Glarus (Canton of Switzerland bounded)
a canton of Switzerland, bounded by the cantons of St. Gall, the Grisons, Uri, and Schwyz; area, 267 square miles; capital, Glarus. Glarus. It is an Alpine region, trenched by the valley of the Linth or Limmat and its lateral vales, and rising in its S. W. corner, in the Tödi peak, to an altitude of 11,887 feet. The rearing of cattle and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods are the chief occupations of the people. The green cheese called Schabziger is wholly made here. Pop. about 34,000.
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Glarus (Town and capital of the Swiss)
a town and capital of the Swiss canton of Glarus; 43 miles S. E. of Zurich. It was founded by an Irish monk, Fridolin, in the end of the 5th century. Zwingli was pastor here from 1506 to 1516. Glarus, having been peopled by German settlers, passed after various changes into the possession of the dukes of Austria, but ultimately secured its independence by the victories of Näfels in 1352 and 1388. In 1450 it joined the Swiss Confederation. Pop. about 5,000.
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Glas Ghairm
A rhyme or spell of Scottish origin, by the use of which one could keep a dog from barking, and open a lock, and supposed to be of special value to young men in their courtship days. About twenty years ago a wellknown character in Skye, named Archibald the Lightheaded, was believed to know this incantation; but he repeated it so quickly that no one could understand what he said. This poor man was insane; but the fear which dogs had of him was ascribed to his knowledge of the Glas Ghairm. It was believed that this rhyme had some reference to the safety of the Children of Israel on the night before the Exodus: against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast." 66
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Glasgow (City of Lanark co Scotland)
a city of Lanark co., Scotland; on the river Clyde, 42 miles W. of Edinburgh; the most important and populous manufacturing and commercial city of Scotland. Area with extensions is now (1920) 19.183 square miles. The city contains many public buildings, among which the most celethe cathedral of St. Mungo brated are , a splendid specimen of Gothic architecture, begun in 1123; the Court House, Royal Exchange, Traders' Hall, Town Hall, and the Royal Infirmary. It contains a celebrated university, founded in 1450. There are besides the Anderson College, the College of Physicians, Mechanics' Institute, and the Mitchell Library (1911), the largest public reference library in Scotland. The manufactures include cottons, bandana handkerchiefs, muslins, soap, cordage, flint-glass, and cudbear. Glasgow is also noted for its ship-building and engineering establishments, chemical works, type-foundries, and almost every kind of production in the mechanical arts. The for vessels drawing 7 Clyde is navigable or 8 feet of water; and the wharves and docks afford extensive accommodation for vessels of every description. The origin of Glasgow is generally attributed to St. Mungo, who is said to have here founded, in 560, a bishopric, afterward erected was here into an archiepiscopal see. It that Watt first commenced to improve the steam engine; and on the Clyde, the "Comet," the first boat in Europe successfully propelled by steam, 1812. Pop. (1918) was launched in 1,111,428.
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Glaspell
SUSAN (MRS. GEORGE CRAM COOK), an American author, born in Davenport, Ia., 1882. After graduating from Drake University, she took a post-graduate course in the University of Chicago. In 1913 she married George Cram Cook. For some time she was State house and legislative reporter; she then began to attract attention by her short stories published in the magazines. She was identified with the Little Theater movement, through the Provincetown Players, and wrote a number of one-act plays. Her fiction is rather emotional and sentimental. Among her "The Glory of the Conworks are: "The Visioning" quered" (1909); (1911); "The Lifted Masks" (1912); "Fidelity" (1915); "Trifles" (1917); and, in collaboration with her husband, "Suppressed Desires" (1917). Among her plays the most noteworthy is "Bernice" (1920).
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Glass (CARTER an American public)
CARTER, an American public official; born at Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 4, 1858. He received his education in public and private schools in Lynchburg; mastered the printing trade, and entered CARTER GLASS the field of journalism through the road of the printing office, becoming owner of the "Daily News" and the "Daily Advance," morning and evening papers of Lynchburg, after eight years as a printer. In 1899 he entered politics as a member of the Virginia Senate; served successively in that office until 1902 when he became a member of the 57th Congress for the unexpired term of P. J. Otey. Re-elected to the 58th Congress, he continued to serve in C Congress until, in 1920, he was elected U. S. Senator from Virginia, having previously been appointed to the unexpired term of Thomas S. Martin, deceased. His most conspicuous public services include his connection with the national banking legislation, as co-sponsor of the Owen- Glass Bill which became law in 1912. He was Secretary of the Treasury from Dec. 1918-Nov. 1919, and was elected U. S. Senator for the term 1919-1925.
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Glass and Metal Cement
Important: Safety Warning This page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. Brass letters, and other articles of a like nature, may be securely fastened on glass windows with the following: Litharge, 2 parts; white lead, 1 part; boiled linseed oil, 3 parts; gum copal, 1 part. Mix just before using; this forms a quickly drying and secure cement.
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Glass Mosaic
an imitation of antique mosaic work, formed of small cubes of glass mixed with various coloring matters, chiefly metallic oxides, so as to for form opaque colored enamels, which are cast into slabs or flat cakes, the slab being afterward cut into very small cubes or rectangular pieces. With these little colored cubes a picture is built up by inserting each one separately in a bed of cement.
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