Hough
EMERSON, an American writer; born in Newton , Iowa, in 1857. He graduated from the State University spent several years of Iowa in 1880 and spent in travel and exploration in the West. Largely through his efforts an act of Congress protecting the buffalo in Yellowstone Park was passed. He wrote many novels and descriptive articles on western subjects . These include "The Story of the Cowboy " (1897); "The Girl at the Half-way House" ( 1900); "The Mississippi Bubble" (1902); "The Story of the Outlaw" (1906); " The Way Out" (1918). He also contributed many stories and sketches to magazines.
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Houghton
RICHARD MONCK- TON MILNES, LORD, an English statesman; born in Fryston Hall, Yorkshire, June 19, 1809. A Conservative in Parliament, he joined the Liberals under Lord John Russell , and in 1863 was raised to the peerage. His best poetry appears in: "Memorials of a Tour in Greece"; "Memorials of a Residence on the Continent, and Historical Poems"; "Poems of Many Years"; "Palm Leaves." His prose works include : "Life, Letters , and Literary Remains of John Keats"; "Monographs, Personal and Political." He died in Vichy, France, Aug. 11, 1885.
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Houlton
a town in Maine, the county-seat of Aroostook co. the Bangor and Aroostook and the Canadian Pacific railroads. It is the center of an important farming region and its industries include foundry and machine shops, lumber mills, woolen mills, starch factories , etc. There is a public library, hospitals, parks, a high school, and the Ricker Classical Institute . Pop. (1910) 5,845; (1920) 6,191.
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Hound
a name applied to dogs used in hunting. The true hound , such as the bloodhound, the foxhound , and the staghound, hunt only by scent. In this division may also be included the bassethound (a short-legged dog used in unearthing foxes and badgers ), the beagle, and the harrier. The greyhound and the deerhound run by sight alone, and are not hounds in the correct acceptance of the term.
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Hour
the 24th part of a natural day; the space of 60 minutes. The early Egyptians divided the day and night each into 12 hours, a custom adopted by Jews or Greeks probably from the Babylonians. The day is said to have been first divided into hours from 293 B. C., when L. Papirius Cursor erected a sun dial in the temple of Quirinus at Rome.
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Hour Angle
in astronomy, the angle formed at the pole at the instant of gle observation between the meridian of the plane and the hour circle or circle of declination, passing through the heavenly body. It is measured by the arc of the equator which has passed or will pass under the meridian of the observer between the instant of observation and the moment when the heavenly body is on the same meridian. Called also the horary angle.
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Hour Circle
in astronomy, one of the great circles passing through the poles of the sphere, and necessarily perpendicular to the equator . So called, because to note when the sun reaches each of these circles is a method of ascertaining the hour of the day . Hour circles are called also circles of declination. Also a small brass circle fixed to the north pole of a terrestrial globe , divided into 24 hours, and furnished with an index for pointing them out.
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Housatonic River
a river which rises in Massachusetts , flows through Connecticut, and enters Long Island Sound near Bridgeport. In its course of nearly 150 miles it affords water-power to many manfacturing cities and towns .
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House
EDWARD MANDELL, an American statesman; born at Houston, Texas, in 1858, and graduated from Cornell University in 1881. He took an active part in Democratic party affairs in Texas and used all his influence to EDWARD MANDELL HOUSE bring about the nomination and election of President Wilson, being his close friend and advisor. During the World War President Wilson frequently sent him on important missions to the various belligerent powers and he became the "eyes and ears" of the President as far as European affairs were concerned. Appointed by the President a member of the United States Commission to negotiate peace with Germany, Col. House spent 1918 and 1919 in Europe. In the spring of 1920 ho returned to the United States, but soon again set out on an important diplomatic mission to Europe.
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House (Civilized dwelling In point)
a civilized dwelling. In point of law, the common expression, "a man's house is his castle," is in most instances true. Except where there has been a criminal al offense , a man, in England and in the United States , can hold his house against all comers. In the United States a court can give a messenger permission to force a door, and arrest or distrain as may be wished. In astrology the word "house" denotes the station of a planet in the heavens; a 12th part of the heavens as divided by great circles drawn through the north and south poles of the horizon, in the same way as meridians pass through the earth's poles. The heavens, visible and invisible, were thus divided into 12 equal parts, six being above and six below the horizon. These divisions, or "houses," were numbered from 1 to 12, beginning with that which lay in the last immediately below the horizon. The first "house" was the "house" of life; the second, of fortune or riches; the third, of brethren; the fourth, of relations; the fifth, of children; the sixth, of health; the seventh, of marriage; the eighth, of death, or the upper portal; the ninth, of religion; the tenth, of dignities; the eleventh, of benefactors; and the twelfth, of enemies or captivity. See HOUSING.
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House Fly
in entomology, Musca domestica. The larvæ are called maggots; they live in decaying animal matter. HOUSELEEK Sempervivum tectōrum, natural order Crassulaceæ, a succulent plant, commonly to be met with on old walls. It bears purplish flowers.
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House of Lords
. See Parliament
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House of Representatives
. See Congress
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House-bells
A special mixture for this class of bells is copper 77, tin 21, antimony 2. See BELL-METAL; BRASS. Hundredweight signifies a weight of 112 lbs. avoirdupois. Twenty of these, or 2240 lbs., make one ton. This weight is expressed by the abbreviation cwt. See TON.
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