Enberiza
Enberiza, Lin. &c. Bunting. Bill Strong, Short, Conical, Compressed, Sharp Edged, And Notchless; The Upper Mandibld Narrower Than The Un Der, The Edges Of Both Bent Inwards, And In The Inside Of The Upper There Is A Large Bony Knob, Of Great Use In Break Ing The Kernels And Hard ...
Engelbert Ka Empfer
Ka Empfer, Engelbert, A Learned German Traveller And Naturalist, Was Born At Lemgo, A Town Of The County Of Lippe In Westphalia, On The 16th Of September, 1651. He Discovered An Early' Attachment To The Study Of Natural His Tory, Medicine, And Various Languages. After Having Com Pleted His Elementary ...
England
England And Wales, That Part Of The British Empire, Which Forms The Larger And Southern Part Of The Island Of Great Britain, Is Situated Between 50° And 55° 45' N. Lat. And I' 50' East And 5° 40' West Long. The Sea Bounds It On Three Sides; And On The ...
Engraving
Engraving Is The Art Of Executing By Incision On Plates Of Metal, Blocks Of Wood, &e. The Representation Of Visi Ble Objects, With A View To The Working Off Impressions From Them. These Impressions Are Called Although The Art Of Engraving, Considered In Its Ap Plication To The Taking Oil' ...
Engraving On Steel
Steel, Engraving On. This Highly Important Art Has Been Recently Revived And Perfected By Our Countryman Mr. Warren, An Engraver In London. Mr. Warren Unfortunately Died In The Middle Of His Labours, But The Art Has Been Generally Introduced Into Great Britain By Messrs. Perkins And Fairman, Two American Gentlemen, ...
Enharmonic
Enharmonic Quarter Of A Tone Of Rameau, Is The Enharmonic Diesis -htp Which See. (e) Lvtomot.oe.v, From Cvto,ccx, An Insect, And Ativos, A Dis Course ; The Science Which Treats Of Insects, A Class Of Animals, Which Were Formerly Arranged, Along With Cnusvacea And Araciinides, Under The General Deno Mination ...
Ephesus
Ephesus, A Celebrated City Of Ionia, And Once The Metropolis Of Asia Minor, Is Affirmed By Pliny, Justin, And Orosins, To Have Been Built By An Amazon, Whose Name Also It Is Supposed To Bear. It Was Then Possess Ed By The Carians And Leleger ; But Was Occupied By ...
Epicurus
Epicurus, A Celebrated Philosopher Of Ancient Greece, And The Founder Of That Sect Which Flourished Under His Name, Was Born At Gargettus, A Village Of At Tica, In The 109th Olympiad. Ile Was The Son Of Neo Cles And Chxrestrata, Of The Illustrious Family Of The Philaides At Athens. At ...
Epicycloi D
Epicycloi D, In Geometry, Is The Curve Generated By Any Point In The Plane Of A Moveable Circle, Which Rolls Either On The Inside Or The Outside Of The Circum Ference Of A Fixed Circle. If The Circles Be Both In The Same Plane, The Curve Generated Will Be The ...
Epirus
Epirus, Was A Region In Ancient Greece, Bounded On The East By Macedon And Thessaly; On The South By The Ambracian Gulf; On The West By The Ionian Sea; And On The North By The Ceraunian Mountains. It Con Sisted Anciently Of Three Divisions ; Chaouia, Lying To Wards The ...
Epizooty
Epizooty, Derived From E7ri And Cwov, Signifies A Plague Or Murrain Among Animals. In The Common Ac Ceptation Of The Term, Murrain Is Limited To Distempers Among Useful And Domesticated Animals, Whereas Epi Zooey Comprehends Those Pestilential Ravages To Which The Whole Living Creation Is Liable. The Frequent Recurrence Of ...
Equits
Equits. The Fossil Remains Of Some Species Of This Genus Have Been Discovered In Alluvia, As At Cronstadt, In \virtem Berg, Where They Are Found In Great Numbers,•in The Same Places Where Those Of The Elephant, Rhinoceros, And Others, Exist. In This Country They Have Occurred In The Same Places ...
Erfort Erfurth
Erfurth, Erfort, Or Erfurt, Formerly Er/:es, Or Eritis, Is An Ancient Town Of Germany, Pleasantly Si Tuated On The River Gera, Which Flows Through The Town In Numerous Branches. Although The Town Is In General Ill Built, Yet It Possesses Several Public Buildings Of Im Portance. The Cathedral, Which Was ...
Erzerum Erzeroom
Erzeroom, Erzerum, Or Arzettum, The Name Of One Of The Most Considerable Of The Pachalics Of Arme Nia, And Of The Principal Place Of The Pachalic. It Is Said To Be Divided Into 12 Districts Or Sunjeets, Governed By A Pasha Of Three Tails, Who Resides At Erzeroom, The Capi ...
Eschines
.eschines, A Distinguished Grecian Orator, The Contemporary And Rival Of Demosthenes, Was Born At Athens About The Year '390, B. C. Though His Parentage Seems To Have Been But Humble, His Talents Soon Attract Ed The Notice And Admiration Of His Countrymen. From Exercising In The P;ymnasium, And Acting As ...
Esculap1us
..esculap1us, The Son Of Apollo And The Nymph Coronis, Was Worshipped By The Heathens As The God Of Physic, On Account Of His Wonderful Discoveries In That Science. Lie Is Said To Have Received His Medical Know Ledge From The Centaur Chiron, Who Had The Charge Of His Education, And ...
Escurial
Escurial, The Name Of A Village In Spain, About Seven Leagues From Madrid, And Celebrated For The Mag Nificent Palace Of The Escurial, Or St Lorenzo, Which Has Been Deemed By The Spaniards The Eighth Wonder Of The World. This Splendid Structure Was Begun In 1557, By Philip Ii. In ...
Esprit Flechier
Flechier, Esprit, Bishop Of Nismes, An Eminent French Ecclesiastic, Was Born At Pernes, A Small Town Near Carpentras, On The 10th Of June 1632, Of Obscure But Re Spectable Parents. He Was Educated At Tarascon, In A College Possessed By The Congregation Formerly Known In France Under The Name Of ...
Esquire
Esquire, In The Strict And Legal Acceptation Of The Term, Is A Name Of Dignity Next Above The Common Title Of Gentleman, And Below That Of Knight. Its Etymolo Gy Is Evident, The English Word Being Derived Imme Diately- From The French Ccuyer, Or, As It Was Formerly Written, Escuyer ...
Essex
Essex Is A Maritime County On The East Coast Of England. It Is Bounded On The Cast By The German Ocean ; On The West By The Rivers Lea And Stort, With A Part Of Hertfordshire ; On The North By The River Stour And Part Of Cambridgeshire ; And ...