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- statesman and governor-general of India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction in that colony. [2 Related Articles]
- Canning, George
- British statesman known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807-09, 1822-27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827. [9 Related Articles]
- Cannizzaro reaction
- (from the article "aldehyde") Aromatic aldehydes (ArCHO), and other aldehydes that lack an alpha-hydrogen, undergo an unusual oxidation-reduction reaction (the Cannizzaro reaction) when treated with a strong base such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Half of the aldehyde molecules are oxidized, and the other half ...
- Cannizzaro, Stanislao
- Italian chemist who was closely associated with a crucial reform movement in science. [2 Related Articles]
- Cannock Chase
- district, administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, west-central England. The southern portion of the Staffordshire coalfield, including the Lea Hall Colliery, is in the district. Coal mining and metalworking traditionally dominated the economy, but coal mining ceased by the end ... [1 Related Articles]
- cannon
- big gun, howitzer, or mortar, as distinguished from a musket, rifle, or other small arm. Modern cannon are complex mechanisms cast from high-grade steel and machined to exacting tolerances. They characteristically have rifled bores, though some contemporary tank-mounted and field ... [14 Related Articles]
- cannon bone
- (from the article "artiodactyl") ...with the attendant lengthening of lower limb bones, has frequently led to a fusion of the two principal metacarpal and metatarsal (midfoot) bones in the forelegs and hindlegs, respectively, forming cannon bones. The nearest approach to a cannon bone in ...
- cannon game
- (from the article "bagatelle") The cannon game, as in billiards, requires three balls-a cue ball and two object balls, one black and one white. The object of the game is to make cannons (caroms), in which the cue ball strikes both object balls. Balls ...
- Cannon Mountain
- (from the article "Franconia Notch") ...example of glacial action, the pass includes at its southern end the Flume, a narrow gorge 70 feet (21 metres) deep that extends along the flank of Mount Liberty (4,460 feet [1,359 metres]). Cannon Mountain (4,186 feet [1,276 metres]) itself, ...
- Cannon, Annie Jump
- American astronomer who specialized in the classification of stellar spectra. [2 Related Articles]
- Cannon, Dyan
- (from the article "Grant, Cary") ...caper Charade (1963) with Audrey Hepburn. Walk Don't Run (1966) inadvertently became his final film, as he was enmeshed in divorce (from fourth wife Dyan Cannon) and child-custody proceedings that dragged on until 1969 ...
- Cannon, Harriet Starr
- 19th-century American religious leader, a cofounder of the Community of St. Mary, an Episcopal sisterhood that focuses on child health and welfare.
- Cannon, Joseph Gurney
- American politician who was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Cannon, Walter Bradford
- American neurologist and physiologist who was the first to use X rays in physiological studies. These led to his publication of The Mechanical Factors of Digestion (1911). His investigations on hemorrhagic and traumatic shock during World War I were summarized ... [5 Related Articles]
- Cannon-Bard theory
- (from the article "motivation") Walter B. Cannon, a Harvard physiologist, questioned the James-Lange theory on the basis of a number of observations; he noted that the feedback from bodily changes can be eliminated without eliminating emotion; that the bodily changes associated with many quite ...
- cannonball tree
- (Couroupita guianensis), tall, soft-wooded tree, of the family Lecythidaceae, native to northeastern South America and notable for its large, spherical woody fruit, which resembles a rusty cannonball. The tree is also cultivated in the southern regions of North America.
- Cano, Alfonso
- (from the article "FARC") ...to raid a FARC encampment. In March 2008 the FARC's leader and one of the organization's founders, Manuel Marulanda Velez, nicknamed Tirofijo ("Sureshot"), died of a heart attack. Alfonso Cano (nom de guerre of Guillermo Saenz Vargas), who served as ...
- Cano, Alonso
- painter, sculptor, and architect, often called the Spanish Michelangelo for his diversity of talents. Although he led a remarkably tempestuous life, he produced religious works of elegance and ease. [4 Related Articles]
- Cano, Juan Sebastian del
- Basque navigator who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. [3 Related Articles]
- Cano, Melchor
- Dominican theologian and bishop who upheld the rights of the Spanish crown against the claims of the papacy.
- Cano, Mount
- (from the article "Cape Verde") ...Vista, Maio, and Sal, the so-called Rasas ("Flat") islands-have suffered enough erosion to have much level ground. Fogo (meaning "Fire") has an active volcano, Mount Cano, whose last major eruption was in 1951. Its cone rises 9,281 feet (2,829 metres) ...
- Cano, Sebastian del
- (from the article "Plata, Rio de la") The Spaniard Sebastian del Cano, who accompanied the Magellan expedition, was able to include relatively accurate markings of the Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay rivers in the map of the estuary that he drew up in 1523. Further cartographic work by ...
- Canoas
- city, eastern Rio Grande do Sul estado (state), southern Brazil. Situated just north of Porto Alegre, the state capital, in the grassy lowlands south of the Serra Geral, Canoas enjoys a subtropical climate (60 to 78 °F ...
- canoe
- lightweight boat pointed at both ends and propelled by one or more paddles (not oars). Paddlers face the bow. [13 Related Articles]
- canoe cedar
- (from the article "canoe cedar") common name usually applied to giant arborvitae (q.v.) but also used for a species of false cypress (q.v.).for more specific content on this topicfalse cypressgiant arborvitae
- canoe house
- (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") A major focus of southern Solomon culture was bonito fishing, with its symbolic relationship to sea spirits and ancestors. The roofs of canoe houses, which were the centres of male activities, were supported on huge posts carved with full-length figures ...
- canoeing
- the use for sport, recreation, or competition of a canoe, kayak, or foldboat, all small, narrow, lightweight boats propelled by paddles and pointed at both ends. There are many canoe clubs in Europe and North America, and most canoes are ...
- Canoidea
- (from the article "carnivore") The arrangement of the nine terrestrial families into two distinct superfamilies, Canoidea and Feloidea (or Aeluroidea), appears to be a natural arrangement dating back to the works of W.H. Flower and H. Winge in the late 1800s. In Canoidea, as ...
- canon
- (from the article "scripture") Types of sacred literature vary in authority and degree of sacredness. The centrally important and most holy of the sacred texts have in many instances been gathered into canons (standard works of the faith), which, after being determined either by ...
- canon
- (from the article "Christianity") ...often revived. The other new moment began in the 12th century when new forms of religious life burst on the scene, especially among monks and those priests who endeavoured to live like monks (the canons). The major schools of 12th-century ...
- canon
- musical form and compositional technique, based on the principle of strict imitation, in which an initial melody is imitated at a specified time interval by one or more parts, either at the unison (i.e., the same pitch) or at some ... [2 Related Articles]
- Canon City
- city, seat (1861) of Fremont county, south-central Colorado, U.S. It is located at the eastern end of the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River between the Front Range and Wet Mountains, just north of a segment of San Isabel National ... [1 Related Articles]
- canon law
- body of laws made within certain Christian churches (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, independent churches of Eastern Christianity, and the Anglican Communion) by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government of both the whole church and parts thereof and of the behaviour ... [18 Related Articles]
- Canon Law, Code of
- official compilation of ecclesiastical law promulgated in 1917 and again, in revised form, in 1983, for Roman Catholics of the Latin rite. The code obliges Roman Catholics of Eastern rites only when it specifically refers to them or clearly applies ... [5 Related Articles]
- Canongate Church
- (from the article "Edinburgh") ...built in the 15th century). Other notable buildings along this stretch of the Royal Mile are Moray House, a 17th-century town house now used as a teacher-training college; the Baroque-fronted Canongate Church (1688-90), whose graveyard contains the tombs of 18th-century ...
- canonical ensemble
- in physics, a functional relationship for a system of particles that is useful for calculating the overall statistical and thermodynamic behaviour of the system without explicit reference to the detailed behaviour of particles. The canonical ensemble was introduced by J. ...
- canonical hours
- in music, settings of the public prayer service (divine office) of the Roman Catholic Church, divided into Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline. The early monastic communities composed a complete series of hours for morning, noon, and ...
- canonical shape
- (from the article "Austronesian languages") The term canonical shape refers to the clearly marked preferences that some languages show for number of syllables, sequencing of consonants and vowels, and so on in the construction of words. Many Austronesian languages show a clear preference for a ...
- canonization
- official act mainly of the Roman Catholic Church declaring one of its deceased members worthy of public cult and entering his or her name in the canon, or authorized list, of recognized saints. In the early church there was no ... [7 Related Articles]
- Canons of 1604
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...and better-paid clergy and referred several doctrinal matters to the consideration of convocation. But only a few of the points raised by the petitioners found their way into the revised canons of 1604. In fact, the most important result of ...
- canons regular
- (from the article "Europe, history of") The popes also supervised the regular clergy, which included the religious orders of monks, canons regular (secular clergy who lived collegiately according to a rule), and mendicants. Each of these orders had a superior, who was advised by a chapter ...
- canopic jar
- in ancient Egyptian funerary ritual, covered vessel of wood, stone, pottery, or faience in which was buried the embalmed viscera removed from a body during the process of mummification. The earliest canopic jars, which came into use during the Old ... [3 Related Articles]
- Canopic Way
- (from the article "Alexandria") The Canopic Way (now Tariq al-Hurriyyah) was the principal thoroughfare of the Greek city, running east and west through its centre. Most Ptolemaic and Roman monuments stood nearby. The Canopic Way was intersected at its western end by the Street ...
- Canopus
- ancient Egyptian city on the western coast of the Nile River delta, in Al-Iskandariyyah muhafazah (governorate). The Canopic branch of the Nile is entirely silted up, but on the shore about 2 miles (3 km) from Abu ...
- Canopus
- second brightest star (after Sirius) in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of −0.73. Lying in the southern constellation Carina, about 300 light-years from the Earth, Canopus is sometimes used as a guide in the attitude control of spacecraft ... [1 Related Articles]
- Canopus, Decree of
- ancient bilingual, trigraphic Egyptian decree that provided a key for deciphering hieroglyphic and demotic scripts. The decree, written in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphs, was promulgated March 7, 238 BCE, by an assemblage of priests upon the death of a daughter ...
- canopy
- in architecture, a projecting hood or cover suspended over an altar, statue, or niche. It originally symbolized a divine and royal presence and was probably derived from the cosmic audience tent of the Achaemenian kings of Persia. In the Middle ... [1 Related Articles]
- canopy
- (from the article "rainforest") Rainforests exhibit a highly vertical stratification in plant and animal development. The highest plant layer, or tree canopy, extends to heights between 30 and 50 m. Most of the trees are dicotyledons, with thick leathery leaves and shallow root systems. ...
- Canosa di Puglia
- town, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy, on the right bank of the Ofanto (ancient Aufidus) River, overlooking the Tavoliere (tableland) di Puglia, just southwest of Barletta. Ancient Canusium was originally a Greek town, said to have been founded by the ...
- Canossa
- ruined 10th-century castle southwest of Reggio nell'Emilia in Italy, famous as the meeting place (1077) of Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV. The stronghold was built c. 940 by Atto Adalbert, the founder of the House of Attoni and ... [4 Related Articles]
- Canova, Antonio, marchese d'Ischia
- Italian sculptor, one of the greatest exponents of Neoclassicism. Among his works are the tombs of popes Clement XIV (1783-87) and Clement XIII (1787-92) and statues of Napoleon and of his sister Princess Borghese reclining as Venus ... [3 Related Articles]
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