Blowing Machines
Blowing-machines, In The Arts And Ma Nufactures, And In Domestic Economy, Are Instru Ments For Producing A Continued Current Of Air, Prin Cipally For The Purpose Of Facilitating The Combustion Of Fuel. The First Idea Of Such A Machine Was Doubt Less Derived From The Lungs, Which We Are Constantly ...
Bog Alcund
Bog Alcund, A District Of The Province Of Gundwana In Hindostan, In The 25th Degree Of North Latitude, And 82d Of East Longitude ; Bounded On The West By The British Possessions In Bundelcund; On The East By The Small Territory Of Manwaa ; And Wa Tered By The Rivers ...
Bohaddin
Bohaddin, Or, More Properly, Boipa-eddyw, An Eminent Arabian Writer And Statesman ; Is Bet Ter Known In The East Under The Appellation Of Ibn Sjeddad, The Son Of Sjeddad. He Was Born At Mos Sul, In The Year 539 Of The Hegira. (1145 A. D.) He Early Became Eminent In ...
Borda
Borda (joni; Charles), W Mathematician And Nautical Astronomer, Celebrated For His Improve- Meats In The Theory Of Hydraulics And Pneumatics,, And In The Construction Of Instruments For Observa Tion. He Was Born At Drax, The 4th Of May 1733, And Waseriginallyclestined For The Bar, But Abandon Ed The Pursuit ...
Boring
Boring, Generally Speaking, Is The Art Of Per Forating A Solid Body. In The Present Article, We Propose To Give Some Account Of The Boring Of Can Non, Of Cylinders Of Muskets, Of Portland Stone, Of Rocks, And Of Wooden Pipes. I. Boring Of Cannon Is Performed By Placing The ...
Born Ignatius Baron Von
Born (ignatius) Baron Von, Counsellor In The Aulic Chamber Of The Mint And Mines At Vien Na; Of Considerable In The Scientific World As A Mineralogist And Metallurgist, And A Promoter Of Science ; Was Born Of A Family That Had The Rank Of Nobility, At Iarlsburgh In Transylvania, In ...
Borneo
Borneo, An Island Forming Part Of The Great East Indian Archipelago. Next To New Holland, Which May Be Considered As A Species Of Continent, It Seems In Disputably The Largest In The Known World. It Reaches From About 7° North To 4° South Latitude, And From 109° To 118° East ...
Borromean Islands
Borromean Islands. Not Far From The South-east Termination Of The Alps, There Is A Lake Call Ed Lago Di Locarno, Or Lego Maggiore, Extending Above Fifty Miles In Length, By Five Or Six In Breadth. It Contains Several Islands, Among Which Are, The Isola Bella And Isola Madre, Situate In ...
Boswell
Boswell (james, Esq. Of Auchinleck, In The Oounty Of Ayr), Whose Life Of Dr Samuel Johnson Entitles Him To A Place Among Those Who Have Con Tributed To The Great Stock Of Intellectual Wealth, Was 'the Eldest Sou Of Alexander Boswell (styled Lord Auchinleck), One Of The Judges Of The ...
Botany
Botany. Linnman System Of Botany, The Principles Upon Which It Is Founded, With Its Application To Practice, Have All Been Amply Elucidated In The Fourth Volume Of The Encyclop.edia Britannica. The Reader Will There Find A General View Of This Cele Brated System, Including The Generic Characters, As Well As ...
Bougainville Louis Antoine De
Bougainville (louis Antoine De), A Ce Lebrated Circumnavigator, Was Born In Paris In 1729. His Father Was A Notary, And One Of The Sheriffs Of The City Of Paris. The Parents Of Young Bougainville Wished Him To Practise As A Lawyer, And, For This Purpose, He Was Received Advocate In ...
Bouguer
Bouguer (perms), An Eminent French Mathe Matician, Was Born In 1698. His Father Was King's Professor Of Hydrography As Crokic In Lower Lin -may, One Of The Best Hydrogtaphers Of His Time, -and Author Of An Excellent Treatise On Navigation. Rioung &tissue: Was Bred -to Allethernatice *oat His Infancy,. And ...
Boulton
Boulton (marvasw), A Manufacturer And Practical Engineer Of Great Celebrity; Son Of Matthew On, By His Wife Christian, Daughter Of Mr Peers Of Chester ; Was Born At Birmingham The 14th Of September 1728, And Died In August 1809. He Was Educated At A Neighbouring Grammar School, Kept By Mr ...
Bourbon
Bourbon, Ism; Or. In The Enoqclopotdia Will Be Found A Pretty Full Account Of The Discovery And Settlement Of This Island. There Has Since Appeared The Work Of M. Bory De St Vincent, Which, Though Indeed A Voyage To The Four Principal Isles Of Africa, Is, In Fact, Almost Entirely ...
Bourgoing
Bourgoing (joan Faeticts Da), Was Born Of An Ancient Family At Nevers, On The 20th Novem Ber 1748. He Was Educated At The Military School Of Paris, And Devoted Himself Particularly To The Study Of The Languages. At The Age Of Seventeen He Was Sent By The Government To Strasburgh, ...
Bram A
Bram A H (joseen), A Practical Engineer And Machinist, Was Born At Stainborough In Yorkshire, On The 13th Of April 1749. His Father Rented Flirm On The Estate Of Lord Strafford, And, Being The Eldest Of Five Children, He Was Intended For The Same Employment. He Exhibited, At A Very ...
Brasil
Brasil. In The Encyclopedia Will Be Found An Account Of The Discovery Of Brasil, With Such Pain Culars Relative To Its Subsequent History, And Circum Stances, As Be Collected From The Most Ap. Proved Publications On The Subject. We Shall Here Add Such Further Information As Has Been Com Municated ...
Brass
Brass, In Chemistry And Manufacture", An Alloy Of Copper And Zinc. This Name, However, Has Not Been Exclusively Applied To The Alloy Of These Metals; For The Gun-metal, Which Has Been Also Called Brass, Is An Alloy Of Copper With Tin. The Same Alloy, With More Tin, Is Used In ...
Breadfruit
Breadfruit. Among The More Valuable Products Of The Warmer Climates And The Fertile Islands Of The Southern Pacific Ocean, Is To Be Ranked The Bread-fruit, Or Artocarpus Incisa Of Botanists. Nature Has Favoured The Tropical Regions, And Those Countries In Their Vicinity, With Inexhaustible Quan Tities Of The Choicest Vegetables, ...
Breakwater
Breakwater, Is Any Obstruction Of Wood, Stone, Or Other Material, As A Boom Or Raft Of Wood, Sunken Vessels, &c., Placed Before The Entrance- Of A Port Or Harbour ; Or, Any Projection From The Land Into The Sea, As A Pier, Mole Or Jetty, So Placed As To Break ...
Breakwater Op Cherbourg
Breakwater Op Cherbourg. In M. De Cessart's .description Des Travaux Hydrauliques, Will Be found A Very Minute And Laborious Detail Of All The Preparatory Operations, The Progress And The Expense Of Constructing The Breakwater Of Cherbourg, Up To The Period Of The Revolution. But The History Of This Great Undertaking ...
Breakwater In Plymouth Sound
Breakwater In Plymouth Sound, Is A Work Of A Similar Nature To That Of Cherbourg, But Constructed On Sounder Principles, With Less Machinery, And Fewer People. Compared In Extent And Dimensions With That Of Cherbourg, It Is Only In The Ratio Of 'about One To Four. There Is No Port ...
Brick
Brick, A Kind Of Artificial Stone Made Of Baked Day. 1. The Art Of Making Bricks Is So Simple That It Must Have Been Practised In The Earliest Ages Of The World ; Probably Before Mankind Had Discovered The Method Of Fashioning Stones To Suit The Purposes Of Building. The ...
Bridge T
Bridge. T.. Mathematical Theory Of The Structure Of Bridges Has Been A Favourite Subject With Mecha Nical Philosophers ; It Gives Scope To Some Of The Most Refined And Elegant Applications Of Science To Practical Utility; And At The Same Time That Its Progressive Improvement Exhibits An Example Of The ...
Brisson
Brisson (maravasz James), A Zoologist And Natural Philosopher, Born At Fontenay Le Comte, 3d April 1723, The Son Of Mathurin Brisson And Louisa Gabrielle Jourdain. He Was Originally Intended For The Church, But He Bad At An Early Age A Taste For Natural His Tory, Which Was Particularly Encouraged ...
Brissot
Brissot (joni. Pwraa), The Chief Of The Brio Sotise Or Pure Republican Party In France, During The Early Stage's Of The Revolution, Was Born At The Vil Lage Of Ouaroille, Near Chartres, In The Orleannois, On The 14th Of January 1754. His Father, Who Was A Pastry-cook, Gave His Son ...
Brocklesby
Brocklesby (ricn Aso ), A Physician Of Considerable Reputation, Was Born In Somerset Shire, On The 11th Of August 1722; And Was De Scended From A Respectable And Opulent Irish Fa Mily, Belonging To The Sect Of Quakers. He Re Ceived His Grammatical Education At The Academy Of 13allytore, In ...
Broker
Broker, An Agent Or Intermediate Person Ap Pointed For The Transactions Of Special Busineis For Another, Somewhat Different From An Ordinary Factor In Functions And Responsibility. Of This Class, There Are Various Descriptions, Exercising Employments ' Without The Smallest Analogy, Though All Are Brought Under The General Name Of ...
Bronzing
Bronzing. A Combination Of Metals Which Has Received The Name Of Bronze Was Employed By The Ancients In The Fabrication Of Different Utensils, And In Casting Busts, Statues, And Other Subjects, Either Urger Or Smaller Than Life. The Egyptian., Greeks, And Romans, Nations Which Stilmisted Long And Were Familiar ...
Brower
Brower Iemesess Nxi, First President Ei The Parliament Of Burgundy, Was Born At Dijon, On Tha 17th Of February 1709. He Studied Law, With A View To The Insgistracsy, But Without Seem* Literature And The Sciences, To Which Be Discover Ed An Early And Decided Attachment. His Study Of ...
Brucker
Brucker (jamas), Theologian, Historian, 'philologer, And Biographer, Was Born At Augs Burgh On The 22d Of January 1696. His Father, Who Was A Respectable Burgher, Destined Him For The Church, And His Own Inclinations According With His Father's Wishes, He Was Sent, At The Usual Age, To Pur Sue His ...