Mural Crown
the corona muralis of the Romans; a wreath, chaplet, or crown of gold, indented and embattled, given by the Romans to the soldier who first mounted a breach in storming a town.
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Mural Crown, Mural Decoration, Murano.
Mural Decoration
the embellishment of walls. It dates from very ancient times. The Egyptian and Etruscan monuments form an integral and important part of the history of painting, and have helped to mold the development of certain styles of art. Incised work and reliefs have been largely employed. The Greeks tinted their temples and "picked out" their sculptured friezes and pediments with color; colored bricks were used in Assyrian, and wall tiles in Moslem, architecture. Some of the Roman walls were built of tufa and red brick, colored brick, terra-cotta, and variegated arrangements of marble were largely used in Italy. The plaster work known as sgraffito is especially adapted for this use.. Many English churches of the mediæval period have been built of flint and stone, and much Tudor work of particolored brick. Distemper and fresco are described in separate articles; water glass is a silicate process of which there is an example in the English Houses of Parliament. Mosaic work is extensively used in floors and ceilings, but also occasionally employed in mural decoration.
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Murano
an island and town of Italy, about a mile N. of Venice; V it is famous as the seat of the Venetian glass manufacture an industry established in the 13th century, and revived in 1860 by Antonio Salviati (1816-1890). It possesses a fine 12th-century cathedral, and another church with_some valuable pictures, including Paul Veronese's "St. Jerome in the Desert." Pop. about 6,000.
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Muratore
LUCIEN, French tenor; born at Marseilles in 1878, he studied voice culture at the conservatory there, and, after some time spent in Paris, sang with Madame Calve at the Opera Comique in "La Carmelite," "Muguette" and "Le Cor Fleuri" and at the Paris Opera gaining distinction as Faust and Romeo, and in "Salome" and "Francesca da Rimini." Since 1912 he has been a member of the Grand Opera Company in Chicago.
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Murchison
SIR RODERICK IM- PEY, an English geologist; born in Tarradale, Ross-shire, Scotland, Feb. 19, 1792. After receiving a portion of his education at the Durham grammar school, he entered the military college at Marlow in 1805, and left in two years subsequently, ly, on receiving a commission in the 36th regiment. In 1828 he accompanied Sir Charles Lyell in a geological tour among the extinct volcanoes of Auvergne. He subsequently succeeded in in discovering the whole series of Silurian rocks in the sea-cliffs W. of Milford Haven, England. The term "Silurian System which is the name of his first great work, was first used by him. The result of his several expeditions was published in 1845, in a volume, entitled "Geology of Russia and the Ural Mountains." Shortly after the publication of this book Murchison was knighted. ed. In 1854 he produced "Siluria; the History of the oldest known Rocks containing Organic Re Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth." In 1855 he was appointed Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Director of the Metropolitan School of Science applied to Mining and the Arts. He died Oct. 22, 1871.
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Murcia
an ancient town of Spain, on the Segura river; 46 miles M S. W. of Alicante. It stands in the productive vale of Murcia, an old-fashioned Moorish town, embosomed in gardens of mulberry, orange, fig, palm, and other fruit trees. Almost the only notable buildings are the bishop's palace and the cathedral, this last begun in 1353, but reconstructed in 1521, and surmounted by a fine bell tower. Silks, saltpeter, soda, gunpowder, musical instruments, and glass are manufactured; fruit growing, the preparation of olive oil, and the weaving of esparto also flourish. Alfonso X. of Castile took the city from the Moors in 1263; an earthquake almost destroyed it in 1829; and it was captured by the insurgents in 1843. Pop. about 150,000. The province of Murcia has an area of 4,478 square miles; pop. about 650,000. With the present province of Albacete it was an independent Arab kingdom for 27 years in the 13th century.
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Murder
homicide with malice aforethought; the unlawful killing of a human being by a person of sound mind, with premeditated malice. Murder is divided into various degrees, such as murder in the first degree, which is punishable by death in most of the States of the Union, and lesser degrees punishable by various terms of imprisonment. The crime is modified in law also by the terms manslaughter and homicide.
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Murdock
JOSEPH BALLARD, Rear-Admiral U. S. N.; born in Hartford, Conn., 1851; graduated from the United States Naval Academy, then served for four years at the North and South Atlantic stations. Entered the coast survey department of the Navy, 1875-1879; instructor of physics at the U. S. Naval Academy, 1880-1883; during the Spanish- American War he served as executive officer on the "Panther." Attained rank of Rear-Admiral in 1909, and was placed in charge of the New York Navy Yard. Commanded the Asiatic fleet, 1911-1912. Has contributed to magazines and is the author of "Notes on Electricity and Magnetism."
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Murdock (VICTOR American politician)
VICTOR, American politician and editor; born at Burlingame, Kan., in 1871, he engaged, after a public school education, in the newspaper business, and from 1894 to 1903 was manag, ing editor of the "Wichita Daily Eagle." He was elected to Congress in 1903 and re-elected in 1905 and retained his seat till 1915. In the latter part of his term he passed from being a Republican to being a Progressive, sive, and in 1914 represented Kansas Progressives as candidate for the U. S. Senate, being defeated by Charles Curtis, Republican. He has been member of the Federal Trade Commission at Washington since 1917, and was appointed member of the Meat Commission of the Government in April, 1918.
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Murena
A celebrated Roman, who invaded the dominions of Mithridates , at first with success, but afterward he met with defeat. He was honored with a triumph on his return to Rome. Musae (The Muses). The goddesses who presided over poetry, music, dancing, and all the liberal arts. They were daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne , and were nine in number, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia , Melpomene , Terpsichore , Erato, Polyhymnia, Calliope, and Urania.
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