Hexahedron
a figure having six faces, or a solid bounded by six planes. cube is now generally applied The term to the regular hexahedron.
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These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Hexahedron, Hexameter, Hexane.
Hexameter
the heroic verse of the Greeks and Romans. As its name implies, it consists of six feet, properly dactyls, the last of which is shortened by one syllable, and so becomes a trochee, or, as the final syllable is long by position, a spondee.
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Hexane
in chemistry, C6H14, five isomeric hydrocarbons exist. (1) Normal hexane. Dipropyl, CH3-CH2-CH2- CH2-CH2CH3. It occurs in the light oils obtained by the distillation of cannel coal, also in petroleum. It can be obtained by the action of sodium and normal propyl iodide, CHI, or by the action of zinc and hydrochloric acid on secondary hexyl iodide (from mannite), and by distilling suberic acid with baryta, CgH14O4 + 2BaO = 2BaCO3 + C6H14. It boils at 71°. (2) Propyl dimethy methane, or propyl isopropyl, ethyl isobutyl, obtained by the action of sodium on a mixture of ethyl iodide and isobutyl iodide.
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Hexoic
in chemistry, C5H11 COOH, fatty acids of the acetic series, containing six carbon atoms. Eight of these acids are possible.
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Hexyl Alcohols
in chemistry, monatomic alcohols having the formula C8H13 (OH). Seventeen alcohols can exist, eight primary, six secondary, and three tertiary. Normal hexyl-alcohol, (CH3(CH2)CH2OH. It is obtained from the essential oil of Heracleum giganteum, where it exists semitone, as hexylbutyrate, along with octyl-acetic; the oil is saponified by alcoholic potash, and then fractionally distilled. The hexylalcohol boils at 157°.
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Hexyl Iodide
in chemistry, C6H12 I, a secondary hexyl-iodide, is obtained by treating mannite with strong hydriodic acid.
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Heyburn
WELDON BRINTON, United States Senator from Idaho, born in Delaware co., Pa., in 1852. He received an academic education and was admitted to the bar in 1876. After practicing law in Pennsylvania he moved to Idaho and soon after entered politics. He was defeated for Congress in 1898 but in 1903 was elected to the Senate. He was re-elected in 1909. During his service he was chairman of the committee on manufactures and of the joint committee on the revision of the laws of the United States. He died in 1912.
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Heyd
A Norwegian sea-witch or storm-fiend in the shape of a white bear, alluded to in the saga of Grettir. With the other storm-fiend Ham, she was sent by Helgi to engulf Frithjof as he sailed for the island of Yarl Angantyr.
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Heyward
THOMAS, JR., an American jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in South Carolina in 1746. From 1775 to 1778 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1780 he was elevated to the Bench of his native State. During the Revolutionary War he served as captain of artillery. He died in 1809.
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Heywood
a town of England in Lancashire. It is about ten miles N. of Manchester. It is an important industrial center, having manufactures of cotton, iron, brass, locomotives, and chemicals. There are extensive coal mines in the neighborhood. Pop. about 27,000.
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Heywood
THOMAS, an English dramatist; ist; born in Lincolnshire, England. He lived in the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., and was educated at Cambridge. He composed wholly or in part 220 different plays. Of these only about 24 remain, of which the one most admired is "A Woman Killed with Kindness," published in Dodsley's collection. He was also the author of "Great Britain's Troy," "An Apology for Actors," etc. He died about 1650.
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Hezekiah
a pious King of Judah. He succeeded his father Ahaz about 726 B. C. His history is contained in II Kings 18-20; II Chr. 29-32. He was succeeded by the unworthy Manasseh. He died about 698 b. c. HIAWATHA (hi-adian legendary hero and peacemaker, wa'tha), an Inknown by this name among the Iroquois and by other titles among the other tribes of North America. He is mentioned in various works on the aborigines, and in 1855 was immortalized in the beautiful poem, "Hiawatha," by Longfellow. In this he is made to appear as an Ojibway chief.
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Hiawatha
he'a-wa'tha, a noted warrior, possibly legendary, of the Iroquois. To be more exact, he was reputed to be an Onondaga chief, a man of traditional wisdom. His name means, "He who seeks the wampum belt." He was credited with having formed the confederacy of the Five Nations in northern New York . When Longfellow was gathering together the traditions of the Ojibways for his famous Indian poem, he boldly substituted the rhythmic name of Hiawatha for Manabosho, the unpronouncable, unwieldly name of the Ojibway hero about whom their legends cluster. Longfellow also ventures to say that his tales came from the Vale of Tawasentha in the country of the Mohawks of eastern New York. The i in Hiawatha should have the sound of i in machine. To give the long sound, as is authorized unfortunately by most lexicons, is not only contrary to Indian usage, but contrary to the wish of the poet Longfellow as well. A long i destroys the melody of the word. The same remark holds true of Chicago, Winona, and other Indian names. See Longfellow
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Hibben
JOHN GRIER of Princeton University. Born in Pe- , president JOHN GRIER HIBBEN oria, Ill., in 1861; was graduated from Princ Princeton in 1882 (Ph. D., 1893). After studying in Berlin and at the Princeton Theological Seminary he was admitted to the Presbyterian ministry in 1887 and was in the pastorate for four years. In 1891 he was an instructor in Princeton University and professor of philosophy from 1897 to 1912, when he was chosen president. He is the author of several works on logic and general philosophy.
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Hibbert Lectures
an English foundation instituted by the trustees of Robert Hibbert (1770-1849), a West India merchant, for the the discussion of problems in religion or theology. Among the lecturers have been Max Müller, Page Renouf, Renan, Rhys Davids, Kuenon, Beard, Réville, Pfleiderer, Rhys, Sayce, Hatch, Montefiore, Drummond, and others. The lectures are published. The foundation also supports in part the "Hibbert Journal."
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Hibbing
a city in Minnesota, in St. Louis co. It is on the Missabe and Northern, and the Great Northern railroads. Situated in the Mesaba iron ore range, the most productive iron mining region in the United States, it has steadily grown in industrial importance. There are five important mines within the city limits. Pop. (1910) 8,832; (1920) 15,089.
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