Gasteropoda
Gasteropoda. The Animals Which Are Included In This Class Are More Numerous In Regard To Species, And Exhibit A Greater Diversity Of Organization, Than Those Belonging To The Other Great Divisions Of Molluscous Animals. They Have Long Occupied The Attention Of The Zoologist, And Various Methods Have Been Proposed For ...
Gems
Gems. This Appellation Is Employed In Two Different Senses : First, In Denoting Jewels Or Precious Stones, Which From Rarity And Beauty, Have Always Been Highly Prized By Mankind ; Secondly, In Characterizing Stones, Which, Though Not Of The Former Description, Are Sculptured Or Engraved With Various Subjects, And More ...
General Arrangement Of Ferns
General Arrangement Of Ferns. Previous To The Excellent Paper Of Dr Now Sir James Edward Smith, Published In The Fifth Volume Of The Me Moirs Of The Academy Of Sciences At Turin, Our Knowledge Of The Genera Was Very Imperfect ; But This Celebrated Gbtanist, By A More Accurate Examination ...
General Assembly
Assembly, General, The Name Of The Supreme Ecclesiastical Court In Scotland. See (w) Asser, Asserius, Asker, Or John Asser, A British Historian, Who Flourished In The Ninth Century. It Is Not Known Where He Was Born, But He Is Said To Have From The Ancient British Race, And To Have ...
Generic Distribution Of Foliose
Generic Distribution Of Foliose Musci. Before The Timc Of Dillenius, No Attempts Seem To Have Been Made To Divide Mosses Into Genera. Pharmaceutical Writers, Indeed, Had Long Been Accustomed To Name Polytrichum Commune, Adiantum Aureum Majus ; And Funaria Hygrometrica, Adiantum Aureum Minus. But These Were Mere Individual Appellations For ...
Geneva
Geneva, Is A City In Switzerland, And Capital Of An Ancient And Independent Republic Of The Same Name. It Is Situated On The Confines Of Savoy And France, At The Southern Extremity Of The Lake Of Geneva, Where The Rhone Issues From It In Two Rapid Transparent Streams Of A ...
Genoa
Genoa, A Celebrated City In The Of Italy, Is Situ Ated In Lat. 44° 25' N. And Long. 8° 53' E. On The Not Thorn Shores Of The Mediterranean. It Is Built In The Form Of An Amphitheatre, On The Slope Of A Mountain, Rising Gradually From The Sea, Having ...
Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Morning Star Of En Glish Poetry, Was Born In London In 1328. His Descent Appears, From The Name, To Have Been Norman ; And His Father, Though Variously Described, Was Most Probably A Merchant. At What University He Studied, Is A Disputed Point Which Even Mr Tyrwhitt ...
Geognosy
Geognosy. This Important Branch Of Natural History Makes Us Acquainted With The Structure, Relative Position, Mate Rials, And Mode Of Formation Of The Mineral Masses Of Which The Crust Of The Earth Is Composed. The Term Geognosy Is Derived From The Greek Words 7n, The Earth, And 7vedc-is, Knowledge. It ...
Geography
Geography, Is Derived From Two Greek Words, Yea The Earth, And Vexpw I Write, And In Its Original Accep Tation Signifies A Description Of The Earth. In The Progress Of Science, However, Its Meaning Has Become Gradually More Extended, And It Is Now Taken To Denote, Not Merely An Account ...
Geom
Geom Prop. Iii. Qe : Fe = Dp : Ep. Hence E P, The Distance From The Focus, Bears A Con Stant Ratio To D P, The Distance From The Directrix Pq, And Consequently P Is A Point In A Conic Section, Whose Focus Is E, And Whose Directrix Is ...
Geometry
Geometry Is That Branch Of Mathematics Which Treats Of The Properties Of Extension And Figure. The Name Is De Rived From Yreolhereice, The Science Of Land Measuring. There Is A Certain Degree Of Geometrical Knowledge, Which Naturally Arises Out Of The Wants Of Man, In Every State Of Society. It ...
George Abbot
Abbot, George, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Was The Son Of A Cloth-worker At Guildford, In Surrey, Where He Was Born On The 29th Clay Of October, 1562. While Yet A Child He Displayed A Quickness Of Appre Hension, And An Extent Of Capacity, Which Seemed To Mark Him Out For Future ...
George Agricola
Agricola, George, Was Born At Glauchen, In Upper Saxony, 24th March, 1494. He Received The Medical Part Of His Education In Italy, And, Returning To His Native Country, Settled As A Physician At Joachimsted. He Afterwards Accompanied The Dukes Maurice And Augustus In Their March To Join The Army Of ...
George Berkeley
Berkeley, George, The Celebrated And Inge Nious Bishop Of Cloyne, In Ireland, Was Born At Kilc Rin, Near Thomastown, In The County Of Kilkenny, Being The Eldest Son Of William Berkley, Esq. A Cadet Of The Noble Family Of Earl Berkley Of Berkley Castle. He Received The First Rudiments Of ...
George Brydges Rodney
Rodney, George Brydges, A Celebrated British Admiral, The Second Son Of Henry Rodney, Esq. Of Wal Ton-upon-thames, Was Born In 1718. In 1742 He Was Appointed Lieutenant Of The Namur, And Afterwards To Other Ships, In Which He Rose To Considerable Distinction In His Profession. In 1759 He Accompanied Admirals ...
George Farquhar
Farquhar, George, An Eminent English Comic Writer, Was Born In The Year 1678. His Father Was A Re Spectable Clergyman In The North Of Ireland, Who, Having A Numerous Family, Could Not Bestow Any Fortune Upon Him, But Resolved To Give Him Such An Education, As Might Ena Ble Him ...
George Frederic Handel
Handel, George Frederic, A Celebrated Composer, Was Born At Halle In Saxony, In The Year 1684. His Father, An Eminent Physician, Designed Him For The Study Of The Law ; But The Decided Propensities Which He Displayed For Music At An Age When Youthful Genius Rarely Begins To Expand, Speedily ...
George Romney
Romney, George, A Celebrated English Painter Was Born At Dalton In Lancashire, On The 26th Of December 1734. At The Age Of Twelve He Was Taken From School To Superintend The Workmen Of His Father, Who Was A Builder And A Farmer; And In His Leisure Hours He Amused Himself ...
George Shaw
Shaw, George, An Eminent British Naturalist, Was Born At Bieston In Buckinghamshire, Where His Father Was Vicar, On The 16th December 1751. In 1765 He Entered Magdalene Hall, Oxford, And In 1772 He Took His Degree_ Of M. A. Although He Was Ordain Ed Deacon In 1774, And Performed His ...
George Washington
Washington, George, Was Born In The Year 1732, On The 22d Of February; As Every Ame Rican Learns From The Annual Jubilee Of His Country's Gratitude. A Plantation Called Wakefield, In West Moreland County, Virginia, Was The Place Rendered Illustrious By His Nativity. The Mansion House Was Then Situated On ...