Gunpowder
Gunpowder, Is A Compound Of Nitre, Sulphur, And Charcoal. The Chemical Action Which These Few Elemen Tary Bodies Exert On Each Other Has Many Times Determin Ed The Fate Of Nations. More Human Beings Have Fallen Victims To Its Power Than At Present Exist Upon The Face Of The Globe, ...
Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot. This Conspiracy, One Of The Most Iniquitous And Daring Treasons Recorded In History, Was The Memorable Offspring Of Religious Bigotry. It Had Its Origin In The Disappointed Zeal Of The Catholics, And Has More Than Any Thing To Fix Upon Themselves That Very Intolerance, Of Which They Have ...
Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus, Commonly Called The Great, King Of Sweden, Was Born At Stockholm In The Year 1594. He Was Educated With Particular Care, And Instructed In All The Learning And Accomplishments Which Are Calculated To Form A Statesman And A Hero. His Genius Was Great, His Memory Prodigious; And He ...
Gymnosophist
Gymnosophist Is A Word Of Greek Origin, And Li Terally Signifies A Philosopher Who Goes Naked. It Is Par Ticularly Applied To The Sages Of India, Who Are Understood To Have Wandered From Place To Place, Either Wholly With Out Clothing, Or Only Partially Covered. Hence The Sapien Tea Arc ...
Gypsies
Gypsies. Towards The Earlier Part Of The Fifteenth Century, The Attention Of Various European Nations Was Attracted Towards A Wandering Tribe Of People, Entirely Different In Appearance And Manners From The Established Inhabitants, And Speaking A Language Peculiar To Them Selves. None Could Account For Their Origin ; Neither Could ...
H Brown
H. Brown. This, After Black, Is The Darkest Colour In The System. The Whole Species Or Suite Can Be Distinguished Into Those Which Have Red, And Those Which Have Yellow Mixed ; Between These Is Placed The Fundamental Colour, The Pure Unmixed Chestnut-brown, And The Last Vaiicty, From The Quantity ...
H Sha N See
H. Sha N-see, Shang-see, Chan-see, Or San-see, Is One Of The Smallest Provinces Of The Empire, But Is Con Sidered As The Spot Where The First Inhabitants Of China, Or At Least The First Founders Of The Nation, Had Their Resi Dence. It Contains Five Cities Of The First Class, ...
Habit
Habit. • The Following Case, From Dr Percival's Dissertations, Affords An Example Of That Kind Of Association To Which The Name Of Habit Is Commonly Given : " Several Years Ago," Says Our Author, " The Countess Of — Fell In To An Apoplexy About Seven O'clock In The Morning. ...
Habit Of Association
Of Association, Habit, Imitation, Ste. We Have Frequently Had Occasion To Refer To The Effects Of Association, And It Will Therefore Be Proper To Give Some Account Of Its Origin And Mode Of Operation. When Two Impressions Of Any Kind Have Been Made Upon The Nervous System, And Repeated Together ...
Haddington
Haddington Is A Royal Burgh Of Scotland, And The County Town Of East Lothian Or Haddingtonshire. It Is Situated On The Small River Tyne, And Consists Of Four Streets Which Cross Each Other Nearly At Right Angles. One Of These Has Two Branches, Viz. The Fore And The Back Street, ...
Hague
Hague, A Town In Holland, And The Seat Of The Dutch Government, 10 Miles South-south-west Of Leyden, 14 South West Of Amsterdam, And About 3 Florin The Coast. It Is Ge Nerally Termed By Geographers A Village, Because It Has No Municipal Rights, And Is Not Surrounded With Walls ; ...
Halberstadt
Halberstadt, Is An Ancient Town Of Prussia, And Capital Of The Principality Of The Same Name. It Is Situated In The Circle Of Lower Saxony, On The Small River Holt Zemme. The Principal Public Edifices And Curiosities Are, The Cathedral, From The Summit Of Which There Is A Fine View ...
Halifax
Halifax, Is The Principal Town Of The County Of The Same Name In Novia Scotia, One Of The British Possessions In North America. It Is Situated On The Bay Of Chebucto, Which Is Very Spacious, And Is Able To Contain, In Perfect Security, 1000 Of The Largest Vessels. The Town, ...
Halle
Halle, Is A Town Of Prussia, In The Duchy Of Magde Burg. It Is Situated On An Agreeable Plain On The River Saale. This Town Is Divided Into Four Quarters, And Contains Three Lutheran Churches, And Also Places Of Worship For The Calvinists And The Roman Catholics, And A Synagogue ...
Halstead
Halstead, A Town Of England In The County Of Essex, Is Agreeably Situated On The Acclivity Of A Gravelly Emi Nence, At The Foot Of Which Passes The River Collie. The Streets Of The Town Are Broad And Airy, But Many Of The Houses Are Old And Inelegant. The Church ...
Hamilton
Hamilton, The Chief Town Of The Middle Ward Of Lanarkshire, Is About 12 Miles To The South-east Of Glas Gow, And Situated In The Parish Of The Same Name. In Ancient Times, The District In The Neighbourhood Of Ha Milton Appears To Have Borne The Designation Of Cadzow, While The ...
Hannibal
Hannibal, The Celebrated Carthaginian Commander, Was Born About 220 Years B. C. ; And, When Only Nine Years Of Age, Accompanied His Father Hamilcar To The Army In Spain. Before His Departure He Vowed, At The Altar, That He Would Never Be In Friendship With The Romans ; And In ...
Hanover
Hanover Is A Kingdom Of Europe, Which Was Formed In 1815 Out Of The Electorate Of Hanover And The Principality Of Osnaburg. It Is Situated In The Circle Of Lower Saxony ; And Is Bounded On The North By The Territory Of Hamburgh, Holstein, And Meeklenburgh, The Elbe Forming The ...
Hante Anta
Anta, Hante, Or Anten, A Kingdom Or Province On The Gold Coast Of Africa, Bounded On The North By Adorn, On The North-cast By Tabeu, On The Cast By Guaffo, On The North-north-west By Mompa, On The North West By Igwira, And On Tho West By The Lesser Incassan. The ...
Hants Hampshire
Hampshire, Hants, Or The County Of Southamp Ton, Is A Maritime County, Situated On The Southern Coast Of England. It Is Bounded On The North By Berkshire ; On The East By Sussex And Surrey ; On The South By The English Channel, And The Sound, Which Separates It From ...
Harmonic Sliders
Harmonic Sliders, Are The Contrivance Of Dr Tho Tlias Young, For Exhibiting To The Eye The Effects Of The Un Dulations Or Beats Of Tempered Concords, Which He Has De Scribed In The Journals Of The Royal Institution, P. 261, And Illustrated The Same By A Drawing, Intended To Represent ...
Harmony
Harmony, In Music, Is A Term Which Appears To Have Completely Changed Its Signification Since The First Use Of It. The Ancient Greek Writers, Who Seem To Have Contemplated Only The Succession Of Sounds Which Ive Call Melody, (see That Article,) Attached To Such Successions As Were Pleasing And Agreeable ...
Harp
Harp, Is A Stringed Musical Instrument, Which Has Gained Much Celebrity From The Estimation In Which It Was Held Among The Ancients. Though The Harp Be Of Eastern Origin, It Has Been The Subject Of Animated Controversies, Whether The Instrument Was Actually Known To The Greeks And Romans In Any ...
Harrow On The
Harrow On The His, Is A Village Of England In Middlesex. The Hill On Which It Stands Is The Highest Ground In The County, And Has An Insulated Appearance, Be Ing- Visible From Great Distances Almost In Every Direction. This Village Is Celebrated For Its Free School, Which Is Now ...
Harrowgate
Harrowgate Is The Name Of A Celebrated Watering Place In England, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. It Is Situated In The Forest Of Knaresborough, About Three Miles South-west Of The Town Of Knaresborough. Village Is Divided Into High And Low Harrowgate, And Consists Prin Cipally Of The Inns And ...
Harvey
Harvey, William, M. D. The Celebrated Discoverer Of The Circulation Of The Blood, Was Born At Folkstone In Kent, On The 1st Of April 1578, Was Educated At The School Of Canterbury, And Sent To Cambridge In 1593, Where He Studied Six Years As Gentleman Commoner Of Caius Col Lege. ...
Harwich
Harwich Is A Town Of England, In The County Of Es Sex. It Is Situated At The North-east Extremity Of The Coun Ty, On A Point Of Land Bounded On The East By The Sea, And On The North By The Estuaries Of The Stour And The Orwell. The Town ...
Hasselquist
Hasselquist, Fnen•rticx, A Celebrated Swedish Botanist, Was Born At Toeruvalla In East Gothland, On The 3d Jan. 1722, Old Style. Having Been Left An Orphan At An Early Age, He Was For Some Time Supported By His Maternal Uncle ; But Upon The Death Of This His Only Friend, He ...
Hastings
Hastings, Is A Burgh And Market Town Of England, In The County Of Sussex. It Is Situated Near The Eastern Extremity Of The County, In A Valley That Forms A Beautiful Amphitheatre, Sloping On The South To The Sea, And Flanked On The East And West By Lofty Hills. The ...
Hatching
Hatching, Is Exclusion Of The Young From The Eggs Of Animals, Either By The Temperature Of The Circumam Bient Air, Artificial Heat, Or The Incubation Of Birds. Nature Has Adopted Some Remarkable Distinctions In The Mode Of Propagating Animals. Some Are Brought To Per Fection In The Womb Of The ...
Havannah
Havannah Is The Principal Town In The Island Of Cuba. It Is Situated On The North Coast Of The Island, About 45 Leagues From Cape Sable, And 80 Coastwise From St Antonio, In A Fertile And Agreeable Tract. It Is Built In A Semicircular Shape, The Shore Forming The Chord, ...
Haverfordvest
Haverford\vest, Called Hwlffordit, Is A Town Of South Wales, And The Capital Of The County Of Pembroke. It Is Situated On The Side Of A Very Steep Hill On The Banks Of The Liver Daugieddy Or Cliddy, Which Forms A Bay For Packets And Vessels, And Which Is Crossed By ...
Havre De Grace
Havre De Grace Is A Seaport Town Of France, In The Department Of The Lower Seine. It Is Situated At The Mouth Of The River Seine, In A Marshy Soil, Intersect Ed With Creeks And Ditches. It Is Defended By Lofty Walls, And Ditches Furnished With Sluices, And Has A ...
Hawarden
Hawarden, Commonly Called Harraden, Or Hord Ing, Is A Town Of North Wales In Flintshire. It Is A Thriving Place, And Is Situated On A Small River Running Into Ches Ter New Channel. The Streets Are Well Paved, And The Houses Well Built. The Church Is A Plain Good Building, ...
Hawick
Hawick, Is A Town Of Scotland, In The County Of Rox Burgh, Situated At The Confluence Of The Rivers Tiviot And Slitrig, On The West Road Between London And Edinburgh. It Is Distant From Edinburgh 47 Miles, From Carlisle 44, And From Berwick 42. The River Tiviot Runs Close By ...
Hawkes Temperaments
Hawkes' Temperaments Of The Musical Scale. In The Years 1798, And 1805, Mr William Hawkes Published Two Pamphlets For Recommending The Adoption Of An Irre Gular Douzeave Scale, Wherein 9 Of The Vth, Viz. Upon C, G, D, A, E, B, F ; And Upon F And B•b Should Each ...
Headley
Headley, The Rev.henry, An English Poet And Critic, Whose Highly Promising Talents Were Unfortunately Lost To The World At The Early Age Of 23, Was The Son Of A Clergy Man In Norfolk, And Was Born At Irstead In That County In 1766. He Was Educated At The Grammar School ...
Heat
Heat Is A Term Which Was Originally Employed To Ex Press The Effects Produced By A Peculiar Condition Of Bo Dies, When They Communicated The Sensation Of Warmth. It Was Also Perceived That Hot Bodies, Or Those That Had The Power Of Communicating Warmth, Possessed Other Proper Ties, Such As ...
Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Is A City Of Germany, In The Circle Of The Lower Rhine, Formerly The Capital Of The Palatinate, And Recently Forming A Part Of The Grand Duchy Of Baden. It Is A Long And Narrow Town, And Is Situated At The Foot Of A Mountain On The South Side ...
Helicon
Helicon, Is The Ancient Name Of A Mountain In Bceotia, Near The Gulf Of Corinth, Sacred To Apollo And The Muses, Who Thence Received The Name Of Heliconides. Its Modern Name Is Sagara, Pronounced Sacra, An Obvious Corruption, As Dr Clarke Has Stated, Of ?iscra, A Town Upon Helicon, And ...
Heliopolis
Heliopolis, From Zatog, And Wows, The City Of The Sun, Is One Of The Most Ancient Cities In The World Of Which Any Vestiges Can Now He Traced. The Most Enlightened Phi Losophers Of Greece And Rome Were Attracted To This Cele Brated Seat Of Learning. It Was Here That ...
Helvetius
Helvetius, Claunz Adrian, A Celebrated Meta Physician Of The Modern School, Was Born At Paris In Janu Ary 1715. His Ancestors, Originally Of The Palatinate, Had Been Obliged, By Their Attachment To Protestant Principles, To Remove To Holland. His Father, Grandfather, And Great Grandfather Belonged To The Medical Profession, And ...