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 metal head. Later the glockenspiel was constructed in the shape of a lyre, within which metal bars, instead of bells, were fastened. The bars yield a fuller tone than the bells. The ment is now also constructed so that metal bars are arranged in a box. In this form the spiel is used in the modern opera orchestra, and has a range from to The music is written an octave lower than it sounds. Wagner employs the glockenspiel in the magic fire scene in Walk fire. GLOCKNER, gl5len"er, or GROSSGLOCKNER, gras - glok'- ner. One of the highest peaks of the Austrian Alps, situated on the boundary between Tyrol, Carinthia, and Upper Austria (Map: Austria, C 3). Its altitude is 12,344 feet. GLOGAU, glo'gou, or GROSSGLOGAU. The capital of a circle and a second-class fortress in the Prussian Province of Silesia, situated on the left bank of the Oder, 60 miles northwest of Breslau (Map: Prussia, G 3). The town is
fortified on three sides, and connected by a wooden bridge with a fortified island in the Oder. The more prominent buildings of Glogau are the old castle, the Rathaus, with a high tower, and the post-office. The Protestant gymnasium dates from the beginning of the eighteenth century, and the Catholic from 1626. Glogau has a nent geographical institute, a municipal theatre, and a number of benevolent institutions. The manufacturing industries are but slightly oped. The chief products are sugar, starch, chinery, pottery. The railway shops are sive. There is some trade in wine. Population, in 1890, 20,529; in 1900, 22,136. Glogau was an important and fortified place as early as the beginning of the eleventh century, and became in the thirteenth century the capital of the Prin cipality of Glogau. At the end of the fifteenth century the town, together with the principality, fell into the hands of Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War Glogau was captured repeat edly by the Swedes and the Imperial troops, and in 1741 it was taken by storm by the Prussians, and strongly fortified.