Estrella Serra De
Estrella Serra De, The Mom Iferminius Of The Ancients, Is The Most Extensive And Highest Range Of Mountains In Portugal. It Is A Branch Of The High Range That Divides Old And New Castile, And Stretches, Like Most Of The Other Mountain Ranges In The Peninsula, From North-east To South-west. ...
Estremadura
Estremadura, Extrema Durii, Is A Province Of Portugal, Which Is Bounded By Beira On The North, By Alentejo And Beira On The South, And By The Sea On The West. It Extends About 140 Miles From North To South, And About 70 In Breadth, And Contains 5440 Square Miles. It ...
Estremadura
Estremadura, Is The Name Of The Largest And Most Fertile, Though The Least Populous And The Least Cul Tivated Of The Provinces Of Spain. It Is Bounded On The North And North-east By The Kingdom Of Leon ; On The East By New Castile ; On The South And South-east ...
Etat
Etat Minton, In The French Army, Corresponding To The Staff In Ours, Is Composed Of A Number Of Select Officers, And Constitutes The Grand Medium For The Ar Rangement And Communication Of Orders. It Transmits All Instructions Relative To The Commissariat, And Other Branches Of The Interior Service Of The ...
Etching
Etching, In The Arts, Is A Species Of Engraving, Produced By The Action Of An Acid, Or Sonic Oti.,r Curio Sive Menstruum, Upon Metal, Or Other Substances Suscep Tible Of Corrosion. This Term Is, However, More Particu Larly Used, To Express That Peculiar Effect Produced Upon Coppl I.-plate, By The ...
Etymology
Etymology, (from The Greek C2111405, True Or Real, And Aoyos, Speech,) The Science Which Investigates The Na Ture, Origin, Derivation, And Formation Of Words. The Subject Of Etymology Being Words Spoken Or Written, It May Be Viewed Under Two Aspects : 1st, As Forming A Part Of Particular Grammar; 2d, ...
Euclid
Euclid, The Mathematician, Was Born At Alexandria In Egypt, About 300 Years Before Christ. We Have N9 Certain Information As To The Precise Period, Either Of His Birth Or Death ; Nor Do We Possess Many Particulars Re Specting His Life. It Would Appear That He Resided Con Stantly In ...
Euharmonic Organ
Euharmonic Organ, Is A Very Improved Musi Cal Instrument, The First That Ever Has Been Capable Of Producing Perfect Harmony, Or Music Wherein None Of The Harmonics Are Tempered Or Imperfect, In The Widest Range Of Modulation, The Invention Of The Rev. Henry Liston, Minister Of Ecelesmachan In Scotland, For ...
Euler
Euler, Leosann, One Of The Most Distinguished Mathematicians Of The 1 Sth Century, Was The Son Of Paul Euler, And Margaret Brucker, And Was Born At Basle On The 15th Of April 1707. His Father, Who Had Been Instructed In Mathematics By The Celebi Ated James Bernoulli, Became Pastor Of ...
Euripides
Euripides, A Celebrated Grecian Tragic Poet, Was Born In The First Year Of The 75th Olympiad, (about 453 B. C.) In The Island Of Salamis, Whither His Parents Had Retired, A Short Time Previous To The Invasion Of Attica By Xerxes. In Consequence Of The False Interpretation Of An Equivocal ...
Eusebius
Eusebius, Surnamed Pamphilus, Was Born In Pa Lestine, And Probably In The City Of Cxsarea, About The Year 270. There Is No Certain Account Of His Parents Or Other Relations, Nor Of His Early Instructors ; Only He Himself Mentions, That He Received His Education In His Native Country. He ...
Evaporation
Evaporation, Is The Process By Which The Aque Ous Particles Of Bodies Are Converted Into Vapour. This Process Is Of Two Kinds, Artificial, And Natural Or Spontaneous. We Have Already Described The General Appearances Connected With The Former, (see Chemis Arid We Shall Therefore Confine Our Attention At Present To ...
Evidence
Evidence. See Logie. Evil, King's, Is The Name Formerly Given To Scro 4ula, In Consequence Of Its Being Supposed That The Litligs Of England And France Possessed The Power Of Curing This Disease By The Touch. The English And French Have Each Contended That This Power Was First Exercised By ...
Evil
Evil. See Theology. Euler's Logarithms, For Musical Calculations, Are A Series Of Artificial Numbers Invented By This Author, For Expressing Musical Intervals In Their Relations Decimally To The Octave, As Unity, Forming A Set Of Binary Loga Rithms, Which See. The Writer Has Known A Learned Stu Dent Of Euler's ...
Example
Example. Let It Be Required To Find The Dominical Letter For The Year 150 Before Christ. Subtract One From The Given Year, Which Leaves 149, And It Will Be Found From Entering 'fable Iv. With The 100 Years At The Head, And The 49 At The Side, That A Is ...
Example
Example I.—a Ship's Rate Of Sailing By A Log-line, The Interval Between Knot And Knot Of Which Is 45 Feet, Is 9 Miles Per Hour, Estimated By A Glass Which Runs 35 Seconds.—what Is The True Rate Of Sailing ? True Tate= 5 X 9 X 45 — = 7-1 ...
Example A
Example.-a Ship Front Lat. 30° 56' N. Has Sailed 470 Miles In A North-westerly Direction, Until She Has Made 325 Rniles Of Departure. What Course Did She Steer, And In What Latitude Has She Arrived ? 1. By Construction.—draw The Meridian Line Ab, (fig. 8 ) And Through B. Draw ...
Examples A
Examples.-a Ship From Latitude 48° 50' N. Has Sailed N. E. By E.1 E. 436 Miles.—required The Lati Tude Come To, And The Departure. 1. By Construction.—draw The Line Ad, (fig. 4. Plate Cccciv.) Of Indefinite Length, To Represent The Meridian, And At The Point A, Which Denotes The Place ...
Exchange
Exchange. By The Statutes 8 And 9 W. Iii. C. 20, And 6 Ann. C. 16, Exchange Brokers Are To Be Licensed In London, By The Lord Mayor And Aldermen, Who Administer To Them An Oath, And Take Bond For The Faithful Execution Of Their Offices. Persons Acting As Brokers, ...
Exchequer
Exchequer. (scaccarium, From The French Echi Pier, Or The German Schat=-kammer, Treasury), Is A Very Ancient Court Of Record, Wherein The King's Revenues Are Received, And All Causes Respecting The Revenue And Rights Of The Crown Are Heard And Determined. Camden Says That This Court Took Its Name From The ...
Excise
Excise, (generally Understood To Be From The Bel Gic Accuse, Toll Or Tribute ; Though Others, As Skinner, De Rive It From Assisa, Assize, As Being Rated By Men Appoin Ted For That Purpose,) A Branch Of The Public Revenue, Arising From Duties Paid Upon The Manufacture Or Sale Of ...
Excommunication
Excommunication, In Ecclesiastical Polity, The Judicial Exclusion Of Offenders From The Religif.., Rites And Other Privileges Of The Particular Community To Which They Belong. Founded In The Right Which Every Society Possesses To Guard Its Laws And Pri Vileges From Violation And Abuse, By The Infliction Of Salutary Discipline, Proportioned ...
Exeter
Exeter, The Ise.t Of Ptolemy, A City Of England In Devonshire, In The Hundred Of Wonford. The Town Is Delightfully Situated On The Slope Of A Rising Ground, On The Eastern Bank Of The River Exe, Which Winds Round The South-west Side Of The City. It Is Sur Rounded With ...
Expansion
Expansion, From The Latin Expand°, I Expand,' Is A Term Employed In Physics, To Denote That Increase Of Magnitude Which Almost All Bodies, Whether Solid, Fluid, Or Aeriform, Receive From An Increase Of Temperature. The Instruments By Which The Expansions Of Solid Bodies Are Measured, Are Named Pyrometers, Which Were ...
Explanation Of Plate Cxxxiii
Explanation Of Plate Cxxxiii. The Figures Of This Plate Arc Intended To Illustrate The Structure Of Cetaceous Animals, Described In The Preced Ing Pages. Fig. 1. A View Of The Bones Of The Atlantal Extremity, Or Swimming Paw, Of The Dolphin. A, The Humerus ; B, The Radius ; C, ...
Eylau
Eylau, Preussisch, Or Prussian, A Small Town In East Prussia, South-east Of Koningsberg, Of Little Note Till It Became The Scene Of A Most Sanguinary Engage Ment Between The French And Russians, On The 8th Fe Bruary 1307. The Russian Army Having Retreated Du Ring Six Days, Reached On The ...
F Yellow
F. Yellow. Among The Varieties Of This Species Of Colour, There Are Three Possessing Metallic Lustre, Viz, Brass-yellow, Gold-yellow, And Bronze-yellow. The Characteristic Colour, Which Is Lemon-yellow, Is Placed In The Mid Dle Of The Series ; The Colours Which Precede It Are Greenish-yellow, And Those Which Follow It Are ...
Fahlun
Fahlun, A Town Of Sweden, In The Province Of Daleearlia, Is Situated About 300 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, Between The Two Lakes Of Run And Warpen, In A Small Plain, Surrounded On All Sides By Low Hills. The Town, Which Owes Its Existence To The Celebrated Copper ...
Fairford
Fairford, A Market•town Of England In Glou Cestershire, Is Situated In A Pleasant Country At The Foot Of The Cotswold Hills, On The Banks Of The River Coble, At An Old Ford Near The Confluence Of That River With The Thames. The Town Consists Of Two Streets, Neatly And Regularly ...
Falconer
Falconer, William, An Ingenious Poet, Of Ob Scure Parentage, Of Whom Little More Is Known Than His Genius And His Misfortunes. He Was A Native Of Scot Land, And Is Supposed To Have Been Born In One Of The Vil Lages On The Coast Of Fife; But His Parents, In ...
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands, A Group Of Islands In The Atlan Tic Ocean, Situated At The Utmost Extremity Of South Ame Rica, And About 80 Leagues From The Straits Of Magellan. Two Of Them Arc Of Considerable Extent, Being More Than 70 Leagues In Circumference ; And Lie Between 10' And 52° ...
Fall Of Foyers
Foyers, Fall Of, A Celebrated And Most Beautiful Ca Taract In The Highlands Of Scotland. It Is Is Situated In The County Of Inverness, And District Of Stratherrick, 19 Miles South-west Of Inverness, And Close By The Military Road From Thence To Fort Augustus. It Is On The River Feaghlin, ...
Falmouth
Falmouth, A Sea-port Town Of England In Cornwall, Of Modern Erection, Its Charter Being Granted By Charles Ii. In 1661. Its Rise And Increase Has Been Altogether Ow Ing To The Progress Of Commerce, And Particularly To The Establishment Of Packet Boats For America, The West In Dies, Spain, Portugal, ...
Fareham
Fareham, A Market-town Of England In I Iampshire, Is Situated At The North-west Extremity Of Portsmouth Har Bour. The Houses Are Tolerably Well Built. There Are Two Meeting-houses And One Church, Which Stands At The Entrance To The Town. The Inhabitants Are Principally Em Ployed In The Manufacture Of Sacking, ...
Farnham
Farnham, A Town Of England, In The Hundred Of Farn Ham, And The County Of Surrey, Is Situated Partly On A Hill Not Far From The North Bank Of The River Wye. The Town Consists Of One Principal Street, With Some Smaller Ones Branching Off To The North And South, ...
Faro
Faro, The Name Of A Town Of Portugal, In The Province Of Algarvia. It Is Situated In A Level And Sandy Plain, About A League From The Sea, And On The Bank Of The River Da Quarteira. The Town, Which Is Quite Open, Is Regularly Built, And Has Tolerably Broad ...
Faroe
Faroe, The Name Given To A Group Of Islands In The Northern Ocean, Belonging To Denmark. The Early History Of These Islands, Though They Were Colo Nized By The Same People Who Rendered That Of Iceland So Extraordinary, Presents Nothing In The Least Degree Interest Ing. They Appear To Have ...
Fars
Fars, Or.farsistan, Is A Province Of The Kingdom Of Persia, Bounded On The North By Irak, On The East By Ker Man And Laristan, On The West By Kuzistan, And On The South By The Sea Of Oman. It Is Divided Into Two Climates, The Warm And The Cold, Which ...
Fascination
Fascination Is The Name Given To An Influence Which Certain Animals Are Supposed To Possess Over Other Animals, Which Serve Them For Food. This Faculty Has Been Ascribed To Toads, Hawks, Cats, Owls, Tigers, And Various Other Animals, But Particularly To The Rattlesnake And Other American Serpents. It Is Supposed ...
Fasting
Fasting, The Partial Or Total Abstinence Of Mankind And Animals From The Ordinary Requisite Supply Of Aliment, By Which Is To He Understood That Quantity'which Is Adapted To Preserve Them In A Healthy And Vigorous Condition. We Have Already Given A Few Examples Under Absti Nence, Of The Faculty Of ...
Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana, Is The Name Given To An Optical Phenomenon, Sometimes Seen In The Straits Of Messina, Between The Island Of Sicily And The Italian Coast. This Remarkable Phenomenon, Which Has Not Hitherto Received Any Explanation, Has Been Described By Kircher, Angeluc Ci, Scotus, Giardina, Gallo, Leanti, Brydone, Swinburne, And ...
Faversham
Faversham, Is A Market-town Of England, In The County Of Kent, Situated On A Navigable River, Which Com Municates With The River Swale. The Lour Streets Of Which It Is Composed Form An Irregular' Cross, Having The Guild Hall And Market Place At The Centre. Many Of The Houses Are ...
Feejee
Feejee, The Name Of A Group Of Islands In The South Pacific Ocean, The Most Northerly Of Which Were Discover Ed, In 1643, By Tasman, Who Gave Them The Name Of Prince William's Island. In 1789, Captain Bligh, The Third Day After His Escape From Toofoa, Fell In With The ...
Felspar
Felspar. As In The Case Of Quartz, I Shall Here Only Notice The Most Remarkable And Most Rare Varieties Of This Mine Ral. I May Remark, Generally, That They Are Princi Pally Found In Those Districts Which Consist Of Gneiss, And Are Almost Always Integrant Portions Of The Granite Veins ...
Ferdinand Alvares De Toledo
Alva, Ferdinand Alvares De Toledo, Duke Of, Was Born Of A Noble Family In Spain, In The Year 1508, And Is Said To Have Been Instructed In The Military Art By His Grandfather, Frederic De Toledo. He Made His First Appearance As A General In 1538, In The Service Of ...
Fermanagh
Fermanagh, A County Of Ireland, In The Province Of Ulster. It Is Bounded On The West By Leitrim, On The North By Tyrone And Donegal, On The East By Tyrone And Mo Naghan, And On The South By Cavan And Leitrim. Tins County Is Of Very Uneven Surface; It Abounds ...
Fermat Peter
Fermat (peter), An Eminent French Mathematician, Who Was Born At Toulouse In 1590, And Died In 1663. He Was Cotemporary With Several Mathematicians Of The First Order, Among Whom May Be Mentioned, Pascal, Des Cartes, Roberval, Torricelli, Huygens, Meziriac, Car Cavi, Wallis, &c.; And Furnished Solutions Of All The More ...
Fermentation
Fermentation, An Intestine Commotion, To Which Certain Substances Of Vegetable Or Animal Origin Are, More Or Less, Liable, From The Spontaneous Reaction Of Their Con Stituent Elements. The Process Embraces A Series Of Changes Of Composition, And Terminates In The Formation Of New Products, Which Differ Essentially From The Original ...