Juno

[Lat.] 1. Astron.: [ASTEROID, 3.) 2. Rom. Mythol. & Archæol.: A celebrated deity of His most famous temple was at Elis, in Olympia, where, every fourth year, the Olympic games were celebrated in his honor; and his most favorite oracle was at Dodona, in Epirus. The Olympian Zeus. ( After Phidias.) The Romans considered Jupiter as the especial patron of their city. He is generally represented as sitting on a golden or ivory throne, holding in one hand thunderbolts ready to be hurled, and in the other a scepter of cypre , while the eagle stands with expanded wings at his feet. White, the color of the day, was sacred to him. 2. Astron.: The largest planet of the solar system. Its diameter at the equator is nearly 90,000 miles, and the distance from pole to pole is over 84,000 miles. Its bulk is 1,300 times that of the earth, but its density is only one-fourth that of the earth. The average distance of Jupiter from the sun is 483,000,000 miles; and a railway train traveling fifty miles an hour, would require nine centuries to go from the sun to Jupiter. The latter body revolves on its axis in about nine hours and fifty-five minutes, which is the length of its day and night. Though traveling in its orbit round the sun at the rate of 28,743 miles an hour, its takes nearly twelve years to complete its revolution; this, therefore, is the length of its year. It is surrounded by four conspicuous belts of a brownish-gray color, two north, two south of the equator, with feebler ones toward the poles. The equatorial region of the planet is brighter than the rest. Jupiter has five satellites, four of which were discovered Jan. 6, 1610, by Galileo, and the other Sept. 9, 1892, by Prof. Edward E. Barnard, then of the Lick Observatory. The four discovered by Galileo are usually known by their numbers, which proceed in order of distance from the planet. If named they are called the Romans, identified with the Hera of the Greeks, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Call is to. The first and generally regarded as the daughter of Saturn revolves around the planet in 1 terrestrial day, 18 and Rhea, and sister and wife of Jupiter. The hours and 28 minutes; the second in 3 days, 13 hours, principal seats of her worship were Argos, Samos, 14 minutes; the third in 7 days, 3 hours, 43 minutes; Carthage, and afterward Rome. The hawk, goose, the fourth in 16 days, 16 hours and 32 minutes. and particularly the peacock, often called Junonia Barnard's satellite is called Fulmen . It is much avis , were sacred to her. She presided over mar smaller than any of the others and revolves around riage and childbirth, and as the godde of all power and empire, and the patrone of riches, is represented sitting throne with a diadem on her head and a golden scepter in her right hand. T Roman consuls, when they entered on office, were always obliged to offer her a solemn sacrifice. The public finances were also under her care, and the mint at Rome was in her temple. Jun-ta, s . [Sp.] A council; spec if., the Spanish Grand Council of State. Jupiter in 11 hours, 57 minutes and 23 seconds. *3. Old Chem. The ancient name for tin. Jupiter's-beard, s. Botany : (1) Anthyllis barb a jovis . (2) Semper vivum tectorum Jupiter's-flower, s . Bot.: (1) The genus Dianthus, including the Carnations or Pinks. Ju-pon, *jup-pon, s. [Fr. jupon , from jupe (q. v.); Sp. jupon . A sleevele overcoat, composed of several thickne es of material sewed The term junta was adopted by the Cuban insurgents to designate the general legation of the Cuban republic abroad. This legation or junta was first appointed Sept. 19. 1895, by the Constituent A embly that formed the insurgent Cuban govern through, and faced with silk or velvet, upon which ment, which at the same time made Mr. T. Estrada were embroidered the wearer's arms. It fitted Palma head of the junta and chief Cuban repre closely to the body, and, descending below the sentative abroad, with authority to appoint min. hips, terminated in an enriched border of various isters to all governments and to have control of patterns; with it was worn the military belt, upon Cuba's diplomatic relations and representatives throughout the world. The junta established its headquarters in New York, and during the with Spain was the organization through which the insurgents' friends outside of the island communicated with the Cubans in the field. which much ornament was lavished. *Jūr, *jurre, v . i . [A variant of jar (q. v.).] Το clash; to strike harshly against anything. *jür, *jurre, s. [JUR, v .] A clash, a crash, a hard-sounding collision. marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0189.png:[blocks in formation] Geol.: A limestone of oõlitic age constituting the chief part of the Jura Mountains. *ju-ral, a . [Lat. jur (gen it. juris ); Eng. adj. suff. -al .] Pertaining to natural or positive right. *ju-ra-men-tal-ly, adv . [Lat. jura mentum an oath; Eng. adv. suff. -ly .] With an oath. *Ju-rănt, a. & s. [Lat. jurans , pr. par. of juro = to swear.] A. As adj .: Swearing. B. As subst.: One who takes an oath. Ju-răs-sic, a. [Fr. Jura ique , named from the Jura Mountains.] Geol.: Of or belonging to the formations well developed in the Jura Mountains. Jura ic-period, s . Geol.: The period of time during which the Jura ic rocks were deposited. [JURASSIC-SYSTEM.] Jura ic-system, Jura ic-formation, s . Geol.: The name given on the Continent to a system or a formation corresponding to the Oolitic and Lia ic systems elsewhere. Ju-răt (1), *ju-rate (1), s . [Prov. Fr., from Lat.