Analysis
Analysis, From Avaitt;co, Resolvo, Is That Procedure In Mat Henzatics, By Which A Proposition Is Traced Up, Through A Chain Of Necessary Dependence, To Some Known Operation, Or Some Admitted Principle. It Is Alike Appli Cable To The Investigation Of Truth In A Theorem, Or The Discovery Of The Construction ...
Anas
Anas, Lin. Scc. Bill Middle-sized, Robust, Straight, More Or Less De Pressed ; Invested With A Thin Skin; Deeper Than Broad At The Base, Which Is Either Furnished With A Fleshy Tubercle, Or Quite Smooth, Always Depressed Towards The Tip, Which Is Obtuse, And Furnished With A Nail ; The ...
Anastasius I
Anastasius I. Surnamed Dicorcs, Emperor Of Constantinople, Succeeded Zeno I. In 491. Zeno Had Left No Issue ; And The Principal Personages Of His Court Con Tended About The Succession. Anastasius, Though At That Time High In Office, Was Of Low Extraction ; But By The Influence Of Ariadne, Zeno's ...
Anastasius Ii
Anastasius Ii. Whose Original Name Was Ar Temius, Succeeded Philippicus In The Throne Of Constan Tinople In 713. Ile Had Been Chief Secretary To The Ibr Mer Emperor, And Was Chosen As His Successor By The Voice Of The People. He Was A Man Or Great Learning, And By Long ...
Anatomy
Anatomy. Object Of That Branch Of The Science Of Anatomy Which Is To Occupy Our Attention In This Part Of The Article, Is To Point Out The Differences And Relations That Subsist Among Analogous Parts In The Inferior Classes Of Animated Nature ; And To Compare These As Far As ...
Anatomy And Physiology Of
Anatomy And Physiology Of Foliose Or Operculate Mosses, -mosses Appear To Consist Entirely Of Cellular Texture, Which Varies Much In Density, Ancl In The Form Of The Cells In Different Species, And Even In Different Parts Of The Same Species. In The Stems And Nerves Of The Leaves, The Cells ...
Anatomy And Physiology Of
Anatomy And Physiology Of Serpents. The Skin Of Serpents Consists Chiefly Of A Cuticle And Corium. The Cuticle Exhibits Considerable Differences In Thickness, And, As Happens To The Lizards, Is Periodi Cally Cast Off And Pcdoved. The Corium Is Destitute Of A Villous Surface, And Intimately Connected With The Muscular ...
Anatomy And Physiology Of_2
Anatomy And Physiology Of ('etaceous Animals. Is: Their General Form, These Animals Nearly Resemble The Ordinary Tribes Of Fishes, And Like These, Are Enabled, By ;hei• Conformation, To Move Through The Water With Great Veloc Ity. In Most Species The Head Is Conical, And More Or Less Pointed At The ...
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras, An Ancient And Very Eminent Phi Losopher Of Greece, Belonging To The Original Ionic School Founded By Thales. He Was A Jaative Of Clazo Mene, In Ionia, And Born In The First Ear Of The 70th Olympiad, About 500 Years Before Christ. So Great Was His Love Of Philosophy, ...
Anaxarchus
.anaxarchus, A Grecian Philosopher Of The Elea Tic Sect. He Was A Native Of Abdera, And Flourished About The 110th Olympiad, Or 340 Years Before Christ. The Tenets Of His, School Inculcated Scepticism Concern Ing The Controul Of The Gods, In Regulating The Affairs Of The Universe ; And Anaxarchus ...
Anaximander
Anaximander, A Celebrated Greek Philosopher, The Disciple And Friend Of Thales, And His Immediate Suc Cessor In The Ionic School. He Was Born At Miletus, In 11h; 3u Year Of The 42d Olympiad, Or In The 610th Year Beinro Christ, And Lived To The Age Of 64. He Was The ...
Anaximenes
Anaximenes, A Greek Rhetorician And Historian, Who Was Employed By Philip, King Of Macedon, To Instruct His Son Alexander In The Art Of Rhetoric. He Was Born About 580 Years Before Christ, And Was The Son Of Aris Tocles Of Lampsacus, And The Disciple Of The Celebrated Diogenes, The Cynic, ...
Ancestors
Ancestors, From Antecedo, To Go Before, All Those From Whom A Person Is Descended, Except Two Immedi Ate Parents. Veneration For Ancestors Is A Sentiment So Natural To Mankind, That It Has Been Expressed In Almost All Nations By Peculiar Ceremonies Or Solemnities. The Family Gods, Whom The Romans Worshipped ...
Anchor
Anchor, From The Greek Ayxvea, An Anchor, Is A Strong And Ponderous Hooked Implement, Attached To A Vessel, And Dropped Into The Bottom Of The Sea, For The Purpose Of Retaining The Vessel In A Particular Sta Tion. Even In The Rude Ages Of Society, When Navigation Was Confined To ...
Anchovy
Anchovy, The Clupea Encrasicolus Of Linnaeus. This Fish Is Found In Several Pans, As In The River Of Genoa In Catalonia, At Nice, Antibes, Saint Tropez, And Other Places In Provence. The Most Considerable Fish Ery Is At Georgia Or Gorgogna, A Small Island West Of Leghorn. It Is Said ...
Ancient Gaul
Ancient Gaul Comprehended The Whole Country Be Tween The Pyrenees, The Alps, The Rhine, And The Ocean ; It Was Therefore Of Greater Extent Than Modern France, As It Existed Previously To The Revolution; For To The Dominions Of That Kingdom Must He Added, To Form An Accurate And Complete ...