Bejapour
Bejapour. The Great Peninsula Of India Is Di ' Vided Into Several Extensive Kingdoms, Which Are Par Titioned Into Subordinate States Of Different Denomina Tions. Some Were Powerful Sovereignties, Enjoying A Distinguished Rank In The Scale Of Nations, And Subsist Ing During Many Centuries In Splendour, As The Empire Of ...
Bell Rock Light House
Bell Rock Light-house. The Accom Panying Plate (xxxiii.) Exhibits A Perspective View Of This Important National Edifice (which Has Not Improperly Been Termed The Scottish Pharos), As It Is Seen After A Gale At North-east. In Describing It We Shall First Notice The Position Of The Rock, And Circumstances Connected ...
Beloochistan
Beloochistan, A Country Of Asia, Situate On The North-west Coast Of The Indian Peninsula. It Is Bounded On The North By Affghanistan And Seistan ; On The West, By The Persian Provinces Of Kirwan And Laristan ; On The South, By The Indian Ocean ; And, On The East, By ...
Benefit Societies
Benefit Societies. General Conception Of These Institutions May Be Shortly Expressed. A Number Of Individuals As Sociate Together, And, By Payments Made At Stated Times, Create A Fund, Out Of Which They Receive Cer Tain Specific Sums On Certain Specific Occasions. The People, Whose Course Of Life Is Most Apt ...
Bentinck William Henry Cavendish
Bentinck (william Henry Cavendish ), Third Duke Of Portland, Was Born On The 14th Of April 1738. Having Finished His Education At Christ Church, Oxford, He Went On His Travels. Soon After His Return, Be Was Elected For The Borough Of Weobly, In The First Parliament Of The King's Reign. ...
Berbice
Berbice Is A Colony Belonging To The British, Situate On The Banks Of The River Of That Name, In The Province Of Guiana, In South America. The La Titude Of The Mouth Of The River Berbice Is 6 De Grees, 20 Minutes North ; And Its Longitude 57 De Grees, ...
Berkshire
Berkshire. As The Article On This County, In The Original Work, Is Inaccurate And Imperfect, Nearly In The Same Respects As We Have Remarked The Account Of Bzdfordshire To Be, We Shall Follow The Same Plan Here, As We Did In The Supplementary Article On That County. Vated Part Of ...
Berthoud
Berthoud (futuna:in), Chronometer-maker To The French Admiralty, Member Of The Institute Of France, And Of The Legion Of Honour, Was Born In The County Of Neufchatel In 1727. His Father's Profession Was That Of Architect, And The Son Was In Tended To Be Bred To The Church, But, Having Shown ...
Betel
Betel, A Substance Compounded Of Different ' Ingredients, Which Is Chewed In The East In The Same Way As Tobacco Is Used In Other Parts Of The World, But To Much Greater Extent. All Individuals, Without Exception Of Age Or Sex, Begin At An Early Age To Accustom Themselves To ...
Bettinelli
Bettinelli (kayla* One Of The Most Cele Brated Italian Literati Of The Eighteenth Century, Was Born At Mantua, The 18th Of July 1718. After Studying Under The Jesuits In His Native City And At Bologna, He Entered In 1736 Upon The Noviciate Of This Society. He Then Undertook A New ...
Beykaneer Or Bicanere
Beykaneer Or Bicanere, A Principality Of Asia, Situate In The North-west Of Hindostan, The Precise Dimensions And Limits Of Which Are Scarce Ly Ascertained By Modern Geographers. It Extends From About 27° 40' North Latitude To 29° 45', And From 72° 10' To 15' East Longitude ; And Its Su ...
Bich At
Bich At (maata Faexcots Ravtan), Celebrat Ed As An Anatomist And Physiologist, Was Born In France, At A Village Called Thoirette, On The 11th Of November 1771. Great Attention Was Paid To His Education By His Father, Who Was Himself A Physician, And Who Initiated Him At An Early Age ...
Bilfinger
Bilfinger (gummi Briinard), Born 23d January 1693, At Canstadt In Wurtemburg, Acquired Considerable Celebrity As A Philosopher And Statesman. His Father Was A Lutheran Minister. By A Singularity Of Constitution, Hereditary In His Family, Bilfinger Came Into The World With Twelve Fingers On His Hands, And Twelve Toes. An Amputation ...
Bills Of Mortality
Bills Of Mortality Are Abstracts From Pa Rish Registers, Showing, As Their Name Imports, The Numbers That Have Died In Any Pariah Or Place During Certain Periods Of Time, As In Each Week, Month, Or Year ; And Are, Accordingly, Denominated Weekly, Monthly, Or Yearly Bills. They Also Include The ...
Birch Mark Eleazar
Birch (mark Eleazar), An Ichthyologist And Helminthologist, Born At Anspach, About The Year 1730. He Was Of The ,jewish Nation, And His Parents Being Indigent, His Early Education Was Much Neglected ; But, Having Entered Into The Employment Of A Surgeon At Hamburgh, He Supplied The Deficien • Cy By ...
Bite
Bite, Which Gives Name To The County, Is Sepa Rated By A Narrow Channel From The District Of Cow Al In Argylesbire. It Is About 15 Miles Long, And Si Miles Broad, But So Much Indented By The Sea That The Heads Of Some Of The Bays On The Opposite ...
Blasting
Blasting, Is A Term Used By The Engineer And Miner, To Denote The Application Of The Explosive Force Of Gunpowder, In Opening Or Rending Rocks, Indurated Clay, Consolidated Earth, And The Walls Of Old Buildings. In Quarrying Sandstone, Consisting Of Regular Layers, The Work Is Performed Chiefly By Means Of ...
Bleaching
Bleaching Is The Art Of Whitening Thread And Cloth. It Has Been Treated At Considerable Length In The Encyclopedia. Our Business Here Is Merely To Supply The Defects Of That Article. These Are Chiefly Two ; Namely, 1. A Very Incomplete Historical Detail Of The Improvements In Bleaching, At Least ...
Block Machinery
Block-machinery. To Acquire A Greater Degree Of Accuracy And Uniformity, As Well As Celeri Ty In The Making Of Blocks, Mr Walter Taylor Of Southampton Took Out A Patent In The Year 1781, To Secure To Himself The Benefit Of Some Improvement He Had Made In The Construction Of The ...
Blockade
Blockade, In War, The Shutting Up Of Any Place Or Port By A Naval Or Military Force, So As To Cut Off All Communication With Those Who Are Without The Hostile Line. There Is, Perhaps, No Part Of The Law Of Nations Which, In Practice, Presents So Many Perplexing Questions, ...
Blow Pipe
Blow-pipe, An Instrument For Directing The Flame Of A Lamp Or Candle Horizontally, So As To Com Municate An Intense Heat To Small Bodies Placed In The Flame. This Is Effected By Impelling Through A Small Aperture, Against The Flame, A Stream Of Air Moved With Velocity, By Means Of ...