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Conshohocken – Coorg

Conshohocken

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Montgomery co. It is on the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads, and on Schuylkill river. It has rolling mills, foundries, furnaces, rubber works, cotton and woolen mills, and steel mills, and is an important manufacturing center. center. Pop. (1910) 7,480; (1920) 8,481.

Constantinople

STRAIT OF.

See BOSPORUS.

Constituent Assembly

a name given to the first convention of the delegates of the French nation (1787-1791) to distinguish it from the legislative assembly of 1791. It drew up and obtained the acceptance of the first of the famous revolutionary constitutions. The Constituent Assembly of 1848 had a similar aim.

Continent

the large, unbroken tracts of land on the earth, whether altogether or entirely disconnected, are included under this name. Thus Europe and Asia together, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia, may all be thus regarded. The word is also applied to the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Islands.

Continent

THE DARK. See AFRICA.

Continental

pertaining or relating to a continent; as a continental system. Belonging or relating to the mainland of Europe, in contradistinction to the islands belonging thereto, more especially Great Britain; as, a continental tour. Relating, or pertaining to, the American colonies confederated during the Revolutionary War; as, the Continental Congress.

Contralto

in music, the highest voice of a male adult, or the lowest of a woman or a boy; called also the Alto, or, when possessed by a man, Countertenor. It is next below the treble and above the tenor, its easy range being from tenor G to treble C.

CONVENT

Contravallation

LINES OF, in military language, language, a chain of works round a besieged place to resist the sorties of the garrison.

Contusion

a bruise or injury of the soft parts of the body, without breach of surface. If the skin be broken, See BRUISE. the injury is called a contused wound.

Conventicle

a small gathering for religious worship. The word was applied to the schools of Wycliffe. Afterward it was used of Dissenters from the Establishment in Queen Elizabeth's time, but it did not come into great prominence till the passing of the Uniformity Act in 1662.

Cook Strait

discovered by Captain Cook on his first voyage, separates the COOK STRAIT, discovered by Captain N. and S. islands of the New Zealand group, and varies from 20 to 80 miles in width.

Coorg

or KURG, an ancient principality, now a province in southern Hindustan, lying between Mysore on the E. and N. E. and the districts of South Canara and Malabar on the W.; area, 1,583 square miles. The country has a healthful climate, and yields coffee, spices, timber, etc. The capital is Merkara. Pop. (1901) 180,607.