Mollwitz
a village of Prussian Silesia. An obelisk (1878) marks the battlefield where Frederick the Great with 20,000 Prussians defeated an equal number of Austrians under Marshal Neipperg, April 10, 1741.
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Each of these 14 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Moloch
or Molech, the fire god of Phoenicia. According to tradition, his image was an iron furnace built in the form of a human being with outstretched arms designed to receive human sacrifice. The worship of Moloch was introduced into Judah, and Solomon built a temple to him on the Mount of Olives.
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Mologa
a town in the Russian province of Jaroslav, near the confluence of the Mologa and Volga, 68 miles W. N. W. of Jaroslav. The river Mologa winds 337 miles S. E. through the provinces of Tver, Novgorod, and Jaroslav, and is one of the links between the Volga and the Neva.
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Molokai
an island of the Hawaiian group, about 40 miles long by from 7 to 9 broad. All lepers of the islands are sent here and kept isolated from the healthy part of the community. Pop. about 1,800.
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Moluccas
or SPICE ISLANDS, a name which was originally confined to the five small islands of Ternate, Tidore, Motir, Makian, and Batshian, but now applied to the widely scattered group lying between Celebes and Papua; area, 43,864 square miles; pop. (1917) Amboyna, 360,934; Ternate, 200,135. The S. portion being governed directly by the Dutch, and the N. indirectly through native sultans. The islands (several hundreds in number) are nearly all mountainous, mostly volcanic, and earthquakes are by no means uncommon. Cloves, nutmegs, mace, and sago are exported to Europe; and birds'-nests, trepang, etc., to China. The Moluccas have been for centuries alternately in the possession of the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Dutch. They were twice taken by the British and given up to Holland, in whose possession they still remain. The natives belong to Malay and Polynesian races, and the general language on the coast is the Malay.
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Molybdenum
Mo, a metal discovered by Scheele in 1778, belonging to the group of metals which impart special properties to steel when added to it in very small amounts. Occurs as the sulphide (molybdenite), as lead molybdenate (wulfenite) and the oxide (molybdic ochre), and although widely distributed is not abundant. It is gray in color, has a specific gravity of 8.56, is softer than steel, malleable and capable of being forged and welded. The addition of a small amount of molybdenum to steel increases its tensile strength, toughness and fineness of grain.
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Mombasa
or MOMBAS, a sea-port and the seat of administration of British East Africa, on the N. side of a small island 3 miles by 2½ miles, close to the coast, 150 miles N. of Zanzibar. Trade in (exports) ivory, gum, copal, copra, ochella weed, maize, and grain; carried on by natives of British India. Island and port mentioned as early as 1331. It was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, held by the Portuguese from 1529 to 1698, and by the English from 1824 to 1826. Pop. estimated at 30,000, mostly Arabs and Swahili.
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Moment of Elasticity
Is the tendency of an elastic body to produce motion.
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Moment of Inertia
The resistance opposed by a body in motion to a change of velocity.
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Mommsen
THEODOR (mom'zen), a German historian; born in Garding, Schleswig, Nov. 30, 1817. He was Professor of Law at Leipsic, 1848-1850; of Roman law, at Zürich 1852-1854, at Breslau, 1854-1858; of ancient history at Berlin, 1858; member of the Prussian House of Delegates. His great work is Romanist18518eat work is besides, "Roman Chronology down to Cæsar"; "History of Roman Coinage" (1860); "Roman Investigations" (1864- 1879); "History of Roman Political Law, He was editor-in-chief of the great "Body of Latin Inscriptions" (1863- 1893). He died at the age of 86, at Charlottenburg, Prussia, Nov. 1, 1903.
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Mommsen, Theodor
mom'sen, Theodor (1817-1903), a German historian. He was a native of Schleswig. He died at Berlin. He was educated at the University of Kiel. He held various university positions at Leipsic, Zurich, and Breslau. During the revolutionary period, 1848, he was an advocate of progress and reform. Following the Franco-Prussian War , he was a member of the lower house of the Prussian Parliament. He opposed Bismarck's policy both with reference to the Catholics and the tariff. In 1858 he was appointed professor of ancient history in the University of Berlin. In spite of his interest in modern politics he is best known as the author of The History of Rome in five volumes. Though one of the most remarkable scholars of the day, whether considered as a decipherer of inscriptions, a historian, a lawyer, an expert on coins, or as a student of language, his volumes are written in a popular style without mention of authority. His is the most readable, and, we may say, the most authentic history of the Roman Republic that has yet appeared. It has been translated into the leading languages of the world. It is the standard authority in libraries everywhere.
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Momus
The god of mirth amongst the ancients, according to Hesiod, was the son of Nox. He amused himself by satirizing the gods by turning into ridicule whatever they did.
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Mona
a small island of the West Indies, 42 miles W. of Porto Rico, in the middle of Mona Passage; area, nearly 10,000 acres. It is a coral formation. The general level being about 60 feet above the sea-level, with a range of hills on the E. side of the island. All kinds of tropical fruits grow in profusion. It is the nesting place of thousands of green turtles. Mona came into possession of the United States under the peace treaty with Spain in 1898. The only resident on the island is a lighthouse keeper.
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Monad
in chemistry, univalent element. A name given to those elements which can directly unite with, or replace, one atom of hydrogen in a compound. The monad elements are hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, fluorine, lithium, sodium, potassium, ruthenium, cæsium, and silver. In philology, a monosyllabic The S. side of the cloisters generally word or root, specifically, a monosyllabic root of the isolating class of languages. In philosophy, a term first used by Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), and adopted in a slightly different sense and brought into prominence by Leibnitz (1648-1716).
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