Chatham Island
one of the Galapagos archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean; 600 miles W. of Ecuador, to which it belongs. It is of volcanic origin, the fifth in size of the Galapagos, and abounds in turtles and a small species of cat. Chatham Island has been the subject of negotiation between the United States and Ecuador, the former desiring it as a coaling station. It would possess strategic importance in the event of the opening of an isthmian canal. See GALAPAGOS.
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Chatham Islands
a small group in the Pacific, lying 360 miles E. of New Zealand, to which they politically belong. There are three islands of which the largest, Chatham Island, is 25 miles long-and some rocky islets. Total area, 375 square miles; pop. (1916) 477, of whom 258 are Maoris and Morioris or aborigines. The Chatham Islands were discovered in 1791 by Lieutenant Broughton, of the brig "Chatham." A large brackish lake occupies the interior Chatham Island, which is of volcanic of origin and hilly. Stock-rearing and sealfishing are the chief industries, and a lively trade is carried on with passing whalers. Timber of any size is unknown, so that the native canoe is merely wickerwork bound together by cordage of indigenous flax. CHÂTILLON-SUR-SEINE, (sha-teyōn'-sür-sen), a town in France, ance, department of Côte d'Or, 45 miles N. W. of Dijon, on the Seine. It is chiefly noted for the Congress of the Allied Powers and France, held here in 1814.
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Chattel
in the law of England, is a term used to designate any kind of property which, with reference either to the nature of the subject or the character of the interest possessed in it, is not freehold. Ownership in personal or movable property is generally absolute. Any estate or interest in lands and tenements not amounting to freehold is chattel. But as between property thus "savoring of realty" and mere personal movables-money, plate, cattle, and the like-there was a manifest distinction. Chattels were consequently distinguished into chattels-real and chattels-personal. These classes of property differ considerably as to the method of holding and transferring them and their devolution on death.
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Chau
a city of China, is about 36 miles S. W. of Amoy, which is its port. It lies in a valley in the province of Fu- Chien, and is surrounded by hills and intersected by a river. It is the center of the Fu-Chien silk industry, and has an extensive trade, both domestic and foreign, in sugar and tea. Pop. about 1,000,000.
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Chaumont
a town of France, capital of the department of Haute-Marne, on a height between the Marne and the Suize, with manufactures in woolens, hosiery, etc. Here the allies (Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia) signed the treaty of alliance against Napoleon, March 1, 1814. Pop. about 15,000.
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Chautauqua
sha-taw'qua, the Indian name of a beautiful lake in extreme western New York . The name has also passed to the county in which the lake is situated and to a summer resort on its shores. The Chautauqua Assembly, instituted by Dr. John Vincent in 1874 to give vacation instruction to Sunday school teachers has grown to large proportions as a summer center for teachers and reform rallies. The Chautauqua Reading Circle grew out of the Assembly. A simple plan of organization has been followed. General officers arrange four-year courses in study and reading, usually preparing special texts for the purpose. Local circles of adults are organized by correspondence. They elect their own officers and meet regularly for study and conference. Diplomas are issued by the general officers upon sufficient evidence that the entire course has been pursued with intelligence. A quarter of a million members have been claimed for the Circle.
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Chautauqua Institution
an organization founded in 1874 to carry on educational activities through various methods; first, by public assembly held annually; second, through summer schools, also held annually; and, third, through home reading courses. The assemblies are held each year at Chautauqua, N. Y., and many notable lecturers are on the educational staff. Over 50,- 000 persons regularly attend the annual assemblies. In the home reading courses are enrolled over 10,000 members. In 1919 a campaign was carried on for funds for the support of the institution. Nearly $600,000 had been raised by the end of the year. On the faculty of its summer schools are over 90 teachers.
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Chautauqua Lake
a beautiful lake in Chautauqua co., New York, 18 miles long and about 2 miles wide, 726 feet above Lake Erie, from which it is 8 miles distant. On its banks is the village of Chautauqua, the center of the religious and educational movement known as CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION (q. v.).
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Chauvenet
WILLIAM, an American astronomer and mathematician; born in Milford, Pa., May 24, 1819. He , and bewas graduated at Yale in 1839 came instructor in mathematics at the Philadelphia Naval Asylum in 1841, pro- Philadelphia fessor of mathematics and astronomy at the United States Naval Academy in 1845, and professor of astronomy at Washington University, St. Louis, in the last institution. He wrote "Spherical and Practical Astronomy," "Elemen- He tary Geometry," and similar works. died in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 13, 1870.
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Check
. See Clearing House
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Cheduba
or MANAUNG, an island in the Bay of Bengal, belonging to Burma, about 25 miles off the coast of Arracan; length and breadth, each about 15 miles; area, about 300 square miles; pop., 8,534. The soil is fertile and produces tobacco, rice, indigo, pepper, etc. Petroleum is also found. Pop., about 35,000.
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Cheek
A portion of mould carried separate in the side of a flask, or on a drawback plate. The cheek parts of a flask are those between the cope and nowel, as in a three-part flask; it is cope, cheek, and nowel. See DRAWBACK; FLASKS. Chemical Analysis in the Foundry.--See ANALYSIS.
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Cheese Cloth
a thin, slazy muslin used by dairymen for covering cheeses. It is on the market in varied qualities as regards fineness of thread and closeness of weave. It is bleached or unbleached. Butter cloth is an extra fine quality of cheese cloth. Cheese cloth is used also for curtains, for covering walls before papering, and for a variety of domestic purposes. The "gauze" used by surgeons in dressing wounds is cheese cloth conveniently folded and sterilized. Cheese cloth is dyed in plain colors for draperies and fancy work.
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