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or DOLO- MITE ALPS, a group of European mountains belonging partly to Tyrol, partly to north Italy, and having the Piave and Rienz on the E., the Adige and Eisack on the W. They are named from the prevalence of the mineral dolomite. The highest summits are Palle di San Martino (10,968 feet); Sorapiss (10,798), and Monte Tofana (10,715).
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PUBLIC, in the United States, the vacant public land. The following gives an approximate estimate of the quantity of these lands, together with the area reserved and appropriated, in the several land districts at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. Area in acres State Unsur- Total. Surveyed. veyed. Alabama... 37,200 37,200 6,643,509 11,625,400 18,268,909 Arizona. 276,595 276,595 Arkansas.. 15,237,248 4,348,553 19,585,801 California.. Colorado... 7,364,231 1,576,954 8,941,185 120,077 120,077 Florida.. 8,805,112 5,628,945 3,176,167 Idaho... 4,346 4,346 Kansas.. 14,240 14,240 Louisiana.. Michigan. 75,523 73,523 256,297 Minnesota.. 256,297 33,360 33,360 Mississippi. 18 18 Missouri... 3,964,156 2,009,585 5,973,741 Montana. 66,844 Nebraska.. 66,844 31,457,972 22,809,203 54,267,175 Nevada. 14,915,870 3,533,008 18,448,878 N. Mexico.. 81,044 81,044 N. Dakota.. 7,404 7,404 Oklahoma.. 13,259,365 747,392 14,006,757 Oregon.. 259,073 29,399 288,472 S. Dakota.. 13,316,198 16,675,517 29,991,715 Utah.. Washington 784,571 302,115 1,086,686 5,154 5,154 Wisconsin.. Wyoming... 18,017,735 1,661,860 19,679,595 Grand total 131,824,975 68,495,153 200,320,128 DOMBOC (book of dooms or sentences), the code of laws compelled by King Alfred, begins with extracts from the Bible. Then follow the Ten Commandments, the part of the Mosaic law relating to criminal offenses, and passages from the New Testament, including the golden rule. The code was ratified by the Witan. Thorpe gives it in his "Diplomatarium Anglicanum ævi Saxonici" (English Diplomatarium of the Saxon Era) (1865).
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in architecture, a hollow hemisphere resting on pillars, or a supporting wall. The dome grew out of the arch, and is regarded as an invention of the Roman builders. Some of the noted domes of the world are those of the Pantheon and St. Peter's at Rome; St. Paul's, London; St. Sophia at Constantinople; the Hotel des Invalides of Paris, under which Napoleon lies; Santa Maria at Florence, and that of our own National Capitol at Washington. Cupola is a synonymous term. The open space or hall beneath a dome is called a rotunda. See Capitol ; St. Peter'S; St. Paul'S
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a name conferred on the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem. It stands on Mount Moriah, on the site once occupied by the Temple of Solomon. Immediately under its dome an irregular-shaped rock projects above the pavement. This rock was the scene of many scriptural events, and has been greatly revered for ages.
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a celebrated Italian painter, whose real name was DOMENICO ZAMPIEI; born in Bologna, 1581. He studied first under Denis Calvert, and then in the school of the Caracci. At about the age of 20 he went to Rome, where he acquired a great reputation, especially especially by his fresco of the "Flagellation of St. Andrew." He spent the latter part of his life at Naples. His chef-d'œuvre is the "Communion of St. Jerome in the Church at Bethlehem," now placed in the Vatican, opposite "The Transfiguration" of Raphael. "The Martyrdom of St. Agnes," "Martyrdom of St. Sebastian," and his scenes from the life of the Virgin, are among his finest works. Domenichino was one of the victims of the malignant painters at persecuting triumvirate of Naples, where he died April 15, 1641.
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one of the most ancient and valuable records of England, framed by order of William the Conqueror, to serve as the register from which judgment was to be given upon the value, tenure, and service of lands therein described. According to some DOLPHIN historians, the survey was begun in 1080 or 1083; according to others, at the close of 1085. The book itself records its completion in 1086. The work appears to have been known by the other names of "Rotulus Wintoniæ (Roll of Winchester); "Liber de Wintonia" (Book of Winchester, in consequence of its being at one period preserved in that city); the "Liber Censualis Angliæ" (Ratebook of England); "Scriptum Thesauri Regis" (Record of the King's Treasury).
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in music, the fifth tone of the diatonic scale, and which assumes the character of a keynote itself when there is a modulation into the first sharp remove. Thus, G is the dominant of the scale C, and D the dominant of the scale of G. Dominant chord, in music, that which is formed by grouping three tones, rising gradually by intervals of a third from the dominant or fifth tone of the scale. It occurs almost invariably immediately before the tonic chord which closes the perfect cadence.
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SANTO. See SANTO DOMINGO.
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LEON, an American geographer, born in Constantinople, Turkey, in 1880. He graduated from Robert College, Constantinople, in 1898, and afterward took special took special courses in geology at the University of Liège. After traveling in Turkey, he became field
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. See Haiti
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an order of preaching friars. It was founded in the thirteenth century by St. Dominic with a view to convert the Albigenses. The order spread rapidly in France, Italy, and adjacent parts of Germany. The rules of the order were founded on those of the Augustinians. They were called Black Friars from the color of their costumes. A large monastery stood near the east end of the present bridge of Blackfriars, London. Forty-eight Dominican monasteries were among the number suppressed by Henry VIII during the time of the English Reformation. Like the Jesuits, the Dominicans were known for scholarship. Three popes, half a hundred cardinals, and over eight hundred bishops have been members of this order. In the early days of the order no property but alms was permitted; but, as the order grew, houses and property became needful. See Monasticism
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MARCO AN- TONIO, DE, a Dalmatian priest and scientist; born in the island of Arbe in 1566. He became in turn a physician, a Jesuit and Archbishop of Spalatro. He was the first to explain the rainbow. He denied the Pope's supremacy and later accepted it. He died in prison pr in Rome in 1624.
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