Fungi The
Fungi The Most Conspicuous Of The Plants To Which We Propose To Direct The Attention Of The Reader In This Article, Are, In General, Termed By The English Mush-rooms Or Toad-stools, And By The Scots Paddock-stools. By The Greeks They Were Called And They Are Now Known To Botanists Under ...
Furnace
Furnace Is The Name Given To An Apparatus, Which Consists Of A Certain Cavity Containing Combustible 'natter, With Various Means Of Supplying It With Air To Effect Its Combustion. Furnaces May Be Divided Into Two General Classes, Viz.. Wind Or Air Furnaces, And Blast Furnaces. In The First Of These, ...
G Burnet
Burnet, G,lbert, Bishop Of Sarum, Was Born At Edinburgh In 1643. His Father, Who Was A Lord Of Session Under The Title Of Lord Crimonci, And A Younger Son Of The Family Of Ley's In Kincardineshire, Was Attach Ed To The Episcopalian, His Mother To The Presbyterian, Discipline ; A ...
Gabs
Gabs, The Name Of A Town Of Africa, Situated On The South-east Part Of Tunis, In A Bay Of The Al Editerranean. It Was The Eftichus Of Scylax, And The Tacafte Of Ptolemy And Pliny. Dr Shaw Informs Us, That The Ruins Of This Ancient City Are Still To He ...
Gaeta
Gaeta, Cr Ga Ieta, The Cajeta Of The Ancients, Is The Name Of A Sea Port Town Of Italy, In The Kingdom Of Naples, And Province Of Lavora. It Is Situated On A Peninsula, Which Is Joined To The Mainland By A Narrow Isthmus. The Fortress. Which Was Erected By ...
Gainsborough
Gainsborough, A Town Of England, In The County Of Lincoln, Is Pleasantly Situated On The Eastern Bank Of The Trent, Which Here Separates Lincolnshire From Nottingham Shire. The Town Is Clean, Well Paved And Lighted, And Con Sists Chiefly Of One Long Street Parallel To The River. The Principal Public ...
Gala Ngal
Gala Ngal Is The Name Of A Medicinal Root, And The Produce Of A Plant Of The Same Name. There Are Two Kinds Of Galangal, The Great And The Small ; The Last Of Which Is Generally Held In The Greatest Estimation. The Great Ga Langal Is A Tgugh Woody ...
Galen
Galen, One Of The Most Celebrated Physicians Of Anti Quity, And Singular For The Unbounded Sway Which His Opi Nions Long Maintained Over The Medical World. He Was Born In The 131st Year Of The Christian Era, In Pergamos, A City Of Asia Minor, Of Which Esculapius, The God Of ...
Galicia
Galicia, A Province Of Spain, Situated In The North West Angle Of That Kingdom ; Is Bounded On The South By Portugal, On The North And West By The Atlantic 0 Can, And On The East By Asturias And Leon. It Lies Between 41° 50' And 43° 46' North Latitude, ...
Galile0
G;alile0 Grimi.m, An Eminent Italian Astronomer And Natural Philosopher, Was Born'at Pisa, In Italy, On The 15th February 1564, And Was The Son Of Guilia Ammanati Di Pescia, And Michelagnolo Vincenzio Galileo, A Florentine Nobleman, Who Distinguished Himself By His Writings On Subjects. The Earlier Years Of Galileo Were Occu ...
Gallinaceous Birds
Gallinaceous Birds. The Birds Of This Order Have Their Denomination From Their Affinity To The Domestic Cock. Their Anterior Toes Are Generally United At Their Base By A Short Membrane, And Denticulated Along Their Margin, The Upper Mandible Arched, The Nostrils Pierced In A Broad Membranaceous 'space At The Base ...
Gallincla
Gallincla, Lath. Tern. Rallus, Lin. Crake Bill Shorter Than The Head, Compressed, Conical, Deeper Than Broad At The Base ; The Ridge Advancing On The Fore Head, And, In Some Species, Dilated Into A Naked Plate; Tips Of Both Mandibles Compressed, And Of Equal Length, The Upper Slightly Curved, The ...
Gallus
Gallus, Ray, Brisson, Vieill. Tem. Leach, Piiasianus, Lin. &c. Cocx. Bill Somewhat Thick, With The Base Smooth, Convex Above, Slightly Curved, And Bent Down At The Tip; Nostrils Situated At The Base, Half Covered With An Arched Scale, And Open ; Cars Naked ; Tail Compressed, And Composed Of Fourteen ...
Galway
Galway, A Maritime County Of Ireland, In The Pro Vince Of Connaught. It Is Bounded On The North By Mayo And Roscommon ; On The East By Tipperary And King's County ; On The South By Clare ; And On The West By The Atlantic Ocean. Its Aspect Is Various, ...
Ganges
Ganges, A Celebrated River Of Asia, Whose Waters Are Regarded By The Ilincloo As An Object Of Peculiar Sanctity And In Eastern Mythology, Gariga, The Ganges, Is Described As The Eldest Daughter Of The Great Mountain Himavata, And Called Ganga On Account Of Flowing Through Gang, The Earth. The Hindoo, ...
Ganjam
Ganjam Is A Town Of Ilindostan, In The Eircar Of Ci Cacole, Near The Bay Of Bengal. It Is Situated On A Small Eminence Along The River, At The Distance Of About A Quarter Of A League From Its Enitouchure. The Principal Public Build Ings Are A Large Pagoda, And ...
Garden Fruits 88
Garden Fruits. 88. The Characters Of Such Of These As Are Chiefly Culti Vated, And Chiefly Deserving Of Attention In This Country, May Be Mentioned. The White Magdalen, Or Early Magdalen, Is A Round Fruit, Of A Middling Size, With A Deep Furrow ; Of A Pale The Fruit, However, ...
Gardening
Gardening Is A Very General Term, Being Employed To Signify Both The Laying-out Of Pleasure Grounds, And The Cultivating Of Fruit-trees, Culinary Herbs, And Flowers. To The Former Branch Belong The Consideration Of The General Aspect Of The Ground, And The Capabilities Of The Entire Place, The Improver Often Availing ...
Garth
Garth, Sit' Samuel, An English Poet And Physician, Was Descended Of A Good Family In Yorkshire, And Received His Academical Education At Peterhouse College, Cam Bridge, Where He Took His Degree Of Doctor Of Medicine On The 7th July 1691. On The 26th June 1692, He Was Admitted A Fellow ...
Garum
Garum, Is A Name Which Has Been Applied By Medical Writers To A Pickle, In Which Fish Had Been Preserved. The Garum Of The Ancients Was Greatly Esteemed As A Delicacy At Their Tables. Gas, Is A Name Which Was Given By Van Hclmont To Aeriform Or Elastic Fluids. See ...