See also:

• BALLAST (O. Swed. barlast, perhaps from bar, bare or mere, and last, load)

BALLAST (O. Swed. barlast, perhaps from See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, See also:

• BARE

bare or See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere, and last, load)  , heavy material, such as See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, placed in the hold of a See also:

• SHIP

ship in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to immerse her sufficiently to give adequate stability . In See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany " See also:

• BALLAST (O. Swed. barlast, perhaps from bar, bare or mere, and last, load)

ballast-See also:

• PLANTS

plants " are so-called because they have been introduced into countries in which they are not indigenous through their seeds being carried in such ballast . A ship " in ballast " is one which carries no paying See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo . In See also:

• MODERN

modern vessels the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of ballast is taken by See also:

• WATER

water-tanks which are filled more or less as required to See also:

• TRIM

trim the ship . The See also:

• TERM

term is also applied to materials like gravel, broken slag, burnt See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, &c., used to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed in which the sleepers or ties of a railway track are laid, and also to the See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand which a balloonist takes up with him, in order that, by throwing portions of it out of the See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car from 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 to time, he may lighten his See also:

• BALLOON

balloon when he desires to rise to a higher level .