Mammals
the highest class of vertebrates. It contains all those animals that suckle their young and no others. With the exception of a small group of Australian animals represented by the duckbill, all mammals bring forth their young alive. They are warm-blooded and breathe air. Their skin is more or less hairy, rarely naked. Some of the principal families included in the mammals are man, the monkeys, the bats, the hedgehogs, the shrews, the moles, the bears, the raccoons, the dogs, the cats, the weasels, the seals, the hares, the squirrels, the porcupines, the rats and mice, the sloths, the cattle, the goats, the sheep, the antelopes, the giraffes, the deer, the camels, the horses, the elephant kind, the swine, the seal, the whale kind, the ant-eater, the opposum, the kangaroo, and the duckbill. There are over 3,000 different species of animals that suckle their young. The greater number of mammals live on land, but some, like the walrus, seal, whale, manatee, and dugong, are adapted to a life in the water. One mammal, the bat, is aerial. See the articles describing the various families of mammalia enumerated above.
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Mammon
a Syriac word used in the New Testament as the personification of worldliness. In Syrian mythology, Mammon was the god of wealth, corresponding with the Greek Pluto. The word has thus come into common use to designate the personification of avarice. The name is of frequent occurrence in literature. In Ben Johnson's Alchemist, Sir Epicure Mammon is a worldly sensualist who finally overreaches himself and defeats his own ends. In Spenser's Faerie Queene, Mammon is the money god whose cave is visited by Sir Guyon, whom Mammon tempts unsuccessfully with all forms of wealth and pleasure. Milton gives the name of Mammon to a fallen angel of sordid character. Thither, winged with speed, A numerous brigade hastened: as when bands Of pioneers, with spade and pickaxe armed, Forerun the royal camp to trench a field Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on--Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement (trodden gold) Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific: by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught. Ransacked the Center and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. (Let none admire That riches grow in Hell--that soil may best Deserve the precious bane!)
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Man-of-War Bird
. See Frigate Bird
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Manaar
GULF OF, an inlet of salt water lying between Ceylon and the Madras coast, and closed on the N. by a low reef of rocks and islands called Adam's Bridge. Its extreme width is nearly 200 miles. The gulf is famous for its pearl fisheries.
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Manabi
province of Ecuador, of which the capital is Puerto Viejo. Adjuts on the coast and produces cacao, sugar, and other agricultural products . Pop. about 65,000.
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Manacle Rocks
a dangerous reef on the S. coast of Cornwall , England, not far from Lizard Head and near the town of Falmouth. They are barely visible , except at low water, and there is no warning of their presence to the mariner except a bell buoy. Many wrecks have occurred here.
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Management
Important: Safety Warning
This page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes.
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Those who have never used the cyanide bath may desire some additional particulars regarding its management. The anodes in such a bath generally carry a slight greenish coating, consisting of copper cyanide. This is soluble in the free cyanide that is in the bath, and only traces of it should appear on the anodes. When the cyanide is used up, this green coating thickens up rapidly, and the bath, shortly afterwards, stops depositing. In such case, add cyanide (dissolved in water) very slowly, in order not to get in too much. If too much cyanide is in the bath, bubbles of hydrogen will come from the objects to be coated, but no copper will be deposited, and the remedy is adding carbonate of copper. If either of the above does not give a rapid and even coating, the bath needs more metal, and you are likely using too small an anode and stripping your bath. The remedy is, of course, found in adding more carbonate and using a larger anode.
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Managua
the capital of Nicaragua, situated in a fertile district, on the S. shore of Lake Managua, 53 miles S. E. of Leon. Pop. about 35,000. MANAHIKI (mä-ne-hēkē) ISLANDS, a group of low, wooded atolls, scattered over the Central Pacific, between the Marquesas and Union groups; area 12 square miles; pop. (1920) about 500. Most of these islands, as Caroline, Malden, Starbuck, Penrhyn, Humphrey, Vostok, Flint, and two or three others, belong to New Zealand.
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Mananan
Son of the Irish sea-god Lir, magician and owner of strange possessions. His magical boat "Ocean-sweeper" steered by the wishes of its occupant; his horse Aonban, able to travel on sea or land; and his sword Fragarach, a match for any mail; were brought by Lugh from "The Land of the Living" (Fairyland). As lord of the sea he was the Irish Charon, and his colour-changing cloak would flap gaily as he marched with heavy tread round the camp of the hostile force invading Erin. He is comparable with the Cymric Manawiddan and resembles the Hellenic Proteus.
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Manaos
capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on the Rio Negro, 12 miles above its confluence with the Amazon. A whitewashed cathedral rises in the center of the town, which also has a custom house and a military hospital. It is a well-built city, with many modern municipal improvements. There are a school of chemistry, a museum, and a public library. The city is a steamboat station, and has a considerable trade in various forest products, but principally in india-rubber. Pop. about 50,000. MANASAROWAR (mä "nä-sä"rowär'), a lake of Tibet, N. of the main chain of the Himalaya Mountains; it is almost circular in form, about 15 miles in diameter, and drained by the Sutlej.
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