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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" - Volume 5, Slice 8CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car), in antiquity, a conveyance (Gr. , Lat. currus) used in battle, for the chase, in public processions and in games. The...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Châtelet" to "Chicago" - Volume 6, Slice 1CHTELET (from Med. Lat. castella), the word, sometimes also written castillet, used in France for a building designed for the defence of an outwork or gate, sometimes of great strength or size, but...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" - Volume 6, Slice 2CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF, one of the great educational institutions of the United States, established under Baptist auspices in the city of Chicago, and opened in 1892.1 Though the president and two-thirds...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" - Volume 6, Slice 3CHITRAL, a native state in the North-West Frontier Province of India. The state of Chitral (see also Hindu Kush) is somewhat larger than Wales, and supports a population of about 35,000 rough, hardy...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" - Volume 6, Slice 4CINCINNATUS,1 LUCIUS QUINCTIUS, (b. c. 519 B.C.), one of the heroes of early Rome, a model of old Roman virtue and simplicity. A persistent opponent of the plebeians, he resisted the proposal of...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Clervaux" to "Cockade" - Volume 6, Slice 5CLERVAUX (clara vallis), a town in the northern province of Oesling, grand-duchy of Luxemburg, on the Clerf, a tributary of the Sre. Pop. (1905) 866. In old days it was the fief of...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" - Volume 6, Slice 6COCKAIGNE (Cockayne), LAND OF (O. Fr. Coquaigne, mod. Fr. cocagne, abundance, from Ital. Cocagna; as we say Lubberland, the epicures or gluttons home, the land of all delights, so taken in mockerie:...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Columbus" to "Condottiere" - Volume 6, Slice 7COLUMBUS, a city and the county-seat of Muscogee county, Georgia, U.S.A., on the E. bank and at the head of navigation of the Chattahoochee river, about 100 m. S.S.W. of Atlanta. Pop. (1890)...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Conduction, Electric" - Volume 6, Slice 8 CONDUCTION, ELECTRIC. The electric conductivity of a substance is that property in virtue of which all its parts come spontaneously to the same electric potential if the substance is kept free from the...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" - Volume 7, Slice 2CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH (1779-1831), grand-duke and cesarevich of Russia, was born at Tsarskoye Selo on the 27th of April 1779. Of the sons born to the unfortunate tsar Paul Petrovich and his wife...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Convention" to "Copyright" - Volume 7, Slice 3CONVENTION (Lat. _conventio_, an assembly or agreement, from _convenire_, to come together), a meeting or assembly; an agreement between parties; a general agreement on which is based some custom, institution, rule of behaviour...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Coquelin, Benoît Constant" to "Costume" - Volume 7, Slice 4COQUELIN, BENOT CONSTANT (1841-1909), French actor, known as Coquelin an, was born at Boulogne on the 23rd of January 1841. He was originally intended to follow his fathers trade of baker...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cosway, Richard" to "Coucy, Le Châtelain de" - Volume 7, Slice 5COSWAY, RICHARD (c. 1742-1821), English miniature painter, was baptized in 1742; his father was master of Blundells school, Tiverton, where Cosway was educated, and his uncle mayor of that...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" - Volume 7, Slice 6COUCY-LE-CHTEAU, a village of northern France, in the department of Aisne, 18 m. W.S.W. of Laon on a branch of the Northern railway. Pop. (1906) 663. It has extensive remains of fortifications of...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Crocoite" to "Cuba" - Volume 7, Slice 7CROCOITE, a mineral consisting of lead chromate, PbCrO4, and crystallizing in the monoclinic system. It is sometimes used as a paint, being identical in composition with the artificial product chrome-yellow; it is the...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé" - Volume 7, Slice 8CUBE (Gr. , a cube), in geometry, a solid bounded by six equal squares, so placed that the angle between any pair of adjacent faces is a right angle. This...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dagupan" to "David" - Volume 7, Slice 9DAGUPAN, a town and the most important commercial centre of the province of Pangasinn, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on a branch of the Agno river near its entrance into the Gulf of Lingayen, 120...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "David, St" to "Demidov" - Volume 7, Slice 10DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant), the national and tutelar saint of Wales, whose annual festival, known as St Davids Day, falls on the 1st of March. Few historical facts are known regarding the...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Demijohn" to "Destructors" - Volume 8, Slice 2DEMIJOHN, a glass bottle or jar with a large round body and narrow neck, encased in wicker-work and provided with handles. The word is also used of an erthenware jar, similarly covered with...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Destructors" to "Diameter" - Volume 8, Slice 3... in main flues, &c. (g) The chimney draught must be assisted with forced draught from fans or steam jet to a pressure of 1 in. to 2 in. under grates by water-gauge....