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38 KOHLRAUSCH der Entdeclcung von America (1861 ; translated into English, London, 1862) ; Die ~beiden dltes- ten Karten von America (1861) ; Vom MarU und aus der Zelle (2 vols., 1868); and Die geographiscke Lage der Nauptstddte Europas (1874). His sister, IDA KOHL (born July 25, 1814, and married in 1846 to Count Hermann von Baudissin), wrote in connection with him the Englische SUzzen (1845) and separately Paris und die Franzosen (1845). KOHLRAUSCH, Helnrieh Friedrieh Theodor, a German author, born near Gottingen, Nov. 15, 1780, died in Hanover, Jan. 31, 1867. He w;as from 1830 a teacher in Hanover. His most popular books were Die deutsche Ge- scMchte (Elberfeld, 1816 ; 15th ed., Hanover, 1866; abridged, 10th ed., Gtitersloh, 1867; translated into English, 1847), and Chronolo- gischer Abriss der WeltgeschicJite (15th ed., Leipsic, 1861). In 1863 appeared his autobi- ography (Erinnerungen aus meinem Leberi). KOKOMO, a town and the county seat of How- ard co., Indiana, situated on Wild Cat creek, an affluent of the Wabash, and at the inter- section of the Indianapolis, Peru, and Chicago with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis railroad, 50 m. N. of Indianapolis; pop. in 1870,' 2,177. It contains a number of manu- factories, a national bank, and three weekly newspapers. It is the seat of Howard college, organized in 1869, which in 1872 had 5 pro- fessors and instructors, and 69 students. KOLA, a town of Russia, capital of the circle of Kem, in the government and about 360 m. N. W. of the city of Archangel, in the N. "W. part of the peninsula of Kola, and at the con- fluence of the rivers Kola and Tuloma, 36 m. from the Arctic ocean; lat. 68 50' INT., Ion. 33 15' E. ; pop. in 1867, 1,062, including Lapps and a few Finns. It is noticeable as the most northern town of European Russia, and the former capital of the old Russian Lap- landish territory. It has a good harbor, and contains three churches and a school. It was bombarded by the allies during the eastern war, Aug. 23, 1854. KOLAPOOR, a native state of the Deccan, India, under the political management of the presidency of Bombay, bounded N. and N. E. by Sattara, E. and S. by Belgaum, and W. by Sawunt Warree and Rutnagherry ; area, 3,500 sq. m. ; pop. about 500,000. It is traversed by the Ghaut mountains, and by the Kistnah and other rivers. The soil is exceedingly fertile, despite the ruggedness of the country. The le rajahs of Kolapoor boast of their descent from the founder of the Mahratta empire ; but their authority has become within the last 30 years only nominal, the English being the actual rulers. KOLAPOOR, the capital, 185 m. S. E. of Bombay, long notorious for its un- healthy condition, has been lately improved. KOLB, Georg Friedrieh, a German journalist and author, born at Spire, Sept. 14, 1808. He published a journal in Spire in 1830, which he KOLCSEY edited for more than 20 years in the liberal in- terest, and was a member of the Frankfort parliament in 1848. As member of the Bava- rian chamber he prepared a report on the so- called Greek loan, which required the ex-king Louis I. to replace from his private means the entire amount which had been 1 paid to his son King Otho of Greece. To escape from perse- cutions, he remained in Zurich from 1853 to 1860. Subsequently he edited the Frankfurter Zeitung, and in 1863 he resumed his seat in the Bavarian chamber. He opposed the Franco- German war of 1870-'71, and advocated the right of suffrage for the people of Alsace-Lor- raine. His principal works are: Handbuch der vergleichenden Statistic (1858; 6th ed., 1871) ; Grundriss der Statistilc (1862 ; 4th ed., 1871) ; and CulturgeschicJite der MenscMeit (2 vols., 1869-'70 ; 2d ed., 1874). KOLBE, Adolf Wilhelm Hermann, a German chemist, born near Gottingen, Sept. 27, 1818. He studied under Wdhler, and became in 1842 assistant to Bunsen, whom he succeeded in 1851 as professor in the university of Marburg, after having been in the interval employed by Playfair in London, and edited Liebig and Wohler'sHandwdrterfiuchder Chemie. In 1865 he became professor at Leipsic. His principal works are: Das ausfunrlicJie LehrbucJi der organiscJien Chemie (vols. i. and ii., Brunswick, 1854 and 1863), Das chemische Laboratorium der Universitdt Marburg (Marburg, 1865), and Die Entwickelung der GJiemie in der neuesten Zeit (Munich, 1871 etseq. KOLBE, Karl Wiihelm, a German painter, born in Berlin in 1781, died there, April 8, 1853. He was the nephew of an engraver and author of the same name (1757-1835), and became known in 1806 by his " Albert Achilles vic- torious in Nuremberg," and subsequently by many other works for Prussian churches and palaces, including " The Princess off for the Falcon Chase," " The Battle of Otho the Great against the Huns," and " A Vintage Festival in the Middle Ages." KOLBERG. See COLBEEG. KOLCSEY, Ferenez, a Hungarian author, born in the county of Middle Szolnok, Aug. 8, 1790, died in Pesth, Aug. 24, 1838. He studied at the Protestant college of Debreczin, and, though deprived by an accident of one of his eyes, early distinguished himself. In 1809 he was appointed notary of the royal court at Pesth, and in 1826, with Paul Szemere, started a literary periodical under the title of Met es literatura ("Life and Literature"). In the diet of Presburg of 1832-' 6 he acquired new fame, and when Wesselenyi was arraigned for treason by the Austrian government, Kol- csey undertook his defence, but died suddenly soon after. His " Works," embracing songs, ballads, satires, short novels, critical writings, and some of his orations, were collected after his death, to which was added after the out- break of the revolution of 1848 his "Diary during the Diet of 1832-'6."