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See also:CANO, ALONZO (1601–1667) , See also:Spanish painter, architect and sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Granada. He has See also:left in See also:Spain a very See also:great number of specimens of his See also:genius, which display the boldness of his See also:design, the facility of his See also:pencil, the purity of his flesh-tints and his knowledge of See also:chiaroscuro. He learned See also:architecture from his See also:father, See also:Miguel Cano, See also:painting from See also:Pacheco and See also:sculpture from Juan Martinez Montanes. As a statuary, his most famous See also:works are the Madonna and See also:Child in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Nebrissa, and the See also:colossal figures of See also:San Pedro and San Pablo. As an architect he indulged in too profuse ornamentation, and gave way too much to the fancies of his See also:day. See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip IV. made him royal architect and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's painter, and gave him the church preferment of a See also:canon. His more important pictures are at See also:Madrid. He was notorious for his ungovernable See also:temper; and it is said that once he risked his See also:life by committing the then See also:capital offence of dashing to pieces the statue of a See also:saint, when in a rage with the purchaser who grudged the See also:price he demanded. His known passionateness also (according to another stbry) caused him to be suspected, and even tortured, for the See also:murder of
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12 ft. to 15 ft., the See also:beam from 26 in. to 3o in., the See also:depth to in. to 16 in. The See also:paddle is 7 ft. See also:long and 6 in. wide in the blade, the canoeist sits See also:low in a See also:cockpit, and in paddling dips the See also:blades first on one See also:side and then the other. The rig is generally See also:yawl.
In 1866 the Royal See also:Canoe See also:Club was formed in See also:England, and the See also:prince of See also:Wales (afterwards See also:Edward VII.) became See also:commodore. Its headquarters are at See also:Kingston-on-See also:Thames and it is still the leading organization. There is also the See also:British Canoe Association, devoted to cruising. After the See also:English canoes were seen in See also:Paris at the See also:Exhibition of 1867, others like them were built in See also:France. Branches and clubs were formed also at the English See also:universities, and in See also:Liverpool, See also:Hull, See also:Edinburgh and See also:Glasgow. The New See also:York Canoe Club was founded in 1871. One member of the Royal Canoe Club crossed the English Channel in his canoe, another the Irish Channel from See also:Scotland to See also:Ireland, and many See also:rivers were explored in inaccessible parts, like the See also:Jordan, the Kishon, and the See also:Abana and the Pharpar at See also:Damascus, as well as the See also:Lake Menzaleh in the See also:Delta of the See also:Nile, and the Lake of See also:Galilee and See also:Waters of Merom-in See also:Syria.
W. See also:Baden See also:Powell modified the type of the " Rob See also:Roy " in the " See also:Nautilus," intended only for sailing. From this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the two kinds of See also:pleasure canoe----paddling and sailing—parted See also:company, and See also:developed each on its own lines; the sailing canoe soon (1882) had a See also:deck seat and tiller, a smaller and smaller cockpit, and a larger and larger See also:sail See also:area, with the consequent necessary See also:air and See also:water-tight bulkheads in the hull. See also:Paul See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler of See also:Lowell, See also:Mass., added (1886) the sliding outrigger seat, allowing the canoeist to slide out to windward. The final See also:stage is the racing See also:machine pure and See also:simple, seen in the exciting contests at the See also:annual See also:August meets of the See also:American Canoe Association on the St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:river, or at the more frequent See also:race days of its constituent divisions, associated as See also:Canadian (47 clubs), See also:Atlantic (32 clubs), Central (26 clubs) and Western.
The paddling canoe, propelled by single-bladed paddles, is also represented in single, tandem and See also:- CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
- CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)
crew (" See also:war canoe ") races, and this See also:form of the See also:sport remains more of the See also:amateur type. The " Canadian," a See also:clinker or carvel built See also:mahogany or See also:cedar or See also:bass-See also:wood canoe, or the painted See also:canvas, bark or compressed See also:paper canoe, all on the See also:general lines of the See also:Indian See also:birch bark, are as See also:common on American rivers as the See also:punt is on the Thames, and are similarly used.
See See also:MacGregor, A Thousand See also:Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe (1866), The Rob Roy on the Baltic, &c.; W. Baden Powell, Canoe Travelling (1871) ; W. L. Alden, Canoe and the Flying See also:Proa (New York, 1878) ; J. D. See also:Hayward, Camping out with the British Canoe Association; C. B. See also:Vaux, Canoe Handling (New York, 1888) ; See also:Stephens, Canoe and See also:Boat See also:Building (New York, 1881).
End of Article: CANO, ALONZO (1601–1667)
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