giorgione Da Castelfranco, Jor Jo'ntt (la Ka'stel-friinik6 (c.1478-1511). One Of The Chief Venetian Painters Of The High Renaissance. His Real Name Was Gummi° Barbarelli, The Name Giorgione • (`big George') Having Been Given Him Because Of His Ability. He Was Born At Castelfranco, Near Treviso, In 1478, Or Perhaps Earlier. ...
Giotto
Giotto, Jotttd, Or Ambrogio (or Ambro Giotto, Shortened To Giotto) Di Bondone (c.1266 1337). An Italian Architect, Sculptor, And The Re Creator Of Italian Painting. He Was Born Near Florence In 1266, The Son Of A Laborer. Two Dif Ferent Legends Explain His Early Study Of Painting: Vasari Relates That ...
Giraffe
Giraffe, Ji-ritff (formerly Also Jaraff, From Fr. Giraffe, From Sp., Port. Girafa, From Ar. Zard Fat, Giraffe, From Zerafa, To Walk Slowly), Or Camelopard. The Tallest Of Quadrupeds (giraffe Eamelopardalis), Constituting A Distinct Family Of Ruminants, Giraffiche. It Is A Native Of Africa, Formerly Extensively Diffused From Nubia To The ...
Girard College
Girard College. An Institution For The Education Of Orphans, Founded In 1832 At Phil Adelphia, Pa., Under The Will Of Stephen Girard (q.v.). Mr. Girard Died In 1831, Bequeathing The Residue Of His Estate, Valued At $5,260,000, In Trust To The Mayor, Aldermen, And Citizens Of Philadelphia For The Establishment ...
Girardin
Girardin, Zhe'rar'daw, Emile De (1806 81) . A French Legislator And Publicist. He Was Born In Switzerland, An Illegitimate Son Of Alex Ander, Count Girardin. Until His Twenty-first Year He Bore The Name Of Delainothe. After Engaging In Various Journalistic Enterprises, He Was Elected In 1834 A Member Of The ...
Girardin_2
Girardin, Zhe'rar'doxl, Frangois (1630 1715). A Leading French Sculptor Of The Court Of Louis Xiv. He Was Born At Troyes, March 17, 1630, The Son Of A Bronze-founder, Nicolas Girardon. As A Boy He Entered The Service Of One Baudesson, A Wood-carver And Furniture Maker, Whose Son Was A Painter ...
Girdle As
Girdle (as. Gyrdel, Ohg. Gurtil, Ger. Ofir Tel, From As. Gyrdan, Ohg. Gurten, Ger. Garten, To Gird; Connected With As. Gearde, Goth. Gards, Oiig. Gart, Ger. Garten, Garden, And Ulti Mately With Lat. Hortus, Gk. X6pros, Chortos, Gar Den, Oh. Gort, Corn-field). A Band Or Cord Worn Round The Body ...
Girodet Trioson
Girodet-trioson, Zhcro'dfs! Tre-6'zon', Anne Louis (1767-1824). A French Historical Painter. His Real Name Was Girodet De Roussy, And He Was Born At Montargis. He Was Adopted And Educated By M. Trioson, The Court Physician, Whose Name He Assumed In Later Years. He Was A Pupil Of David, And In 1789 ...
Girondists
Girondists (fr. Girondins, From Gironde, A Department Of France). The Party Of Mod Erate Republicans During The French Revolution. When The Legislative Assembly Met In October, 1791, The Most Remarkable Group Of Men In It Were The Deputies, Most Of Them New Men, From The Department Of The Gironde. Barennes, ...
Girty
Girty, Keett, Slaron (1741-1818).• A Notori Ous Renegade Leader Of The Indians. He Was Born In What Is Now Dauphin County, Pa.; Was Captured By The Indians, Along With The Rest Of His Family, At Fort Granville, In 1756; Was Released In 1759, And Acted As An Interpreter For Some ...
Giusti
Giusti, Itragta, Giuseppe (1809-50). One Of The Most Celebrated And Popular Of The Modern Poets And Satirists Of Italy, Born In Monsum Mano, Near Pistoja. Sprung From An Influential Tuscan Family, Giusti Was Early Destined For The Bar, And At Pistoja And Lucca Began The Pre Liminary Studies, Which Were ...
Glacial Geology
Glacial Geology. One Of The Last Great Episodes In Geological History Was The Advent Of Great Ice Sheets From Northern Lands, Invading And Overwhelming Northeastern America And Northwestern Europe. Because Of Its Recency (in The Pleistocene Peri Od), The Record Of This Invasion Is Clear. It Lowered The Hills, Deepened ...
Glacier Work
Glacier Work. Glacier Action At Present Is Confined To High Mountains And High Latitudes. There Are Two Classes, Valley, Or Alpine, And Con Tinental. Of The Latter Greenland And The Ant Arctic Furnish Illustrations; And During The Gla Cial Period (q.v.) Continental Glaciers Covered Northwestern Europe And Northeastern America. Hence ...
Gladiator
Gladiator (lat., Swordsman). One Who In Antiquity Fought In The Arena, At The Amphi Theatre In Rome, And In Other Cities, For The Amusement Of The Public. The Gladiators Were Generally Slaves, Bought And Trained For The Pur Pose, By Masters Who Made This Their Business. The Custom Is Supposed ...
Glagolitsa
Glagolitsa, Gla-go-lasa. One Of The Old Slavic Alphabets, Which Contains Characters Ar Ranged In The Same Order As In The Kirillitsa (q.v.). The Shape As Well As The Numerical Value Of Its Letters Is Different From That Of The Kiril Litsa. The Name Is Not Derived From The Fourth Letter ...
Gland
Gland. In Plants, A Single Cell Or Group Of Cells Especially Adapted To Form And Excrete Some Substances. Glandular Cells Are Usually Distin Guished From Others By The Granular Character Of Their Protoplasm, Especially When In The Active State. Glands May Be Superficial Or Internal. Superficial Glands May Consist Of ...
Glanders
Glanders (from Gland, From Lat. Glans, Acorn). A Virulent Contagious Disease Due To The Action Of A Specific Microbe, The Bacillus Maflei. The Microbe Was Discovered In 1882 By Loeffler And Schutz. It Is A Short, Rather Stubby Rod, With Rounded Ends. It Stains Irregularly, Occurs Singly, In Pairs, Or ...
Glanvill
Glan'vill. The Putative Author Of The First Classical Text-book Of The English Common Law. This Work, A Treatise On The Laws And Customs Of England(tractatas De Lcgibus Et Can Suctudinibus Angliw), Appears From Internal Evi Dence To Have Been Composed Toward The Close Of The Twelfth Century, And In The ...
Glasgow
Glasgow, Gliis'1:6. The Industrial Metrop Olis And The Largest City Of Scotland; After London, The Largest City In The United Kingdom (map: Scotland. It 3). It Is Situated On The Clyde, In The Lower Ward Of Lanarkshire, And Occupies Chiefly The North Side Of The River, But Has Large And ...
Glasgow University
Glasgow University. One Of The Great Seats Of Learning In Scotland. It Was Founded In 1451 By Bishop Turnbull, Its Foundation Being Ratified By A Papal Bull Of Nicholas V. In 1460 James, First Lord Hamilton, Bequeathed A Tenement And Four Acres Of Ground To The Regents Of The Pxdagogium; ...
Glass
Glass (from As. Glees, Icel., Ohg. Glas, Ger. Glas; Connected With Icel. Filer, As. Glcer, Amber, And Ultimately With Eng. Glare). The Use Of Glass Came To The West From The East, And For That Reason There Is A Diversity Of Names Among The Indo-european Nations. In Greek The Usual ...
Glastonbury
Glas'tonbury. A Market-town And Mu Nicipal Borough In Somerset, England, Situated On A Peninsula Formed By A Winding Of The River Brue, 25 Miles Southwest Of Bath (map: Eng Land, D 5). It Has Some Manufactures, An Export Trade, And In The Vicinity Are Chalybeate Springs Which Formerly Attracted Health-seekers. ...
Glaucoinla
Glaucoinla. (lat., From Gk. Y2.aiixo,aa, Opac Ity Of The Crystalline Lens, From Yitartc6c, Glaukos, Bluish-green; So Called From The Appearance Of The Eye In This Disease). An Important Disease Of The Eye, Characterized By Increased Intraocular Tension. In Addition To Primary And Secondary Glaucoma, A Congenital Glaucoma Is Described. According ...
Glebe
Glebe (lat. Glebe, Clod). The Land Pos Sessed As Part Of An Ecclesiastical Benefice, Or From Which The Revenues Of The Benefice Arise. The Assignment Of Glebe Lands Was Formerly Held To Be Of Such Absolute Necessity That Without Them No Church Could Be Regularly Consecrated. The Fee Simple Of ...
Gleig
Gleig, Gleg, George (1753-1840). A Scottish Divine, Bishop Of Brechin, And Primus Of The Episcopal Church Of Scotland. He Was Born On A Farm At Boghall, Kincardineshire, And Was Edu Cated At King's College, Aberdeen, Where He Took Honors In Mathematics And Physical Science'. He Was Ordained In The Scotch ...
Glendower
Glendower, Glmfdit5r, Owen ( 1359 ? 1416?). A Welsh Chief, Claiming Descent From Llewelyn, And Prominent As An Opponent Of The English During The Reimn Of Henry Iv. At First He Was A Follower Of Of Lancaster, Who Succeeded Richard Ii. In 1399, But Local Troubles Forced Him Into Opposition. ...
Gliicoside
Gliicoside. A Name Applied To A Number Of Organic Substances Occurring Abundantly In Plants. Chemically They Are Compounds Of Va Rious Sugars (usually Grape-sugar) With Organic Acids, And They Readily Split Up Into Their Con Stituents Under The Action Of Acids, Alkalies, Or Certain Ferments. Thus, Amygdalin, C.ii,no„, A Glucoside ...
Globe
Globe (from Lat. Globes, Ball). A Term Used To Denote Any Round Or Spherical Body (see Sphere) , And Often Used To Signify The Earth. 'globes,' Or 'the Globes,' Generally Means A Pair Of Artificial Globes Used As A Part Of School Room Apparatus. These Are Usually Hollow Spheres Of ...
Globefish
Globefish. A Marine Fish Of The Family Tetraodontithe And Order Plectognathi (q.v.), Re Markable For Its Power Of Inflation. These Fishes Possess A Large, Ventral, Bladder-like Expansion Of The Oesophagus, Which May Be Filled With Water Or Air So Suddenly That The Body Assumes At Once A Spherical Form. The ...
Globus Hystericus
Glo'bus Hyster'icus (lat., Hysterical Ball), Or Ball In The Throat. See Hysteria. Glockenspiel, Glolc'en-spel (ger., Play). A Musical Instrument Originally Ing Of Bells Fastened To An Iron Rod, And Rising Above One Another In The Form Of A Pyramid. The Bells Were Struck By Means Of A Hammer With A ...
Gloss
Gloss (from Lat. Glossa, Gloss, Gk. 7xektra, Glossa, Tongue). A Brief Note Or Explanation Written Upon The Margin Or Between The Lines Of A Manuscript By Some Reader. In Subsequent Copy Ings Such Glosses Often Became Incorporated As A Part Of The Text. The Object Was Generally To Explain Some ...
Glossitis
Glossi'tis (neo-lat., From Gk. Yxt Gldssa, Tongue). A Term Used In Designating In Flammatory Diseases Of The Tongue. Glossitis Su Perficialis Simplex Occurs With Great Frequency In Febrile And Digestive Disorders Accompanied By `coated Tongue' Or 'strawberry Tongue.' Chronic Superficial Glossitis Occurs Often In Hypochon Driacs, Especially In Women; The ...
Gloucester
Gloucester, Glositer (as. Gleowceaster, Fair City, Lat. Glenn/in, Claudia). An Inland Port, City, And Civic County Of Ancient Date, The Capital Of Gloucestershire, England, On The Left Bank Of The Severn, 33 Miles Northeast Of Bristol (map: England, D 5). The City Is Built On A Slight Declivity, Sloping To ...
Gloucester_2
Gloucester. A City And Port Of Entry In Essex County, Mass., Including The Villages Of Annisquam, Bay View, East Gloucester, Fresh Water Cove, Lanesville, Magnolia, Riverdale, And West Gloucester, 31 Miles Northeast Of Boston; On Massachusetts Bay, Near Cape Ann, And On The Boston And Maine Railroad (map: Massa Chusetts, ...
Glove Making Processes
Glove-making Processes. The Term 'kid' Is A Mere Technicality; As The Quantity Of Leather Bearing This Name Yearly Consumed Is Largely In Excess Of What Could Be Supplied From The Skins Of All The Young Goats That Are Annually Slaugh Tered. Gloves Are Largely Made From Lamb-skin. The Finest Gloves, ...
Glove As
Glove (as. Gldf ; Perhaps Connected With Goth. Iota, Icel. Ldfi, Eng. Loof, Palm Of The Hand). A Covering For The Hand Having A Separate Sheath For Each Finger, As Distinguished From A Mitten, In Which There Is A Separate Compartment For The Thumb Only. The Glove Is A Very ...
Gluten
Gluten (lat., Glue). One Of The Most Im Portant Constituents Of The Varieties Of Corn Used As Food. It Is Obtained By Mixing Flour With Water, And Thus Fornfing A Paste Or Dough. This Paste Is Placed In A Bag Of Fine Linen, And Kneaded In Water, Which Must Be ...
Gluten Meal And Gluten
Gluten Meal And Gluten Feed. By-products Resulting In The Manufacture Of Starch Or Glucose From The Starch Of The Corn-kernel. Their Principal Use Is As A Feeding Stuff For Farm Animals. The By-product Differs Greatly In Com Position According To The Process Of Manufacture Which Is Followed. Gluten Feed Is ...
Glycerin
Glycerin, Glieer-in, Glycerol (from Gk. Yamcepoc, Glykeros, Sweet, From Yi.mbc, Gly Kys, Sweet), Or Propenyl Alcoliol, An Organic Chemical Compound, Used For A Variety Of Purposes In The Arts And In Medicine. Perfect Ly Pure Glycerin Is A Crystalline Solid Substance Melting At 17° C.; But The Merest Traces Of ...
Glyptodon
Glyp'todon (neo-lat., From Gk 7xvvr6s, Glyptos, Carved + Moth, Odous, Tooth, In Allusion To The Sculptured Grinding Surface Of The Teeth). A Gigantic Extinct Edentate Mammal Allied To The Armadillo, And Of Which Fossil Remains Are Found In The Pleistocene Deposits Of South America, And Less Commonly In Mexico, Texas, ...
Gneisenau
Gneisenau, Gni'ze-nou, August, Count Neitisardt Von (1760-1831). A Prussian Field Marshal And One Of The Most Prominent Figures In Thd War Of Liberation. He Was Born In Schildau, In Prussian Saxony, October 27, 1760. In 1777 He Entered The University Of Erfurt, And Two Years Later Joined An Austrian Regiment. ...
Gneiss
Gneiss (ger., Probably Connected With Ohg. Gneista, Icel. Gneisti, As. Gnast, Eng. Guest, Spark). A Family Of Rocks Belonging To The Metamorphic Series, And Resembling Granite In Composition. Gneisses Are Granular Aggregates Of Feldspar And Quartz, With Mica, Hornblende, Or, Pyroxenc, And Some Of The Rarer Metals. Their Structure Is ...
Gnit
Gnit, Ira ( From Hottentot Gnu, Nyu), Or Wilde Beest. A Member Of A Remarkable Genus (con Nochetes) Of African Antelopes, Of Which The Best Known Species Has Been Formerly Described As Made Up Of Parts Of An Antelope, A Buffalo, And A Horse. The Grotesque Appearance Of Some Species ...
Gnostic Writings
Gnostic Writings. Basilides's Twenty-four Books On The Gospel, Entitled Exegetica, Have For The Most Part Perished, Along With Other Early Heretical Works, But We Have Some Quotations From Them In The Early Christian Literature. There Is At Present No Way Of Verifying Origen's Statement That Basilides Wrote A Gospel Of ...
Gnosticism
Gnosticism, (from Gnostic, From Lat. Gnosticus, Gk. Yvidartsoc, Gndstikos, Re Lating To Knowledge, From Rweroc, Gnostos, Knowable, From Ytyvexalv, Gignilskein, To Know). The Name Given To Several More Or Less Closely Related Speculative Systems, Which Flourished In The Church Of The Second Century. Like Much Of The Philosophy Of That ...
Go Viper
Go Viper, John ( C.1325-1408 ) . An English Poet. He Was Probably Connected With The Family Of Sir Robert Gower (died About 1349), A Large Land Holder In Suffolk And In Kent. He Married (prob Ably For The Second Time) In 1397. He Was Then Residing In The Priory ...
Gobi
Gobi, Gefbe, Or Shamo, Shafmo. A Vast Desert Region Of Central Asia, Constituting The Eastern Extension Of The Arid Belt That Stretches Across The Whole Breadth Of The Asiatic Conti Nent Into Africa (map: Asia, K 4). As Gener Ally Defined, It Includes Only The Desert Area Of Mongolia From ...
Goblet
Goblet, Re/it ( 1828— ). A French States Man. He Was Born At Aire-sur-la-lys, Studied Law, And Practiced With Great Success At Amiens. Already Distinguished For His Democratic Prin Ciples Expressed In His Paper, The Progres De La Somme, At The Fall Of The Empire He Became Pro Cureur-general At ...
Gobseck
Gob'seck. A Novel By Balzac (1830), Named After The Character About Whom Its Plot Is Centred, And Who Appears In Others Of Bal Zac's Works As The Type Of The Miser And Usurer. Goby (from Lat. Gobio, Gobius, Gudgeon, From Gk. Ta,3u5s, Kobios, Gudgeon). A Spiny-rayed Fish Of The Family ...
God Save The King
God Save The King (or Queen). The National Anthem Of Great Britain, Of Which The Music By Adoption Is That Of Several Of The German States. It Is Played And Sung In Every Part Of The British Empire Alike On Solemn And Festive Occa Sions. Its Origin Has Long Been ...
Godefroy
Godefroy,, Gotd'-frwii (lat. The Name Borne By A Family Of Distinguished Scholars Of French Origin. The First Of These, Denis Goihyroy (1549.1622), Was Born At Paris, And After Studying At Louvain Under Ramus, Completed His Education At The Universities Of Cologne And Heidelberg. It Was Probably At This Last Place ...
Godfrey De Bouillon
Godfrey De Bouillon, De Yore (c.1058-1100). One Of The Leaders Of The First Crusade And The First Latin Ruler Of Jerusalem. He Was The Son Of Eustace Of Boulogne And Ida, Sister Of Gozelo, Or Godfrey, The Humpbacked, Of Lower Lorraine. The Year Of His Birth Is Uncer Tain, But ...
Godin
Godin, Go'diixf, Jean Baptiste Annst ( 1817 88). A French Socialist, Born At Esqueheries, In The Department Of Aisne. He Came From An Artisan Family, And Received The Meagre Education Which Was Given To Boys Of His Class At That Time. When Seventeen Years Old He Began A Trip Through ...
Godin Des Odonais
Godin Des Odonais, Da Zo'do'na', Jean (1712-92). A French Naturalist, Born At Saint Amand, France. Early In His Life He Went To Peru, Where He Was Appointed To The Chair Of Natural Science And Astronomy At Quito (1739). Several Years Later He Began A Botanical Explora Tion Of Northern Peru ...
Godwit
Godwit (of Doubtful Etymology; Possibly From As. God, Good + Wit, Wit; Hardly From God, Good + Wiht, Wight, Creature, Or From God, God + Wit, Wit, Or Wiht, Wight, Creature). A Genus (limosa) Of Large Curlew-like Shore-birds Of The Snipe Family (scolopacidfe), With Very Long Bill, Slightly Curved Upward, ...
Goebel
Goebel, Glvbel, William (1856-1900). An American Politician. He Was Born In Sullivan County, Pa., And Removed To Covington, Ky., In Early Boyhood. He Began The Study Of Law In 1873, And Was Admitted To The Bar. He Won A Reputation As A Trial Lawyer, And As A Political Speaker And ...
Gog And Magog
Gog And Ma'gog. Names Occurring Sev Eral Times In The Bible. Gog Is Mentioned In Ezek. Xxxviii. 16-18, And Also Xxxix. 1 In Connec Tion With Meshech And Tubal. Magog Appears (gen. X. 2 And I. Chron. I. 5) As A Son Of Japheth, And In The Hebrew Text Of ...
Gogol
Gogol, Golg61, Nin0lai Vassilyevitcii ( 1809 52). One Of The Greatest Of Russian Writers. He Was Born In 1809 In The Government Of Poltava, In A Family Of Cossack Origin. On Graduating At The Nyezhin Lyceum He Went To Saint Peters Burg (1828), And Was A Clerk In The Department ...
Goitre
Goitre (fr., From Lat. Gutter, Throat). An Enlargement Of The Thyroid Gland (q.v.) Occupy Ing The Front Of The Neck, And Sometimes Of Such A Size As To Project Downward Over The Breast And Even Admit Of Being Thrown Over The Shoulder. Goitre Is, For The Most Part, An Endemic ...
Gold Coast
Gold Coast. A British Crown Colony In West Africa, Extending Along The Gulf Of Guinea About 350 Miles, And Bounded By The French Military Territories On The North (about The Paral Lel Of 14° North Latitude), The German Togoland On The East, And The French Ivory Coast On The West ...
Gold Lace
Gold Lace. A Fabric Formed By Weaving Silken Threads That Have Been Previously Gilded. The Peculiarity Of This Manufacture Consists In The Gilding Of The Silk In Such A Manner That It Shall Retain Sufficient Flexibility For Weaving. A Deep Yellow Or Orange-colored Silk Is Used For The Pur Pose. ...
Gold Mining
Gold-mining. Gold-mining Operations May He Divided Into Two Classes, Which Are Commonly Called Placer Mining And Quartz Mining. The De Posits Of Gold First Mined Were Called Placers, And Were The River-bed Deposits Of Gold-hearing Sand And Gravel. These Deposits Are Known As Dry Placers When They Are Ancient River-beds ...
Golden Bull
Golden Bull (lat. Bulls Aurea, So Called From The Gold Case In Which The Seal Attached To The Bull Was Inclosed). The Imperial Edict Is Sued By The Emperor Charles Iv., In 1356, For The Purpose Of Settling The Form Of The Imperial Elec Tion And Coronation, The Persons To ...
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece. In Greek Tradition, The Fleece Of The Ram Chrysomallus, The Recovery Of Which Was The Object Of The Argonautic Expedi Tion. (see Argonauts.) The Golden Fleece Has Given Its Name To A Celebrated Order Of Knight Hood In Austria And Spain, Founded By Philip The Good, Duke Of ...
Goldeneye
Goldeneye. A Duck Of The Genus Glau Cionetta, Having The Bill Shorter Than The Head And The Nostrils Well Forward; A Garrot. The Typi Cal Species (glaucionetta Dangula) Is A Common Winter Visitant, Appearing In Small Flocks, Most Frequently In Severe Weather, Not Only In Estua Ries, But On The ...
Goldoni
Goldoni, Glil-dyne, Carlo (1707-93). The Most Celebrated Italian Writer Of Comedy. He Was Born In Venice, February 25, 1707, Of A Good Family, Which Lost Its Property In His Child Hood. His Father, A Physician, Took Him To Perugia, Where He First Entered School. He Was Encouraged By His Father ...
Golds
Golds. A People Of The Lower Amur And The Usuri, In Southeastern Siberia, Belonging, Physi Cally And Linguistically, To The Tungusic Group Of Siberian Peoples. Deniker (1900) Describes Them As "of A Very Pure Type, And Having A Fairly Well Developed Ornamental Art." Laufer, Who Visited Them In 1898-99, Notes ...
Goldsmiths Work
Goldsmith's Work. Metal-work Of The Finest And Most Elaborate, Though Not Always The Most Artistic Sort, Such As Is Done With Gold, With Electron Or With Silver Gilt, Which Last Is So Much Used In Decorative Art As To Be Admitted As A Metal—the French Vermeil Being Used In Recent ...
Goldziher
Goldziher, Golt'tse-er, Ignaz (1850—). An Hungarian Orientalist, Born At Stuhlweissen Burg. He Studied At The Universities Of Buda Pest, Berlin, And Leipzig, And Made Special Investigation Of Oriental Manuscripts In The Li Braries Of Leyden And Vienna. He Was Appointed A Lecturer At The University Of Budapest In 1872, And ...
Gomuti
Gomuti, (malay), Areng, Or Eaoo Palm (arenga Saccharifera). An Impor Tant Palm Which Grows In Dry Ground In Cochin China And In The Interior Of Java, Sumatra, Celebes, And Amboyna. The Stem Is 20 To 40 Feet High; The Pinnated Leaves 15 To 25 Feet Long. The Flowers, In Bunches ...
Goncourt
Goncourt, Gon'kiitrf, Edmond De (1822 96), And Jules De (1830-70). Brothers, Impor Tant In The Development Of French Fiction. They Fostered Naturalism By The Minuteness Of Their Observation, And So Continued The Naturalistic Method Of Flaubert, And Regarded Themselves As Masters Of A School In Which Zola Was The Most ...
Goneberville
Goneberville, Gon'bar'velf, Marin Le Roy, Seigneur De (1600-74). A French Novelist Of Considerable Imaginative Originality, One Of The First To Make The Novel A Vehicle Of Exotic And Geographic Description And Of Historic Informa Tion. He Was Born In Paris And Was A Wealthy Nobleman, A Cherished Member Of The ...
Gongora Y Argote
Gongora Y Argote, Gon'g6-rit A Ar-go'th, Luis De (1561-1627). A Spanish Poet, Born At Cordova. He Studied Law At The University Of Salamanca, And There Composed The Greater Part Of His Erotic Poems, Romances, And Satires. At The Age Of Forty-five He Took Orders, Obtained A Small Prebend In The ...
Goniatites
Goniatites, -ti'tez ( Neo-lat., For *gonialites, From Gk. Yovia, !ionia, Angle Mos, Lithos. Stone, In Allusion To The Angulate Sutures). An Extinct Tetrabranchiate Cephalopod, The Shell Of Which Resembles That Of The Ammonoidea In Form. But Differs From It In Having A Simple Suture Line That Shows Undulating Or Zigzag ...
Gonionvetry
Go'nionvetry. A Branch Of Trigonometry Concerned With The Functions Of Angles In General And With Their Relations. See Tamonoidetav: Goniometer. Gifinner, Gisn'ar, Nikola S Thaddxt_ts Yon (1764-1827). A German Jurist, Statesman, And Author. He Was Born At Bamberg, Where He Was Appointed To The Chair Of Law (1789). Ten Years ...