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- lightweight, closely woven, plain cotton cloth first made in Cambrai, France, and originally a fine linen fabric. Printed cambric was used in London by 1595 for bands, cuffs, and ruffs. Modern cambric is made from choice American or Egyptian cotton, ...
- Cambridge
- city, regional municipality of Waterloo, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies 55 miles (90 km) west-southwest of Toronto. Cambridge was created in 1973 from the consolidation of the city of Galt, the towns of Hespeler and Preston, and parts of the ...
- Cambridge
- city, seat (1686) of Dorchester county, eastern Maryland, U.S., on the Choptank River's south bank near Chesapeake Bay's eastern shore. Bisected by Cambridge Creek (a natural harbour), it was founded in 1684 as a plantation port and named in 1686 ...
- Cambridge
- city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., situated on the north bank of the Charles River, partly opposite Boston. Originally settled as New Towne in 1630 by the Massachusetts Bay Company, it was organized as a town in 1636 when it ...
- Cambridge
- city (district), administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire, England, home of the internationally known University of Cambridge. The city lies immediately south of the fen country (a flat alluvial region only slightly above sea level) and is itself only 20 ... [1 Related Articles]
- Cambridge Agreement
- (Aug. 26, 1629), pledge made in Cambridge, Eng., by English Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company to emigrate to New England if the government of the colony could be transferred there. The company agreed to their terms, including transferral ...
- Cambridge critics
- group of critics who were a major influence in English literary studies from the mid-1920s and who established an intellectually rigorous school of critical standards in the field of literature. The leaders were I.A. Richards and F.R. Leavis of the ...
- Cambridge Gulf
- (from the article "Joseph Bonaparte Gulf") The Ord, Durack, Pentecost, and Forrest rivers enter the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf via an estuarine division called Cambridge Gulf, which is the site of Wyndham, the area's principal port. The Victoria River flows into the gulf's Queen's Channel and the ...
- Cambridge Platform
- basic document of New England Congregationalism, prepared in Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.), in 1648. It provided for all the details of church government, including the principle that was basic to Congregationalism, the autonomy of the local congregation. In doctrinal matters, the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Cambridge Platonists
- group of 17th-century English philosophic and religious thinkers who hoped to reconcile Christian ethics with Renaissance humanism, religion with the new science, and faith with rationality. Their leader was Benjamin Whichcote, who expounded in his sermons the Christian humanism that ... [6 Related Articles]
- Cambridge Rules
- (from the article "football (soccer)") ...As early as 1843 an attempt to standardize and codify the rules of play was made at the University of Cambridge, whose students joined most public schools in 1848 in adopting these "Cambridge rules," which were further spread by Cambridge ...
- Cambridge school of economics
- (from the article "Pigou, Arthur Cecil") ...1908, Pigou was named as Marshall's replacement. Pigou was responsible for disseminating many of Marshall's ideas and thereby provided the leading theoretical basis for what came to be known as the Cambridge school of economics.
- Cambridge Synod of 1648
- (from the article "Mather, Richard") Richard's most respected work is his summation of principles as adopted at the Cambridge Synod of 1648 and considered to be the clearest statement of Puritan Congregationalism.
- Cambridge University Press
- (from the article "Encyclopaedia Britannica") The famed 11th edition was issued in 29 volumes by the Cambridge University Press in 1910-11 after editorial disputes and a lawsuit between Jackson and Horace Hooper had prompted The Times to cancel its contract in 1909. ...
- Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of
- British field marshal, seventh son of King George III.
- Cambridge, George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of
- conservative field marshal and commander in chief of the British army for 39 years. He was the only son of Adolphus Frederick, the youngest son of King George III.
- Cambridge, Richard Owen
- English poet and essayist and author of the Scribleriad.
- Cambridge, Richard, Earl of
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...The first was organized by Sir John Oldcastle, a Lollard and former confidant of the king. Though Oldcastle was not arrested until 1417, little came of his rising. Another plot gathered around Richard, 5th Earl of Cambridge, a younger brother ...
- Cambridge, Statute of
- (from the article "sigillography") ...seals had become. From that time, also, seals were used to close folded documents and thus to guarantee their secrecy. Seals were also used to affirm assent; for example, by a jury. Under the Statute of Cambridge (1388), sealed letters ...
- Cambridge, University of
- English autonomous institution of higher learning at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng., on the River Cam 50 miles (80 km) north of London. [15 Related Articles]
- Cambridgeshire
- administrative, geographic, and historic county of eastern England. The administrative county covers a much larger area than the ancient shire, or historic county. Formed in 1974, the administrative county incorporates almost all of the historic county of Cambridgeshire and most ...
- Cambyses I
- ruler of Anshan c. 600-559 BC. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus I and succeeded his father in Anshan (northwest of Susa in Elam) as a vassal of King Astyages of Media. According to the 5th-century-BC Greek historian Herodotus, Cambyses ... [2 Related Articles]
- Cambyses II
- Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529-522 BC), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was the eldest son of King Cyrus II the Great by Cassandane, daughter of a fellow Achaemenid. During his father's lifetime Cambyses was in charge of Babylonian ... [8 Related Articles]
- camcorder
- (from the article "videocassette recorder") Colour home movies can be made with the use of a camcorder system; this consists of a videocassette recorder that is connected to a relatively light and simple video camera. One camcorder system uses 8-millimetre videotape, and other portable video ...
- Camden
- town, eastern New South Wales, Australia, on the Nepean section of the Hawkesbury River, in the Southern Highlands. The locality, originally known as Cowpastures, was renamed Camden Park in 1805, after the 2nd earl Camden, secretary of state for the ...
- Camden
- city, seat (1791) of Kershaw county, in north-central South Carolina, U.S. It was founded by English settlers along the Wateree River about 1733 and was originally known as Pine Tree Hill. It changed its name in 1768 to honour Charles ... [1 Related Articles]
- Camden
- county, southwestern New Jersey, U.S., bordered to the west by Pennsylvania, the Delaware River constituting the boundary. It comprises a lowland region drained by the Mullica and Great Egg Harbor rivers. The primary forest species are oak and hickory.
- Camden
- city, seat (1844) of Camden county, New Jersey, U.S., on the Delaware River, there bridged to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1681, the year before Philadelphia was founded, William Cooper built a home near the Cooper River where it enters the Delaware ...
- Camden
- city, seat (1843) of Ouachita county, southern Arkansas, U.S., 100 miles (160 km) south-southwest of Little Rock, on a pine-covered bluff overlooking the Ouachita River. Settled in 1783, it was first known as Ecore a Fabre (for a French pioneer). ...
- Camden
- inner borough of London, part of the historic county of Middlesex, to the north of Westminster and the historic City of London. It extends some 5 miles (8 km) from below High Holborn (road) to the northern heights of Hampstead ...
- Camden and Amboy Railroad
- (from the article "railroad") ...in Baltimore were stronger than those of Robert Stephenson. Leveling rods kept those locomotives on the relatively poor track, and a swiveling leading truck guided them into tight curves. On the Camden and Amboy Railroad, another pioneering line, the engineer ...
- Camden Town Group
- group of English Post-Impressionist artists who met on a weekly basis in the studio of the painter Walter Sickert in Camden Town (an area of London). [1 Related Articles]
- Camden, Battle of
- (August 16, 1780), in the American Revolution, British victory in South Carolina, one of the most crushing defeats ever inflicted upon an American army. [2 Related Articles]
- Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl, Viscount Bayham Of Bayham Abbey, Baron Camden Of Camden Place
- English jurist who, as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1761-66), refused to enforce general warrants (naming no particular person to be arrested). As lord chancellor of Great Britain (1766-70), he opposed the government's North American colonial policy ... [3 Related Articles]
- Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess, 2nd Earl Camden, Earl Of The County Of Brecknock, Viscount Bayham Of Bayham Abbey, Baron Camden Of Camden Place
- lord lieutenant (viceroy) of Ireland from 1795 to 1798, when his repressive actions touched off a major rebellion against British rule. [1 Related Articles]
- Camden, William
- English antiquary, a pioneer of historical method, and author of Britannia, the first comprehensive topographical survey of England. [1 Related Articles]
- Cameahwait
- (from the article "Lewis and Clark Expedition") ...discovered immence ranges of high mountains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow." Fortunately, in mid-August he met a Shoshone band led by Sacagawea's brother Cameahwait, who provided the expedition with horses. The Shoshone ...
- camel
- either of two species of large ruminating hoofed mammals of arid Africa and Asia known for their ability to go for long periods without drinking. The Arabian camel, or dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), has one back hump; the Bactrian camel (C. ... [11 Related Articles]
- Camel
- (from the article "smoking") ...relief from physical and psychological stress. Certain companies did extraordinarily well from the war: Imperial's Players and Woodbine brands in Britain and, more spectacularly, R.J. Reynolds's Camel in the United States. Introduced only in 1913, Camel had reached sales of ...
- Camel Corps
- (from the article "Military Affairs") On a trial basis the Israel Defense Force revived the venerable Camel Corps, which had been disbanded in the 1970s, to patrol the desert border with Egypt. It was determined that mounted camel patrols were the best means to thwart ...
- camel cricket
- (from the article "orthopteran") ...Dictyoptera. The grylloblattids (order Grylloblattodea) and walking sticks (order Phasmida) are given ordinal rank also. On the other hand, members of the suborders Ensifera (katydids, crickets, and camel crickets) and Caelifera (pygmy sand crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts) are considered to ...
- camel hair
- animal fibre obtained from the camel and belonging to the group called specialty hair fibres. The most satisfactory textile fibre is gathered from camels of the Bactrian type. Such camels have protective outer coats of coarse fibre that may grow ... [1 Related Articles]
- Camel period
- (from the article "art, African") Because continuing desertification led to restricted distribution of the horse (represented mainly in Mauritania), the Camel period reflects only present-day fauna: camel, antelope, oryx, gazelle, mouflon, ostrich, humped cattle, and goat. At first the spear was the only weapon depicted, ...
- camel racing
- sport of running camels at speed, with a rider astride, over a predetermined course. The sport is generally limited to running the dromedary-whose name is derived from the Greek verb dramein, "to run"-rather than the Bactrian camel. [5 Related Articles]
- camel spin
- (from the article "figure skating") ...leg extends beside the bent skating leg. The layback spin, usually performed by women, requires an upright position; the skater arches her back and drops her head and shoulders toward the ice. The camel spin requires one leg to be ...
- camel's thorns
- (from the article "manna") ...native to Turkey, especially L. esculenta. In the Middle East lichen bread and manna jelly are made from Lecanora. Manna also refers to resins produced by two plants called camel's thorns (Alhagi maurorum and A. pseudalhagi). Both are spiny-branched shrubs ...
- Camel, Battle of the
- (from the article "'A'ishah") ...community), during whose reign she played an important role in fomenting opposition that led to his murder in 656. She led an army against his successor, 'Ali, but was defeated in the Battle of the Camel. The engagement derived its ...
- Camelidae
- (from the article "artiodactyl") Camelids evolved in North America and, at or toward the end of the Tertiary, spread into South America and into the Old World. By the end of the Pleistocene they all became extinct in their homeland, just as horses did. ...
- Camelina sativa
- (from the article "seed and fruit") ...probably as the result of competition for nutrients between developing ovules on the placenta. Striking evolutionary changes in seed size, inadvertently created by man, have occurred in the weed Camelina sativa subspecies linicola, which grows in flax fields. The customary ...
- Camellia
- genus of about 120 species of East Asian evergreen shrubs and trees, belonging to the tea family (Theaceae), most notable for a few ornamental flowering species and for C. sinensis (sometimes called Thea sinensis), the source of tea. The common ...
- Camelops
- extinct genus of large camels that existed from the Late Pliocene epoch to the end of the Pleistocene epoch (between 3,400,000 and 10,000 years ago) in western North America from Mexico to Alaska. Camelops is unknown east of the Mississippi ...
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