Horoscope
in astrology, an observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a certain moment as at the instant of a person's birth, from which the astrologer claimed to be able to foretell the future. Also a scheme or plan of the 12 houses or 12 signs of the zodiac, in which is marked the disposition of the heavens at a particular moment, and by which astrologers pretended to be able to foretell the fortunes of persons according to the position of the stars at their birth.
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Horse Power
the measure of a steam engine's power, as originally settled by James Watt , being a lifting power equal to 33,000 000 pounds p raised one foot high per minute. Thus an engine is said to be of 100 horse power (h. p.) when it has a lifting capacity equivalent to 3,300,000 000 pounds one foot high per minute. To ascertain the horse power of an engine multiply together the pressure in pounds on a square inch of the piston, the area of the piston in inches, the length of the stroke in feet, and the number of strokes per minute, divide the by friction, result by 33,000, and the quotient, less one-tenth, allowed for loss by will give the horse power. Engines are frequently said to be of so many horse power nominal; the real or indicated horse power, however , often exceeds the nominal by as much as three to one.
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Horse-manure
A means for conveying gases from the loam used for building and coating the moulds and cores. The quality of sands and mixtures employed for this purpose is necessarily hard and unyielding, having little porosity, and must therefore be rendered porous by artificial means. Besides imparting porosity, the manure possesses a quality of stickiness which renders the sand or loam more cohesive, and it is for this reason that it is to be preferred to other substances, as coke-dust, sawdust, etc., which are frequently used for this purpose. See LOAM; FACING-SAND; VENTING.
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Horsefly
a stout, annoying fly of mid-summer. The male contents himself with sweet sap and the nectar of flowers; but the female adds the blood of man and beast to her diet whenever possible. These scourges can equal the speed of the swiftest horse without the slightest effort. There are a hundred species of the black horsefly and half as many of the sort with banded wings. See Gadfly
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Horsens
a city of Denmark, in the Province of Aarhus. It has a beautiful church, a convent, a chapel, and a high school. The principal industries ironworking, shipbuilding , and the manufacture of woodenware. There also important agricultural interests. Pop. about 24,000 . are
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Horseradish
a member of the mustard family. It was introduced into American gardens from Europe. The root leaves are large. The flowers are inconspicuous. The seed pods are globular, but are seldom formed. The large, carrot-shaped, clustered roots, when grated and dashed with vinegar, are a well known accompaniment of boiled beef, ham, and other meats. The preparation of horseradish is of commercial importance. Gardeners devote large areas to its cultivation. The village of Baiersdorf in Bavaria, a few miles north of Nuremberg, has the reputation of producing the finest horseradish in Europe. Baiersdorf horseradish ranks with our Kalamazoo celery. Six million pounds, packed in barrels, are shipped annually.
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Horseradish
in botany, Cochlearia armoracia . Sir Joseph Hooker places it under a sub-genus of Cochlearia called Armoracia, which has valves with no dorsal nerve. It is found as an alien, or a denizen, in ditches, corners of fields, etc. It is acrid and stimulating . It is used in atonic dyspepsia, also as a sudorific in chronic rheumatism, and is a diuretic in dropsies.
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Horseshoe Crabs
a name for the crustaceous genus Limulus , more commonly called king crabs. The resemblance to a horseshoe is in the buckler which covers the anterior part of the body.
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Horsley
SAMUEL, an English id's, from bishop; born in 1733. He was appointed in 1788 Bishop of St. David's , which he was translated to Rochester in 1793, receiving at the same time the deanery of Westminster ; and finally to St. Asaph in 1802, when he resigned his deanery. Horsley was the greatest theological controversialist of his day, and is famous for his controversy with Priestley on Unitarianism . He died in 1806.
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Hortense
EUGÉNIE DE BEAU-
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Hortensius
QUINTUS (hōr-tēn'sē-us), a celebrated Roman orator; born in 114 b. c. Till his great rival, Cicero, bore away the palm, he eclipsed all others in the grace and splendor of his eloquence. He held many civil and military offices; was made consul 69 B. C.; was Cicero's colleague as augur; and died immensely rich in 50 b. c.
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Horticultural Societies
societies formed by the encouragement of both the art and the science of the cultivation of garden plants.
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Horus
an Egyptian deity, whose name, "Hor," means "the day," or "the sun's path," and is generally written in hieroglyphics by the sparrow hawk, which was sacred to him. Under the name of Horus were included several deities, as Haroeris, the elder Horus and Harpocrates, or the younger Horus; Har-sam-ta, Horus, the uniter of the upper and lower world, who was the second son of Athor, resided in Annu, Heliopolis, and emanated from the eye • of the sun; and Har-net-ta, another form of the same god, represented as a boy wearing a triple crown, who existed from the commencement of things, a self-created being, and emanated from the Nu, or firmament, besides several others. But the principal Horus was Horus, the son of Isis (Har-si-hesi), represented as a naked child hild standing wearing a skullcap, or the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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Horvath
MICHAEL (hor'vät), a Hungarian historian; born in Szentes, Oct. 20, 1809. In 1844 he became Professor of the Hungarian Language and Literature in Vienna, and later Bishop of Csanad. He took an active part in the revolutionary war, holding the appointment of minister of "culture" and public instruction. The defeat of the Hungarians drove him into exile. In his absence he was condemned to death, but was allowed to return home under the amnesty of 1867. Of several historical works which he wrote three deserve special mention: "History of Hungary to 60: 1823," and its continuations, "Twentyfive Years of Hungarian History, 1823- 1848," and "History of the War of Independence in Hungary." He died in 1878.
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