1911 Encyclopedia Britannica - Article Index

Article - Budaun
Buduan, is a city in the north-central Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica wrote of Buduan: A town a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brundisium: Encyclopedia - Brundisium
Brundisium (Gk. Brentesion, mod. Brindisi) was an important harbour town of Apulia, Italy, on the east-south-east coast. The name is said...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgos: Encyclopedia - Burgos
A city of northernwestern Spain, at the edge of the central plateau, Burgos has about 170,000 inhabitants in the city proper and another...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cesare Marquis Of Beccaria: Encyclopedia - Cesare Marquis Of Beccaria
Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (or the Marchese de Beccaria-Bonesana) (March 11, 1738 - November 28, 1794) was an Italian philosopher and po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arctinus Of Miletus: Encyclopedia - Arctinus Of Miletus
Arctinus of Miletus was one of the earliest poets of Greece and contributors to the Epic Cycle. He flourished probably about 650 BC. His ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antimachus: Encyclopedia - Antimachus
Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anton Raphael Mengs: Encyclopedia - Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 - June 29, 1779) was a German painter. Mengs was born in 1728 at Usti (Aussig) in Bohemia, but his fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcesilaus: Encyclopedia - Arcesilaus
Arcesilaus (Ἀρκεσίλαος) (316-241 BC) was a Greek philosopher and founder of the New, or Middle, Academy—the skeptical phase...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles William King: Encyclopedia - Charles William King
Charles William King (September 5, 1818 - March 25, 1888), was a British writer and collector of gems. He was born at Newport, Monmouthsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Lassen: Encyclopedia - Christian Lassen
Christian Lassen (October 22, 1800 - May 8, 1876) was a Norwegian- German orientalist. He was born at Bergen, Norway. Having received a u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Lilly: Encyclopedia - William Lilly
William Lilly (May 1 (O.S.)/May 11 (N.S.), 1602 - June 9, 1681), was a famed English astrologer and occultist during his time. Lilly was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crantor: Encyclopedia - Crantor
Crantor was a Greek philosopher of the Old Academy, born probably about the middle of the 4th century BC, at Soli in Cilicia. He was a fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crates Of Thebes: Encyclopedia - Crates Of Thebes
Crates of Thebes, a Hellenistic philosopher, was one of the Cynics and the teacher of Zeno of Citium. Crates was from Thebes and was a st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cynic: Encyclopedia - Cynic
The Cynics were an influential school of ancient philosophers. They rejected the social values of their time, often flouting conventions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Vernon Harcourt Politician: Encyclopedia - William Vernon Harcourt Politician
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (October 14, 1827 - October 1, 1904) was a British Liberal statesman. William Verno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William De Corbeil: Encyclopedia - William De Corbeil
William de Corbeil (d. 1136), archbishop of Canterbury, was born probably at Corbeil on the Seine, and was educated at Laon. He was soon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Wolff Philosopher: Encyclopedia - Christian Wolff Philosopher
Christian Wolff (less correctly Wolf) (January 24, 1679 - April 9, 1754) was a German philosopher. Christian Wolff philosopher - Importan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland: Encyclopedia - Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (August 12, 1762 - August 25, 1836), was a German physician. He is famous as the most eminent practical physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities. The status does not apply automatic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aethelweard: Encyclopedia - Aethelweard
Æthelweard (Ethelward), Anglo-Saxon historian, was the great-grandson of Æthelred, the brother of Alfred, and ealdorman or earl of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Badghis Province: Encyclopedia - Badghis Province
Badghis is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located on the northwest of Afghanistan, between the Murghab and Hari R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydrotherapy: Encyclopedia - Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, is probably the oldest form of medical treatment. It involves the use of water for soothing pai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Budaun: Encyclopedia - Budaun
Buduan, is a city in the north-central Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica wrote of Buduan: A town a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Ortelius: Encyclopedia - Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Orthellius, Abraham Ortels, Abraham Wortels) (April 14, 1527 - 1598) was a cartographer and geographer, credite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paean: Encyclopedia - Paean
Paean, in Homer, was the Greek physician of the gods. In other writers the word is a mere epithet of Apollo in his capacity as a god of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musk: Encyclopedia - Musk
Musk is the name originally given to a perfume obtained from the strong-smelling substance, secreted by the testicles of the musk deer, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thebes Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Thebes Greece - History
The record of the earliest days of Thebes was preserved among the Greeks in an abundant mass of legends which rival the myths of Troy in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taunton: Encyclopedia Ii - Taunton - History
There was perhaps a Romano-British village near the suburb of Holway, and Taunton was a place of considerable importance in Saxon times. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ripon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ripon - Minster
The cathedral, which the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica described as "not ranking among those of the first class," is nevertheless celebrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - City Status
Charters originated as charters of incorporation, allowing a town to become an incorporated borough, or to hold markets. Some of these ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Wolff Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Wolff Philosopher - Life
Christian Wolff was born in Breslau, Silesia. Coming from a modest background, he studied first mathematics and physics at the University...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Étienne Pasquier: Encyclopedia Ii - Étienne Pasquier - Recherches De La France
Pasquier's historical work is seen as an important predecessor to modern historiography, although he is indebted to the methods of other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgos: Encyclopedia Ii - Burgos - Burgos Cathedral
The Gothic Cathedral at Burgos, begun in 1221, displays features of the 13th to 15th centuries. The west front is flanked by towers termi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anton Raphael Mengs: Encyclopedia Ii - Anton Raphael Mengs - Literature
See Opere di Antonio Raffaello Mengs (Parma, 1780); Mengs Werke, übersetzt v. G. F. Prange (1786); Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst (1880...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Life And Times
Stanley was born at Alderley in Cheshire, where his father, later Bishop of Norwich, was then rector. He was educated at Rugby School und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Caius: Encyclopedia Ii - John Caius - Works By Caius
His works are: Annals of the College from 1555 to 1572 translation of several of Galen's works, printed at different times abroad. Hippo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Baptiste Kléber: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Baptiste Kléber - Biography
Kléber was born in Strasbourg, where his father worked as a builder. He received, partly at Paris, training in architecture, but his opp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandell Creighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandell Creighton - Bishop Of London
In 1897, on the translation of Dr Frederick Temple to Canterbury, Creighton was appointed Bishop of London. During Dr Temple's episcopate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Marat: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Marat - Scientist And Physician
In 1773 he made his first appearance as an author with a Philosophical Essay on Man. The book shows a wonderful knowledge of English, Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metropolitan Police District: Encyclopedia Ii - Metropolitan Police District - History
The Metropolitan Police District was defined in the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as an approximately circular area within a seven-mile (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Baptiste Kléber: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Baptiste Kléber - Biography
Kléber was born in Strasbourg, where his father worked as a builder. He received, partly at Paris, training in architecture, but his opp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydantoin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydantoin - Uses
Hydantoin - Medicine. Dantrolene is used in malignant hyperthermia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, spasticity, and Ecstasy intoxicati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles: Encyclopedia Ii - Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles - Civil War
On the outbreak of the Civil War Holles, who had been made lieutenant of Bristol, was sent with Bedford to the west against the marquess ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Alps: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Alps - Historical Views Of Alpine Geology
The Alps form but a small portion of a great zone of crumpling mountain ranges that stretch in a series of curves from the Atlas Mountain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gliwice: Encyclopedia Ii - Gliwice - History
Gliwice - Late Middle Ages. Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276 and was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Silesian Piast du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Preparation & Methods Of Ingestion
Hashish - 'Hard' Hash. Usually between dark and light brown in colour. This type of hash is often crumbled into tiny pieces to obtain m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cesare Marquis Of Beccaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Cesare Marquis Of Beccaria - Publications
The Verri brothers and Beccaria started an important cultural reformist movement centered around their journal Il Caffe, which ran from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Vernon Harcourt Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - William Vernon Harcourt Politician - Career
He entered parliament as Liberal member for Oxford, and sat from 1868 to 1880, when, upon seeking re-election after acceptance of office,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Marat: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Marat - Scientist And Physician
In 1773 he made his first appearance as an author with a Philosophical Essay on Man. The book shows a wonderful knowledge of English, Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah Webster: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah Webster - Biography
Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut to an agricultural colonial family. His father w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francesco Cavalli: Encyclopedia Ii - Francesco Cavalli - Music And Influence
Cavalli was the most influential composer in the rising genre of public opera in mid-17th century Venice. Unlike Monteverdi's early opera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Availability And Quality
Hashish is widely available in Europe, as opposed to marijuana which is more sparsely available on the whole, although recent reports sug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - History
Fukuoka Fukuoka - Mongol invasions 1274-1281. Fukuoka's Hakata Bay is Japan's gateway to Korea and China. Gateways, of course, attract ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Revolution From The Summer Of 1790 To The Establishment Of The Legislative Assembly: Encyclopedia Ii - French Revolution From The Summer Of 1790 To The Establishment Of The Legislative Assembly - From The Anniversary Of The Bastille To The Death Of Mirabeau
French Revolution from the summer of 1790 to the establishment of the Legislative Assembly - The anniversary of the Bastille. The Natio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persepolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Persepolis - Ancient Texts
The relevant passages from ancient scholars on the subject are set out below: (Diod. 17.70.1-73.2) 17.70 (1) Persepolis was the capital ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Encyclopedias - General
List of encyclopedias - Printed works. The Children's Encyclopedia, by Arthur Mee. Collier's Encyclopedia Columbia Encyclopedia: a on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cesare, Marquis Of Beccaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Cesare, Marquis Of Beccaria - Publications
The Verri brothers and Beccaria started an important cultural reformist movement centered around their journal Il Caffe, which ran from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Availability And Quality
Hashish is widely available in Europe, as opposed to marijuana which is more sparsely available on the whole, although recent reports sug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Manufacturing
Hash is made from tetrahydrocannabinol-rich glandular hairs known as trichomes as well as various amounts of Cannabis flower and leaf fra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gliwice: Encyclopedia Ii - Gliwice - Buildings
The Gliwice Radio Tower of Radiostacja Gliwicka ("Radio Station Gliwice") is the only remaining radio tower of wood construction in the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Alps: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Alps - Current View
The actual landscape we see today is a recent development -- only some two million years old. This was the period where some five known i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology Of The Alps: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology Of The Alps - Geological History
Geologists have documented that in late Paleozoic times all continents were clustered into one supercontinent called Pangea. Pangea began...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Manufacturing
Hash is made from tetrahydrocannabinol-rich glandular hairs known as trichomes as well as various amounts of Cannabis flower and leaf fra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - History
According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica the word assassin derives from the Arabic word حشّاشين (haššāšīn), or Hashshash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gliwice: Encyclopedia Ii - Gliwice - Politics
Gliwice - Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency. Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency Chojnacki Jan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - History
According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica the word assassin derives from the Arabic word حشّاشين (haššāšīn), or Hashshash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Soap Bar
This low quality form of hash is known in the United Kingdom as soap bar. It is usually hard, low in potency and has a strange taste. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandell Creighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandell Creighton - Vicar Of Embleton
In 1875 he accepted the vicarage of Embleton, a parish on the coast of Northumberland, near Dunstanburgh, with an ancient and beautiful c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandell Creighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandell Creighton - Works
Bishop Creighton's principal published works are: History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation (5 vols., 1882- 1897, new e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Revolution From The Summer Of 1790 To The Establishment Of The Legislative Assembly: Encyclopedia Ii - French Revolution From The Summer Of 1790 To The Establishment Of The Legislative Assembly - The Flight To Varennes
See main article Flight to Varennes. For some time, the revolutionaries had feared that the royal family would attempt to escape Paris. W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persepolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Persepolis - Tombs Of Kings
Now we know that Cyrus the Great was buried at Pasargadae and if there is any truth in the statement that the body of Cambyses II was bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandell Creighton: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandell Creighton - Early Life Education And Marriage
He was born at Carlisle, the eldest son of Robert Creighton, a well-to-do upholsterer. He was educated at Durham grammar school and at Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - Geography
Fukuoka is bordered on three sides by mountains and opens, on the north, to the Sea of Genkai. Much of the city is now built on reclaimed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Honey Oil
Honey oil (often shortened to oil, and sometimes referred to as BHO,or Butane hash oil, which is particular to the method in which it is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - Sports And Olympic Ambitions
Fukuoka is the home of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, one of Japan's top professional baseball teams. Threatened with bankruptcy and forced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - Festivals
Fukuoka is home to many festivals that are held throughout the year. Of these, the most famous are Hakata Dontaku and Hakata Gion Yamagas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - Popular Attractions
Sky Dream Fukuoka, located in Fukuoka City's western ward, is one of the world's largest ferris wheels at a height of 120 metres(about 40...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fukuoka Fukuoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Fukuoka Fukuoka - Education
Fukuoka City operates all public elementary and junior high schools, while the prefecture operates the high schools. One high school, Hak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Honey Oil
Honey oil (often shortened to oil, and sometimes referred to as BHO, which is particular to the method in which it is made) is a highly v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Wolff Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Wolff Philosopher - Philosophy
The Wolffian philosophy held almost undisputed sway in Germany till it was displaced by the Kantian revolution, due partly to his distinc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Wolff Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Wolff Philosopher - Works By Wolff
Wolff's most important works are as follows: Anfangsgründe aller mathematischen Wissenschaften (1710; in Latin, Elementa malheseos univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persepolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Persepolis - After The Fall Of Ancient Persia
In 316 BC Persepolis was still the capital of Persia as a province of the great Macedonian Empire (see Diod. xix, 21 seq., 46 ; prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Vernon Harcourt Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - William Vernon Harcourt Politician - Background
He was the second son of the Rev. Canon William Vernon Harcourt, of Nuneham Park, Oxford, himself the fourth son and eventually heir of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francesco Cavalli: Encyclopedia Ii - Francesco Cavalli - Works List
Francesco Cavalli - Operas. Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (1639) La Dafne (1640) La Didone (1641) L'Amore innamorato (1642, music lost) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francesco Cavalli: Encyclopedia Ii - Francesco Cavalli - Life
He became a singer at St Mark's in Venice in 1616, second organist in 1639, first organist in 1665, and in 1668 maestro di cappella. He i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - List Of Cities
The following are the official cities in the United Kingdom as of 2004. Those which have been cities since time immemorial are indicated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - Cathedral Towns
Now that being the seat of a Church of England diocese is no longer sufficient (or necessary) to become a city, there are a number of cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - City Applications
City status grants have been used to mark special royal and other occasions. Swansea was granted city status in 1969 to mark the investit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - City Councils
Being a city gives a settlement no special rights other than that to call itself a city. Nonetheless, this is considered very prestigious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - Cities Now In The Republic Of Ireland
The current cities in the Republic of Ireland were created using this system, but have since left the United Kingdom. These cities are St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Vernon Harcourt Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - William Vernon Harcourt Politician - Summary
Sir William Harcourt was one of the great parliamentary figures of the Gladstonian Liberal period. He was essentially an aristocratic typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persepolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Persepolis - Tombs Of Kings
Now we know that Cyrus the Great was buried at Pasargadae and if there is any truth in the statement that the body of Cambyses II was bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ripon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ripon - The Monastery
Ripon (In Rhypum, Ad Ripam) owed its origin to the monastery founded in the 7th century. A certain king, Alchfrith is said to have given ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Status In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - City Status In The United Kingdom - Large Towns
As noted above, in ordinary discourse, "city" can refer to any large settlement, with no fixed limit. There are certain towns which have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles: Encyclopedia Ii - Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles - Parliamentary Activity And Imprisonment
To these discontents were now added the abuses arising from the king's arbitrary administration. On March 2, 1629, when Sir John Finch, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Soap Bar
This low quality form of hash is known in the United Kingdom as soap bar. It is usually hard, low in potency and has a strange taste. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashish - Methods Of Ingestion
Hashish - 'Hard' Hash. Usually between dark and light brown in colour. This hash is often crumbled into tiny pieces to obtain maximum s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persepolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Persepolis - Site
The site is marked by a large terrace with its east side leaning on Kuh-e Rahmet ("the Mount of Grace"). The other three sides are formed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Marat: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Marat - Views Of Marat
The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica writes, "Marat's name was long an object of execration on account of his insistence on the death penalty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Marat: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Marat - Life
Jean-Paul Marat - Childhood and education. The eldest child of Jean Paul Marat (Giovanni Marra), a native of Cagliari in Sardinia, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taunton: Encyclopedia Ii - Taunton - Pop Culture References
Taunton plays a role in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and is also mentioned in The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Is...   » Read the article