George
George, A Celebrated Scholar, Of Whom Any Country Might Be Proud, And Whose Name Is Peculiarly Dear To Scotland. Of The Very Early Part Of His Life We Know Wonderfully Little ; And The Little That We Do Know, Is Not Unmixed With Conjecture. Ile Was Born In The Parish ...
Georgetown
Georgetown, Also Within The District Of Colum Bia, Was Originally Laid Out Under An Act Of The Colo Nial Assembly Of Maryland, Passed May 15th, 1751. In 1789, The Town Was Incorporated, And Robert Peter, Esq. Appointed First Mayor. The Corporation Is Now Known By The Name Of The Mayor, ...
Georgia
Georgia, One Of The United States Of America, Is Situated Between 30° 22' And 35° 1g' N. Lat. And Between So° 20' And 85° 54' Long. ; Extending In Length About 300 Miles, And In Breadth 250 ; And Bounded On The East By The Atlantic Ocean, On The South ...
German
German Ac Ademies. The Establishment Of Acade Mies In Italy, France, And England, Animated The Ger Mans To Establish Institutions Of A Similar Kind. The Works Of Lord Bacon, In Particular, Inspired The Nations Of Europe With New Ardour In The Prosecution Of Sci Ence ; And To Them, Chiefly, ...
Germany
Germany Is Divided Among Such A Number Of Sovereigns, Native And Foreign, And Its Natural Boundaries Are So Ob Scurely Marked, That It Is Difficult, And At First Sight Seems Improper, To Describe It As A Single Country. But When It Is Considered, That, In Respect To Name, Language, And ...
Gerona
Gerona, The Gerunda Of The Ancients, Is A Town Of Spain, In The Province Of Catalonia, Situated On Both Sides Of The Ter, On The Side And At The Base Of A Steep Moun Tain. It Is Encircled With Good Walls, Flanked With Fortifi Cations, And Is Defended By Two ...
Giants
Giants, Is The Name Given To Men Whose Stature Greatly Exceeds The Ordinary Size Of The Human Race. On Surveying The Field Of Nature, We Sometimes Discover Aberrations From Her Usual Course. Animals Are Seen Of Dimensions Infinitely Surpassing Those Which Commonly Be Long To Their Kind ; And Vegetables ...
Gibbon
Gibbon, Enwann, Esq. Celebrated For The Elegance And Depth Of His Literary And Historical Works, Was The First Child Of The Marriage Of Edward Gibbon, Esq. And Judith Porten. He Was Born At Putney In The County Of Surry, On The 27th Of April O. S. 1737. His Maternal Grandfather ...
Gilding
Gilding, Is The Art Of Ornamenting Various Articles, By Covering Them With A Superficial Coat Of Gold, To Obtain The Brilliant Appearance Of That Valuable Metal. For Some Purposes The Appearance Is Not The Only Object; For, In Situations Where Wood Or Metal Work Is Much Ex Posed To The ...
Gill
Gill. Although " The Annealing Of Cast-steel In Close Ves Sels," As Described To Us By Mr. Perkins, And As Giv En In The Preceding Article, Was A New And Valuable Fact; Yet We Well Knew That A Similar Practice Had Long Been Used Both In This Country, And In ...
Giovan Batista Beccaria
Beccaria, Giovan Batista, A Celebrated Electrician Of The Preceding Century, Was Born At Mondavi, In Italy, On The 3d Of October 1716. We Are Told That He Sprung From A Creditable Family, And That His Brother Giuseppe Maria, And An Uncle By The Father's Side, Were Both Military Officers. The ...
Glaciers
Glaciers, Gletscher In German, Is A Name Given Extensive Fields Of Ice And Indurated Snow, Which Occur In Elevated Mountainous Districts, But Particularly In The Alps Of Switzerland And Savoy. In All Elevated Countries, Where The Mountains Rise Above The Line Of Perpetual Congelatiod, Their Summits And Flanks Are Covered ...
Glamorganshire
Glamorganshire, A Maritime County In South Wales, Is Bounded On The North By Cacrmarthenshire And Brecknockshire ; On The South By Merionethshire ; On The East By Monmouthshire, From Which It Is Separated By The River Ii Umsey ; And On The South And West By The Bristol Channel. The ...
Glanders
Glanders. This Is The Last Disease It Is Our In Tention To Give, And It Is The Most Formidable Of All: In Fact, It Is Justly Said To Form The Opprobrium Of ' The Veterinarian's Art. And What Renders This A Matter Of Surprise To An Indifferent Observer, Is, That ...
Glareola
Glareola, Lath. &c. Pratincole. Bill Short, Convex, Compressed Towards The Tip ; Upper Mandible Curved From The Half Of Its Length, And Notchless; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, And Obliquely Cleft ; Legs Feathered To The Knee ; Tarsi Long And Slender, The Middle Toe United To The Outer By A Short ...
Glass
Glass Is The Name Of An Artificial Substance, Formed By The Igneous Fusion Of Siliceous Earth With Various Salts And Metallic Oxides, And Possessing A High Degree Of Transpa Rency, Equalled Only By The More Perfect Crystals Of The Mineral Kingdoms, And Other Physical Properties, Which Render It One Of ...
Glastonbury
Glastonbury, A Town Of England In Somerset Shire, Is Situated In A Low Marshy Country, And Is Almost Sur Rounded By The River Brue And Its Branches. It Consists Of Two Streets Crossing Each Other In The Direction Nearly Of The Four Cardinal Points, And The Houses Are Built Principally ...
Gloucester City
Gloucester City, Is Situated In L)udston And King's Barton Hundred,gloucestershire,105; Miles West From Lon Don. This City Is Situated In The Vale Of Gloucester, On A Gentle Eminence, Rising On The East Side From The River Severn. Its Situation, However, Though It Affords A Fine Ob Ject To The Hills ...
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire, One Of The Western Counties Of England, Is Bounded On The North And North-east By Wor Cestershire And Warwickshire; On The East, By Oxfordshire; On The South-east, By Part Of Berkshire And Wiltshire ; On The South And South-west, By Somcrsetshire And The Bristol Channel ; And On The ...
Glover
Glover, Hien/tan, An Eminent English Poet And Po Litical Character, Was Born In St Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, London, In The Year 1712. His Father Was A Re Spectable Hamburgh Merchant In The City. Glover Was Educated Entirely At Cheam School, Under The Rev. Daniel Sanxay, Having Never Studied At ...
Gluckstadt
Gluckstadt, A Word Signifying The Fortunate Town, Is A Town Of In The Duchy Of Holstein, And Belonging To The King Of Denmark. The Town, Which Is Situated On The Elbe, Where It Receives A Small River Called The Rhu, Is Regularly And Neatly Built ; And The Principal Streets ...
Glue
Glue, Is A Tenacious Cement, Principally Used By Ca Binet-makers, Joiners, Book-binders, Case-makers, And Hat Ters. The Substances From Which Glue Is Made, Are The Shreds Or Parings Of Hides; The Ears Before They Are Immersed In The Tanner's Vats ; The Cuttings And Raspings Of Horn, From The Comb-maker, ...