Granger ( granjer )

A farm-bailiff; a land-steward. Granger, in New York, a post-town of Allegany co., about 5 m. S. E. by S. of Portage. An adjoining village is called EAST GRANGER. Pop. (1890) 954. Granger, in Ohio, a post-township of Medina co. Gran'ger, or Grain'ger, in Tenne ee, a N.E. co.; area, about 300 sq. m. Rivers. Clinch and Houston rivers. Surface, elevated, in some parts mountainous, Clinch Mountain traversing the co.; soil, generally fertile. Min. Iron ore in abundance. County-seat, Rutledge. Pop. (1890) 13,196. Gran'gerville, in Georgia , a post-village of Macon co., about 90 m. S.W. of Milledgeville. Grangerville, in New York , a post-village of Saratoga co., about 35 m. N. of Albany. Gran'icus, a river of Bithynia, famous for a battle fought on its banks between the troops of Alexander the Great and those of Darius, 334 B. c., when 600,000 Persians were defeated by 30,000 Maced on i ans. Graniferous, a . [From Lat.granum , grain, and ferre, to bear.] Seed-bearing, like grain. Gran'iform, a . [Fr. gran i for me .] Resembling grains of corn in form. Granite, ( gran'it , ) n. [Fr. gran it , granite ; It. granito ; Sp. granito , from Lat. granatus , having many grains, from granum , a grain.] ( Geol .) A kind of rock, so named from its granular structure. The typical G. is a crystalline aggregate of the three minerals, quartz, feldspar, and mica, with no appearance of layers in the arrange Gran'ite, in California , a township of Sacramento co. Gran'ite, in Colorado , a post-village of Chaffee co. Gran'ite, in Illinois , a post-village of Madison co., about 20 m. N. of St. Louis, Mo. Gran'ite, in Montana, a post-town of Deer Lodge co. Pop. (1890) 1,310. Gran'ite Creek, in Oregon, enters the N. fork of John Day river, in Umatilla co. Gran'ite Hill, in Pennsylvania, a P. O. of Adams co. IMG:content-0419.png:[graphic] Gran'iteville, in Ma achusetts , a post-village of Mid dlesex co. Gran'iteville, in South Carolina, a post-village of Aiken co. Pop. ( 1890 ) 1,791. ment of the mica or other ingredients. The proportions Gran'iteville, in California , a post-village of Nevada of the three components vary indefinitely, with this co. limitation, that the feldspar is always an e ential ingredient, and never forms le than a third, rarely le than a half of the ma , and generally a still larger proportion. Sometimes the mica, sometimes the quartz becomes so minute as to be scarcely perceptible. The mica is in scales, white, black, or brownish, and may be separated into thinner scales with the point of a knife. The quartz is usually grayish-white, and without any appearance of cleavage. The feldspar is whitish or flesh colored, and shows a flat, polished, cleavage-surface in one or two directions. Some granites are very close and fine-grained, others largely and coarsely crystalline. The colors of the rock are grayish, flesh-colored, or white, varying with the color of the constituent minerals. Por phyritic G. (Fig. 1188) has the feldspar distributed in dis Fig . 1188. PORPHYRITIC GRANITE. (Land's End, Cornwall.) tinct crystals. Syenitic G., or syenite, contains hornblende in place of mica. Albitic G. is when the feldspar is albite or soda feldspar, which is usually white, the common or potash feldspar having a more grayish or reddish color. Graphic G., or pegmatite (Fig. 1189), IMG:content-0420.jpg:[blocks in formation] 1, Section parallel to the laminte, 2, Section transverse to the lam inæ. contains but little mica, and the quartz is distributed through the feldspar in shapes that give the surface the appearance of being covered with letters of an Oriental language. G. is one of the most valuable of building stones. The hard, close-grained varieties are the most durable. It should be pure from pyrites or any ore of iron. By examining the rock in its native beds, good evidence can be obtained as to its durability. The more feldspathic are le enduring than the quartzose, and the syenitic or hornblendic variety is the most durable. (See SYENITE.) G. is capable of sustaining an immense pre ure, which makes it peculiarly valuable for large works or buildings. Experiment has demonstrated that a weight of 24,556 lbs. is required to crush a half-inch cube of the best stone. G. abounds in New England.