Cornea
one of the coats of the eye, a transparent membrane in the forepart of it.
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Each of these 16 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.
Corneille
PIERRE, the father of French tragedy and classic comedy , born in Rouen in 1606, at which place his father was advocate-general . He began his dramatic career with comedy , and a southern Asia, and the Florida shag are series of vigorous dramas. "Mélite" other well-known species.
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Cornelia
an illustrious Roman lady; a daughter of Scipio Africanus, wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus , and mother of the two famous tribunes. When a friend condoled with her on the death of her sons, she replied, "The woman who had the Gracchi for sons cannot be considered unfortunate." Her > literary talents must have been consider. able, as Cicero very highly commends some of her epistles. She She lived in the second century B. C., and after her death the Romans erected a statue to her memory, bearing the inscription, "To Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi."
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Cornelia Gens
The most distinguished of all the Roman gentes. All its great families belonged to the patrician order. The names of the most distinguished patrician families are: Cethegus, Cinna, Cossus, Dolabella, Lentulus, Scipio , and Sulla. The names of the plebeian families are Balbus and Gallus.
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Cornelian
a cornel cherry (Cornus mas or mascula). It has little clusters of yellow, starry flowers studding its naked branches in early spring. It was formerly cultivated for the sake of its fruit, which is like a small plum. The Turks use it as an ingredient in sherbet. The fruit and leaves were formerly employed as astringents. It is sometimes called also the male cornel.
a reddish variety of chalcedony, generally of a clear, bright tint; it is sometimes of a yellow or brown color and sometimes white. It is largely used for engraving seals. It is found principally at Cambay, in Gujerat, India, and Tampa Bay, Fla.
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Cornelius
PETER VON, a German painter; born in Düsseldorf, Sept. 23, 1783. He early exhibited a taste for art, and studied the great masters, especially Raphael. In 1811 he went to Rome, where, in conjunction with Overbeck, Veit, and other associates, he may be said to have founded a new school of German art, and revived fresco-painting in imi tation of Michael Angelo and Raphael. He left Rome in 1819 for Düsseldorf, where he had been appointed director of the academy, but he soon settled in Munich to give his whole attention to the painting of the Glyptothek and the Ludwigskirche there. In these two great works he was assisted by his Munich pupils. In 1833 he made another visit to Rome, and in 1839 he visited Paris. In 1841 he was invited to Berlin by Frederick William IV., who intrusted him with the painting of the royal mausoleum or Campo Santo. The most celebrated cartoon in this series is the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. The series consists of twelve paintings, which have been engraved. He died in Berlin, March 6, 1867.
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Cornelius Nepos
a Roman author of the first century B. C., the contemporary of Cicero and Catullus. The only extant work attributed to him is a collection of short biographies, probably an abridgment of a work written by Nepos.
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Cornell
EZRA, an American philanthropist; born in Westchester Landing, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1807. He accumulated a large fortune and is best known as the founder of Cornell University. He began life as a mechanic and miller at Ithaca, N. Y., and subsequently became a contractor for the erection of telegraph lines. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1862-1863 and of the State Senate in 1864-1867. He died in Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1874.
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Cornell College
a coeducational institution in Mt. Vernon, Ia.; organized in 1857, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 42; students, 600; number of graduates, 1,990; president, Charles W. Flint, LL. D.
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Cornet-A-Piston
a metallic windinstrument of the trumpet class, furnished with valves and stoppers. It was formerly called a cornopean. Its quality is midway between that of the bugle and the trumpet . It is frequently used in orchestras where a trumpet is not obtainable, and also in church service in conjunction with the organ.
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Corneto
a picturesque, mediævaltown of central looking Italy, 12 miles N. of Civita Vecchia, 3 miles from the Mediterranean . Corneto rose out of the ruins of the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, whose remains, within a mile and a half of Corneto, are among the most important for the student of Etruscan history. The painted tombs, of which some 20 are specially interesting, were known in the 18th century; but it is mainly since 1842 that they have been examined; valuable new discoveries were made during excavations in 1881-1882.
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Corniferous Period
in geology, second of the the five divisions of the Devonian age, sometimes included with the first under the name of Lower Devonian. It contains the earliest discovered remains of fishes.
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Corning
a city and county Steuben co., N. Y.; on the Chemung -seat of river and several railroads; is widely known for its extensive foundries, glass factories, railroad car works, and the coal mines in its vicinity. Pop. (1910) 13,730; (1920) 15,820.
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Cornish Diamond
a quartz found in Cornwall, and employed variety of even in the 16th century for personal ornaments . This variety being scarce, ordinary rock-crystal is often now used instead.
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Cornish Language
a Celtic lect spoken in Cornwall, which died out diain the 18th century, though isolated words or terms are still in use, and some fragments of literature are still extant. It is allied to the Welsh and Breton.
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Cornith
GULF OF here. Early on the morning of Oct. 4, the combined Confederate forces, under Van Dorn, Price, and Lovell attacked the Union lines at Corinth. The fight lasted until night closed the contest. The Union army was driven back into the town. The battle was renewed next morning, and raged fiercely till noon, when the Confederates were repulsed and retreated. The Confederates numbered in this fight 38,000 men; while General Rosecrans, who commanded the Union army, had not over 20,000. The Union loss was 315 killed, including General Hackleman, 1,812 wounded, and 232 missing; the Confederate loss was 1,423 killed; wounded estimated at 5,692; 2,248, including 137 officers, taken prisoners; and 3,300 stand of arms, 14 stand of colors, together with vast quantities of stores. Pop. (1920) 5,498. CORINTH, GULF OF, a beautiful inlet of the Mediterranean, about 80 miles long, between the Peloponnesus and northern Greece, having the Isthmus the Isthmus of Corinth closing it in on the E.; also known as the Gulf of Lepanto. CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF, the isthmus which connects the Morea (Peloponnesus) with northern Greece, varying in width from 4 to 8 miles. A canal, about 4 miles long, was constructed across the isthmus in 1882-1893, which enables vessels to sail from the Archipelago to the Adriatic without rounding Cape Matapan.
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