Anaximander

an Ionfan philosopher, born at about 610 B.c.. According to Aristotle he the physical ‘substratum of things to be chaotic mixture of eleménts out of which the and individual forms were evolved by proce es. His astronomical theories observations are interesting. He discovered obliquity of the ecliptic; taught that the moon: with light borrowed from the sun; believed the cylindrical form of the earth; and invented and sundials. He died about 547 B.c. Anaximenes I., of Miletus, a disciple of who Hour i shed about the time of his death. He regarded air as the ultimate from from which all existences spring, and ae that the sun and earth were discs in Anaximenes IT., of Lampsacus, a pupil of the Cynic, and subsequently a teacher of the Great, whom he accompanied in his and whose history he wrote. Ancelot, Jacques Arsinz Frawcois,a French was born at Havre in 1794, and held.a official post. In 18]9 he made a great hit 136 nig with followed 1830 Le many poems. and Ancestor (q.v.) ercises death characteristics world—the spirits, demons. idea another ether into range cinble LATRY, how is look favour. ancestor courages living, one he punish.” or the very stones, wood. and The long tremity which upper fixed which of extremity and crogs-beam motion flukes divided Large number ve el. no bowers, and details ¢o Martin. ve el; permi ion Ancestor. ( 124 a tragedy entitled Louis IX., which was by Fieseo and Le Roi Fainéant. After he devoted his talents to comedy, producing dtigent, Madame Du Barry, Maria Padilla, and other popular pieces, besides novels and He was elected to the Academy in 1841, died in 1854. Worship, 2 form of Animism arising from the belief that as the soul expower over the body during life, so after it retains its activity and power and the which distinguished it in this souls of good men becoming good and those of bad men evil spirits or In some cases, as among the Zulus, the is carried back from one ghostly ancestor to more remote, till the most remote—in words, the first man-——is reached, and erected a supreme deity. Ancestor worship has a wide in time and space, and survives to an appreextent even among cultured nations. [HAGIO- MANES WORSHIP.] Among races of the culture it is practically universal; in China it the dominant form of faith, and the Hindoos to their divine ancestors for protection and With regard to the practical effect of worship, Tylor considers that it “ engood morals; for the ancestor who, when took care that his family should do right by another, does not cease the kindly rule when becomes a divine ghost, powerful to favour or (TOTEM. ] Anchor, in instrument for preventing a ship any other ve el from drifting, by mooring it to bottom of the sea or river. It was invented in ewrly times, and consisted at first of large or bags of sand, or heavily-weighted logs of Later on the fluke or tooth was introduced, ultimately the number was increased to two. anchor in use at the present day consists of a shank or bar of iron, which at its lower exbranches out into two arms, at the end of are the flukes mentioned above. At the extremity of the shank is the stock of wood cro wise, and above that is an iron ring to the chain or rope is attached. The action the anchor is somewhat as follows:—The lower of the shank is the first to strike ground, this falls over so that one end of the stock or rests also on the ground, thus, with the of the ve el, causing one or other of the to enter the pround. The juke itself is into the blade, the palm, and the dill, ve els have more than one anchor, the varying with the size and service of the The men-of-war of the largest size carry le than eight anchors, the best and small the two sheets, the two kedges, the stream, the stern. Various improvements in the of construction have been made from time time by Rodgers, Lennox, Trotman, Porter, and Anchorage, 4 place suitable for anchoring a the term also signifies duty or toll paid for to anchor at a port. ) Anchorite. Anchovy, the temperate (E. wandering long, lower, greenish-blue anchovy sider able when salted, Giinther established and anchovies species.” Anchovy Indian leaves white mango The the able Anchusa. Anchylosis, mobility articular bony. result faces. “broken movement there This, established sometimes certain Anchylostoma, small times unknown met An cill on, He Military education William Affairs. du Sitcle, statesmanship Revolution. An cill on. [Hermit.] the genus Engraulis, belonging to herring family with forty-three species, from and tropical seas. The common anchovy encrasicholus) is a Mediterranean fish, rarely northwards, from four to six inches with the upper jav projecting beyond the short anal fin, and the tail deeply forked; ANCHOVY, (Engrunlis encrasichols), above, silvery white below. The fisheries of the Mediterranean are of con importance; the fish are taken at night they approach the shore to spawn, cleansed, and packed in barrels for exportation. Dr, says that “lucrative fisheries might be in Tasmania, where this species occurs, Chile, China, Japan, and California po e by no means inferior to the Mediterranean Pear ((rias caul i flora), a West tree belonging to the myrtle family. It bears two to four feet long, and a foot acro , large flowers, and a fleshy fruit resembling the in taste. The fruit is pickled when unripe plant is commonly grown in hothouses. In hilly districts of Jamaica it attains a consider height. [ALKANET.] the condition of impaired of a joint, caused by disease, involving the surfaces. Anchylosis may be fibrous or In the former condition fibrous cords, the of inflammation, bind together the joint surs These “ adhesions” are, in suitable cases, down” by the surgeon so as to restore the of the joint. In true bony anchylosis is absolute rigidity of the affected limb. however, provided the anchylosis has become with the limb “in good position,” is regarded as a result to be aimed at in forms of disease. or Sclerostoma dundenale, a worm, about half an inch long, which some occurs in the human small intestine. It is in England, but is not unfrequently with in hot climates, particularly in Egypt.