Clap In The Back
Clap In The Back Sinews, Means A Strain Of The Flexor Tendons Of The Leg. It May, And Sometimes Does In Hunters And Racers, Take Place Behind; But Its Common Seat Is One Of The Fore Legs. The True Nature Of An Ordinary Strain Is Nothing More Than Irr T.trirr ...
Clare
Clare, A County Of Ireland, In The Province Of Mun Ster, Bounded To The South And East By The Shannon, Which Divides It From The Counties Of Tipperary, Limerick, And Kerry ; On The West By The Atlantic Ocean ; And On The North By The County Of Galway. It ...
Classification Of Reptiles
Classification Of Reptiles. Serpents Admit Of A Very Natural Distribution Into Two Sections, According As The Scales On The Belly Are Simi Lar Or Dissimilar To Those On The Back. Other Charac Ters, Correlative With These, Intimate The Propriety Of The Arrangement. Serpents With The Ventral And Dorsal Scales The ...
Claudius Claudianus Claudian
Claudian, Claudius Claudianus, A Latin Poet Of Considerable Eminence, Flourished In The Fourth Centu Ry, Under The Reigns Of The Emperor Theodosius, And His Sons A Rcadius And Honorius. The Place Of His Birth Is Not Fully Ascertained. He Has Been Represented By Various Authors, As A Native Of Florence, ...
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, A Name Given To The Princesses Of The Family Of The Lagides, As Ptolemy Was To Thek Reigning Princes. Anc. Univ. Mist. Ix. 434. Cleopatra, The Daughter Of Auletes, Was Equally Cele Brated For Her Beauty, Her Accomplishments, Her Profli Gacy, And Her Misfortunes. She Was The Eldest Of ...
Climate Of The United
Climate Of The United States When North America Began To Be Colonized By The Northern Nations Of Europe, It Was Soon Discov Ered That, In Winter Particularly, The Temperature Of The Atmosphere In Any Given Latitude Was Much More Rigorous, Than In Like Latitudes Of Europe. Such Difference Excited A ...
Clodius
Clodius. See Cieeno. Clonmacnoise. See King's-county. L Lotn Is A Tcrin In The English Language, Particularly Applied To The Woollen Manufacture ; But In Its More Comprehensive And General Acceptation, It May Be Un Derstood To Signify Any Substance Produced By The Inter Weaving Of Animal Or Vegetable Filaments. The ...
Cneius Pompey
Pompey, Cneius, A Celebrated Roman General, Was The Son Of Cneius Pompeius St•abo And Lucilia, And Was Born In The Year 107 Before Christ. Pompey Began His Military Career Against Cinna, In The Marian Civil War, And Served Under His Father, Who Commanded An Army In The Neighbourhood Of Rome, ...
Coal
Coal Is An Inflammable Substance, Of A Very Black Colour, Somewhat Shining, Opaque, Soft, Dry, And Light In Comparison With Any Of The Strata In Which It Is Found. It Occurs In Beds Varying In Thickness From An Inch To Many Fathoms. It Is Used For Fuel, And Is Found ...
Coat Of Arms
Arms, Coat Of, Or Armorial Bearings. These Have Properly Been Defined, Hereditary Marks Of Honour, Consisting Of Certain Tinctures And Figures, Borne In A Shield, Granted By Sovereigns For Distinguishing Persons And Families. We Are Entirely Unacquainted Both With The Country Where Armorial Bearings Originated, And The Earliest Mode Of ...
Coblentz
Coblentz, The Confittentia Of The Ancients, Is A Town Of France, In The Department Of The Rhine And Moselle, Situated At The Confluence Of These Two Rivers, From Which Circumstance Its Name Is Derived. Coblentz Forms A Per Fect Triangle, One Side Of Which Extends Along The Mo Selle, And ...
Cochineal
Cochineal, The Name Of A Valuable Scarlet Dye Obtained From An Insect, The Coccus Cacti Of Naturalists, Which Is Found On The Cactus O/iuntia, Or Prickly Pear Tree, Called .12pa/, Or Xopallica, By The Indians. As The Natural History Of The Insect Itself Will Be Given Under The Article Entomology, ...
Cociiinchina
Cociiinchina, A Kingdom In Asia, Extends From About The Lath To The 20th Degree Of North Latitude, And Is Bounded By The Kingdom Of Tonkin, Or Tung-quin On The North; By The Gulf Of Tung-quin, And The Chinese Sea, On The East ; By The Indian Ocean On The South ...
Coffee
Coffee, Is The Name Given To A Liquor, Made By A Decoction, Or An Infusion Of The Seeds Of The Coffee Berry, After They Have Undergone Torrefaction, And Have Been Ground To Powder. In Treating This Subject, We Shall First Direct The Rea Der's Attention To The History Of Coffee ...
Colchester
Colchester, A Town Of England, In The County Of Essex, Is Situated On The Banks Of The Navigable River Colne, On The Top And Northern Side Of A Gentle Eminence. The River, Which Is Crossed By Three Bridges, Flows On The North And East Sides Of The Town. Although The ...
Cold
Cold, Is A Peculiar Sensation Excited In Animals, When Substances At An Inferior Temperature Are Applied To Their Organs Of Feeling. It Is Also Used To Denote A Certain Principle Or Power Residing In Bodies, By The Operation Of Which The Sensation Is Produced. It Is Still Doubtful, Whether This ...
Colijber
Colijber. Only One Instance Is Mentioned Of The Occurrence Of Bones Of Serpents In A Fossil State. This Is In The Calcare Ous Breccia Of Montpelier, Which Resembles That Of Dal Matia, And The Fragments Are Thought By Cuvier To Be Like Those Of The Common Snake, Or C. Natrix. ...
Collaps1on Of Boilers
Collaps1on Of Boilers. " Boilers Constructed Of Plates Of Laminated Copper, Or Iron, Low Pressure Boilers Particularly, Are Subject To Accidents From Collapsion." Some Cases Of This Kind In American Boats Have Been Mentioned In The Pre Ceding Pages; It Not Having Been Thought Necessary To Separate Them From Those ...
Cologne
Cologne, The Colonia Agrilipina Of The Ancients, It A Town Of France, And Capital Of The Department Of The Roe'', Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Rhine, And Is Of A Semicircular Form, Having Its Concavity Towards The River. In 1187, Philip, ;tilibishop Of Ileinsberg, Took Down The ...
Colour
Colour, (dorerence Of In The Human Species.) Of All The External Varieties In The Human Species, None Arc So Remarkable As That Diversity Of Colour Which Distinguish Es The Inhabitants Of Different Regions Of The Globe. \\ C See It In All Its Gradations, From The Purest White, To The ...