[Chiron], a celebrated Centaur, in whose nature the animal element was subject to the human, and who was intrusted with the education of certain heroes of Greece, among others Peleus and Achilles; was endowed with the gift of prophecy, and skilled in athletics as well as music and the healing art. See [Centaurs].
[Chislehurst] (6), a village in Kent, 10 m. SE. of London, where Napoleon III. died in exile in 1873.
[Chiswick] (21), a suburb of London, 7 m. SW. of St. Paul's; the Church of St. Nicholas has monuments to several people of distinction.
[Chitin], a white horny substance found in the exoskeleton of several invertebrate animals.
[Chitral], a State on the frontier of India, NW. of Cashmere; since 1895 occupied by the British; a place of great strategical importance.
[Chittagong] (24), a seaport in the Bay of Bengal, 220 m. E. of Calcutta; exports rice, gum, tobacco, and jute.
[Chittim], the Bible name for Cyprus.
[Chivalry], a system of knighthood, for the profession of which the qualifications required were dignity, courtesy, bravery, generosity; the aim of which was the defence of right against wrong, of the weak against the strong, and especially of the honour and the purity of women, and the spirit of which was of Christian derivation; originally a military organisation in defence of Christianity against the infidel.
[Chivalry, Court of], a court established by Edward III., which took cognisance of questions of honour and heraldry, as well as military offences.
[Chladni, Friedrich], a physicist, born at Wittenberg; one of the earliest investigators of the phenomena of sound; wrote also on aërolites (1756-1827).