China Proper
China Proper, An Immense Country In Asia, Extends About 18 Degr6es From North To South, And Nearly An Equal Distance From East To West. It Is Bounded On The East By The Sea ; On The West By Lofty Mountains And Ex Tensive Desarts ; On The South By The ...
Chivalry There
Chivalry There Is Scarcely Any Subject Of Antiquarian Research So There Is Scarcely Any Subject Of Antiquarian Research So Free From The Reproach Of Uninteresting And Unprofita Ble Labour, As That Which Relates To The Origin, The Causes, The Institutions, And The Effects Of Chivalry. Some Of Our Earliest And ...
Chocolate
Chocolate. The Theobroma Cacao Is A Native Of South America, And Produces A Nut, The Kernel Of Which Is The Basis Of Chocolate, Which Has From Time Im Memorial Been An Important Article Of Food Among The Indians, And Which Has Become, Since The Discovery Of _america, An Indispensable Article ...
Chord
Chord, In Music, Is Sometimes Used Synonymously With Consonance, To Denote The Combined Effect Of Two Musical Sounds Heard Together, But More Commonly Practical Musicians And Theorists Intend Three Sounds, At Least, To Be Heard Together, To Constitute A Chord ; And These They Distinguish By Various Names, As Accidental, ...
Christian Ewald De Kleist
Kleist, Christian Ewald De, An Eminent German Poet, Was Born At Zeblin In Pomerania, In The Year 1715. He Studied Law At Keningsberg, And Afterwards Went To Vi Sit His Relations In Denmark, At Whose Desire He Endea Voured To Obtain A Civil Appointment ; But His Solicitations Having Proved ...
Christian Huygens
Huygens, Christian, A Celebrated Mathematician And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At The Hague On The 14th April 1629. He Was The Son Of Constantine Huygens, Lord Of Zelem And Zuylichem, Who Had Acted As Secreta Ry And Counsellor To Three Successive Princes Of The House Of Orange. Constantine Huygens Was ...
Christiana
Christiana, A City And Sea-port Town Of Norway, In The Government Of Aggerhuus, Is Situated At The Ex Tremity Of A Bay Of The Same Name, Which Runs Almost Sixty Miles Up The Country. It Is Covered With A Number Of Islands Of Various Sizos, Filled With Mountainous Rocks, And ...
Christina
Christina, In Biography, A Celebrated Queen Of Sweden, The Daughter And Only Child Of The Great Gus Tavus .adolphus. When Her Father Fell In The Battle Of Lutzen, In 1632, She Was Only Five Years Of Age. The Affairs Of Her Kingdom, However, Went On Prosperously Un Der The Superintendance ...
Chromatic French Horn
Chromatic French Horn. Since About The Be Ginning Of The 18th Century, The Attention Of Different Musicians Has Been Turned To The Completing Of The Chro Matic Scale, Or Supplying The Horn (and Trumpet Also) With Additional Notes, Both For Performing All The Notes True In Its Own Fundamental Key, ...
Chronology
Chronology, From Xcovoc Time, And Aoyo; Doctrine, Is That Science Which Treats Of The Natural And Artificial Di Xisions Of Time, And Refers To The Points Which It Thus Marks Out, The Various Events Recorded In History, Ste. In Order To Convey To Our Readers As Full And Distinct An ...
Cibber
Cibber, Colley, An Eminent Actor And Dramatic Writer, Was Born In London On The 6th Of November, 1671, O. S. Ilis Father, Gabriel Cibber, Who Was A Sta Tuary By Profession, Came From Holstein To England A Little Before The Restoration, And Immortalised Himself By The Two Famous Images Of ...
Cicero
Cicero, Manees Tuwus, Born In The 647th Year Of Rome, Was Descended From An Ancient And Honoura Ble Family, Which Had Been Of Equestrian Rank Since The Time Of Its First Admission To The Freedom Of The City. He Was, Indeed, Called At One Time A Xovus Honio, But On ...
Ciesar Borgia
Borgia, Ciesar, One Of The Most Consummate Villains Mentioned In Modern History, Was They Second Son Of Cardinal Roderigo, (afterwards Pope Alexan Der Vi.) By His Mistress Vanozza. The Year Of His Birth Is Unknown ; But He Was Pursuing His Studies At Pisa When Alexander Ascended The Papal Throne, ...
Ciiarcas
Ciiarcas Follows Potosi, From Which It Is Separated By The River Paspaya, A Confluent Of The Pilcomayo, And Ex Tends North To The River Guapey, A Branch Of The Ma Deira, And Which Separates It From Cochabamba. This Province, Known By The Various Names Charcas, Chu Quisica, And La Plata, ...
Ciiculus
Ciiculus, Lin. &c. Cuckoo. Bill Of The Same Length As The Head, Compressed, And Faintly Arched ; Mandibles Notchless ; Nostrils Basal, Pierced In The Margins Of The Mandible, And Surrounded By A Naked And Prominent Membrane ; Legs Feathered Under The Knee ; Tail Long, And More Or Less ...
Ciiinese Architecture
Ciiinese Architecture:. Before Leaving Asia, We Must Advert To The Architec Ture Of A People, Singular In Many Respects, Placed At The Eastern Extremity Of The Old World, And Far Removed From The Iestless Activity And Ambition Of Arabs And Eu Ropeans. The Extensive And Populous Empire Of China Has ...
Cilicia
Cilicia, Was An Ancient Dynasty Of Asia Minor, Ex Tending From The 36th To The 40th Degree Of North Lati Tude; Bounded On The Cast By Mount Amanus, Which Divided It From Syria ; On The South By The Alediterra Nean Sea ; On The West By A Chain Of ...
Cinchona
Cinchona, Or, As It Is Commonly Called, Peru Vian Bark, Is Obtained From Several Species Of The Genus. Cinchona, Which Belongs To The Class Pentandria, Order Monogynia, And To The Natural Order Contort A Twenty Five Species Have Been Described By The Spanish Botanists As Natives Both Of North And ...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon. This Well Known Spice Is The Bark Of The Laurus Rinnanzoniunz, Which Is Cultivated Both In The Spice Islands And At Cayenne, Though Most Abundant Ly In The Former, Whence Almost The Whole Of The Cinna Mon For The European Market Is Brought. The Charac Ters Of The &turns ...
Circassia
Circassia, A Country Of Asia, Situated Between 40 And 50 Degrees E. Long. And Between 45 And 50 Degrees N. Lat. It Is Bounded On The North By The River Don ; On The East By The Caspian Sea, And The Mouths Of Thc Volga ; On The South By ...
Circus
Circus, An Edifice In Use Among The Romans, For The Exhibition Of Chariot Races, And Other Games. The Circensian Games Appear To Have Been Introduced At Rome From A Very Early Period. They Were Probably Borrowed From The Etruscans. They Were Established By Romulus Almost In The Beginning Of His ...
Cirrhipoda
-cirrhipoda The Genus Lepas Of The Linnean System, After Having Oeen Subdivided Into Different Genera, Has At Length, By The Efforts Of M. Lamarck, Been Formed Into A Distinct Class. The Animals Which It Includes Are Protected By A Cloak, Strengthened By Testaceous Plates, To Which The Body Adheres By ...
Citrus
Citrus, A Genus Of Plants Or The Class Polyadelphia, And Order Icosandria. See Botany, P. 281. City (civitas), Is Defined By Coke, And After Him By Blackstone, A Town Incorporated, Which Is Or Has Been The See Of A Bishop ; And Though The Bishopric Be Dis Solved, As At ...
City Of Babylon
Babylon, City Of, The Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom Of Babylonia, Is Supposed To Have Been Si Tuated In N. Lat. 32° 34', And In E. Long. 44° 12' 30". It Was Founded By The First Descendants Of Noah, 2231 Years B. C., Enlarged By Nimrod, The Great Grandson Of ...
City Of Durham
Durham, City Of, Is In The Ward Of Easington, 260 Miles North From London. Its Situation Is Particu Larly Striking And Picturesque; Indeed A More Singular Position For The Capital Of A County Can Hardly Be Ima Gined. It Is Situated On A Rocky Eminence Rising Near The Centre Of ...
Civil
Civil Llichitecture. 487 In The Edifice, And Honoured With A Public Funeral. The General Outline Of The Cathedral Is In The Form Of A Latin Cross. The Nave And Side Aisles, Which Arc Divided By Large Piers, Taken Together, Compose A Parallelogram ; The Terminations Of The Transept And Chancel ...
Civil Architecture
Civil Architecture. Amphitheatres Were Not Invented Till A Late Period In The History Of The Romans, And Owed Their Origin To The Barbarous Disposition Of That People, Who Were Fond To Excess Of Sanguinary And Horrid Entertainments. To The Refined And Civilized Greeks, Combats Of Gladiators And Wild Beasts Were ...
Civil Law
Civil Law, In A General Sense, Denotes The Law Of Any Particular State, More Commonly Called Its Municipal Law ; But, In A Restricted And More Usual Sense, It Signifies The Legal Institutions Of Ancient Rome, Which Are Called By Way Of Eminence The Civil Law. The Roman Laws, Proceeding ...
Clackm Annan
Clackm Annan, The County Town Of Clackman Nanshire, Is Situated Upon A Bold Swelling Ground On The North Side Of The River Forth, About 22 Miles Above Leith. The Name Signifies The Kirk Town Or Village Of Annan, From A Connexion Formed In The 12th Century Be Twixt The Families ...
Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire, A County In Scotland, Situated On The North Bank Of The Rivet Forth, Bounded On The North By Perthshire, On The South By The River Forth, On The West By Perth And Stirling Shires, Hnd On The East By Fife And Perth Shires; Is About 10 Miles In Length, ...
Clairaut
Clairaut, Alexis Claude, A Celebrated French Mathematician And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Paris On The 13th Of May 1713. His Father, Jean Baptiste Clairaut, Who Was A Teacher Of Mathematics At Paris, And Member Of The Rnyal Academy Of Sciences At Berlin, Had No Fewer Than 21 Children. Our ...