Geierite

( Min. ) A variety of LOLINGITE, q. v. Geiger's Mills, in Pennsylvania, a post-office of Gela. (Anc. Geog.) A town in the S. part of Sicily, about 10 m. from the sea, built by a Cretan colony, 713 years B. C. The inhabitants were called Gelenses, Geloi, and Gelani. Gelable, ( jel'a - bl,) a. Susceptible of congelation. for its object the increasing or diminishing of the origi--Capable of being converted into jelly. nal velocity, and in reference to this is distinguished by Gelasius I., ( je - lai'se - us ,) Pope, succeeded Felix III. the term "multiplying" or "retarding." - See WHEELS, (TOOTHED.) Gear'kusite, n. [ Ge , earth, and arksutite (q. v.), from its earthy aspect.] ( Min .) A mineral found with the cryolite of Green land. Lustre, dull. Color, white, opaque. Comp. fluorine 41-18, alumina 15.52, calcium 19-25, sodium 2-46, water 20-22. Gear'y, in Kansas , a post-village of Doniphan co., on the Mi ouri river, about 13 m. above At chis on. Gear'y, in Michigan , a post-office of Clinton co. Gear'y, in Oklahoma , a post-office of Blaine co. Gear'y, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of West more land county. Gazetteer, ( gaz -et-teer',) n. ( Lit. ) A dictionary of geography, a work giving an account of the different places on the face of the earth, under their particular names, in alphabetical order. The first work of this kind with which we are acquainted is that of Stephen of Bysantium, who lived about the beginning of the 6th century. The first modern work of the kind is the Dictionarium His to rico - Geo graph i cum (Geneva, 1565), by Charles Stephens, with additions by N. Lloyd, (Oxford, 1670, and London, 1686.) The works of Ferrari, Lexicon Geo graph i cum, and Band rand, Geogr. rdine, Literarum dispos . (1682), are full of the strangest errors. Those of Maty (1701), Thomas Corneille (3 vols. folio, 1708), and Savonarola (1713), were based on the former, with additions and corrections. The Dictionnaire Géographique, Hist or i que , et Critique , of La Martinière (Hague and Amsterdam, 10 vols. folio, 1726; Paris, 6 vols., 1768). superseded all that had gone before it, though still retaining many errors. The Geographisch -Statistisches Handwörterbuch , by Ha el (2 vols., 1817, with a supplement of 2 vols.), was the most complete and accurate work of its time. The Edinburgh Gazetteer (6 vols. 8vo., 1817-22) was a tolerably accurate book. Since that time, however, numerous valuable works of this cla have appeared, both in this and in other countries. Among the more important of those that have recently appeared in this country may be mentioned Lippincott's Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World (Philadelphia, 1880), and Harper's Statistical Gazetteer of the World . Of other countries may be mentioned McCulloch's Geographical Dictionary (4 vols., new edition, London, 1866); A. K. Johnston's Dictionary of Geography (2d ed., London, 1855): W G. Blackie's Imperial Gazetteer (2 vols., Glasgow, 1855); the Gazetteer of the World , published by Full art on & Co. (7 vols., Edinburgh); Möller's Geogra phisch-Statistisches Lexikon (1847); Ritter's Geo graph ish Statistisches Lexikon (4th ed., Leipsic, 1855); Hoffman's Encyclopædie der Erd- , Völker- und Staatenkunde (Leipsic, 1855, et seq . ); Kramer's Geographisch Woorden boek (Gouda, 1853); Carrio's Gran Dizionario Geografico (Milan, 1855); Dictionnaire Géographique universal , par une Société de Géographes (10 vols., Paris, 1822-33); Dictionnaire Géographique universal , par une Société de Geo- Gebharts, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Somerset co. Geas'hill, a parish of Ireland, Kings co., Leinster, about 8 m. N.W. of Port arlington. It contains the ruins of a castle heroically defended, during the civil war of 1641 by Lady Digby. Geat, n. (Founding.) The hole through which the metal runs into the mould. Geauga ( je - aw'ga ), in Ohio , a N.E. co.; area , about 400 sq. m. Rivers. Cuyahoga, Grand, and Chagrin rivers. Surface, hilly; soil , fertile and adapted to pasturage. Cap . Chardon. Pop . (1890) 13,489. Geba. ( Script .) A Levitical town of Benjamin, situ- ated 6 or 7m. from Jerusalem, and not far from the N. border of the kingdom of Judah. Near G. , David de- feated the Philistines, (2 Sam . v. 25.) graphes (13 vols., Bru els, 1839); Bescherelle's Grand Dictionnaire de Géographie universelle, ancienne et moderne (4 vols., Paris, 1856-7). - One of the most extensive and valuable Gazetteers of particular countries is the Diccionario Geografico - Estadistico - His to rico de España , by Pascual Madoz (Madrid, 1847-8), in 16 volumes. - A valuable dictionary of ancient geography is the one recently edited by Dr. William Smith.