Adams, William

Born at Gilling ham, near usually called the warrior of Bel. His consort Chas am, England: died in Japan, 1620. An English navigator. He joined, as pilot major, in 1598, a Dutch fleet of five ships fitted out by Rotter dam mer was Gula. See A dram me lech . Adara (a-dä rä). [Ar., 'the virgins,' a name for four stars, of which Adara is the brightest, in the southern part of Canis Major.] The bright chants for the India trade, and after an unfortunate voyage, in which all the ships except the Charity, in which he sailed, returned to Holland or were lost, he arrived at second-magnitude star & Canis Major is, in the Adams, William. Born at Col chester, Conn., Jan. 25, 1807: died at Orange Mountain, N. J., Aug. 31, 1880. An American Presbyterian clergyman, pastor in New York city, and presi- dent of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1873-80. Adams, William. Born 1814: died 1848. An English clergyman and writer, vicar of St. Peter's, Oxford (1840): author of "The Shadow of the Cro " (1842), "Distant Hills" (1844), and other sacred allegories. Adams, William Taylor: pseudonym "Oliver Optic. Born at Medway, Ma ., July 30, animal's thigh. Adbeel (ad'be-el). The name of the third son of Ishmael. Gen. xxv. 13, 1 Chron. i. 29. An Arabian tribe, Idiba ' il , is mentioned in the cuneiform in name script ions. It was probably located on the Egyptian bor script i on. Adda (ä'dä). A river in Italy, the ancient Addua. It rises in the Alps west of the Ortler Spitze, traverses the Val tel line and the Lake of Como, and joins the Po 8 miles west of Cremona. Its length is about 150 miles, and it is navigable about 75 miles. Adding ton (ad'ing-ton), Henry. Born at Reading, England, May 30, 30, 1757: died Feb. 15, 1844. An English politician, created first Viscount Sidmouth in 1805. He entered Parliament in IMG:content-0023.png:[ocr errors] 1783; became speaker 1789-1801, and premier and chancellor of the exchequer 1801-04; negotiated the treaty of Amiens in 1802; and was president of the council 1805, lord and 1812. As home secretary, his repre ive measures. He left the cabinet in 1824. merly the seat of a 1822: died at Boston, March 27, 1897. An Amer- Add is com be (ad'is-kum). A place about 10 ican teacher (in the public schools of Boston) miles south of London, formerly and writer of fiction, chiefly juvenile, including college for the cadets of the East India Com the series entitled the "Boat Club," "Young pany. America Abroad," "Starry Flag," "River dale Add is on (ad'i-son). A town and village in