Bicanere
Bicane're, Capital Of The Protected State Of The Same Name (see Braanrn) In Raj Pootana, India, Lies In A Desolate Tract, 1175 M. To The N.w. Of Calcutta, In Lat. 28° N., And Loog. 73° 22' East. Pop. About 60,000. It Is Surrounded By A Battlemented Wall Of 3f M. ...
Bickersteth
Bickersteth, Rev. Edward. An Influential Clergyman Of The Church Of England, Was B. At Kirkby Lonsdale, In Mar. 19, 1786. Lie Commenced Life As A Post-office Clerk; And Afterwards. Having Served An Apprenticeship To A London Attorney. Established A Lucrative Solicitor's Business In Norwich. Here, He Took Great Interest In ...
Bicycle
Bicycle (ante), A Machine For Human Locomotion, Consisting Of Two Wheels Con Nected By A Single Bar; The Forward Wheel Having A Diameter Of 30 To 60 In., The Rear Wheel, Directly Behind The Other, Being About One Third As High. At First These Machines Were Made With Wheels Of ...
Biddle
Biddle, .torts, The Founder Of English Unitarianism, Wash, In 1615, At Wotton-under-: Edge, In Gloucestershire, And In 1632 Entered Magdalen Oxford, Where He Took. His Degree Of M.a. In 1641, He Was Elected Master Of The Free School In The Town Of. Gloucester, The Duties Of Which Function He Discharged ...
Bigamy
Bigamy. This Is An Offense Which, Although Perfectly Intelligible In Itself To The Popular And Unprofessional Understanding, Is Yet, With A Due Regard To The Strict Mean Ing Of The Word, Extremely Difficult, Legally, To Define. Blackstone Objects To The Use Of It As A Term Descriptive Of The Offense ...
Bilbao
Bilba'o, A Seaport T. Of Spain. Capital Of The Province Of Vizcaya (biscay), Is Situ Ated In A Mountain Gorge On The Nervion, About 6 In. From Its Month At Portugalete, In Lat. 43' 14' N., Long. 2' 56' West. B. Is Well Built; The Principal Streets Are Straight. Atid ...
Bile
Bile Is A Fluid Secreted From The Blood By The Liver. One Part Of It Is Destined To Serve In The Process Of Digestion; The Other To Be Eliminated Front The System. It Is Col Ored Yellow In Man; That Of Graminivorous Animals Seems Colored By The Leaves They Feed ...
Bill
Bill, In Natural History, The Hard, Horny Mouth Of Birds (q.v.). It Consists Of Two Main/fake, An Upper And A Lower, Into Which The Upper And Lower Jaws Are Respectively Produced, All Appearance Of Lips Beinglost. It Is Not Famished With Proper Teeth, Although Rudiments Of Them Have Been Observed ...
Bill Chamber
Bill-chamber Is A Particular Department Of The Court Of Session In Scotland (coeval With The Establishment Of That Court Itself In 1532), The Business Of Which Cor Responds, In Many Respects, To The Practice Of The Judges' Chambers In England. It Is Called The B., Because, Formerly In Scotland, Judicial ...
Bill Of Attainder
Bill Of Attainder, And Bill Of Pains And Penalties, Are Bills In Parliament, Introduced For Penally Enacting The Attaint And Punishment Of Persons Who Have Crimi Nally Offended Against The State And Public Peace. Such A Legislative Proceeding Was Had Recourse To Generally In Times Of Turbulence, When, Either From ...
Bill Of Exchange
Bill Of Exchange, A Document Purporting To Be An Instrument Of Pecuniary Obli Gation For Value Received, And Which Is Employed For Thepurpose Of Settling A Debt In A Manner Convenient To The Parties Concerned. The Original And Simple Idea Of A Bill Is This: Two Parties Residing At A ...
Bill Of Exchange_2
Bill Of Exchange (ante). In This Country An Inland Bill Of Exchange Is One Of Which The Drawer And Drawee Live In The Same State; If The Drawee Lives In Another State Or Country, It Is C Died Foreign. A Bill Of Exchange Is Negotiable, And May Pass Through Any ...
Bill Of Sale
Bill Of Sale Is A Writing Under Seal, Evidencing A Grant Or Assignment Of Chattels Personal. The Occasions To Which These Instruments Are Commonly Made Applicable Are Sales Of Fixtures And Furniture In A House, Of The Stock Of A Shop, Of The Good-will Of A Business, Of An Office, ...
Billeting
Billeting Is A Mode Of Provisioning And Lodging Soldiers When Not In Camp Or Barrack. It Is One Of The Many Vexed Questions Connected With The Organization And Administration Of The British Army. When In Camp Or Barrack, The Soldier Is Supplied Avith Hot Food Daily By The Commissariat Officers; ...
Billiards
Billiards (in Fr. Billard, Which Meant Originally The Stick Or Staff With Which The Ball Is Struck, And Is Allied To Fr. Billet, A Block Or Billet Of Wood). It Seems Doubtful Whether We Are Indebted For The Discovery Of This Elegant Game To France Or Italy; But It Is ...
Bills Of Mortality
Bills Of Mortality Are Accounts Of The Births And Deaths Within A Certain Dis Trict; And They Were An Expedient, With The View Of Communicating To.theinhabitants Of London, To The Court, And To The Constituted Authorities Of The City, Accurate Information Respecting The Increase Or Decrease In The Number Of ...
Bingen
Bingen (the Ancient Vincum Or .13:ngium), A T. In The Grand-duchy Of Hesse-darm Stadt, Germany, Is Situated In A Charming Country On The Left Bank Of The Rhine, And On The Right Of The Nahe, Here Crossed By A Generally Supposed To Have Been Built By The Romans, And Called ...
Binocular Microscope
Binocular Microscope, A Microscope Adapted To Be Used By Both Eyes At The Same Time. It Has Only One Set Of Object Glasses, But The Pencil Of Light, After Pass Ing These Lenses, Is Divided, And The Parts Are Sent To The Eyes Separately. The Division Is Caused By A ...
Biography
Biography (from The Gr. Bias, Life, And Grap1e, Writing) Is The Term Applied To That Department Of Literature Which Treats Of The Lives Of Individuals. The Mode Of Treat Ment, Especially In Modern Times, Is Far From Uniform. In Some Cases, B. Approaches The Sphere Of Philosophy; In Others, That ...
Biology
Biology (ante), A Title Under Which Are Classed The Sciences That Deal With The Plus Nometta Manifested By Living Matter. It Is Customary To Make A Separate Group Of Suck Phenomena As Pertain Especially To Mental Organization, Muter The Titles Of " Psychology" And " Sociology," But No Natural Line ...
Birch
Birch (betula), A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Amentame (q.v.), Sub-order Betutinea, The Natural Order Betulacete Of Some Botanists. In This Order Or Sub-order Which Contains Only The Two Genera, Birch And Alder (q.v )—the Flowers Have Merely Small Scales For Their Perianth; The Ovary Is Two-celled, But ...
Birch_2
Birch, S.tmuel, Keeper Of The Oriental Antiquities In The British Museum, Is A Son Of The Late Rev. S. Birch. Rector Of St. Mary Woolnoth, In The City Of London, And Was Born In London, In The Year 1813. B. Was Educated At Merchant Taylors' School. In 1s34, He Entered ...
Birch_3
Birch, Trmatas, D.to. , • An Industrious Historical Writer, Son Of A Coffee-mill Maker, A Quaker, B. At Clerkenwell, Nov. 23, 1705, Was At First An Usher In Different Schools. Having*taking Priests' Orders In 1731, He Was Presented In 1732 To A Living In Essex, And In 1731`beeame Chaplain To ...
Bird Catching Spider
Bird-catching Spider, A Name Originally- Given To A Large Spider, Mygale Aricularia, A Native Of Cayenne And Surinam; But Which Is Now More Extensively Applied. Being Equally Appropriate To A Number Of Large Species Of Mygale (q.v.) And Epeira (q.v.), Perhaps Also Of Other Genera. It Has Been Denied By ...
Bird Of Paradise
Bird Of Paradise, The Common Name Of The Family Of Birds, Paradiscider Of Orni Thologists, Found Chiefly In New Guinea And Neighboring Isluds, And Remarkable For Splendor Of Plumage. In All Other Respects, However, They Are Very Closely Allied To The Crow-family, Corvidce (q.v.), To Which They Exhibit A Great ...
Birds
Birds, Fossil.. While The Animal And Vegetable Kingdoms Of Thepaleontologist Extend To As Wide, Or Rather A Wider, Range Than Those Of The Historian Of Modern Life, Yet Several Divisions Are Scantily Represented In The Petrified Remains Preserved In The Stony Records Of The Earth's Crust. This Was To Be ...
Birds Foot Trefoil
Bird's Foot Trefoil, Lotus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminosa, Sub-order Papilionatyls. The Pods Are Cylindrical. Somewhat Spongy Within And Imper Fectly Divided Into Many Cells. The Name 13. F. T. Is Derived From The Resemblance Of The Clusters Of Pods To A Bird's Foot. It Has ...
Birds Of Passage
Birds Of Passage Are Those Birds Which Spend One Part Of The Year In One Country Or Climate And Another Part In Another, Migrating According To The Season. No Species Of Bird Is Known To Hibernate (see Hibernation); And Although Many Naturalists Were At One Time Inclined To Believe In ...
Birkenhead
Birkenhead, A Market T., Sea-port, And Parliamentary Borough In The Parish Of I3idston, And Hundred And Union Of Wirral, Cheshire, Lies Opposite Liverpool. On The Left Bank Of The Mersey. The Parliamentary Borough, Which Was Constituted In 1801, When One Of The Seats Rendered Vacant By The Disfranchisement Of Sudbury ...
Birmingham
Birmingham, The Chief T. In Britain For Metallic Manufactures, And Supplying Much Of The World With Hardwares, Stands Near The Center Of England, In The N.w. Of Warwickshire, With Suburbs Extending Into Staffordshire And Worcestershire, 112 M. N.w. Of London. Built On The E. Slope Of Three Undulating Hills, On ...
Biscay
Biscay, Bar Ote. That Portion Of The Atlantic Ocean Which Sweeps In Along The Northern Shores Of The Spanish Peninsula In An Almost Straight Line From Cape Ortega! To St. Jean De Luz, At The Western Foot Of The Pvrenees, And Thence Curves Northward The W. Shores Of France To ...
Biscuits
Biscuits (fr., Twice-baked), Small, Fiat Brend, Rendered Dry And Hard By Baking, In Order To Their Long Preservation. They Are Divided Into Two Classes—the Unfermented And The Feenwnted, Unfermented Or Unlearened Il, Generally Known As Common Sea Biscuits Or Ship-briad, Are Made Of Wheaten-flour (retaining Some Of The Bran), And ...
Bishop
Bishop, The Title Of The Highest Order Of Clergy In The Christian Church. The Name Is In The Saxon, Biscip, And Is From The Greek, Episeopos, An Overseer. The Athenians Used To Send Officers Called Cpi$topoi To Their Subject States. The Word Was Adopted By The Romans; And Cicero Speaks ...
Bismuth
Bismuth Is A Brittle Metal Of A Crystalline Texture, And Of A White Color Tinged With A Faint Red Hue. It Is Found Native In Cornwall, France, And Sweden. Where It Occurs In Veins Or Fissures Passing Throug,l, Other Rocks. The Principal Natural Source Is An Impure Metal; But It ...
Bison
Bison, A Name Given By The Ancients To An Animal Of The Same Genus With The Ox (q.v.), Still Called The 13., Or The European B. (bos Bison Of Some Naturalists, Bos 'u7118 Of Others) Also Known As The Aurochs (germ., Wild Animal Or Wild Ox). This Animal At One ...
Bittern
Bittern, Botaarus, According To Some Modern Ornithologists, A Genus Of The Heron (q.v.) Family (arde:na); But Regarded By As A Mere Sub-genus Of Heron (ardea), And Not A Very Well Defined One. Bitterns Am Indeed Chiefly Distinguished From Herons By The Long, Loose Plumage Of The Neck, Which They Have ...
Bitumen
Bitumen, A Mineral Substance, Remarkable For Its Inflammability And Its Strong Pecu Liar Odor; Generally, However, Supposed To Be Of Vegetable Origin. The Name, Which Was In Use Among The Ancient 'ionians, Is Variously Employed, Sometimes To Include A Number Of The Substances Called Mineral Resins (see Itestxs), Particularly The ...
Bivalve Shells Or Bivalves
Bivalve Shells Or Bivalves Are Those Testaceous Coverings Of Mollusks Which Consist Of Two Concave Plates Or Takes, United By .a Hinge. So Long As Molluscons Animals Provided With Shells Were Considered By Naturalists Alinost Exclusively With Respect To These, The Order Of B. S., Originally Established By Aristotle, Retained ...
Black Forest
Black Forest (ger. Schwarzwald), A Wooded Mountain-chain In Baden And Wortemberg, Running From S. To N. Along The Western Side Of Swabia, Parallel With The Course Of The Rhine After Its Great Bend Near Basel, And Often Only Is Few Miles Distant Front It. The Rhine Also Bounds It On ...
Black Letter
Black Letter (blatt /utter), The Name Commonly Given In This Country To The Types Which On The Continent Arc Most Generally- Known As Gothic. The First Printed Books Imitated Every Peculiarity Of The Contemporary Manuscripts; And As Printing Was First Practiced In Germany And The Netherlands, The First Types Were ...
Black List
Black List. Such Is The Name Familiarly Applied To Printed Lists Connected With Insolvency, Bankruptcy, And Other Matters Affecting The Credit Of Firms And Individuals, And Which Are Circulated For The Private Guidance Of The Mercantile Community. These Lists, Which Serve An Important Purpose, Are Well Known By Commercial Men ...
Black Mail
Black-mail, A Scarcely Voluntary Impost Submitted To. In The Earlier Half Of The 18th C., By The People Of The Ilighlands, And Parts Of The Lowlands Bordering, On The Highlands, As A Kind Of Compromise With Robbers. The Districts In Question, Being Then In An Extremely Barbarous State. Enjoyed But ...
Black Rood Of Scotland
Black Rood Of Scotland. When The Anglo-saxon Princess Who Became The Wife Of King Malcolm Ceimmolir Landed In Scotland, About The Year 1070, She Brought With Her What Was Regarded As A Priceless Relic—a Cross Of Gold, Elaborately Wrought, In The Form Of A Casket, About A Span Long, Containing ...
Black Watch
Black Watch, The Appellation Given To Certain Armed Companies Employed To Watch The Highlands Of Scotland. The Term Mack Arose From The Dress Of This Species Of Militia, Which Was Composed Of Tartans Of Dark Colors. Sonic Highlanders Hind Been Armed By Government As Early As 1725, When Gen.-wado Was ...
Blackburn
Blackburn, An Inland T. Of Lancashire, England, 21 M. N.n.w. From Manchester. And 12i Tn. By Railway E. By S. From Preston. It Stands On A Stream Front Which It Appears To Derive Its Name, A Branch Of The Ribble. The Surrounding District, Formerly Known As Bladtharnskire, Or Illagbarnshire, Was ...
Blackcap Warbler Blackcap
Blackcap, Blackcap Warbler, Or Blackcap Fauvettj (earruca Atricapilla), Bird Of The Great Family Of The Sylriadcs, Or Warblers, And Of The Same Genus To Which The Nightingale Is Commonly Referred. Sec Fauverrm, Wannmot, And Sylviad.e. It Is Regarded As The Sweetest Song-bird In Britain, Or Indeed In Europe, Except The ...
Blackcock
Blackcock, Ileatir-fowl., Or Black Grouse, Tefrao Tetri.r, A Species Of Grouse (q.v.), Abundant In Britain Wherever There Are Moors Of Considerable Extent, And More Particularly Where There Are Bogs And Morasses With Rank Herbage, Or, Adjacent To The Moors. Natural Woods Or Young Plantations Of Pine And Fir. Comparatively Rare ...
Blackpool
Blackpool, A Flourishing T. In The Township Of Layton-cum-warbreck. In The Co. Of Lancaster, Is Now A Very Considerable Place, Lying On The Coast Of The Irish Sea, Between The Estuaries Of The Ribble And The Lune, Distant From Poulton-le-fylde 4 M., And From Preston 18 Miles. The Population In ...
Blackstone
Blackstone, Sir William. A Comtnentator On English Law, Was The Posthumous Son Of A Silk-mercer In London, Andwas Horn There On The 10th Of July, 1723. At The Age Of 15, Having Obtained A Se':aar:mn From The Chartialtottse School, 'whertsbe Was Educated, He Was Sent To Pembroke Hail, Oxford. There ...
Bladder
Bladder (urinary) Is A Bag Formed Of Fibrous Membrane Externally, Muscular Fibers In The Middle, And Mucous Membrane For An Internal Lining. The Peritoneum (see Abdomen) Covers Its Back. The Shape Of The B. Is Somewhat Conical, The Apex Being Upward., And The Anterior Part Of The Base Constricted At ...
Blaine
Blaine, Javes Gnu:spin, B. Mass., 1830. His First Education Was In The Common Schools, And At The Age Of 17 He Graduated At Washington College In Pennsylvania. Very Soon Afterwards He Removed To Maine, Became A Writer On The 'kennebec Journal, One Of The Leading Papers Of The State, And ...
Blair
Blair, Huort, An Eminent Scotch Divine And Man Of Letters, Was H. At Edinburgb, April 7, 1718. Iie Entered The University Of His Native City In 1730, Where He Soon Became Noted For His Diligence; And An Essay On The Beautiful, Which He Wrote When A Stialont, Gave His Preceptors ...
Blair_2
Blair, Bonnier, Author Of The Grave, Was B. At Edinburgh, Where His Father Was A Clergyman, In 1699. After Completing His Education For The Church, And Traveling On The Continent, He Received License, And In 1731 Was Ordained Minister Of Athelstaneford, Iladding,toushire, Where Lie Lived In Easy Circumstances Till His ...
Blane
Blane. Sir Gilbert, A Distinguished Physician, Was B. At Blanefield, Ayrshire, Aug. 29, 1749. He Studied At Edinburgh University, And Afterwards Became Private Physician To Lord Rodney, Whom In That Capacity He Accompanied In 1780, When Rodney Assumed The Command Of The West Indian Squadron. On One Occasion, When All ...
Blank Verse
Blank Verse Is Verse Without Rhyme (q.v.), And Depending Upon Meter (q.v.) Alone. The Classical Productions Of The Greek And Roman Poets—at Least Of Them As Have Come Down To Us—are Composed On This Principle; And, Accordingly. When Time Passion For Imitating Classical Models Set In, Rhyme Came To Be ...
Blanqui
Blanqui, Jiranie Adolphe, One Of The First French Economists, Was B. At Nice, 28th Nov., 1798, And Educated At The Lyceum Of That City. In 1814, His Family Quitted Nice, And Young B. Went To Complete His Studies At Paris, Where He Became Acquainted With B. Say, Who Induced Him ...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy Is An Offense Against God And Religion, By Denying To The Almighty His Being And Providence; Or By Contumelious Reproaches Of Our Lord And Savior Jcsua Christ; Also All Profane Scoffing At The Holy Scriptures, Or Exposing Them To Ridicule And Contempt. Seditious Words, Moreover, In Derogation Of The ...
Blast Furnace
Blast Furnace. Many Costly Experiments Have Been Tried Of Late Years In Order To Determine, Along With Other Related Questions, The Hest Form Of The Blast Furnace In Which Iron Is Smelted. Which Is The Most Serviceable Form Is As Yet A Very Much Disputed Point; But, According To The ...
Blasting
Blasting. Before Gunpowder Was Invented, The Separation Of Masses Of Stone From Their Native Rock Could Only Be Effected By Means Of The Hammer And Wedge, Or By The Still Slower Method Of Fire And Water. In Soft And Stratified Rock, Wedges Are Still Used For Quarrying Stones For Building ...
Blasting_2
Blasting (ante). The Of Blasting Are Essentially The Same Here As In Europe; But The Developments Of Mining, Railroad Building. And Improvements In Navigation, Have Rendered Necessary Some Very Extensive Operations. The Most Tumor Tent Was, Perhaps, The Removal Of The Reefs In The East River, At Hallett's Point, Near ...
Blazonby Blazon
Bla'zon, Bla'zonb.y (ger. Blasen, To Blow, As With A Horn). These Heraldic Terms Originated In The Custom Of Blowing A Trumpet To Announce The Arrival Of A Knight, Or His Entrance Into The Lists At A Joust Or Tournament. The Blast Was Answered By The Heralds, Who Described Aloud And ...
Bleaching
Bleaching (aug.-sax. Blacon, From Mere, Pale, Bleak) Is Generally Understand To Mean The Process Of Whitening-or Decolorizing Cloth; But The Term Is Also Applied To The Tlecolorizing Of Such Substances As The Fixed Oils. Irish Moss, Etc. Until About The Close Of Toe 18th C., B. Depended Upon The Natural ...
Bleaching Powder
Bleaching Powder, A Combination Of Chlorine And Dry Slaked Lime (see Bleach Ise.), Was First Manufactured On A Large Scale In Glasgow By Mr. Charles Tennant, Who Obtained A Patent For Its Preparation In 1799. The Substances Employed In Pre Preparing The Chlorine Are Common Salt (chloride Of Sodium), Black ...
Bleaching Of
Bleaching Of Woof, Is Never Accomplished By B. Powder. But Recourse Is Bad To Sulphurous Acid, Which Disguises The Color Of The Wool By Combining With It To Form A Colorless Compound. Originally The Wool Is Contaminated With A Greasy Substance Called The Yolk, Which Naturally Exudes From The Skin ...
Bleaciting Of Cotton And
Bleaciting Of Cotton And Linen Faiirics.—the Substances Requiring To Begot Rid Of In The Purification Of Cotton And Linen Cloth Arc (1) The Organic Coloring Matter Natur A' Ly Present In The Fiber; (2) Resinous And Fatty Bodies, Also Inherent In The Fiber; (3) Weavers' Dressing And Perspiration Taken Up ...
Bleak
Bleak, Leuciscus Alburnus, A Small Fresh-water Fish Of The Family Of Cyprinidce (q.v.), Of The Same Genus With The Roach, Dace, Minnow, Etc. See Leuciscus. It Is Seldom More Than 6 Or 7 In. Long; In General Form It Resembles The Dace, But Is More Elongated; The Dorsal Fin Is ...
Bleeding
;`bleeding (hemorrhage) Is One Of The Most Serious Accidents Which Can Happen To An Animal, And Constitutes The Most Anxious Complication In Surgical Operations. As There Is But A Limited Quantity Of Blood In The Body, And As The Sudden Escape Of A Large Por Tion Of It Is Sufficient ...
Bleeding Or
Bleeding Or Bloodletting.—blood May Be Drawn From A Vein (phlebotomy—we/1w Sectio), Or From An Artery (arteriotomy). The Veins Most Commonly Opened For This Purpose Are Those At The Bend Of The Elbow (see Amt), But Those Of The Lower Limbs Are Occasionally Selected. The Patient Should Be Placed Sitting Up ...
Blenheim
Blenheim (ger. Blindheitn). A Village Of Bavaria, 23 M. N.n.w. Of Augsburg, Memo Rable In Connection With Marlborough's Great Victory Over The French And Bavarians, Aug. 13. 1704. The Battle. However, Did Not Actually Take Place Here, But At A Village In The Vicinity Called Libelist:1dt, And Is Known To ...
Blight
Blight, A Diseased State Of The Cultivated Grasses, Especially Of The Cerealia. The Term Has Been Very Vaguely And Variously Used, Having, In Fact, Been Applied To Almost Every Disease Of Plants Caused By The Condition Of The Atmosphere, Or Of The Soil, The Attacks Of Insects, Parasitic Fungi, Etc. ...
Blijewing
Blijewing, According To Some Naturalists, A Genus Of A Natidts, Which Has Been Named Eyanopteras (by A Sort Of Greek Translation Of The English Name), But More Generally Regarded As A Mere Section Or Subsection Of The Restricted But Still Large Genus Anaa. See Ducx. The Tail-feathers Are Only 14 ...
Blindness
Blindness May Arise From Any Cause Intercepting The Rays Of Light On Their Way To The Optic Nerve, Or From Disease Of The Optic Nerve, Or Of That Part Of The Brain Connected With It. B. May Vary In Degree; It May Exist From Birth, Or Be The Result Of ...
Blindworm
Blindworm, Anguis Fragilis, A Small Reptile, Which, Although It Has Commonly Been Ranked Among Serpents By Naturalists, In Consequence Of Agreement In General Form, Exhibits Remarkable Points Of Difference From The True Serpents, And Constitutes One Of An Interesting Series Of Links By Which They Are Connected With Lizards. Mr. ...
Blisters
Blisters Are Medicinal Agents Which, When Applied To The Skin, Raise The Cuticle Into Small Vesicles Filled With Serous Fluid. They Are Applied Either In The Form Of Plas Ters Or In A Fluid State, As.suita The, Convenience Of The Person Or Part, And Have For Their Object The Establishing ...
Block
Block, In The Rigging Of A Ship, Is An Important Part Of The Apparatus Necessary For Raising Sails And Yards, Tightening Ropes, Etc. The B. Comprises Both The Frame Or Shell, And The Pulley Or Pulleys Contained Within It. In Seamen's Language, A Tackle Includes The Rope As Well As ...
Blockade
Blockade, In Military Tactics, Is An Operation For Capturing An Enemy's Town Or Fortress, Without A Bombardment Or Regular Siege. The Attacking Party Throws Up Works On The Neighboring Heights And Roads; These Works May Be Redoubts, For 200 Or 300 Men Each, Raised Around At Distances Of 1000 Or ...
Blockade_2
Blockade, In International Law, Is The Right, In Time Of War, Of Rendering Intercourse With An Enemy's Port Unlawful On The Part Of Neutrals; And It Is Carried Into Effect By An Armed Force (ships Of War), Which Blocks Up And Bars Export Or Import To Or From The Place ...
Blockhouse
Blockhouse Is To A Temporary Fortification What A Tower Is To One That Is Perma Nent. Ina Wooded Country, It Is Easily And Quickly Made, And The Enemy Cannot Readily Bring Guns To Bear Upon It; On Flat Open Ground It Is Less Useful. The B. Is Always A Covered ...
Blois
Blois, A 1. Of France, Capital Of The Department Of Loire-et-cher, Has A Remarkably Fine Situation On The Of A Hill, And Is Built Chiefly On The Right Bank Of Theloire, Over Which There Is Here A Good Stone Bridge. It Is About 35 M. S.w. Of Orleans, On The ...