OMEO 



Omeo. Dist. and town of Vic- 

 toria, Australia. The town is 83 m. 

 by road almost due N. from 

 Uairnitdale, on the Gippaland Kly 

 <;..|.l imnms,' and agriculture are 

 carried on. It is a tourist centre 

 for the Australian Alps, 8. of Mi. 

 Tambo, on the road from 

 coaat through Hriuht to the Murray 

 at Albury. Pop., dist, 3,000; 

 town, 350. 



Ommiads, OMMAYADS, OB UM- 

 \I\\M>S. Dynasty of Caliphs. 

 Founded by Moawiya (r. 610-80), 

 with the capital at 'Damascus, the 

 dynasty lasted until 750, when it 



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The first attempt 

 to run an omnilm- 

 service was made in 

 Paris in Hi.,.', uln-n 

 Ixmm XIV estab 

 li-ln-,1 a line of ve- 

 hicles. Soon after 

 the appearance of 

 a larger type of 

 omnibus in tl 

 Paris streets, still 

 larger vehicles, 

 carrying 22 inside 

 passengers and 

 drawn by three horses abreast, were 

 introduced into London on July 4, 

 1829, by a coach proprietor named 

 Shillibeer. Later, two-horsed types 

 gave accommodation for outside 

 passengers, the roof being reached 

 by a ladder from the conductor's 

 step. A narrow seat, called the 

 knife-board, ran lengthwise along 

 the centre of the roof, and the pas- 

 sengers sat back to back. These 

 early omnibuses were provided with 

 a door at the back as a protection 



Onager. 



was replaced by 

 that of the Abba- 

 Rides ('/.'.). The 

 last of the Om- 

 miads, Abd-ur- 

 Rahman I, made 

 his way to Spain 

 and founded 

 another Ommiad 

 dynasty at Cor- 

 dova, which ex- 

 isted until 1031, 

 when it ended 

 with Hisham III. 



Omnibus. The old knife-board 'bus u depicted in Punch 

 by John Leech and, top left, by Charles Keene 



Omnibus (Lat., for all). Four- against the weather, and also with 

 wheeled public conveyance. They straw for the muddy boots of 

 are licensed to carry passengers for passengers. Later on the door was 



Specimens of the Asiatic race of wild ast 



UtmHir Ballon. F.M.B. 



I, .UK I the conductor's 

 narrow step developed into a 

 covered platform, whik- the step 

 ladder was replaced by a winding 

 stairway. Fuller development of 

 the 'bus came with the advent of 

 the internal combustion motor, and 

 though steam omnibuses had some 

 success, they were abandoned for 

 petrol-driven vehicles. Set Omni- 

 buses and Cabs, H. C. Moore. 1902. 



Omphacite. In petrology, name 

 given to a pale green variety of 

 pyroxene (q.v.). See Eclogite. 



Omphale. In Greek legend, 

 wife of Tmolus, a Lydian king, 

 whose kingdom she ruled after his 

 death. When Hercules was con- 

 demned to a period of slavery as a 

 punishment for the murder of 

 Iphitus, Omphale bought him, and 

 the hero and the queen became 

 deeply enamoured of each other. 



Omsk. Town of Siberia. It is 

 in the prov., and 265 m. N.E., of 

 Akmolinsk, situated at the junction 

 of the Om and Irtish, and on the 

 Trans-Siberian rly. There are mili- 

 tary, academical, agricultural, and 

 other institutions. Pop. 135.000. 



Onager. Local race of wild ass 

 occurring on the steppes of Central 

 and W. Asia. * It differs from the 



Omnibus. Types of motor fcbicles introduced on the streets of London in 1921. Left, single decker with 36 seat* : right. 



S type, to carry 57 passengers 



Bt eourHtf of Lndem Otntrfl OmnHui Cf. 



