Baronet
Baronet. This Which Is The Diminutive Of Baron, Is The Lowest Degree Of Hereditary Honor In The United Kingdom. Baronets Were Instituted, For The First Time, By King James I., On The 22d 31av, 1611. The Ostensible Object Was To Promote The Plantation Of 'ulster, In Ireland, With English And ...
Baronius
Baronius, C.esan, An Eminent Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Historian, B. At Sera, In Naples, On The 30th Oct. 1538, And Educated At Naples And Rome. He Was One Of The First Pupils Of St. Philip Neri, Who Founded The Congregation Of The Oratory, Of Which B. Became Superior In 1593. He ...
Barracks
Barracks Are Permanent Structures For The Accommodation Of Soldiers, As Distin Guished From Huts And Tents. Origivally, The Word, Derived From The Spanish Barracas, Applied To Small Cabins Or Huts; But In Exgland, The Term Is Now Always Considered To Relate To Structures Of Brick Or Stone. Great Opposition Was ...
Barras
Barras, Paim-jr..-vx-fnaxcors-nicotas, Count De, A Distinguished Character Of The French Revolution, Was B. At Foy, In Provence, 30th June, 1755. In His( Youth He Served As A Lieutenant Against The British In India, And After His Rettfrn Home, Wasted. His Property In Paris In Dissipation. Ile Eagerly Joined The Revolutionary ...
Barrel Making 3iichinery
Barrel-making 3iichinery. The Saw For Cutting Staves Is A Cylindrical Sheet, Having Teeth Upon One End; The Blocks Of Wood Are Clamped In The Usual Manner, And The Staves Fall Within The Cylinder. They Are Then Laid Upon An Endless Convever, Which Carries Them Against Two Circular Saws That Cut ...
Barricades
Barricades Are Defense-works Employed Both In The Military And Naval Services. Military Engineers, And Sappers And Miners, Are Instructed In The Art Of Barricading Streets And Roads With Beams, Chains, Ehevaux-de-frise, And Other Obstacles, Either In Defending A Town Against Besiegers, Or In Suppressing Popular Tumults. In A Ship, A ...
Barring Out
Barring Out, A Practice Formerly Very Common In Schools, But Now Almost, If Not Altogether, Abandoned. It Consisted In The Scholars Taking Possession Of The School, And Fastening The Doors Against The Master,itt Whose Helplessness They Scoffed From The Win Dows. The Usual Time For B. 0. Was Immediately Prior ...
Barrow
Barrow, Sir Joiln, Baronet, An English Traveler, Was B. On The 19th June, 1764, At Draylcybeck, In Lancashire; Was Early Instructed In Mathematics; And After Having Published A Small Volume On Land-surveying, Filled A Situation In A Liverpool Iron Foundry, Visited Greenland With A Whaler, And After His Return Taught ...
Barrows
Barrows, Artificial Mounds Of Earth Generally Believed To Have Been Erected For Sepulchral Or Monumental Purposes. They Are Very Numerous In Great Britain, And Many Of Them Are Supposed To Belong To A Period Long Prior To The Boman. Invasion. The Counties Of Wilts And Dorset Are Especially Rich In ...
Barter
Barter, In Commerce And Political Economy. A Term Used To Express The Exchange Of One Commodity For Another, As Contrasted With The Sale Of Commodities For Money. It Is' Usual To Suppose That In The History Of Any Community B.- Preceded The Other Methods Of Commerce, As People Would Find ...
Barthelemy Jules
Barthelemy Jules, A Learned Frenchman, Member Of The Insti Tute, And A Representative Of The People, Was B. At Paris On The 19th Of Aug. 1805. He First Held A Subordinate Office Under The Minister Of Finance. During He Was One Of The Editors Of The Globe, A Paris Paper. ...
Bartholin
Bartholin, The Name Of A Danish Family Distinguished For Learning And Authorship, And The Members Of Which Have Tilled Many Important Offices, Especially In The University Of Copenhagen. Kasper B., B. 12th Feb., 1585, At Malmo, Where His Father Was A Minister, Studied Theology And Philosophy At Rostock And Wittenberg, ...
Bartholomew Fair
Bartholomew Fair, Formerly Held At West Smithfield, London, But Discontinued Since 1835. The Charter Of This Fair Was Granted By Henry I., In 1133, To A Monk Named Bayer Or Rahere, Who Had Been His Jester, And Had Founded The Church And Priory Of St. Bartholomew, With An Hospital Attached. ...
Bartholomews St Day
Bartholomew's (st.) Day (fr. La St.-barthelemy; Ger. Bartholanzdusnacht, I.e., Bartholomew's Night, Or Bluthochzeit, I.e., Blood-wedding), The Appellation Given To The Massacre Of The Protestants In Paris On The Night Of St. B. D., Between 24th And 25th Aug., 1572. After The Death Of Francis Ii. In 1560, Catharine De' Medici ...
Basalt
Basalt', Strictly A Variety Of Trap Rock (q.v.), Although Some Writers Use The Words As Synonymous. It Is Composed Of The Same Materials As Greenstone (q.v.), And Other Varieties Of Trap, Viz., Hornblende And Felspar, With A Small Quantity Of Iron; But These Exist In A State Of Finer Division ...
Base Of Operations
Base Of Operations, In Military Maneuvers, Is Some Spot Or Line Which The Gen Eral Of An Army Relies Upon As A Stronghold And Magazine. An Army Cannot Take With It All The Food, Forage, And Ammunition For A Long War; The Consumption Is Enormous, And A Constant Supply Is ...
Basedow
Basedow, Jorr. Bernrr. (properly, Joh. Berend Bassedau, Or Bernh. Von Nordal Bingen, As He Is Often Called), A Remarkable Educationist Of The 18th C., Was B. 8th Sept., 1723, At Hamburg. Where His Father Was A Peruke-maker. He Attended The Johanneum There From 1741 To 1744. And Afterwards Studied Theology ...
Basel
Basel, Couxen. Of, A Memorable And Important Ecclesiastical Council. Held In The City Of Basel. It Was Summoned By Pope Martin V., And His Successor, Eugenius Iv., In Accordance With An Announcement Made At The Council Of Constance, And Was Opened On 14th Dec., 1431, Under The Presidency Of The ...
Bashee Or Bashi Islands
Bashee' Or Bashi Islands, A Small Cluster In The Line Between Luzon, The Chief Of The Philippine Chain, And Formosa, The Lat. And Long. Being Respectively 21° N. And L22' Cast. Politically, They Are A Dependency Of The Philippines, Having Been Colonized By The Spaniards In 1783. Physically, They Form ...
Basil
Basil, Surnamed The Great, And Called St. 13.. One Of The Most Eminent And Elo Quent Of The Greek Fathers, Was B. About 329 At Caesarea, In Cappadocia; Studied Under The Heathen Philosophers'at Athens, And Became An Advocate In His Native City, But Afterwards Founded A Monastic Society: Was Ordained ...
Basil Ica
Basil Ica (gr. Basilike, From Basilcus, A King). Originally, The B. Seems To Have Been The Hall Or Court-room In Which The King Administered The Laws Made By Himself And The Chiefs Who Formed His Council. When Monarchy Was Abolished At Athens, The Second Of The Magistrates Who Succeeded To ...
Basilides
Basili'des, An Alexandrian Gnostic, Who Flourished During The Reigns Of Trajan, Hadrian, And Antoninus Pius. Regarding His Life, Little Is Known. He Is Said To Have Taught In Antioch; Afterwards In Persia; And, Finally, In Egypt, Where Lie Is Supposed To Have Died Shortly Before The Middle Of The 2d ...
Basilisk
Basilisk, According To Ancient And Mediteval Authors, A Terrible Creature, Which, However, May Be Regarded As Entirely Fabulous—the Fables Concerning It Being So Many And So Monstrous, That It Is Valmto Seek For Any Foundation Of Truth, Or To Inquire If Any Of Them Originally Had Reference To Any Particular ...
Basilisk_2
Basilisk, Basiliseus, In Modern Zoology, A Genus Of Saurian Reptiles Of The Family Of Iguanidft (see Iguana), Differing From The Iguanas In The Avant Of The Dewlap Or Appendage Of Skin Under Throat, And Of The Series Of The Pores On The Inside Of Each Thigh; Also In Having A ...
Basingstoke
Basingstoke, A T. In The N. Of Hampshire, 46 M. W.s.w. Of London. It Is A Place Of Much Activity. Being Situated At The Junction Of Five Main Roads To London From The S. And W. Of England. The Country Around Is Fertile And Wooded. The Chief Trade Is In ...
Basket
Basket (welsh, Barged, Or Basgawd, A Netting Or Weaving Of Splinters), A Domestic Utensil, Usually Made Of Willows, Reeds, Or Chips, Interwoven, Although Sometimes The Materials Are Gold, Silver, Iron, Glass, Etc. Baskets Have Been In Use From Very Early Ages. The Israelites Were Commanded (deuteronomy Xxvi. 2) To Offer ...
Basket_2
Basket A Species Of The Genus Astrophyton, Or Star-fish, Having A Most Remarkable Development Of Arms. Its Body Is A Five-sided Disk, Surmounted By The Numerous Arms. The Disk (in One Specimen Measured) Has A Diameter Of 22- In.; And One Of The Arms Is, In Its Entire Length, 9 ...
Basque Provinces
Basque Provinces, A District Of Spain, In Lat.. 42° 25' To 43° 28' N., And Long. 1° 44' To 3' 25 W., And Comprising The Three Provinces Of Biscay, Guipuzcoa, And Alava, Which Constituted The Ancient They Form A Sort Of Triangle, The Base Of Which Is The Bay Of ...
Bass
Bass, Labras, A Family Of Fresh-water And Sea Fishes, Abundant In The United States. The Sea-bass, Centropristis Nigricans, Never Comes Into Fresh Water. Its General Color Is Blue Black, And The Black Edges Of The Scales Give Its Surface A Netted Appearance; Fins Pale Blue, The Anal And Dorsal Spotted ...
Bass Rock
Bass Rock, A Remarkable Island-rock Near The Mouth Of The Firth Of Forth, About 2 M. From Canty Bay, Opposite The Ruined Castle Of Tantallon. It Is Composed Of Hard Granular Greenstone Or Clinkstone, And Is About A Mile In Circumfer Ence, Nearly Round, And 400 Ft. High. It Is ...
Bassano
Bassa'no (or, More Properly, Giacomo Da Ponte), An Artist Of Great Eminence, Was B. At Bassano, In The N. Of Italy, In 1510. He Was First Educated In The Principles Of His Art By His Father, Francesco Da Porte, Who Was Himself A Painter Of Considerable Merit, And Afterwards Visited ...
Basse
Basse, Labraz, A Genus Of Sea-fishes Of The Perch (q.v.) Family, Distinguished From The True Perches (ivrea) By Having The Tongue Covered With Small Teeth. The Species Are Found On The Shores Both Of Europe And America. The Only British One Is The Common B. (l. Biptla), A Fish Which ...
Bassoon
Bassoon (ital. Fagotto), A Well-known Wind-instrument Of The Reed Species, Made Of Maple-wood Or Plane-tree. The B. Is An Italian Invention; Its Name Fagotto, Meaning A Brindle, Probably From Its Being Made In Different Pieces Laid One Against The Other. The French Call It Lassen?, De Hautbois; The Germans Retain ...
Bastard Bar
Bastard Bar. In Popular Speech We Frequently Hear Of A Bar-sinister, As A Mark Of Bastardy. 13ut A Bar-sinister, Strictly Speaking, Is An Impossibility, Inasmuch As The Bar (q.v.) Is Not Formed Of Diagonal But Of Horizontal Lines. A Bend-sinister (q.v.), Which, By The French, Is Called A Bar, Has ...
Bastards
Bastards And Bastardy. Bastards, As Described By Blackstone, Are Such Children As Are Not Born Either In Lawful Wedlock, Or Within A Competent Time After Its Determina Tion. The Scotch Lawyers, Again, True To Their Peculiar Law Of Marriage, Define A Bastard As A Child Born Of A Woman, Who ...
Bastiat
Bastiat, Faminuo, An Eminent Political Economist, Was B. At Bayonne On The 29th Of June, 1801. His Father Was A Merchant, And Educated His Son With A View To The Same Profession. After Completing His Studies, B. Entered The Commercial House Of One Of His Uncles, Established At Bayonne. And ...
Bastille
Bastille Was, In France, A General Term For A Strong Fortress, Defended By Towers Or Bastions (q.v.), And In This Sense It Was Used In England Also After The Norman Con Quest. The Famous Prison To Which The Name Latterly Was Appropriated, Was Originally The Castle Of Paris, And Was ...
Bastion
Bastion, In Fortification, Is One Of The Principal Defense-works In A Fortified Place. It Is A Kind Of Tower, Very Broad In Relation To Its Height. The Plain Wall, Called The Curtain, Which Often Surrounds A Fortified Town, Is Usually A Polygon Of Many Sides; And In That Case, Bastions ...
Basyle
Ba'syle Is The Name Given By Chemists To A Simple Or Compound Substance Which Can Unite With Oxygen To Produce A Base (q.v.). Thus, All The Metals Are Examples Of Simple Basyles, And Ammonium (nh.), Ethyle Methyle Etc., Represent Compound Basyles. Another Property Which A B. Possesses Is, That It ...
Batavia
Bata'via, The Capital Of The Empire Of The .netherlands In The East Indies, Stands On The N.w. Coast Of Java, At The Mouth Of The Tjiliwong, Frequently Called The Jaccatra, From The Former Native Town, On The Ruins Of The Present City Was Built. There Is Good Anchorage For Large ...
Bath
Bath, The Chief City In Somersetshire, England. Is Beautifully Situated In A Wooded Valley In The N.e. Part Of The Co., On The Avon. 20 M. From Its Mouth, And 106 In. S.w. Of London. The Houses Are Built Wholly Of White Freestone—`•bathoolite." Worked In The Neighboring Quarries—bricks Being Entirely ...
Baths And
Baths And Wash–houses, Purmic. The Last Few Years Have Witnessed The Erection Of A Number Of Public Establishments. At Which The Masses May Enjoy A Bath For The Merest Trifle Of Their Weekly Earnings. Where Steam-engines Are Employed In Con Nection With Cotton-factories Or Other Works, There Is Usually A ...
Baths And Wash Houses Acts
Baths And Wash-houses. Acts Regarding. The Establishment Of Public B. And W. Is Regulated In England And Wales By Two Acts Of Parliament—the 0 And 10 Viet. C. 74, And 10 And 11 Viet. C. 61—which Are To Be Considered As One Act. The Sanitary Regulations So Legalized Are Merely ...
Batitometeh
Batitom'eteh, An Instrument Invented By C. William Siemens, For Indicating The Depth Of The Sea Beneath A Passing Vessel. The Density Of Sca-water Is About That Of Solid Earth Or Rock Has An Average Of Shout 2.75, Hence, The Attraction Emanat Ing From The Water Whicit Lies Beneath The Ship, ...
Batrathia
Batrathia (from Gr. Latrachos, A Frog), In Zoology, Nearly Synonymous With Amphibia, The Name Of What Is Now Generally Regarded As A Distinct Class Of The Sub Kingdom Rolebrata, Intermediate In Ninny Respects Between Fishes And _reptiles (q.v.). The B. Used Often To Be Treated As One Of Four Orders ...
Batsurst
Batsurst, A Name Applied To Various Localities In Honor Of Earl Bathurst, Colonial Secretary At The Time.-1. B. In New South Wale.s, The First County That Was Settled Beyond The Blue Mountains (q.v.), Long Believed To Be Impassable. It Was Not Before 1813 That A Practicable Route Was Formed; And ...
Battalion
Battalion Is The Unit Of Command In Infantry. It Comprises The Largest Number Of Men Who, When Drawn Up In Array, Can Conveniently Hear The Word Of Command From An Officer. In Whatever Ways The Armies Of Europe Differ In Other Particulars, They Seldom Depart Very Far From A Mean ...
Battel
Bat'tel, Tuiai. Iiy, Or Wnoeit Ov Battel, This Relic Of Our Legal Barbarism Is Happily Of The Things Of The Past, Having Been Abolished By Act Of Parliament, The 59 Geo. M. C. 46, And Might Have Been Passed Over With A Brief Notice, Bad It Not Been • For ...
Battery
Battery, In Criminal Law, Means The Beating Or Wounding, Or More Correctly. An Assault By Beating Or Wounding Of Another. Violence Or Torte Is Not N Necessary Element In This Offense, But The Least Touching, However Trifling, Of Another's Person In An Angry, Rude, Insulting Manner, Is A B.; For ...
Battery
Battery, In Military Language, Has Two Meanings: The One Relating To Field Opera Tions; The Other, To Fortification. A B. In Field-operations Consists Of From 4 To 8 (in The British Army, Usually 6) Pieces Of Ordnance, Together With The Necessary Gun-carriages, Animunition-wagons, Horses, Artillerymen, And Officers. A 13. Of ...
Battle
Battle Is A Combat Between Large Masses Of Troops, Or Whole Armies. Every B. Ought To Have For Its Object The Determination. If Possible, Of The Whole Contest, Or At Least The Effecting Of Some Important Step To That End. It Is Therefore The Aim Of A Gen Eral To ...
Bavamia
Bavamia, A Colossal Female Statue At Munich, Which Bears The Name Of The Country Of Which It Is A Personification, Is Said To Be Second In Size Only To The Famous Colossus Of Rhodes. It Was Erected By King Louis I., The Model Having Been Executed By Schwanthaler. Externally, The ...
Bavaria
Bavaria (ger. Baiern, And Officially, Bayern), One Of The States Of The German Empire; According To Its Size, The Second In Importance. B. Is Divided Into Two Unequal Parts, Which Are Separated By The Baden And Hesse-darmstadt Dominions. The Eastern Portion, Comprising Fully Eleven Twelfths Of The Whole, Is Situated ...
Baxbor01761i Castle
Bax'bor01761i Castle, On The Site Of Which Agricola Is Said To Have Built A Roman Fortress, Is One Of The Oldest In Britain, Having According To The Saxon Chronicle, Been Erected By Ida, The First Saxon King Of Northumbria, In 530. It Appears To Have Been A Royal Residence For ...
Baxterians
Baxterians Is The Term That Was Formerly Applied To Those Who Adhered To Bax Ter's Theological System, The Peculiar Doctrines Of Which Were: 1st, That Though Christ Died In A Special Sense For The Elect, Yet He Also Died In A General Sense For All; 2d, The Rejection Of The ...
Bay Of Bembatooxa
Bembatooxa, Bay Of, A Safe And Commodious Bay On The N.w. Coast Of Mada Gascar, In Lat. 10' S., And Long. 40' E. Prime Bullocks Are Sold Here For Less Than 104. Each, And Are Bought Extensively By Agents Of The French Government, Who Have Them Driven To Fort Dauphin, ...
Bayadvres
Bayadvres (from The Portuguese Bailadeira, That Is, Dancing-girl) Is The Name Given By Europeans To The Dancing-girls And Singers In India, Who Are Divided Into Two Great Classes, Each Comprising Many Subdivisions. The First Of These Classes, Who Are Called Devadasi—that Is, Slaves To The Gods—are Divided Into Two Distinct ...
Bayeux Tapestry
Bayeux Tapestry, A Web Of Canvas Or Linen Cloth, 214 Ft. Long By 20 In. Wide, Pre Served In The Public Library, Bayeux, Upon Which Is Embroidered, In Woolen Thread Of Various Colors, A Representation Of The Invasion And Conquest Of England By The Nor Mans. Tradition Asserts It To ...
Bayonet
Bayonet, Supposed To Be Named From Bayonne, As The Place Of Its Invention, Is A Dagger Or Small Spear Fixed At The End Of A Musket Or Similar Weapon. The First Bayonets, Used In France In 1071, Called Bayonets-d-manche, Had Handles Which Fitted Into The Muzzle Of The Guns; But ...
Bayou Bceuf
Bceuf, Bayou, An Overflow Stream In Arkansas And Louisiana, Fed In Time Of Inun Dation By The Mississippi. It Unites With Washita River, And At High Water Offers 100 In. Of Steamboat Navigation. Bog, Land Covered With Peat, The Spongy Texture Of Which, Containing Water, Con Verts It Into A ...
Bazard
Bazard, Am..ind, A French Socialist, Was B. At Paris, 19th Sept., 1791. After The Restoration He Helped To Found The Revolutionary Society Of The " Friends Of Virtue;" And In 1820, An Association Of French Carbonari (q.v.), Which Soon Had 200,000 Members. He Was The Leading Conspirator In The "plot ...
Bceotia
Bceo'tia, One Of The Ancient Political Divisions Of Grcece,was Bounded On The N. And N.w. By Locris And Phocis, On The E. By The Eulacan Channel, Ou The S. By Attica And Megaris, And On The W. By The Corinthian Gulf. B. Had A Surface Estimated At 1120 Sq. Miles. ...
Beaches
Beaches, Llatsed. Modern Geology Teaches That The Frame Of The Land Is Liable To Risings And Depressions, Even In The Present Age. Several Districts In Different Parts Of The World Have Been Raised, In Consequence Of Earthquakes, Within Time Remembrance Of The Present Generation. There Is Good Proof That Certain ...
Beacon
Beacon (allied To Beck Or Beckon., To Give A Signal), Denotes Any Signal Set Upon A Height, But Especially The Alarm-tires At One Time Used To Spread The Intelligence Of For Eign Invasion Or Other Great Event. These Fire-signals Were In Use In The Earliest Times, Had Notices Of Them ...
Beacon_2
Beacon, In Maritime Affairs, Is A Signal For Warning Against Dangers, Or For Indicat Ing The Proper Entrance Into A Channel, Harbor, Or River. Generally Speaking, A B. Is Fixed; Whereas A Buoy Floats. The Power Of Constructing These Beacons Rested At One Time In The Sovereign; But In 1565 ...
Beads
Beads, A Variety Of Personal Ornament, Made Of Various Materials, As Glass, Pottery, Metal, Bone, Ivory, Wood, Jet, Amber, Coral, Etc., And Perforated So That They Can Be Strung On Threads And Made Into Necklaces, Bracelets, Rosaries, Etc., Or Worked On Cloth As A Kind Of Embroidery. Their Use Is ...
Beam
Beam, Of A Ship, Is One Of The Main Timbers Which Aid In Supporting The Decks. Beams Stretch Across From Side To Side, Aiding To Strengthen And Uphold The Sides Of The Hull As Well As The Decks; And They Are Themselves Supported At The Ends By Massive Pieces, Called ...
Beaming
Beaming Is A Handicraft Process In The Cloth-manufacture Preliminary To Weaving, And Was Formerly Done By The Weaver Himself; But It Has Long Since Become A Special Employment, Followed By Workmen Trained To The Business As Beamers, And, Like Hand Weaving, Is Tending To Extinction By Machinery—warping And Beaming, In ...
Bean
Bean, Paba, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminosx, Sub-order Papil Innaccv, Included By Linnaeus And Many Other Botanists In The Genus Ricia (see Ve'rcu), From Which It Is Distinguished Chiefly By The Leathery Tumid Pods, Spongy Within, And By The Large Scar On The End Of The ...
Bean
Bean, In Agriculture. The B. Was Cultivated To A Small Extent At Least In Ancient Times, Both In Palestine And Egypt. The Roman Family Of The Fabii Are Said To Have Derived Their Name From This Plant. It Requires A Rich Or Alluvial Land To Grow The B. In Perfection, ...
Bear
Bear, Ursus, A Genus Of Quadrupeds, The Type Of A Family Called Belong Ing To The Order Feriv, Sub-order Carnivora, And Tribe Plantigrada. In The Ursida Or B. Family,.are Included Not Only The True Bears, But Also Badgers, Gluttons, And Wolverines, Racoons, Coatimondis, Binturongs, The Kinkajou, The Panda, Etc. (see ...
Beard
Beard, The Hair Which Grows On The Upper Lip, And On The Chin And Checks Of The Male Sex. It Is Usually, Though Not Always, Of The Same Color As The Hair Of The Head, But Somewhat Shorter, Stronger, And More Wiry; It Is Invariably The Color Of The Hair ...
Beau Fort
Beau Fort, Cardinal, And Bishop Of Winchester (b. About 1370), Was A Natural Son Of John Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster, And Was Half-brother To King Henry Iv. Ile Win' Educated In England And Germany, And In 1404 Became Bishop Of Winchester. Lie Repeatedly Filled The Otlice Of Had Chancellor, ...
Beauharnais
Beauharnais, Euokxs: De, Viceroy Of Italy During The Reign Of Napoleon I., And Afterwards Duke Of Leuehteaberg. And Prince Of Eiehstadt, Was B. Sept. 3. 1781, And Was The Son Of The Viscount Beauharnais. After His Mother's Marriage With Bonaparte, He Accompanied Him In His Campaigns In Italy, And In ...
Beaumont
Beaumont, Fnaxcis, Poet And Dramatist; Fletcher, Jous, Poet And Dramatist These Writers Were So Closely Associated In Their Lives And Labors, That Their Names Have Become Indissolubly United.—francis Beaumont, The Third Son Of Sir Francis Beaumont, One Of The Justices Of The Common Pleas, Was B. At Gracedieu, In Leicestershire, ...
Beauvais
Beauvais, An Important Manufacturing French T., Capital Of The Department Oise. It Is Situated In The Valley Of The Therain (a Tributary To The Oise), About 41 In. Ii.n.w. Of Paris, And Surrounded By Rising Woodlands. Formerly, B. Was Included In The Old Province, Lie De France. It Is Now ...
Beaver
Beaver, Castor Fiber, A Quadruped Of The Order Glires, Or Rodentia (q.v.), Valued For Its Fur, And For The Peculiar Substance Called Castorcum Which It Yields, And Also Much Noted For Its Instincts. Some Naturalists Regard The American B. As Distinct From That Of Europe And Asia; But The Differences ...
Bebewic13
Bebewic.13, The Name Of Several Celebrated Women Of Ancient Tines.-1. 13., Daughter Of Lagus And Antigone, And The Second Wife Of The Egytian King, Ptolemy I. (soter), (323-284 N.c.). She Is Described By Plutarch As The First In Virtue And Wisdom Of The Wives Of Ptolemy. Theocritus Celebrates Her Beauty, ...
Bedell
Bedell, Wilmnat, One Of The Best Prelates That Have Adorned The English Church, Was B. At Black Notley, Essex, In 1570. He Was Educated At Emmanuel College, Cam Bridge, And After His Ordination, Officiated As A Clergyman For Several Years At Bury St. Edmunds. In 1604, He Accompanied Sir Henry ...
Bedford
Bedford (saxon, Bedcanford, Town Of The Ford), The Chief T. Of Bedfordshire, Is Situated On The Ouse (which Is Navigable Thence To The Sea, A Distance Of 74 In ), About 63 M, N.n.w. Of London By Rail, And In The Midst Of A Broad Expanse Of Rich Pasture, Wheat, ...
Bedford Level
Bedford Level, An Extensive Tract Of Flat Land On The C. Coast Of England, Embrac Ing Nearly All The Marshy District Called The Fens. It Extends Inland Around The Wash Into The 5 Counties Of Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Lincoln, Norfolk, And Suffolk, And Has An Area Of About 450,000 Acres. ...
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire, A Midland Co. Of England, Bounded N.e, By Huntingdon; C. By Cambridge; S.e. And S. By Hertford; S.w. And W. By Buckingham; And N.w. By North Ampton. It Stands 37th Of The 40 English Counties In Size, And 37th Also In Popu Lation. Extreme Length, 31 In.: Breadth, 25. ...
Bedlam
Bedlam, A Popular Corruption Of Bethlehem. The Name Of A Hospital For Lunatics, In St. George's Fields, London. It Was Originally Founded In Bishopsgate Street Without, In 1246, By Simon Fitz-mary, One Of The Sheriffs Of Loudon, As " A Privy Of Canons With Brethren And Sisters." When The Religious ...
Bedouins
Bedouins (ar. Bedauei, Plur. Beducin, In The Desert") Are Arabs Who Lead A Nomadic Life, And Are Generally Regarded. According To Tradition, As The Descendants Of Ishmael, And The Aborigines Of Arabia. The Most Ancient Notices Found In Scripture Agree, In Their Descriptions Of The Manners And Customs Of The ...
Bedsores
Bedsores Are Often A Very Troublesome Complication Of Disease, To Which A Patient Is Liable Whoa For A Long Time Confined To Bed, And Is Either Unable Or Is Not Allowed To Change His Position. Thus They Are Liable To Occur In Cases Of Continued Fever, Or Any Other Prolonged ...
Bedstraw
Bedstraw, Gallant, A Genus Of Plants Beloning To The Natural Order Rubiacecr (q.v.), And Distinguished By A Small Wheel-shaped Calyx, And A Dry Two-lobed Fruit, Each Lobe Containing A Single Seed. The Leaves, As In The Rest Of The Order, Are Whorled, And The Flowers Minute; But In Many Of ...