Academy – Achard
Academy
AMERICAN were principally educated. Academy is the name, also, of a society or an associpromotion of art, or of scientific men, promotion of art, or of scientific men, similarly united for the advancement of science, or of persons united for any more
Academy
FRENCH, an institution
Academy of Arts
THE ROYAL, a British institution for the encouragement of painting, sculpture, and designing; founded in 1768 by George III., with Sir Joshua Reynolds as president. It is composed of a president (P. R. A.), 40 academicians (R. A.), and 30 associates (A. R. A.), which include professors of painting, architecture, anatomy, and perspective.
Academy of Design
NATION- AL, an American institution, in New York City, founded in 1826, conducting schools in various branches of the fine arts, and holding semiannual exhibitions at which prizes are awarded. The membership consists of academicians, who are the corporate body and use the title N. A. (National Academicians), and the associates, who use the title A. N. A.
Academy of Sciences
THE NA- TIONAL, an American institution, chartered by Congress in 1863, consisting of 150 members, elected from among the most distinguished scientific men of the United S Society of London.
United States; analogous to the Royal
Acanthite
a silver sulphide classed by Dana under his chalcocite group.
Composition AgS. It has about 86.71 of silver and 12.70 of sulphur. It is orthorhombic; the crystals are generally prisms with slender points.
Acanthus
the name of three ancient cities: (1) in Egypt, (2) in Caria, and (3) in Macedonia. The latter city is noted for the construction, across the neck of the peninsula of Mount Athos, of the great canal through which sailed the fleet of Xerxes on its way to Greece.
ACANTHUS
Acceptance
a bill of exchange drawn on one who agrees absolutely or conditionally to pay it, according to tenor of the document itself. To render it so valid that, if the drawee fail to liquidate it, the drawer may be charged with costs, the promise of the drawer must be in writing under or upon the back of the bill.
Acetanilid
more commonly known as anti-febrin. Formula CoHS NHCOCH3.
Its melting point is 237° F. It boils at 563° F. It dissolves in alcohol, ether, and hot water, less readily in cold water.
Its principal use in medicine is as a sedative and febrifuge, but it should be used with great caution unless prescribed by a physician.
Acetylene Lamp
a lamp designed for utilizing acetylene as an illuminant.
Acetylene lamps have come into general are formed by replacing the typical Huse among cyclists. In some of the lamps, in acetic acid by a radical of an alcohol, are formed by replacing the typical H grant liquid, sp. gr. 0.890, boils at 74°; methyl acetate boils at 56°.
Acilea
a ACHAIA.
Greek province. See generic term employed
Achard
LOUIS AMÉDÉE (ä-shär'), a French novelist and publicist, born in 1814. Originally a merchant, he became a contributor to several papers in Paris in 1838. After the revolution of 1848 he was for a time active as a political writer in support of the royalist cause.
He depicts pre-eminently conflicts in family life and society. He died in 1875.