Antiparos
one of the Cyclades (islands), in the Grecian Archipelago, containing a famous stalactitic grotto or cave. It lies S. W. of Paros, from which it is separated by a ANTIPATER narrow strait, and has an area of 10 square miles, and about 500 inhabitants . Its grotto is not alluded to by any Greek or Roman writer, but has been well known since 1673. At a depth of 918 feet under the entrance the chief chamber is reached. It is 31 feet long, 98 wide, and 82 high, and is covered everywhere with the most wonderful stalactite and stalagmite formations.
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Antipater
a general and friend of Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. On the death of Alexander, in 323 B. C., the regency of Macedonia was assigned to Antipater, who succeeded in establishing the Macedonian rule in Greece on a firm footing. He died in B. C. 317, at an advanced age.
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Antipater
procurator of Judea for the Romans from 47 to 43 b. c. He received the appointment from Julius Cæsar; and died from poison in the last mentioned year. He was the father of Herod the Great.
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Antiphates
A shining black stone, used as a defence against witchcraft.
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Antiphlogistic
a term applied to medicines or methods of treatment that are intended to counteract inflammation.
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Antiphon
The most ancient of the ten orators, born at Rhamnus in Attica , B. c. 480. He - belonged to the oligarchical party at Athens , and took an active part in the establishment of the government of the Four Hundred, в. c. 411, after the overthrow of which he was brought to trial, condemned, and put to death.
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Antiphony
opposition or contrariety of sound; also the alternate chanting or singing in a cathedral, or similar service by the choir, div divided into two parts for the purpose, and usually sitting upon opposite sides. It is sometimes used also when the parts are repeated instead of sung. Antiphony differs from symphony, for in the latter case the whole choir sing the same part. It also differs from responsorium , in which the verse is spoken or sung by only one person instead of many.
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Antipodes Islands
a group of small uninhabited islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about 460 miles S. E. of New Zealand; so called from being nearly antipodal to Greenwich, England.
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Antipyrine
an alkaloid extensively used in medicine as an antipyretic, and possessing the valuable property of materially reducing the temperature of the body without the production of any distressing bodily symptoms.
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Antiquary, The
The, a novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1816. It was intended, the author tells us, to illustrate the manners of Scotland during the last ten years of the eighteenth century. Jonathan Oldbuck, the Antiquary, is the hero of the story. Lovel, Isabel Wardour, the Earl of Glenallan, and Eveline Neville are other prominent characters. See Scott ; Waverley Antiseptic (anti-poisonous), a term applied to any process or substance that arrests decay. Inasmuch as decay, rot, putrefaction, fermenting, souring, "spoiling," and maturation are the results usually of low forms of bacterial or fungous life, any process or substance that destroys or checks the growth of mold, yeast, rust, smut, mildew, or bacteria is antiseptic. In a large sense the processes of heating, boiling, burning, smoking, pickling, canning, preserving, freezing, and disinfecting are antiseptic. Of substances, sugar, most oils, alcohol, vinegar, formalin, salt, alum, niter, creosote, tar, paint, in short, all preservatives, are antiseptic. In a narrower sense the term is one used in surgery to denote means employed to prevent bacteria from lodging and growing in wounds or incisions made by the knife. In addition to the sterilization of instruments, of bandages, lint, and other appliances, carbolic acid and other dressings are used to prevent the lodgment and growth of bacterial germs. See Bacteria; Surgery
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Antique Green
Important: Safety Warning This page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. An imitation of antique bronze can be applied to new articles by the following process: Dissolve 3 parts of common salt, 1 part of sal-ammoniac and 3 parts of powdered tartar in 12 parts of boiling water. Add 8 parts of a solution of cupric nitrate, and coat the articles with the liquid. Black Bronze for Brass. 1. Dissolve one oz. of copper carbonate in 8 3/4 fluid ounces of spirit of sal-ammoniac. Add one pint of water and stir constantly. The articles to be colored should be suspended in the liquid by means of brass or copper wires for a short time. The coating adheres better if the articles are polished with coarse emery paper. 2. Brush the brass with a solution of nitrate of mercury, and then several times with a solution of liver of sulphur. (Fused sulphuret of potassium, so called from its resemblance to liver in color.)
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Antiques
a term specifically applied to the remains of ancient art, as statues, paintings, vases, cameos, and the like, and more especially to the works of Grecian and Roman antiquity.
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Antirrhinum
a genus of annual or perennial plants of the natural order scrophulariaceæ, commonly known as snapdragon, on account of the peculiarity of the blossoms, which, by pressing between the finger and thumb, may be made to open and shut like a mouth. They all produce showy flowers, and are much cultivated in gardens. Many varieties of some of them, such as the great or common snapdragon (A. majus), have been produced by gardeners.
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Antiscorbutics
remedies against scurvy. Lemon juice, ripe fruit, milk, salts of potash, green vegetables, potatoes, fresh meat, and raw or lightly boiled eggs, are some of the principal antiscorbutics.
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Antisepsis
the exclusion of microbes or bacteria from wounds, etc., by the use of antiseptics or other means in order to prevent putrefaction, infection, or blood-poisoning.
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Antiseptic
a substance which has the effect of counteracting the tendency to putrefaction. Chemical agents used for other than their medicinal properties. Antiseptics prevent chemical change by destroying the putrefactive microbes or bacteria, the chemical composition of the body still in many cases remaining the same; while disinfectants decompose and remove the infectious matter itself.
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