Albert De Haller
Haller, Albert De, A Physician And Professor Of The Last Century, Celebrated For The Excellence And Volu Minousness Of His Writings. Ile Was Born At Berne, In Switzerland, On The 18th Of October 1708. His Father Was Emmanuel Haller, Advocate And Chancellor Of The County Of Baden. His Early Education ...
Albigenses
Albigenses, In Church History, The Name Of Religious Party, Distinguialied By Their Opposition To Oa Church Of Rome. Is Is Very Difficult To Ascertain Either Their Origin Or Their Opinions. As To Their Origin, Mosheim Maintains. That They Were Paulicians, Who, Flying From The Persecu Tions Of The Greeks, Gradually ...
Albino
Albino, A Term Which Appears To Have Been First Employed By The Portuguese, To Designate A Variety Of The Human Species That Occurs Among The Negroes, The Peculiarity Of Which Consists In The Hair And Skin Being Perfectly White, While, In Every Circumstance Except Colour, These Persons Exactly Resemble The ...
Alboin
Alboin, A King Of The Lombards. Having Slain The Son Of Turisund, King Of The Gepitht, When Fighting Under The Banners Of His Father Audoin; The Lombards Requested That Alboin Should Be Permitted To Sit At The Royal Feast, By Which The Victory Was To Be Commemo Rated. But, As ...
Alca
Alca, Lin. Tern. .auk. Bill Straight, Broad, Compressed, Much Incurved A Tthe Tip, Both Mandibles Half Covered With Feathers, And Grooved Near The Point, The Upper Hooked, The Lower Forming A Salient Angle ; Nostrils Lateral, Marginal, Linear, Situated Near The Middle Of The Bill, Almost Entirely Closed By A ...
Alcaeus
Alcaeus, An Eminent Grecian Lyric Poet, Was Born At Mitylenc, In The Island Of Lesbos, An Island Remarka Ble In Ancient Times For The Fertility Of Its Soil, The Excel Lence Or Its Wines, The Beauty Of Its Women, And The Ce Lebrity Of Its Musicians And Poets. This Author ...
Alcarrazas
Alcarrazas, In Pottery, Are A Kind Of Vessels For Cooling Wine Or Water, When Intended For Drinking. As They Arc Exceedingly Porous, The Liquor Oozes Through Them On All Sides; The Air Which Comes In Contact With It, By Making It Evaporate, Carries Off The Heat Contained In The Water, ...
Alcedo
Alcedo, Lin. &c. Kingfisher. Bill Long, Straight, Quadrangular, Pointed, Sharp-edged, And Very Rarely Depressed; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Pierced Obliquely, Almost Wholly Closed By A Naked Membrane ; Legs Short, Naked Above The Knee; Tongue Very Short; Fea Thers Glossy. The Birds Of This Genus Are Dispersed Over The Whole World, ...
Alchemy
Alchemy, An Occult Science, Which Pretended, By Means Of A Sublimer Chemistry, To Teach Modes Of Form Ing The Philosopher's Stone, The Universal Medicine, And The Universal Solvent; And Of Producing The Precious Metals And Gems From Common And Cheap Materials. The Term Alchemy, However, Has Been Usually Employ Ed ...
Alciati
Alciati, Andr•w, A Celebrated Lawyer, Was Born At On The 8th May, 1492. He Was The Only Son Of Ambrogio, Ambassador To The Republic Of Venice, And Of Margaret Landriana, A Lady Of Noble Family, Who Is Reported To Have Felt No Pains At His Birth. Ile Was Sent, At ...
Alcuin
Alcuin, An Eminent English Writer, Was Born In The North Of England, About The Middle Of The Eighth Century. Ite Received His Education Under Egbert, Archbishop Of York, Who Appointed Him Keeper Of The Curious Library, Which He Had Established In That City ; And Who Afterwards Made Him Deacon ...
Alderman
Alderman, Among Our Ancient Saxon Ancestor., Was The Second Of Their Three Orders Or Nubility. Alder Man, In Its Original, Is Compounded Of Two Words, E/t/r1 And Man, Elderman. It Must Be However Observed, T„at Among The Saxons That Word Was Joined To Others, Still Further Designating Title Or Office ...
Aldred
Aldred, A Haughty And Ambitious Prelate, Who Rais Ed Himself From The Low Station Of A Monk To The Arch Bishopric Of York. About The Year 1050, Nearly Four Years After Lie Was Promoted To The See Of Worcester, He Went To Jerusalem By The Way Of Hungary; And On ...
Aldrich
Aldrich, Iienny, An Accomplished Scholar, And Eminent Divine, Was Born At Westminster In 1647. Ile Was Admitted Into Christ's Church College, Oxford, In 1622, Where He Prosecuted His Studies 11 Ith Ardour And Success, And Took Out The Degrees Of Bachelor And Mas Ter Of Arts, And Bachelor And Doctor ...
Aldrovand1
Aldrovand1, Ui.tssis, In Biography, A Cele Brated Italian, Who Was One Of The Earliest And Most Assiduous Improvers Of Natural I Listory, After The Revi Val Of Literature In Europe. Ile Was Born At Bologna In 1525, And Was Descended From A Noble Family. Ile Commenced His Studies In His ...
Aleppo
Aleppo, In Arabic, Haleb, The Present Metropolis Of Syria, And, In Point Of Importance, The Third City In The Ottoman Empire. In Situation, Magnitude, Population, And Opulence, It Is Much Inferior To Constantinople And Cairo; But, In Salubrity Of Air, In The Solidity And Ele Gance Of Its Private Buildings, ...
Alexander
Alexander, Willi/on Eminent As A Poet, And Statesman, Was Horn At Minsu Ie, Ili, Father's Estate, In Scotland, A. D. 1580. Alter Completing Iris Education, He Travelled As Tutor Or Companion To The Duke Of Ar Gyll; And On His Return, Spent Some Time In Retirement, Amusing Himself With Composing ...
Alexander
Alexander The Great, The Most Renowned Hero In Ancient History, Was Son Of Philip King Of Macedon. His Father Was One Of The Ablest Generals And Most Pro Found Politicians Of The Age In Which He Lived ; And By His Unwearied And Successful Exertions In Destroying The Liberties Of ...
Alexander Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot, Alexander, Principal Of King's College, Aberdeen ; Was One Of The Most Conspicuous Members Of The Church Of Scotland During The First Age Of The Reformation. He Was Born In The Year 1533, And Was Descended From A Respectable Family, Which Was Afterwards Ennobled By Charles I. His Father ...
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, Alexander, First Secretary Of The Trea Sury Of The United States, A Native Of The Island Of St Croix, Was Born In The Year 1757. His Father Was An English Gentleman ; And His Mother An American Lady. At The Age Of Sixteen, He Was Placed At Columbia College, ...
Alexander Monro
Alexander Monro, Secundus, M. D. The Youngest Of The Three Sons Of Dr. Alexander Monro, Primus, And Isabella M'donald, Second Daughter Of Sir Donald M'donald Of M'donald, In The Isle Of Sky, Baronet, Was Born At Edinburgh On The 20th Of March 1733. He Acquired The First Rudiments Of Classical ...
Alexander Selkirk
Selkirk, Alexander, The Name Of A Celebrated Scottish Traveller, Whose Adventures Form The Subject Of Robinson Crusoe, Was Born At Largo In The County Of Fife, About 1676, And Was Brought Up To The Pro Fession Of A Sailor. As Sailing Master Of The Cinque Ports Galley, He Left England ...
Alexander Volta
Volta, Alexander, Was Born At Como On The 18th February 1745, And Was Descended From An Ancient Family Of That City. Among The Mis Fortunes Of His Infancy, His Friends Have Enume Rated That Of Having A Foolish Nurse, And To This Cause They Have Ascribed The Slow Development Of ...
Alexander Wilson
Wilson, Alexander, M.d. Late Professor Of Practical Astronomy In Glasgow College, Was A Younger Son Of Patrick Wilson, Town-clerk Of St. Andrews, And Was Born There In 1714. Having Received The Usual Education At The Ferent Schools, He Entered The College Of St. Andrews, Where He Made Great Proficiency In ...
Alexander_2
Alexander Was The Name Of Three Kings Of Sec* Land, The Particulars Of Whose Reigns Will Be Given Un Der The Article Scotland ; And Of Eight Popes, For Whose History The Reader May Consult Dupin's Lice/. Mist. Bower's Mist. Of The Popes, And Mosheines C1/4urch (w) Alexander's Tomn, A ...
Alexandria
Alexandria, Called By The Turks Scanderia, City- Of Lower Egypt, Situated On The Niediterranean, Ire N. Lat. 31° 13' 5". And E. Long. 55' 45". This City, Though Now Of But Little Consequence, Was Once One Of The Most Flourishing And Celebrated Of The World, The Populous Metropolis Of The ...
Alexis Marie Rochon
Rochon, Alexis-marie, Member Of The Royal Academy Of Sciences, Was Born At Brest On The 21st Feb. 1741. From His Residence At Brest, In The Midst Of Ships And Sailors, He Acquired An Earl); Taste For The Objects Of Naval Science. In 1765, He Was Named Cor Responding Member Of ...
Alfred
Alfred. Edward, The Oldest Surviving Son Of Alfred, And Deno Minated The Elder, As Being The First Monarch Of That Name That Sat Upon The English Throne, Inherited The Kingdom And Military Genius Of His Father. His Reign, From Beginning To End, Was A Continued But A Successful Struggle Against ...
Alfred The Great
Alfred The Great, King Of England, Was The Fourth Son Of Ethelwolf; And, At The Age Of 23 Years, Succeeded His Brother Ethelred, In 87i. Ile Was Called To The Throne, In Preference To His Brother's Children, Both By The Will Of His Father, And By The Wishes Of The ...