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(Arabic cafra, to be empty), a term applied in mathematics to O, or to quantity so small, as to be negligible, and in physics to a point which serves as the base of measurements, American musician and conductor. Born in Malchow, Mecklinburg in 1826; died in Boston, Dec. 29, 1909. Educated at Berlin and Hanover and came to the United States after the German Revolution of 1848. He was first flute in the German i a Musical Society and toured the country; conductor Handel and Haydn Society, Boston 1854-1898; of the Harvard Symphony Concerts, 18651882; of the Or at or i a Society, Salem, Ma ., 1868; and was profe or in the New England Conservatory of Music. town, principality Reu -Greig, Germany; manufactures hosiery. Pop. 11,000.