Carpal

[Lat. carpus, wrist.] ( Anat.) Pertaining to the bones of the wrist. Car path i an, or Karpathian, Mountains, ( kar - pai'the - an , ) a very considerable range, enclosing Hungary on the N. and E., covering the principality of Transylvania, and forming the N.E. portion of the great mountain system of S. Europe. Including a lower range, called Kleine Karpathen ("Little Car path i ans"), these mountains commence on the left bank of the Danube, in the neighborhood of Presburg, Lat. 48° 8' N., Lon. 1700 6' E., and after taking many courses and deflections, they again meet the Danube at the town of New Orsova, Lat. 44° 44′ N., Lon. 22° 30′ E.; making altogether a curved length of about 800 m.; the width of the range varies, and at a rough calculation these mountains may be said to cover 90,000 sq. m. As regards elevation, they do not attain the height of other great ranges, as the Caucasus, or the Alps, the highest measured peaks being under 9,000 feet. The most elevated of the latter is Lomnitz Peak, having an altitude of 8,779 ft. above sea level. It would be needle here to attempt an enumeration of the mineral wealth discovered in this range; suffice it to say, that gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, cobalt, antimony, sulphur, saltpetre, coal, rock-salt, and cinnabar are found, generally in large quantities. In a word, the C. M appear to be one extensive mine, where nearly all the varieties of mineral riches are produced; in addition to which their rece es yield the opal, one of the noblest and most valuable of gems. The Hungarian name for this mountain-system is Tatra . Car'pel, Car pellum, n . [Gr. karpos , fruit.] ( Bot . ) A modified leaf, forming the whole or part of the pistil. When several carpels are present, they may be either distinct from each other, as in the columbine, or combined so as to form one body, as in the poppy. The carpels, taken collectively, constitute the Gynecium, or female system of flowering plants. - See PISTIL. ton co. Car'pentersville, or CARPENTERVILLE, in N. Jersey, a flourishing post-village of Green wich township, in Warren co., 40 m. N.N.W. of Trenton. Carpentersville, in Illinois , a post-office of Kane co. Carpentersville, in Indiana , a post-village of Putnam co., 35 m. W. of Indianapolis. Carpentras, a walled city of France, dep. Vaucluse, cap. arrond., at the foot of Mont Ventoux, on the Auzon, 15 m. N.E. of Avignon. Manuf . Spirits, leather, madder, soap, silk, . C. is very ancient, and was, for a short period, under Ciement V., the seat of the Holy See. Pop . 12,042.