ACKERMANN, JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB (1756-1801), German

because he is the chief of those who see the wonders of the

with the Decalogue and the Paternoster. Declining to be

of a screw and a plumb-line. The instrument was set up

with each subdivision, the divisions in the cylindrical

channel, 25 m. long and from a quarter of a mile to a mile

dominions, is an offence within the jurisdiction of the

the infinite variety of needs and aspirations of a civilized

H.M.'s dominion may have admiralty jurisdiction granted to it.

cell-walls at the surface of contact. These aggregations or

Pure Food Law,'' applicable to the United States generally,

London in which he carried out barometric, thermometric and

De Incertitudine et Vanitate Scientiarum et Artium Atque

was accordingly very strictly regulated in their laws. In

schistose rocks flanked on each side by a zone of Mesozoic

Pembroke, of some two thousand English portraits, and

evolution of hydrochloric acid. It combines with ammonia to

king, he was regarded as a mere name by the unruly nobles to

dictionary catalogues with the grouping of the minor topics

hence a name applied in the 17th century to the district

a semicircular bend first S.E. and then N.E. It reaches the

in the mass, but is of singular interest in detail. There

as illustrating an attempt from the psychological side to find a

Tete du Rutor (C) . . . . . 11,438 Monte Civrari (C). . . . . . . . .7,553

goods coming into cold store. Thus it is well-nigh impossible

of the 4th century. The air of Abdera was proverbial as

of the most interesting as he is one of the most important

But he had at least shown that he possessed to an unusual

nymph Syntaethis, a beautiful shepherd of Sicily, was the lover

English Alpine Club (founded in the winter of 1857--1858),

Rockhampton. In summer the climate is often oppressively hot

vulpecula) has been naturalized in New Zealand, although very

right breadth (equal to the thickness of the plate), then

military, but he attended lectures at the university of

walls are plastered with cow-dung, clay and finely chopped

The oath of allegiance is an oath of fidelity to the sovereign

magnetic. It stands near the positive end of the list of

Queen Ranavalona signed a convention recognizing the French

a passion for Homer, however he may have been disposed to

which might have been easily transformed into an assembly of

1874, p. 62; 1878, pp. 10, 132, 194, 1881, p. 254. (R. A. S. M.)

1885 6,738,206 25,616,071 32,354,277

as attaches with United States legations; and many others.

all colours find it very healthy, and the whites are very

of complaints made by the woman soon after the commission of the

(2 vols., Baris, 1901), one of the publications of the Service

first appearance of symptoms indicative of perforation having

Randon. The administrative headquarters of Algeria was then

knowledge. Mention has already been made of the institution

have been an impressive spectacle. One novelty should not be

FIG. 6.--Black-ash Furnace and Boiling-down Pan. Scale

of its surface falling below 5000 ft., while the summits

The word is derived from the Old German aha, cognate to

members. In Milan an academy of architecture was established

present. This carbon monoxide is formed by the action of

The German flag raised in East Africa.

under the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act 1890.

west, and Shevemore (2204 ft.) in the north; the extreme

goats and cattle; others are desert tablelands. In the less

ALENCON, a town of north-western France, capital of the

establishments, ship and boat building, maintenance, repairs and

foliage, Arabic inscriptions, and geometrical patterns wrought

but in consequence of its premature birth, or of the means

Valley was a constant source of supply to the cities of

1889 of a navigable mouth of the Zambezi--the Chinde--and

battle behind them crossed, though with some difficulty. On

position. The great opponent of their Christology, which

that science had succeeded to superstition as the source of

account of the measure, but it seems to have provided grants

existence of vast coal beds in northern Afghanistan. In 1903

current. A small piece of iron placed in this field tends to move

Albrun Pass (Binn to Devero and Baceno), bridle path . . . . . . . . . . .7,907

The islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1888 in view of

and also aided the British, who drew their supplies to a great

erosion of the vent is very rapid unless the escape of the

native chiefs, bewildered and disquieted, thought themselves

Sivas vilayet of Asia Minor and an important trade centre

Peacock, who was one of the earliest mathematicians to recognize

command of an army. The aged chief returned an answer full

butter factories. The amount of ``total solids'' contained in

Altertums (1884), and by Szanto (Greek) and Joh. Schmidt

extends over four days in mining shares and three days in other

the emperor were unaltered; ``but,'' he added, ``God Himself

Vatican library contains a volume of manuscript letters and

by their two sisters, who alone are left of the royal house.

is fertile, yielding wheat, barley, maize, flax, hemp and