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Enrollment Act Enrollment Act
Enrollment Act (1863) (The Conscription Act) Daniel W. Hamilton The Union and the Confederacy armies instituted the first federal military draft in American history during the Civil War. In the wake of military losses and a shortage of soldiers, the Union resorted to a federal draft... Read more
eclecticism eclecticism
eclecticism , art style in which features are borrowed from various styles. It was once applied to the Carracci , who incorporated elements from the Renaissance and classical traditions. Among the most influential advocates of eclecticism were Sir Joshua Reynolds and John Ruskin .... Read more
Panthalassa Panthalassa
Panthalassa The name given to the vast oceanic area that surrounded Pangaea when that supercontinent was in existence. Tethys was a minor arm of this ocean. Once Pangaea began to split in the Triassic, the names of all the modern oceans are normally applied to the developing ocean basins even though... Read more
rare earths rare earths
rare earths in chemistry, oxides of the rare-earth metals . They were once thought to be elements themselves. They are widely distributed in the earth's crust and are fairly abundant, although they were once thought to be very scarce. Generally, the name of an earth is formed from the name of its... Read more
skylight skylight
skylight, a glazed window frame, usually in pairs, set at an angle in the deck of a ship to maximize light and ventilation to a compartment below, and protected with brass rods. They were only seen on smaller vessels. Once very common in yachts, they were difficult to keep watertight and were... Read more
Colville Colville
Colville , indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Once one of the largest Salish tribes, they were reduced to a few hundred by 1872. They were placed on a reservation in NE... Read more
engrossing engrossing
engrossing in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e., buying up food on the way to its normal markets, and regrating, i.e., gaining... Read more
Goodwin Sands Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were formerly frequent on the Sands. The shifting sands do not allow the construction of lighthouses, but there are several... Read more
victualler victualler
victualler, a merchant ship, during the days of sailing navies, taken up for naval use to carry victuals for a fleet when it was at sea for long periods. They were required because the ships had insufficient space on board to stow all the food needed. Once empty they were either sent home or broken... Read more
Ypsilanti (US city) Ypsilanti (US city)
Ypsilanti , city (1990 pop. 24,846), Washtenaw co., SE Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1832. It is a residential, commercial, and farm-trade center. There is also some light industry. Native American trails once crossed this site, and a Native American village and a French trading post... Read more

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