Glinka (II)
MICHAEL IVANOVITCH, a Russian composer; born in Smolensk, under John Field May 20, 1804; studi studied in St. Petersburg. Several songs and the operas "Life for the Czar" and "Russian and Ludmilla," all in Russian, have received high praise from critics. He died in Berlin, Feb. 15, 1857. SERGIUS NICOLAIE- GLINKA, VICH, a Russian poet; born in Smolensk in 1774. He entered the military service and rose to the rank of major, when he retired. His literary work was devoted mainly to the young and their training. ry of "Readings for Children," "History Russia for the Use of Boys and Girls," and similar books, are highly esteemed. He also composed a few plays in verse, edited the "Russian Messenger," and translated Young's "Night Thoughts." He died in Moscow in 1847. Vol. IV-Cyc-V
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Glisson's Capsule
in anatomy, a sheath of areolar tissue surrounding the branches of the portal vein, the hepatic artery and the hepatic duct; first pointed out by Glisson.
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Globe (City of Arizona the countyseat)
a city of Arizona, the countyseat of Gila co. It is on the Arizona Eastern railroad. In the neighborhood is the great Roosevelt reservoir, which was erected at a cost of over $8,000,000. It has a park, a library, and other public buildings. It is the center of an important mining region and its chief industry is the smelting of copper. Pop. (1910) 7,083; (1920) 7,044.
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Globe (Sphere round solid body)
a sphere, round solid body, which may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter. An artificial globe in geography and astronomy, is a globe of metal, plaster, paper, pasteboard, etc., on the surface of which is drawn a map, or representation of either the earth or the heavens, with the several circles which are conceived upon them, the former being called the terrestrial globe, and the latter the celestial globe. In the terrestrial globe the wire on which it turns represents the earth's axis, the extremities of it representing the poles. The brazen meridian is a vertical circle in which the artificial globe turns, divided into 360 degrees, each degree being divided into minutes and seconds. The brass meridian receives the ends of the axis on which the globe revolves. At right angles to this, and consequently horizontal, is a broad ring of wood or brass representing the horizon; that is, the true horizon of the earth which lies in a plane containing the earth's center.
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Globe Fishes
the family Gymnodontidæ, of which the chief genera are Diodon and Tetraodon. They are so called because by taking air into a large dsac, extending over the whole of the abdomen beneath the skin, they became nearly globular as a result of this inflation. GLOBIGERINA (-īnā) MUD, in geology, a light-colored calcareous mud in places in the Atlantic 3,000 fathoms deep, and abounding in Globigerinæ, rich in supporting a siliceous sponges, and often ften varied fauna of Mollusca, Crustacea, and Echinoderms.
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Globulin
crystallin, or vitellin, vite an albuminous substance first obtained from the crystalline lens of the eye. Globulin thus obtained is a yellowish transparent mass, which swells up and dissolves in water; the solution becomes opaline at 73° and coagulates at 93°. It can be obtained by treating the yolks of egg with ether, and treating the residue chloride of sodium solution and precipitating with water.
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Glockerite
a brown, ocher-yellow, brownish-black, pitch-black, or dullgreen mineral; massive, sparry, or earthy and stalactitic. Found in Hanover; also at Modum, in Norway.
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Glockner
a mountain in Austria belonging to the Noric Alps, on the frontiers of the Tyrol, Carinthia, and Salzburg. It is 12,350 feet in height, and takes its name from the resemblance of the principal summit to a large bell.
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Glogau
or GROSSGLOGAU, the capital of a district in Prussian Silesia, Germany, situated on the Oder, 60 miles northwest of Breslau, on the Oder river. Here is located a second class fortress, built on an island in the river.
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Glommen
the largest river in Norway, issuing from Lake Aursund, at 2,339 feet above sea-level, and winding 350 miles to the Skager Rack at Fred-verted into a cathedral at the Reformaerikstad. Its course is interrupted by frequent waterfalls, the last, with a descent of 74 feet, being the Sarpsfos, 7 miles from the mouth. It is only navigable a few miles above and below Sarpsfos. Its most important affluent is the Vormen from Lake Mjösen.
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Gloriana
(See Dee.)
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Glory Pea
a leguminous plant, native of the desert regions of Australia. It is a low straggling shrub with light-colored, hairy, pinnate leaves, and large, brilliant scarlet flowers, the standard or banner petal of which appears in the form of an elongated shield with a dark brown boss in the center.
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Glosopetra, or Gulosus
This stone is said to fall from Heaven in the wane of the moon. It is shaped like the human tongue, and was used by magicians to excite the lunar motions.
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Gloss
the name is given to the interpretations or explanations of the Justinian code, which were generally written between the lines of the text and on the margin, and were hence called "glossæ interlineares" and "glossæ marginales." These glosses were sometimes held to be of equal authority with the text itself. Accursius, who died about 1260, collected and arranged the glosses of his predecessors. The practice of introducing glosses was also adopted with the books of the canon law.
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Glossanthrax
a disease affecting herbivorous animals, especially cattle and horses. It is characterized by dark-colored carbuncles on the tongue.
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Glossary
a vocabulary or dictionary of glosses, or explanations of words obsolete or rare, or occurring only in works of a special class as technical terms, or of provincial dialectal forms of words.
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Glossitis
inflammation of the tongue. When it occurs, it is generally as a symptom of some other disease. The tongue when inflamed often becomes too large for the mouth.
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Glottis
the mouth of the wind-pipe. It constitutes a narrow aperture covered by the epiglottis when one holds his breath or swallows. It contributes by dilatation and contraction to the modulation of the voice. It is sometimes called the rima glottis.
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Gloucester (City and parliamentary borough)
a city and parliamentary borough, river port and ; county-seat of Gloucester co., England on the left bank of the Severn, here divided into two channels inclosing the Isle of Alney and crossed by two fine bridges, 95 miles N. W. of London. It carries on trade, the considerable shipping Gloucester and Berkeley canal giving aca cess to the docks. The most remarkable public edifice is the cathedral; it was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey, dating from 1058, and was contion. It exhibits a great variety of styles, the choir, with its roof of fan tracery being a fine example of Perpendicular Gothic. Other buildings are several handsome old churches, es, the shire hall, the guildhall, the bishop's palace, and county schools of art and science. The schools include the collegiate school founded by Henry VIII., the theological college, the blue-coat school founded in 1666, now known as Sir Thomas Rich's school, and the grammar school of St. Mary de Crypt, founded in the time of Henry VII. Pop. (1919) 50,000.
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