Bagshot Beds
Bagshot Beds, The Lowest Series Of.strata In The Middle Eocene Formation Of Britain. The Name Is Derived From Bagshot Heath In Surrey, Where They Were First Examined; But, As They Are More Fully Developed And Better Seen In The Isle Of Wight, Time Rocks There Are Now Considered The Typical ...
Bahar
. Bahar' (also Spelt Behar. And Bihar). One Of The Old Mohammedan Provinces Of India, Occupying Part Of The Valley Of The Ganges, And Named After Its Thief Town, A City Which In 1872 Had A Pop. Of 44,295. A. Is Now One Of The Provinces Of Lower Bengal, And ...
Baianijs
Baianijs, A Genus Of Cirrhopoda (q.v.); The Type Of A Family, Including All Those Cir Rhopods Which Are Destitute Of A Flexible Stalk, And Of Which The Shell Is Symmetrical. These Characters At Once Distinguish Them From Barnacles (q.v.). In The Genus B. The Base Is Usually Formed Of A ...
Baiihinia
Baiihinia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order, Leguminoste, Sub-order Cirsalpinemr. The Upper Petal Is Somewhat Remote From The Rest. The Leaves Are Generally Divided Into Two Lobes. The Species Are Natives Of The Warmer Regions Of Both Hemispheres, And Some Of Them Arc Remarkable For The Size And ...
Baiiial
Baiiial (in Turkish, Bei-kul, I.e., Rich Lake) Is, After The Caspian Sea And The Sea Of Aral, The Largest Lake Of Asia. It Is A Fresh-water Lake, And Is Situated In The S. Of Siberia, In The Gov. Of Irkutsk, Near The Great Military Road Between Moscow, Kiachta, And The ...
Baiixonts Roll
Baiixont's Roll, The Name Given To A Valuation, According To Which The Ecclesi Astical Benefices Of Scotland Were Taxed, From The End Of The 13th C. To The Reformation. It Took Its Name From An Italian Churchman, Benemund Or Baiamund De Vicci, Who Was Sent From Rome By The Pope ...
Bail
Bail Is A Technical Term In The Practice Of The Law Both In England And Scotland. With This Difference, Find, In England, It Is Used Both In Civil And Criminal Procedure, Whereas In Scotland It Is Applied Exclusively To The Latter. By B. Is Understood The Security Given By Sufficient ...
Bailey
Bailey, Pirmr• James, A Distinguished Living Poet, Was B. At Basford, In The Co. Of Nottingham, In The Year 1816. His Early Education Was Conducted In His Native Town, And Afterwards He Became A Student At The University Of Glasgow. Ile Was Called To The English Bar In 1840, But ...
Bailiff
Bailiff In English, Bailie In Scotch, Bamli In French, And Balio In Italian, Are Terms Having A Common Origin—namely, The Middle Latin Ballivus, Which Is Again Con Nected With The Older Form, Bagalus, Or Bajulua. Through All The Changes Of Application They Have Undergone In The Course Of History, They ...
Bailiff_2
Bailiff, In English Law, Is A Legal Officer, And May Be Described As The Keeper, Pro Tector, Or Superintendent Of Some Duty Or Charge Legally Imposed On Him. As Officers Of The Law. Bailiffs Put In Force Arresting Process, And They Perform Other Duties Within The Co. Or Bailiwick Required ...
Bailment
Bailment (ante), The Delivery Of Something Of A Personal Nature By One Party To Another, To Be Held According To The Purpose Or Object Of The Delivery, And To Be Returned, Or Delivered Over, When That Purpose Is Accomplished. B. May Be Divided Into Three Kinds: 1. For The Benefit ...
Bainneret
Bainneret, A Higher Grade Of Knighthood Conferred By The Sovereign For Some Heroic Net Performed In The Field, And So Called Because The Pennon Of The Knight Was Then Exchanged For The Banner—a Proceeding Which Was Effected By The Very Simple Means Of Rending The Points From The Pennon. The ...
Bairaiitar
Bairaiitar', Or, More Correctly, Bairak-dar, Signifying Standard-bearer, Is The Title Of The Energetic Grand Vizier Mustapha. He Was B. In 1755, And Was The Son Of Poor 'parents. He Entered The Military Service At An Early Age, And Soon Distinguished Himself By His Valor. When He Was,pasha Of Rustchuk In ...
Baird
Baird, Sir David, Bart., Ageneral In The British Army, Was B. 6th Dec., 1757, At Newhyth, Scotland. Ile Entered The Service In 1772 As An Ensign In The 2d Foot, Was Promoted To A Lieutenancy In 1778, And Immediately After Obtained A Company In The 73d, A Highland Regiment Just ...
Baiter
Baiter, Bauxo, A Celebrated Biblical Critic And Philosopher, Belonging To The Extreme School Of German Rationalism, Was B. At Eisenberg. In The Duchy Of Saxe-altenburg. On The 6th Sept. 1809. He Is The Son Of A Porcelain-pa Inter. And Studied At The University Of Berlin, Where He Became Doctor Of ...
Bajits
Ba'jits, Minium, (properly, De Bay), One Of The Most Distinguished Theologians Of The Catholic Church In The 16th C., Was B. In 1513 At Melun. He Studied At Louvain, And Became Professor Of Theology There In 1550. He Was Present At The Council Of Trout In 1563, And Also In ...
Baker
Baker, Sir Samuel White, K.c.b., An African Traveler, Was B. In 1821. He Is The Son Of Mr. Samuel Baker, Of Thorngrove, In Worcestershire. B. Was Educated As An Engineer, And At An Early Age Went To Ceylon. There, Led By The Love Of Field-sports Into The Recesses Of The ...
Bakeries
' Bakeries, Alum Arrnies Have Generally Ihe Means Of Obtaining Soft Or Loaf Bread, Though Not Till Recently, Could.this Be Said Of The British-army_ The.frencli, Ever Since The Time Of Louis Xiv., Have Been Aecustonted To Take Portable Ovens With Their-armies, Those Now Used Will Each At'once. Outside Sebastopol, In ...
Balance
Balance (of Doubtful Derivation), An Instrument For Ascertaining The Weight Of Bodies In Grains, Ounces, Pounds, Or Any Other Units Of Weight. The Ordinary B. Con Sists Of A Lever Called A Beam, Whose Point Of Support Is In• The Middle Of Its Length, Mind Having Dishes Or Scales Suspended ...
Balance And
Balance And The Balance Of A Watch Is A Wheel Finely Poised On Its Axis; The Pivot-holes In Which It Turns Being Fre Quently—in Chronometers And Clocks, As Well As In Watches—jeweled, Or Made Of Small Rubies, Diamonds, Etc., For The Sake Of Durability. The Natural Effect Of An Impulse ...
Balance Of Power
Balance Of Power, An Expression Used In Diplomacy For That State Of Matters In Which No One Of The European States Is Permitted To Have Such A Preponderance As To Endanger The Independence Of The Others. This Idea Is Not, As Some Say, Confined To Modern Times. The Greek States ...
Balance Of Trade
Balance Of Trade. In The "mercantile System" Of Political Economy, Which Looks Upon The- Possession Of Gold As The Grand Aim, It Not Unnaturally Came To Be A Maxim That A Nation Becomes Richer Just In Proportion As The Money Value Of Its Exports Exceeds That Of Its Imports; The ...
Balbo
Balbo, Cyesare, An Italian Statesman And Author, Was B. 21st Nov.. 1789, Ct Turin, When 18 Years Old, 13. Whose Father Had Enjoyed The Patronage Of Napoleon. Was Appointed Auditor Of The Council Of State In Paris, And In 1812 He Was Made Commissioner For The Illyrian Provinces, Ceded To ...
Baldachin
Baldachin (ital. Bakkehino), Signifies A Kind Of Canopy, Of The Form Of A Tent Or Umbrella, Made Of Costly Materials And Richly Adorned, Which Is Either Supported On Pillars, Or Fastened To The Wall Over A Throne Or Couch, Or Over A Pulpit, An Altar, Or Other Sacred Object. One ...
Baldness
Baldness, Alopecia. See Hair. There Are Some Rare Cases On Record In Which The Hair Has Never Been Developed. This Is Termed Congenital Baldness. Accidental Baldness May Involve The Whole Scalp, Or May Be Only In Patches; These Patches May Run Into Each Other, And Hence Some Consider This Condition ...
Baldwin I
Baldwin I., The First Latin Emperor Of Constantinople, Was B. At Valenciennes In 1171 A. D., His Parents Being Baldwin, Count Of Liainault, And Margaret, Countess Of Flan Ders. In 1193, He Succeeded To His Mother's Possessions, And In The Year Following, To The Title And County Of His Father. ...
Baldwin I_2
Baldwin I., King Of Jerusalem, 1100-1118, Was B. In 1058. He Was The Youngest Brother Of Godfrey Do Bouillon(q.v.), Duke Of Lower Lorraine Or Brabant. He Took Part In The First Crusade; But Having Quarreled With Tattered, He Retired To Edessa, At The Request Of The Christian Inhabitants Of The ...
Balfour
Balfour, Sir James, Lord President Of The Court Of Session, And Author Of An Able Book, Practicks Of Scots Law, Was A Son 0: Sir Michael Balfour Of Pittendreich And Mont Quhany, In Fifeshirc. In Early Life, He Was Implicated In The Conspiracy Against Cardinal Beaton, And Being In The ...
Balizii
Balizii, A District Of Afghan Turkestan, The Most Northerly Province Of Afghanistan. It Was For Some Time Subject To The Khan Of I3okhara. It Corresponds To Ancient Bac Tria, And Lies Between Hit. 33' And 37' N., And Long. Gi' And 69 C. It Is Bounded On The U. By ...
Ball
Ball. Games With Balls Were Amour* The Most Favorite Gymnastic Exercises Of The Ancients. They Were Played Almost Daily By All, Young And Old; By The Highest States Man Equally With The Lowest Of The People. The Greeks Prized The Game As A Means Of Giving Grace And Elasticity To ...
Ball_2
Ball. In The Somewhat Indefinite Language Of The Military And Naval Arts, All Kinds Of Shot And Bullets Are Occasionally Called By The Collective Name Of Ball. This Was Especially The Case When Nearly All Such Projectiles Were Solid And Spherical, Before The Era Of Hollow And Spheroidal Shells. At ...
Ballad
Ballad. The Name Is Of Italian Origin (ballate), And Meant Originally A Dance-song. Being Derived From The Mid. Lat.. Ballare Or Ba/are, Corresponding To The Cr. Ballizein, To .dance. The B. Is A Kind Of Poem Which It Is Very Difficult To Characterize. In The Course Of Centuries It Has ...
Ballast
Ballast Is A Heavy Substance Employed To Give A Ship Sufficient Hold Of The Water, To Insure Her Safe Sailing With Spread Canyas,when Her Cargo And Equipment Are Too Light. The Amount Of B. Required By A Ship Depends Not. Only On Her Size And Cargo, But Also On Her ...
Ballet
Ballet (of Similar Derivation With The Word Ball—see Ballad), A Species Of Dance Usually Forming An Interlude In Theatrical Performances, But Confined Principally To Operas. Properly, A B. Is A Theatrical Exhibition Of The Art Of Dancing In Its Highest Per Fection, And Must Therefore, In General, Comply With The ...
Balloon
Balloon (fr. &ilion, A Large Ball). According To The Principle Of Archimedes (q.v.), Bodies Immersed In A Fluid Are Buoyed Upwards With A Force Equivalent To The Weight Of The Fluid Displaced By Them. If Their Own Weight Is Not Sufficient To Counterbalance This Force—that Is. If They Are Lighter ...
Ballot
Ballot (in French, Ballotte) Is A Little Ball Used In The Practice Of Secret Voting, Which Is Thence Called " Voting By B.," Whether It Be A Ball Or A Ticket That Is Used. Votes May Be Taken By B. In Various Ways—e.g., The Voter May Deposit A Ball M ...
Balm
Balm, Melissa Offleinalis, An Erect, Branching, Perennial, Herbaceous Plant Of The Natural Order Labiate, A Native Of The S. Of Europe, Naturalized In A Few Places In England. It Has Ovate Crenate Leaves, And Axillary Half-whorls Of White Flowers On One Side Of The Stem. The Whole Plant Has An ...
Balnaves
Bal'naves. Iiesar, Of Halhill, An Eminent Lay-reformer Of The 16th Century. Born At Kirkcaldy In Fifeshiro Of Poor Parents, Who, However, Contrived To Give Him A Univer Sity Education At St. Andrews, He Went To The Continent, And Entered A Free School At Cologne, Where Lie Greatly Improved His Scholarship, ...
Balsam
Balsam, A Name Formerly Comprehensive Of Many Resinous Substances And Oils, To Which Important Medicinal Virtues Were Ascribed, As Well As Of Medicines Compounded Of Resins And Oils. When The Term B. Is Now Used Without Addition, The Balsams Of Peru And Tolu Are Generally Intended.—these Two Balsams Are Very ...
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea, Is The Great 5ulf Or Shut Sea Bordered By Denmark, Germany, Russia, And Sweden, And Communicating With The Kattegat And North Sea. Bythe Sound And The Great And Little Belts. Its Length Is From 850 To 900 M.; Breadth, From 100 To 200; And Area, Including The Gulfs ...
Baltimore
Baltimore, A City, Port Of Entry, And Seat Of Justice Of Baltimore Co., Maryland, U. S., In Lat. 39° 17' N., And Long. 76' 36' W. It Stands Round A Small Bay Which Runs Back From The Left Side Of The Patapsco, About 12 In. From Its Entrance Into Chesapeake ...
Baltimore
Baltimore (ante), The Chief City In Maryland. The Colonial Assembly In 1729 Passed A Bill Forlaving Out A Town In Baltimore Co., On The N. Side Of The Patapsco. The Earliest Patent For Land There Was By Charles Gorsuch, A Quaker, Who Received 59 Acres On Whetstone Point, In 1662. ...
Balzac
Balzac, Iloxortf De, One Of The Best Of The Modern French Novelists, Was B. On The 20th May, 1799, At Tours, Where His Father Held A Civil Office. At The Age Of Twelve, He Entered The College Of Vendome, But Finished His Studies At The Pension Lepitre, In Paris. Ills ...
Bambar Ba
Bambar Ba, One Of The States Of Sudan, Western Africa, Lying, So Far As Has Been Ascertained, Between Lat. 12° And 14' N., Lung. 15° E., And 5 W., And Occupying Both Sides Of The Joliba Or Niger. Which Flows Through Its Center Front S.w. To N.e. The Principal Towns ...
Bamboo
Bamboo', Bambusa, A Genus Of Grasses, Of Which Most Of The Species Attain A Great Size, Many Of Them 20 Or 30 Ft., Some 70 Or 100 Ft. In Height. The Species Are Numerous, And Are Found In Tropical And Subtropical Regions, Both Of The Eastern And Western Hemi Spheres, ...
Bampton Lectures
Bampton Lectures. These Lectures Are So Called After The Name Of Their Founder, The Rev. John Bampton, Canon Of Salisbury, Who Left Estates Originally Worth £120 Per Annum, To The University Of Oxford, For The Endowment Of Eight Divinity-lecture Ser Mons, To Be Preached At Great St 3[ary's Every Year, ...
Ban Im
Ban Im, Roux, A Celebrated Irish Novelist, B. 1800. Whose Pictures Of Manners, In The Form Of Tales, Have Excited Considerable Interest In England. His Aim Was To Become For Ireland What Scott Had Been For Scotland. He Has Given Proof Of Vigorous Intel Lectual Grasp And Vivid Fancy, In ...
Bancroft
Bancroft, Ilicirano, Archbishop Of Canterbury, And A Bitter Opponent Of The Puri Tans, Son Of John B. And Mary, Niece Of Hugh Curwyn, Archbishop Of Dublin, Was B. At Farmyard', Lancashire, In Sept., 1544. Educated At Cambridge, He Took The Degree Of B.a. At Christ's College, In 1567, And That ...
Bandieba
Bandieba, Ammo And Eltimo, Two Brothers Well Known For Their Tragic Fate, Were Descended From A Distinguished Aristocratic Family Of Venice, Which Had Once Held A Place In The Red Book Of The Republic. They Were Lieutenants In The Austrian Navy, Their Father Being Rear-admiral; But, Instead Of Sharing The ...
Bandinevli
Bandinevli, Ricci°, The Son Of A Famous Goldsmith Of Florence, And One Of The I Best Sculptors Of His Time, Was B. At Florence In 1487. His First Instructions Were Probably Received In The Workshop Of His Father, For In Those Days Goldsmiths Wrought From Their Own Designs. He Was ...
Bandit
Bandit, A Word Originally Signifying A "banished " Or Outlawed Person; Then One Who, Because Outlawed, Wages War Against Civilized Society; And Finally A Highway Robber. The Banditi, Or Banditti, Formed In Italy In Earlier Times, As It Were, A Separate Conimunity Or Guild, Who Submitted To Their Own .stringent ...
Banffshire
Banffshire, A Co. In The N.e. Of Scotland, Bounded N. By The Moray Firth; E., S.e., And S. By Aberdeenshire; W., By Elgin And Inverness Shires. It Stands 13th Among The Scotch Counties In Size, And 14th In Population. Its Greatest Length Is About 68 In., Its Greatest Breadth About ...
Bangkok
Bangkok', The Capital City Of Siam, Is Situated On The Banks Of The Meinam, About 20 M. From The Mouth Of That River, In The Gulf Of Siam, And In Bit. 13° 38' N., And Long. 100° 31'e. The Population Is About 500,000, About Half Of Whom Are Chinese, In ...
Banigemas
Banigemas', A T. Of Java, 22 M. From The S. Coast, In S. Lat. 7° 33' 45", And E. Long. 109° 19' 20'. It Is Situated At The Opening Of An Extensive And Fruitful Valley On The Left Bank Of The Serajo. It Is Well Built, And Carries On A ...
Banks
Banks, Sir Josgrn, A Zealous Naturalist, Was B., According To Some Accounts, At Revesbv Abbey, In Lincolnshire, According Too Tilers, In London, In Jan., 1743, And D. June Lb, 1820. He Was Deseedded From A Family Of Swedish Origin, Which Had Been Settled In England For About 200 Years. To ...
Bannatyne Club
Bannatyne Club, A Literary Club Its Name From George Bannatyne, To Whose Industry We Are Indebted For The Preservation Of 'finch Of Poetry Of The Loth And 16th Centuries. The B. C. Was Instituted In Edinburgh In 1823 By Sir Walter Scott, With The Assistance Chiefly Of Mr. David Laing ...
Banner
Banner, A Piece Of Cloth Attached To A Pole And Usually Bearing Some Warlike Or Heraldic Device Or National Emblem. In This Sense B. Is A Generic Term, Incuding Many Species, Such As Standard, Ensign, Pennon, Flag, Etc. Banners Have Been Used From The Earliest Times And In All Countries ...
Baptism
Baptism (gr. Bapto, To Dip Or Wash, Or To Stain With A Liquid), One Of The Sacraments (q.v.) Of The Christian Church, Deriving Its Name From The Outward Rite Of Washing With Water, Which Forms An Essential Part Of It. 13. Is Almost Universally Acknowledged Among Christians As A Sacrament, ...
Baptistery
Baptistery (gr. Baptisterion, A Large Vase Or Basin), The Name Given Sometimes To A Separate Building, Sometimes To The Portion Of The Church Itself Iu Which The Cere Mony Of Baptism Was Performed. In The Latter Case, The B. Was Merely The Inclosure. Containing The Font, To He Se N. ...
Baptists
Baptists (ante). The History Of This Denomination In The United States Can Be Traced Far Back Towards The First Colonizing Of New England By The Pilgrim Fathers. The First B. Churches, However, Were Founded By Roger Williams, In Providence, R. I., And By John Clark, In Newport, R. I., During ...
Baptists
Baptists (sometimes Called Antipcdoluiptists, As Opposed To Pcdobaptists, Or Those Who Advocate Infant Baptism*). This Denomination Of Christians Refuse To Acknowledge Any Great Name As Founder Of Their Sect. They Trace Their Origin To The Primitive Church Itself, And Refer To The Acts Of The Apostles And Their Epistles As ...
Baptists The Church Of God
Baptists--the Church Of God. See Winebrennerians. Bar Is Any Elongated Piece Of Wood, Metal, Or Other Solid Substance. In The Iron Manufacture, B. Is A Rod, Either Round Or Square Shafted. The Round Ones Are Made By Drawing• The Iron Red-hot Through A Bore Or Hole In A Plate, And ...
Barbadoes
Barba'does, The-most Easterly Of The Caribbees, And The Residence Of The Governor General Of The British Windward Islands.. Sec Antilles. The Lat. And Long. Of Its Capital, Bridgetown, Are 13° 4'n. And 50° 37'west. Its Area Is About 16ii Sq.m., Or 106,240 Acres—the Unprecedented Proportion Of 100,000 Being Under Cultivation. ...
Barbary
Barbary, An Extensive Region In Northern Africa, Comprising The Countries Known In Modem Dines Tinder The Names Of Barca, Tripoli Proper, Fezzan, Tunis, Algeria, And Morocco. Together With The Half-independent Province Of Sus; And In Ancient Times, Under Those Of Mauritania, Africa Propria, And Cyrenaica. It Stretches From Egypt To ...
Barbel
Barbel, Barbus, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Of The Cyprinidee (q.v.), Differing From Cyprinus (carp, Gold-fish, Etc.) Iu The.short.dorsal And Anal Fins, In Having One Of The Rays Of The Dorsal Fin Strong And Serrated, And The Mouth Furnished With Four Soft Barbules (whence The Name B., From ...
Barber
Barber (lat. Barba, The Beard), A Shaver Of The Beard, And Who Ordinarily Includes Hair-cutting In His Profession. Barbers Are Of Great Antiquity, If Not For The Shaving Of The Beard, At Least For Shaving A Portion Of The Head. The Office Of The E. Is Referred To By The ...
Barber Surgeons
Barber-surgeons. In Former Limes, As Stated In The Foregoing Article, Barbers Acted As A Kind Of Surgeons, Or At Least Phlebotomists, And Such Appears To Have Been The Case In All Countries. Till This Day, On The Pole On Which The Barber's Basin Is Sus Pended. There Is Represented A ...
Barberry
Barberry, Berberis, A Genus Of Plants, Of The Natural Order Ber Berideee (q.v.). 11 I The Species, Which Are Numerous, And Found In Temperate Climates Parts Of The World Except Australia, Are Shrubs With Yellow Flowers, Having A Calyx Leaves, A Corolla Of Six Petals, And Six Stamens, Which, When ...
Barcelo Na
Barcelo Na, The Most Important Manufacturing City In Spain, In The Province Of The Same Name, Is Beautifully Situated On The Mediterranean Between The Mouths Of The Llobregat And The Besos, In The Midst Of A District As Luxuriant As A Garden. It Is Walled, And Possessed Of A Citadel, ...
Barclay
Barclay, Llonmer, The Celebrated Apologist Of The Quakers, Was Born On Dec. 23, 1648, At Gordonstown In Morayshire, Scotland. His Father Was The Son Of David Bar Clay Of Mothers, The Representative Of An Old Scoto-norman Family, Which Traced Itself Through 15 Intervening Generations To Walter De Berkeley, Who Acquired ...
Bard
Bard, The Name Known To The Romans Since 240 B.c., By Which The Gauls And Other Celtic Peoples (british, Welsh, Irish, And Scotch) Designated Their Minstrels. Like The Scops Of The Anglo-saxons, And The Scalds Of Scandinavia, The Bards Celebrated The Deeds Of Gods And Heroes At Religious Solemnities, And ...
Bargain And Sale
Bargain And Sale, In The Law Of England, Is A Mode Of Conveyance Whereby Property, Real And Personal. May Be Assigned Or Transferred For Valuable Consideration. It Finds A Chief Place, However, In Law-books In Connection With The Conveyance Of Real Estate. In Regard To Personal Estate, Assignment (q.v.) Appears ...
Barium
Barium (sym. Ba, Eq. 68.5, In New System 137) Is The Metal Present In Heavy Spar (sulphate Of Baryta) And Baryta. It Was Regarded As A White Metal, Until The Researches Of Dr. Matthiesen Demonstrated That It Possesses A Yellow Color. As Yet, The Metal B. Has Not Been Obtained ...
Bark
Bark. See Barque. Bark (rortex), In Phanerogamous Or Flowering Plants, Is The External Covering Of The Stem. It Is Composed Of Layers Of Cellular Tissue, Whilst The Woody Stem, To Which It Forms A Sort Of Sheath, Is Vascular. In Endogenous Plants (palms, Etc.), There Is Not, In General, A ...
Bark_2
Bark, Foit Tanninc. The B. Of Many Trees Is Capable Of Being Used For Tanning (q.v.), But Those Kind:3 Of B. Are Preferred Which Particularly Abound In Tannic Acid. Oak 13. Is Principally Used In Britain And Throughout Europe; Also In North America, Although That Of America Is Obtained From ...
Barkers Mill
Barker's Mill (fr. Roue A Reaction, Ger. Segner'slcasserrad), A Water-wheel Invented By Dr. Barker Towards The End Of The 17th Century. It Is Represented In Its Simplest Or Typical Form In Cut. A Is A Wide Metal Pipe, Resting At Its Lower End By The Steel Spindle T, Ou A ...
Barking
Barking, A T. Of The Co. Of Essex, England, In A Low Fiat Situation, On The Left Bank Of The Boding, About 2 M. Above Its Junction With The Thames, And 5 In. N.e. Of London, On The North Woolwich Railway. Pop. '71, 5766, Among Whom Arc Many Fishermen, Who ...
Barlaam And Josaphat
Bar'laam And Jos'aphat, One Of The Most Widely-spread Religious Romances Of The Middle Ages, Relating The Conversion Of The Indian Prince Josaphat By The Hermit Barham, And Thereby Illustrating The Power Of Christianity To Overcome Temp Tation, And Proving Its Superiority Over All Other Creeds. The Story, However, Has Been ...
Barley
Barley, It9rdeunt, A Genus Of Grasses, To Which Belong One Of The Most Extensively Cultivated Kinds Of Grain. The Genus Is Distinguished By Spiked Inflorescence, Three Spikelets Being Always Situated Upon Each Tooth Of The Raehis, Of Which Sometimes Only The Middle One Is Fertile, And Sometimes All The Three, ...
Barley Break
Barley-break, A Popular Amusement, Very Common In The Reign Of James I., And With Certain Modifications, In Name And Practice Still Existing Among Young Persons, Both In England And Scotland. Originally, It Was Played By Six People, Three Of Each Sex, Who Were Formed Into Couples. A Piece Of Ground ...
Barmecides Feast
Barmecide's Feast, A Phrase Originating Most Probably In The Story Of The Barber's Sixth Brother, Recorded In The Arabian.2vi:q I Arabian Hts, And Abridged In The Guardian, No. 162. The Substance Of The Story Is As Follows: One Schacabac Being In Great Want, And Not Having Tasted Food For Two ...
Barnes
Barnes, Rev. William, Poet And Philologist, Is Author Of Three Collections Of Poems Written In The Dialect Of Dorsetshire, The First Entitled Poems Of Rural Life In The Dorset Dialect, With A Dissertation And Glossary (loud. 1844); The Second, Ilitonaly Rhymes, Etc. (loud. 1859); And The Third, Poems Of Rural ...
Barometer
Barometer (gr. Barns, Weight; Metros, A Measure), An Instrument For Measuring The Weight Or Pressure Of The Atmosphere. The Term Is Generally Understood To Refer To One In Which The Measure Is The Height Of A Column Of Liquid Sustained By Atmospheric Pressure. The Fundamental Principle Of The Construction Of ...