GEBER 



A series of gear -wheels connect- 

 ing with one another in any 

 fashion for transmitting motion is 

 called a train. In epicycJic trains, 

 used for varying speed gears on 

 bicycles, motor-cars, etc., wheels 

 run round each other and are kept 

 in contact by a connexion. A 

 differential gear or compensating 

 gear transmits power to both driv- 

 ing wheels of a motor-car or other 

 vehicle in such a way as to allow 

 the wheels to revolve at unequal 

 speeds when travelling on a curve. 

 See Motor-car ; Shafting ; Worm. 



Geber (c. 702-c. 765). Arabian 

 alchemist. The works on chemistry 

 attributed to him are probably a 

 collection of writings by different 

 authors. Berthelot, who examined 

 the authenticity of the works of 

 Geber, held that The Book of the 

 Seventy of Johannis is a trans- 

 lation of a genuine Arabic MS. by 

 Geber. See Alchemy. 



Gebweiler. Variant spelling of 

 the name of the French town better 

 known as Guebwiller (q v.). 



Gecko. Family of small lizards, 

 common throughout the tropics. 

 They are of dull colour, with many 



Gecko. The S. European wall gecko. 

 - Tarentola mauritanica 



tubercles on the skin, and have a 

 somewhat repulsive appearance. 

 In most species the toes act like 

 suckers and enable the animals to 

 ascend the window panes and run 

 about the ceilings. They live on 

 insects and are quite harmless. 



Geddes, ANDREW (1783-1844). 

 Scottish painter. Born in Edin- 

 burgh, April 8, 1783, he entered 

 the R.A. schools in 1806, and was 

 elected A.R.A. in 1832. He painted 

 several scriptural subjects, The 

 Discovery of the Regalia of Scot- 

 land in 1818, and exhibited at the 

 R.A., 1821. The portrait of his 

 mother (in the Scottish National 

 Gallery) is deemed his master- 

 piece, but those of George Sanders, 

 Sir David Wilkie, Patrick Brydone, 

 and Dr. Chalmers are notable 

 specimens of his skill. He died 

 May 5, 1844. 



Geddes, SIR AUCKLAND CAMP- 

 BELL (b. 1879). British politician. 

 A son of Auckland C. Geddes and 

 a brother of Sir Eric Geddes, he 

 was educated in Edinburgh, and 

 became a doctor. In the S. African 



Sir Auckland Geddes, 

 British politician 



Russell 



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War he served 

 in the Highland 

 Light Infantry, 

 and was after- 

 wards assistant 

 p r o f e s sor of 

 anatomy at 

 Edinburgh and 

 professor of the 

 same at McGill 

 University, 

 Montreal, and 

 at the Royal 

 College of Surgeons, Dublin. He 

 served in the Great War and 

 obtained the honorary rank of 

 brigadier-general. 



In 1916 he returned from the 

 front to become director of recruit- 

 ing at the war 

 office, and his 

 success there led 

 Lloyd George to 

 make him a mem- 

 ber of his Govern- 

 ment. He became 

 minister of na- 

 tional service in 

 Aug., 1917; was 

 knighted and ob- 

 tained a seat in 

 Parliament. In 

 Nov., 1918, he 

 was made a privy 

 councillor and 

 transferred to the 

 local government 

 board, and hi 

 Jan., 1919, he 



GEELONG 



a minister without portfolio, and 

 was first minister of transport 1919- 



1921. He presided over a com- 

 mittee on national expenditure in 



1922, and became chairman of the 

 Dunlop Rubber Co., 1923. In 1916 

 he was knighted. 



Geddes, JENNY. Edinburgh 

 kail-wife or vegetable seller. She is 

 famed for having started a riot in 

 S. Giles's Cathedral by hurling a 

 stool at the dean who read Laud's 

 liturgy there for the first time, July 

 23, 1637. A stool said to be hers 

 is in the Antiquarian Museum, 

 Edinburgh. 



Geddes, PATRICK (b. 1854) 

 British scientist and social re- 

 former. Educated at Perth, Uni- 



was made minister of reconstruc- 

 tion. He was president of the 

 board of trade, 1 919-20, and British 

 ambassador to the U.S.A., Mar., 

 1920, to Jan., 1924. He then en- 

 tered on a business career, -and in 

 1924-5 was chairman of the royal 

 commission on food prices. 



Geddes, SIR ERIC CAMPBELL (b. 

 1875). British politician. Born 

 in India, Sept. 26, 1875, he was 

 educated at 

 M ere his ton 

 Castle School, 

 Edinburgh, and 

 passed some of 

 his early years 

 in America in 

 the service of a 

 rly. company. 

 After holding 



a similar post Sir Eric Geddes, 

 in India, he British politician 

 returned to Britain to enter the 

 service of the North Eastern Rly. 

 Co. In a short time he became 

 its deputy general manager. In 



1915 Geddes was given a post in 

 the ministry of munitions, and in 



1916 was sent to France as director- 

 general of military rlys. 



Early in 1917 Lloyd George 

 made him controller of the navy, 

 and, later in the year, first lord of 

 the admiralty. In 1919 he became 



Jenny Geddes starting the riot in S. Giles's Cathedral, 

 Edinburgh, by throwing a stool at the officiating minister 



From an engraving by W. Hollar 



versity College, London, and 

 abroad, Geddes became demon- 

 strator in physiology at University 

 College, London. He was lecturer 

 in zoology at Aberdeen, and botany 

 at Edinburgh ; on natural history 

 in the school of medicine, Edin- 

 burgh, and then professor of botany 

 at Dundee. He travelled widely, 

 and took a leading part in educa- 

 tional and social work in Scotland. 

 Geddes was director of the Cities 

 and Town-Planning Exhibition. 

 His writings 

 were mainly 

 articles on these 

 subjects and 

 works on bio- 

 logy and bo- 

 tany. In Aug., 

 1919, he was en- 

 gaged by the 

 Internat i o n a 1 

 Zionist Com- 

 mission to plan 

 the reconstruc- 



u 



Patrick Geddes, 

 British scientist 



Elliott A Fry 



tion of Jerusalem and its proposed 

 university. 



Geelong. City of Victoria, Aus- 

 tralia, in Grant co. It stands 

 near the head of Geelong Harbour, 

 an arm of Corio Bay, 45 m. by 

 rly. S.W. of Melbourne, and is the 

 port for the Western Plains wool 

 and wheat, for the accommodation 



