Humboldtine

( Min.) A yellow substance found in brown-coal at Koloseruk, Bohemia, and Kettle Point, Canada. Sp. gr. 213 to 2:48. Comp. Oxalic acid 42-1, protoxide of iron 42-1, wat 15-8. When insulated, it becomes negatively electrified by friction. Humboldtite, n. ( Min. ) Same as DATOLITE, q. v. Humboldt Lake, in Nevada, a beautiful lake of Humboldt co., in Lat. 40° 10 N., Lon. 118° 40 W. It covers an area of abt. 180 sq. m., and receives Humboldt River, but has no outlet. Humboldt River, or MARY'S RIVER, in Nevada , rises in the N.E. part of the State, and flows a general W. and S.W. course to Humboldt Lake. Humboldt River Mountains, in Nevada , a mountain chain of Lander co., running N. and S. Hum- boldt River rises on their W. slope, Hum'bug, n. [Etymol. uncertain.) A hoax; a trick of deception; an imposition plausibly contrived; some- thing devised in order to dupe, mislead, or mock; a piece of trickery; sham; tomfoolery. - Trickishne ; cajolery with a view to deceive or mislead; spirit of mis- chievous imposition; deviltry. - A trickster; a hoaxer; an impostor; a charlatan; a pretender; and, sometimes a fool. -v. a. To impose on; to hoax; to trick; to deceive; to teenth and Sixteenth Centuries. D. 1859. The best biog- Hum'bug, in California , an unimportant village of raphy of this great rar is that f Prof. Karl Bruhns Plumas co. others.