KINORHYNCHA
, an isolated See also:group of See also:minute animals containing the single genus Echinoderes F
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Dujardin, with some eighteen See also:species
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They occur in mud and on See also:sea-weeds at the bottom of shallow seas below See also:low-See also:water See also:mark and devour organic debris
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The See also:body is enclosed in a stout cuticle, prolonged in places into spines and bristles
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These are especially conspicuous in two rings
(After Ilartog. from See also:Cambridge Natural See also:History, vol. ii., "See also:Worms, &c.," by permission
of Messrs
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See also:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.)
b, bristle; cs, caudal spine; ph, pharynx; s s', the spines on the two segments of the See also:proboscis; sg, salivary glands; st, See also:stomach
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See also:round the proboscis and in the two posterior caudal spines
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The body is divided into eleven segments and the protrusible proboscis apparently into two, and the cuticle of the central segment is thickened to See also:form three plates, one dorsal and two ventrolateral
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The cuticle is secreted by an epidermis in which no See also:cell boundaries are to be seen; it sends out processes into the bristles
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The mouth opens at the tip of the retractile proboscis; it leads into a See also:short thin-walled See also:tube which opens into an See also:oval See also:muscular gizzard lined with a thick cuticle; at the posterior end of this are some minute glands and then follows a large stomach slightly sacculated in each segment, this tapers through the rectum to the te,•minal anus
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A pair of See also:pear-shaped, ciliated glanda inside See also:lie in the eighth segment and open on the ninth
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They are regarded as kidneys
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The See also:nervous See also:system consists of a ganglion 13r See also:brain, which lies dorsally about the level of the junction of the uharynx and the stomach, a See also:nerve See also:ring and a segmented neutral See also:cord
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The only sense See also:organs described are eyes, which occur in some species, and may number one to four pairs
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The Kinorhyncha are dioecious
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The testes reach forward to the fifth and even to the second segment, and open one each See also:side of the anus
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The ovaries open in a similar position but never reach farther forward than the See also:fourth segment
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The See also:external openings in the male are armed with a pair of hollowed spines
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The animals are probably oviparous
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KINROSS-See also:SHIRE, a See also:county of See also:Scotland, bounded N. and W. by See also:Perthshire, on the extreme S.W. by See also:Clackmannanshire and S. and E. by Fifshire
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Its See also:area is 52,410 acres or 81.9 sq. m
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Excepting See also:Clackmannan it is the smallest county in Scotland both in point of area and of See also:population
.
On its confines the shire is hilly
.
To the N. and W. are several peaks of the Ochils, the highest
being Innerdouny (1621 ft.) and Mellock (1573); to the E. are the heights of the See also:Lomond group, such as See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Craigs (1492 ft.)
and See also:Bishop See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill; to the S. are Benarty (1131 ft.) on the See also:Fife border and farther See also:west the Cleish Hills, reaching in Dumglow an See also:altitude of 1241 ft
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With the exception of the See also:Leven, which drains See also:Loch Leven and of, which only the first mile of its course belongs to the county, all the streams are short
.
See also:Green's See also:Burn, the See also:North and See also:South Queich, and the Gairney are the.See also:principal
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Loch Leven, the only See also:lake, is remarkable rather for its associations than its natural features
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The scenery on the See also:Devon, west of the Crook, the See also:river here forming the boundary with See also:Perth-shire, is of a lovely and romantic See also:character
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At one See also:place the stream rushes through the rocky See also:gorge with a loud clacking See also:sound which has given to the spot the name of the See also:Devil's See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill, and later it flows under the Rumbling See also:Bridge
.
In reality there are two See also:bridges, one built over the other, in the same See also:vertical See also:line
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The See also:lower one See also:dates from 1713 and is unused; but the loftier and larger one, erected in 1816, commands a beautiful view
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A little farther west is the graceful cascade of the Caldron Linn, the fall of which was lessened, however, by a collapse of
the rocks in 1886
.
See also:Geology.—The See also:northern higher portion of the county is occupied by the Lower Old Red See also:Sandstone volcanic lavas and agglomerates of the Ochils
.
The coarse character of some of the lower See also:agglomerate beds is well seen in the gorge at Rumbling Bridge
.
The beds See also:dip gently towards the S.S.E
.
; in a north-easterly direction they contain more sandy sediments, and the agglomerates and breccias frequently become conglomerates
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The See also:plain of Kinross is occupied by the soft sandstones, marls and conglomerates of the upper Old Red Sandstone, which See also:rest unconformably upon the lower See also:division with a strong dip
.
Southward and eastward these rocks dip conformably beneath the Lower Carboniferous See also:cement 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 See also:series of the Calciferous Sandstone group
.
The overlying Carboniferous See also:lime-stone occupies only a small area in the south and See also:east of the county
.
Intrusive See also:basalt sheets have been intercalated between some of the Carboniferous strata, and the See also:superior resisting See also:power of this See also:rock has been the cause of the existence of West Lomond, Benarty, Cleish Hills and Bishop Hill, which are formed of soft marls and sandstones capped by basalt
.
The Hurlet See also:limestone is worked on the Lomond and Bishop Hills
.
East- and west-See also:running dikes of basalt are found in the north-east of the county, traversing the Old Red volcanic rocks
.
See also:Kames of See also:gravel and See also:sand and similar glacial detritus are widely spread over the older rocks
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See also:Climate and See also:Industries.—The lower See also:part of the county is generally well sheltered and adapted to all kinds of crops; and the climate, though wet and See also:cold, offers no hindrance to high farming
.
The See also:average See also:annual rainfall is 35.5 inches, and the temperature for the See also:year is 48° F., for See also:January 38° F. and for See also:July 590'5 F
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More than See also:half of the holdings exceed 50 acres each
.
Much of the See also:land has been reclaimed, the mossy tracts when drained and cultivated being very fertile
.
See also:Barley is the principal See also:crop, and oats also is grown largely, but the acreage under See also:wheat is small
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Turnips and potatoes are the See also:chief green crops, the former the more important
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The raising of livestock is pursued with See also:great enterprise, the hilly land being well suited for this See also:industry, although many See also:cattle are pastured on the See also:lowland farms
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The cattle are mainly a native breed, which has been much improved by See also:crossing
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The number of See also:sheep is high for the area' Although most of the horses are used for agricultural See also:work, a considerable proportion are kept solely for breeding
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Tartans, plaids and other woollens, and See also:linen are manufactured at Kinross and Milnathort, which is besides an important centre for livestock sales
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See also:Brewing and milling are also carried on in the county See also:town, but stock-raising and See also:agriculture are the See also:staple interests
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The North See also:British railway See also:company's lines, from the south and west run through the county via Kinross, and the See also:Mid-Fife line branches off at Mawcarse Junction
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Population and See also:Government.—The population was 6673 in 1891 and 6981 in See also:tool, when S5 persons spoke Gaelic and See also:English
.
The only towns are Kinross (pop. in 1901, 2136) and Milnathort (1(352)
.
Kinross is the county town, and of consider-able antiquity
.
The county unites with Clackmannanshire to return one member to See also:parliament
.
It forms a sheriffdom with Fifeshire and a See also:sheriff-substitute sits at Kinross
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The shire is under school-See also:board See also:jurisdiction
.
History.—For several centuries the shire formed part of Fife, and during that See also:period shared its history
.
Towards the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century, however, the parishes of Kinross and Orwell seem to have been constituted into a shire, which, at the date (1305) of See also:Edward I.'s See also:ordinance for the government of Scotland, had become an hereditary sheriffdom, See also:John of Kinross then being named for the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office
.
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. dispensed with the attendance of small barons in 1427 and introduced the principle of See also:representation, when the shire returned one member to the Scots parliament
.
The inclusion of the Fife parishes of Portmoak, Cleish and Tullibole in 1685, due to the See also:influence of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Bruce, the royal architect and heritable sheriff, converted the older shire into the See also:modern county
.
Excepting, however, the dramatic and romantic episodes connected with the See also:castle of Loch Leven, the See also:annals of the shire, so far as the See also:national See also:story is concerned, are vacant
.
As to its antiquities, there are traces of an See also:ancient fort or See also:camp on the See also:top of Dumglow, and on a hill on the northern boundary of the See also:parish of Orwell a remarkable See also:cairn, called Cairna-vain, in the centre of which a stone See also:cist was discovered in 1810 containing an See also:urn full of bones and See also:charcoal
.
See also:Close to the town of Kinross, on the margin of Loch Leven, stands Kinross See also:House, which was built in 1685 by Sir William Bruce as a See also:residence for the See also:Duke of See also:York (James II.) in See also:case the Exclusion See also:Bill should debar him from the See also:throne of See also:England
.
The See also:mansion, however, was never occupied by See also:royalty
.
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See also:Mackay, History of Fife and Kinross (See also:Edinburgh, 1896); W
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Liddall, The Place Names of Fife and Kinross (Edinburgh, 1895) ; C
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See also:Ross, Antiquities of Kinross-shire (Perth, 1886) ; R
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B
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Begg, History of Lochleven Castle (Kinross, 1887)
.
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