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ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " hcrber " or " crbcr," O. Fr. kertorr. from Lai herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the i6th century was written " arbour," ...

... in under Joachim. He became a professor at Hamburg and then at Madrid, becoming ARBOUR— ARBUTHNOT famous meanwhile a* one of the finest violinist* of the day; and after visiting England in 1890 and establishing his reputation there, he became professor at the ...

ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901), American merchant and philanthropist, was born in Stockbridge, New York, on the i6th of May 1832. He was educated at Cazenovia Academy, Cazenovia, N.Y., worked for several years on his father's farm, and in 1852 with a smal

... n an inferior branch of the Koladaing river. It* remoteness from the ports and harbours of the country, combined with the extreme unhcalthinm of iU situation, have led to its gradual decay subsequently to the formation of the comparatively recent settlement of ...

... al buildings are the cathedral, military college, arsenal and observatory. The harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated naval station, is sheltered on the west and south-west by the promontory of Mt. Brazil; but it i ...

... Liideritz Bay, and the adjacent country is sometimes called Liideritzland. The harbour is poor. At the head of the bay is a small town, whence a railway, begun in 1006, runs east in the direction of Bechuanaland. The surrounding country for many miles is absol ...

... Nero were born there. The latter founded a colony of veterans and built a new harbour, the projecting moles of which are still extant. In the middle ages it was deserted in favour of Nettuno: at the end of the i;th century Innocent XII. and Clement XI. restor ...

... grin commerce, however, Antivari cannot compete with the Austrian Cattaro, the harbour being somewhat difficult of access in stormy weather. Fishing and olive-oil refining are the main industries.

... th of December 1620 he was created earl of Antrim. In 1621 he was charged with harbouring Roman Catholic priests, confessed his offence and was pardoned. He offered his assistance in 1625 during the prospect of a Spanish invasion, but was still regarded as a p ...

... Chambers voted in February 1906 the sums necessary for the improvement of the harbour of Antwerp no definite scheme was sanctioned, the question being referred to a special mixed commission. The improvements at Antwerp are not confined to the construction of ...

... f ports in 1835. In 1007 the Federal government projected a channel across the harbour bar 100 ft. wide and 10 ft. deep and a channel 150 ft. wide and 18 ft. deep for Link Channel and the West Pass. In 1007 the exports were valued at $317,838; the imports were ...

... t to base Christian faith on rational scepticism. It is a consistent policy of harbouring inconsistencies in the same mind. A statement may be true in philosophy and false in theology, or vice versa. To the standpoint of Aquinas, however, the Church of Rome (a ...

... screw-steamers and several rowing boats are required, which are moored in the harbour of Mergellina, situated dose by. The larger steamer, 'Johannes M tiller' (15 m. long, zj m. wide, i m. draught), which can steam eight to ten English miles per hour, is prov ...

... ng better methods of fishing. A curing station is established at Killeany, the harbour of Inishmore.

... ited States of America to a day appointed for the public planting of trees (see ARBOUR). Originating, or at least being first successfully put into operation, in Nebraska in 1872 through the instrumentality of J. Sterling Morton, then president of the state Bo ...

... neering works, iron foundries, chemical works, shipbuilding and fisheries. The harbour, originally constructed and maintained by the abbots, by an agreement between the burgesses and John Gedy, the abbot in 1304, was replaced by one more commodious in 1725, wh ...

... f Russia by river and canal, and has a railway line (522 m.) to Yaroslavl. The harbour, deepened to i8J ft., is about a mile below the city, and is accessible from May to October. About 1 2 m. lower down there are a government dockyard and merchants' warehouse ...

ARDEA. a town of the Kutuli in Latium, 3 m. from the S.W. coast, where its harbour (Caslrum Inui) lay, at the mouth of the stream now known as Fosso dell' Incastro, and 23 m. S. of Rome by the Via Ardeatina. It was founded, according to legend, either by a son ...

... of a bishop of the Greek church. Pop. about 10,000. It possesses an excellent harbour, a quay a mile in length, and a fine bridge. Shipbuilding and silk-spinning are carried on. Near at hand are the ruins of Cranii, which afford fine examples of Greek militar ...

... ngham, England. In 1882 an act was passed providing for the improvement of the harbour and for the appointment of harbour commissioners. The town hall and the Protestant church (1899) were gifts of the earl of Carysfort, in whose property the town is situated. ...

... rson; (4) setting fire to buildings appertaining to any railway, port, dock or harbour; or (5) setting fire to any public building. In these cases the act provides that the person convicted shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal s ...

... the year 1627 for not paying some contribution, and in 1632 he was accused of harbouring a priest. In 1637 he was declared exempt from the recusancy laws by the king's order, but in 1639 he again petitioned for relief. The same year he paid £500 in lieu of at ...

... was exported to the United States in 1902. The principal deposits are near the harbour of Cardenas (70 ft. thick), in the Pinar del Rio, near Havana (18 ft. thick), at Canas Tomasita (105 ft. thick); and a specially pure variety near Vuelta. The comparative co ...

... , and the city has a water-front of about 5 m. and a deep, spacious and placid harbour. By dredging and the construction of jetties the Federal government has since 1885 greatly improved the channel at the mouth of the river. The business portion of the city o ...

ASTROPALIA (classical A sly polar*), an island, with good harbours, in the south part of the Aegean, situated in 36-5° N. and immediately west of 16-5° E. It was colonized by Megara, and its constitution and buildings arc known from numerous inscriptions. The ...

... villa, of opus reticulatum with later additions in brickwork, and with a small harbour attached to it on the south-east. Remains of buildings also exist behind the sand dunes, which possibly mark the line of the channel which separated the island from the main ...

... gable, and along the entire littoral, a distance of 130 m., the only important harbours are at Gij6n and Aviles. A country so rugged, and so isolated by land and sea, naturally served as the last refuge of the older races of Spain when hard pressed by successi ...

... and Canal to Dublin, and by the river Barrow, navigable from here to Waterford harbour.

... h of an arm of Hauraki Gulf, and is only 6 m. distant from the head of Manukau harbour on the western coast. The situation is extremely beautiful. The Hauraki Gulf, a great square inlet opening northward, is studded with islands of considerable elevation; Rang ...

... now a large prison. The fortified port, though unfrequented except as a naval harbour of refuge, is a very fine one. There are considerable saltworks at Augusta. To the south, on the left bank of the Molinello. 1} m. from its mouth, Sicel tomb* and Christian ...

... f Trieste and the Istrian peninsula have a steep coast with many bays and safe harbours. The principal ports are Trieste, Capodistria, Pirano, Parenzo, Rovigno and Pola, the great naval harbour and arsenal of Austria. The coast of Dalmatia also possesses many ...

... the year 1627 for not paying some contribution, and in 1632 he was accused of harbouring a priest. In 1637 he was declared exempt from the recusancy laws by the king's order, but in 1639 he again petitioned for relief. The same year he paid £500 in lieu of at ...

... cted with the town by a broad and deep canal, divided into the inner (or dock) harbour and the outer (or " free port ") harbour. The latter is j m. in length, has a breadth of nearly 400 ft., and since the construction of the Ems-Jade and Dortmund-Ems canals, ...

... docks for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and ...

... work in the United States, notably in building forts, and improving rivers and harbours for navigation. See Maj.-Gen. R. W. Porter, Hist, of the Corps of Royal Engineers (Chatham, 1889); C. Lecomte, Les Ingenieurs militaires de la France (Paris, 1903); H. Frob ...

... them being the tower-gateway called the Dromedary (1540), which overlooks the harbour. The tower contains several rooms, one of which was formerly used as a prison. Among the churches mention must be made of the Zuiderkerk, or South church, with a conspicuous ...

... g to the unhealthiness of its climate, to the accumulation of sandbanks in its harbour, which now only admits small coasters and fishing-vessels, and to the rivalry of Dedeagatch, a neighbouring seaport connected with Adrianople by rail.

... on the northern frontier of Traz-osMontes, and forms, at its mouth, the small harbour of Espozende; and the Ave descends from its sources in the Serra da Cabreira to Villa do Conde, where it enters the Atlantic. A large righthand tributary of the Douro, the T ...

... in 1868 to 13,355 in JO01- This growth it owes to the construction of a large harbour in 1868-1888. It is the principal outlet westward for S. Jutland; exports pork and meat, butter, eggs, fish, cattle and sheep, skins, lard and agricultural seeds, and has re ...

... also placed on the executive council. In 1880 he secured the appointment of a harbour board for Natal, and was himself made chairman. The transformation of the port of Durban into a harbour available for ocean liners was due entirely to his energy. In 1888-18 ...