CROTONA, CROTO or CROTON (Gr.
They sent competitors to the Olympic games (among them the famous Milo of Croton); and the physicians of Croton early in the 6th century (especially in the person of Democedes) were reputed the best in Greece; but politically they appear to have generally kept themselves separate.
Even rood years after this period, the dog was highly esteemed in Egypt for its sagacity and other excellent qualities; for when Pythagoras, after his return from Egypt, founded a new sect in Greece, and at Croton in southern Italy, he taught, with the Egyptian philosophers, that at the death of the body the soul entered into that of various animals.
The Sangre del drago of the Mexicans is a resin resembling dragon's blood obtained from a euphorbiaceous tree, Croton Draco.
It is an argument that Plato probably inherited from Alcmaeon, the physician of Croton (Arist.
C.) The Bruttii entirely lost their freedom at the end of the Hannibalic war; in 194 colonies of Roman citizens were founded at Tempsa and Croton, and a colony with Latin rights at Hipponium called henceforward Vibo Valentia.
In one campaign, in which he was joined by the Lucanians, he devastated the territories of Thurii, Croton and Locri.
A few medicated soaps are prepared for internal use, among which are croton soap and jalap soap, both gentler cathartics than the uncompounded medicinal principles.
One ship of Croton, however, fought at Salamis, though it is not recorded that Greece asked the Italiotes for help when it sent ambassadors to Gelon of Syracuse.
In 510 Croton, having defeated the Sybarites in a great battle, totally destroyed their city.
Croton maintained alone the leading position which had belonged jointly to the Achaean cities (Diod.
Crotonic acid, so named from the fact that it was erroneously supposed to be a saponification product of croton oil, may be prepared by the oxidation of croton-aldehyde, CH3 CH:CH CHO, obtained by dehydrating aldol, or by treating acetylene successively with sulphuric acid and water; by boiling allyl cyanide with caustic potash; by the distillation of 0-oxybutyric acid; by heating paraldehyde with malonic acid and acetic acid to, oo C. (T.
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The following is a select list of genera of stove plants (climbers are denoted by *, bulbous and tuberous plants by f) Acalypha Achimenest Aeschynanthus Allamanda* Alocasiat Amaryllist Anthurium Aphelandra Aralia Ardisia Arisaemaf Aristolochia * Ataccia Begonia Bertolonia Bignonia* Bromeliads Cactus Caladium f Calathea Centropogon Cissus* Clerodendron * Crinumt Codiaeum (Croton) ORcftIDs.
Isobutyric acid is found in the free state in carobs (Ceratonia siliqua) and in the root of Arnica dulcis, and as an ethyl ester in croton oil.
Rhegium, Croton, the whole toe of the boot, were conquered.
As Hera Lacinia (from her Lacinian temple near Croton) she was extensively worshipped in Magna Graecia.
The sanctuary of Hera Lacinia at Croton was located in 1912.
Besides this there are bois de cannelle, olive-tree, benzoin (Croton Benzoe), colophane (Colophonia), and iron-wood, all of which are useful in carpentry; 1 See Geog.
Onomacritus, Zopyrus of Heraclea, Orpheus of Croton, and one whose name is corrupt (written EbrucoyxuXos).
Are laid in the neighbourhood of Croton, and we may infer that Theocritus was personally acquainted with Magna Graecia.
On the Titicus, a tributary of the Croton river, an earthen dam was completed in 1895, with a concrete core wall zoo ft.
In 1892 the excavation was begun for the foundations of a masonry dam across the Croton river, in connexion with the supply of New York.
- Section of Croton Dam.
Belonging, it is said, to a rich and distinguished family, Parmenides attached himself, at any rate for a time, to the aristocratic society or brotherhood which Pythagoras had established at Croton; and accordingly one part of his system, the physical part, is apparently Pythagorean.
Port Jervis was laid out in 1826, soon after work began on the Delaware && Hudson Canal; it owes its origin to that waterway (now abandoned), and was named in honour of John Bloomfield Jervis (1795-1885), the engineer who constructed the canal, who, in 1836, was in charge of the construction of the Croton Aqueduct, and wrote Railway Proper"), (18J9) and The Construction and Management of Railways (1861).
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Croton Creek Steakhouse and Wine Bar4 Cross Way Purdys, NY 10578 (914) 276-0437www.crotoncreek.com
To top it off, Croton Creek's Wine bar has an assortment of Belgian beers and 35 wine selections.
The menu starts with a choice selection of steaks and the famous, 6-inch tall Croton Creek Swiss burger stuffed with bacon, grilled tomato and frizzled onions.
Blazer Pub444 Route 22Purdys, NY 10578(914) 277-4424 Croton Creek Steakhouse and Wine Bar Croton Creek Steakhouse and Wine Bar deserves its popularity as a high-end, bistro-style restaurant with highly creative dishes.
Blazer Pub444 Route 22Purdys, NY 10578(914) 277-4424 Croton Creek Steakhouse and Wine Bar Croton Creek Steakhouse and Wine Bar deserves its popularity as a high-end, bistro-style restaurant with highly creative dishes.
This Tarrytown restaurant is located near the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.
The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Tarrytown features hiking paths, along with walking paths offering nature photography opportunities.
