. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. and arrived in England in 1744, with treasure to the amount of£500,000, having circumnavigated theglobe in three years and nine months. Hisadventures and discoveries are describedin Ansons Voyage. He was made rear-admiral of the blue, and not long afterrear-admiral of the white. His victoryover the French admiral, Jonquiere, nearCape Finisterre in 1747, raised him tothe peerage. He died in 1762. ANSONIA, a city in New Haven co.,Conn.; on the Naugatuck river and theNew Yo
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. and arrived in England in 1744, with treasure to the amount of£500,000, having circumnavigated theglobe in three years and nine months. Hisadventures and discoveries are describedin Ansons Voyage. He was made rear-admiral of the blue, and not long afterrear-admiral of the white. His victoryover the French admiral, Jonquiere, nearCape Finisterre in 1747, raised him tothe peerage. He died in 1762. ANSONIA, a city in New Haven co.,Conn.; on the Naugatuck river and theNew York, New Haven and Hartfordrailroad; 10 miles W. of New is widely noted for its extensive manu-factures of clocks, and brass, copper, andwoolen goods; and has several banks,.Young Mens Christian Association andmemorial libraries, daily and weeklynewspapers, etc. Pop. (1910) 15,152;(1920) 17,643. ANT, the common name of hymeri-opterous (membrane-winged) insects ofvarious genera, of the family Formicidx,found in most temperate and tropicalregions. They are small but powerfulinsects, and have long been noted for. CELL OF BLACK NEST-FEEDING LARV^ their remarkable intelligence and inter-esting habits. They live in communitiesregulated by definite laws, each memberof the society bearing a well-defined andseparate part in the work of the community consists of males; offemales much larger than the males; andof barren females, otherwise called neu-ters, workers, or nurses. The neutersare wingless, and the males and femalesonly acquire wings for their nuptialflight, after which the males perish,and the few females which escape thepursuit of their numerous enemies divestthemselves of their wings, and either re-turn to established nests or become thefoundresses of new colonies. The neu-ters perform all the labors of the ant-hill or abode of the community; they ex-cavate the galleries, procure food, andfeed the larvae or young ants, which are ANT 187 ANT destitute of or
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