Cassel
Cassel. The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Westphalia, Is Situated' In The Department Of The Fulda, And On The River Fulda, Which Dividd S It Into Two Pares,.c,..11ed The Old And The New Town, Which Sec Joined By A Brul6e. The Old Town, Which Is The Largest Of The Ti% ...
Cassicus
Cassicus. Cuv. Cassique. Bill Large, Quite Conical, Thick At The Base, Nicely Whet Ted At The Point ; The Junction Of The Mandibles In A Broken Line, Or Forming An Angle, As In The Starlings; Nostrils Small And Round, And Placed On The Sides Of The Bill. These Are American ...
Cassini
Cassini Dr. Tunny, C.es No Francois, Was The Second Son Of James Cassini, And Was Born At Paris On The 17th June 1719. Ile Received His Earliest In Structions In Astronomy And Geometry From Al. M. Ma Raldi And Canms ; And When He Was Scarcely Ten Years Of Age, ...
Cassini
Cassini, Jane.s, A Celebrated Astronomer, Was The Youngest Son Of John Dominique Cassini, And Was Born At Paris On The 18th Of February 1677. After Having Finished His Studies In His Father's House, Under The Care Of M. Chazelle Of The Academy Of Sciences, He Was Sent To Study Philosophy ...
Castile
Castile (new), The Largest Province Of Spain, Extending (independent Of La Mancha) 56 Leagues From North To South, And 49 Freim East To West. It Compre Hends The Celtiberia, The Land Of The °retain, And The Carpetania, &c. Of The Romans ; And Has 01(1 Castile On The North And ...
Castle Asiiby
Castle .asiiby, In Northamptonshire, Was A Work Of The Same Architect, Begun In 1642. It Forms Three Sides Of A Square, Whereof Two Sides Consist Each Of Three Sto Ries In Height, While The One Which Unites Them Is Only Two Stories. The Two Higher Sides, Like Longleate, Are Composed ...
Casts
Casts. These Are Impressions, Figures, Or Statues, Formed Of Plaster Of Paris, Sulphur, Metals, Or Other Substances. Sculptures Of Every Description Arc So Tedious And Expensive, That A More Speedy And Economical Method Is Adopted, Of Obtaining Resemblances In Plaster Of Pa Ris. This Is Attended With The Convenience Of ...
Catalonia
Catalonia, A Province Of Spain. It Occupies The Nort-east Extremity Of The Peninsula, And Is Bounded On The North By The Pyrenees. Which Separate It From France ; On The East By The Mediterranean, On The South By Valencia, And By Arragon On The West ; Extending From East To ...
Catania
Catania, A City In Sicily, The Ancient Latina, Situ Ated In N. Lat. 37° Jo', E. Long. 15° 19', At The Foot Of Mount Etna, In The Valley Of Noto, One Of The Three Dis Tricts Into Which The Island Is Divided, And On The Shore Of The Ionian Sea. ...
Catarrh
Catarrh, The Technical Appellation For What Is Vulgarly Called " A Cold," Stands First On Our List. It Consists Of An Inflammation, More Or Less Extended, And More Or Less Violent, Of The Mem Brane Lining The Nostrils, And Hence Reaching Into And Coating The Inside Of The Windpipe And ...
Catechu
Catechu. This Is A Substance Which Has Been Long Known Under The Name Of Terra Japonica, Being Believed To Be An Earth That Came From Japan. It Is, However, Now Known, To Be An Inspissated Vegetable Juice, Which Its Name Is Said To Indicate, Cate Signifying A Tree, And Chu ...
Catharines
Catharine's, Si',• An Island On The Coast Of Bra Zil, Situated In Long. 37' West, And Between 27° 19' And 27° 49' Of South Latitude. It Is About Six Miles Broad In Its Narrowest Part, And Is Separated From The Continent By A Channel About 400 Yards Wide. The Surface ...
Cato Of
Cato Of U•tea, A Celebrated Roman, Was The Great Grandson Of Cato The Censor. At A Very Early Period He Was Left An Orphan, And, Along With His Brother Cassio, And His Sisters Porcia And Servilia, Was Brought Up In The House Of Livins Drusus, His Maternal Uncle, Who At ...
Cauca
Cauca Is The Department Which Unites The Two Conti Nents Of North And South America, And Stretching Along The Pacific Coast From The Mouth Of The Atrato 500 Miles, Comprises The Four Provinces Of Choco, Popayan, Buena Ventura, And Pasto. Having A Superficial Extent Of 53,600 Square Miles, The Mean ...
Caustis
Caustis, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Triandria, And Order Monogynia. See Botany, P. 107, And Brown's Prodr0711 Us Plantarum Xov. Holland. &c. P. 239. Cayenne, Or French Guiana, A Province Of South America, Situated Between 11° And 51° N. Lat. And 51° And 54° W. Long. It Is ...
Cavan
Cavan, An Inland County In The Province Of Ulster, Ireland, Situated Midway Between The Atlantic Ocean And The Irish Sea, From The Shores Of Which Its Eastern And Western Extremities Arc Each Distant About 14 Miles. It Is Bounded By The County Of Fermanagh On The North ; By Monaghan ...
Caws Caligula
Caligula, Caws Czsall, The Fourth Of The Ro Man Emperors, Was The Son Of Germanic Us, The Adopted Son Of Tiberius. Ile Was Born On The 31st Clay Of August, In The Year Of Rome 765, And The Twelfth Of Our Xra. Being Brought Up From His Infancy In The ...
Caws Crisvus Sallustius Sallust
Sallust, Caws Crisvus Sallustius, A Celebrat Ed Roman Historian, Was Born At Amiternum About The Year 85, B. C. He Was Educated At Rome, But In His Youth He Was Notorious For His Profligacy And Licentiousness, And He Had Squandered Away His Patri Mony When He Had Scarcely Obtained Possession ...
Cayenne Berb10e
Berb10e, Cayenne, Demerary, &c. In The Present Article We Confine Ourselves To Such Topics As May Be Considered Common To Them All, Especially To The Natural History Of Guiana, Comprising Its Soil, Climate, Native Pro -auctions, Original Inhabitants; &c. Guiana Was Originally Called By Some Navigators The Wild Coast ; ...
Cecil
Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh, The Famous Mi Nister Of Queen Elizabeth, Was Born At Bourn In Lin Colnshire, In 1520, Of An Ancient And Respectable Family, His Father, Richard Cecil, Being Master Of The Robes To I Ienry Viii. After Receiving The Rudiments Of Educa Tion At The Schools Of ...
Celebes
Celebes, A Large And Populous Island In Toe Indian Seas. Neither The Exact Site Nor Dimensions Of This Island Are Known T He Y Et Abet Rtaaa. !, Inc. Rest, A Judicious Navigator, Affirms That It Strctehcs From 2° Oorth Latitude To 6° It/ South, And Lies Huts% Et It ...
Celsus
Celsus, An Epicurean Philosopher, Who In The Second Century, And Is Chiefly Distinguished As One Of The Early And Most Violent Opposers Of Christianity. Of His Life Nothing Is Now Known ; But It Was Prohable That He Was A Person Of Sonic Celebrity, As Lucian Has Dedicated To Him ...
Celts
Celts, An Ancient People Inhabiting, According To The Earliest Historical Notices, The Western Parts Of Europe. It Appears Now To Be Generally Admitted, That The Celts Were A Peculiar People, Distinguished By Many Remarka Ble Particulars From The Scythians Or Goths, With Whom They Have Been Often Confounded. The Distinction, ...
Cements
Cements. This Term Is Of Very Extensive Signifi Cation, Comprehending Every Substance Employed For The Purpose Of Connecting Together Other Substances. It, Therefore, Comprises The Whole Of Those Substances Used By Chemists To Close The Joinings Of Chemical Vessels; To Repair Flaws, Or To Coat The Exterior Parts Of Those ...
Cemetery
Cemetery, A Place Appropriated For The Reception Of The Dead. In Order To Free The Living Of The Dangerous And Of Fensive Miasmata Of Dead Bodies, Almost All Nations Have Done Something Towards Their Speedy Removal Or De Struction. Some Cast Them Into The Waters, Others Car Ry Them From ...
Cemialopoda
.cemialopoda. Tun Animals Which Are Included In This Class, Arc Fa Miliarly Known By The Name Of Cutt/c-fish. They At Tracted The Notice Of The Ancients By Their Curious Forms And Manners, And Appear To Have Been Examined By Aristotle With Minute Attention. The Cephalopoda, In Reference To Their External ...
Cepiialonia
Cepiialonia, An Island In The Ionian Sea, Nearly Of A Circular Figure, And About 120 Or 130 Miles In Cir Cumference, Lying In 39 Degrees Of North Latitude. The Climate Of Cephalonia Is Temperate And Agreea Ble, But Subject To Sudden Changes, Which Are Pernicious To The People. Copious Rains ...
Cer Th1 A
Cer Th1 A, Lin &c. Creeper Bill Long. Or Of Moderate Size, More Or Less Arched, Triangular, Compressed, And Slender ; Nostrils Basal, Na Ked, Pierced Horizontally. And Half Closed By An Arched Membrane ; The Outer Toe United At Its Base To The Interme Diate ; Claws Much Hooked, ...
Cerigo
Cerigo, An Island In The Mediterranean, Celebrated In Ancient History, From Its Capital Cythera Dedicated To Venus. This Island, Zhich Is Begirt With Rocks And Shoals, Sometimes Proviiig Fatal To Mariners, Lies At The Mouth Of The Archipelago : It Is Of An Oval Figure, And About 50 Or 60 ...
Cerigotto
Cerigotto, Is A Small Island To The Eastward Of Cerigo, Which Was Known To The Ancients By The Name Of Digiala. Its History Has Attracted Little Attention ; But, From A Medal Still Preserved, And Belonging To Very Remote Antiquity, It Is Supposed To Have Participated In Some Important Naval ...
Cessio
Cessio In The Civil And Scots Law, Is A Process Whereby Persons Who Have Become Insolvent, By Misfortune, May Obtain Their Liberation From Imprison Ment, Upon Surrendering Their Whole Estate, Real And Personal, To Their Creditors. During The Period Of The Roman Republic, The Laws Against Insolvent Persons Were Exceedingly ...
Cetology
Cetology. Among The Reptiles, Frogs And Toads Have No Teeth, But The Edges Of Their Jaws Are Denticulated, Like Those Of Many Birds. In Lizards, However, There Are Numerous Teeth, Which Have A Peculiarity Of Structure For The Pur Pose Of Facilitating Their Change. The Permanent Teeth Are Inclosed Within ...
Cetology
Cetology Tux Animals Called Cctacea, Or Cetaceous Animals, Con Stitute The Last Order Of The Class Or Mam Miferous Animals, In Most Of The Modern Systems Of Zoo Logy ; Especially In Those Of Lime, Blumenbach, And Cu Vier ; While, In The Writings Of The Older Naturalists, They Have ...
Ceylon
Ceylon, An Island In The Indian Ocean, At The Entrance Of The Bay Of Bengal, Situated Between 79° 50', And 82° Lo' East Long. And 5° 50', And 9° 51' North Lat. It Is Separated From The Coromandel Coast, By The Gulf Of Alanatir, A Narrow Strait, Full Of Shoals, ...
Chaco Cachao
Cachao, Chaco, Checo, Kesho, Keeho, Or Bac K1nh, Are The Various Names Which Have Been Given To The Capital Of The Empire Of Tunkin. The Last Of These Names, Which Signifies The City Of The North, Has Been Recently Given To This Metropolis, Since The Extension Of The Power Of ...
Chainwork
Chainwork, This Head May Very Properly Be Ranged Some Of The Most Extensive And Useful Manufactures Of This Coun Try. The Term Chainwork Is Used For Those Substances, Whether Lineal Or Superficial, In Which Any Kind Of Cord Age Or Thread Is Linked Together In The Form Of A Chain, ...