Calen Der
Calen Der, In The Manufacture Of Cloth, In Its Limited Sense, Is The Name Of A Mechanical Engine Used For Smoothing The Surface Of Cloth, After It Has Under Gone The Previous Operations Of Weaving, Dyeing, Or Bleaching. In The More Extensive And General Accep Tation Of The Word, Among ...
Calico
Calico, A Species Of Plain Cotton Cloth, The Know Ledge Of Which Is Derived From The Indian Manufacture, And The Name Front Calicut, The District In India Where They Are Chiefly Manufactured. The First Attempts To Manufacture Calicoes In Britain, Were Made In Lanca Shire, About The Year 1772, And ...
Callao
Callao, A Sea-port Town Of Peru, Situated On The West Coast Of South America, At The Embouchure Of The River Lima, And About 2i Leagues From The City Of Lima. Prior To The Earthquake Which Happened In 17.16, The Spaniards Regarded This Town As Impregnable. It Was Defended By A ...
Called
Called By The People In Its Neighbourhood Illonte Lo, Is Situated On The Eastern Side Of Sicily, In A District Which The Superstitious Fears Of The Inhabitants Have De Nominated Val De De111071e. Various Conjectures Have Been Formed Respecting The Origin Of The Name /etna. In The Itineraries It Is ...
Callistiienes
Callistiienes, A Greek Historian And Philoso Pher, Was A Native Of Olynthus, A Disciple And Kinsman Of Aristotle, And The Contemporary Of Alexander The Great, Whom He Accompanied In His Expedition To The East. The Austere Temper, However, And Unbending Republican Spirit Of Callisthenes, Were But Little Calcu Lated For ...
Calmar
Calmar, A Sea-port Town Of Sweden, And The Capi Tal Of A Government Of The Same Name, Comprehending The Eastern Part Of Finland, And The Isle Of Oeland. It Is Strongly Situated Upon The Baltic, Opposite To The Island Of Ocland, From Which It Is Separated By The Straits Of ...
Calmucks
Calmucks, Om.otts, Or Eturns, Supposed To Be The Hippophagi Of Pliny, And Other Ancient Historians, ..re A Tribe Of Indepewlent Tartars, And A Branch Of Ti Lose Dizing Barbarians, Who In The Beginning Of The 13th Et:11 M.y, Under The Name Of Moguls, And Led On By Is Khan, Subdued ...
Calne
Calne, A Town Of England In Wiltshire, Situated On The Banks Of The River Maslen, Which Supplies It With Water, And Gives Motion To Several Fulling And Corn Mills.. The Town Is Clean And Well Built, And Is Supposed To Save Risen Out Of The Ruins Of A Roman Colony ...
Calumet
Calumet, An Instrument In Use Among The Indians Of North America, And Univorsally Regarded By Them As The Emblem Of Peace. It Corresponds, In A Great Degree, To The Flag Of Truce As Employed Among The Nations Of Europe. In The New World, The Mode Of Expressing By Ar Bitrary ...
Cam Br Ic
Cam Br Ic, One Of The Finest And Most Dense Species Of The Cloth Manufacture. The I 'rench Rambrie, Although Its Importation Into This Country Be Prohil,i.t D By Law, I Held In The Greatest Estimation. Cambries, In Imitation Of The French, Are Also Manufactm•ed In Ireland; And Tl Encouragement ...
Cam Eo
Cam Eo, Is The Name Given To Stones Of Different Co Lours, Which Contain Sculptures In Alto Or Basso Relies O. The Effect Of Nature Is Here Combined With Art, And The Moderns Have In Vain Attempted To Imitate These Relics Of Antiquity. The Onyx Is A Hard Semipellucid Stone, ...
Cam Panacea
Cam Panacea:. Sec Botany, P. 74, § 29. Campanula, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Pen Tandria, And Order Monogynia. See Botany, P. 141. Ca Mpanulace/e. See Bo•any, P. 74. Campbell, Marquis Of Argyle, Son Of That Marquis Of The Same Name Who Suffered Death Unjustly In The Reign ...
Cambay
Cambay, Probably The Camanes Of Ptolemy, Is A City Of Ilindostan, In Guzerat, Situated About A League From The Gulf Of The Same Name, Upon The North Bank Of The River Canari, Catari, Or Alvhie. This City Is E.nclosed With A Strong Wall, About Five Miles In Circuit, In Which ...
Cambridge
Cambridge, The Seat Of A Celebrated University, And Capital Of A County Of The Same Name, Is Situated On The Banks Of The River Cam, And Is Supposed To Be The Granta Of The Romans. Many Absurd Traditions Have Been Circulated Concerning The Origin Of This City, Which Have Afforded ...
Camden
Camden, Wilmam, One Of The Most Learned Men That This Country Has Produced, Was Born At London In 1551, Of Respectable, But Not Opulent Parents. Ile Re Ceived The Rudiments Of His Education In Christ's Hospi Tal ; Was Afterwards Sent. To St Paul's School ; Entered, At The Age ...
Camel
Camel, In Mechanics, The Name Of A Machine Which Has Been Chiefly Used By The Dutch, For Raising Or Lifting Ships By The Buoyant Power Of Water. In The Zuyder Sea, Opposite To The Mouth Of The River Y, There Are Two Sand Banks, Between Which Is A Pas Sage ...
Camel
Camel, A Genus Of Quadrupeds Belonging To The Order Liecora Of Linnaeus, The Principal Generic And Spe Cific Characters Of Which We Shall Reserve For Their Pro Per Place, Under Masimalia, And Here Confine Ourselves Chiefly To The Domestic Uses To Which This Animal Is Con Verted. The Camel Is ...
Camera Luc Ida
Camera Luc Ida. The Name Of An Instrument For Enabling Those Who Have No Knowledge Of The Art Of Drawing, To Take Sketches Either Of Natural Or Artificial Objects. This Ingenious And Useful Contrivance Was In Vented In The Year I S07. By W. H. Wollaston. D. Sec R. S., ...
Camera Rius
Camera Rius, Plum R, A Learned Anthor, Ito Flourished In The Sixteenth And Earlier Part Or The Seven Teenth Century. Camerarius Is The Same Name As Cham Berlain, One Which Is Known Over The Whole Continent. And Evidently Derived From The Office Of Chamberlain To Princes And Religious Houses. Philip ...
Cameronians
Cameronians, A Presbyterian Sect In Scotland, Which Arose In The Persecuting Times Of Charles Ii. They Derived Their Name From One Richard Cameron, A Young Clergyman, Who, Having Received Ordination In Holland, Where He Had Gone Previous To The Affair At Bothwel, Returned To His Native Country, Became A Zea ...
Camiioge
Camiioge, Caasnovv, C Ofitoja, Cambodia, The Different Names Of A Country In Asia, Which Now Forums A Part Of The Empire Of Tunkin. Commences A Little Above The 9th Degree Of North Latitude, And Ter Minates At The I 2th. It Is Bounded On The East By Cochin China And ...
Campagna Di
Campagna Di Roma, Formerly Campania, Is A Province Of Italy, Which Comprehends The Greater Part Of Ancient Latium. It Is Bounded On The North By Sabina ; On The East And South Cast By Abruzzo Ultra, And La Voro ; On The South West By The Mediterranean; And On The ...
Campbell
Campbell, G Eoite F.:, D. D. Was Born At Aberdeen, On The 25th Of December 1719. Ilis Father, Who Was One Of The Ministers Of That City, Died Suddenly In 1723, And Left, His Family, Consisting Of Three Sons And Three Daughters, In Circumstances Not Very Afilueht. This Event, Which ...
Camper
Camper, Peten, An Eminent Anatomist And Natural Historian, Was Born At Leyden On The Ilth Of May 1722. His Family Had Long Held A High Situation In The Magistra Cy Of That City ; And His Father, Florent Camper, Who Had For Sonic Years Been A Minister Of The Gospel ...
Can Nee
Can Nee, In Ancient Geography, A Small Town Of Ita Ly, Situated On The River Aufidus In Apulia, Not Far From The Sea. The Traces Of Cann Are At Present Very Faint, Consisting Of A Few Fragments Of Walls, Gates, And Altars, With Some Excavations. Even The River Seems To ...
Cana Ra Cananore
Cananore, Cana: Ra, Or Colanada, A Town And Principality Of Hindostan, Lies At The Bottom Of A Small Bay On The Coast Of Malabar. It Was Very Early Possessed By The Portuguese, Who, About The Year 1605, Obtained Leave Of The King Of The Country To Build A Fort, Which ...
Canada
Canada, Sometimes Called New France, Or The Province Of Quebec, Is An Extensive Tract Of Country In North America ; And Is The Principal British Possession In That Quarter Of The Globe. The Relative Position Of This Colony To The United States, And Its Immense Extent Of Territory; Its Growing ...
Canara
Canara, A Province Of Hindostan, Extends Along The Alabar Coast Between The 12th And 15th Degree Of N. Lat., And Is From 30 To 90 Miles In Breadth. It Is Separated From The Alysore By The Western Ghauts, And Comprehends The Countries Of Tulava And Haiga, With A Small Portion ...
Canary Isles
Canary Isles, A Group Of Islands In The Atlantic Ocean, Which Are Supposed To Be The Same With The Insulx Beats, Or Fortunate Isles, Of The Ancients. They Lie About 150 Miles West From The Coast Of Africa, Be Tween 271 And 30 Degrees N. Lat. And Arc Seven In ...