Bernard Forest De Belidor
Belidor, Bernard Forest De, A Celebrated Engineer In The French.service, Was Born In The Pro Vince Of Catalonia In Spain, 1693. While He Filled The Offices Of Professor At The New School Of Artillery Of La Fere, And Of Provincial •commis Sary Of Artillery, He Discovered That Too Great•a Quan ...
Bernard Le Bouvier De
Fonten Elle, Bernard Le Bouvier De, A French Author Of Considerable Celebrity, Was Born At Rouen, In The Month Of February 1657. His Mother Was A Sister Of The Famous Corneille ; From Whom He May Be Supposed To Have Inherited Some Portion Of That Literary Genius For Which He ...
Berneray
Berneray, A Small Island Of The Hebrides, Lying On The North Side Of North Uist, And Separated From It By A Channel About One And A Half Fillies Broad. This Island, Which Has A Filesh Water Lake, Called Lochbruis, In Its Centre, Is About Four Miles Long And One And ...
Bernoulli
Bernoulli, James, A Celebrated Methemati Cian, Was The Fifth Son Of Nicholas Bernoulli, Mem Ber Of The Grand Council And Of The Chamber Of Fi Nances Of Bask In Switzerland, And Was Born At Basle On The 27th December 1651. James Ber Noulli, The Grandfather Of The Subject Of This ...
Berwickshire
Berwickshire. This County Is Situated At The South-east Extremity Of Scotland, On The Shore Of The Getman Or Bliti.li Ocean, And Adjoins The North East Border Of England, Deriving Its Name From The Town Of Berwick-upon-tweed, Which Was Formerly Its Head Borough Or County Town ; But • Which Has ...
Besancon
Besancon, The Visontio Of The Ancients, A City Of France, And Capital Of The Department Of The Doubs, Is A Beautiful Town, Embosomcd In Mountains, And Situated On The River Doubs, Which Divides It In To Two Towns ; The Upper And The Lower, Which Are Connected By A Handsome ...
Bessarabia
Bessarabia, A Province Of The Ottoman Em Pire, Bounded On The East By The Black Sea And Part Of Russia, From Which It Is Separated By The Dnies Ter; On The South By The Danube ; And On The West And North By Moldavia, From Which It Is Separated By ...
Bethesda
Bethesda, The Hebrew Name Of A Pool Or Pond In Jerusalem, Near The Sheep Market. Jo. V. 2-7. The Word Xotuf.eif3acce, Which In That Passage Is Translatedpool, Signifies A Reservoir Of Water, Deep Enough To Allow A Person To Swim In It. Formerly There Were Two Pools Of That Description ...
Bevieux
Bevieux, A Village Of Swisserland, Celebrated For The Salt Springs In An Adjacent Mountain. A Gal Lery, About Six Feet High And Four Broad, Is Cut Into The Mountain, Through A Black Rock Veined With Gypsum. The Springs Rise In A Solid Rock, And The Richest Of Them Yield's 28 ...
Beykaneer
Beykaneer, A Province In The North-east Of Hindostan, Bounded On The South By Joudpore ; On The South-west By Jesselmere ; On The West By The Desert ; On The North By The Country Of The Batnians ; On The East By Hurrianah ; And On The South-east By Jypore. ...
Biafa Ras
Biafa Ras, A Nation Ofafricans Inhabiting A Dis Trict Lying Between 11° And 12° Of N. Lat. And From Is° To 11° 30' W. Long. Bounded On The South By The Rio Grande. Very Little Is Known Either Of Themselves Or The Limits Of Their Country ; But It Ap ...
Bidens
Bidens, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Synge Nesia, And Order Polygamia ../equalis. See Botany. (to) Blenne, A Town Of France In The Department Of The Higher Rhine, And Formerly The Capital Of A District Of The Same Name In Switzerland. It Is Si Tuated At The Foot Of ...
Biledulge Rid
' Biledulge Rid, An Appellation Given To One Of The Divisions Of Northern Africa ; But Which Has Been Continually Varying In The Extent Of Its Applica Tion. It Was Understood By The Older Geographers„ To Comprehend All The Countries Formerly Known By The Name Of Numidia • And Was ...
Billiards
Billiards, From The French Billard, Which Cantles From Bile, A Ball, Is A Game Of Skill, Which Was Originally Invented By The French, And Is Now Much In Practice Among All Civilized Nations. The Apparatus Necessary In This Game Is A Billiard Table, Which Is A Rectangular Table About 12 ...
Biography
Biography, (from Ark, Life, And -,c4)", To Write,) Is A Species Of History Which Describes The Lives Of Persons Of Eminence. In Tracing The History Of Biography, We Find It At First, In All Countries, In The Hands Of The Minstrels. The Exploits Of The Chiefs Were The Subject Of ...
Birds
Birds Agree In Having Their Atlantal Extremities (with Very Few Exceptions) Formed For Flying; In Having A Sin Gle Condyle To The Occipital Bone ; A Very Large Sternum; A Brain That Completely Fills The Cavity Of The Skull, But Is Not Very Complicated ; Three Eyelids; No External Ear, ...
Birman Empire
Birman Empire. New Empire Is One Of The Most Powerful'states In Asia, And Includes The Ancient Kingdoms. Of Ava, Ptgu, And.arracan, With Some Other Countries Of Infe Dor Note. It Is Difficult To Ascertain With Precision The Limits Of This Empire ;. But, According To The Most Ac Curate Accounts, ...
Birmingham
Birmingham, A Market Town In The Hundred Of Hemlingford, And In The County Of Warwick, Is 116 Miles From London By Oxford, And 109 By Co Ventry. It Is About Two Miles In Length, Pleasantly Situated On The Side Of A Hill By The River Rea ; And The Soil, ...
Biscay
Biscay. Part Of The Spanish Monarchy, Inclu Ding Three Cantons, Alaba Or Alava, Guipuzcoa, And Biscay Proper, Constitute A Province Called The Lordship Of Biscay. This Province Is Bounded By The Bay 'of Biscay, And The Gulf Of Gascony, On The North; On The East, By Navarre ; On The ...
Bishop
Bishop, A Prelate, Holding A Barony Of The King, And Exercising Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Over A Certain District Called His Diocese. The Term Bishop Is Derived From Through The Medium Of The Saxon Tt Bischop," And Denotes An Inspector, Guardian, Or Overseer. In The Dead Guages, However, The Word Now Commonly ...
Bishurma
Bishurma, Or V1swakurma Ka Joompree. According To The Legend, Bishurma• Was The Artist Who Fabricated The Whole Of These Wonderful Works In A Night Of Six Months ; But The Cock Crowing Before They Were Finished, They Remained Imperfect, And He Retired, Having Wounded His Finger, To This Hovel, In ...
Bissao
Bissao, Is An Island On The Western Coast Of Africa, North Of The Bijuga Channel, The Centre Of Which Lies In About 11° 30' N. Lat. And 15° W. Long. Some Geographers, As We Have Already Ob Served, Incline To Class It With The Bijuga Islands ; But, In Our ...
Bithynia
Bithynia Was An Ancient Kingdom Of Asia Minor, Bounded On The North By The Euxine Sea, On The East By The River Parthenius, On The South By Mount Olympus And The River Rhyndacus, And On The West By The Propontis And The Thracian Bospho Rus. The Information Which We Derive ...
Bits
Bits. See Bridle. Blac K, 1)n Joseph, Was Born In France, On The Banks Of The Garonne, In The Year 1728. His Father, Mr John Black, Was A Native Of Belfast In Ireland, Hut Of A Scots Family, Which Had Been For Some Time Settled In That Country. Mr Black ...
Bla I Lock
Bla I Lock, The Rev. Tiionas, D.d. A Poet And A Minister Of The Established Church Of Scotland. He Was Born In The Year 1721, At Annan, In The County Of Dumfries, But Was Soon Afterwards Removed To The Town Of Dumfries, Where He Spent The Greater Part Of His ...
Blac Kwell
.blac Kwell, Tluoasas, Was Born In Aber Deen In The Year 1701, And Was The Son Of The Rev. Thomas Blackwell, One Of The Ministers, And Princi Pal Of Marischal College In That City. He Received His Grammatical And University Education In His Native Place, And Took The Degree Of ...
Black Sea
Black Sea. Black Sea, Formerly Called The Euxine * Sea, Is An Immense Inland Sea, Situated Between Europe S And Asia, And Connected With The Mediterranean By The Straits Of Constantinople. By Comparing The Accounts Of This Sea, As Given By Ancient Authors, With The Limits Assigned To It By ...
Blackmore
Blackmore, Sir Richard, Was The Son Of Mr Robert Blackmore, Attorney At Law, And Was Born At Corsham, In Wiltshire, About The Year 1650. He Received The First Elements Of Education In A Country School ; Removed To Westminster In The 13th Year Of His Age ; And Was Sent ...
Blackstone
Bla'ckstone, 'sat William, An English , . Lawyer Of 'great Celebrity, Was Born At London On The 10th Of July 1723. He Was The Third Son Of Charles Blackstone, A Silk Mercer ; But, Being Left An Orphan, The Charge Of His Education Was -gene Rously Undertaken By His Maternal ...
Blair
Blair, Hucir, D. D. And F. R. S.e. An Emi Nent Scottish Divine, Was Born In Edinburgh On The 7th Of April 1718. Descended From The Ancient Fa Mily Of Blair In Ayrshire, Which, At Different Periods, Has Given To The World Individuals Remarkable For Their Talents And Learning, He ...
Blasting Or Rocks
Blasting Or Rocks, Is An Operation Of Great Importance In The Formation Of Roads, Or In The Breaking Up Of Uncultivated Ground. The Process Of Blasting Rocks, Or Stones, In Boring A Cylindrical Hole, About 10 Or 12 Inches Deep, In The Rock, By Means Of A Chisel For That ...
Blemmyes
Blemmyes, The Name Of A People Who Appear To Have Inhabited Part Of Ethiopia ; And Who, Proba Bly From The Circumstance Of Depressing Their Heads And Raising Their Shoulders, Were Represented By The Ancients As Without Heads, And As Having Their Eyes And Mouths In Their Breasts. Agathemerus (c..10. ...
Blenheim
Blenheim, A Village Of Germany, In The Cir Cle Of Suabia, About 25 Miles To The North-west Of Augsburg, Has Been Rendered Memorable In History, In Consequence Of The Decisive Defeat Which The French And Bavarians Sustained In Its Neighbourhood ) From The British And Their Allies, On The 13th ...
Blight
Blight. See Agriculture Index. An Epithet Applied To A Living Creature En Tirely Deprived Of The Sense Of Sight. It Belongs To Medicine To Point Out The Method Of Curing Or Alle Viating- This Malady, In Cases Avhere It Admits Of Cure Or Palliation. What We Propose In This Article, ...