Greenock
Greenock, Is A Sea-port Town In Scotland, Situated On The Frith Of Clyde, About 22 Miles Below Glasgow, And 46 Above Ayr. It Contains Malty Neat And Well Built Hou Ses, But Its Streets Are Irregular And Narrow ; And Its Gene Ral Appearance Is Far From Being Elegant. Of ...
Greenwich
Greenwich, Is A Market Town Of England, In The Hundred Of Blackheath, And County Of Kent. It Is 'delight Fully Situated On The South Bank Of The Thames, Where The River Is From 320 To 360 Yards Broad At Low Water, And Is Principally Celebrated For Its Splendid Naval Hospital, ...
Gregoejo Allegri
Allegri, Gregoejo, In Biography, A Celebrated Composer Of Music Of The Seventeenth Century, And Au Thor Of The Miscrere. He Was A Native Of Rome, And By Profession An Ecclesiastic. Nanini Was His Instructer In His Favourite Science, And He Was The Intimate Friend And Contemporary Of Palestrina.—though His Abilities ...
Grenada
Grenada, The Most Southerly Of The Caribbee Islands In The West Indies, Is Situated Between 12° 20' And 11' 58' North Lat. And Between 61° 20' And 61° 35 West Long. It Is Twenty Leagues North-west Of Tobago, And The Same Distance From The Nearest Point Of The American Continent. ...
Grenoble
Grenoble, A City Of France, The Capital Of The For Mer Province Of Dauphiny, And Under The Late Govern Ment, The Chief Town Of The Arrondissement Or District Of Grenoble, And Of The Department Of The Isere. This City Stands At The Confluence Of The Rivers Drac And Isere, The ...
Gries
Gries, Is A Mountain Of Switzerland, Situated In The Alpine Chain Which Separates Piedmont From The Upper Vallais. The Road Over This Mountain Leads From Ober Ghestelen, In The Vallais, To Domo D'ossola, In The Val Maggia, And To Locarno. This Road Rises To The Height Of 7336 Feet, And ...
Grimsby
Grimsby, Or Great Grimsby, Is A Borough And Seaport Town Of England, In Lincolnshire, Situated Near The Mouth Of The Humber. The Streets Are Clean, And The Houses In General Well Built. The Church, Which Is Called St James, Is Spacious And Handsome, And Is Built In The Form Of ...
Grimsel
Grimsel, Is The Name Of A Lofty Mountain In Switzer Land, Over Which There Is A Road From The Canton Of Berne Into The Upper Vallais. The Distance From Meyringen On The Aar, To The Hospice Of Grimsel, Is About Seven Leagues, And From Thence To Ohcrghestelen On The Rhone, ...
Grindelwald
Grindelwald Is The Name Of A Village Of Swit Zerland, In The Canton Of Bern. • It Is Situated In A Rich Al Pine Valley, At The Height Of 3150 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea. The Direction Of The Valley Is N. E. And S. \v. And It ...
Grindstones
Grindstones, From The Latin Gyrandus, Are Circu Lar Stones, A Few Inches Thick, Which Are Mounted On A Spindle, And Turned With A Common Winch, For The Purpose Of Grinding Edge Tools. When A Great Number Of These Stones Are Driven By Machinery For The Purpose Of Cutlery, They Are ...
Grisons
Grisons, The Upper Rhetia Of The Ancients, Is The Name Of A Republic Which Was Formerly Independent, But Since The Year 1798 It Has Formed One Of The Nineteen Can Tons Of Switzerland. It Is Wounded On The North By The Canton Of Glaris, From Which It Is Separated By ...
Grodno
Grodno, Is A Town Of Poland, In Lithuania, And, With The Exception Of \vilna The Capital, Is The Most Important Place In That Province. It Is Now A Frontier Town On The Russian Division Of Poland. It Is Built Upon An Eminence Which Overlooks The River Niemen, Which Is Here ...
Groins
Groins. In Our Article Carpentry, We Have Already Treated The Subject Of Groins At Sonic Length. We Propos Ed, Under The Present Head, To Have Investigated The Sub Ject Of Domes, From Which We Have Made A Reference ; But We Have Found .it Necessary To Include This Subject Un ...
Grotius
Grotius, Huoo, One Of The Most Profound And En Lightened Scholars, And One Of The Most Remarkable Men Of His Age, Was Born At Delft In The United Netherlands, On The 10th Of April 1583. The Name In Dutch Is De Groot, Or The Great ; And As It Had ...
Grotto
Grotto, Is A Subterraneous Fissure Or Opening In The Earth, Generally Adorned By Calcareous Incrustations, Which Produce A Brilliant Effect When Illuminated By Torches. Mountainous And Volcanic Countries, Or Those Regions Which Are Partitioned Into Many Islands, More Frequently Exhibit Grottos, Caverns, Or Fissures, Than Low Or Level Grounds. They ...
Guadalajara
Guadalajara, An Intendancy Of New Spain, And Part Of The Kingdom Or New Gallicia, Is Situated Between And 23° North Latitude. Its Greatest Breadth From The Port Of San Bias To The Town Of Lagos, Is 100 Leagues ; And Its Greatest Length From South To North 118 Leagues. It ...
Guadaloupe
Guadaloupe, The Largest And One Of The Most Va Luable Of The Caribbee Islands, Lies Between Antigua And Martinique. Its Length Is Between 60 And 70 British Miles, And Its Greatest Breadth About 25. The Middle Of The Island Is Situated In About 16° 20' North Latitude, And 62° \vest ...
Gualtor Gwalior
Gwalior, Gualtor, Or Gualiait, Is The Name Of A Strong Fortress Of Hindostan, In The District Of Gohud, And Province Of Agra. This Fort Stands On A Hill About 1 Mile Long, 300 Yards Wide At Its Greatest Breadth, And 342 Feet High At Its North End. The Sides Of ...
Guamanga Guamanca
Guamanca, Guamanga, Or Huamanga, Is The Name Of A City And Province In Peru. The City Was Ori Ginally Founded By Pizarro In 1539, As A Middle Station For The Trade Between Lima And Cusco. It Was Built At First On The Site Of An Indian Of The Same Name; ...
Guanaxuato
Guanaxuato, An Intendancy Of New Spain, Lies Between The 20° 55' And The 21° 30' North Lat. And Is Wholly Situated On The Ridge Of The Cordillera Of Ana Huac. Its Length, From The Lake Of Chapala To The North East Of San Felipe, Is Fifty-two Leagues, And Its Breadth, ...
Guancavelica
Guancavelica, Containing An Area Of About 10,000 Square Miles, And Lying East From Lima, With Tarma North And Guamanga South-east, Is A Mountainous T Egion, Which Has Been Rendered Remarkable From One Of The Most Extensive Mines Of Quicksilver Yet Discovered In America. Though Lying Between S. Lat. 11° 40' ...
Guatimala
Guatimala, One Of The Three Audiences Or King Doms Into Which Mexico Or New Spain Was Formerly Di Vided, Lies Between 74° And 22° North Lat. Extending Up Wards Of 300 Leagues Along The South Coast, And In No Place Exceeding 160 In Breadth. It Is In Some Par Ts ...
Guayaquil
Guayaquil, To Survey This Comparatively Small But More Cultivated Department, Leads Us Again To The Shores Of The Pacific. With An Extent Of 14,200 Square Miles, The Department Of Guayaquil Is Subdivided Into Two Provinces, Marribi And Guayaquil Proper, With An Ag Gregate Population Of 73,483. Though Fronting On The ...
Guercino
Guercino. The Original Name Of This Celebrated Artist Was Giovanni Francisco Barbieri. Malvasia Relates, That In His Infancy He Lost The Sight Of His Right Eye, And That From This Accident He Acquired The Name By Which He Is Now Generally Known. He Was Born At The Village Of Cen ...
Guernsey
Guernsey, The Sarnia Of The Ancients, Is An Island Belonging To Great Britain. It Is One Of The Channel Islands, Lying Within The Bay Of St Michael, And About Seven Leagues From The Coast Of Normandy. This Island Is Of A Trian Gular Shape. Its Extreme Length Is About 74. ...
Guiana
Guiana, An Extensive Country In South America, Is Bounded By The River Orinoco On The North, By The River Of The Amazons On The South, By The Atlantic Ocean On The East And North-east, And By New Granada On The West. It Is Nearly Of A Triangular Form, And Is ...
Guildford
Guildford, A Borough And Market Town Of England, In Surrey. It Is The County Town, And Is Situated On The Side Of A Considerable Chalk Hill On The Cast Bank Of The \vey. This River Is Crossed By A Stone Bridge Of Five Arches, Which Was Lately Widened With Brick, ...
Guinea
Guinea, Is A Maritime District In The South-west Part Of Africa, To Which Various Limits Are Assigned By Different Nations. The Dutch Consider It As Extending From Cape Blanco, 21° North Lat. To Cape Lopez, In South Lat. Making Sierra Leona, In 8i0 North Lat. The Boundary Be Tween North ...
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream, Is The Name Given To A Constant Cur Rent In The Ocean, Produced By The Trade Winds, Which Are Constantly Blowing From Cast To West. This Current, Coming From The Pacific And Indian Oceans, Passes Round The Cape Of Good Hope, And, After Going Along The Coast Of ...
Gulf Of Sidra
Gulf Of Sidra, And The Gulf Of Goletta In The Mediterranean ; The Gulf Of France At The Mouth Of The Gambia; The Gulf Of Guinea, South Of The Gold Coast, By Far The Most Considerable ; And The Gulf Of Sofala, Near The Southern Entrance Of The Mozambique Channel. ...
Gum Myrrh
Myrrh, Gum, Is The Name Of A Gum Resin Which Issu, S Ol,tatieously, Or After Incision, From A Tree Which Grows In Arabia And Abyssinia. Some Account Of It Will Be Found Ill 0111" Article Chemistry, And In Mater1a Nedica. Tot Quantities Of Myrhli Imported In 1806, 1807, And 1808, ...
Gums
- Gums. See Chemistry, Voi. Vi. P. 748, 763, 769. Gum Amber. Sec Amber, And Chemistry, P.766. Gum Ammoniac. See Chemistry, Page 769. This Gum Should Be Chosen Full Of Drops Or Tears, Dry, Brittle, Easily Softened By The Fire, Reducible To A White Powder, And Of A Sharp Taste ...
Gun Making
Gun-making Is The Art Of Manufacturing Small Arms, For The Purposes Of War And The Chace. The Name Liar Quebuss, Which Was First Given To Small Arms, Is Said To Have Been Derived From The Italian Word Arcobousa, Or Bow With A Hole, And The Instrument Was Successively Designa Ted ...
Gunnery The
Gunnery The Italians Seem To Have Been The First People That Di Rected Their Attention To The Subject Of The Motion Of Can Non Shot. Nicholas Tartaglia, A Venetian, Who Was Born At Brescia, Published At Venice, In 1537, His Nuova Scieuza, And In 1546 His Qziesiti E Invenzioni Diverse, ...