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Desmology

that branch of anatomy which treats of the ligaments and sinews.

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Desmoulins

BENOIT CAMILLE (dä-mölan), a French revolutionist; born in Guise, Picardy, March 2, 1760. He was among the most notable of the pamphleteers and orators who urged the of revomultitude forward in the path lution. He, along with others, prepared the plan for the taking of the Bastille (July, 1789), was one of the founders of the club of Cordeliers, and the promoter of the assembly in the Champ de Mars. In 1793 he gave his vote for the death of the king. Having become closely connected with Danton and the party of opposition to Robespierre, and inveighing against the reign of blood and terror, he was arrested on the order of the latter on March 30, 1794, tried on April 2, and executed on the 5th.

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Desna

a river in Russia, which rises in the government of, and about 50 miles E. of the town of Smolensk, flows through the governments of Orel and Tchernigov till it joins the Dnieper near Kiev. It navigable nearly throughout.

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Despenser

HUGH LE, an English courtier, son of the preceding; born about 1290. He deserted the baronial party for that of Edward II., and became a royal favorite. He and his father were involved in the misfortunes following the flight of King Edward from London. He was beheaded in November, 1326. DESPOBLADO (dāz-pō-blädō) (desert), a treeless, uninhabited plateau, nearly 10,000 feet above the sea, on the Bolivian and Argentine frontier, N. E. of Antofagasta.

HUGH LE, an English courtier, grandson of the preceding; born about 1262. He distinguished himself as a soldier and diplomat in the service of Edward II. and became Earl of Winchester in 1322. His tyranny as the royal favorite led to a revolt of the barons and his own downfall. He was beheaded in 1326.

HUGH LE (de-spen' ser), an English jurist; born about 1210. He was justiciar of England in 1261 and during the war of the barons with Henry III. joined the former. He was killed at Evesham, Dec. 4, 1265.

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Despoto Dagh

a mountain chain of European Turkey, extending from 30 miles to the E. of the Balkan to the bank of the Maritza.

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Dessalines

(dā-sa-len), an emperor of Haiti; born in Africa in 1758. He was a slave in 1791, when the insurrection of the blacks occurred in that island, but was set free along with the other slaves in St. Domingo in 1794. After the deportation of Toussaint L'Ouverture, and the subsequent evacuation of the island by the French, Dessalines was appointed governor-general for life with absolute power; and the year following (1804) was declared emperor with the title of Jacques I. His rule was savage and oppressive, and both the troops and the people entered into a conspiracy against him, and, Oct. 17, 1806, he was slain by one of his soldiers.

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Dessau

a town of north Germany; capital of the former Duchy of Anhalt; on the left bank of the Mulde, not far from its junction with the Elbe, 70 miles S. W. of Berlin. It is in general well built. Among the principal buildings are the ducal palace, a notable structure, built in 1748, and improved in -gallery and 1875, with a val valuable picture library; a town-hall, an elegant theater, and several churches. The Philanthropinum of Basedow was here. The manufactures are sugar, woolen cloth, machinery, carpets, and there is a large trade in grain. Moses Mendelssohn was a native. Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676- 1747), a famous soldier in the wars of the 18th century, is popularly known as der alte Dessauer (the old Dessauer); his statue adorns the market-place. Pop. (1890) 34,658; (1905) 55,134. DESTERRO (dāz-ter'rō). a seaport of Brazil, capital of the province of Santa Catharina. The harbor is, next to that of Rio de Janeiro, the best on the Brazilian coast.

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Destinn

or DESTINOVA, EMMY. She was born at Prague in 1878, the She daughter of Emanuel Kittel. studied under Madame Loewe Destinn, whose name she assumed when she went on the stage. She sang in various countries of Europe until in 1898 she was engaged at the Royal Opera House, Berlin. The rôles in which she has gained distinc- Senta," "Mignon," "Cartion include "Sen " men," "Santuzza." She has sung in New York and the principal cities of North She has also and South America. written several volumes of poems. D'ESTOURNELLES DE CONSTANT, BARON (PAUL HENRI BENJAMIN), a French diplomat. He was born at La Flèche, Sarthe, in 1852, and was educated in French schools. He entered politics and was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He represented France at the two Hague Conferences and was a member of the Hague Court. For eight years he was diplomat at the French Embassy, London, and later became a member of the French Senate. He wrote books on politics, economic science, arbitration, limitation of armaments, and organization of peace. His works include: "Pygmalion," "La politique Française en Tunisie" (crowned by the French Academy), and "Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique."

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Desuetude

in Scots law, that repeal or revocation of a legal enactment which is effected not by a subsequent contrary enactment, but by the establish- It is on the Detroit river, along which ment of a co a contrary use, sanctioned by the lapse of time and the consent of the community.

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Detached Escapement

The escapement of a time piece in which the balance, or pendulum, is detached from the train, during a portion of its vibration.

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Detent

That which locks or unlocks a movement; the piece of steel that carries the stones that lock and unlock an escape wheel. DE VICK, HENRY. A celebrated German watchmaker of the fourteenth century and the builder of the famous clock belonging to Charles V., of France. Also claimed, by some writers, to be the inventor of the Verge escapement. See Clocks.

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Determinant

in logic, a mark or attribute added to the subject or predicate, which narrows the extent of both, but renders them more definite, or better determined. In mathematics, a name given to the sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed_according to certain s specified laws. Thus the determinant of the nine numbers: a, b, c a', b', c' a", b", " is ab'c"-ab"c+a'b'c-a'bc"+a"bc'-a"b/c.

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