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* ELLEITHYIA. 722 EINSIEDELN. (Pen-necheb) ; and that of the nomarch Paheri, tutor to rrince Nazraes, son of Kin^' Anionophis I. The two foimcr tombs espceuiUy contain inscrip- tion'! of the highest historical value. Consult: Wilkinson, Modem Ktjyvt, ii. (London, 1843); Champollion, Sotken dcscriptives (Paris, 1844) ; Bru"seh. h'eiscberichle aus Aegypteii (Lcipzipr, 1855) : Tylor and Griffith, "The Tomb of Pahen at El-Kab." EgypUnn Exploration FidhI Me- moirs, vol. -xi. (London, 1804). EILENBUBG, il'lpn-boorK (anciently called llhurii). A town of the Prussian Province of Saxonv, situated mainly on an island m the river Mulde. about 15 miles northeast of Leipzig (Map: Germanv. E 3). It is a busy industrial town, and has manufactures of calico, woolen yarn,' tobacco, chemicals, celluloid, beer, and agri- eultiiral implements. Franz Abt. the song-writer, was born here. Population, in 1890, 12,44/ ; in 1000, 15,147. EIMBECK, Im'bek, William (1841—). An American geodesist, born in Brunswick, Ger- manv. He^beeauie assistant civil engineer in the public offices of Saint Louis, Mo., a profes- sor for two vears in Washington Lniversity, Saint Louis, and a member of the United States solar eclipse expeditions of 18G9 (to Illimus) and 1870 (to Italy). His most important work has been in connection with the thirty-ninth parallel triangulation (Western division), and with the invention of the invariable reversible pciiduhim and the duplex base apparatus em- ployed in the Geodetic Survey. EIMEO, I'mc-o, or MORE'A. One of the Society Islands (q.v.), situated 25 miles west- northwest of Tahiti, in latitude 17° 30' S. and lon-ntude 140° 50' W. It covers an area of atmut 50 square miles, and has several good harbors. Its surface is diversified, being partly forest. Its highest elevation reaches nearly 4000 feet. It- contains a missionary station, and most of the inhal)itants are Protestants. Population, in 1807. 1600. EIMER, I'mer, TitEODOR (1843-98). A Swiss- German zoologist, born in Stiifa. He studied medicine and the natural sciences in Heidelberg, Wiirzburg, Freiburg, and Berlin. In 1870 he be- came privat-docent in Wiirzburg, and in 1875 pro- fessor of zoiilogv in Tiibingen. In 1878-70 he made a scientific .journey to Egypt. He wrote : Zoolo- qische fHudien auf Capri. Beroe Ovatus und La- certa Muralis CosnUca (1874): Die Meduxe,, (1879) : Untersuchuiigen Uier das ^ ariieren der Maucreideehse (1881 ) :Dte EnMchuny der Arten auf Griind der Yererbung ericorbener Eigcnschaf- ten (1888; 2d ed. 1897); Artbildung und } er- wandtschaft bei den Schmetterlmgen (1880; Ld ed. 1805). EINBECK, In'bek, or EIMBECK. An old town in the Prussian Province of Hanover, on the lime, about 40 miles south-southeast of Han- over (Map: Germany, C 2). Traces of its great antiquity and former importance are still notice- 'ablc in the remains of its walls and some of its anci.Mit I)uildings. The cathedral, a handsome edifice, dates from the fourteenth century. The town owns its water-supply and gas-works. Its manufactures include belts, linen, carpets, sugar, tobacco, and roofing-fell. The famous Kimbecker beer, which has given its name to the well-known term 'bock,' is still brewed to a considerable ex- tent Populati(m. in 1800, 7070; in 1900, 7914. Kinbeck grew up around a cathedral chapel re- puted to contain the blood of the Saviour and visited bv throngs of pilgrims. It was a member of the Hanseatie League. In 1020 it was captured by Pappenheiin, in 1041 by Piccolomini, and lu 1701 by the French, who dismantled its fortifica- tions. EINHARD, in'hart. frequently but erroneous- ly called EGINHA:fi.D, :i'gin-hiirt (c.770-840). The biograplier of Charles the Great. He re- ceived his early education in the Monastery of Fulda, where he did so well that he was sent to finish his education at the school in the palace of Charles the Great. His talents and acquirements gained him the favor of the Em- peror, who appointed him his private secretary and su|)erintciulent of public buildings. In 800 he was disjiatchcd bv Charles on a mission to Pope Leo III. On the death of the Emperor he was appointed by Louis the Pious abbot of vari- ous monasteries,' but ultimately he retired to the town of Miihlheim. Here he erected a monas- tery, which caused the name to be changed from Miili'lheim to Seligenstadt (City of the Blessed). Einhard died on ilarch 14. 840, and was buried beside his wife, who died in 830. The two coffins are now shown in the chapel of the castle at Erbach. The counts of Erbach trace their descent from Einhard. His Vita Caroli Magni. completed about the vear 820, in respect to plan, execu- tion, language, and style, is incontestably the most important historical work of a biographical character that has come down to us from the Jliddle Ages. It was frequently used as a school book, and^was therefore copied ad infinitum. His Epislolw are also of great value for the histoiy of the later years of Louis the Pious. Einhard also wrote an account of the translation of the relics of Saints Marcellinus and Peter from Borne to ,Seli"enstadt. To Einhard also are ascribed the so-called Annals of Einhard and a rhythmical Passion of the Martnrs }tarreVinus and Peter. According to a legend of the later itiddle Ages, Einhard's wife, Emma, was a daughter of Char- lemagne. Love had arisen lietween thein. and on one occasion, when the two had clandestinely met at night in Emma's chamber, a sudden fall of snow covered the spacious court, thus render- ing retreat impossible without leading to dis- covery. As the traces of feminine footsteps could not excite suspicion. Enmia carried her lover across the court on her shoulders. This scene, it is said, was observed from a window by Charle- magne, who united the pair in marriage. On this Icend Fouque founded his romance of Eginhard und Emma, and Longfellow has made it the sub- iect of a short poem. For the editions of Ein- hard's works, and for special studies, consult Wattenbach. Dent.'ichlands Oeschiehtsqiiellen, vol. i. (Berlin, 1803-04). EINSIEDELN, in'zf-deln. A town in the Canton of Schn"s-z. Switzerland. 20 miles south- east of Zurich. "It is visited yearly by 150.000 pilgrims, most of whom come from Switzerland and southern Germany (Map: Switzerland C 1l. There are numerous hotels ami inns for the de- vout worshipers. The principal industry is the manufacture of images of saints, crucifixes, and other devotic.nal objects that are eximrted to al parts of the Roman Catholic world. Tlie roiul up to the celclirated Benedictine Monastery of Einsiedeln, which is 2000 feet above the village.