Zabern – Zulus
Zabern
a town of Bavaria, on the Erlenbach. The French here defeated the Austrians, July 29, 1793.
Zamosc
a fortified town of Poland, province of Lublin; on the Wieprz, 50 miles S. E. of the town of Lublin. It was laid out in 1588 in the Italian style by Jan Zamojski, and all its houses have arcades. Its fine castle, the four churches, the arsenal, and the town house are the chief buildings.
Zechariah
or ZACHARIAS, the name of many ancient Hebrews, including two prophets, various priests, and Levites (I Chron. ix: 21; xv: 24; xxvi: 14; Neh. xii: 35, 41).
Zeno
Emperor of the East from 474 to A. D. 491. One of the chief events of his reign, which was full of vissitudes, was the permission given by him to Theodoric to dethrone Odoacer, which led to the establishment of the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.
Zeno of Cyprus
a Greek philosopher, founder of the Stoic school; born in Citium, a small town in Cyprus, probably about 355 в. c. MOUNTAIN ZEBRA
Zephaniah
a prophet, son of Cushi, who again was the son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah (the king?).
Zero
in common language, nothing; in arithmetic it is called naught, and means no number; in algebra, it stands for no quantity, or for a quantity less than any assignable quantity; a cipher; nothing, ing, denoted by 0. In astronomy, the first point of ARIES (q. v.).
Zion City
a city of Illinois, in Lake co. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. It was founded by of Zion City include the manufacture of lace goods, electrical supplies, office supplies, candy, baking supplies, etc. Pop. (1910) 4,789; (1920) 5,580.
Charles Alexander Dowie. The industries ZISKA OF TROCNOW
Zirconium
Zr 89:6; a somewhat rare metal, intermediate in many of its properties to aluminum and silicum.
Its oxide, zirconia, was first prepared by Klaproth in 1789 from the mineral zircon, which is essentially a silicate of zirconium, and is found crystallized in square prismatic or octahedric crystals.
Zirknitz
or CZIRKNICZ (tsirk nits), a lake of Austria; in Carniola, 30 miles E. N. E. of Trieste; about 5 miles long and between 2 and 3 broad, without surface outlet. It is remarkable for the occasional disappearance of its waters for weeks and even months, during
Zittel
KARL ALFRED VON, a geologist and palæontologist; born in Bahlingen, Sept. 25, 1839. He became professor in the University of Munich in 1866. He was author of "Travels in Sweden and Norway" (1860); "From Primordial Time" (2d ed . 1875) "Letters from the Libyan Desert" (1875) ; "The Sahara" (1885). Died in 1904.
Zulus
or AMAZULUS, that branch of the great Bantu division of the human family found in Natal, South Africa.
Among the Bantu tribes, the Zulus are conspicuous for their physical and intellectual development.