Hainburg
a France, walled town of Austria; on the Danube; 27 miles E. S. E. of Vienna, with a royal tobacco factory. It is usually identified with the ancient Carnuntum; and a Roman aqueduct still supplies its market place with water. In the "Nibelungenlied" the castle of Hainburg is called Heimburc, the border fortress of the country of the Huns. It was taken from the H Hungarians in 1042 by the Emperor Henry III., and afterward became a resiperor dence of the Austrian princes. In 1482 it was stormed by Matthew Corvinus, in 1683 by the Turks; and in 1827 it was burned to the ground. Pop. about 15,- 200.
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Hainichen
a town of Saxony , the center of the German flannel manufacture; 13 miles N. E. of Chemnitz. Besides its staple product, it also manufactures cloth, leather, chenille, and plush. Here Gellert was born in 1715. the skin of an animal, and from a bulb-
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Hair
a small filament issuing from ous root; or the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animals, and forming an integument or covering. Haiti, W. I.; bounded by the Dominican
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Hair Spring Stud Index
Wathier's Self-adjusting Hair Spring Stud Index, shown in Fig. 158, is a very useful device, and by its use the watchmaker can save much time and can obtain better results than by following the regular methods of determining Place the lower part of balance staff in round cleat A. Turn balance until ruby pin comes over oblong hole at B. Now let the balance down until roller table rests on steel center plate. The balance will then be ready for the spring. Place the hair spring on the staff, with the stud in exact line with the line on the index corresponding in name with the movement you wish to put in beat. Now fasten the hair spring collet on the staff, and you will find movement in beat. At a glance, the watchmaker may be lead to believe that this tool is only applicable to the fourteen movements shown on the index, but in reality it serves for almost every movement that comes into the hands of the repairer. For example, the line marked E. Howard & Co., not only serves for that make of watches, but also for Waltham 14 and 16 sizes. Directions accompany each tool. Fig. 159 shows a hair spring stud index recently placed on the market by A. W.
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Hajoth Hakados
One of the spheres of angels, by whose agency Jehovah's providence is spread. The Jews believe that these angels inhabit one of the hierarchies named Jehovah," and that the simple essence of the divinity flows through the Hajoth Hakados to the angel " Metratton " and to the ministering spirit" Reschith Hajalalim ." 66 †Register of the Privy Council , Vol. IX., p. 256. In Gypsy Tents, p. 376. || Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, April, 1889, pp. 246-7.
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Hake
a valuable food fish belonging to the cod family. The American fisherman recognizes three species, the silver hake, or whiting; the white hake; and the squirrel hake. The last two are known also as codling and ling. Other species are found in the Pacific. Hake fishermen save the air bladders for isinglass. See Cod
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Hake (Genus of fishes of the cod)
a genus of fishes of the cod family (Gadide), having a flattened head, an elongated body, two dorsal fins, of which the first is short, and the second very long, one very long anal fin, and the mouth destitute of barbels. One species, the common hake (M. vulgaris), is found in the British seas, in those of the N. of Europe, and in the Mediter- It is sometimes 3 or 4 feet in ranean. length; and is of a whitish color, grayish on the back. It is a very voracious fish, devouring great numbers of herrings and pilchards; hence it is frequently called the herring hake. It is important as an article of human food and of commerce, being salted and dried in the same manner as cod and ling. It is generally taken by lines, like cod and ling. One other species is known, M. gayi, which is common in the Strait of Magellan and on the coasts of Chile, and also occurs in New Zealand.
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Hake (THOMAS GORDON an Engglish poet)
THOMAS GORDON, an Engglish poet and physician; born in Leeds in 1809. He took his medical degree at Glasgow University in 1831, and practiced his profession in East Anglia, later becoming the physician and friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His poetry is thoroughly original, but quaint, vague, and subtly philosophical. His works include: "Poetic Lucubrations" (1828); "Vates: A Prose Epic" (1839); "New Symbols," verse (1875); "Maiden Ecstasy," verse (1880); "A Divine Pastoral" (1883). He died in London, Jan. 11, 1895.
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Hakluyt
RICHARD (hak'löt), an English author; born about 1553; was educated at Oxford University. He was the author of "Four Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and Islands Adjacent to the Same" (1582); "Four Voyages to Florida" (1587); "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries Made by the English Nation"; etc. He died Oct. 23, 1616.
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Hakodate
the chief port of Yezo, Japan, situated on a peninsula in the Strait of Tsugaru. The town is built partly on the inner slope of the Gibraltar-like hill (1,200 feet) which dominates the strait, partly on the low, sandy peninsula connecting the hill with the main island. The climate is severe. Hakodate, which has a magnificent harbor, is (since 1859) one of the open ports of Japan, and carries on a brisk export trade in seaweed, sulphur, bêche de mer, salted salmon, matches, etc. Pop. about 102,400.
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Hal
a town in South Brabant, Belgium; 9 miles S. S. W. from Brussels. The church of St. Mary (1341-1409) is much resorted to by pilgrims on account of a black miracle-working wooden image of the Virgin, which during a bombardment in 1580 caught 33 cannon-balls in her lap-they lay piled up in the tower. Pop. about 14,300. (hälber-stät), HALBERSTADT a quaint old town of Prussian Saxony; in a fertile plain extending from the N. foot of the Harz Mountains, 25 miles S. W. of Magdeburg. The cathedral, containing painted glass, and valuable antiquities and objects of art, restored in 1850-1871, is the most notable building in the town. It was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries in the Pointed style. Other buildings of interest are the church of Our Lady (1146), with antique reliefs and wall-paintings; the town house (1360-1381), before which stands a Roland pillar; the wine cellar beneath the town house; and the Peterhof, formerly the residence of the bishops. The chief industries of the town are gloves, cigars, machines, sugar, leather, paper, spirits, etc.; and there are also large workshops for railway repairs. Halberstadt dates from 820, the year in which the see was transplanted from Osterwieck to the site of the town of Halberstadt. It received town rights in 998; was twice burned down in the 12th century; and was held alternately by the Swedes and Imperialists during the Thirty Years' War. In 1684 it was given to Brandenburg. Pop. about 46,500.
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