Effects Of Water And
Effects Of Water And Volcanoes On The Surface Of The Earth. 29. Having Now Described All The Varieties Of Ine -luality Observed On The Surface Of The Dry Land, It Will Be Interesting To Endeavour To Discover How These Have Been Formed. Many Of The Elevations And Hollows Appear To ...
Egyptian Architecture In
Egyptian Architecture In The Practice Of Architecture, Upper Egypt Appears To Have Borrowed Nothing From Any Other Nation; It Is The Result Of A Powerful People Attaining Their Objects By The Simplest Means. Their Most Ancient Buildings Are Com Posed Merely Of Tapering Walls, With Pillars Of Huge Di Mensions ...
Eisenach
Eisenach, The Isenacum Of The Ancients, Is A Town Of Germany, In The Duchy Of Saxe Weimar, And Former Ly The Chief Town Of The Principality Of Saxe Eisenach. The Town Is Situated In An Agreeable And Fertile Valley On The River Ncssc, And Was Founded In The Year 1070. ...
Elba
Elba, An Island In The Mediterranean Sea. It Is Situated Of The Tuscan Coast In Italy, From Which It Is Separated By The Channel Of Piombino—this Channel Be Ing About Ten Miles Broad In The Narrowest Part. Its !wll Is Extremely Irregular. In Circumference It May Measure Nearly Seventy English ...
Elbe
Elbe, The 4lbrs Of The Ancients, And The Labbe Of The Bohemians, Is One Of The Principal Rivers In Germa Ny. It Takes Its Rise Near The Source Of The Oder And The Vistula, In That Part Of The Carpathian Mountains, Which Is Called Riesengeburg, Or The Mountain Of The ...
Elbing
Elbing, A Town Of Prussia, In The Circle Of Is Situated In A Fertile District On The River Elbing, Near The Frische Half. This Town Appears To Have Been Founded By A Colony From Lubeck In 1239, And Till The End Of The 16t1t Century Was Included In The Hanseatic ...
Elche
Elche, The Mo Of The Romans, Is A Town Of Spain In The Province Of Valencia, Situated In A Plain Almost Entirely Covered With Palms. It Contains Several Good Streets, Several Spacious Squares, Some Splendid Houses, And Six Fountains, One Of Which Is Of Marble In The Shape Of A ...
Election Laws
Election Laws, In Scottish Jurisprudence, Are Those Regulations And Enactments, Which Have Been Made With The View Of Preserving The Purity Of Parlia Mentary Representation. We Shall Have Occasion To En Ter Into A More General Discussion Of This Subject In A Future Article ; At Present We Shall Merely ...
Elephant The
Elephant. The Elephant Has Attracted The Attention Of Mankind From The Remotest Ages, On Account Of His Size, His Strength, And His Sagacity. He Was Considered By The Ancients As A Powerful Engine Of War, And Is Still Regarded As A Valuable Part Of The Materiel Of An Eastern Army, ...
Elepiianta
Elepiianta, A Small Mountain Isle, With A Double Top, Wooded To The Summit. It Is Situated About 5 Miles In An Easterly Direction From Bombay, And Is Not More Than 5 Miles In Circumference. Its Proper Name Is Gali. Pouri ; Hut Europeans Call It Elephanta, From The Figure Of ...
Elepnanta
Elepnanta Is Situated Near Bombay, In An Island So Named From The Figure Of An Elephant Being Cut Upon The Rocks On The South Shore: The Grand Temple Is 120 Feet Square, And Supported By Four Rows Of Pillars ; Along The Side Of The Cavern Are From 40 To ...
Elgin
Elgin, A Royal Burgh Of Scotland, And The County Town Of Morayshire, Lies Upon The Banks Of The Lossie, About Seven Miles From Where That Ricer Falls Into The Moray Frith. It Is Supposed To Have Derived Its Name From _ridgy, A Norwegian General, Who, In The Begin Ning Of ...
Elias Ashmole
Ashmole, Elias, A Celebrated Antiquarian, Was Born At Litchfield In 1617. After Receiving His Educa Tion In The Country, He Went To London, Where He Prose Cuted His Studies, And Was Articled As An Attorney. At The Commencement Of The Civil War He Entered Into The Army, And Served In ...
Elijah Fenton
Fenton, Elijah, An English Poet Of Some Note, Was Born Near Newcastle In Staffordshire, Of An Ancient Family, Whose Estate Was Very Considerable. But He Hap Pened To Be The Youngest Of Eleven Children, And Was There Fore Necessarily Destined To Some Lucrative Profession. Ac Cordingly, He Was First Sent ...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth. See England. Elk. This Is One Of The Larger Animals Inhabiting The Globe, Belonging To The Genus Cervus, And Order Peeora Of Linnxus. The History Of The Elk Is Involved In Considerable Confusion, From Which We Shall Find It Difficult To Lay Down Its Specific Characters, As Those Who ...
Ellesmere
Ellesmere, A Market Town Of England, In Shrop Shire, Lies 16 Miles North-north-west From Shrewsbury, And 176 North-west From London, And Is Situated On The Margin Of A Beautiful Lake, From Which It Takes Its Name. It Is A Very Ancient Town, And Was Formerly Very Strongly Fortified. During The ...
Ellora
Ellora, A Town Of Hindostan, Distant About 18 Miles From The City Of Aurungabad, And Six From The Fortress Of Doulutabad. The Town Itself, Of No Great Extent, Is Situated In A Valley, Midis Chiefly Celebrated For Its Vicinity To Works Of Hindoo Superstition, Scattered Profusely Over The Sides Of ...
Elsineur Eisinoer
Elsineur. Eisinoer, Or, In Danish, Goer, Is A Town Of Denmark, In The Island Of Z .land; And Is Situated On The West Side Of The Sound, Almost Opposite To Helsingburg On The Swedish Side Of The Sound, From Which It Is Distant About 3 Or 4 English Miles. The ...
Elvas
Elvas, Formerly Jelves, Is A City And Frontier Town Of Portugal, In The Province Of Alentejo, Situated On A Hill Covered With Olive Trees. The Streets Are Irregular And Narrow, And So Full Of Dirt, That It Is Difficult To Wade Through Them, Even In Dry Weather. The Town Contains ...
Em13uctoo
Em13uctoo, A Celebrated City Of Central Africa, Is Said To Have Been Founded In 1216 By Meuse Soliman. It Has Always Been The Emporium Of The Trade Of Central Africa, And As It Has Never Been Visited By Any European Tra Veller Or Merchant, It Has Excited A Curiosity Which ...
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedenborg, Emanuel. This Eminent And Most Remarkable Man Was Born At Stockholm, In Sweden, Jan. 29, 1689, And Died In The City Of London, March 29, 1772. His Father, Jesper Swedberg Was Bishop Of Skara, In West Gothland, And Superintendent Of The Swedish Mission In England And America, A Man ...
Embabe Or Embab1l
Embabe. Or Embab1l. See Boulae. Embalming, The Art Of Preserving Animal Bodies From Decay After Death. Nature, To Make Way For Her Successive Generations, Has Decreed, That The Cessation Of Life Shall Be Followed By The Resolution Of Material Substances Into Invisible Fluids. This Is Accomplished By Putrefaction ; And ...
Emerald
Emerald. See Oryctognosy. •rson, `vilt!ad1, An Eminent Mathematician, Was Born On The 14th May 1701, At Hurworth, Near Dar Lington, In The County Of Durham. His Father, Dudley Emerson, Who Appears To Have Been Possessed Of Some Little Property, Taught A School, And Seems To Have Been A Person Of ...
Emigration
Emigration. When A People Find Themselves Uncomfortable In Their Native Country, And When They Depart Out Of It In Order To Settle And Live In Some Other, There Must Be Strong Inducements Leading Them To Adopt Such A Measure. It Is Directly Repugn Nit To Those Natural Feelings, Which Local ...
Empedocles
Empedocles, Was The Son Of Meto, A Wealthy Citizen Of Agrigentum In Sicily, And Flourished About The 84th Olympiad, Or 440 Years Before Christ. It Is Not Probable That He Was Born At So Early A Period, As To Have Been A Hearer Of Pythagoras; But He Adopted "the Doctrines ...
Empire Babylon
Babylon, Empire Or, May Be Considered As The First Great Monarchy Of Which Any Records Are To Be Found In History. It Appears To Have Been Found Ed A Short Time After The Flood ; And (according To The Astronomical Tables Sent By Alexander To Aris Totle) About 2234. Years ...
En G E Ch
Ch A Li, En G E, (calumnia) Is Generally Understood, In Common Lahguage, To Signify A Summons Or Provoca Tion To Figiit A Duel, In Consequence Of An All Ront Offered In Derogation Of Honour. This Is Considered, In Law, As An Offence Against The Peace ; And, Therefore, To ...
Enamel
Enamel Is A Substance Of The Nature Of Glass, But Differs From It Principally In Two Points ; First, In Its Be Ing More Easily Fusible, Which Quality Is Given To It By The Manner In Which The Flux Is Compounded ; Secondly, In Having A Large Proportion Of Either ...
Enamelling
Enamelling, The Art Of Covering Thin Plates Of Metal With The Substance Called Enamel. As This Curi Ous Art Is Carried On To A Considerable Extent Among The Manufacturers Of Watch Dial Plates, We Shall Give Our Readers A General Idea Of The Art Of Enamelling, By Ex Plaining The ...