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MOIS. 677 MOKADDASI. Scotch novel entitled The Aiitobioyrapliy of Mnn- sie Wauch (1828; new ed. 1805). Consult also Poetical ^'orl:s, ed. with memoir by Aird (Edin- burgh. 18.'):^). MOI'RA, second Earl of. An English general and aduiinistnitor in India. See Hastings, Fran- cis R.WI)ON-IiASTINGS, MaRQUIS OF. MOIRE^ mwiir (Fr. mohair). A silk figured by the peculiar process called watering. The silks for this purpose are moistened and then folded from one end to the other in triangular folds. After being thus reduced to a compara- tively small Icngtii they are submitted to heavy pressure, generally in a hydraulic press. After being removed from the press the fabric is found to be covered with wavy lines. -s onlj' one side is to be waved, the fabric is made up for the jiress with a pasteboard above each second fold. The silk is next hot-pressed, and the side next to the pasteboard comes out glazed, while the other remains watered. The finest kinds of watered silks are known as moires antiijiies. The same process has been applied to woolen fabrics called moreen. • MOIS, mO'ez (an Annamese term correspond- ing to the Cambodian Peunong, Loatian Kha, Tonkinese ilyong, etc.). An extensive group of so-called savage tribes dispensed over the table- lands and mountains between the Mekong and the Annamese coast, from the frontiers of Yunnan to Cochin-China. They have been regarded as one of the eight groups of Farther Indian aborigines. In spite of the multitude of tribes into which the Mois are divided, they exhibit a remarkable uni- formity in pliysical type and manners. Some scholars regard them as 'Indonesians,' but this needs proof. In physical type they are rather short, dolichocephalic, straight-eyed, somewhat wavy-haired, with reddish dirty-white skin. The Mois are as a rule of peaceful disposition, being hunters and husbandmen of a primitive sort. Some of them are noted for their poisoned ar- rows. In the ilois a .sub-Caucasie (white) physi- cal trait has been detected, and others ally them, by reason of their manners and customs, and im- plements, with the Malayan peoples. Formerly the Mois were reported to be Negritos or Papuans and classed with the black, wwilly-haired peoples of the globe. Consult Dourisljouve, Les sauvaffes Ba-Hnurs (Paris, 1873) : Deniker, Races of ilan (London. 1900). MOISSAC, mw-ji'sak'. A town of France, in the De]inrlment of Tarn-et-Garonne. It is on the river Tarn, and on the railroad from Bor- deaux to Cette (Map: France, H 7). The Church of Saint Pierre, dating from the year 1100. with its elaborate portal, is one of the most curious religious edifices in France. Mois- sae has a good trade in flour, grain, oil, and wine. Population, in 1901, 8407. MOISSAN, mwa'siiN-', Henri (18.i2— ). A French clii'mist. born in Paris. He studied at the Museum of Natural History; became con- nected with the School of Pharmacy (1879), its professor of toxicology (1881)) and of mineral chemistry (1889). He won the Lacaze prize in 1887 for his valuable experiments with fluorine, which he was the first to isolate and to liquefy. His most striking success was the artificial ]U'o- duction of diamonds, by sudden cooling of molten iron or silver impregnated with carbon (189.'!- 94). More practical was his simplification of the production of acetylene gas. Moissan con- tributed articles on chrome, manganese, and iron to Fremy's Encyclopedic chimique and wrote: J/isolement du ftuor (188G); lieproduction dti diamant (1893); Carbure dc calcium (1804); and Etude complete des carbones amorphes et des grapliites (1898). MOISTURE. See Himidity. MOIVRE, mwii'vr'. Abraiia.m de. A French- English mathematician. See De Moivre. MOJARRA, mo-har'ra (Port. name). (1) Any of man}' carnivorou.s sea fishes of moderate or small size, allied to the porgies (Sparidte), and constituting the tropical family Gerridtp. Some of them are well known and of some im- portance as market fishes. The small silver}' Pacific Coast species of the genus Eucinostonuis are called 'mojarritas.' The 'mojarra blanca' or ■broad shad' ( Xystcema cincreuin ) is a favorite food fish on both coasts of Central America and in Cuba. Another species of that region ( denes olisthostomus) is called 'Irish pompano' and 'niuttonfish' by fishermen. The term is applied, by the aid of a discriminative adjective, to vari- ous outside fishes, e.g. the cow-pilot. MOJI, mo'je. A town of Japan situated at the northern extremity of the island of Kiushiu, on the Strait of Shimonoseki and ()i)posite the city of that name ( Map : Japan, B 7 ) . It has grown rapidly to an important place since 1891. when it became the terminus of the Kiushiu Railroad. The extensive coal deposits in the neighborhood also add to its importance. The Moji side of the channel, which is here one mile wide, is more convenient as a landing place for steamers than the port of Shimonoseki. and the foreign trade of the town now amounts to over iR3.0(j'0,000 annually. Population, in 1898, 25,- 274. MOJSISOVICS, moi'se-so'vich. Edmund von (1839-97). An Austrian geologist and student of the Alps. He was born and educated at Vienna ; founded the Austrian Alpine Sciciety — • the first of the kind in Europe — in 181)2. and in 1809 a like association in Germany, which joined the Austrian society in 1873. In the Imperial Geological Institute he became chief geologist in 1870, and assistant director in 1892. His more important works include Das Gehirge utn Hall- statt (1873-7U): Die Dolomitriffe von Siidtirol und Venetien (1878-80); Die Cephalopodeii der mediterranen Triasprovinz (1882); Arktische Triasfauncn (188(5) ; Die Cephulopoden der Hall- statter Kiilhe (1893) ; and Die Cephalopoden der obercn Trias des Himalaya (1890). MOKADDASI, mok'a-da-se (Ar. Ahu 'Ahd Allah M iihumiiiad ibn Ahmad al-il iikaddasi. or al-Mahdisl) . A famous Jlohnnunedan geog- rapher. He was born at .Jerusalem (whence his name: Miih-addasi ■:= irom .Jerusalem) in 94G. His father Was an architect and gave his son a good education. In his twentieth year he made the i)ilgrimage to Mecca and after- wards decided to devote his life to the study of geography. For a score of years he jour- neyed up and liown through the iloslem world, seeking information with infinite labor and excellent judgment. In 985 be published his book, dividing it into three parts: (1) what he had himself seen: (2) what lie had learned from trustwortliv witnesses; (3) what he had read.