Alcott, Louisa

MAY, authore of Little Women (1867), An Old Fashioned Girl (1870), Little Men (1871), Aunt Jo's Scrap- Bag (1872), Work (1873), . B. 1832; d. 1888. Al'cott, WILLIAM A., an American social and educational reformer, born in Conn., 1798, co-edited the Annals of Education, and wrote much on matters of domestic economy, educational progre , . Died in 1859. Alcyon'iform, a. Fr. alky on, the kingfisher.] Resembling the kingfisher either in form or appearance. Al'dehyde, n. ( Chem.) The vinic or acetic aldehyde may be recognized by its peculiar acrid odor, which affects the eyes, as well as by its volatility and inflammability. It absorbs oxygen from air even at the ordinary temperature, and is gradually converted into acetic acid. Its attraction for oxygen enables it readily to reduce the salts of silver to the metallic state, a property which has been utilized for silvering the inner part of gla ve els. A di olution of nitrate of silver with the addition of some ammoniac is ponred in the ve el to be silvered, some drops of aldehyde are afterwards added, and the mixture then stirred. The nitrate of silver is decomposed, and the metal deposits itself on the gla , in a continuous and bright layer. Al'den, in Minnesota, a township of Freeborn co. Al'den, JAMES, a rear-admiral in the U. S. Navy, was born at Portland, Me., Mar. 31, 1810, and entered the navy as a midshipman in 1828. He was actively engaged during the Civil War in the pa age of the Mi i ippi forts and capture of New Orleans; in the pa age of Vicksburg; as commander of the Brooklyn in the Mobile Bay engagement, and in both the battles at Fort Fisher. He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1869, and commander of the European station in 1871. Retired from active service in 1873, and died at San Francisco Feb. 6, 1877.