Gog and Magog
in the book of Ezekiel, a king and his nation, probably representing the northern peoples who were to invade western Asia. In British legend, Gog and Magog were two giants. As told by Caxton, the story runs that the Emperor Diocletian had thirty-three daughters. These women all murdered their husbands, and, as punishment, were cast adrift in a ship. They finally reached Britain and here became the mothers of a race of giants, the fathers of whom were demons. Brut, the first king of the Britons, slew most of these giants, but Gog and Magog were brought in chains to Brut's palace on the site of Guildhall, London. The effigies of these giants were long preserved in Guildhall. It is known that, as early as 1415, they were brought forth and used in preparing the city to welcome Henry V. They were destroyed in the great fire of 1666. The statues in Guildhall at the present time were erected in 1708. See Brut
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Gogol
NIKOLAI (gō'gol), a Russian novelist and miscellaneous writer; born in the government of Poltawa, March 31 (N. S.), 1809. He is the author of the " novels Dead Souls" and "Taras Bulba"; of a comedy entitled "The Revisor," and two collections of short tales illustrative of rural life in Little Russia, his native country. His works found great favor in Russia, and in translation in Europe and the United States. He died in Moscow, March 4 (N. S.), 1852.
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Gogol, Nikolai Vassilievitch
Nikolai Vassilievitch (1809-1852), a Russian dramatist and novelist. He received his education at the public gymnasium at Pultowa and was later a teacher of history at the Patriotic Institution and in the University of St. Petersburg. His principal work is Dead Souls, a novel treating of the relations between Russian proprietors and serfs and the government.
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Gogra
or GHAGRA (ghäg rä), one of the largest affluents of the Ganges, joining that river from the N. at the town of Chapra, after a generally S. E. course of 600 miles. It rises in the higher Himalayas, passes through Nepal, and after reaching the level land becomes the great waterway of the Northwest provinces and Oudh. Its principal tributary is the Rapti, also of commercial importance.
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Goil
LOCH, a small but highly picturesque loch in Argyllshire, Scotland, a branch of Loch Long, ng, 6 miles in length and less than 1 mile in breadth. Its shores are for the most part wild and rugged. The mountains in the neighborhood rise to the height of more than 2,000 feet. Lochgoilhead is a favorite watering-place.
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Going Barrel
A barrel having teeth around its circumference for driving the train. All American watches are of the going barrel type.
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Going Fusee
A fusee having the maintaining power attachment. All modern fusees have a maintaining power which drives the train while the fusee is being wound. Examples of old fusees are, however, occasionally met with which have no maintaining power and the watch is stopped during the operation of winding.
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Gojam
a province of Abyssinia, lying S. of Lake Dembea; lat. 10° to 11° N., lon. 37° to 38° E. The surface is, in many portions, mountainous; in others it is diversified by hill and dale, affording good pastures, which are well watered by the various affluents of the Abai river.
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Golconda
the name of an ancient kingdom of India and its abandoned metropolis. It lay midway between Bombay and Madras. Golconda was an important center of the diamond cutting industry, and was consequently famous for these gems. It is a mistake to speak of the mines of Golconda, however, as the precious stones were brought to that city usually from some distance. The ruins of the old city are still remarkable for a vast number of mausoleums of its former sovereigns,--dome-crowned structures of gray stone, each with its own mosque and terraces. See Diamond ; Gem
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Gold Alloy
An imitation resembling the pure metal in color and of about the same specific gravity is made by melting together in a crucible, well covered with charcoal-dust, copper 7, platinum 16, zinc 1. Mannheim gold, another beautiful imitation, is made in the same way from copper 16, zinc 4, tin 1. Gold 75, copper 25, and a little silver is a remarkable jewelry composition.
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Gold Amalgam
a mineral comof mercury, 57.40; gold, 38.39; and , 5. It is found in Colombia in grains about the size of a pea, and California in yellowish - white, fourprisms.
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Gold and Silver Colored Cement
For filling hollow gold and silver articles. Consists of 60 parts shellac, 10 parts Venetian turpentine, and 3 parts gold bronze or silver bronze, as the case may be. The shellac is melted first, the turpentine is then added, and finally, with constant stirring the gold or silver bronze.
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Gold Coast Colony
a British crown colony on the coast of west Africa. Coast line about 350 miles; area about 80,000 square miles; pop. about 1,604,000, of whom about 500 are Europeans. The native state of Ashanti lies inland, at the back of the central portion of the colony and is now included in British Gold Coast Territories. The products are chiefly palm oil, gold, palm kernels, rubber, timber, etc. Chief town, Accra. Trouble arose between the King of Kumassi, who had declared himself King of Ashanti in 1894, and the British authorities and in 1895 an expedition was sent against him, under the command of Sir Francis Scott, which resulted in the submission of the king, who was afterward taken to the coast. The kings of Bekwai and Abodom also made their submission, and the country was placed unapder British protection, and a resident pointed at Kumassi. The Niger Convention drawn up by the Anglo-French Commission sitting at Paris, and signed June 15, 1898, settled the boundaries of the hinterland to the W. and the N. Bona and Dokta were given up to France, and the French had to concede Wa and other points to the E. of the Volta which had been occupied by them. Mill
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Gold Furnace
a furnace for melting or reducing gold. It resembles a brass furnace, but is usually built above the floor, occupying one side or more of the shop, and appearing like a dwarf wall. The aperture for the fuel and crucible in each furnace is 9 to 16 inches square, and 11 to 20 inches deep. The crucibles are usually of black lead.
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