GEARING 274 GEELONG its bolster. The term is also applied to other mechanical devices by which mo- tion is transmitted; as change gear, chain gear, back gear, overhead gear; or by which parts are operated, as hoisting gear. GEARING, a train or series of wheels with cogs for transmitting motion; the parts in machinery by which motion is communicated. In spur gearing the teeth are arranged round either the concave or convex surface of a cylindrical wheel in the direction of radii from the center of the wheel, and are of equal depth throughout. In beveled gearing the teeth are placed upon the exterior periphery of a conical wheel in a direction con- verging to the apex of the cone, and the depth of the teeth gradually diminishes from the base. GEASHILL, a parish of Ireland, in Kings county; about 8 miles N. W. of Portarlington. It contains the ruins of a castle heroically defended during the civil war of 1641 by Lady Digby. GEASTER, or GEASTRUM (so called from the stellate appearance of the species when burst and lying on the ground), in botany, earth stars; a genus of srasteromycetous fungi, sub-order Trichogastres. It was formed by Micheli to include the puffballs, having a stellated volva. They are small fungi, often of a brown color. G. hygrometricus, as the name implies, readily absorbs and retains moisture. GEBA, a Levitical town of Benjamin, situated 6 or 7 miles from Jerusalem, and not far from the N. border of the king- dom of Judah. Near Geba David de- feated the Philistines (II Sam. v: 25). GEDDES. SIR AUCKLAND CAMP- BELL, a British statesman. He was born in 1879 and received his preliminary education at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, London Hospital, and Freiburg, and after graduating be- came demonstrator and assistant pro- fessor of anatomy at Edinburgh Univer- sity. Later he was professor of anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and also at McGill University, Canada. He served in the war against the Boer republic and also in the World War, 1914-16. During 1916-17 he was Direc- tor of Recruiting in the War Office, and in 1917, 1918, and 1919 was Minister of National Service, becoming also, in 1917, Unionist member in Parliament for the Basingstoke and Andover division of Hampshire. He was knighted in 1917, became President of the Local Govern- ment Board in 1918, and President of the Board of Trade and Minister of Recon- struction in 1919. In the beginning of 1920 he became British Ambassador in Washington. GEDDES, SIR ERIC (CAMPBELL). an English public official. He was born in India in 1876 and was educated at Ox- ford Military College and Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. After leaving school he engaged in lumbering in the Southern States of America and was an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- way. Later he was connected with the Rohilkund and Kumaon railway, India, and returning to England became deputy general manager of the North Eastern SIR ERIC GEDDES railway. During the World War he be- came Deputy Director-General of Mili- tary Railways and Inspector-General of Transportation. In 1917, he became hon- orable Major-General, additional member of the Board of Admiralty, Navy Con- troller, and Temporary Honorable Vice- Admiral. In 1918 he was a member of the Imperial War Cabinet and First Lord of the Admiralty. He has been member of Parliament for Cambridge since 1917 and Minister without portfolio since 1919. GEELONG, a city of Victoria, Aus- tralia; on Corio Bay, 45 miles S. W. of Melbourne. It is well laid out, and has some handsome buildings. The gold dis- coveries in 1851 brought it prosperity.
