Erard, SEBASTIEN

1752-1831. French maker and improver of musical instruments; inventor of the piano with double escapement and of the double-action harp. Eras i stratus, 3d century B.C. Greek physician at Alexandria, writer on anatomy. Fragments of his works remain. Erasmus, DESIDERIUS, D.D., 1466-1536. Humanist, first editor of Greek New Testament, 1516. B. at Rotter dam, he lived in France, England, Italy, and Switzerland. Orig IMG:content-1353.png:[graphic] known as Horsetail-rushes, or Horse-tails, in allusion to their finely divided branching. or Scouring-rushes, in allusion to their use in scouring floors, the epidermis containing much silica; ab. 20 species are known, all of the single genus Equisetum .