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Derbyshire Spar – Des Moines College

Derbyshire Spar

also called fluorite, fluor-spar, and bluejohn ; is abundant in Derbyshire, and also in Cornwall, England. In the N. of England it is the gangue of the lead mines .

It is found in almost every variety of color, red being the rarest.

Derceto

the Greek name of a Syrian goddess, supposed to be the Dagon of the Philistines .

Derelict

a vessel or anything relinquished or abandoned at sea, but most commonly applied to a ship abandoned by the crew and left floating about .

Derrick

a lifting apparatus consisting of a single post or pole, supported by stays and guys, to which a boom with a pulley or pulleys is attached, used in loading and unloading vessels, etc. Floating derricks of the strongest construction, with an immense boom and numerous blocks, are also used. crane.

Derrick Crane

a kind of crane combining the advantages of the common derrick and those of the ordinary The jib of this crane is fitted with a joint at the foot, and has a chain instead of a tension-bar attached to it at the top, so that the inclination, and consequently the sweep, of the crane can be altered at pleasure.

Dernburg

BERNHARD, a German diplomat. By gradual promotions he reached the post of Colonial Minister in the Chancellorship of Bülow. The opening of the World War in 1914 found him in the United States where he entered upon a propaganda designed to arouse sympathy for Germany. In this sympathy

Derwent

the name of four rivers he was fairly successful until the sink- in England, in Derbyshire, Yorkshire,

Descent

in law, a passing from an ancestor to an heir; a transmission by succession or inheritance. Lineal descent is where property descends directly from father to son, and from son to grandson; where property descends directly from a man to a brother, nephew, or other collateral representative.

DESCENT OF MAN. See DARWINIAN THEORY.

Deseada

or DESIRADE, one of the Leeward Islands, belonging to France, in the Caribbean Sea, about 10 miles long and hardly 5 broad. The soil is in some places black and good, in others sandy and unproductive.

Deseret

the name first adopted by the Mormons for what is now Utah. See MORMONS: UTAH.

Desertas

a group of three rocky islets in the Atlantic Ocean, to the S.

E. of Madeira, visited at certain seasons of the year by fishermen and herdsmen.

Des Moines College

a coeducational institution in Des Moines, Ia.; founded in 1855; under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 22; students, 550; president, J. A. Earl, D. D.