Michigan College of Mines
a mining school at Houghton, Mich., part of the University of Michigan, founded in 1885. In the college college there are 157 students with a faculty numbering 26. Nine college buildings make the physical basis of the institution, one of which is a library containing 30,000 volumes. Its entire support is the appropriation granted by the State of Michigan. MICHIGAN, LAKE, one of the great fresh-water lakes between the United States and Canada, being the second largest lake in the world, Lake Superior being the largest. Unlike the other four big lakes, it lies wholly within United States territory. It is 320 miles long and averages 75 miles in width. Its surface is 581 feet above sea-level. MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Ann Arbor, Mich.; founded in 1837; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 500; students, students, 7,000; volumes in the library, 413,666; endowment funds, $1,393,304; grounds and buildings valued at $8,075,660; income, $1,393,304; number of graduates, 36,789; president, Harry B. Hutchins.
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Michoacan
one of the States of Mexico, on the Pacific Coast; area 22,874 square miles; pop. about 1,000,000. It is to a large extent elevated and mountainous, among the mountains being the volcano of Jorullo; has rich mines of gold, silver, and other ninerals. Capital Morelia; pop. about 40,000.
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Micipsa
A king of Numidia, son of Masinissa , who, at his death, B. C. 119, left his kingdom to his sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, and his nephew Jugurtha .
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Micro-Organism
being of the animal or vegetable kingany microscopic dom. See BACTERIA. MICROPHONE. See TELEPHONE.
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Microbe
. See Bacteria
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Microcosm, The
Or the Pentagram , a little world (Greek Kosmos, a world)-a five-pointed star, five-pointed star, which represents Man and the summation of the occult forces. It was believed by Paracelsus that this sign had a marvellous magical power over spirits; and that all magic figures and kabalistic signs could be reduced to two-The Microcosm, and the Macrocosm ( q.v.).
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Micrometer
An instrument used for measuring very minute distances with extreme exactness. See Gauge.
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Microprosopus, The
One of the four magical elements in the Kabala; and probably representing one of the four simple elements-air, water, earth, or fire. The word . The word means "creator of the little world ."
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Microscopy
CLINICAL, the employment of the microscope to detecting pathological and physiological conditions. It has become one of the most important departments of medical science, and has been especially valuable in the discovery of the bacilli of diseases, heretofore considered almost incurable. The most common form of microscopic examination is the blood test. The greatest strides in medical therapeutics in the past generation have resulted from the employment of the microscope.
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Mid-day Demons
The ancients frequently made mention of certain demons who became visible especially towards mid-day to those with whom they had a pact. They appeared in the form of men or of beasts, and let themselves be enclosed in a character, a figure, a vial, or in the interior of a hollow ring.
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Middelburg
capital of the Dutch province of Zealand, on the island of Walcheren, 4½ miles N. E. of Flushing. In former times it was one of the lead ing mercantile cities of the United Provinces, sending many ships to the East and West Indies, and the Levant (Thomas Cromwell was one of its merchants); but its commercial importance has greatly declined. Pop. about 20,000.
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Middle States
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, in allusion to the fact that at the time of the adoption of the Constitution they were the central commonwealths of the federation.
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Middleboro
a town in Plymouth co., Mass.; on the Nemasket river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 35 miles S. of Boston. It is one of the oldest towns in Plymouth county, having been incorporated June 1, 1669, and has many points of historic interest. The town includes the villages of North Middleboro, Four Corners, Nemasket, Puddingshire, Tack Factory, Thomastown, Waterville, the Green, South Middleboro, Rock, and Eddyville. There are gas and electric light plants, owned by the town, a high school, National and savings banks, and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of shoes, straw goods, open grates, and woolen goods, besides sawmills, iron foundry, marble works, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,214; (1920) 8,453.
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Middlebury College
a nonsectarian institution of Middlebury, Vt., established in 1800. In 1883 women were admitted to the college, but later in 1905 a separate college was opened for them apart from the original college. 'The combined institution has about 150 students and a faculty of 30. The courses are the regular ones offered in the arts and science departments of American universities. The library has about 30,000 volumes. The endowment fund is $ 400,000 and the income about $40,000.
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Middlemarch
. See Cross ; Mrs. Mary Ann Evans
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Middlesboro
a city of Bell co., Ky., 64 miles N. E. of Knoxville, Tenn., near the Tennessee boundary line, on the Louisville and Nashville, and the Southern railroads. Is a favored resort of summer visitors, and has large hospital Coal, iron industries and city buildings. city buildings. and attractive schools. Pop. (1910) 7,305; (1920) 8,041.
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Middlesbrough
a manufacturing town, port and municipal and parliament- Vol. VI-Cyc-O ary borough of England, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Has numerous blastfurnaces and rolling mills, foundries, engineering works, ship yards, nail works, bolt and nut works, etc.; salt is being extensively worked, there being a thick bed of rock salt at a depth of 1,300 feet. Its rapid growth has been due to its suitability as a port for the Durham coalfields, and to the smelting of iron ore abounding in the adjacent Cleveland Hills. The borough was incorporated in 1853, and returns one member to Parliament. Pop. (1917) 119,251.
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Middleton
THOMAS, an English dramatist; born in London (?), about 1570. He collaborated with Rowley, Massinger, Fletcher, and Ben Jonson, He wrote: "A Mad World, My Masters" (1608); "The Game of Chess" (1623); "The Spanish Gipsy" (1653); "Women Beware Women" (1657). He died in Newington Butts, in 1627.
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Midgard
mid'gard, in Scandinavian mythology, the middle world or dwelling place of the human race. It was connected with Asgard, the dwelling of the gods, by the rainbow bridge. Midgard was formed from the eyebrows of the giant Ymir, the first created being. The Midgardsorm or Midgard serpent was an immense serpent--one of the offspring of Loki. It was cast by Odin into the sea which encircles the earth and was believed to lie coiled in the waters about the earth. See Mythology
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