Ethlinn
Daughter of Balor , King of the Fomorians of Irish magical legend. She was Balor's only child, and as he had been informed by a druid that he would be killed by his grandson, he had Ethlinn imprisoned in a tower and guarded by twelve women, who were forbidden to tell her that such beings as men existed. Balor stole a magic cow from Kian , who in revenge obtained access to Ethlinn disguised as a woman. They had three children whom Balor ordered to be drowned, but one of them fell from the napkin in which they were being taken to their doom, and was carried off by the Druidess Birog to its father Kian. This child became Lugh , the great sun-god, who eventually fulfilled the prophecy and killed his grandfather, Balor. 66
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Ethnography
the systematic description and classification of races. In recent years there has been but little distinction made between ethnology and ethnography, the general tendency being to name the science ethnology. It is a part of anthropology, and includes the studies of living non-historical peoples with a view to their classification. The studies of language and anatomy are not included in the science of ethnography. Under this heading are treated the location, movements or history of the tribe; next, its state of culture, its art, its dress and manufactures, etc. The political, social, and religious ideas should be included in the ethnology of a nation, as also some mention of the place it occupies in relation to other peoples, and its contributions to the general culture of mankind.
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Ethyl
the radicle C2H5 or CH- CH2, not known in the free state, but existing in a large number of organic compounds, such as alcohol, ether, etc. The name was given by Frankland to the compound C4H10, but this is now known as butane.
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Etienne
ST., a town of southern France, in the department of the Loire, on the Furens, 32 miles S. W. of Lyons. The principal buildings and institutions are the cathedral, an ancient Romanesque structure; the town house, court house, exchange, communal college, mining school, gallery of arts, library, and museum. The town stands in the center of one of the most valuable mineral fields of France; and in addition to the extensive collieries, blast furnaces and other ironworks in the vicinity, has manufactures of ribbons, silks, cutlery, firearms, etc. Pop. about 150,000.
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Etiolation
or BLANCHING, of plants is a state produced by the absence of light, by which the green color is prevented from appearing. It is effected artificially, as in the case of celery, by raising up the earth about the stalks of the plants; by tying the leaves together to keep the inner ones from the light; by covering with pots, boxes, or the like, or by setting in a dark place. The green color of etiolated plants may be restored by exposure to light.
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Etive
LOCH, an inlet of the sea on the W. coast of Scotland, county Argyle, Argyle nearly 20 miles long, of very unequal br breadth, but at the broadest part about 1½ miles. The scenery of its beautiful. About three shores is very miles from the sea, at Connel Ferry, a ridge of sunken rocks crossing it causes rapid, which at half-tide a turbulent forms a sort of waterfall.
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Eton
an English village on the east bank of the Thames, opposite Windsor Castle. It follows the windings of a single street, and contains about 3,500 people. Its celebrity is due to Eton College, a school for boys, established by Henry VI in 1440 under the name of the "College of the Blessed Virgin Mary Beside Windsor." The course is chiefly classical. About 1,000 boys are in attendance. The school was established originally for poor boys; but it is now the most aristocratic school in England,--a condition fostered, no doubt, by the royal residence at Windsor. Although there are a number of fine buildings, the accommodations of the school are limited. To make certain of securing admission, the names of young scions of nobility are entered not infrequently at the time of birth. The poet Gray has written an Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. "Ye distant spires, ye antique towers," and "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," are familiar quotations taken from this poem.
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Etteilla
An eighteenth century student of the Tarot. By profession he was a barber, his true name being Alliette; but on entering upon his occult labours he read it backwards, after the Hebrew fashion-Eteilla. He had but little education, and was ill acquainted with the philosophy of the initiates. Nevertheless he possessed a profound intuition, and, if we believe Eliphas Levi, came very near to unveiling the secrets of the Tarot. Of his writings Levi says that they are obscure, wearisome, and in style barbarous." He claimed to have revised the Book of Thot, but in reality he spoilt it, regarding as blunders certain cards whose meaning he had failed to grasp. It is commonly admitted that he failed in his attempt to elucidate the Tarot, and ended by transposing the keys, thus destroying the correspondence between the numbers and the signs. It has also been said of him that he had degraded the science of the Tarot into the cartomancy, or fortune-telling by cards, of the vulgar.
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Etty
WILLIAM, an English painter; born in 1787. He studied at the Royal Academy. He worked long with out much recognition, but at length in 1820 he won public public notice by his "Coral Finders." In 1828 he was elected an academician. Among his works are a series of three pictures (1827-1831) illustrating the "Deliverance of Bethulia by Judith," "Benaiah one of David's Mighty Men," "Women Interceding for the Vanquished." All are now in the National Gallery of Scotland. Others of note are "The Judgment of Paris," "The Rape of Proserpine," "Youth at the Prow," and "Pleasure at the Helm." He died in 1849.
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Etudes Chronometriques
Pierre Le Roy, Paris, 1764. Account of the Proceedings in order to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea, subsequent to those published in the year 1763. John Harrison, 8vo, London, 1765. Supplement a l'Essai sur l'Horlogerie. F. Berthoud, Paris, 1765. Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches, and particularly those for use at sea. Thos. Mudge, Jr., London, 1765. Elements of Clock and Watch Work adapted to practice. Alexander Cumming, 4to, London, 1766. Remarks on a Pamphlet lately published by Dr. Maskelyne. John Harrison, 8vo, London, 1767.
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