Bury
Bury, A Borough And Market Town In Lancashire, Is Pleasantly Situated On The Cast Side Of The River Irwell, About Nine Miles From Manchester, And 19• From Lon Don. It. Is A Large And Prosperous Town, And Principally Noted For Its Manufacture Of Cotton In All Its Branches, And For ...
Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds, A Populous Borough In The Coun Ty Of Suffolk, Is Situated On The River Lark, And Is Re Markable For The Salubrity Of Its Climate, Which Has Gained It The Distinguished Appellation Of The Montpellier Of England. It Owes Its Name To An Abbey, Which Was Founded ...
Bussora Basso Ra
Basso Ra, Bussora, Or Basraii, A City Of Ara Bian Irak, In The Pachalik Of Bagdad, Is Situated Upon An Arm Of The Schatt El Arab, Or River Of The Arabs, About Mid-way Between The Gulf Of Persia And The Junction Of The Euphrates And Tigris. It Was Built By ...
Butcher
Butcher, A Word Of Uncertain Derivation, Signifies A Person Who Slaughters Cattle For The Table, Or For Sale. In London There Are Two Sorts Of Butchers: Carcass Butchers, Who Kill Meat In Large Quantities, And Sell It Out To Others, Called Retail-butchers, Who Are Dispered Ur All Out-parts, Villages, And ...
Bute
Bute, An Island On The Western Coast Of Scotland, Lies In The Mouth Of The Frith Of Clyde, And Is Separated From The District Of Cowal, In Argyleshire, Only By A Long And Narrow Channel, About Half A Mile Broad. The Origin Of Its Name Has Never Been Rightly Ascertained ...
Butler
Butler, Sanity El, Author Of The Most Celebrated Burlesque Poem In Our Language, Was The Son Of A Farmer At Strensham In Worcestershire, Where He Was Born, According To 1)1. Nash, In 1612. He Received A Grammar School Education At Worcester. Wood And Other Bio Graphers Have Placed Him For ...
Butomus
Butomus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Ennt.an Dri:, And Of Dt R Ilexagynia. Lice Ilo'r Nv, P. 201. Butter, A Fat Unctuous Substance, Usually Prepared From The Cream Of Cows Milk By Agitation. It Is Of A Yel Low Co;our, Sometimes Higher, Sometimes Lighter, Pos Sesses The Properties ...
Buxton
Buxton, A Village In Derbyshire, Much Celebrated For Its Mineral Waters, Lies In A Barren Valley, Surrounded With Bleak And Uncultivated Mountains, About Thirty-two Miles North Of Derby. In Describing The Approach To This Place, A Modern Writer Remarks : " All Before Us Appeased The Most Forlorn Nakedness ; ...
Byron
Byron, The Hon. John, An Admiral In The British Service, Is Chiefly Known As The Author Of A " Narrative Of The Shipwreck Of The Wager On A Desolate Island On The Coast Of Patagonia," And As Being The Principal Actor In That Disastrous Occasion. He Was The Second Son ...
Byzantium
Byzantium, An Ancient City Of Thrace, Situated On The Bosphorus, N. Lat. 41°, E. Long. 29°. It Stood On A Promontory Of A Nearly Triangular Form, Commanding, To The Right, A View Of The Propontis, Or Sea Of Marmora ; In Front, The Narrow Channel Of The Bosphorus, With The ...
C Atacom Bs
C Atacom Bs, Are Subterraneous Galleries And Cham Bers Appropriated For The Reception Of The Dead. Most Nations Emerging From Barbarity Have Testified A Pious Anxiety Respecting The Disposal Of Their Dead, And Have Erected Monuments To Perpetuate Their Remem Brance. Some, Instead Of At Once Committing Bodies To The ...
C Erv Us
C Erv Us. Animals Of This Genus Are Found In Considerable Variety And Abundance In Many Different Places, As In England Ireland, The Isle Of Man, Germany, Sweden, France, Italy. Dalmatia, Gibraltar, And Elsewhere. Most Of Them Resem• Ble Some Or Other Of The Existing Species, But It Is By ...
Ca Dom Caen
Caen, Ca Dom S, Or Ca1 Nom, A City Of France, In Lower Normandy, And Capital Of The Department Of Cal Vados, Is Situated In An Extensile And Fertile Valley, At The Confluence Of The Risers Orne And Odon, About 67 Leagues West From Paris. It Is Surrounded By A ...
Ca Rolina
Ca Rolina, Nou• Li, One Of The United States Of America, Is Bounded On The North By Virginia, On The Cast By The Atlantic Ocean, On Th• South By South Carolina And Georgia, And On The West By The State Of Tennessee. According To Its Cam Ter Limits, ,owever, It ...
Ca Rth Ag Ena
Ca Rth Ag Ena, A Province Of South America, In The \ Ice- Rov Al Ty Of New Granada. Its Boundaries Are The Carribean Sea On The North, The River St Martha On The Cast, Terra Firma On The South, And The Sea And Gulf Of Darien On The West. ...
Caaba
Caaba, A Stone Edifice In The Temple Of Mecca, Which Has Been Revered With Superior Sanctity By The Arabians, From The Remotest Antiquity ; And To Which Every Mahometan Is Required By The Koran To Direct Himself In Prayer. Among The Variety Of Fabulous Traditions Which Have Been Propagated By ...
Cabbala
Cabbala, Among The Jews, Means Those Oral Tradi Tions Respecting The Interpretation Of The Law, Which They Pretend Were Originally Communicated By Revelation, And Handed Down From Father To Son, Without Interruption, Alteration, Or Omission. By Means Of This Mystical Sci Ence, They Pretended To Be Able To Explain All ...
Cabiri
Cabiri, In Mythology, The Name Given To Certain Deities, Worshipped With Great Solemnity In Lemnos, Thebes, Arid Other Parts Of Greece ; But Particularly In Samothracia, Which Was Specially Consecrated To Their Service. The Word, According To Varro And Macrobius, Signifies Great And Powevul Deities, And Is Probably De Rived ...
Cable
Cable. See Rope-making. Ca130t, Senast1an, An Eminent Navigator, Flourish Ed In The Beginning Of The Sixteenth Century. His Father, John Cabot, Merchant And Pilot, Was By Birth A Venetian ; But, Recommending Himself, By His Address And Enter Prise, To The Notice Of King Henry Vii., He Came To Settle ...
Cadiz
Cadiz, A City And Sea-port Of Spain, In The Kingdom Of Andalusia, Is Supposed To Have Been Founded By The Phanicians ; Who, Being Attracted By Its Commodious Harbour And Situation For Commerce, First Settled A Colony Here, And Gave It The Name Of Gadis, Or Gadira. It Was Afterwards ...
Cadmus
Cadmus, In Fabulous History, The Son Of Ageno•, King Of Plurnicia, And Brother Of Europa. His Sister . Having Been Carried Off By Jupiter, He Was Ordered By His Father To Go In Search Of Her, And Not To Return Till He Had Found Her. Being Completely Disappointed In The ...
Caerleon
Caerleon,* The Isca Silurum, Ism Colonia, And Isca Legionis Secunthe Of The Romans, Is A Small Town In Monmouthshire, Situated On The River Uske, Which Is Crossed By A Long Wooden Bridge. The Numerous Re Mains Of Ancient Splendour Which Have Been Found In This Place ; The Altars, Pavements, ...
Caermarthenshire
Caermarthenshire, One Of The Counties In South Wales, Is Bounded On The South By St George's Channel, On The West By Pembrokeshire, On The North By Cardiganshire, And On The Cast By Brecknockshire And Glamorganshire. The General Appearance Of This Coun Ty Is Hilly ; And Towards The North And ...
Caernarvon
Caernarvon," The Scgontium Of Antoninus, And The Cacr- &int Of The Britons, Is The Principal Town Of Cacrnarvonshire, One Of The Counties Of North Wales. This Town Is Pleasantly Situated Opposite To The Isle Of Anglesea ; Having On One Side The Arm Of The Sea Called The Straits Of ...
Caerphyllvon Caerf11ly
Caerf11.ly, Caerphyllvon, Or Caerphilly) (a Word Signifying A Castle Of Haste,) Is A Small Town Of South Wales, In The County Of Glamorgan, Remarkable Chiefly For The Ruins Of An Immense Castle. It Is A Neat Town, With Many Good Houses, And Is Situated In A Broad Valley, And Encircled ...
Caerwys
Caerwys, Thc Name Of A Small Town Of Flintshirc, Which Is Mouldering Away With Age. It Stands On A Rising Ground, And Consists Of Four Spacious Streets, Crossing Each Other At Right Angles, And Corresponding To The Points Of The Compass. Several Roman Copper Coins Have Been Found Here ; ...
Caipiia Or Cai Fa
Cai Fa , Caipiia Or Iletin, Erun, Kepre, Capite, And Gab?, Are Different Names Which Have Been Given To A Sea-port Town Of Palestine, Situated At The Foot Of Mount Carmel, And Opposite To Acre, From Which It Is Separated By The Bay Of Acre. This Place Was Formerly But ...
Cairn
Cairn, A Heap Of Stones Thrown Together In A Coni Cal Form. Cairns Seem To Differ From Barrows, Only In Regard To The Materials Of Which They Are Composed: They Both Seem To Have Been Designed For The Same Pur Poses; And Accidental Circumstances Directed The One To Be Constructed ...
Cairo
Cairo, Or, As It Is Often Called, Grant) Cuno, The Chief City Of Egypt, Stands On The Right Or Eastern Bank Of The Nile, A Few Leagues Above The Commencemeht The Delta. The Body Of The Town Is Distant About Hal. A League From The River ; And Situated In ...
Caithness
Caithness, Sometimes Called The Shire Of Wick, Is The Most Northern County Of Scotland, And Is Bounded On The North By The Pentland Frith, Which Separates It From The Islands Of Orkney ; On The East And South The German Ocean ; And By The County Of Sutherland On The ...
Caius Cesar
Ce.sar, Caius Jvcius, The First Roman Emperor, 13 One Of The Most Extraordinary Diameters That Have Appeared In The History Of The World. T'oesar V, As Of Tut Illuatrions Family, Though His Immedi-te A Tors Had Been Ina Little Distinruished. The Julian Family I Id ( Lain, High Antiquity ; ...
Cala
Cala All', Enmlinu, An Eminent Non-conformist Di Vine, Was Born In The Year 1671. Ile Was Son Of Alr Edmund Calamy, Minister Of Aloreton, In 1.:ssex, And Grandson Of Alr Edmund Calamy, Minister Of Saint Mary Aldermanbuty. The Father's Life Was Distin Guished By Nothing More Remarkable Than His Suffer: ...
Calabria
Calabria. A Province Of Italy, Which Forms The Most Southern Part Of The Kingdom Of Naples, Is Bounded On The North By Basilicata, And The Gulf Of Taranto ; By The Ionian Sea On The East ; And On The South And West By The Mediterranean And The Straits Of ...
Calais
Calais. It Appears That Three Or Four Species, At Least, Of This Genus Exist In The Fossil State, But The Remains Are Com Monly Few And Imperfect, So As Not To Have Produced Much Satisfaction Respecting Them. The Hyaena, Or Some Animal Resembling The Common Species, Is Found In Different ...
Calais_2
Calais, A Sea-port Town Of France, And The Chief Place Of A District In The Department Of The Pas De Calais, Is Situated In Marshy Ground, Which, By Means Of Sluices, May Be Overflowed At Pleasure. It Is Nearly Surrounded By A Moat And A Wall, Which Is Used As ...
Calbari Calbary
Calbary, Calbari, Or Calabar, Is A District Ly Ing On The West Coast Of Africa, Between The Rio Real, And The River Forcades. The River Calbary, Which Wa Ters The District, And From Which It Takes Its Name, Though Large, Is Very Shallow, And Is Only Navigable By Small Vessels. ...
Calculus Of Functions
Calculus Of Functions. Sir Isaac Newton, The Inventor Of The Method Of Fluxions, Made Its Principles Depend On The Properties Of Motion, (see Fluxions, Art. 20-23); And Leibnitz Founded Its Equivalent, The Differential Calculus, On The Nature Of Quan Tities, Which Might Be Regarded As Infinitely Small In Re Spect ...
Calcutta
Calcutta, The Capital Of Bengal, And Of All The British Possessions In India, Is Situated On The Eastern Bank Of The Hoogly, Which Is Navigable Up To The City For The Largest Indiamen. It Extends Fully Three Miles Along The River, And Is Comparatively A Modern Built Town, Having Risen, ...
Caledonia
Caledonia, In Ancient Geography, A Famous Coun Try Situated In North Britain. Its Precise Limits Arc Not Known, Though Antiquaries Are Fond Of Extending The Ap Pellation To The Whole Of Modern Scotland. Henry, Chal Mers, And Many More, Gravely Inform Us, That Agricola Entered Caledonia By Carlisle And Anandale, ...
By Affixing The Great
Right Is Secured, By Affixing The Great Seal. It May Here Be Observed, That The Unsuccessful Party, In A Compe Tition On Caveat Before The Attorney-general, May Be Heard Again, By The Lord Chancellor, On Caveat Lodged At The Great Seal. Before The Patent Is Sealed. The Patentee Has Now ...