Anchor – Angostura
Anchor
a well-known instrument for preventing a ship from drifting, by mooring her to the bottom of the sea, provided that the water is shallow enough to permit of this being done. Its invention was at a very early period. Those of the early Greeks were simply large stones,
Anchylosis
the coalescence of two bones, so as to prevent motion between them. If anything keep a joint motionless for a long time, the bones which constitute it have a tendency to become anchylosed, in which case all flexibility is lost.
Ancrum Moor
Roxburghshire, 54 miles N. W. of Jedburgh, was in 1544 the scene of the defeat of 5,000 English, under Sir Ralph Evers and Sir Brian Latoun, by a Scottish force under the Earl of Angus and Scott of Buccleuch.
Anderson
city in Indiana, countyseat of Madison co.; on several railroads and a hydraulic canal with a fall of nearly 50 feet; 36 miles N. E. of Indianapolis. It is principally engaged in manufactuing, and has National banks, public library, high school, daily and weekly newspapers, etc. Pop. (1910) 22,476; (1920) 29,767.
Anemoscope
an instrument for an rendering visible the direction of the wind. In that commonly used there is a vane exposed to the wind acting upon an index moving round a dial-plate on which the 32 points of the compass are engraved.
Aneurism
a morbid dilatation of the aorta, or one of the other great arteries of the body.
Angara
a Siberian river which flows into Lake Baikal at its N. extremity, and leaves it near the S. W. end, latterly joining the Yenisei as the Lower Angara or Upper Tunguska.
Angel Fish
a fish of the squalidæ, or shark family, which derived its name ANGEL FISH, a fish of the squalidæ, from the fact that its extended pectoral fins present the appearance of wings. It is called also monk-fish, fiddle-fish, fins present the appearance of wings. It the coasts of Europe and North America.
Angell
GEORGE THORNDIKE, an American reformer, born in 1832.
He was graduated at Dartmouth, 1846, an and admitted to the bar, 1851. He has been active in promoting measures for was President of the American Humane the prevention of crime, cruelties, and the Educational Society. He died in 1909. adulteration of food. He founded and
Angilbert
ST. (äng-el-bār'), the most celebrated poet of his age, secretary and friend of Charlemagne, whose daughter, Bertha, he married. In the ANGINA PECTORIS latter part of his life he retired to a monastery of which he became abbot.
Died in 814.
Angora Cat
the large and longsaid to belong originally to Angora. It said to belong originally to Angora. It has a superb coat of long silky hair and a long bushy tail.
Angostura
or CIUDAD BOLIVAR, city and capital of the state of Bolivar, ANGOSTURA, or CIUDAD BOLIVAR, Venezuela; on the Orinoco river; 263 miles S. E. of Caracas. It has considerable export trade in cotton, indigo, coffee, tobacco, cattle, etc. Pop. about 20,000.