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Chelone – Chilblain

Chelone

a genus of turtles, including the tortoise, often written chelonia. See TORTOISE and TURTLE.

Cheltenham

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Montgomery co. It is on the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York railroad. It is a suburb of Philadelphia and is almost entirely a residential city.

Pop. (1910) 8,434; (1920) 11,015.

Chemistry

AGRICULTURAL. See AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.

Chemistry

ANIMAL. See ANIMAL CHEMISTRY.

Chemistry

INDUSTRIAL. Chemistry of Manufactures.

Chemistry

PHYSIOLOGICAL.

Chemistry of Living Organisms.

Chephren

or CEPHREN (kef' rên), was the successor of Cheops as King of Egypt, and the builder of the second pyramid. His name is properly Khafra.

Cheyennes

a tribe of American Plains Indians, originally of Algonquin stock, at one time settled in Wyoming. government had "wars" with them.

There are about 3,000 who are settled on reservations in Oklahoma and Montana.

From 1861 to 1867 the United States

Chichen

one of over 50 ruined towns in the Mexican province of Yucatan, a few miles W. S. W. of Valladolid, with the remains of an ancient Indian city, comprising a vast temple with bas-reliefs, a pyramid, houses containing sculptured chambers, etc.

Chickasaw

an Indian tribe, occupying a reservation in Oklahoma. The tribe had a chief and a legislature chosen by popular vote, but its members are now citizens of the United States. Cotton and corn are grown by the tribe. The tribe numbers about 4,500.

Chiclayo

a city of Peru, 12 miles S. E. of Lambayeque; is the center of a valuable sugar district. The United States consular agent resides in this municipality. Population about 14,000.

Chilblain

or FROSTBITE, a blain or sore on the hands or feet produced by cold, especially if the parts were previously much heated.