Aguilar
GRACE (ä-ge-lär'), an at Hackney, June daughter of Jewish par- . Her first books the Jewish religion: " ( 1842); " The She is best known sentimental novels, "The Vale of
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Single-source entries: A (20)
Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Agulhas
CAPE, the most southern point of Africa, lies about 100 miles E. S. E. of the Cape of Good Hope, lat. 34° 49′ S., long. 20° 0′ 40″ E. The point is very dangerous for ships. In 1849, a lighthouse was erected on the point. The Agulhas bank extends along the whole southern coast of Africa, from near Natal to Saldanha Bay.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Ahab
son of Omri, seventh king of the separate kingdom of Israel. He was married to Jezebel, whose wickedness instigated him to the commission of acts of cruelty and idolatry. He was slain by an arrow in a war with the Syrians.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Ahasuerus
or AHASHVEROSH, the name of the Persian monarch whose story is recorded in the Book of Esther. He is probably the same king as the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greek historians, whose reign commenced B. c. 465.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Ahazu-Demon
(The Seizer). Practically nothing is known of this Semitic demon unless it is the same ahazie told of in medical texts, where a man can be stricken by a disease bearing this name.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Ahmadabad
chief town of a district in Guzerat, India, second among the cities of the province of Bombay. It was built in the year 1412 by Ahmad Shah, and finally came under the power of the British in 1818. Its architectural relics are gorgeous, even in the midst of decay, and illustrate the combination of Saracenic with Hindu forms, mainly of the Jain type. The Jama Masjid, or great mosque, rises from the center of the city, and is adorned by two superbly decorated minarets. There is likewise an ivory mosque, so called because, although built of white marble, it is lined with ivory, and inlaid with a profusion of gems. It is famous for its manufacture of rich fabrics of silk and cotton, brocades, and articles of gold, silver, steel, and enamel. The pottery is very superior; and paper of various sorts is largely manufactured chiefly from jute. Pop. about 250,000. The district, mainly a great alluvial plain, has an area of 3,821 square miles and a population of about 900,000.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Ahmed Mirza
Shah of Persia, born in 1898. He succeeded his fat father, Mohammed Ali, when the latter was deposed from the throne on July 16, 1909. AHMED MIRZA On account of his youth when he became shah, he was not able to take an active part in the administration of his government during the first years of his reign, but he gradually acquired the ability to and of nitrogen, 79.10; or of 10,000 parts, there are, in perfectly dry air, air, of nitrogen, 7,912, oxygen, 2,080, carbonic acid, 4, carburetted hydrogen, 4, with a trace of ammonia. But air never is dry; it has always in it a varying amount of watery vapor. The density of air being fixed at the round number 1,000, it is made the standard with which the specific gravity of other substances is compared. If water be made unity, then the specific gravity of dry air is .0012759. At 62° Fahr. it is 810 times lighter than water, and 11,000 times lighter than mercury. At the surface of the sea, the mean pressure is sufficient to balance a column of mercury 30 inches, or one of water 34 feet, in height. Air, in music, is a piece composed of a certain number of melodious phrases, united in a regular symmetrical form, and terminating in the key in which it began.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Ahriman
a'ri-man. See Zoroaster
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
Ahrimanes
The name given to the Chief of the Cacodaemons , or fallen angels, by the Persians and Chaldeans. These Cacodaemons were believed to have been expelled from Heaven for their sins; they endeavoured to settle down in various parts of the earth, but were always rejected, and out of revenge they find their pleasure in injuring the inhabitants. Xenocritus thought that penance and selfmortification, though not agreeable to the gods, pacified the malice of the Cacodaemons. Ahrimanes and his Alain followers finally took up their abode in all the space between the earth and the fixed stars, and there established their domain, which is called Arhiman-abad. As Ahrimanes was the spirit of evil his counterpart in Persian dualism was Ormuzd, the creative and benevolent being. (See Persia.)
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Ainos
l' noz, a people living in the northern part of Japan, parts of Saghalin, the Kurile Islands, and the adjacent coast. There are perhaps 25,000 of them. As compared with the Japanese, they are a hairy, light skinned folk. Students are inclined to believe that they belong to the faraway white, or Caucasian, rather than to the Mongolian race. At one time they appear to have occupied all Japan. It is believed that many Ainos were absorbed by the Japanese in marriage, and this is one of the reasons why the Japs differ somewhat from the Chinese. The Ainos are short, broad-shouldered, and shaggy. They are intemperate. They hold festivals in honor of bears. A hedge on the east side of the hut and a mop-like stick with a bundle of shavings tied to one end are objects of reverence. They have a fund of entertaining folk-lore stories. They live in filthy, rude huts, and subsist chiefly by hunting, fishing, and trapping, or else they work for the Japanese. An Ainos village was one of the features of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held at St. Louis. When requested to authorize an Ainos exhibit, the Japanese government consented only on condition that the natives be shown as an inferior, not a Japanese people. See Japan ; Kamchatka
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
Ainsarii
An Ishmaelite sect of the Assassins (q.v.) who continued to exist after the stronghold of that society was destroyed. They held secret meetings for receptions , and possessed signs, words, and a catechism. (See The . (See The Asian Mystery, Rev. C. L. Lyde.) Air Assisting Ghosts to become Visible: It was formerly believed by some authorities that a ghost was wrapped in air, by which means it became visible. Thus a spectre might appear wherever there was air. One of the five elementary principles of nature, mentioned in The Science of Breath, a Hindu Yoga. It is the first of these principles; is given by "The Great Power," and out of it the others are created . These ethers may be likened to the five senses of man. order to hear distinct sounds, the Hindu theosophist "concentrates" himself upon Akasa.
Only in An Encyclopaedia of Occultism