Carpentaria
GULF OF, a large gulf on the N. coast of Australia, having Cape York Peninsula, the N. extrem- See DURAN, ity of Queensland, on the E., and Arnhem Land on the W. FRANCIS CARPENTER, BICK- NELL, an American painter, born in Homer, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1830. He studied with Sanford Thayer at Syracuse, N. Y. (1844), and in 1852 became an associate of the National Academy. The best known of his works is the "Emancipation Proclamation" (1864), in the capitol at Washington. While executing the lastnamed painting he was closely associated with President Lincoln, and his observations during this period are embodied in his book entitled "Six Months in the White House with Abraham Lincoln." He died in New York City, May 23, 1900.
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Carpenter
a worker in timber. Originally the term was connected with the making of carriages, but is now applied to one who works at the construction of wooden buildings, as houses, ships, bridges, and inside woodwork. The occupation is one that requires a true eye and hand, combined with no small degree of intelligence. Before the day of the sawmill the carpenter was obliged, of course, to obtain his own lumber from trees. People still living can remember a time when a carpenter planed his own lumber for flooring, made his own doors, casings, and even window sashes. With the advent of planing mills, sash and door factories, and machine-made moldings, the house carpenter is relieved of all this work, but it can hardly be said that woodwork requires any less skill. There are about 600,000 carpenters and joiners in the United States , with an average income of about $600 per year.
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Carpentry
the art of combining pieces of timber to support a weight or sustain pressure. The work of the carpenter is intended to give stability to a structure, that of the joiner is applied to finishing and decoration.
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Carpet-Bagger
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a needy or other political adventurer who goes about the ntry pandering to the prejudices of country the ignorant with the view of getting into place or power, so called because regarded as having no more property than might fill a carpet-bag. Originally applied to needy adventurers of the Northern States, who tried in this way to gain the votes of the negroes of the Southern States after the close of the Civil War. CARPET SWEEPER. See VACUUM CLEANER.
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Carpet-Baggers
a term of reproach applied by the people of the Southern States to political adventurers from the North. At the close of the Civil War a swarm of Northern men, often without principle, and usually without property interests, located in the Southern States with a view to use the negro vote to secure office. These unscrupulous, moneyless officeholders were not inappropriately dubbed "carpet-baggers." Consult Thomas Nelson Page's Red Rock, a recent novel, for a Southern view of the case. 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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Carpocrates
a native of Alexandria, who in the 2d century revived several Gnostic errors. He rejected the Old Testament and the gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke; denied the resurrection of the dead, and advocated the most licentious mode of life.
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Carpocratians
A sect of Gnostics founded by Carpocrites of Alexandria. It taught that Christ derived the mysteries of his religion from the Temple of Isis in Egypt, where he had studied for six years, and that he taught them to his apostles, who transmitted them to Carpocrites. This body used theurgic incantations, and had grips, signs and words, symbols and degrees. It is believed to have endured for some centuries. (See Gnostics.)
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Carpus
the name applied by anatomists to the wrist, which is made up of eight little bones, of different figures and thickness, placed in two ranks, four in each rank. They are strongly tied together by the ligaments which come from the radius, and by the annulary ligament.
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Carrahdis
A class of native priests in New South Wales ,.. Australia . Cassaptu, Babylonian Witch. (See Semites.)
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Carrel (ALEXIS a Franco-American)
ALEXIS, a Franco-American surgeon; born at Sainte-Foy les Lyons, France, June 28, 1873. He was connected with French hospitals until 1905, when he came to the United States. Since 1909 he has been a member of the Rockefeller Institution for Medical Research. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1912, for success in suturing blood vessels and transplantation of human organs. During the World War his treatment of wounds had extraordinary success and made him an international figure. He stands in the very foremost rank in his profession. He published a large number of papers, chiefly brief reports of his scientific investigations. DR. ALEXIS CARREL
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Carriage Clock
A European term for a clock having a balance instead of a pendulum, so as to be readily portable.
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Carrick
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is almost entirely a residential town, but there are in the vicinity important deposits of coal. Pop. (1910) 6,117; (1920) 10,504.
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Carrier
in literature, one who conveys parcels. In Dickens' Cricket on the Hearth, the carrier with his cart makes daily trips, executing errands and carrying parcels for a small charge. When Carlyle was at the University of Edinburgh the weekly carrier was entrusted with oatmeal, cheese, and clean linen from the Annandale home. In Great Britain and on the continent the private carrier has been superseded by the carts of the government parcel post. Scarce a rural highway is without its post wagon. The postman collects and delivers boxes, packages, parcels, and baskets, at a nominal charge--scarce a fraction of our express costs--not to mention the convenience to rural sections, such as our private express companies do not reach at all. It is thought by many that our rural free delivery postal routes may develop into a parcel post service. In law, any individual or company that undertakes to carry for pay is called a common carrier. A common carrier, as a railroad or steamboat, must carry for all who can pay the charge, and may be held responsible for needless delay or damage to goods in transportation. The same principles apply to passenger service. See Act Of God
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