JOHANN GOTTFRIED See also:

• EBEL, HERMANN WILHELM (1820–1875)
• JOHANN GOTTFRIED EBEL (1764–1830)

EBEL (1764–1830)  , the author of the first real See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide-See also:

• BOOK

book to See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Zullichau (See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia) . He became a medical See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, visited Switzerland for the first 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 in 1790, and became so enamoured of it that he spent three years exploring the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting all kinds of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information See also:

• RELATING

relating to it . The result was the publication (See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, 1793) of his Anleitung auf See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die nutzlichste and genussvollste See also:

• ART

Art in der Schweitz zu reisen (2 vols.), in which he gave a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the country, the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Information sections being followed by an alphabetically arranged See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of places, with descriptions . It at once superseded all other See also:

• WORKS

works of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and was the best Swiss guide-book till the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of " See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray " (1838) . It was particularly strong on the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical sides . The second (1804–1805) and third (1809–181o) See also:

• EDITIONS

editions filled four volumes, but the following (the 8th appeared in 1843) were in a single See also:

• VOLUME

volume . The See also:

• WORK

work was translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1795 (many later editions) and into See also:

• ENGLISH

English (by 1818) . See also:

• EBEL, HERMANN WILHELM (1820–1875)
• EBEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1764–1830)

Ebel also published a work (2 vols., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1798–1802) entitled Schilderungen der Gebirgsvolker der Schweiz, which deals mainly with the See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral cantons of See also:

• GLARUS (Fr. Glaris)

Glarus and See also:

• APPENZELL

Appenzell . In 18or he was naturalized a Swiss See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen, and settled down in Zurich . In 18o8 he issued his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief geological work, Uber den Bau der Erde See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Alpengebirge (Zurich, 2 vols.) . He took an active See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in promoting all that could make his adopted country better known, e.g . Heinrich See also:

• KELLER, ALBERT (1845- )
• KELLER, GOTTFRIED (1819-1890)
• KELLER, HELEN ADAMS (188o- )

Keller's See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map (1813), the See also:

• BUILDING

building of a hotel on the Rigi (1816), and the preparation of a See also:

• PANORAMA (Gr. -rap, all, and opa,ua, view)

panorama from that point (1823) .

From 1810 onwards he lived at Zurich, with the See also:

• FAMILY

family of his friend, See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad Escher von der See also:

• LINTH, or LIMMAT

Linth (1767–1823), the celebrated engineer . (W . A . B .