Hooker, Joseph
Joseph (1814-1879), an American general. He was a native of Hadley, Massachusetts, and was graduated from West Point in 1837. He served with credit in the Mexican War. During the Civil War he rose to the command of the army of the Potomac. In 1863 he was sent to reinforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga. As commander of the army of the Cumberland he fought the so-called battle among the clouds on Lookout Mountain. He was known among his soldiers as "Fighting Joe Hooker."
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Hooker, Sir William J.
Sir William J. (1785-1865), a celebrated English botanist. He was a native of Norwich. He was bred a merchant, but preferred an outdoor life. He devoted himself to the study of botany. Contributions to a better understanding of the mosses led to his appointment to the chair of botany in the University of Glasgow. In 1841 he was made director of the Royal Gardens of Kew, a position which he filled with honor. He introduced improvements in the management. He was in close touch with collectors in all parts of the world, and made the Kew gardens and herbarium the center of botanical interest. His name appears in the membership lists of the botanical associations of the day. A list of his important works includes a score of titles. The best known is perhaps The British Flora, a work which has been to the British Islands what Gray's Manual has been to the northeastern United States . He was succeeded at Kew by his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker. See Gray
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Hoop-Ash
an American tree of the order Urticaceæ, found in the forests of Ohio and in the Western States. It attains a height of 80 feet, and is employed for charcoal.
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Hoop-binder
A substitute for the binding-plate in a brick cope, consisting of a length of hoop-iron with which to tie the course of brick. These may be used for ordinary purposes instead of binding-plates by turning a hook on each end of the hoop-iron, the hooks to meet within four inches round the brickwork, to be there tied with a few laps of softened wire, and brought up close by inserting a small pointed bar between the strands of wire and twisting them one on another. Another method is to rivet lugs on the ends and draw them together by means of a bolt. See BINDING-PLATE; COPE. Horizontal Casting.-When a casting is poured endwise in the pit, it is cast vertically; if the same casting is poured flat on the floor, it is then cast horizontally.
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Hoope
a bird forming the type of a family generally classed with the beeeaters or the honey-eaters, but also with the hornbills. The European hoope (U. epops) is about 12 inches long; it has a fine crest of pale cinnamon-red HERBERT CLARK HOOVER feathers, tipped with black; upper surface on the whole ashy-brown; wings black, the coverts having white bars; throat and breast pale fawn; abdomen white, with black streaks and dashes. It has a very wide range, from Burmah to the British Islands and Africa.
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Hooper
WILLIAM, an American patriot; born in Boston, Mass., June 17, 1742; was graduated at Harvard College in 1760; practiced law in North Carolina and early interested himself in the colonial struggle with Great Britain; was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774 and signed the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. He died in Hillsboro, N. C., October, 1790.
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Hooping Cough
a spasmodic, in COUGH.ally of childhood, preceded by catarrh of from 3 to 14 days' duration. It sometimes terminates in six weeks, but often lasts as many months, though danger is usually over at the end of six weeks. Emphysema is a dangerous complication. In fatal cases, pulmonary collapse, bronchial inflammation, nervous exhaustion, and general debility are the chief factors.
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Hoorn
a city of Holland in the Province of North Holland. It is situated on the Hoornerhop, a part of the Zuyder Zee. The city contains many mediæval buildings of great interest. There is a large trade in dairy dai products and some shipbuilding. Fishing is also an important industry. Pop. about 11,500.
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Hoosac Mountains
a part of the Green Mountain range in western Massachusetts, thr through which is pierced the most notable railway tunnel in America. The Hoosac tunnel, which has a length of nearly 5 miles, was commenced in 1851 for the line between Boston and Albany, was twice abandoned, and was finally opened in 1875, having cost the State of Massachusetts about $18,000,000.
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Hoosac Tunnel
a double-track railway tunnel through the Hoosac Mountain in northwestern Massachusetts. It is on the route from Boston to Troy. Its eastern entrance is 137 miles from Boston. The tunnel is nearly five miles long, the longest in the United States . It was seventeen years in building, and cost $13,000,000. The circulation is improved by a ventilation shaft near the middle. This shaft, over 1,000 feet in depth, acts like a tall chimney. See Tunnel
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Hoove
a disease in cattle, caused by eating too much green food, which inflates the stomach with gas.
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Hoover
HERBERT CLARK, an American public official and philanthroat West Branch, Iowa, in pist. Born. 1874; he attended Leland Stanford Unied in 1895. versity, where he graduated Learning mining engineering in California, he set out upon his career as a prospector which carried him to China, Russia, and finally to England. He had already acquired a considerable fortune when the World War broke out in 1914. He took charge of the work for Belgian Relief and became chairman of the Committee for the Relief of Belgium. His energy and organizing ability wrought a wonderful work in feeding and clothing a whole people who were practically destitute. When America entered the war President Wilson appointed him food controller, and by his application, energy, and foresight the European allies were fed and the prices of foodstuffs kept within reasonable limits. His marvelous work in these two offices made him a formidable, though unsuccessful, candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1920. He continued his work of feeding the destitute peoples of central Europe, more especially the children, during 1919, 1920, and 1921. He became Secretary of Commerce in the Cabinet of President Harding on March 4, 1921.
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