Corpuscle
minute solid microscopic bodies found in the blood. They known also as the red particles or the red globules; and (2) the colorless, known also as the white or pale corpuscles. The former are the more numerous. The colored corpuscles are not really globular; they are flattened or discoidal, the outline being circular. In most mammals the corpuscles are like those of man. In the camel, however, they are elliptical in outline. In birds, reptiles, and most fishes they are oval disks with a central elevation on each side. Those of the invertebrata are, as a rule, not colored, the annelids alone being an exception.
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Corral
in South America and elsewhere, a yard or stockade for cattle.
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Correggio
ANTONIO ALLEGRI (kō-redgyō) yō), commonly called CORREG- GIO from his birthplace; born in 1494, and appears to have first studied painting under Tonino Bartolotto of Correggio; in 1519 he was established as a painter at Parma. The celebrated cupola at Parma was begun in 1520, and in 1522 he undertook the great works of the dome of the cathedral; in the former representing the ascension of Christ, and in the latter, the assumption of the Virgin, both of which series are now admirably engraved by the Cavalier Toschi. The frescoes of the cathedral, left unfinished by Correggio, were completed by his pupil, Giorgio Gandini. Correggio died at his native place in 1534. His great reputation rests chiefly on the above-mentioned frescoes; but he had executed many excellent oil pictures before he proceeded to Parma in 1519. The "Night," of Correggio, in the Gallery of Dresden, is a picture of the nativity of Christ, in which the light proceeds from the body of the infant Saviour.
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Corregidor
a small island commanding the entrance to Manila bay, P. I. It has an area of 2 square miles, rising abruptly from the sea to a height of 635 feet. There is a lighthouse at the summit. The island was strongly fortified by the Spaniards in the 18th century, but the defenses were not kept up. When Admiral Dewey made his dash into Manila bay, May 1, 1898, he steamed past this island, which was supposed to be very strongly fortified. The forts have been strengthened by the United States Government, which established an arsenal here in 1900. Pop. of San Jose, the only town, 500. South of Corregidor is the smaller island of C Caballow, separated by a narrow strait.
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Corregio
kor-red'jo (1494-1534), an Italian painter. He is noted for graceful figures and his handling of perspective. His pictures are highly prized in the galleries of Europe. His subjects are similar to those of Michael Angelo and Raphael, with whom he is, in a way, associated and ranked; but he could be spared with far less disaster to art. Holy Night, his most celebrated painting, hangs in the Dresden Gallery. Artists consider it a masterpiece of light and shade. There are six of Corregio's paintings in this gallery. They cost Augustus $90,000. Others are to be found at London, Paris, Naples, Florence, and Rome; but most of Corregio's work was done by way of interior decoration for the churches of Parma. In the main dome of the Parma Cathedral, he painted the Assumption of the Virgin. Mary, the mother, is borne aloft by a host of rejoicing angels, while Christ, the Son, hastens to meet her . Corregio was the son of a Modena merchant. He lived chiefly in Mantua and Parma. He died without having visited Rome, Florence, or any of the renowned art centers. See Raphael
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Corrib
LOUGH, lake of the a counties Galway and Mayo, the second largest in Ireland. Lying only 30 feet above sea-level, it is of very irregular shape, 25 miles long from N. W. to S. E., and 1 to 6 broad, with an area of 68 square miles. From its S. end, 4 miles N. of Galway, it discharges its surplus waters by Galway river into Galway bay. It receives the waters of Lough Mask, at its N. end, through the Pigeon Hole and other caves, as well as those of the Clare and other smaller rivers. It contains many islets, and to the W. are mountains 3,000 feet high, while near it are many stone-circles.
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Corrientes
a province of the Argentine Republic, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, extending from Entre Rios to Misiones territory, with an area of 33,535 square miles. The surface is generally flat, with numerous lakes and swamps, but has undulating stretches along the Paraná and in the E., and is heavily wooded in parts. Lake Ibera, a group of lakes and swamps covering some 1,800 square miles, is surrounded with a jungle, in which the tacuara bamboo (30 feet) is conspicuous; and here jaguars and alligators abound. The mean temperature (72° F.) is the highest in the republic, and the extremes (44°-98°) are not so excessive. As in Paraguay, Guarani is the common language, Spanish being employed only by the official and educated classes. Cattle-raising is the chief occupation; agriculture is very backward. Pop. about 350,000. The capital, Corrientes, is almost hidden among orange-groves, 15 miles below the confluence of the Paraná and the Paraguay, and takes its name from seven currents formed by points of rock above the city; vessels of nine feet draught can reach the town at all seasons. Steamers from Buenos Aires (832 miles) touch here. Pop. about 30,000.
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Corrigan
MICHAEL AUGUS- TINE, an American clergyman; born in Newark, N. J., Aug. 13, 1839. He was educated at the Roman Catholic Theological seminaries of St. Mary's and Mount St. Mary's and at the American College in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1864. He was made president of Seton Hall College in 1868, Bishop of Newark in 1873; Archbishop of Petra and coadjutor to Cardinal Mc. Closkey in 18C0; and Archbishop of New York in 1885. He died in 1902.
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Corrosion
The act of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the action of acids on metal and other substances. Corrosive Sublimate is the chloride of mercury, and is formed by sublimation from a mixture of sulphate of the protoxide of mercury and common salt. It has a disagreeable, acrid taste, and is extremely poisonous. It is a white, transparent substance, dissolves in 16 parts of cold and 3 parts of boiling water, and crystallizes from a hot solution in long, white prisms.
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