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specifically used in regard to 

 elasticity, the modulus of elasticity, 

 or Young's modulus. This ex- 

 presses the relationship between 

 the stress applied to any material, 

 say a bar of metal, either to stretch 

 it or to compress it, and the strain, 

 i.e. the stretch, or the measure of 

 compression, which results from the 

 stress. In the formulae used in con- 

 nexion with this relationship, the 

 modulus is represented by the 

 letter E. The term is frequently 

 defined as the stress necessary to 

 stretch a bar to twice its original 

 length, though as a matter of fact 

 no material of construction can 

 be stretched so much ; it would 

 break before such an extension 

 could be reached. See Physics : 

 Materials, Strength of. 



Moen. Island of Denmark. It 

 lies in the Baltic, between Zealand 

 and Falster. It has an irregular 

 outline, and its picturesque chalk 

 cliffs rise to 500 ft. Farming and 

 fishing are the industries. Stege, a 

 seaport on the W. coast, is the 

 capital. Area, 81 sq. m. Pop. 16,000. 



Moeris, LAKE. Ancient name 

 for a sheet of water in central 

 Egypt, in the Fayum district. It 

 formerly covered a considerable 

 area. The portion still remaining 

 is 34 m. long by 6 m. broad, and 

 is known as the Birket-el-Kerun. 

 Its embankment and partial re- 

 clamation were the work of 

 Amenemhat III. On its banks was 

 the celebrated Labyrinth de- 

 scribed by Herodotus. See Laby- 

 rinth ; Medinet-el-Fayum ; consult 

 also The Fayum and Lake Moeris, 

 Sir R. H. Brown, 1892. * 



Moesia. Prov. of the Roman 

 empire. It roughly corresponded 

 to the parts of Serbia and Bul- 

 garia N. of the Balkan range. A 

 Celtic land, it was conquered by 

 the Romans 29-15 B.C., and by the 

 invitation of the Emperor Valens 

 was settled, in A.D. 375, by Visi- 

 Goths, who were thenceforth called 

 Moeso-Goths. See Goths. 



Moeuvres . Village of France, in 

 the dept. of Pas-de-Calais. It is 

 immediately E. of Bourlon Wood 

 (q.v. ), and 1 m. N. of the Ba- 

 paume-Cambrai road on the Canal 

 du Nord. In the Great Wai- 

 there was fierce fighting around 

 the village, which remained in 

 the possession of the Germans, 

 in Nov., 1917. Here a company 

 of the 13th Essex, surrounded 

 by the enemy, fought to the 

 last man. It was also the scene 

 of a gallant stand by Corporal D. 

 F. Hunter, V.C., and six men of 

 the 1/5 batt. H.L.I. (52nd div.), in 

 Sept., 1918. They formed the gar- 

 rison of a post just N. of the village 

 during a hostile attack. During the 

 two days the Germans were in 



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occupation of Moeuvres, this party 

 maintained their position with 

 great gallantry, inflicting casual- 

 ties on the enemy, and on the night 

 of Sept. 19-20, when Moeuvres 

 was retaken by the British, re- 

 gained their unit without loss. See 

 Cambrai, Battles of. 



Moe we (Ger., seagull). German 

 auxiliary cruiser used as a raider. 

 She was a vessel of about 2,000 

 tons, with an armament of guns, of 

 at least 6-in. calibre, concealed 

 behind screens, that could be 

 dropped when desired. Early in 

 1916, the Moe we, disguised as a 

 Norwegian merchantman, escaped 

 through the British blockading 

 force in the North Sea. First news 

 of her being at sea came to hand as 

 a consequence of her sinking a 

 number of merchant vessels. 



On Jan. 16 she captured the 

 British Appam, N. of Madeira, 

 released some German prisoners of 

 war aboard her, put a German 

 crew on board, and took the 

 steamer to Hampton Roads, 

 U.S.A. On March 4, 1916, the 

 Germans reported that the Moewe 

 had returned safely to her home 

 port, bringing with her the masters 

 and some of the crew of a number 

 of Allied vessels which she had 

 destroyed. She made another 

 raiding voyage in 1917. After the 

 armistice the Moewe was amongst 

 the merchant craft surrendered to 

 Britain, and passed to the firm of 

 Elders and Fyffes, being renamed 

 the Greenbrier. 



Moffat. Police burgh and 

 watering-place of Dumfriesshire. It 

 stands on the Annan, 21 m. from 

 Dumfries and 

 63 m. S.W. of 

 Edinburgh, 

 with a station 

 on the Cal. 

 Rly. It is a spa 

 having mine- 

 ral springs 

 used by in- 

 valids since 

 are now the 



Moffat crest 



about 1750 ; they ai 

 property of the burgh. These and 

 the beautiful scenery around attract 

 many visitors, for whom there is a 

 hydropathic establishment, which, 

 used as a convalescent hospital for 

 officers in the Great War, was 



MOFUSSIL 



destroyed by fire in June, 1921. 

 The town owes its origin to this 

 spa, around which centre its in- 

 dustrial activities. Market day, 

 Fri. Pop. 2,100. 



Moffat, GRAHAM (b. 1866). 

 Scottish actor and dramatist. 

 Born in Glasgow, Feb. 21, 1866, 

 he was educated at Rosemount 

 Academy, Glasgow, and made his 

 first professional appearance hi 

 1908. He first played in London 

 in 1911, and on July 4 ; 1911, pro- 

 duced his Scottish comedy of 

 Bunty Pulls the Strings, which 

 ran for over 600 performances. 

 He has played in other of his own 

 plays, e.g. Till the Bells Ring, 

 1908, The Concealed Bed, 1909, 

 A Scrape o' the Pen, 1911, and 

 Don't Tell, 1920. 



Moffat, ROBERT (1795-1883). 

 Scottish missionary. Born at 

 Ormiston, Haddingtonshire, Dec. 

 21, 1795, he 

 began life as 

 a gardener. 

 Soon he offered 

 his services to 

 the London 

 M i s s ionary 

 Society, and in 

 1816 went out 

 to S. Africa. 

 He worked in 

 various parts 

 of that country until 1870, travel- 

 ling about a great deal, and, in- 

 different to danger, doing good 

 service in introducing Christianity 

 and civilization to the natives. He 

 translated the Bible into the lan- 

 guage of the Bechuana, and wrote 

 Missionary Labours and Scenes in S. 

 Africa, 1842. In 1819 he married 

 Mary Smith (1795-1870), who was 

 as devoted to the work as he was 

 himself, and their daughter became 

 the wife of a colleague, David Liv- 

 ingstone. Moffat died at Leigh, Kent 

 Aug. 9, 1883. See Lives of Robert 

 and Mary Moffat, J. S. Moffat, 1885. 

 Mofussil. Anglo-Indian term 

 meaning the provinces. It is ap- 

 plied to the country stations and 

 districts, or the rural parts of a 

 district as distinct respectively 

 from the presidency or the chief 

 station. It comes from Arabic 

 mufassal (separate, particular, 

 hence provincial). 



Moffat, Dumfriesshire. General view of the town from the west 





