Cephissus
one of the two rivers . It rises which water the Athenian plain on the W. slope of Mount Pentelicus and , and flows the S. side of Mount Parnes the Saronic past Athens on the W. into Gulf near Phalerum.
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Single-source entries: C (45)
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Cepionidus
A stone of many colours, said to reflect the likeness of the beholder. Ceraunius, or Cerraclus, is described as a pyramidal crystalline stone, tinged with saffron, and is said to fall from the clouds. It preserves from drowning, from injury by lightning, and gives pleasant dreams.
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Ceram
an island in the Moluccas, W. of New Guinea; area about 7,000 square miles; pop. about 75,000. It is with an average about 200 miles long interior is travwidth of 35 miles. Its from 6,000 to ersed by mountain ranges high, but is little known. The 8,000 feet 8,00 vegetation is luxuriant, the sago-palm inhabitsupplying the chief food of the trade. The ants as well as an article of inhabitants of the coast are of Malay origin, the interior being peopled by Al- Dutch. foories. It is under the
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Cerate
the name of an external medicament, more or less liquid, having cerate for its basis wax and oil. Simple 8 ounces of lard and 4 of consists of white wax melted together and stirred till cold.
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Cerealia
the festival of Ceres, celebrated at Rome.
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Cerebration
exertion or action of the brain, conscious or unconscious. O-SPINAL, pertaining to the
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Cerebro-Spinal
brain and spinal cord together, looked on as forming one nerve mass. MENINGITIS. CEREBRO-SPINAL See MENINGITIS.
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Cerebrum
. See Brain
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Cereus
. See Cactus
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Cerignola
a town 24 miles southeast of the city of Foggia, south Italy, in the province of the same name. Large quantities of oil, cotton, and almonds are produced in the surrounding district. The principal manufacture is linen. The town has several convents, a hospital and a college. A battle took place there in 1503 between the Spaniards ds under the Duke of Cordova and the French under the Duc de Nemours, the latter's forces being defeated and he himself slain. Pop. about 40,000.
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Cerithium
the typical genus of the family Cerithiadæ. One hundred and thirty-six recent specie are known, and 460 fossils, the latter from the Trias onward till now.
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Cerium
a metal (Sym. Ce.; at. wt., 140.25); found with two other metals, lanthanum, and didymium, in cerite. Powdered cerite is made into a thick paste with concentrated sulphuric acid, and heated nearly to redness. The mass is then treated with water, saturated with H2S, filtered, acidified with HCl, and precipitated by oxalic acid. This precipitate heated in the air to redness gives a brown powder of the mixed oxides. Nitric acid dissolves the oxides of lanthanum and didymium, and leaves the oxides of cerium. The oxides of lanthanum and didymium are separated by the repeated crystallization of their sulphates. Cerium is obtained by reducing its chloride with sodium as a gray powder which decomposes water slowly. It dissolves in dilute acids with evolution of hydrogen. Cerous oxide, CeO, obtained by igniting the carbonate or oxalate, is a grayish-blue powder, which, in the air, oxidizes into ceroso-ceric oxide, Ce3O4, a yellowish-white powder. The salts of the former are colorless, those of the latter brown-red or yellow.
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Ceroscopy
Divination by wax. The process was as follows. Fine wax was melted in a brass vessel until it became a liquid of uniform consistence. It was then poured slowly into another vessel filled with cold water, in such a way that the wax congealed in tiny discs upon the surface of the water. The magician then interpreted the figures thus presented as he saw fit.
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Cerro Blanco
a mountain in New Mexico; summit 14,269 feet.
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Cerro De Pasco
the capital of the Peruvian department of Junin, stands at an elevation of 14,276 feet, 138 miles N. E. of Lima. Near it are some of the richest silver mines on the continent. There are also very valuable copper and coal mines. The climate is cheerless and inclement. Pop. about 14,000, mostly Indians and half-breeds. CERRO GORDO (ther'ō-gor'dō) [Sp. "Big Mountain"], a mountain-pass in Mexico, through which passes the National road from Vera Cruz to Jalapa and Mexico. It is celebrated as the scene of a victory by General Scott with 9,000 United States troops over an army of 13,000 Mexicans under Santa Ana, April 17-18, 1847. To intercept Scott on his march from Vera Cruz, the Mexicans took up a strong position in the pass and on the heights commanding it, but after two days' skirmishing, Scott succeeded in dislodging and utterly routing them, with a total loss to himself of only 431 killed and wounded. This victory enabled Scott to take the town of Jalapa the following day.
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Cerro Gordo De Potosi
a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia; S. W. of Potosi; 16,150 feet in height; remarkable for its deposits of silver.
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Cerro Largo
a department in the N. E. of Uruguay, well watered, with large savannahs and forests. Area, 60.000 60,000 5,753 square miles; pop. about , chiefly engaged in cattle-raising. Capital, Cerro Largo or Melo.
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Cerros
or CEDROS ISLAND, an island belonging to Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean, off the W. coast of Lower California. It is for the most part mountainous and barren, but is thought to possess mineral wealth. Area 120 square miles.
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Certaldo
a town of central Italy, 19 miles S. W. of Florence. It is noteworthy as the residence of Boccaccio, who was born and died here. His house is still standing, much as it was in the poet's time. Pop. about 11,000.
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Cervantes Saavedra
MIGUEL DE (ser-van'tēz or ther-vän'tes sä-ä-vā' drä), a Spanish romancist, born in Alcalá de Henares in 1547. He wrote many romances and stories, but he lives in fame through "Don Quixote." He served some years in the army; was captured by corsairs and held five years in servitude. His fellow captives testified to his self-denying services to them while in the hands of the Algerines. His first attempt in literature was the composition of a pastoral romance, "Galatea," in the traditional style and spirit. Of 20 or 30 CERVANTES plays written by him, only two survive, and they have no celebrity. The first part of "Don Quixote" was published in 1605, and it had a hearty reception from the beginning among the populace, though not among the cultured classes. Before the year was out, five editions, some authorized, others pirated, were published, and the Don and his grotesque retainer appeared like immemorial traditional characters in every pageant. The continuation of the immortal story, however, did not appear till 1615-and then because spurious continuations published under his name fairly forced Cervantes' hand. Meanwhile he busied himself with writing poems and novels now forgotten. On all these dead works he bestowed great care before he gave them to the public; he wrote "Don Quixote" with "running pen." He died in Madrid, April 23, 1616.
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