Murom
a city of Russia, in the Government of Vladimir. It is situated on the Oka river. Prior to the World War it had important manufactures and extensive trade in grain. Pop. about 20,000.
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Muromtseff
SERGEI ANDREY- EVITCH, Russian educator and political leader; born at Petrograd in 1850. He was educated at Moscow and Göttingen, and later became Professor of Roman law at the University of Moscow. In 1879 he became editor of the "Juridical Messenger," a law journal. Because of his liberal political views he had to leave the university in 1884, and eight years later his paper was suppressed and the Juridical Society was forbidden to hold any further meetings. On the establishment of the First Russian Duma, Muromtseff was elected Senior Deputy from Moscow by the Constitutional Democratic party, and he was later elected President of the Duma.
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Murphysboro
a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Jackson co., 87 miles S. E. of St. Louis, Mo. It is situated on the Big Muddy river and on the Illinois Central, the Mobile and Ohio, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern railroads. It contains the St. Andrew's Hospital and an excellent high school. The city is the center of important agricultural and mining industries. There are railroad shops and manufactories of flour, lumber, shoes, bricks, etc. The city has the commission form of government. Pop. (1910) 7,485; (1920) 10,703.
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Murrain
an infectious disease among domestic animals, especially cattle; an epizoötic disease or cattle-plague of any kind, especially the foot-andmouth disease.
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Murray Bay
capital of Charlevoix co., Quebec, Canada, on St. Lawrence river, 80 miles N. E. of Quebec, also called Malbaie. Is resort for visitors, being noted for its bathing and boating facilities. Industries include flour and timber mills, and is connected by steamer with Quebec. Pop. about 2,000.
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Murray, Lindley
Lindley (1745-1826), an American grammarian. He was a native of Lancashire County, Pennsylvania. His mother, Mary Lindley Murray, is the heroine of an incident in the American Revolution. During the retreat of Washington's forces Howe was marching, September 15, 1776, to cut off Putman's command. Mrs. Murray invited him and his officers to wait for dinner. The good dame hastened to bake and broil, prolonging her preparations. The courteous Howe could not bring himself to disappoint a lady. In all he was delayed over two hours. By that time, Putnam, with his command, was out of danger. Young Murray studied law, but subsequently embarked in a commercial speculation in which he amassed a modest fortune. In 1784 he retired from business and settled at Holdgate, near York, England, where he resided until the time of his death. He was a man of scholarly habits and had a turn for writing. In 1795 he published an English Grammar for schools. It became at once the standard text in that subject both in England and the United States . It rivaled Webster's Spelling Book in the number of editions through which it passed. Of the last edition, appearing in 1818, it is said that 1,500,000 copies were sold.
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Murrumbidgee
a large river of Australia, in New South Wales, rising in the great Dividing Range, and entering the Murray after a W. W. course of about 1,300 miles; chief tributary, the Lachlan.
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Murshidabad
a town of India, on the Bhagirathi river, a branch of the Ganges; 115 miles N. of Calcutta. The chief buildings of note are the palace of Nawab (1837), the miambara, and a Two miles S. Mohammedan mosque. of the city is Motijhil or Pearl Lake; on its bank stood the palace of Suraj-ud- Dowlah, in which Clive enthroned Mir Jafar, and the English residents-among them Warren Hastings the first-dwelt. On the opposite side of the river is the old cemetery of the Nawabs, containing a mausoleurn, mosque, etc. It is a busy center of trade. During the 18th century it was the capital of Bengal and a very populous city; but about the time (1790) the British made Calcutta their headquarters Murshidabad began to decline. Pop. about 30,000.
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Musa Ibn Nosair
the Arab conqueror of northern Africa (699-709) and of Spain (712); born in Mecca, about 660. He fell under the displeasure of the Caliph of Damascus, and died in rty in Hedjaz, in 717. poverty
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Musacee
an order of endogens, alliance Amomales. It consists of stemless, or nearly stemless, plants, with the leaves so sheathing at the base as to constitute a spurious stem; veins of the leaves parallel, and running regularly margin, often from the midrib to the the splitting into fringe-like divisions.
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Musca
in astronomy, the bee; one of Lacaille's revised S. constellations, called by Bayer, Apis. It is situated between Cruz and the South Pole. No star in it is above the fourth magnitude. In entomology, the typical genus of the family Musidæ. M. domestica is the common house-fly; M. canaria, the flesh-fly; M. vomitoria and erythrocephala, blue-bottle or blow-flies; M. cæsar and M. cornicina, green-bottle flies, etc. MUSCÆ VOLITANTES (mus'sē vol-itan'-tēz) (literally floating flies), in physiology, the name given to ocular spectra which appear like motes or small bodies floating before the eyes. One class of these specks is a common precursor of Amaurosis, but another class is quite harmless.
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Muscardine
a disease very fatal to silk-worms. It arises from the attacks , of a fungus (Botrytis bassiana) which commences in the intestines of the caterpillars and gradually spreads till it destroys them.
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Muscat
or MASKAT, capital of the independent state of Oman or Muscat, which occupies the E. continuation of Arabia. It is surrounded by a wall, and defended by forts planted on the rocky heights above. Its total trade reaches the value of $6,000,000 annually, the chief exports being pearls arls and fish, in which its coastal waters are extraordinarily rich, and salt, dates, drugs, dye stuffs, horses, and the imports chiefly coffee, rice, sugar, piece-goods, oil, etc. Though a very ancient place, Muscat remained small and of little importance till the Portuguese took posession of it in 1508. It was subsequently governed by native rulers ( imams), who in the 17th century succeeded the Portuguese also as masters of Zanzibar and some places on the E. coast of Africa. The city has been for many years under British influence. Pop. est. about 45,000.
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