Cardiganshire
Cardiganshire, In Welsh St...tica Abcricini, Or Sir .ibbcr A County In South Wale S. It And( Tidy Formed One Of The Six Parts Into Which The Kingdom Of Wales, Called Dinevowr, Was Divided, And Contained Lout Cantrels And Ten Comots : (see Enderbie's Cambria Trz Umnhans, P. 214.) It Is ...
Cardinal
Cardinal Is More Particularly Applied To An Eccle Siastic In The Church Of Rome, Who Is A Member Of The Eonclan E, And Who Is Invested With The Power Of Electing The Pope. The Origin Of This Order Is Involved In A Considerable Degree Of Obscurity ; But There Can ...
Cardinal Alberoni
Alberoni, Cardinal, An Illustrious Statesman, Was Born In 1644, At Placentia, Where He Followed The Pt Ofession Of A Gardener Till The Age Of 14. In Consequence Of Having Relieved The Secretary Of The Duke Of Ven Dome, Who Was Robbed Near The Village Where Albero:ii Resided, He Was Patronized ...
Cargillia
Cargillia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Polega Ima, And Order Dicecia. Sec Bor.isv, P. 342; And Brown's Prodrontus Plant. .vov. Hall. &c. P. 226. Carla Was An Ancient Kingdom In Asia Minor ; The Limits Of Which Are Defined So Differently Bv Different Authors, That We Should Be ...
Carlisle
Carlisle, A City Of Great Antiquity, In The North Of England, And The Capital Of The County Of Cumberland, Is Delightfully Situated In A Fertile Vale, On The South Side Of The River Eden, Which Falls Into The Solway Frith, Five Miles Below ; Having The Pettrell On The Cast, ...
Carlscrona
Carlscrona, A Sea-port Town Of Sweden, In The Province Of Blekingen, South Gothland. It Derives Its Name From Charles Xl. By W Hom It Was Founded In The Year 1680, As A Station For His Ships Of War. Lie Removed Them From Stockholm To This Place, Which Was Greatly Preferable, ...
Carmel
Carmel, A Celebrated Mountain In Palestine. Though Spoken Of In General As A Single Mountain, It Is In Fact Rather A Mountainous Region, The Whole Of Which Is Known By The Name Of Carmel, While To One Of The Hills More Elevated Than The Rest, That Name Is Commonly Applied ...
Carn Iola
Carn Iola, A Duchy Of Germany, In The Circle Of Austria : Hounded Towards The North By Carinthia And Styria; On The West By Friuli, The Country Of Gorz, And The Adriatic Sea; On The South By The Same Sea, And The Part Of Istria Possessed By The Republic Of ...
Carnatic
Carnatic, Is A Narrow Stripe Of Country On The Eastern Side Of Th• Peninsula Of India, Which Anciently Comprised All That Part Of It That Lies South Of The Goo Degama And Tungebadra Rivers, From The Coast Of Coro Mandel Eastward, To The Ghaut Mountains Westward ; And Was Divided ...
Carnicobar
Carnicobar, The Northernmost Of That Cluster Of Islands In The Bay Of Bengal, Called The Nicobars. It Is About 40 Miles In Circumference, Of A Circular Figure, And Elevated Little More Than Six Feet Above The Level Of The Sea. So Much Does It Abound In Wood, That At A ...
Carpentry
Carpentry Is The Art Of Fashioning And Framing Timber For The Purposes Of Architecture, Machinery, And The Like. It Is Distinguished From Joinery, Which Considers Only The Fashioning And Adaptation Of The Smaller And More Curious Works In Wood, Where The Chief Requisites Are Convenience, Neatness, Or Elegance Of Form ...
Carpet
Carpet, In The Manufacture Of Cloth, Is A Species Of Woollen Stuff, Made Of Variegated Colours, And Used For The Floor Cloths Of Rooms. The Manufacture Of Carpets, We May Reasonably Con Clude, Originated In Asia, From Whence Most Of Our Know Ledge Of The Manufacture Of Cloths Of Almost ...
Carre
Carre', Louis, A Celebrated French Mathematician, Was Born At Clos-fontaine, Near Nangis, In Brie, On The 26th July, 1663. His Father, Who Was A Respectable Farmer, Having Intended Him For The Church, Young Carte Prosecuted The Study Of Theology For Three Years ; But, In Consequence Of His Refusing To ...
Carriage
Carriage, A Grneral Name Given To All Vehicles Used With Wheels, For The Conveyance Of Any Weight, Goods, Or Passengers ; But Now More Commonly Applied To Those For The Latter Purpose, Such As Coach, Chaise, &e. In This Sense Carriages Are Of Undoubted Antiquity. They Are Frequently Mentioned Under ...
Carrier
Carrier, A Species Of Pigeon, Which Has Received That Name From Being Employed In Conveying Letters From One Place To Another. It Is The Columba Tabellaria Of Linnxus, And Is Thus Characterised, " Ccre Broad, Carun Culate, Whitish, Eyelids Naked." But This Description Is Too Indefinite To Enable Ordinary Observers ...
Carron
Carron Wonxs, The Name Of An Iron Foundry In Scotland, On The Most Extensie El Scale, Situated By The Side Of The River Carron, About Miles Above Its Junction With The River Forth, And Ut Two Miles North Fro N The Town Of Falkirk, In The County Of Stirling And ...
Carth Ag Ena
Carth Ag Ena, A Sea-port Town Of Spain, Situated In The Province Of Murcia. It Was Founded By Asdrubal In The Year Of Rom.; 5'21. It Was First Called Al' Tv Car Thage, Being Intended By The Carthaginian Colonists To Rival Their A Fricanaapital : And Afterwards It Received Front ...
Carthage
Carthage) The Chief City Of Africa Propria,' Situated In Longitude 10° 40' East, Latitude 36° 40' North. The Mate Rials We Possess For Composing A History Of The Cartha Ginians, Bear No Proportion To The Importance Of The Sub Ject. Every Page Of Ancient History Contains Some Re Ference To ...
Carthagena
Carthagena, The Capital Of The Province Just Now Described, Is Situated In A Large And Convenient Bay Of The Same Name. It Stands Upon A Sandy Peninsula, And Communicates With The Continent By Narrow Necks Of Land And Wooden Bridges. The City And The Suburbs Are Well Laid Out. The ...
Cartls1an
Cartls1an •rempeitaments Of Musical Sc A I.e. That The Versatile Genius Of M. Descartes Early Led Hint To The Consideration Of The Musical Scale, Is Well Known ; But That His Speculations On This Subject Premed Not Less Abortive And Inapplicable To The Art, Than His Vortices And Other Parts ...
Carver
Carver, Jo Vr/i A N, A Distinguished American Tra Veller, Was Born At Canterbury, In The State Of Connecti Cut In 1729. I Le Was A Descendant Of John Carver, Esq. The First Governor Of The Colony Of Plymouth In The Year 1620. Having Lost His Father, Who Held A ...
Casal
Casal, A Town Of France, In The Department Of Ma Rengo, And Formerly The Capital Of Lower Montferrat, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Po. It Received The Name Of Casale Sancti Evasii, After The Death Of St Eva Sius, Who Was Martyred By A Duke Called Astabolo. ...
Casaubon
Casaubon, Isane, A Very Learned Critic And Editor, Was Born At Geneva In February 1559. Llis Natural Abi Lities Were Good, And So Great Was The Progress Which He Made Under The Tuition Of His Father, Who Had Become Minister Of Crest In Dauphine, That He Was Scarcely Nine Years ...
Case 1
Case 1. Two Forces Applied At The Same Point Cf A Body. If They Act In The Same Direction, The Equivalent Will Be In That Direction, And Equal To Their Sum; If In Oppo Site Directions, The Equivalent Will Be The Direction Of The Greater, And Equal To This Difference ...
Case 6
Case 6. Forces Applied To Different Points, But Not Pa Rallet—if They Are In One Plane, You May Produce Them Till They Intersect, And Then Compound Them Two And Two. If They Arc Not In One Plane, But Converge Toward One Point, You May Consider Them All As Applied At ...
Case Ii
Case Ii. Given The Course And Difference Of Latitude, To Find The Distance And Departure. Ex 1mple.-a Ship From Latitude 25° 30' .n. Has Sail Ed S. S. E. E. Until Shc Has Arrived In Latitude 21° 14' N. What Distance Has She Sailed, And How Many Miles Has Shc ...
Caserta
Caserta, A City Of Naples, In The Country Of La Vora, Situated At The Bottom Of A Lofty Range Of Hills, And Celebrated Chiefly For The Magnificent Palace Erected By Charles Iii. Of Spain, From The Designs Of Van Vitelli. The Palace Of Caserta, Which Is Situated In A Plain ...
Cases
Cases Are Changes Of Form To Which Nouns Are Subjected For The Purpose Of Denoting Annexation. Some Of Them Are More General Than Others. The Marks Of Annexation Are External To The Name Of The Object, And Might Therefore Be Expressed By Separate Words. But They Are Often Attached To ...
Cashmere
Cashmere, Cacit•nitte, Or Casnamt, The Capital Of The Above Province, Called Also Sirinagur, And Some Times Nagaz, Is Situated In N. Lat. 34° 12', And E. Long. 73' 45'. Rennel Places It In N. La. 49', E. Long. 73° I I'. This City Has Been Supposed, But There Is It ...
Cashmere
Cashmere, Cariti.mtiti., Or I: Nsitmlan, A Pro \ince Of Hindu:a:on And Lormerly Subjci T To The Kin!• Of Canda,,ar. It Is Situated Between 33° Lb' And .)4" La' Ninth Latitnib , And Between 7a° And 75° I It Is Only A Talley Of An Elliptical Form, Surrounded I V L.ifls, ...
Casos Casso
Casso, Casos, Or Casus, The Name Of One Of The Cy Clades Islands In The Mediterranean. It Is About Three Leagues In Circumference, And Is Surrounded With Seve Ral Islands Of A Smaller Size. The Part Of The Island Which Is Cultivated Is Divided Into Portions, And Shared Among The ...
Caspar Wistar
Wistar, Caspar, Was Born In Philadelphia On The 13th Of September 1761. His Parents And Ancestors, On Both Sides, Were Of The Religious Society Of Friends. He Was Brought Up In Their Principles, And Received His Classical Education At A School Established By Charter From William Penn, In This City. ...
Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea Sea, Or Large Lake Of Salt Water In Asia. It Is Bounded Towards The North By The Russian Pro Vince Of Astracan And The Caucasus; And On The South, East, And West, By Different Provinces Of Persia. It Ex Tends In Length From North To South About 680 ...