U.S. Supreme Court decision (1824) that established that states could not, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The state of New York had authorized a monopoly on steamboat operation in its waters, an action upheld by a state chancery court, but the Supreme Court ruled that competing steamboat operators were protected by the terms of a federal license to engage in trade along a coast. The decision, an important development in the interpretation of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, freed all navigation from monopoly control
born 1583, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. died June 5, 1625, Canterbury, Kent English composer and organist. Son of a musician, he became organist of the Chapel Royal 1605 and remained there the rest of his life, serving also as organist at Westminster Abbey for his last two years. A versatile composer, he wrote several Anglican services, some 40 anthems, about 50 secular keyboard pieces, about 35 fantasias for chamber ensembles, and some 15 madrigals
smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
A gibbon is an ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in southern Asia. a small animal like a monkey, with long arms and no tail, that lives in trees in Asia. Any of about six species (genus Hylobates) of lesser apes (family Hylobatidae), found in Indo-Malayan forests. Gibbons use their long arms to swing from branch to branch. They walk erect on the ground, live in small groups, and feed on shoots and fruits, as well as on some insects, birds' eggs, and young birds. They have long hair and are about 16-26 in. (40-65 cm) long. Their coats vary from tan or silvery to brown or black. They have large canine teeth, and their voices are noted for their volume, musical quality, and carrying power. Gibbon Edward Wakefield Edward Gibbon Gibbons v. Ogden Gibbons Orlando