Guericke
Guericke, Ga're-ke, Otto Von ( 1602-86 ) . A Celebrated Physicist, Known Chiefly By His Dis Coveries Regarding The Nature And Effects Of Air. He Was Born At Magdeburg, And Studied In Ger Many And Holland, Subsequently Traveling In England And France, And Becoming Later An Engineer In The Army ...
Guerrazzi
Guerrazzi, Gwer-rat'se, Francesco Do Dienico (1804-73). An Italian Statesman And Writer, Born At Leghorn, And Educated For The Legal Profession. In 1829 Guerrazzi Was Asso Ciated With Mazzini And Bini In The Establish Ment. Of The Indicator Livornese, A Short-lived Liberal Organ. A Little Later Came His Elogio Di Cosimo ...
Guerrero
Guerrero, Ga-ra'r6. One Of The Pacific States Of Mexico, Bounded By The States Of Michoacan, Morelos, Mexico, And Puebla On The North, Oaxaca On The East, And The Pacific On The Southwest. Its Area Is 24,996 Square Miles (map: Mexico, J 9). With The Exception Of The Coastal Zone, About ...
Guiana
Guiana, Ge-lifna. A Territory In The North East Part Of South America, Bounded By The At Lantic On The North, By Brazil And The Atlantic On The East, And By Brazil And Venezuela On The West (map: South America, D 2). Its Area Is Estimated At 175,400 Square Miles. (brazilian ...
Guicciardini
Guicciardini, Gwe'char-delne, Francesco (1483-1540). An Italian Statesman And His Torian, Born Of Noble Parentage At Florence. The Studies Of Law And Literature Engrossed His Ear Liest Attention, And Before He Reached The Age Of Twenty-three He Was Elected Professor Of Law- By The Signoria Of Florence. His Knowledge Of In ...
Guido Darezzo
Guido D'arezzo, Da-retso, Or Guido Aretino (c.995-c.1050). A Famous Reformer Of Music, And A Monk Of The Benedictine Order. Nothing Is Known Absolutely Of His Life, The Only Source Of Information Being The Frequently Contra Dictory Traditions Of The Middle Ages. He Has The Reputation Of Being The Inventor Of ...
Guillaume De Palerne
Guillaume De Palerne, De Pii'larn'. An Old French Romance, Of Which The Translation Has Been Printed By The Early English Text Society Under The Title Of William Of Palcrne. It Is Founded On'the Werewolf Superstition. Con Sult Saintsbury, A Short History Of French Lit Erature (new York, 1882). Guillaultet, Gustave ...
Guillemot
Guillemot, Gil'o-mot (fr. Guillemot, From Bret. Gtcelan, Welsh Gicylan, Corn. Gullan, Grill + Of. ,noette, Fr. Mouette, Dialectic Fr. Mauler, From Ohg. Meh, Icel. Mar, Dutch 'nectar, Ger. :moue, As. Macw, Eng. Mew). Any Auk (q.v.) Of The Genera Cepphus And 1.7ria ; Specifically. The Common Or 'foolish' Guillemot (uria. ...
Guilty As Guilt
Guilt, Guilty (as. Gylt, Gilt, From As., Goth. Gildan, 011g. Geltan, Ger. Gelten, Eng. Yield). In Law, Guilt Signifies The Fact, Whether An Overt Act Or A State Of Mind, Which Renders A Person Liable To Punishment For Crime. In Gen Eral, The Commission Of A Forbidden Act In Itself ...
Guinea Fowl
Guinea-fowl. A Group Of Birds, Closely Allied To The Peacock, Representing The Pheasant Family On The Continent Of Africa, And In Part Domesticated. The Guinea-fowls Are Usually Re Garded As A Subfamily (numidinh), And Are Separated Into Several Genera, Including A Dozen Species, All Natives Of Africa And Madagascar. They ...
Guinea Worm
Guinea-worm. A Parasitic Roundworm (q.v.) (dracuneulus Medinensis), Especiallyehar Acteristic Of The Central And Eastern Parts Of Arabia, But Abundant In India, Persia, Nubia, The Swampy Regions Of The White Nile, And Guinea, And Found Widely Distributed In The Warmer Parts Of Both Hemispheres. Sailors Have Been Known To Bring Them ...
Guiscard
Guiscard, Gas'klie, Robert (c.1015-85). Duke Of Apulia And Calabria. He Was The Son Of Tancred Of Hauteville, And Was Born Near Coutanees, In Normandy. His Elder Brothers, William Of The Iron Arm, Drogo, And Humphrey, Had Gone To Italy To Seek Their Fortunes Soon After 1030, And Had Been Very ...
Guizot
Guizot, Frangois Pierre Guillaume (1787 1874). A Distinguished French Historian And Statesman, Born At Nimes, October 4, 1787, Of Protestant Parents. His Father Was An Advo Cate Of Liberal Views,,was Guillotined During The Reign Of Terror (april 8, 1794), And His Mother Soon Afterwards Went With Her Two Sons To ...
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream. The Most Important And Best-known Current In The Atlantic Ocean, De Riving Its Name From The Gulf Of Mexico. Out Of Which It Flows Between The Coast Of Florida On The West And The Bahamas On The East. Its Breadth In The Narrowest Portion Is About 50 Miles, ...
Gulistan
Gulistan, Grs7le-stlin• (pers., Rose-garden). The Most Famous Work Of The Persian Poet Sadi (q.v.), A Collection Of Moral Discussions Inter Woven With Stories, Puns, And Maxims. It Is Contained In Eight Chapters In Prose And Verse. There Are English Translations By Eastwick (hertford, 1852) ; Gladwin (boston, 1865) ; And ...
Gummosis
Gummo'sis (from Lat. Gummy, Gk. Sb,ligt, Kommi, Gum), Gumming, Or Gum Flux. Any Plant Disease In Which Gum Flows From The Dis Eased Area Or Its Vicinity. There Are Many Different Diseases Of This Character, Which Have Been Noticed Upon Many Species Of Plants, As Shown Below. The Gum, According ...
Gums
Gums. A Class Of Organic Substances Mostly Of Vegetable Origin, And Composed Of Carbon, Hydrogen, And Oxygen. Many Of Them Are Com Pletely Soluble In Water, Forming With It A Trans Parent Mucilage; But They Are All Insoluble In Alcohol. Chemically, The Gums Are Amorphous Carbohydrates That Are Transformed Into ...
Guncotton
Guncotton. A Name Applied To Certain Cellulose Products Of The Action Of Nitric Acid On Cellulose, Discovered By Schdnbein In 1846. The Molecular Formula Of Cellulose (q.v.) Is Some Un Known Multiple Of And The Action Of Nitric Acid Results In The Substitution Of A Vary Ing Number Of No, ...
Gundulf
Gun'dulf. The Reputed Founder Of An Heret Ical Sect In Artois, The Bishopric Of Liege, And Elsewhere, In The Eleventh Century. Of Gundulf Himself Nothing Is Known. In 1025 A Company Of His Fellows Was Arrested By Gerhard, Bishop Of Cambrai And Arras, And Brought To Trial. Ac Cording To ...
Gunnery
Gunnery. The Science And Art Of Handling Guns. The Science Of Handling Guns Consists Of Exterior And Interior Ballistics (q.v.) And The Discussion Of Problems Arising In Connection There With. The Art Of Handling Guns Includes Drill And Target Practice And The Practical Problems And Other Matters Connected With Them. ...
Gunpowder
Gunpowder. An Explosive Mixture, Con Sisting Of Potassium Nitrate, Sulphur, And Char Used For Military Purposes, In Firearms, And For Blasting. For Use With Cannon And Small Alms, And For High-grade Sporting Rifles And Shot Guns, Gunpowder Is Being Rapidly Superseded, And Its Place Is Being Taken By The More ...
Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot, Tile. A Project For Destroying The King, Lords, And Commons At The Opening Of Parliament On November 5, 1605. While James I. (then James Vi. Of Scotland) Was An Aspirant To The English Throne, He Had Given The Roman Catholics Reason For Believing That He Intended To Favor ...
Gunshot Wound
Gunshot Wound. A Wound Produced By A, Missile Projected From A Pistol, Rifle, Cannon, Etc., By The Force Of Any Explosive. Such Wounds May Vary In Severity From A Simple Bruise To The Tearing Away Of A Whole Limb. Single Balls Pro Duce An Incised, Bruised, Or Lacerated Wound, Ac ...
Gussenbauer
Gussenbauer, Gnisen-bou'er, Karl (1842 —). An Austrian Surgeon. He Was Born At Ober-veiled:, Carinthia, And Was Educated At Vienna, Where For Some Time He Was Assistant To Billroth. In 1875 He Was Appointed Professor Of Surgery At Liege, In 1878 He Was Made Professor At Prague, And Since 1894 He ...
Gustav Adolf Gotzen
Gotzen, Gustav Adolf, Count Von (1866— ). A German Traveler, Born At The Castle Of Scharfe Neck, Silesia. He Undertook A Journey To The Kili Manjaro, Which Was Highly Successful, And On His Second Tour Traversed The Entire Continent Of Africa From Pangani, German East Africa, To The Mouth Of ...
Gustavus I Vasa 1496 1560
Gustav'us I. Vasa (1496-1560). King Of Sweden From 1523 To 1560, And Founder Of The Royal House Of Vasa. He Was Born At Lindholm, May 12, 1496, And Was Known In Private Life As Gustavus Ericsson. The Name Vasa Came Into Use After His Accession To The Throne, Being De ...
Gustavus Ii Adolphus
Gustavus Ii. Adolphus King Of Sweden From 1611 To 1632, And One Of The Greatest Generals Of Modern Times. He Was Born December 9, 1594, And Was The Grandson Of Gustavus Vasa, By His Youngest Son, Charles Ix., At Whose Death In 1611 He Succeeded To The Throne. Gustavus Was ...
Gustavus Iii 1746 92
Gustavus Iii. (1746-92). King Of Sweden From 1771 To 1792. He Was Born January 24, 1746, And Succeeded His Father, Adolphus Fred Erick (q.v.), In 1771, At A Period When The Royal Power Had Almost Disappeared Before The En Croachments Of The Nobility, And The Country Was Distracted By The ...
Gustavus Iv Adolphus 1778 1837
Gustavus Iv. Adolphus (1778-1837). King Of Sweden From 1792 To 1809. He Was The Son Of Gustavus Iii, And Was Born November 1, 1778. He Succeeded His Father On The Latter's Death, March 29, 1792. By His Father's Will He Was To Be Vested With The Actual Sovereignty At The ...
Gutenberg
Gutenberg, Go=o'ten-berk, Johannes (c.1400-c.1468). The Inventor Of Printing From Movable Types. He Was Born At Mainz, Of The Patrician Family Of Gensfleisch; The Latest In Vestigations Tend To Fix The Date Between 1394 And 1399. The Name Of Gutenberg Was Taken From A Property Long Supposed To Have Been Brought ...
Gutta Percha
Gut'ta-per'cha (malay Gatah, Gum + Percha, Name Of A Tree). A Substance In Many Respects Similar To Caoutchouc, And Consisting Of The Dried Milky Juice Of Certain Trees And Climb Ers, The Best Being Obtained From The Isonandra Gutta, Which Is Found In The Peninsula Of Malacca And The Malayan ...
Gutter Of
Gutter (of. Gutiere, Fr. Goutiere, From Of Gote, Fr. Goute, Drop, From Lat. Gutta, Drop). An Open Channel For Conveying Water From Buildings, Roads, Etc. The Greeks, Who Constructed Their Roofs With A Simple Span, Used Gutters At The Eaves Of Their Buildings, Hollowed Out Of The Stone Which Formed ...
Gutzlaff
Gutzlaff, Gntslitf, Karl, F.a. (1803-51). A Missionary, Historian, And Author, Born At Py Ritz, Pomerania. In The Service Of The Nether Lands Missionary Society, He Studied Chinese At Batavia, 1826-28. Severing His Connection With The Missionary Society, He Went To Singapore, And :a Few Months Later To Siam, Where Be ...
Guy Of Warwick
Guy Of Warwick, Wor'lk. The Hero Of A Popular English Legend. Guy Is Represented As The Son Of Siward Of Wallingford. Becoming Page To Rohand, Earl Of Warwick, He Falls In Love With The Earl's Daughter, Named Felice, Who De Clines To Marry Him Until He Has Proved His Knighthood. ...
Gwin Gwynn
Gwynn, Gwin, Or Gwyn, Eleanor (1650-87). An English Actress, Mistress Of Charles Ii. The Place Of Her Birth Is Not Definite Ly Known. She Was Brought Up In Poverty, And As A Child Sold Oranges At The Theatre Royal In London. In 1665 She Made Her First Public Appearance As ...
Gymkhana
Gymkhana, Gim-kii!na (probably A Corrup Tion Of Pers. Gand-khanah, Ball-house, Influenced By Popular Association With Gym-nasium; Also Ex Plained As Being From Eng. Game + Pers. Kltanah, House). A Generic Term, Originating In India, And Signifying An Outdoor Meeting For Recreational Pur Poses. Ordinarily, Gymkhanas Are Of Two Kinds: One, ...
Gymnasiarch
Gymna'siarch ( Lat. Gymnasiarehus, From Gk. Yvi.tvatr(apxos, Gymnasiarchos, From -yup. Vacr‘op, Gymnasion, Gymnasium + Etpx6s, Archos, Leader, From Ltpxav, Archein, To Lead). The Name Of A Greek Official, Whose Rank And Duties Varied Widely In Different Places And At Different Times. In Athens During The Fifth And Fourth Centuries B.c. ...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics (lat. Gymnasticus, From Gk. Yugvacrrucbs, Gymnastikos, Relating To Athletic Ex Ercises, From -yutocirew, Gymnazein, To Train). Indoor Exercises For The Development Of Physiques By The Aid Of Suitable Appliances. A Room Or Building Set Apart For Such Purposes, And Fur Nished With The Requisite Appliances And Para Phernalia, Is ...
Gypsum
Gypsum (lat., From Gk.-ynnn,gypsos, Chalk, Probably Of Semitic Origin, Cf. Ar. Jibs, Gypsum, From Jabasa, To Walk Haughtily). A Hydrated Calcium Sulphate Composed Of Lime 32.56 Per Cent., Sulphuric Acid 46.51 Per Cent., And Water 20.93 Per Cent. It Crystallizes In The Monoclinic System, Has A Hardness Of 2, And ...
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth. This Insect Is Abundant Throughout The Temperate Zone In The Old World, And Often Does Much Damage To Fruit, Shade, And Forest Trees, Particularly In France, Germany, And Southern Russia. It Was First Described By Linnus In 1758, And Named By Him Bombyx Dispar, But Later Authorities Place ...
Gyroscope
Gyroscope (from Gk. 70pos, Gyros, Circle+ Ascareb, Skopein, To View). The Name Given By Foucault To An Instrument For The Exhibition Of Various Properties Of Rotation, And The Composi Tion Of Rotations First Described By Bohnenberger In 1817. It Differs From A Top In Having Both Ends Of Its Axis ...
Gzowski
Gzowski, Gzh5visk1, Sir Casimir Stasis Laijs ( 1813-98). A Polish-canadian Engineer, Born In Saint Petersburg. He Graduated At The Military Engineering College In Kremenetz, Vol Hynia, And Had A Commission In The Regular Army That He Relinquished To Join The Patriots Of Poland In Their Insurrection, For Which He Was ...
Haarlem
Haarlem, Harlem. The Capital Of The Dutch Province Of North Holland, Situated On The Spaarne, 11 Miles West Of Amsterdam (map: Netherlands; C 2). It Is An Extremely Clean And Well-built City, Situated Amid Very Picturesque Environs Intersected By Canals, And Full Of Inter Esting Dutch Houses. The Principal Church ...
Haase
Haase, Hilfze, Friedricii ( 1826— ). A Dis Tinguished German Actor. He Was Born In Berlin, The Son Of The First Valet De Chambre Of Frederick William Iv., Under Whose Patronage He Received A Thorough Education And Was Prepared For The Stage By Ludwig Tieck. In 1846 He Made His ...
Habawkuk
Habawkuk. The Eighth Of The Minor Prophets. Concerning His Life Absolutely Nothing Is Known. Legends About Habakkuk Are Plenti Ful In The Later Apocryphal Literature. In Bel And The Dragon (q.v.), For Example, Habakkuk Is Ordered To Bring Food To Daniel In The Lion's (len, And In Order To Carry ...
Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum
Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum. This Is A Prerogative Writ Requiring The Body Of A Person Alleged To Be Unlawfully Restrained Of Liberty To Be Brought Before The Judge Or Into Court, That The Lawfulness Of The Restraint May Be Investi Gated And Determined. The Writ Is Addressed To The Person ...
Habit
Habit (from Lat. Habitus, Condition, From Habere, To Hold). In Its Most Extended Sense, A Settling Of Any Plastic Material Into Determinate Form. Since The Organism At Large, And The Ner Vous System In Particular, Are Characterized By Nothing So Much As By Plasticity, More Especially During The Years Of ...
Hackberry
Hackberry (variant Of Hagberry, Hey Berry, From Hag, As. Haga, Dutch Haag, Ger. Hag, Fence, Coppice + Berry), Also Called Sugar-berry, Nettle-tree, Hoop-asic, And Hagberry. A Num Ber Of Trees And Shrubs Which Belong To The Natural Order Urticacen, The Species Of Which Are Distributed Throughout The Noithern Hem Isphere. ...
Haddock
Haddock. A Fish (melanogransmus (epic Finus) Of The Cod Family. It Resembles The Com Mon Cod Very Much, But Can Readily Be Distin Guished By The Black Lateral Line, That Of The Common Cod Being White. It Has Three Dorsal And Two Anal Fins, And A Barbel At The Symphysis ...
Hades
Hades, Hit'dz (gk. "at Chic, Ilaides, Or Aidlc, Aides, From A-, A-, Not + Idein, Lat. Vidcre, Skt. Vid, To See). (1) In Greek Mythology, The God Of The Lower World. (see Pluto.) In Late Writers The Word Is Also Used To Denote The Realm Of Hades, Called By The ...
Hadith
Had'ith (ar. Hadith, Tradition, From Hada Tha, To Occur). The General Designation In Ara. Bic•for A Story Or Tradition, But More Specifically Applied To The Traditions About Mohammed, The Prophet's Sayings And Doings, Which, As A Com Plement To The Koran, Form, Together With It, The Supreme Authority For All ...
Hadrian Publius Jelitts Hadrianus
Ha'drian (publius Jelitts Hadrianus) (76-138). A Roman Emperor (a.d. 117-138). He Was Horn In Rome. January 24, A.d. 76. Dur Ing The Reign Of Trajan, Who Was His Guard Ian, And With Whom He Was Connected By Marriage. He Filled Several High Offices In The State. He Accompanied The Emperor ...
Haeckel
Haeckel, Holel, Ernst (1834—). A Ger Man Zoologist And Natural Philosopher, Born At Potsdam. He Studied Medicine And The Nat Ural Sciences At Berlin, Under Johannes Midler, And At Jena. After Taking His Medical Degree At Berlin, He Practiced Medicine For A Year, And Then, Having Decided To Devote Himself ...
Hafiz
Hafiz, Hafflz ( 1-e.1399). A Persian Poet Of Shiraz. And One Of The World's Greatest Names In Lyrical Poesy. The Time When He Flourished Corresponds To The Period Of (lamer's Fame In The West; But It Was Not In The Field Of Narrative Poetry That Ilafiz Was Great; He Poured ...
Hagar
Ha'gar. According To The Book Of Genesis, Handmaid Of Sarah, Concubine Of Abraham, And Mother Of Ishmael. The Narrative (gen. Chs. Xvi. And Xxi.), When Critically Analyzed, Is Shown To Be Composed Of Two Sources Which Have Been Combined, And Now Runs As Follows: Sarah, Having Remained Barren Up To ...
Hageneach
Hageneach, Hatgen-bfici, Karl Rudolf (1801-74). A German Theologian. He Was Born March 4, 1801, At Basel, Where His Father Was Pro Fessor Of Anatomy And Botany. After Being Pro Fessor Extraordinary At Basel (1824), He Became Full Professor In 1828. He Lectured To Public Au Diences, And Afterwards Published Several ...
Haggada
Haggada, Hag-gbida (heb., Narration, From Higgid, To Narrate). The Free Rabbinical Inter Pretation Of Scripture, Chiefly For Homiletical Purposes. Haggada, Is Thus Contrasted To Halacha, `rule' (q.v.), Which Represents The Authoritative Interpretation Of Biblical Laws For Practical Pur Poses. The Haggada Developed Side By Side With The Halacha, And The ...
Haggai
Haggai, Hagfga-i (probably 'born On A Feast Day,' Though Haggai May Also Be An Abbreviation Of Hagiah, 'feast Of Yahweh,' Or For Hagariah, `yahweh Hath Girded'). A Hebrew Prophet Of The Post-exilic Period, And Contemporary With The Prophet Zechariah, With Whom He Was Associated (ezra V. 1; I. Esdras Vi. ...
Hague
Hague, Hag, The (dutch 's Grarenhage, The Count's Hedge). The Seat Of The Government Of The Netherlands And Residence Of The Sovereign, Pleasantly Situated In The Province Of South Holland, About 15 Miles Northwest Of Rotterdam And Three Miles From The North Sea (map: Netherlands, C 2). It Is Intersected ...
Hague Peace Conference
Hague Peace Conference. An In Ternational Conference Of Delegates Which As Sembled At The Hague On May 18, 1899, In Response To An Invitation Addressed By The Czar Of Russia To The Principal States Of The Civilized World, With A View To Concerted Action For The Maintenance Of A General ...
Hahnemann
Hahnemann, Hairte-man, Samuel (1755 1843). The Founder Of Homeopathy. He Was Born At Meissen, Saxony, The Son Of A Painter Of Dres Den China. After Obtaining A Primary Education With Difficulty, At The Age Of Twenty He Left Meis Sen, With 20 Crowns As His Fortune, And Went To Leipzig, ...
Haiduks
Haiduks, Hi'duks (hung. Hajdu, Drover, Plural Hajduk). A Term Formerly Applied Among The Balkan Slays To The Bandit Mountaineers. Who, Like The Greek Klephts, Were Generally Chris Tians And Opposed To Turkish Rtile. Such Bands —each One Having A Chief—the Karam Basha Were Found Among The Serbs And Bulgarians From ...
Hail As
Hail (as. Hagol, Icel. Hagl, Org. Hagal, Ger. Hugel, Hail; Probably Connected With Gk. Laix2vf, Kachlex, Pebble). Round, Compact Masses Of Ice That Fall From The Clouds To The Earth, Usually With Rain. When These Masses Are As Large As One-quarter Of An Inch In Diameter Or Larger They Are ...
Haileybury College
Hai'leybury College. An English Public School Situated At Hailey, Hertfordshire, Nineteen Miles North Of London. This School Is Often Called New Haileybury, In Distinction From The Older And More Famous School Which It Suc Ceeded. Old Iiaileyiiury, Or More Properly The East India College, Was A Training-school For Young Men ...
Hair Dye
Hair-dye. A Substance Employed For Chang Ing The Natural Color Of The Hair To A Pre Ferred One, And For Hiding The Approaches Of Age As Indicated By The Presence Of Gray Hairs. Usual Methods Consist In Washing The Hair With A Solu Tion Of Some Metallic Salt Known To ...
Hair As
Hair (as. Htir, Icel., Ohg. Her, Ger. Haar; Probably Connected With ()church Slay. Kosma, Lith. Kasa, Hair, And Perhaps With Lat. Carere, To Card Wool). The Characteristic Covering Of Mammals, An Epidermal Outgrowth, The Forma Tion And Structure Of Which Are Quite Different From Either Scales Or Feathers. Hairs Are ...
Hairdressing In Ancient Times
Hairdressing In Ancient Times. The Egyp Tian Hairdressing, As Shown In The Painted Bas Reliefs And Flat Paintings, Was Extremely Varied. It Was Divided Into Many Tresses, Each Thickly Plaited, Or In Two Very Broad And Flat Braids, One On Each Side Of The Head, While The Hair Behind Is ...
Hairdressing In Later Times
Hairdressing In Later Times. The Disposi Tion To Use The Hair, When Worn Long, As A Vehicle For Elaborate Design Of Some Kind Never Seems To Disappear. As The Roman Ladies Twisted The Hair Over Their Forehead Into The Appearance Of An Immense Sponge, The Taste Recurs After The Sim ...
Hairivor1vi
Hairivor1vi. Any Of The Long, Thread-like Nematode Worms Of The Parasitic Order Gordi Oidea. (see Goanius.) In These, Nematodes The Body-cavity Is Lined By A Distinct Epithelium; There Is A Simple Large Ventral Nerve-trunk, And The Reproductive Organs Are Arranged Metameri Cally And Are Separate From The Gonoducts. The Group ...
Hairless Dog
Hairless Dog. Races Of Dogs Whose Skins Are Almost Completely Devoid Of Hair Have Been Known Since Ancient Times, And In Widely Sep Arated Parts Of The World. The Chinese Have A Variety Which They Cook And Eat As A Delicacy. This Oriental Hairless Dog Is Of A Small Grey ...
Haiti
Haiti, Lialtk, Fr. Pron. Vete", Also Called Santo Domingo, Or Hispaniola. -one Of The Four Islands Of The Greater Antilles, The Sec Ond In Area And Population, And The Only Island Of The West Indies That Is Politically Independent. The Name Of The Island Requires Special Comment Because The Usage ...
Hajek Of Libo6an
Hajek Of Libo6an, Ha'yek Fly Who-chin, Wenzel ( ?-1553). A Bohemian Chronicler. He Wrote In The Czech Language A Chronicle Of Bohemia (1541), Which•was Translated Into Ger Man By Johann Sandal (1596), And Was Long Con Sidered One Of The Best Sources Of Bohemian His Tory. Modern Criticism, However, Has ...
Hajji Khalfah
Hajji Khalfah, Hli'je Kaffii, Mustafa Ibn Ab Dallaii Katib Tsiielebi (c.1600-58). A Celebrated Turkish Historian And Bibliographer. He Was Born At Constantinople About The End Of The Sixteenth Century, And Died There In Septem Ber, 1658. From ]622 Till 1633 He Was Employed In The Turkish Army, And Had An ...
Hakata
Hakata, Hillka-th. Formerly A Separate City Of Japan, Now Forming A Part Of Fukuoka (q.v.). Hake (abbreviation Of Provincial Eng. Haked, From As. Hacod, Os. Hacud, Ohg. Hahhit, Ger. Hecht, Pipe, From As. Haca, Bar, Norweg. Hake, Hook; Connected Also With As. Hoe, Eng. Hook, So Called From The Hooked ...
Hakkas
Hakkas, Hiikikaz (chin., Stranger Fami Lies). An Interesting Class Of People Found In Different Provinces Of Southern China, But Chief Ly In Kwang-si. Kwang-tung, And Fukien, Whence They Have Spread To Formosa, Hong Kong. Hai Nan (qq.v.), And Even To The Straits Settle Ments. Their Origin Is Unknown, But For ...
Hakluyt
Hakluyt, Riennun (c.1552-1616). An English Writer On Geography And History. After Getting His Degree At Oxford He Lectured On The Above Subjects. In 1582 He Published Divers Voyages Touching The Discovery Of Itmerica, Which Attracted Considerable Attention. And Ably Secured His Appointment As Chaplain To The English Ambassador At Paris ...
Halacha
Halacha, Ha-lafka (heb., Rule Of Proce Dure, From Halak, To Go). The General Term For The Jewish Oral Law, Which Runs Parallel With The Written Law Contained In The Bible, And Is Sup Posed To Be, Like This, Of Divine Origin. Its Rela Tion To The Ordinances Contained In The ...
Haldimand
Hal'dimand, Sir Frederick ( 1718-91 ) . A Swiss Soldier Of Fortune In The Service Of Great Britain. He Was Born In The Canton Of Neu Chatel, Served In The Sardinian Army And Under Frederick The Great, But Was In The Swiss Guard At The Hague In 1756, When, Together ...
Hale
Hale, Jonbt Parker (1806-73). An Ameri Can Statesman And Orator, Born In Rochester, N. Ii. He Studied At Phillips Exeter Academy, Graduated At Bowdoin College In 1827, And Three Years Later Was Admitted To The Bar. His Polit Ical Career Began In 1832, When, As A Strong Jacksonian Democrat, He ...
Hale_2
Hale, Sir Marrnew (1609-76). A Distin Guished English Lawyer And Judge, Born At Al Derley, In Gloucestershire, November 1, 1609. His Paternal Grandfather Was A Wealthy Trades Man, While His Mother Was A Member Of The Noble Family Of Poyntz Of Acton. Left An Or Phan At The Age Of ...
Half Blood
Half-blood. In English And American Law, The Relationship Of Persons Who Have One Parent Only In Common, As Half-brothers, Etc. When Two Persons Have The Same Father, But Not The Same Mother, They Are Said To Be Consanguin Eous; When They Have The Same Mother Only, They Are Called Uterine ...
Halfway Covenant
Halfway Covenant. The Designation Given To A, Peculiar Modification Of Church-mem Bership Which Arose In Early New England. Ac Cording To The View Prevalent In The Congrega Tional Churches Of New England At Their Founda Tion, The Only Proper Members Of A Local Church Were Men And Women Of Personal ...
Halibut
Halibut (from Me. Hely, Eng. Holy + Me. Butte, Eng. But, Ger. Butte, Swed. Butte, Floun Ddr; So Called As Eaten Especially On Holy Days). The Largest And Most Important Of The Flatfish. This Species (hippoglossus Hippoglossus) Is Elongated And Rather Thick In Form (see Colored Plate Of Foon-ffsnes) And ...
Halicarnassus
Halicarnas'sus (lat., From Gk. '.0.4 Kapvaceoe). A Greek City Of Carla, In The South West Of Asia Minor, On The North Shore Of The Ceramic Gulf. It Was Founded By A Colony From Trcezen, And Was One Of The Cities Of The So-called Doric Hexapolis, From Which Confederacy, How Ever, ...
Halifax
Halifax. The Capital Of Nova Scotia, Can.. On The Southeast Or Outer Coast Of The Peninsula, In Latitude 44° 39' N., And Longitude 63° 35' W. (map: Nova Scotia, F 5). It Is Built On The East Slope Of A Small Peninsula In Halifax Harbor. The Harbor, The Indian Chebucto—`chief ...