Aaron Burr
Burr, Aaron, Son Of The Clergyman Aaron Burr; B. N.p., Feb. 6, 1756; D. N. Y., Sept. 14, 183g. Lie Was Left An Orphan Before The Age Of Three; Graduated At Princeton In 1772; In 1775, Went Into The Army As A Private; At Arnold's Attack On Quebec, Acted As ...
Adelbert Von Chamisso
Chamisso, Adelbert Von, One Of The Most Celebrated Of German Lyric Poets, Was B. In 1781, At The Castle Of Boncourt, In Champagne. His Parents Settling In Prussia In 1790, He Became A Page Of The Queen, And Entered Upon A Military Career. But When The Campaign Of 1806 Broke ...
Age Bronze
Bronze, Age (dan. Broncealderen), A Term Used By Many Modern Archeologists To Distinguish The Second Of The Three Successive Periods Into Which, As They Hold, The Primitive Or Pre-historic Antiquities Of A Country May Be Divided. They Take For Granted That Among A Rude Or Savage People, Stone, Being More ...
Algaroba Carob
Carob, Al'garoba, Or Locust-tree, Ceratonia Siliqua, A Tree Of The Natural Order Leguminosa, Suborder Easalpiniete, A Native Of The Countries Around The Mediterranean Sea, In Size And Manner Of Growth Much Resembling The Apple-tree, But With Abruptly Pinnate Dark Evergreen Leaves, Wide]] Have About Two Or Three Pair Of Large ...
Amelia Elizabeth Caroline
Caroline, Amelia Elizabeth, Wife Of George Iv. Of Great Britain, Was The Second Daughter Of Charles William. Ferdinand, Duke Of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, And Of The Princess Augusta Of Britain. She Was Born On The 17th May, 1768, And Spent Her Youth Under Great Restraint At Her Father's Court. In 1795, ...
Ames Cornelius Celsus
Celsus, Ames Cornelius, A Latin Physician And Writer, Who Flourished Probably In The Reign Of Augustus. Ile Was Called The Roman Hippocrates, Because He Generally Followed The Great " Father Of Medicine," And Introduced The Hippocratic System Among The Romans. C. Wrote Not Only On Medicine, But Also On Rhetoric, ...
Andre Marie De Chenier
Chenier, Andre-marie De, 1762-94; A French Poet, B. In Constantinople. He Undertook Military Life, But Resigned His Commission After Six Months' Trial, And Returned To Paris, Where He Wrote Idyllic Poems, Such As Le Mendicant; L' Aveugle; And Le Jeune .malade. Overwork Made A Journey For Health Necessary, And He ...
Angelica Catalani
Catala'ni, Angelica, A Highly Celebrated Italian Singer, B. At Sinigaglia, In Cen Tral Italy, Some Say In 1780, Others In 1784, Educated In The Convent Of St. Lucien, Near Borne, Where, In Her Seventh Year, She Displayed Such Wonderful Vocal Powers That -strangers Flocked From All Quarters To Hear Her. ...
Antonio Canons
Canon's., Antonio, The Founder Of A New School Of Italian Sculpture, Was B. Nov. 1, 1757, At Possagno, A Village Iu The Venetian Territory. Raving Displayed In Boyhood Great Talent In Modeling, The Artist Gained The Patronage Of Giovanni Falicro, A Venetian Senator, By Whom He Was Sent To Work ...
Armand Gaston Camus
Camus, Armand Gaston, A Prominent Character In The French Revolution, Was B. In Paris, April 2, 1740. On Account Of His Superior Knowledge Of Ecclesiastical Law, He Was Elected Advocate-general Of The French Clergy. He Was A Zealous And Ascetic Jan Senist, And Possessed Of Extraordinary Firmness Of Character, Ile ...
Battle Of Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville, Battle Of, In Spottsylvania Co., Va., Between The Union Army Under Gen. Hooker And The Confederate Forces Under Gen. Lee, May 2, 1863. Hooker Had Succeeded Burnside In Command Of The Army Of The Potomac, And After Nearly Three Months' Work Brought It Into A State Of Efficiency. He ...
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, General Of Volunteers, U. S. Army, Was B. At Deer Field, N. H., Nov. 5, 1818. He Graduated At Waterville College, Maine, In 1838, Studied Law At Lowell, Mass., Where He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1841, And Became Distin Guished As A Criminal Lawyer And ...
Benjamin Franklin Butler_2
Butler, Benjamin Franklin (ante). B. N. H., 1818; A Graduate Of Waterville (me.) College; Admitted To The Bar In Massachusetts, And Acquired A Large Practice In Lowell And Other Cities. He Was Early In Politics As A Member Of The Demo Cratic Party, And By Them Was Chosen To The ...
Benveniito Cellini
Celli'ni, Benvenii'to, A Celebrated Italian Gold-worker, Sculptor, Founder, And Medailleur, Remarkable Not Only For His Skill As An Artist, But Also For His Checkered Life, Was B. At Florence In The Year 1500, And First Displayed Skill As A Chaser And Gold Worker. His Autobiography Is A Remarkably Curious And ...
Betjnel
Betjnel, Sir Mare Isa:nib-um, The Celebrated Engineer Of The Thames Tunnel, Son Of An Agriculturist, Was Born At Hacqueville, Near Rouen, In France, April 25, 1769. He Early Showed An Inclination For Mechanics, And At School Preferred The Study Of The Exact Sciences To The Classics. In 1786, He Became ...
Bilevipennes
Bilevipen'nes (lat. Short-winged), In Ornithology, According To The System Of Cnvier, That Tribe Of The Order Grallaores (q.v.) In Which The Ostrich, Cassowary, Rhea Or Nandou, Emu, And Apteryx Are Comprised, And Also The Extinct Dodo.—see These Articles. The B. Are Characterized By A Shortness Of Wing Which Incapacitates Them ...
Black
Black. The Superior Officers Occupying The First Row On Each Side Are Called Pieces; The Infe Rior Men, All Alike, Standing On The Row Immediately In Front Of The Pieces, Are Called Pawns. Their Moves And Powers, Along With The Peculiar Terms' Used In C., May Be Briefly Described As ...
Brazil
Brazil', The Most Extensive State Of South America. Towards The Interior, It Borders On All The Other States Of South America Except Chili And Buenos Ayres—on Uruguay, The Argentine Confederation, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, The United States Of Colombia, Venezuela, And Guiana, English, Dutch, And French; While Its Sea-board, Beginning ...
Brazil Wood
Brazil Wood, A Dark-red Or Yellowish-brown Dye-wood, Which Forms A Consider Able Article Of Export From Brazil, Where Some Of The Trees Which Yield It Are Very Abun Dant. It Is The Produce Of Different Species Of Ceesalpinia (q.v.). The Best Kinds Are Those Called Pernambuco Wood, All Saints' Wood, ...
Brazing
Brazing, Or Brass Soldering, Is The Process Of Uniting Together Two Pieces Of Brass, Two Pieces Of Copper, Or One Of Each, By Means Of A Hard Solder, Partaking More Or Less Of The Composition And Properties Of Ordinary Brass. The Edges Or Parts Of Metal To Be Joined Are ...
Breach
Breach, In Siege-works, Is A Gap In Any Of The Defensive Walls Or Gates Of A City; And Breaching Is The Operation By Which The Gap Is Produced By The Guns Of The Besieg Ers. Breaching Batteries Are Employed, Consisting Of Several Pieces Of Ordnance, So Chosen As To Kind ...
Breach Oe Close
Breach Oe Close Is A Trespass By Which An Unwarrantable Entry Is Made On Another Man's Land, For Satisfaction Of Which Injury An Action Will Lie To Recover Damages. It Is Called A Trespass For Breaking A Man's Clime, Because Every Man's Land Is, In The Eye Of The Law, ...
Bread
Bread. The Earliest And Most Primitive Way Of Making B. Was To Soak The Grain In Water, Subject It To Pressure, And Then Dry It By Natural Or Artificial Heat. An Improve Ment Upon This, Was To Pound Or Bray The Grain In A Mortar Or Between Two Flat Stones, ...
Breadfruit Tree
Breadfruit Tree, Artocarpus Incisa, A Tree Of The Natural Order Artocarpacex (q.y.), A Native Of The Islands Of The Pacific Ocean And Of The Indian Archipelago—one Of The Most Important Gifts Of Nature To The Inhabitants Of These Regions, Its Fruit Supplying The Principal Part Of Their Food, And Its ...
Breadth
Breadth, In Art, Is A Term Which, Though Often Used In A Very Indefinite Manner, Is Not Without A Definite Meaning. It Signifies That Peculiar Disposal Of The Background Of A Picture Which, Without Sacrificing Or Even Concealing Details, Gives To The Whole Unity And Harmony Of Effect. With The ...
Breakwater
Breakwater Is A Barrier Intended For The Protection Of Shipping In Harbors Or Anchorages. It Sometimes Happens That, In Front Of A Semicircular Bay, A Small Island Is So Situated As To Form A Natural Breakwater. This Is To Some Extent The Case With The Isle Of Wight, Which Occupies ...
Bream
Bream, A Name Which Is Apt To Occasion Some Confusion To Beginners In Ichthyology, Being Applied Equally To Certain Fresh-water Fishes Of The Family Eyprinitia (q.v.), And To Certain Sea-fishes Of The Families Sparida (q.v.) And Chatodontas (q.v.) Or Squamipennes, Among Which The Resemblance Is A Mere General One Of ...
Breech Loading
Breech-loading, In Artillery, Relates To A Mode Of Constructing Large Pieces Of Ordnance, And Small-arms Or Haud-firearms, The Peculiar Manner Of Charging Which The Term Describes. This Subject Is Now Occupying Much Attention, And The Patented Inven Tions Relating To It Are Very Numerous. The Armstrong Gun (see Armstrong), Among ...
Breech Loading Arms And Needleguns
Breech-loading Arms And Needle.guns. To Be Loaded At The Breech, And To Be Fired By The Penetration Of A Needle Into, Or The Impinging Of A Piston On, A Detonat Ing Cap Within The Are Distinct Attributes In A Weapon; And Although It Is Only Within The Last Forty Years ...
Breech Loading Guns
Breech-loading Guns (ante). The Introduction Of These Arms In The United States. Dates Properly From 1805, From Which Date Muzzle-loading Arms Were No Longer Manufactured At The Springfield Armory. A Short Time Before The Late Rebellion, The Government Tested A Number Of Breech-loading Guns, Such As The Burnside, Cosmopoli Tan, ...
Breed
Breed, In Domestic Animals, A Varietv Or Often Merely A Race Distinguished By The Possession Of Particular Qualities, But Not Differing From The Ordinary Type Of The Species So As To Constitute What Naturalists Usually Designate A Variety. The Peculiarities Of Breeds Iu Animals Find An Exact Counterpart In Cultivated ...
Brehon Laws
Bre'hon Laws (in Irish. Dlighidlt Breitheambuin—that Is, "judges' Laws"), The Name Usually Given To The System Of Jurisprudence Which Prevailed Among The Native Irish From An Early Period Till Towards The Middle Of The 17th Century. The Breithearn /min (pronounced Brei-boo-in, Or Brebon), From Whom The Laws Had Their Name, ...
Breitenfeld
Brei'tenfeld, A Village And Manor Of Saxony, About 5 M. N. Of Leipsic. It Is His Torically Remarkable For Three Battles, Fought Ou A Plain In Its Neighborhood. The First Of These, Between The Swedes And The Imperialists, Which Was Fought Ou The 7th Sept., 1631, Was Of The Highest ...
Bremen
Bremen, One Of The Three Free Cities Of Germany, Is Situated On The Weser, About 50 M. From Its Mouth. Pop. '75, 102,177, Nearly All Protestants. B. Is Divided Into The Old And The New Town—the Former On The Right, The Latter On The Left Side Of The River, Which ...
Bremer
Bremer, Fbedriica, The Well-known Swedish Novelist, Was B. Near Abo, In Fin Land, 17th Aug., 1801; But When She Was Only Three Years Old, Her Father Removed To Sweden. As A Child Of Eight, She Had Already Begun To Write Verses; And The Works Of German Poets, Schiller More Especially, ...
Brenner Pass
Brenner Pass, A Pass In The Main Chain Of The Alps, On The Road Between Innsbruck (q.v.) On The N. And Botzen (q.v.) On The S., Connecting The S. Of Germany With Venice And The N.e. Of Italy. The B. P. Is The Lowest Which Crosses The Main Chain Of ...
Brennus
Brennus, The Name Or Rather The Title Of Several Gallic Princes, Is Probably A Latin Ized Form Of The Kyinric Word Brenhin, Which Signifies A King. The Most Famous B. Was That Leader Of The Gauls Who, In 390 B.c., Crossed The Apennines, And Hurrying Through The Country Of The ...
Breslau
Breslau, The Capital Of The Province Of Silesia, Prussia, Is Situated At The Confluence Of The Ohlau And Oder. Next To Berlin, It Is The Most Populous City In Prussia; Its Pop. Was 207,997 In 1871; And In 1875, 239,0•0, More Than The Half Of Whom Are Protestants. The Oder ...
Brest
Brest, A Strongly Fortified City, In The Department Of Finistere, France, And One Of The Chief Naval Stations Of The Empire, Is Situated In Lat. 48° 24' N., And Long. 4° 29' W., On The N. Side Of The Bay Or Road Of 13rest, Which Forms One Of The Finest ...
Breton De Los Herreros
Breton De Los Herreros, Don .1.iaicuer„ The Most Popular Of Modern Spanish Poets, Was B. 19th Dec., 1800, At Quel, In The Province Of Logrofio; Received His Earliest Education In Madrid; And Served As A Volunteer In The Army From 1814 To 1822. Subse Quently, He Held Several Situations Under ...
Bretts And Scots
Bretts And Scots, Tlie L..tws Of The (lat. Leges Inter Brettos Et Scotos, Old Fr. Lusage De Seotis Et De Bretis), The Name Given, In The 13t11 C., To A Code Of Laws In The Celtic Tribes In Scotland. The '" Scots" Were The Celtic People Dwelling In The Western ...
Breughel
Breughel, The Name Of A Famous Family Of Dutch Painters.—peter B., The Head Of The Family, Was B. In The Village Of B., Near Breda, In 1510 (or, As Others Say, 1530), And D. At Brussels In 1570 Or 1590. He Was A Scholar Of Peter Koeck Van Aelst, Traveled ...
Brevet
Brevet' (fr. A Writ Or Warrant), In The British Army, Is A Promotion Of Officers, Now Strictly Limited In Its Application, But Before 1854 A Recognized Though Occasional Mode Of Conferring A Large Measure Of General Promotion Throughout The Army. It Took Place Under Various Circumstances. If No Special Cause ...
Breviary
Breviary. By This Title We Are To Understand An Abbreviation, As Well As An Amended Arrangement Of The More Ancient Offices Used At The Seven Canonical Hours, Which Are Matins, Prime, Tierce, Seat, Nones, Vespers, And Compline. See C.tsonicah Bonus. The Books In Which These Offices Were Contained Were Formerly ...
Brewing
Brewing. For The Process Of B. See Beer. The Legal Requirements For The B. Of Beer For Sale Will Be Found In Many Acts Of Parliament, Front The 12 Chas. Ii. C. 24, To 33 And 34 Vict. C. 32 S. 10, Changes Being Of Late Frequent. Instead Of Licenses ...
Brewster
Brewster, Sir David, An Eminent Natural Philosopher, And Eloquent Writer, Was B. At Jedburgh, Dec. 11, 1781. He Was Educated For The Church Of Scotland At The Univer Sity Of Edinburgh,where He Highly Distinguished Himself. In 1808,11e Undertook The Editor Ship Of The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, To Which He Contributed Many ...
Bribery
Bribery. The Corrupt Practices Known By The Term B. Might Well Form The Theme Of An Extended Essay. Here We Can Point Only To A Few Of The More Conspicuous Feat Tures Of This Grave Social Disorder, And Chiefly As Concerns B. At Elections. Election .73., A Well-known Form Of ...
Brick
Brick. The Earliest Examples Of This Branch Of The Ceramic Art Were Doubtless The Sun-dried Bricks Of Egypt, Assyria, And Babylonia. Remarkable To Say, Many Of These, Which, In A Northern Climate, The Frosts Of A Single Winter Would Destroy, Bare Been Preserved For Some 3000 Years By The Dry, ...
Bridge
Bridge (ang.-sax. Brycg; Dutch, Brag; Ger. Brucke) Is A Structure For Carrying A Road Over A Stream, River, Ravine, Low Ground, Or Other Impediment To Its Course. A Bridge For Carrying A Canal Or Other Water-course, Is Called An Aqueduct (q.v.); One For Carrying A Railway Is Sometimes Called By ...
Bridge Building Brotherhoods
Bridge-building Brotherhoods (fr. Flires Pontifes; Lat. Fratres Pontifices) Were Religious Societies That Originated In The S. Of France In The Latter Half Of The 12th Century. Their Purpose Was Th Establish Hospices At The Most Frequented Fords Of Large Rivers, To Keep Up Ferries, And To Build Bridges. The Church ...
Brielle Ariel
Ariel, Briel'le, Or The Brill, A Fortified Seaport T., On The N. Side Of The Island Of Voorne, S. Holland. It Is Situated Near The Mouth Of The Maas, About 14 M. W. Of Rotterdam, In Lat. 51° 54' N., And Long. 4° 10' East. B. Possesses A Good Harbor, ...
Briggs
Briggs, Ihssutv, A Distinguished Mathematician, Was B. In 1556, At Warlevwood, Near Halifax, Yorkshire, And Studied At St. .john's College, Cambridge. In 1396, Lie Was Appointed First Reader In Geometry At Gresham House (afterwards College), London, And In 1619 First Savilian Professor Of Geometry In Oxford. This Office He Retained ...
Brighton
Brighton, Originally Brighthelmstone, A T. And A Celebrated Watering-place On The Sea-coast Of Sussex, 501, In. S. Of London. It Is Built On A Slope Ascending Eastward To Il Range Of High Chalk-cliffs (backed By The South Downs), Bounding The Coast As Far As Beachy Head; To The West, These ...
Brights Disease
Bright's Disease (of The Kidneys), So Called After The English Physician, Dr. Bright, Who First Investigated Its Character, Consists Of A Degeneration Of The Tissues Of The Kidney Into Fat, And Will Be Better Understood After The Anatomy Of The Organ Has Been Studied. Suffice It To Say Now, That ...
Briinelleschi
Briinelleschi, Frurro, One Of The Greatest Italian Architects, Was B. At Florence, In 1377. He First Learned The Art Of A Goldsmith; Next, That Of A Sculptor; And Finally, Devoted Himself To Architecture. He Also Studied Zealously Both Mechanical And Mathe Matical Science, And Is Reckoned The First Who Established, ...
Brin Disi
Brin Disi (the Ancient Brundisium Or Brundusium), A Seaport T. Of Southern Italy, In The Province Of Lecce, Is Situated On A Small Promontory In A Bay Of The Adriatic Sea, About 45 In. E.n.e. Of Taranto. B. Is A City Of Very Great Antiquity. It Was Taken From The ...
Brisbane
Brisbane, General Sir Trro3ras Makdougal, A Distinguished Soldier And Astronomer, Was B. At Brisbane, The Hereditary Seat Of His Family, Near Largs, Ayrshire, July 23, 1773. At The Early Age Of 16 He Entered The Army As An Ensign, And In The Following Year, When Quartered In Ireland. He Formed ...
Bristol
Bristol, An Important Maritime City In The W. Of England, Long. 2' 35' 28" W., Lat. 51° 27' 6" N., Upon The Rivers Frame And Avon, And Partly In The Counties Of Gloucester And Somerset, Joined With The Former For Ecclesiastical And Military Purposes, But Other Wise A City And ...
Britannia
Britannia (perhaps From Celtic In-ith Or Brit, Painted, The Ancient Britons Being The Habit Of Painting Their Bodies Blue With Woad), The Ancient Name Of The Island Of Great Britain (see Britannicje Insulao. The Romans Under Julius Caesar (who Wished To Chastise The Britons For Aiding The Veiled, A Tribe ...
Britannia Metal
Britannia Metal, The Present Composition Of Britannia Metal At Birmingham Is Usually 90 Tin ± 8 Antimony 2 Copper, Without Any Zinc Or Bismuth; Although .some Manufacturers Deviate A Little From This Formula, By Adding One Or Both Of The :metals Last Named. The Manufacture Was Began At Sheffield By ...
Britannia Tubular Bridge
Britannia Tubular Bridge, A Railway Bridge Over The Menai Strait, Remark Able Alike For Its Gigantic Dimensions, And As Being The First Construction Of The Kind Ever Undertaken. With A View To Facilitate Communication With Ireland Ria Holyhead, The Directors Of The Chester And Holyhead Railway In 1845 Sought The ...
British Army
British Army. In Armies, _modern, A Succinct Account Is Given Of The Relative Strength And Organization Of The Chief European Armies, With The Exception Of That Of The British Empire, Reserved For Consideration In The Present Article. Like Other Modern Armies, The British Army Originated In The Feudal System (q.v.).. ...
British Association
British Association, An Association Whose Object Is, By Bringing Together Men Eminent In All The Several Departments Of Science, To Assist The Progress Of Discovery, And To Extend Over The Whole Country The Latest Results Of Scientific Research. A Pre Vailing Impression That England Had Fallen Behind Other Countries, Both ...
British Museum
British Museum. The British Museum, An Important National Institution In London, Originated In A Bequest Of Sir Hans Sloane, Who, During A Long Lifetime, Gathered An Extensive And, At The Time, Unequaled Collection Of Objects Of Natural History And Works Of Art, Besides A Considerable Library Of Books And Manuscripts_ ...
British Navy
British Navy. Under Navres, Modens, Will Be Found A Brief Description Of The Chief Navies Belonging To The Continent Of Europe, And To The United States Of America. The British Navy Is Separately Treated In This Place. While The Romans Occupied Britain, They Were Obliged To Maintain A Fleet Of ...
Broccoli
Broccoli, A Well-known And Much Esteemed Garden Vegetable, One Of The Many Varieties Which Cultivation Has Produced Of The Brassica Oteracea, The Common Kale Or Cabbage. B. Is Said To Have Been Originally Brought To Italy And Other Parts Of Europe From The Isle Of Cyprus About The Middle Of ...
Broglie Achille Leonce Victor
Broglie. Achille Leonce Victor Charles, Due De, 1785-1870; A Peer Of France. The Family Was Piedmontese, But Won Distinction In The Armies Of France. The First Marshal De B. Served Under Louis Xiv.; His Son Reached The Highest Grade Of The French Peerage; The Second Marshal Commanded In The Seven ...
Broiling
Broiling Is A Convenient And Expeditious Mode Of Cooking Small Pieces Of Meat, By Laying Them On A Gridiron Over A Bright Fire, Or Even On The Coals Themselves. This Is Perhaps The Most Primitive Mode Of Preparing Meat For Eating, As May Be Sup Posed From The Great Ease ...
Broken Knees
Broken Knees. The Part Commonly Termed The Knee Of The Horse Is The Carpus Or Wrist Of Man, And From The Peculiar Conformation Of A Quadruped, Is Much Exposed, And Liable To Serious Injury. By Broken Knee Is Meant The Abrasion Or More Serious Injury Of The Joint By A ...
Broken Wind
Broken Wind, A Disease Or Unsoundness Of The Respiratory Organs Of The Horse, Which, From The French Pousse, Was Termed, By Some Of The Old English Writers On Far Riery, Pursiness. The Germans Term It Deimpfigk,eit, Or Asthma, Though In Many Of Their Works It Receives Also The Name Of ...
Broker
Broker (so Called, From A Teut. And Slay. Root, Brak Or Wrak, Signifying Refuse, Blemish; As If The Function Had Originally Been To Select Good Articles Of Merchandise And Reject Blemished Ones: The German Term Is Inakler, From Inctkel, Blemish), An Agent Employed To Make Bargains And Contracts Between Other ...
Brome Grass
Brome-grass, Brom Us; Gr. Bromos, A Kind Of Oat; A Genus Of Grasses, Very Nearly Allied To Fescue (q.v.), With Flowers In Lax Panicles, Glumes Many-flowered, The Outer Pales Bifid At The Extremity, And Awned Beneath, And The Very Short Stigma Growing From The Face Of The Germen, Beneath Its ...
Bromeliatee
Bromeliatee, A Natural Order Of Monocotyledonous Plants, Allied To Amctryllidecs And Iridea, Stemless, Or With Short Stems, And Rigid, Channeled, Often Spiny And Scaly Leaves. The Flowers Are In Racemes Or Panicles; The Calyx 3-parted Or Tubular, Persistent, More Or Less Cohering With The Ovary; The Petals Three, Withering Or ...
Bromine
Bromine (greek, Brcrmos, Disagreeable Smell: Symb. Br; Equiv. 80; Spec. Gray. 2.96), One Of The Chemical Elements, Occurs In Coinbination In Sea-water To The Extent Of About 1 Grain To The Gallon. It Is Found More Abundantly In Certain Saline Springs, Especially Those At Kreuznach And Kissengen In Germany. It ...
Bronze
Bronze Is A Reddish-yellow, Fine-grained Alloy Of Copper And Tin, In Variable Propor Tions. It Was Early Known, And What Is Usually Spoken Of As Brass In Regard To The Ancient Nations, Was In Reality Bronze. The Brass Or B. Referred To In The Bible Was Probably Composed Of Copper ...
Bronzing
Bronzing Is The Process Of Covering Plaster Or Clay Figures, And Articles In Ivory, Metal, And Wood, So As To Communicate To Them The Appearance Of Ordinary Bronze. Several Of The Materials Employed Are Of Little Value, Whilst Others Are Expensive. Thus, Gold Powder Is Used For The Finer Work, ...
And Burgess Roll Burgess
Burgess List, And Burgess Roll Are Lists Made Under The Provisions Of The Muni Cipal Corporation Act. 5 And 6 Will. Iv. C. 76, Amended By 20 And 21 Vict. C. 50, And 32 And 33 Viet. C. 55. The Overseers Of The Poor Of Every Parish Wholly Or In ...