Grasse
Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul, Marquis De Grasse-tilly, Count De (1722-88). A French Admiral, Who Commanded The French Fleet At The Siege Of Yorktown During The Ameri Can Revolution. He Was Born In Provence, And Began His Naval Career At Fifteen In The Service Of The Knights Of Malta. Later Entering ...
Grasses
Grasses (graminew). A Natural Order Of Plants, Which Contains More Than 300 Genera And 35b0 Species. Its Members Vary In Size From Moss Like Specimens Less Than An Inch In Height To Gigantic Bamboos 100 Feet Or More Tall. They Are Distributed Over Nearly The Whole World; Some Are Characteristic ...
Grasshopper
Grasshopper. A Popular Term Applied To Certain Orthopterous Insects Of The Families Acri Diidm And Locustiche. The English (including The English Colonists) Call The Acridlicke 'locusts, And The Locustithe 'grasshoppers. • Americans Use The Term Grasshopper For Both, The Acridiidm Including The Ell Ort Orned Grasshoppers, And The Locustithe The ...
Grasslands
Grasslands. One Of The Three Great Cli Matic Landscape Types—deserts, Forests, Grass Lands—into Which S'ehimper, In His Work On Plant Geography, Divides The World. It Is Not Yet Clear Ly Known What Determines The Presence Of Trees Or Of Grasses In A Given Locality. Schimper, Per Haps, Has The Most ...
Grassmann
Grassmann, Gras'mith, Hermann Gels Tiier (1809-71). A German Mathematician And Sanskrit Scholar, Born At Stettin. He Was A Son Of Justus Gunther Grassmann (died 1852 At Stettin), Who Was Well Known For His Work In Crystallography. The Young Grassmann Devoted His Attention At First To And Philosophy. Which He Began ...
Grassmans Law
Grassman's Law. A Phonetic Law, For Mulated By Hermann Grassmann (q.v.) In 1863, Regarding The Aspirated Mutes Or Explosives Of The Indo-germanic Consonant System. This Law He Defined Thus: If An Indo-germanic Root Had Origi Nally Two Aspirated Mutes, Only One Aspirate Was Retained, The Other Losing Its Aspiration. There ...
Gratianus Augustus Ad
Gratianus Augustus (a.d. (roman Emperor A.d. 367-383). Eldest Son Of Valentinian. I., By His First Wife, Severn. He Was Born At Sirmium, In Pannonia. While He Was Still Nobilissimus Puer, Or Heir Apparent. He Was Created Consul, And In 367 Was Elevated By His Father To The Rank Of Augustus ...
Grattan
Grattan, Grat'an, Henry ( 1746-1820 ) . An Irish Statesman And Orator. He Was Baptized At Dublin, July 3, 1746, And Presumably Was Born A Few Days Before. His Father Was Recorder Of Dublin, And Member Of Parliament For That City Until His Death, In 1776. In 1763 Grattan En ...
Gravelines
Gravelines, (flem. Gravelinghe, Ger. Gravelingen). A Small Fortified Town And Seaport Of France, In The Department Of Nord, About 10 Miles Southwest Of Dunkirk. Popula Tion, In 1900, 6202. The Town Was Founded About 1160, And After 1405 Constituted A Part Of The Possessions Of The House Of Burgundy. It ...
Gravesend
Gravesend, Graveend. A Market-town, Municipal Borough, And River Port In Kent, Eng Land, 30 Miles Below, London, On The Right Bank Of The Thames (map: England, G 5). Its Pros Perity Has Always Depended Upon London, Of Which It Is The Boundary Port, Where Pilots And Revenue Officers Board Vessels ...
Gravitation
Gravitation (fr. Gravitation, From Fr. Graviter, To Gravitate, From Lat. Gravitas, Weight, From Gravis, Heavy). The Idea That There Is An Action Between The Earth And Its Moon And The Sun And Its Planets Perfectly Analogous To That Between The Earth And A Falling Body Occurred To Many Astronomers And ...
Gray
Gray, Ase (1810-88). A Celebrated Ameri Can Botanist. He Was Born At Paris, N. Y. In 1831 He Obtained The Degree Of M.d., But Soon Relinquished The Practice Of Medicine To Become Assistant To Torrey In The New York College Of Physicians And Surgeons. Owing To A Long Delay In ...
Great Britain
Great Britain. When, At The Close Of The Twelfth Century, Gothic Began To Replace Norman Architecture In England It Did Not Correspond As In France To Any Great National Movement, Like The Rise Of Free Communes And Of Episcopal Power. The Anglo-normans Had Contented Them Selves With Wooden Roofs, And ...
Great Britain And Colonies
Great Britain And Colonies. The Develop Ments Of The Last Quarter Of The Nineteenth Cen Tury Indicate A Tendency Toward A Closer Union Of The Various Members Of The British Empire. For Several Years Prior To That Time The Tendency Had Been Rather In The Opposite Direction, And Many Persons, ...
Great Eastern
Great Eastern. At The Time Of Her Con Struction, The Largest Ship In The World. It Was Not Until 1901, When The Celtic Was Completed, That Her Equal In Size Was Produced. She Was Never A Financial Success, Having Been Built When The Trade And Conditions Suitable To A Ship ...
Great Lakes
Great Lakes. A Series Of Inland Seas Comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Saint Clair, Erie, And Ontario. They Lie On The Frontier Of The United States And Canada And Are Drained By The Saint Lawrence River Into The Atlantic. Their Aggregate Area Is Over 90,000 Square Miles, Exceeding That Of ...
Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake. An Extensive Sheet Of Salt Water In Northwestern Utah, Near Which Is Situated Salt Lake City. It Lies Is One Of The Great Valleys Of The Rocky Mountains, On The East Ern Edge Of The Great Basin (q.v.), And Is About 75 Miles Long, And 30 To ...
Grebe
Grebe (fr. Grebe, From Bret. Krib, Welsh, Corn. Crib, Comb). A Bird Of The Family Podi Eipidae, Having The Feet Not Webbed In The Usual Manner, But Lobate; That Is, With A Separate Membrane For Each Toe, United Only At The Base. The Tarsi (shanks) Are So Much Compressed As ...
Greek Festivals
Greek Festivals. Celebrations For The Most Part In Honor Of Some God, And In Their Regular Recurrence Corresponding With The Week Ly Rest-day Of Jews And Christians. Offerings To The Gods On The Part Of The State Or Individ Uals Were Of Almost Daily Occurrence, But Of Course Caused No ...
Greek Philosophy
Greek Philosophy. The Philosophy Of The Greeks, Which Is The Source Of The Western Philosophy Of Modern Times, As Homer Is The Source Of Western Poetry, Had Its Origin, Not In Greece Itself, But In The Colonies Of Asia Minor And Magna Grtecia. The Earliest Or Pre-socratic Period May Be ...
Greek Religion
Greek Religion. As Considered In This Article, A Term To Express The Relations In Which The Greek Stood To His Gods. Such Relations Are, Of Course, Conditioned By The Beliefs Held At Va Rious Times As To The Nature, Power, And At Tributes Of These Gods, And These Beliefs In ...
Green Bay
Green Bay. A City, Port Of Entry, And The County-seat Of Brown County, Wis., 113 Miles North Of Milwaukee, At The Head Of Green Bay And At The Mouth Of Fox River, On The Chicago And Northwestern, The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul, The Green Bay And Western, And The ...
Green Island
Green Island. A Village In Albany Coun Ty, N. Y., Situated On An Island In The Hudson River, Connected By Bridges With Troy And Water Vliet (map: New York, G 3). It Has Shops Of The Delaware And Hudson Canal Company's Railroad, Railroad Signal Works, And Important Manufactures Of Knit ...
Greenback Party
Greenback Party. In American Politi Cal History, A Party Organized To Further The Increased Use Of A 'greenback' Currency, And A Completer Recognition Of Such Currency As A Legal Tender. After The Close Of The Civil War The Rise In The Gold Value Of– United States Notes, Or `greenbacks' (see ...
Greenock
Greenock, Gren'ok. An Important Seaport And Manufacturing Town In Renfrewshire, Scot Land, On The Left Bank Of The Firth Of Clyde, 22 Miles West-northwest Of Glasgow (map: Scotland, D 4). Its Chief Industries Are Ship-building, Dat Ing From 1760; Sugar-refining, Since 1765; The Manufacturing Of Steam-engines, Ironwork, Chain Cables, Anchors, ...
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital. An Institution For Naval Pensioners, Founded By William Iii. In Memory Of His Queen. The Buildings Were Suf Ficiently Completed By 1705 (at A Cost Of £50,000) To Admit 100 Disabled Seamen. By July 1, 1708, 350 Had Been Admitted. The Income Derived. From Bequests, The Original Royal ...
Gregoire
Gregoire, Grh'gwar', Henri ( 1750-1831). Constitutional Bishop Of Blois, In France. He Was Born Of Poor Parents At Who, Near Lune Ville, December 4, 1750. He Received His Educa Tion From The Jesuits At Metz And Nancy, And Entered Into Orders. In 1788 He Published Essai Sur La Regeneration Civile, ...
Gregorovitts
Gregorovitts, Greg-6-rcivi-ns, Ferdinand (1821-91). A German Historian And Poet, Born At Neidenburg. East Prussia, And Educated At Kiinigsberg. He Began His Travels In Italy In 1852, And Wrote In A Novel And Original Manner The Series Wanderjahre In Millen (1857-77). In 1880 He Traveled In Greece, And In 1882 In ...
Gregory
Gregory Ett K A (1807.57) Was One Of The Chiefs Of The Liberal Opposition In Moldavia Under The Hospodar Michael Sturdza (1834-49). Whose Selfish Policy Was Subservient To The Designs Of Russia. In 1849 The Sultan Appointed Him Hos Podar Of Moldavia. Hampered During A Part Of His Tenure By ...
Gregory Il
Gregory Il (pope 715-31). He Was Born In Rome In 669, And Educated At The Lateran. His Pontificate Is Specially Noticeable As Forming An Epoch In The Progress Of The Territorial Preemi Nence Of The Roman See In Italy. The Authority Of The Eastern Emperors In The West Had Sunk ...
Gregory Thaumaturgus
Gregory Thau'matur'gus (gk. Rpn 76ptos Oavaaravpy6s, Gregorios Thaumatourgos, Gregory The Miracle-worker), Saint (c.210-70). Bishop Of Neocusarea In Pontus, His Native City. Sprung From An Illustrious And Wealthy Heathen Family, He Was Educated As A Rhetorician; But An Acquaintance With Origen At Cnsarea, In Palestine, In 233, Led Him To Give ...
Gregory Vii
Gregory Vii. (hildebrand) (pope 1073-85). Preeminently The Representative Of The Temporal Claims Of The Medieval Papacy. He Was Born In Tuscany About 1020, Perhaps At Soana, Village Of The Southern Border. His Family Be Longed To The Plebeian Class. Although Nothing Of His Remoter Ancestry Is Known, His Family Name, ...
Gregory Viii
Gregory Viii. ( Pope 1187). He Succeeded Ur Ban Iii., October 21, 1187, And Died Eight Weeks Later. His Epistolm Et Primilegia Are In Migne, Patrol. Lat., Ccii. Consult The Dissertation Of Nadig, Gregors Viii. 57 Tagiger Pontifilcat (basel, 1890 ) Viii. Was Also The Title Taken By Mauritius Burdinus, ...
Gregory Xiii
Gregory Xiii. ( Itg0 1311011compa.gtio ) ( Pope 1572-85). He Was Born In Bologna, February 7, 1502. He Was Educated In His Native City, Where He Held The Professorship Of Law For Several Years. He Settled In Rome In 1539, And Was One Of The Theologians Of The Council Of ...
Gregory Of Armenia
Gregory Of Armenia, Called The Il Luminator (c.257-332). The Apostle Of Chris Tianity Among The Armenians. Little Is Known Of His Early History, And The Facts Of His Life Are So Mingled With Fiction That It Is Difficult To Separate Them. He Is Said To Have Been Born At Valarshabad, ...
Gregory Of Tours
Gregory Of Tours, (lat. Gregorius Turonensis), Originally Called Georgius Floren Ties (538-94). A Celebrated Ecclesiastic, The Chronicler Of Frankish History. He Was Born In Auvergne, November 30, 538. His Family Was Of High Rank, And Distinguished For Piety, Having Furnished Several Bishops To The See Of Tours. Gregory Was Educated ...
Gregory_2
Greg'ory (lat. Gregorius). The Name Of Sixteen Popes, And Two Antipopes.—gregory I., The Great (pope 590-604). He Was Born In Rome About 540 Of An Illustrious Family, And Was A Lawyer By Profession. As Early As 571 He Was Made Of Rome By The Emperor Justin Ii. By The Death ...
Greifswald
Greifswald, Grifs'walt. The Capital Of A Circle Of The Same Name In The Prussian Province Of Pomerania, Situated On The River Ryck, 18 Miles By Rail Southeast Of Stralsund, Near The Baltic Sea (map: Prussia, E 1). It Is Well Built, Equipped With Modern Improvements, And Is Surrounded By Promenades ...
Grenada
Grenada, Gre-rffeda. A British Island And Colony, In The Windward Group Of The West Indies, Situated Northwest Of Trinidad (map: West Indies, R 8). Area, 133 Square Miles. The Island Is Of Volcanic Origin, And Contains Several Extinct Craters And Hot Mineral And Sulphur Springs. In The Centre Rises A ...
Greshams Law
Gresham's Law. A Principle Of Political Economy Formulated By Sir Thomas Gresham (q.v.) To The Effect That In A Monetary Circula Tion Bad Money Drives Out Good. It Was Origi Nally Applied To The Effect Upon The Circulation Of Mutilated, Worn, Or Depreciated Coinage. If Into Such A Coinage New, ...
Gresivam
Gresivam, Sir Thomas ( 1519-79 ) . An English Merchant And Financier. He Was Edu Cated At Gonville Hall, Cambridge, Was Appren Ticed To His Uncle, Sir John Gresham, Merchant, And Was Admitted To Membership In The Mercers Company (1543). In 1551 He Became King's Fac Tor At Antwerp, In ...
Gretna Green
Gretna Green. A Village Of Dumfries Shire, Scotland (near The Solway. And Just Over The Border From England), Which Gained Great. Notoriety During The Last Century As The Favorite Place For Runaway Couples From England To Celebrate Marriages And So Easily Evade The Eng Lish Marriage Act, Which Required The ...
Gretry
Gretry, Gra'trv, Andre Ernest Modeste (1741-1813). A Once Celebrated French Dramatic Composer, Born At Liege. His Earliest Musical Ex Perience Was As A Chorister In A Local Church, But, As It Proved Unsatisfactory, He Was Placed Under Private Teachers. About This Time He First Heard An Operatic Performance, Which Strongly ...
Greuze
Greuze, Grez, Jean Baptiste ( 1725-1805). A French Genre Painter. He Was Born At Tournus, In Burgundy, August 21, 1725. His Talent Was Recognized And Encouraged By The Lyonnese Painter Gromdon, Who Taught Him And Took Him To Paris. There Greuze Studied In The Schools Of The Academy, And Attracted ...
Greville
Greville, Sir Fulke, First Lord Brooke (1554-1628). An English Poet And Courtier, Born At Beauchamp Court, Warwickshire. Lie Entered Shrewsbury School In 1564 On The Same Day With Sir Philip Sidney, And An Intimacy Grew Up Which Remained Unbroken Until Sidney's Death. Though He Matriculated At Jesus College, Cam Bridge ...
Grevimelshatjsen
Grevimelshatjsen, Grim'mels-hou'zen, Haxs Jakob Christoffel Von ( C.1625-76) . A German Writer. He Was A Peasant's Son, And Was Born In Gelnhausen. His Important Sim Plicissimus Is The Only German Fiction Of The Seventeenth Century That Can Still Be Read With Pleasure. He Served As A Soldier Through The Later ...
Grevy
Grevy, Ji*les (1807-91). A President Of The French Republic. He Was Born August 15. 1807. At Mont-sous-vaudrey (jura). Of An Old And Respected Family. After Receiving A Good Classical Education, Grcvy Came To Paris To Study Law. While Still A Student He Took Part In The Revolution Of 1830, And ...
Grey
Grey, Sir George (1812-9s). A British Colonial Governor And Author, In His Later Years Popularly Known As 'the Veteran Colonial Admin Istrator,' And 'the Founder Of The British South African Empire.' The Son Of Lieutenant-colonel Grey, Who Fell At Badajos, He Was Born At Lis Burn, Ireland, In 1812. He ...
Grey_2
Grey, Sir Henry George, Third Earl Grey (1802-94). An English Politician, Eldest Son Of Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. He Was Born At Howick, Northumberland, And Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Held The Title Of Viscount Howick From 1807. His Long Parlia Mentary Career Began In 1826, With ...
Grey_3
Grey, Lady Jane (c.1537-54). The Great Granddaughter Of Henry Vii., And Second Cousin Of Edward Vi., Daughter Of Henry Grey And Lady Frances Brandon. Her Teacher, Aylmer, Afterwards Bishop Of London, Taught Her Greek, Latin, French, And Italian, In Addition To Some Thing Of The Arts And Sciences. At The ...
Greyhound As
Greyhound (as. Grighund, Icel. Grey Hundr, Greyhound, From Icel. Grey, Dog [cf. Grey Baka, Bitch, Grey-karl, Dogged Churl], Ir., Gael. Grech, Hound + Hundr, As. Hund, Goth. Hunds, Hound; Ultimately Connected With Lat. Eanis, Gk. S6cor,kyon, Olr. Cu, Lith. Szic, Skt.avan, Dog). Specifically And Colloquially, The Term 'greyhound' Indicates The ...
Gribeauval
Gribeauval, Gr4'1)6'valf, Jean Baptiste Vaquette De (1715-89). A French General, Born At Amiens, And Famous For The Reforms He In Augurated In The Artillery System Of His Day. In 1732 He Joined The Royal Artillery, And Three Years Afterwards Became An Officer In The Engi Neer Corps, Devoting Himself Especially ...
Griboyedoff
Griboyedoff, Gre'bo-y6d'of, Alexander Serglyevich (1795-1829). A Russian Dramatic Poet And Statesman, Born At Moscow. His Mother Gave Him The Best Obtainable Education, Prepar Ing Him For A Diplomatic Career. By The Time He Entered Moscow University, He Knew French, German, English, Italian, And Had Studied Music Both Practically And Theoretically. ...
Grieg
Grieg, Grg, Edvard Hagercp ( 1843— ). A Norwegian Composer And Pianist, Born At Bergen, Norway, June 15, 1843, One Year After The Birth Of The Unfortunate Rikard Nordraak (1842-66), Who Afterwards Exercised So Powerful An Influence Upon The Expression Of Grieg's Genius. On The Completion Of His Studies At ...
Griffin
Griffin (from Of. Grif On, Fr. Griffon, Ml. Grypho, From Lat. Gryphus, Griffin, Variant Of Gryps, From Gk. Lin' Gryps, Griffon, From 'ypirter, Grypos, Hook-nosed; Confused By Popular Etymol Ogy With Gk. Yen//, Gyps, Vulture). A Fabulous Creature, Half Animal, Half Bird, Imagined By The Ancients. It Was Usually Described ...
Grillparzer
Grillparzer, Gril'piir-tser, Franz (1791 1872). An Austrian Poet And Dramatist, Born In Vienna, January 15, 1791. His Father, A Lawyer, Died In 1809, Leaving The Family Needy. After A Harsh Schooling At Home, Grillparzer Stud Ied Law In Vienna (1807-11), Without Making A Brilliant Success. Afterwards He Made Himself Familiar ...
Grimm
Grimm. Grim, Friedrich Melchior, Baron Von (1723-1807). A Noted French Journalist And Member Of The Envy('loprdist Circle. Lie Was Born In Ratisbon, Germany, Of Poor Parents, And Studied At Leipzig. His First Production Was A Tragedy, Which Was Ridiculed At Once By The Audience And By The Critics. Disappointed, He ...
Grimms Law
Grimm's Law. A Phonetic Law Stating The Changes, Commonly Termed The First And Second Sound-shiftings, Undergone By The Mutes Or Ex Plosives Of The Lndo-germanic Consonant-system In The Low And High Germanic Languages Re Spectively. The Law, Which Is One Of The Most Important Of All Phonetic Laws (see Phonetic ...
Grinding
Grinding. The Operation Of Shaping Or Smoothing Any Hard Substance By Rubbing Away Its Surface With A Rough Stone Or With A Cutting Powder. It Is Similar To Filing, And Is Used In Eases Where, From The Hardness Of The Material, Or For Other Reasons, Filing Is Inapplicable. Thus Cutting ...
Griselda
Griselda, Grl-zelithl, Or Griseldis, Gr1 761'dis. The Heroine Of A Celebrated Medirvai Tale, Which Probably Had Its Rise In Italy. A Poor Girl, A Chareoal-burner, Is Raised To Be The Wife Of The Marquis Of Saluzzo, Who Puts Her Humility And Obedience To The Severest, Tests. She, However, Passes Through ...
Grisons
Grisons, (ger. Graublinden). The Largest, The Most Eastern, And The Most Thinly Inhabited Of The Cantons Of Switzerland. It Is Bounded On The North By The Cantons Of Glarus And Saint Gall, And By Liechtenstein And Vorarl Berg; On The East By Tyrol; On The South By Lom Bardy; And ...
Groningen
Groningen. The Most Important Town In The North Of The Netherlands, And Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, Situated At The Confluence Of The Hunse And The Aa, And At The Converging Of A Number Of Railway Lines And Canals, 22 Miles West Of The Dollar.t Inlet (map: ...
Gronovius
Grono'vius. The Latinized Name Of Two Distinguished Dutch Classical Scholars Of The Seventeenth Century. (1) Johann Friedrich Gronov ( 1611-71), Born At Hamburg, Septem Ber 8, 1611. He Became Professor Of History First At Deventer (1642), And Then Professor Of Greek At Leyden (1658), And Acquired An Inter National Reputation ...
Gros
Gros, Gr6, Antoine Jean (1771-1835). A French Historical Painter. Ile Was Born In Paris, March 16, 1771. He Shared With Ingres The Reputation Of Being The Greatest Of David's Pupils. Trained In Correct Drawing By His Father, A Miniature Painter, At The Age Of Fourteen He Came Under The Instruction ...
Grosbeak
Grosbeak (from Gross + Beak, Imitated From Fr. Grosbec, Grosbeak). Any Of Several Birds, Especially Of The Family Fringillithe, Not Able Because Of The Great Thickness Of The Bill, Which Can Be Used For Breaking The Stones Of Cherries, Olives, And The Like. The Hawfineh (q.v.) And Greenfinch (q.v.) Are ...
Grosseteste
Grosseteste, Grosst, Borert (e.1175 1253). A Celebrated English Prelate. He Was Born In Suffolk, Studied At Oxford And Paris, And, After Returning To England, Gained Great Reputation As A Divine. He Was The First Rec Tor Of The Franciscan School At Oxford (1224). In 1235 He Was Elected Bishop Of ...
Grotius
Grotius, Hugo, Or De Groot (1583-1645). A Dutch Publicist. He Was Born At Delft, April 10, 1583. His Father, Jan De Groot, Was Burgomaster. Of The Town, And Also Curator Of The University Of Leyden. In His Eleventh Year Hugo Entered The University Of Leyden, Where He Studied Under Joseph ...
Grouchy
Grouchy, Groshel, Emmanuel, De (1766-1847). A French Marshal. He Was Born At Vallette In The Department Of Seine Et-oise, September 5, 1760. He Entered The French Army At The Age Of Fourteen, And By 1789 Had Risen To The Rank Of Captain In The Royal Bodyguards. In Spite Of Birth ...
Ground Beetle
Ground-beetle. A Beetle Of One Of The Largest And Most Important Families Of Beetles, Carabida' (q.v.), So Called Because They Live On Or Beneath The Surface Of The Soil. About 12,000 Spe Cies Have Been Described In This Family, And 1100 Of Them Occur In North America. Most Of Them ...
Grouper
Grouper (probably From Sp. Garrupa, From The American Indian Name). A General Name For The Fishes Of The Genus Epinephelus, Typical Of The Group Epinephalinx, A Section Of The Sea Bass Family Serranidte. It Is The Largest, Most Widely Distributed, And Most Important Genus Of The Serranidu. They Are Mainly ...
Grouse
Grouse (a False Singular, After The Analogy Of Louse, Mouse, As Singulars Of Lice, Mice, From Grice, Grise, Breese, Gray, From Of. Griesche, Gray, Moor-hen, Variant Of Gris, Gray, From Ohg. Grin, Ger. Greis, Gray). A Game-bird Of That Section Of The Rough-footed. Gallinaceous Family Tetraonicke Which Includes The Larger ...
Grove
Grove, Sir William Robert ( 1811-96). An English Physicist, Born At Swansea. He Grad Uated At Brasenose College, Oxford, In 1832 ; Was Called To The Bar In 1835, And Began The Practice Of Law, But Left It For The Study Of Physics. He Was Professor Of Experimental Philosophy In ...
Grunewald
Grunewald, Gi/lie-via, Matthias ( C.1529). A German Painter, Born At Aschaffen Burg. He Spent Most Of His Life At Mainz, But Very Little Is Known Of His Personal His Tory. The Treatment Of His Figures Is Broader And More Expressive, And At The Same, Time Softer And Of Richer Color, ...
Gryphius
Gryphius, Grifti-us, Ger. Pron. Grelfe-us, Andreas ( 1616-64). A German Dramatic Poet, Whose Real Name Was Greif. He Was Born At Grossglogau. He Studied At Leyden, Traveled In France And Italy, And Was Appointed Syndic Of Glogau. The Struggles Of His Youth And The Envy Of Later Years, As Well ...
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Guadalupe Hidalgo, Ha-dalfgo Or E-nii1/05, Treaty Of. A Treaty Made Between The United States And Mexico, At Guadalupe Hidal Go, A Small Place In The Outskirts Of The City Of Mexico, February 2, 1848, At The Close Of The Mexican War. The American Negotiator Was Nicholas P. Trist, Of Virginia, ...
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe, O'de-1(7up', Fr. Pron. Gwhd' Ioup'. The Largest Of The French West Indian Islands, Situated Between The British Islands Of Dominica To The South And Montserrat On The North (map: West Indies, Q 6). Area, 619 Square Miles. Guadeloupe Is Practically Divided Into Two Isiands—basse Terre And Grande Terre, Separated ...
Guaiacum
Guaiacum, (neo-lat., From Sp. Guayaco, Guayacan). A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Zygophyllere, Natives Of The Trop Ical Parts Of America, Which Have Abruptly Pin Nate Leaves, And Axillary Flowers On One-flowered Stalks, Often In Small Clusters. The Trees Are Remarkable For The Hardness And Heaviness Of Their ...
Guam
Guam, Gwam, Or Guajan, Gwif-nanf. The Largest Of The Ladrone Islands (q.v.), Lying In The Pacific Ocean, And Belonging To The United States. It Is The Southernmost Of The Group, And Is Situated In Latitude 13° 30' N., And Longitude 144° 45' E., About 1500 Miles East Of Manila, And ...
Guan
Guan, Gwan (south American Name). A Gallinaceous Bird Of Central And South America, Often Domesticated. It Belongs To The Same Family (cracidw) As The Curassow, The Guans Constituting The Subfamily Penelopinn. They Have Been Separated Into Seven Genera, Of Which Penelope (16 Species) And Ortalis (19 Species) Are The Largest. ...
Guanaco
Guanaco, Gwa-nafk6 (sp., From The South American Name Huanaco, Huanaca). The Larger Of The Two Wild Species Of The Camel Family In Habiting South America, Of Which The Llama And Alpaca Are Domesticated Varieties. This Animal (lama Guanaco) Has More The Appearance Of A Hornless Goat-antelope Than Of A Camel. ...
Guanin
Guanin, A Yellowish White Amorphous Substance, Which Derives Its Name From Its Being A Constituent Of Guano. It Also Forms, However, The Chief Constituent Of The Excrement Of Spiders, Has Been Found Attached To The Scales Of Fishes, And Seems To Be A Normal Constituent Of The Mammalian Liver And ...
Guano
Guano, Gwiltnts (sp. Guano, Huano, From Peruvian Huanu, Dung). A Name Applied To The Excrementitious Deposits Of Sea-fowl, Such As Pelicans, Penguins, And Gulls, Which Are Found On Certain Coasts And Islands Where The Climate Is Dry And The Rainfall Slight. The Deposits Some Times Contain, In Addition To Excrementitious ...
Guarani
Guarani, Gwa'ra-nof. One Of The Most Im Portant Of All The Groups Of Indian Tribes In America. The Term Has Two Meanings, Applying (1) To The Guarani Proper (warriors), Living Between The Parana River And The Atlantic, And (2) To The Immense Linguistic Family Called Tupi - Guarani, Spread Formerly ...
Guard Mounting
Guard-mounting Is The Ceremony Of Inspec Tion And Review Preliminary To The Actual Re Lieving Of The Old Guard. The Details Fall In On Their Company Streets Or Before Their Bar Racks, Are Examined By Their First Sergeants, And Marched To The Regimental Parade Ground, Where The Sergeant-major Places Them ...
Guard Of
Guard (of., Fr. Garde, From Of., Fr. Gar Der, To Guard, From Ohg. Warten, Ger. Warten, As. Weardian, Eng. Ward; Connected Ultimately With Gk. &paw, Horan, To Look). A Soldier De Tailed For And Assigned As A Sentinel Or Sentry. The Term, Used Collectively, Applies To A Body Of Troops, ...
Guardian
Guardian. One Having Lawful Care And Control Of The Person Or Property, Or Both, Of An Individual Who Cannot Take Care Of Himself. This Definition Includes Guardians Of Lunatics, Idiots, Habitual Drunkards, Spendthrifts, Etc., Though Such A Guardian Is Usually Styled A 'committee.' It Also Embraces A Guardian Or Overseer ...
Guarini
Guarini, Gwa-re'ne, Giovanni Battista (1538-1612). An Italian Poet, Born At Ferrara. On The Termination Of His Studies At The Univer Sities Of Pisa, Padua, And Ferrara, He Was Ap Pointed To The Chair Of Literature In The Last, And Soon After The Publication Of Some Sonnets Ob Tained For Him ...
Gubernatis
Gubernatis, Gm'iffir-nil'th, Angelo De, Count (1840— ). An Eminent Italian Litt6rateur, Born At Turin. He Studied At The University Of Turin, And In 1862 Was Sent By The Government To Berlin To Perfect Himself In Philology. In 1863 He Was Appointed, As Professor Extraor Dinary, To The Chair Of Sanskrit ...
Gudrun
Gudrun, Gri8-dru5n'. The Chief Of The Low German Epic Sagas, Taking The Place Of The Nibelungen Saga In High Germany. The Legend Is Preserved Only In A High German Poem By An Unknown Author. It Tells How King Hagen Of Ireland Had A Daughter, Hihle, Whose Suitors Be Was Wont ...
Guelphs
Guelphs, Gw6lfs, And Ghibellines, Gib/6-linz. The Names Of Two Great Political Parties, Whose Contentions And Wars Distracted Northern And Central Italy In The Latter Part Of The Middle Ages. The Designation Guelph (ital. Guelfo, Pl. Gitelfi) Is Commonly Supposed To Be Derived From Welf, The Name Of A Princely Family ...
Guercino
Guercino, Gwer-ebelno (it., Squint-eyed), A Nickname Of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1660). An Italian Painter. He Was Born At Cento, Near Bologna, February 8. 1591, The Son Of A Peasant. There Is A Difference In Opinion As To His First Masters At Cento And In Bologna, Hut They Were Certainly Of ...