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o the motion of water through pipes; worked by water_. HYDRAU'LICS, _the science which treats of fluids in motion_. HYDROCEPH'ALUS (Gr. n. _keph'ale_, the head), _dropsy of the head_. HY'DROGEN (Gr. v. _gen'ein_, to beget), _a gas which with oxygen produces water_. HYDROG'RAPHY, _the art of maritime surveying and mapping_. HYDROP'ATHY (Gr. n. _path'os_, feeling), _the water-cure_. HYDROPHO'BIA (Gr. n. _phob'os_, fear), literally, _dread of water; canine madness_. HY'DROPSY, _a collection of water in the body_. ("Dropsy" is a contraction of _hydropsy_). HYDROSTAT'ICS, _the science which treats of fluids at rest_. 15. KRAT'OS, _rule, government, strength_. ARISTOC'RACY (Gr. adj. _aris'tos_, best), _government by nobles_. ARIS'TOCRAT, _one who favors aristocracy_. AU'TOCRAT. See _au'tos_. DEMOC'RACY (Gr. n. _de'mos_, the people), _government by the people_. DEM'OCRAT, _one who upholds democracy; in the United States, a member of the democratic party_. THEOC'RACY, _government of a state by divine direction, as the ancient Jewish state_. 16. LOG'OS, _speech, ratio, description, science_. LOG'IC, _the science and art of reasoning_. LOGI'CIAN, _one skilled in logic_. LOG'ARITHMS (Gr. n. _arith'mos_, number), _a class of numbers that abridge arithmetical calculations_. ANAL'OGY, _a resemblance of ratios_. AP'OLOGUE, _a moral fable_. APOL'OGY, _a defense, an excuse_. CAT'ALOGUE, _a list of names in order_. CHRONOL'OGY. (See _chronos_.) CONCHOL'OGY (Gr. n. _kon'chos_, a shell), _the science of shells_. DEC'ALOGUE (Gr. _dek'a_, ten), _the ten commandments_. DOXOL'OGY (Gr. n. _doxa_, glory), _a hymn expressing glory to God_. EC'LOGUE, _a pastoral poem_. ENTOMOL'OGY (Gr. n. _ento'ma_, insects, and v. _tem'nein_, to cut), _the natural history of insects_. EP'ILOGUE, _a short poem or speech at the end of a play_. ETYMOL'OGY (Gr. _et'umon_, true source), _a part of grammar; the science of the derivation of words_. EU'LOGY, _praise, commendation_. GENEAL'OGY (Gr. n. _gen'os_, birth), _history of the descent of families_. GEOL'OGY (Gr. n. _ge_, the earth), _the science which treats of the internal structure of the earth_. MINERAL'OGY, _the science of minerals_. MYTHOL'OGY (Gr. n. _mu'thos_, a fable), _a system or science of fables_. ORNITHOL'OGY (Gr. n. _or'nis, or'nithos_, a bird), _the natural history of birds_. PATHOL'OGY (Gr. n. _path'os_, suf
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