Moulding-sand
See FACING-SAND. Moulding-tools.-Broadly speaking, moulding-tools consist of every foundry equipment necessary to make moulds with, including shovel, brushes, riddles, clamps, wedges, parallels, level, compass, vent-rods, gaggers, rammers, etc.; but the more artistic class, used for finishing the moulds with, are the ones usually recognized as moulding-tools. A full description of these, with instructions for using them, will be found at their respective places throughout this work. Moulds for Steel.--See STEEL CASTINGS; INGOT-MOULDS.
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Moulins
a town in France, capital of the department of Allier, on the Allier, over which is a bridge of 13 arches, built public build- 1750-1763. The principal pul ings are the cathedral (Notre Dame), never completed, the magnificent mausoleum of Duke Henry ary of Montmorency, and ruins of a castle belonging to the Dukes of Bourbon. It is a suffragan bishopric of Sens. Manufactures, machinery for sawmills, straw and felt hats, and cabinet making. Marshal Villars, and the Duke of Berwick, natural sons of James II., were born here. Pop. about 20,000.
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Moulting
a name for the process by which birds lose some of their feathers, crustaceans cast their cuticular shells, or young insects get rid of their outer husk in metamorphosis. The shedding of the hair in mammals and the sloughing of snakes, etc., are also analogous.
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Moulton
RICHARD GREEN, born in Preston, England, in 1849, he attained the London University B. A. and the Cambridge M. A. and in 1891 the University of Pennsylvania Ph. D. In 1892 he became professor in English at the University of C Chicago, and in 1901 became head of the department of general literature. He published his first work, "Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist," in 1885. His later works include: "The Ancient Classical Drama"; "Four Years of Novel Reading"; "The "The Literary Study of the Bible"; "Moral System of Shakespeare"; "World Literature and Its Place in General Education"; "The Modern Study of Literature." Also edited the "Modern Reader's Bible" in 21 vols.
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Moultrie
FORT, a defensive work on Sullivan's Island, at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, S. C., celebrated for the repulse of a British squadron commanded by Sir Peter Parker, June 28, 1776.
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Moultrie (City of Georgia)
a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Colquitt co. It is on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, Flint River and Northeastern, Georgia and Florida, and other railroads. It is the center of a commercial and manufacturing community, and has meat-packing plants, mattress factories, fertilizer plants, lumber mills, and cotton mills. There is a library and handsome government building. Pop. (1910) 3,349; (1920) 6,789.
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Moultrie (WILLIAM an American military)
WILLIAM, an American military officer; born in South Carolina, in 1731. He was of Scotch descent, his parents emigrating to South Carolina early in the 18th century. In 1761 he commenced his career as captain in a militia regiment, raised for the defense of the frontier against the Cherokees, rendering important service. He was elected to the provincial congress in 1775, and appointed colonel of the 2d South Carolina regiment. In 1776 he was designated to construct a fort on Sullivan's Island, at the mouth of Charleston harbor. The fort, which had 26 guns and 435 men, and was commanded by Moultrie, hastily built of palmetto logs, was found to resist the cannon balls perfectly. The British fleet attacked the fort before its completion, but were repulsed with great slaughter. Moultrie was made brigadier of the Continental forces, and distinguished himself by the repulse of the British advance on Charleston, in 1779. In the spring of 1780 Charleston was again attacked, and Moultrie, second in command, shared in the capitulation of the American forces. He remained a prisoner two years, being exchanged in 1782, and was promoted promoted a Major-Geness. In 1785 he was eral by Congress. elected governor of South Carolina, and again in 1794, after which he retired to private life. He was the author of "Memoirs of the Revolution." He died in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 27, 1805.
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Mound
a ball or globe used as the sign of sovereign authority and majesty, and forming part of the regalia of an emperor or king. It is surmounted by a cross and encircled with a horizontal band, from the upper edge of which springs a semicircular band, both enriched with precious stones.
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Mound Builders
the name given to a prehistoric race, formerly inhabiting the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, who have left some very remarkable earthworks as their only memorials. The best known group of mounds is near Newark, O., and consists of "elaborate earthworks, in the form of a circle, octagon, and square, inclosing an area of about 4 square miles, on the upper terrace be tween two branches of the Licking river. Scattered over the same plain, and crowning the neighboring hills, are numerous tumuli or mounds, evidently erected by the same people that built the larger works." The human remains found in these mounds are usually so much decayed as to preclude the recovery of a single bone entire.
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Moundsville
a city of West Virginia, the county-seat of Marshall co. It is situated about 11 miles S. of Wheeling, on the Ohio river and on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It is the seat of the State Prison and contains a court house, Federal building, and Reynolds Memorial Hospital. Within its limits is one of the famous mounds of prehistoric origin. The city is the center of important agricultural and mining region. Its manufactures include glass, lumber, bricks, clothing, foundry products, leather, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,918; (1920) 10,669.
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Mounet-Sully
JEAN, a French tragic actor, born at Bergerac, Feb. 27, 1841. He studied under Bressant in the Conservatoire in 1862, and in 1868 made his début as King Lear at the Odéon, supported by Madame Bernhardt. In 1872 Androhe made a striking success in " maque" at the Théâtre Français, became sociétaire of this theater in 1874, and at the time of his death, in 1916, was the dean of the company. He toured the United States and Europe, and wrote several plays, notably "La vieillesse de Don Juan," in verse, produced at the Odéon in 1906.
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Mount Blanc
. See Blanc
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