Dunbar
Dunbar Is Situated At The Mouth Of The Frith Of Forth. It Consists Of A Large And Spacious Street, Ex Tending From North And South, And Containing Many Good Houses, Which Are In General Three Stories High. The Principal Public Buildings Are The Town Il Ail, The Chu Rch, And ...
Dundee
Dundee, A Sea-port And Manufacturing Town In Scotland, Is Situated On The North Bank Of. The Frith Of Tay, And Within The County Of Angus Or Forfarshire. In 1811 The Population Amounted To 29,716, Exclusive Of Seamen And Militia, Being An Increase In Ten Years Of Nearly 4000; And The ...
Dunfer Ni Li N
Dunfer Ni Li N E, A Considerable Manufacturing Town In Fifeshire, Scotland, Is Situated About Three Miles North Of The Frith Of Forth At Qucensfcrry, On A Rising Ground, With A Declivity Towards The South, And Commands A Fine View, Not Merely Of The Forth And Its Banks, But Of ...
Dur A Nta
Dur A Nta, A Genus Of Plants Of The Class Didyna Mia, And Order Angiospermia. See Botany, P. 2 T9. Durelt, Aliiewv, A Celebrated Gi !loan Painter And Engraver, Was Born At Nuremberg-, A. D. 1471. Lo The Shop Of His Father, Who Was A Goldsmith, He Made His First ...
Durham
Durham, Is A Martime County' In The North Of England. Its Form Is Nearly That Of An Equilateral Tri Angle ; The Eastern Side, From Its Southern Extremity At Sockburn To The Mouth Of The Tyne, Measuring Rather Less Than The Distance Of Those Two Points From Its Wes Tern ...
Dursley
Dursley, A Town Of England In Gloucestershire, Is Situated At The Base Of A Steep Bill, Clothed With A Fine Hanging Wood Of Beech Trees. The Town, Which Is Irre Gularly Built, Consists Of Two Narrow Streets, Crossing Each Other Nearly In The Shape Of The Letter T. The Principal ...
Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf, A Town Of Germany, And Recently The Capital Of The Grand Duchy Of Cleves And Berg, Is Situated On The Rhine Near Its Confluence With The River Dussel. The Streets Arc Regular, Clean, And Spacious, The Houses Lofty, And The Public Buildings Numerous And Handsome. The Principal Objects Of ...
Dynamometer
Dynamometer, From Juvum.g Strength, And Parreov A Measure, Is The Name Of An Instrument For Measuring The Relative Strength Of Men And Animals. The Dynamometer Invented By Mr George Grahame, And Improved By Dr Desaguliers, Consists Of A Strong Frame Of Wood, Abcd, (plate Ccxlii. Fig. 1.) Through The Piece ...
E Green
E. Green. The Varieties Of This Colour Naturally Fall Into Two Prin Cipal Suites ; In The One Of Which The Blue Colour Pre Vails ; In The Other The Yellow ; And Between The Two Is Placed The Pure Or Characteristic Colour, The Eme Rald-green. Although It Is Not ...
Easter
Easter Isla Xn, Is The Name Of An Island In The South Pacific Ocean, Situated In West. Long. 109° 46' 20", And South Lat. 27' 5' 30". It Is Supposed, Without Much Reason, To Have Been Visited By Captain Davis, In 686. It Was Touched At By Roggewein In 1722, ...
Ecclesiastical History There
Ecclesiastical History There Are Two Aspects In Which The Church Of Christ There Are Two Aspects In Which The Church Of Christ Presents Itself To The Notice Of Impartial History. It May Either Be Regarded In Its Connection With The Civil And Political Establishments Existing In The World, Or It ...
Echo
Echo, From The Greek Word S:zo;, A Sound. In The Article Aeousr Les, We Have Already Treated The Subject Of Echoes, As Connected With The General Doctrines Of Sound, Having Reserved For The Present Article, Brief No Tices Of Some Of The Most Celebrated Echoes. Dr Plot, In His Natural ...
Eclectics
Eclectics, A Name Given To Certain Ancient Philo Sophers, Who Endeavoured To Form A System Of Opinions By Selecting From Every Sect Those Doctrines Which Seemed To Approach Nearest To The Truth. Hence Their Denomination, Derived From Ex.),e-icd, " I Choose," May Be Considered As Referring Either To Themselves Or ...
Eclipse
Eclipse. When The Moon, During Her Motion From East To West, Passes Over Any Planet Or Fixed Star, So As To Hide It From The Earth, The Phenomenon Is Called An Occultation Of The Star Or Planet. As All The Planets, However Great Be The Inclination Of Their Orbits, Must ...
Eddy Stone
Eddy Stone Rocics. These Rocks Are Chiefly Co Vered By The Tide, And Are Well Known To Mariners As Highly Dangerous, Particularly To The Navigation Of Ply Mouth Sound. They Have Been Noted As The Cause Of Numerous Shipwrecks, And Have Been Much Celebrated On Account Of The Lighthouses Which ...
Edinburgh Andrews St
Andrews St., Edinburgh, And Glasgow. The Following Table Shows The Number Of Students That Matriculated At The University Of Edinburgh, At Different Times From 1791-2 To 1824-5. In The Year 1824-5, The Following Students Matricu Lated. The Following Students Obtained The Degree Of Doc Tor Of Medicine During Ten Years, ...
Edm Und Halley
Halley, Edm Und, A Celebrated Astronomer And Na Tural Philosopher, Was Born At Ilaggerston, In The Parish Of St Leonards, Shoreditch, London, On The 8th November 1656. His Father, Who Was Au Opulent Citizen And Soap Boiler, Sent Him To St Paul's School, Where, Under The Care Of The Learned ...
Edmund Bonne R
Bonne R, Edmund, Bishop Of London, Was Born At Hanley In Worcestershire, And Is Supposed To Have Been The Natural Son Of One Savage, A Priest ; 'though Others Affirm, That He Was The Legitimate Son Of One Bonner, A Poor Man, Whose Residence Is Still Said To Retain, In ...
Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund, A Writer Distinguished In Morals, Criticism, And Politics, Was Born In Dublin On The 1st Of January 1730. Ilis Father Was A Reputable Attorney, And Not A Catholic, As Has Been Sometimes Asserted. Lie Was Educated In The Academy Of Shackleton By A Quaker At Ballystore, Near Carlow, ...
Edolics
Edolics, Tern. Drongo, Dicrurus, Vieil. Bill Depressed, And Notched At The End, Like That Of The Fly-catchers, But Both Manbibles Slightly Arched Through Their Length ; Nostrils Covered With Feathers And Long Hairs, In The Form Of Whiskers. Latham, Gmelin, And Others, Have Dispersed The Mem Bers Of This Family ...
Education
Education. —though Not The First• Among The States Of The Confederacy To Introduce The System Of Universal Education, New York May, With Some Truth, Be Said To Have Surpassed All The Other States, In The Liberality, As Well As The Sound Policy Of Her Provisions For Its Maintenance. She Has ...
Education In The United
Education In The United States. Among The Various Topics Of Interest Connected With The History, Progress And Actual Condition Of The United States, None Deserves A More Attentive Consideration Than That Of The Means By Which The Public Mind Is Developed And Matured. 'whatever Peculiar Interest May Be Attached To ...
Edvards
Ed\vards, Geobg•, A Celebrated Naturalist, Was I,orn At Stratford, A Village In Essex, In The Year 1693; And, After Receiving An Ordinary School Education, Was Put Apprentice To A Tradesman In Fenchurch-street, Lon Don ; But Before The Term Of His Engagement Was Half Expired, His Attention Was Diverted, By ...
Edward
Edward We Are All Aware, That Engines For Dividing Straight Lines, Are Of Much Less Importance Than Those For Graduating Cir Cles And Arcs; Yet We Should Not Think That Justice Was Done To Our Article, Were We To Omit An Account Of One For The Former Purpose. Encouraged By ...
Edward Young
Young, Edward, A Celebrated English Poet, Was The Son Of A Clergyman, And Was Born At The Living Of Upham In Hampshire, In June 1681. From Winchester School He Went To New College, Oxford, In 1703, And Afterwards To Corpus Christi College In 1708. In The Year 1708, Archbishop Tenison ...