See also:

• SPERMACETI (from Lat. sperma, seed, and cetus, a ' whale)

SPERMACETI (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. sperma, See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed, and See also:

• CETUS (" The Whale ")

cetus, a ' See also:

• WHALE

whale)  , a See also:

• WAX

wax found in the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head cavities and blubber of the sperm-See also:

• WHALE

whale (Physeter macrocephalus), where it is dissolved in the sperm oil while the creature is living; it also occurs in other See also:

• CETACEA
• CETACEA (from the Gr. ,Eros, a whale)

Cetacea (see WHALE See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

OILS) . At a temperature of about 6° C. the solid See also:

• MATTER

matter separates in a crystalline See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, and when purified by pressure and treatment with weak See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic See also:

• ALKALI

alkali it forms brilliant 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 crystalline scales or plates, hard, but unctuous to the See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch, and destitute of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste or See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell . It is quite in-soluble in See also:

• WATER

water, very slightly affected by boiling See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, but easily dissolved in See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform, and See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon bisulphide . See also:

• SPERMACETI (from Lat. sperma, seed, and cetus, a ' whale)

Spermaceti consists principally of cetin or cetyl palmita,te, C,5H31CO2Cr6H33 . The substance is used in making candles of See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard photometric value, in the dressing of fabrics, and in See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery, especially in cerates, bougies, ointments, and in cosmetic preparations . SPERM-WHALE, or CACHALOT (Physeter macrocephalus), the largest representative of the toothed whales, its length and bulk being about equal to, or somewhat exceeding those of the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic right-whale, from which, however, it is very differenthas on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side from twenty to twenty-five stout conical See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, which' furnish See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality, though not in sufficient bulk for most of the purposes for which that See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article is required . The upper teeth are rudimentary and buried in the See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum . The flipper is See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, broad, and truncated, and the dorsal fin a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low protuberance . The See also:

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

general See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface is See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black above and See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey below, the See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours gradually shading into each other . The sperm-whale is one of the most widely distributed of animals, being met with, usually in herds or See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools," in almost all tropical and subtropical seas, and occasionally visiting the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern seas, a number having been killed around the Shetlands a few years ago . The See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of sperm-whales consists mainly of squid and cuttlefish, but also comprises See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish of consider-able See also:

• SIZE

size . The substance called " See also:

• AMBERGRIS (Ambra grisea, Ambre gris, or grey amber)

ambergris," formerly used in medicine and now in See also:

• PERFUMERY (Lat. per, through, and fumare, to smoke)

perfumery, is a See also:

• CONCRETION

concretion formed in the See also:

• INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine of this whale, and found floating on the surface of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea .

Its genuineness is proved by the presence of the horny beaks of the cuttles on which the whale feeds . The one representative of the genus Cogia is called the lesser or pigmy sperm-whale, being only from 9 ft. to 13 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long .