Iron Bridges
Iron Bridges. In Britain, Of Late Years, The Application Of Iron Having Been Greatly Extended, And Practical Mechanics Having Been Also Brought To Much Perfection, That Valuable Metal Has Been Used In The Construction Of Large Arches Over Rivers. The First Cast Iron Bridge Was Erected Upon The River Severn, ...
Iron Bridges
Iron Bridges. In The Practice Of Bridge Building, There Yet Remains To Be Described A Mode Not Only Unknown To The An Cients, But Unquestionably A Late Invention Of British Ar Tists. We Are Not Perfectly Certain With Whom The Pro Posal First Originated, Whether K Was Solely With The ...
Irrigation
Irrigation. The Improving Of Land By Means Of Watei, Is An Object Of Importance Throughout The Greater Par; Of The Globe In Various Countries It Is Effected By Na Ture On The Great Scale, Occasionally Or Partially Modified By Human Skill And Labour. In Others, Nature Applies This Powerful Mean ...
Iryan Erivan
Erivan, Iryan, Or Irivan, A Town Of Armenia, In The Persian Empire, And Capital Of A Province Of The Same Name. The Province Is Bounded By The Mossian On The North And West, By The Araxes On The South, And By The Districts Of Karabaug And Karadaug On The East. ...
Isaac Barro
Barro , Isaac, An Eminent Theologian And A Profound Mathematician, Was Born In London, Tober 1630. His Father, Thomas Barrow, Merchant, Was Brother Of The Bishop Of St Asaph, And Nearly Related To Several Other Distinguished Men. He Re ' Ceived The Earliest Part Of His Education At The Char ...
Isaac Pennington
Pennington, Isaac, In Biography, A Member Of The Society Of Friends, And A Considerable Writer Among That People, Was The Son Of An Alderman Of London, Who Repeatedly Filled The Office Of Chief Magistrate, Was A No Ted Member Of The Long Parliament, And Nominated One Of The Judges Of ...
Islay
Islay Is The Name Of One Of The Hebrides, Or Western Islands Of Scotland. Its Form Is Irregular. Its Greatest Length, From The Mull Of Oe On The South, To Ruinhail On The North, Is Nearly Thirty-one English Miles ; And Its Breadth, From The Point Of Ardmore On The ...
Isle Sky
Sky, Isle Of, From Ski, Which Expresses Mist Or Clouds In The Scandinavian Language, The Second Largest Of The Hebrides, Or Western Isles Of Scotland, Is Sepa Rated From The Main Land By Various Channels, The Narrowest Of Which Is Less Than One Third Of A Mile In Breadth. Its ...
Isoperimetr1cal Problems
Isoperimetr1cal Problems, Are Problems In The Higher Geometry, In Which It Is Required To Determine The Nature Of A Curve, From Some Property Which It Is Supposed To Pos Sess In A Greater Degree Than Any Other Curve, Either Drawn Between Given Points, Having An Equal Length Or Perimeter, Comprising ...
Istria
Istria, Is A Country Of Europe, Forming A Triangular Peninsula In The Northern Part Of The Adriatic Sea. It Is Bounded On The North By The Duchy Of Carniola, And On The Other Parts By The Gulf Of Trieste, The Gulf Of Carnero, Or More Properly The Channel Of Farisina, ...
Italian Academies
Italian Academies. In Italy The Number Of Aca Demical Institutions Increased With Such Rapidity, That They Are Said To Have Amounted In A Short Time To 550. In The City Of Milan Alone, Jarckius Reckons 25, Of Which He Has Given The History. The Names Of Many Of The Italian ...
Italy
Italy Tut Early History Of Italy, Like That Of Most Other Nations, Is Rendered Obscure And Uncertain By The Want Of Authentic Records Of Its Ancient Inhabitants ; And The Fabulous Legends Invented By The Vanity Of Their More Distinguished Descend Ants. Hence The Fictions Of The Voyages Of .teneas, ...
Ithaca
Ithaca Is An Island In The Ionian Sea, Celebrated As The Kingdom Of Ulysses, And For Having Been The Scene Of Some Principal Events In The Poetry Of Homer. It Is Still Denominate D Ithaca By The Higher Ranks Of The Inhabitants, And Thiaki By The Lower ; It Appears ...
Iuskinguni
Iuskinguni, A River Of The United States, In The State Of Ohio. This Stream Is Formed By Two Branches. \vhitewoman's And Tuscarawas Rivers. The Former Vises By A Number Of Sources In Richland, Knox, And Wayi.e Counties, Interlocking With The Head Waters Of Sciota And Sandusky, Entering Ohio, And Vermillion ...
Iv Air Pcjip
Iv. Air Pcjip. The Elasticity Of Air Having Been Ascertained By The Ex Periments Of Boyle, The Ingenious Soon Availed Themselves Of It In The Construction Of Air-pumps. The Principal Ob Jections To That Which Boyle Employed Were, The Inconve Nience Of Alternately Shutting And Opening The Stop-cock And Valve, ...
Iv Ica
Iv Ica Is An Island Of The Mediterranean, Under The Do Minion Of Spain, The Largest Of Those Denominated The Pity Usa, A Name Of Doubtful Etymology, Derived By Sonic Of The Ancients From Their Abounding In Pines, And By Others From Certain Earthen Vessels Fabricated By The Inhabitants. Ivica ...
Ivory
Ivory Is The Bony Substance Of The Teeth Of Animals, But Is Applied Particularly To The Tusks Of The Elephant. Those Of The Hippopotamus, Wild Boar, Several Phocm, And The Horn Or Tooth Of The Narwhal, Pass By The Same Name. The Tusk Of The Elephant Is Of A Circular ...
J Wood
"j. Wood," The Next Supposed Anticipation Of The Kaleidoscope Was An Instrument Proposed By Mr. Bradley In 1717. This In Strumr Lit Consists Of Two Large Pieces Of Silvered Looking Glass,five Inches Wide, And Four Inches High, Jointed Together With Hinges, And Opening Like A Book. These Plates Being Set ...
Jack
Jack, Is A Word Used By Practical Mechanics To De Nete Any Simple Or Trifling Piece Of Mechanism. Jacks And Jack Sinkers, Are Parts Of A Stocking-frame, See Cha1n'work ; And Lace Machines Are Also Provided With Parts Called Jacks. A Harpsichord Has A Jack At Eve Ry Key. Brewers ...
Jacob Bryant
Bryant, Jacob, Au Eminent Classical Scholar, Was Born At Plymouth, Where His Father Filled An Office In The Customs. He Was Educated At Eton And King's College, Cam Bridge, And Gave Early Proofs Of That Proficiency In Classical Literature, Which Afterwards Ranked Him As One Of The First Scholars In ...
Jacob Eon Alkendi
Alkendi, Jacob Eon Isaac, A Learned Arabian, Who Flourished At The Commencement Of The Ninth Cen Tury, Under The Caliphate Of The Learned Aim Generous Almamon. His Attainments In Literature And Philoso Phy Obtained For Him, At Au Early Age, The Honourable Epithet Of " The Philosopher ;" And Though ...
Jacques Baron De Necker
Necker, Jacques Baron De, A Distinguished Fi Nancier And Statesman, Was Born At Geneva, In The Year 1732. His Father, Charles Frederic, Was Professor Of Civil Law There, And Became Known To His Contemporaries As The Author Of Some Treatises Relating To Jurisprudence, Intending To Bring Up His Son For ...
Jacques Benigne Bo S
Bo S Suet, Jacques Benigne, A Celebrated French Divine, Was Born At Dijon On The 27th Of September, 1627, Of A Family Of Great Respectability In The Parliament Of Burgundy. The Talents Which He Displayed In The Commencement Of His Studies, Ren Dered The Jesuits, His First Instructors, Anxious To ...
Jaen
Jaen Is A Town Of Spain, And The Capital Of The Ancient Province Of The Same Name, Which Is Now Under The Govern Ment Of Andalusia. Jaen Is Supposed By Some To Be The Oningi Of Pliny, The Oringi Of Livy, And The Mentesaa Of The Romans. The City, Which ...
Jaffa
Jaffa, Is A Seaport Town-of Palestine, Situated Upon The Declivity Of A Hill On The Eastern Shore Of The Mediterra Nean. It Has A Good Wharf, But The Harbour, Which Seems To Have Been Of Considerable Size Formerly, Is Now Small, And Is Only Frequented By Coasting Vessels Making The ...
Jamaica
Jamaica, The Most Considerable As Well As By Far The Most Valuable Of The British West India Islands, Is Situated In The Atlantic Ocean, Among What Are Called By Geogra Phers The Greater Antilles, In 18° 12' Of North Latitude, And 4 5' West Longitude From London. .the Latitude Of ...
James Arminius
Arminius, James, The Founder Of The Arminian Sect, Was Born At Oudewater, In Holland, In The Year 1560. Having Lost His Father In Infancy, He Was Befriend Ed By A Priest, Who, Though Belonging To The Church Of Rome, Had A Strong Attachment To The Principles Of The Reformed. From ...
James Barry
Barry, James, A Celebrated Historical Painter, Was Born In The City Of Cork, On The 11w October, 1741. His Father Was A Coasting Trader Between England And Ireland, And Wishing To Engage James, His Eldest Son, In The Same Employment, Compelled Him, When A Boy, To Make Several Voyages. But ...
James Boswell
Boswell, James, A Celebrated Literary Cha Racter, Was Descended From An Ancient And Honourable Family In Scotland. He Was Born At Edinburgh, October 29, 1740. His Father, Alexander Boswell, Was One Of The Judges In The Supreme Courts Of Ses Sion And Justiciary, By The Title Of Lord Auchinleck, A ...
James Bradley
Bradley, James, A Celebrated Astronomer, Was Born At Shireborn, In The County Of Gloucester, In 1692. He Received The First Rudiments Of His Edu Cation At A Boarding-school In North Leach, Kept By Mr Egles And Mr Brice ; And Being Intended By His Parents For The Church, He Was ...
James Brindley
Brindley, James, Was One Of The Small Numbe• Of Unlettered And Uneducated Men, Who, Sustained Solely By The Powers Of Their Own Minds, Have Used Them With Such Wisdom And Success, As To Acquire Not Merely Pa Rochial Or Provincial Celebrity, But To Attract The Admira Tion Of The Age ...
James Bruce
Bruce, James, One Of The Most Enterprizing Of Modern Travellers, Was Born At Kinnaird, The Residence Of His Family, In The County Of Stirling, In Scotland, On Tl.e 14th Day Of December, 1730. Bruce's Family Was Ancient And Respectable, And Many Of His Ancestors Had Made A Distinguished Figure Both ...
James Ferguson
Ferguson, James, A Celebrated Lecturer, And Writer On Astronomy And Other Branches Of Natural Philosophy, Was Born At Keith, A Small Town In The County Of Banff, In The North Of Scotland, In The Year 1710. While His Father Was Teaching His Eldest Son To Read The Scotch Catechism, James ...
James A Mvot
A Mvot, James, Bishop Of Auxerre, And Great Almo Ner Of France, Was Born At Melun On The 30th Of Octo Ber, 1514. It Is Said, That At The Age Of Ten Years, He Fled From The Severity Of His Father, Whose Condition Was Very Obscure; But Being Seized With ...