Frisi Paul
Frisi (paul), A Profound Mathematician And Astronomer, Was Born At Milan The 18th April 1728 ; His Family Had Formerly Emigrated From Strasburg, And Was Established At Milan In An Humble Station Of Life. At The Age Of Fifteen He Entered Into The Convent Of The Barnabite Friars, Or Of ...
Fruit Garden
Fruit Garden. During The Last Thirty Years The Desire For Fruit Has Greatly Increased Among The Inhabitants Of This Country, And The Attention Paid To Its Production Has Advanced In Proportion. The General Diffusion Of This Taste Has Created Such A Demand In The Ma. Tropolis And Principal Towns, That ...
Funding System
Funding System. This Head We Propose, First, To Give An Ac Count Of The Rise, Progress, And Modifications Of The Sinking Fund, Accompanied With Some Observations As To The Probability Of Its Accomplishing The Object For Which It Was Instituted ; And, Next, Briefly To Con Sider The Best Mode ...
Galiani Ferdinand
Galiani (ferdinand), An Eminent Italian Writer, Was Born At Chieti, In The Neapolitan Province Of Abbruzzo, On The 2d Of December 1728. At Eight Years Of Age, He Was Sent To His Uncle At Na Ples, Who Was Then First Chaplain To The King. Here He Received His Elementary Education, ...
Galvanism
Galvanism. Article Galvanism, In The Encyclopedia, Con Tains A Detailed Exposition Of A Great Number Of Facts, Relative To This New And Interesting Branch Of Physics. Since The Time It Appears To Have Been Written, Va Rious Remarkable Phenomena Have Been Brought To Light By Means Of The Voltaic Apparatus; ...
Galway
Galway, A County In Ireland, Situated In The Province Of Connaught, Within The Archbishoprick Of Tuam, Is Bounded On The North By Mayo, On The East By The River Shannon, Which Separates It From King's County And. Tipperary, On The South By Clare, And On The West By The Atlantic ...
Garve Christian
Garve (christian), An Eminent German Phi Losopher And Essayist, Was Born On The 7th Of January 1742, At Breslau, Where His Father Exercised The Trade Of A Dyer. He Studied At The Universities Of Frank Fort, Halle, And Leipsic ; At Which Last Place He Ob Tained A Professorship Of ...
Gas Lights
Gas-lights. The Application Of Gas-lights To Economi • Cal Purposes Is Of Recent Date, A Considerable Time Has Elapsed Since The Public Were, In Some Degree, Made Acquainted With The Properties Of The Gas Hi Therto Principally Made Use Of For Such Purposes, And Which Is Commonly Known By The ...
General Physics Mechanics
Mechanics, General Physics, &c. The Discoveries Of Galileo, Descartes, And Other Mathematicians Of The Seventeenth Century, Had Made Known Some Of The Most General And Important Laws Which Regu Late The Phenomena Of Moving Bodies. The Inertia, Or The Tendency Of Body, When Left To Itself, To Preserve Unchanged Its ...
Genovesi Anthony
Genovesi (anthony), An Eminent Italian Writer, Was Born On The 1st Of November 1712, At Castiglione, Near Salerno, In The Kingdom Of Naples. From His Earliest Years He Showed An Uncommon Capacity ; But After Receiving Such Education As His Native Village Could Afford, His Father Obliged Him To Devote ...
Germany
Germany. The Encyclopredia Was Published, This Great ' Portion Of Europe Was Involved In The Confusion Created By The French Revolution ;, Its General Boun Daries, As Well As Those Of Each Particular State, Were Undefined ; Its Policy, Laws, And Systems Of Govern• Ment Depended On The Persons Who ...
Gl A Mo Rganshi
Gl A Mo Rganshi Re, A County Of South Wales, Stretching, In A Circular Line, Along The Northern Shore Of The Bristol Channel, From East To West About 42 Miles, And Extending To The Mountains In Some Parts To The Distance Of 22 Or 28 Miles. It Is Bound Ed ...
Glasgow
Glasgow. The Encyclopedia Contains An Sic. Count Of The City Of Glasgow, And Of Its Various Es Tablishments; But, Since That Article Was Written, This City Has Made A Great Advance In Wealth And Population; And We Propose To Lay Before Our Readers A Short View Of This Progress, And ...
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire, One Of The English Counties On The Western Side Of The Kingdom. On The North-east It Is Bounded By Warwickshire; On The North-west By Worcestershire ; Oxfordshire And Berkshire Bound It On The East; Wilts And Somerset On The South ; And Hereford And Monmouth On The West. The ...