More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Molecule
The Encyclopedia of Founding: One of the constituent particles of bodies. The molecules of bodies are divided into integrant and constituent, the integrant having properties similar to the mass, and are consequently simple or compound, as the mass is either one or the other. A mass of pure metal consists of integrant particles, each of which has metallic properties similar to those possessed by the whole mass. Similarly, a mass of alloy consists of integrant particles, each of which is a compound of the different metals forming the alloy. When a compound integrant molecule is decomposed we arrive at the constituent molecules. Therefore oxygen and hydrogen are the constituent molecules of an integrant molecule of water.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the smallest quantity of any elementary substance or compound which is capable of existing in a separate form. Cohesion and chemical affinity are instances of molecular attraction. See CHEMISTRY.
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Monogram
Aiton's Encyclopedia: two or more letters combined into a single character or device. It is usually a combination of the initials of a name used as a device for a seal, trade-mark, engraving on a piece of plate or a letterhead. The Romans stamped their coins not infrequently with a monogram. The monkish copiers of manuscripts were expert in devising and executing monograms as decorative head-pieces, etc. The correspondence of medieval diplomats was held lacking in taste unless decorated with monograms. The cutting of monograms, seals, and signet rings was almost an art in itself.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a character or cipher composed of one, two, or more letters interwoven, and used as a sign or abbreviation of a name or word. The term is now applied to conjoined initials of a personal name on seals, trinkets, letter paper, etc., or employed by printers, painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their work.
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Monte Carlo
Collier's New Encyclopedia: the .). The first stone casino in MONACO (q. v "Association of was laid in 1856. The ' Club the Watering-Place and Strangers is $6,000,000 of Monaco," whose capital in 60,000 shares, holds a contract, which Prince Charles It has practically to bear the cost of pr principality The present ruler, annuity of $350,000 from the society an a year. Pop. about 10,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a noted European gambling resort. See Monaco
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Montevideo
Aiton's Encyclopedia: the capital and metropolis of Uruguay. It is situated on the northern bank of the Rio de la Plata . The name is Spanish, meaning "mountain view." The city lies on a series of low hills. The streets are straight and roomy. The most important buildings are the Parliament House, Government Palace, and National Bank. There are theaters and club buildings. The warehouses and business blocks are imposing and commodious. Though Spanish is the official and leading language of the city, many languages are spoken familiarly on the streets. With regard to waterworks, street railways, telegraph and telephone lines, electric lights, and other improvements, the city is decidedly modern. In 1908 14,902 seagoing vessels visited the city. The harbor is the best on the river. It has been improved by moles and dredging and embankments involving an expenditure of $11,000,000. The chief exports are hides, tallow, meat, corn, wool, rubber, and fur. The population is growing rapidly. An estimate for 1909 is 316,000. See Uruguay
Collier's New Encyclopedia: capital of Uruguay, on a small peninsula on the N. coast of the estuary of the La Plata, 130 miles E. S. E. of Buenos Ayres. It is one of the best built towns in South America. The chief exports are wool, hides, tallow, dried beef, and extracts of flesh. Montevideo sends out above half the whole exports of Uruguay, and receives all but a small fraction of the imports. Pop. (1918) 378,993.
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Moonshiner
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a term applied to an illegal maker of whiskey. The government tax on whiskey is so large that many secret stills are hidden away, particularly in the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky, with the purpose of evading payment. The inhabitants of such a district see no harm in making their own whiskey and drinking it without payment of a whiskey tax. They naturally conceal the locality of a still and watch the movements of every stranger. Though naturally hospitable, they have no mercy on a spy or detective. Many sudden deaths from ambush and many a thrilling tale of adventure may be told in connection with the collection of internal revenue. The moonshiners are likely to do much of their work by night, whence the name. Charles Egbert Craddock's stories of Tennessee life give an excellent idea of eastern Tennessee mountains and moonshiners.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a term applied in the Southern and Western States to makers of illicit whisky.
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Moors
Aiton's Encyclopedia: an Arabic people, now occupying the Barbary states. They were originally Arabs, but they have absorbed various elements. The Moors entered Europe from Africa by way of Spain. They were turned back by Charles Martel at the battle of Tours, 732. They were Mohammedans, speaking the Arabic language. They built cities in Spain and established extensive irrigation systems. They were for a time dominant, but the native Spaniard gained the ascendancy and began a system or repression in some respects reminding the reader of the agitation against the Huguenots in France. Ferdinand crushed the military power of the Moors in 1492. In 1610 the last of them were expelled, leaving Spain the poorer in learning as well as in industrial respects. See Alhambra ; Arabs; Arithmetic
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Moraine
Collier's New Encyclopedia: in physical geography and geology, the debris of rocks brought into valleys by glaciers. There is always one line of blocks on each edge of the icy stream, and often several in the middle. The former are called lateral, and the latter medial moraines. A large portion of these rocky fragments at length reaches the end of the glacier, which is known as a terminal moraine.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Glacier
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Morality
Collier's New Encyclopedia: or MORAL PLAY, a sort of allegorical play, embodying moral discourses in praise of virtue and condemnation of vice, the dialogue being carried on by personifications of virtues and abstract qualities. The Devil of the earlier Miracle Plays became the Vice of the latter. Moralities first appeared about the beginning of the reign of Henry VI., and lingered till the reign of Elizabeth (about 1600).
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Miracle Play
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