Borrowstoness
Borrowstoness, A Town Of Scotland, Is Si Tuated On The South Side Of The Firth Of Forth, About 13 Miles North-west Of Edinburgh, And 31 North Of Linlithgow, The County Town. At What Time The Town Of Borrowstoness Began To Be Built Is Not Ex Actly Known, But It Became ...
Boscovichs Theory
Boscovich's Theory Theory Of Natural Philosophy Which Claims Boscovich For Its Author, Has Attracted, In No Small Degree, The Attention Of The Learned : And Although We Are By No Means Disposed To Imagine, That Much, J Progress Is Likely To Be Made In Physical Science By The Original Excogitation, ...
Bosnia
Bosnia, A Province Of European Turkey, De. Rives Its Name From The River Bosnia, Which Passes 4.4irough It, And Falls Into The Sive. It Is About 120 Miles Long, And 72 Broad ; And Is Bounded On The North By Sclavonia, From Which It Is Separated By The Save ; ...
Boston
Boston, Formerly Botolph's Town, A Large Com Mercial Town Of England, In Lincolnshire, Situated On The East Side Of The River Witham, About Five Miles From The Sea. The Town Is Well Built, And Has Lately Received Very Considerable Improvements. Its Spaci Ous Market-place Is Adorned With A Handsome Cross, ...
Boston_2
Boston, Called Shaumut By The Indians, And Trimountain By Its First Settlers, Is A Large Town Of America, The Capital And Port Of The State Of Massa Chusetts And Of New England, And The Third Town In Point Of Size In The United States. It Is Situated On An Irregular ...
Botany Bay
Botany Bay. Bay On The South-east Coast Of New Holland, In 34° S. Lat. 208° 37' W. Long. Discovered By Captain Cook In 1770, And So Named By Him, From The Great Variety And Abundance Of Plants Found In Its Vicinity. Botany Bay, However, Is Now Used To Denote In ...
Bothnia
Bothnia, A Division Of Sweden, Is Separated Into East And West By A Gulf Of That Name. It Is Bounded On The North And West By Swedish Lap Land, On The East By Russia, And On The South By Sweden Proper, And Finland. Were We Disposed To Dwell On The ...
Bottle
Bottle, (derived From The Dim. Botellu.s, Lat.) A Name Given To Certain Small Vessels, Differing In Size And Form, And Composed Of Different Materials. We Find Them Square, Circular, And Cylindrical ; Some With Short, And Others With Long Necks. We Have Bottles Of Wood, Stone, Glass, And Leather ; ...
Bottomry
Bottomry, (lat. Foenus Nauticum, Usura Ma Ritima, Contractus Pecunire Trajectitice,) In Commercial And Maritime Law, Is A Species Of Marine Contract, In The Nature Of A Mortgage Of A Ship, Whereby The Own Er Of A Vessel, When He Wants Money To Purchase Pro Visions Or Other Necessaries For An ...
Boudicia Or Boadicea
Boadicea, Boudicia) Or Bunntitca, A Queen Of The Iceni, And Famous For The Formidable Resistance Which She Opposed To The Roman Arms.in Britain. Prasutagus, The King Of The Iceni, Had Submitted With An Unworthy Humility To The Roman Power, And Bequeathed His Estates To His Two Daughters And To The ...
Bouillaud Bullialdus
Bullialdus, Bouillaud, Or Rather Boull1aud, Ismael, A Celebrated French Astronomer, Was Born At Loudun, In The Department Of Vienne, On The 28th Sep Tember 1605. After Having, Gone Through A Course Of Philosophy At Paris, And A Course Of Civil Law At Poitiers, He Travelled Into Holland, Italy, Germany, Poland, ...
Bouk
Bouk, Buxe, Or Boor Iuslins, Known Also By The Name Of Wire Muslin, From The Transparency Of The Fabric. Is The Lightest And Most Flimsy Species Of All The Varieties Of Indian Manufacture. The British Imitation Originated In Sebtland About The Year 1785, Since Which Time It Has Been Prosecuted ...
Boulogne
Boulogne, Named Also Boulogne Sur La M Er E ; A Sea-port Town Of France, In The Department Of The Straits Of Calais. And Formerly Capital Of The Small Province Of The Boulonnese In Picardy. It Was Anciently Called Gesoriacum Navale, Or Portus Geso Riacus ; Afterwards Bononia, Or Bolonia ...
Boulter
Boulter, Fluor', D. D. Archbishop Of Ar Magh, And Primate Of Ireland, Was Born In Or Near London, Of Respectable And Wealthy Parents, On The 4th Of January 1671. He Received The Rudiments Of His Education At Merchant-tailors' School ; And Was Ad Mitted A Commoner In Christ-church, Oxford, Sonic ...
Bounty
Bounty, Signifies A Pecuniary Gratification Paid From The Public Revenue Of A State, For The En Couragement Of Navigation And Shipping ; Or Of Some Particular Branch Of Agriculture, Trade, Or Ma Nufacture. Bounties May Be Divided Into Two Sorts ; As They Relate To The Defence, And As They ...
Bourdaloue
Bourdaloue, Louts, A Celebrated French Preacher, Was Horn In &urges, On The 20th Of Au Gust 1632. In The Sixteenth Year Of His Age, Lie En Tered Into The Society Of The Jesuits. The First Eigh Teen Years That He Spent In It Were Employed Partly In Prosecuting His Private ...
Bova
Bova, A Town Of Naples, In The Province Of Ca Labria Ultra. It Is Situated Near The Sea, On The Brow Of A Hill, At The Foot Of The Appeunines, And Is Dis Tant About 30 Miles From Reggio. For The Only Re Cent Account Of This Town We Are ...
Bovino
Bovino, A City Of Naples, In The Province Of Ca Pitanata, And The See Of A Bishop. Its Situation Is Very Lofty, On The South Side Of The Romantic River Centavo. The Valley Of Bvi'ill0) Derives Its Name From This City, Commences Between Savignano And Greci, Two Small Towns, Which ...
Brabant
Brabant, Formerly A Duchy, And One Of The Provinces Of The Catholic Netherlands, Now Forming Three Departments Of The French Empire, Is Bound Ed On The North By Holland And Guelderland, On The East By Guelderland And Liege, On The South By Na Mur And Hainault, And By Flanders And ...
Bracciolini
Bracciolini, Pocoto, A Celebrated Restorer Of Literature In The Fifteenth Century, Was Born In The Year 1380, At Terra Nuova, A Small Town In The Ter Ritory Of The Republic Of Florence. From His Father, Guiccio Bracciolini, He Inherited No Advantages Of Rank Or Fortune ; But For Those Literary ...
Brachiopoda
-brachiopoda This Class Was Instituted By M. Cuvier, In Consequence Gf An Examination Of The Animal Of The Patella Unguis Of Linnaeus. Its Characters Are Well Marked, And Abun Dantly Justify The Propriety Of The Change. The Animals Of This Class Are Acephalous ; And, Like The Conchifera, Have The ...
Bramai
Bramai L's Machine, Or Press For Print Ing Bank Notes. Contrary To Our Usual Practice, We Have Been Obliged To Introduce A Description Of This Ingenious Machine Under The Name Of Its Inventor. It Was Out Of Our Power To Obtain A Drawing And De Scription Of It When We ...
Bramins Braciimans
Braciimans, Bramins, Or Br Aumms, Called Beaxgavar, By The Greeks, Constitute The First Of The Hincloo Casts. The Hindoos Have, From All Antiquity, Been Divided Into Four Great Tribes, Or Casts, Which Do Not Intermarry, Cat, Drink, Or Associate With Each Other, Except When They Worship At The Great Temple ...
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, An Ancient City In Germany, And Formeriy The Capital Of The Marquisate To Which It Gives Name. It Is Situated In The Middle Mark, Upon The Banks Of The Ifavel, Which Divides The Old Town From The New, And Is Here Large Enough To Be Earigated By Boats Of ...
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, Alaactuis.v• Or, A Country Of Germany, Bounded On The North By Mecklenburg And Pomerania ; On The Cast By Poland ; On The South By Lower Lusatia, And The Electorate Of Saxony ; And On The West, Partly By The Duchy Of Magdeburg, And Partly By The Duchy Of ...
Brandy
Brandy, A Spirituous Liquor Produced By The Dis Tillation Of Wines, Is Prepared In Most Of The Nine Coun Tries Of Europe. The Principal Manufactures Of This Spirit Are In France, Particularly In Languedoc And An Jou, From Whence Comes The Well Known Cogniac Brandy. The Apparatus For The Distillation ...
Bravo Brava
Brava, Bravo, Or St John, One Of The Cape De Verd Islands, Is About Four Leagues In Circumference, And Lies In North Lat. 15° 25', And Nearly 430 Miles West From Cape De Verd. The Land Is High, And The Mountains Appear At A Distance Like Pyramids Rising From The ...
Bread
Bread, A Nutritive Substance, Made Of Corn Or Other Farinaceous Vegetables, Ground Into Flour Or Meal, And Kneaded With Water, Generally With The Addition Of Leaven Or Yeast. However Indispensible Bread May Now Appear As An Article Of Food, The Art Of Baking Was By No Means An Early Discovery ...
Bread Fruit
Bread Fruit (artocarlzus Incisa). This Fruit Is The Produce Of A Species Of The Genus ?irtocarpus, Which •rows Abundantly In The South Sea Islands. There Are Several Species, Which Are Noticed In The Article Bota Nv, And To Which We Refer, As Our Present Object Is Li Mited. The Characters ...