Hunter
Hunter, Jonx, An Eminent Surgeon And Author, And Brother To The Subject Of The Preceding Article, Was Born At Long Calderwood On The 14th Of July, 1728. He Was About Ten Years Old When He Lost His Father ; And, Being The Youngest Child, Was So Much Indulged By His ...
Huntingdon
Huntingdon, Is A Town Of England, And The Prin Cipal Town In Huntingdonshire. It Is Situated On A Gently Rising Ground On The Northern Side Of The River Ouse. It Consists Principally Of One Street, Stretching In A North-west Direction From The Ouse To Nearly A Mile From It, With ...
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire, An Inland County Of England, Is Almost Inclosed By Cambridgeshire And Northampton Shire ; By The Former It Is Bounded On The North-east, And Part Of The South ; By The Latter, On The North And West. Bedfordshire Bounds It Also Partly On The South-west. Its Limits Are Nearly ...
Hybernating Animals Which Lay
Hybernating Animals Which Lay Up A Stock Of Provisions. 'fitz Kind Of Hybernation Of Which We Treated In The Last Chapter, Is Of More Frequent Occurrence Than That Which We Are Now To Consider. In Common With Those Animals, They Obtain An Addition To Their Clothing, While They Differ From ...
Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Is A Province Of The Deccan, In India. It Is Situated Between The 18th And 19th Degrees Of North Latitude, And Bounded On The North By The Godavery, On The South By The River Krishna, On The East By The Province Of Gundwana, And On The West By Beeder ...
Hydernating Animals Which Migrate
Hydernating Animals Which Migrate. This Subject Has Long Occupied The Attention Of Nathis Subject Has Long Occupied The Attention Of Na- Turalists ; And Several Important Observations Have Been Published By Different Authors. It Is Chiefly, However, As It Regards Birds, That The Subject Is Deserving Of Particular - Consideration. ...
Hydrostatics
Hydrostatics, From The Greek T;a'av, Water, And Ig-tnyd, I Stand, Is That Branch Of The Science Of Hydrodynamics Which Treats Of The Properties Of Fluids At Rest. It Com Prehends The Pressure And Equilibrium Of Don Elastic Fluids, The Doctrine Of Specific Gravities, The Phenomena Of Cohe Sion And Capillary ...
Hygrometry
Hygrometry. The Article Evaporation, We Explained The _ 'panner In Which Water Is Supposed To Be Elevated, And Suspended In The Atmosphere : We Now Propose To Take A View Of The Various Contrivances Which Have Been Em Ployed For Detecting The Presence Of Aqueous Vapour In That Fluid, And ...
I Dyeing
I. Dyeing Is The Art Of Extracting The Colouring Princi Ple, Under Its Various Modifications, From The Different Substances With Which It Exists In A State Of Combination; Transferring It To Stuffs, Heightening Its Brilliancy, And Rendering It As Far As Possible Permanent. It Is There Fore Of The Last ...
I Halyotis
I. Halyotis. The Shells Of The Animal Of This Genus Have Frequently Been Described, But It Is To Cuvier That We Owe The Most Accurate Details Concerning The Struc Ture Of Their Inhabitants. The Foot Is Oval And Large. The Sides Of The Body All Round Are Ornamented With One ...
I Hindostan Proper
I. Hindostan Proper Contains Eleven Provinces. 1st, Lahore. The Boundary Of This Province On The West Is The Indus, By Which It Is Separated From Afghanistan ; On The East The River Sutlege, A Subsidiary Stream Of The In Dus, Divides It From Northern Hindostan ; On The North It ...
I Liman
I. Liman. Slug.—the Body Is Lengthened, And Some What Pointed Behind. The Cloak Is Corrugated, And Supports The Shield On The Forepart Of The Hack Towards The Head, Containing A Thin Corncous Or Testacenus Plate. The Pulmonary Cavity Opens On The Right Side, At The Inferior Margin Of The Shield. ...
I Literal Characters
I. Literal Characters, Including All Such As Are Used For Denoting Language In General. These May Be Distinguished Into Alphabetic Charac Ters, Used For Denoting The Elemental Sounds Of Lan Guage, And, By Combination, Expressing All The Varieties Of Words ; And Real Characters, Employed Or Intended As The Signs ...
I Royal Society Or
I. Royal Society Or Distinguish Ed Institution Had Its Origin In 1645; But It Was Not Till 1662 That It Was Established By Royal Charter. The Society Held Its First Meeting At Gresham College In 1667. The Following Are The Volumes Of The Philo Sophical Transactions Which It Has Published:— ...
I Seviacea
I. Seviacea. Although The Animals Of This Division Agree In Many External And Internal Characters, There Are, However, Considerable Differences Of Structure To Warrant Their Subdivision Into Two Orders. In The First Order Will Be Included Such As Are Furnished With Only Eight Arms, And Whose Sac Is Destitute Of ...
Iceland
Iceland, Is A Large Island Situate On The Verge Of The Arc Tic Ocean, Between The 63° And 67° Of North Latitude, And The 12° And 25° Of Longitude West From Greenwich. This Island Was Discovered About The Year 860 By A Nor Wegian Pirate Named Naddodr, Who Was Accidentally ...
Ichthyology
Ichthyology Is That Department Of Natural History Which Treats Of Fist' Es, Classifying Them According To Their Forms, Ascertaining Their Haunts, Describing Their Manners, And Specifying The Uses To Which They May Be Applied. The Title Of The Science Is A Compound Of Two Greek Words, A Fish, And Aoyoc, ...
Icterus
Icterus, Daud. Temm. Troupial. Bill Larger Than, Or As Long As The Head, Straight, Pro Longed With A Cone, Pointed, A Little Compressed, Without Any Distinct Ridge, The Base Projecting Among The Front Feathers; The Point Sharp And Piercing, Without A Notch; Margins Of The Mandibles More Or Less Bent ...
Idria
Idria, Is A District Of Carniola, Dependent On The Circle Of Adlerberg, In The Dominions Of The Emperor Of Austria. Having Been Wrested From That Monarch By The French In 1809, It Was Constituted A Canton And Mayoralty, Extending Over Eleven Miles Square, And Forming Part Of The Illyrian Provinces. ...
Iialifax
Iialifax, Is A Populous Market Town Of England, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. It Is Situated On The Western Slope Of A Gentle Eminence, Washed By A Branch Of The River Calder, And Is Surrounded On All Sides With High Hills. The Town Is About Three Quarters Of A ...
Iiamah
Iiamah, Epiphania, And The ./ipamea Of Strabo, Is A Town Of Syria, Situated In A Narrow Valley On The Banks Of The Orontes. It Lies Between Aleppo And Tripoli, And Is About 30 Leagues East Of Tripoli, And 40 North Of Damascus. It Was Founded By •seleucus Nicanor, Who Supported ...
Ilematopes
Ilematopes, Lin. Stc. Oyster-catcher. Bill Long, Stout, Compressed, Tip Much Compressed And Cuneated ; Nostrils Lateral, Longitudinally Cleft In The Chan Nel Of The Bill ; Legs Strong And Muscular, With Three Toes Before, That In The Middle Connected With The Outer As Far As The Articulation By A Membrane, ...
Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe Is A Sea-port And Market-town Of Eng Land, In The County Of Devon. It Is Situated On The Sides And At The Base Of Steep Ground On The Borders Of The Bris Tol Channel. The Town Contains A Number Of Good Houses For The Accommodation Of Bathers, Which Extend ...
Illinois
Illinois, One Of The Western Territories Of The United States, Is Situated Between 37° And 42° 30' N. Lat. And 10° 25' And 25' W. Long. From Washington; And Is Bounded On The North By The North-western Territory Of The United States, South By The Ohio River, Separating It From ...
Illuminati
Illuminati, A Secret Association Which Existed In Get Many, Some Time Previous To The French Revolution, And Which Has Been Supposed To Have Been Connected With The Masonic Institutions On The Continent. This Associa Tion Was Founded In 1775, By Dr. Adam Weishaupt, Pro Fessor Of Canon Law In The ...
Imiretta
Imiretta, A Principality Of Asia, Situated In The Cau Casian Regions, Between The Black Sea And The Caspian. It Is Bounded On The North By The Principal Chain Of Cauca Sus, On The East By Georgia, On The South By The Pachalic Of Aghalzighe, And On The West By The ...
In Anatom 1
Anatom 1, In Its Primary Acceptation, Signified Merely The Art Of Dissecting, And Is Derived From The Greek Word Co Xte 1.0 W, To Cut Asunder. It Is Now Used, However, In A More General And Enlarged Sense, To Denote The Science, Whose Object Is To Investigate The Structure Of ...