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Apsley Strait – Archbald

Apsley Strait

a narrow channel between Melville and Bathurst Islands, off the N. coast of Australia. It is about 40 miles in length, with a breadth varying from 2 to 5 miles.

Apus

in zoölogy, a genus of entomostracans, the typical one of the family apodide. They have the carapace of one piece, and completely enveloping the anterior part of the animal. They have about 60 pairs of feet.

Aqua

a word much used in pharmacy and old chemistry. Aqua fortis (=strong water), a weak and impure nitric acid.

It has the power of eating into steel and copper, and hence is used by engravers, etchers, etc. Aqua regia, or aqua regalis, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids with the power of dissolving gold and other noble metals.

Aquamarine

a name given to some of the finest varieties of beryl of a sea-green or pale blue color. Varieties of topaz are also so called.

Aquarium

an artificial tank, pond, or vessel, filled with salt or fresh water, and used, in the former case chiefly for the purpose of keeping alive marine animals in circumstances which render it easy to study their habits, and in the latter for cultivating aquatic plants.

Aquarius

in astronomy, the 11th of the 12 ancient zodiacal constellations, now generally called signs of the Zodiac.

It is generally quoted as "Aquarius, the Water-bearer."

Aqueous Rocks

mechanically watery fluid which fills the space between the cornea and the crystalline lens in the eye. the eye.

ROCKS, mechanically formed rocks, composed by matter deformed rocks, composed by matter de- posited by water. Called also sedimentary or stratified rocks.

Aquitaine

a Roman province in Gaul, which comprehended the countries on the coast from the Garonne to the Pyrenees, and from the sea to Toulouse. It was brought into connection with England by the marriage of Henry II. with Eleanor, coast from the Garonne to the Pyrenees, and from the sea to Toulouse. It was

Arbela

now ERBIL, or ARBIL, a small town of Assyria, E. from Mosul, famous as having given name to the battle in which Alexander finally defeated Darius, 331 в. c. The battle was really fought near Gaugamela (the "camel's house"), about 70 miles to the N. W. of Arbela.

Arc

JOAN OF fixed to the terminals of a battery in such a position that their extremities are one-tenth of an inch apart.

Arc

JOAN OF. See JOAN OF ARC.

Archbald

a borough in Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna co., on the Delaware and Hudson and on the New York, Ontario, and Western railroads. It is about 10 miles N. E. of Scranton, in the midst of a coal-mining region and there are other industries, including silk mills.

Pop. (1910) 7,194; (1920) 8,603.