James Grahame
Grahame, James, Best Known As The Author Of The -sabbath, Was The Son Of Mr Thomas Grahame, A Highly Respected Writer, Or Attorney, In Glasgow. He Was Born On The 22d Day Of April 1765. The Peculiar Mildness, And The Religious Cast Of His Character, And Of His Pursuits In ...
James Gregory
Gregory, James, An Eminent Scotch Mathemati Cian And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Aberdeen In The Month Of November 1638. He Was A Son Of The Rev. Mr John Gregory Of Drumoak, In Aberdeenshire,* Who Was Married To The Daughter Of Mr David Ander Son Of Finshaugh, The Brother Of ...
James Harris
Harris, James, One Of The Most Celebrated Philolo Gists Of Modern Times, Was Born At Salisbury On The 20th Of July, 1709. His Father Was A Gentleman Of Independent Fortune, Of The Same Name, And His Mother Sister To The Earl Of Shaftesbury, Author Of The Characteristics. He Was Edu ...
James Huipon
Hui"pon, James, M D. Well Known As The Author Of An Ingenious Theory Of The Earth, Was The Son Of A Respec Table Merchant In Edinburgh, And Was Born On The 3d Of June 1726. He Received At The High School And The Uni Versity The Rudiments Of A Liberal ...
James Short
Short, James, A Celebrated Scottish Optician, Was Born At Edinburgh, On The 10th Of June, In The Year 1710. Having Lost Both His Parents At The Age Of 10, He Was Received Into Ileriot's Hospital, Where He Ex Hibited His Mechanical Talents In Constructing Book Cases With A Knife And ...
James Thomson
Thomson, James, Adthor Of " The Seasons," &c. Was Born On The 22d Of September, (n. S.) 1700, At Ednam, Roxburghshire, A Village About Two Miles From Kelso, Delightfully Situated On The Eden, From Which It Derives Its Name. His Father, The Rev. Thomas Thomson, Was Minister Of The Pa ...
James Watt
Watt, James, The Celebrated Improver Of The Steam-engine, Was The Eldest Son Of James Watt, A Merchant In Greenock, And Was Born On The 19th January 1736. Lie Received The Rudiments Of His Education In His Native Town, And Evinced An Early Partiality For Mechanical Pursuits. The Bent Of His ...
Jan1es Beattie
Beattie, Jan1es, An Excellent Poet And Es Sayist, Was Born On The 5th Of November 1736, In The Parish Of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. His Father Kept A Small Retail Shop In The Village Of That Parish, And At The Same Time Rented A Small Farm In The Neighbourhood, In Which ...
Japan Pire
Pire, Japan, Thibet, Tartary, 'malacca, Ceylon, Si Am, &c. The History Of The Principal States Of Africa Will Be Found Under The Articles Egypt, Arvsssinia, Cape Or Good Hope, Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli, Tunis, &c. The History Of The United States Of America, As Already Mentioned, Should Be Sought For Under ...
Japan The
Japan The Japanese Islands Lie Near The Coast Of Corea, On The Eastern Side Of Asia, In The North Pacific Ocean, Between 31° And 4 I' Of N. Lat. And 129° And 142° E. Long. The Empire Of Japan Is Composed Of An Extensive Cluster Of Islands, By Much The ...
Jaundice
Jaundice Is Rather An Unfrequent Disorder In The Horse. It Is, However, Occasionally Seen, And Therefore Calls On Us For Some Account. The Yel Low Tinge The Skin Acquires, The Mouth And Eyes In Particular, At Once Betrays Its Existence. The Bowels Become Costive, The Excrement Voided Is Hard, Buttony, ...
Jean Antoinf Nicolas De
Condorcet, Jean Antoinf. Nicolas De Cari Tat, Mattuots De, A Celebrated Mathematici• And Phi Losopher, Was Descended Of An Ancient And Noble Iamily, And Was Born At Ribemont In Picarcly, On The 17th Of September 1743. He Received 1 Is Educt.tion At The College Of Navarre, Where He Was Distinguished ...
Jean Baptiste Moliere
Moliere, (jean Baptiste Poouturs,) The Most Celebrated Author Of French Comedy, Was Born 'at Paris In 1620. His Father And Granfather Were Valet-de Chambre Upholsterers To The Royal Household Of France. Young Poquelin Remained In His Father's House Till The Age Of Fourteen, Receiving No Other Education Than Was Conformable ...
Jean Ja Ques Ba
Ba Rthe Lemy, Jean Ja Ques, A French Abbe, Eminently Distinguished By His Literary Attainments And Virtues. He Was Born In Jan. 1716 At Cassis, A Small Seaport In Provence. Being Destined.for The Church, He Was Sent At Twelve Years Of Age To Study At Mar Seilles, Where He Was ...
Jean Rousseau
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, A Celebrated Writer. Was Born At Geneva On The 28th Of June 1712. His Father, A Watchmaker, By Profession, Was A Citizen Of Geneva, And Had Such A Taste For Literature, That He Constantly Kept In His Shop Copies Of Plutarch's Lives And Tacitus; And It Is ...
Jean Sylvain Bailly
Bailly, Jean Sylvain, A Celebrated French Astronomer, Was Born At Paris On The 15th September 1736. A Genius For Painting, Having Been Heredi Tary In The Family For Four Successive Generations, Badly Was Bred To The Profession Of His Ancestors, And Made Considerable Progress In That Delightful Art. A Passion, ...
Jedburgh
Jedburgh, A Burgh Town Of Scotland, And The Prin Cipal Town Of The County Of Roxburgh, Is Pleasantly Situat Ed On A Declivity On The North Side Of The River Jed. From Historical Evidence, It Appears That A Village, Castle, And Church, Had Been Founded, At New Jedworth, Now Called ...
Jedda Jidda
Jidda, Jedda, Z1•ta, Or Daciieda, Is A Small Trading Town Of Arabia Felix, Situated In The District Of Tahamah, About 40 Miles Distant From Mecca, North Lati Tude 20° 28' I", And Cast Longitude From Greemv Ich 39" 16' 45". It Is Defended By A Fort, And Surrounded By A ...
Jeffery Amherst
Amherst, Jeffery, Lottn, An Associate In Arms General Wolfe, Was Born At Riverhead, In Kent, England, On The 29th Of January, 1717. As The Estate Of His Father, Who Resided Ut Kent, Was Io Devolve On His Elder Brother Sackville, Jeffery, The Second Son, A Ho Possessed A Strong Predilection ...
Jeneas
Jeneas, A Trojan Prince, Was The Son Of Anchises And Venus. He Claimed His Descent Horn Tros, The Third King Of Troy, From Whom The City And People Re Ceived Their Name. During The Trojan War, /eneas And Antenor Were The Only Two Who Were Inclined To Peace ; And ...
Jeneid
Jeneid, The Title Of A Celebrated Epic Poem, In Twelve Books, Written By Pablius Virgil Ins Maro, The Most Es Teemed Of All The Roman Poets. The Subject Of This Poem Is, The Establishment Of Lneasand His Trojan Lullowers In The Kingdom Of Latium, In Italy ; Wind' Was, Of ...
Jeroal Or Hieronymus
Jeroal Or Hieronymus, Was Born About The Year 329 At Strido, A Town On The Confines Of Pannonia And Dalma Tia. His Father, Who Was A Person Of Rank And Property, Took Great Care Of His Education ; And Sent Him At A Proper Age To Study At Rome, Under ...
Jerome Cardan
Cardan, Jerome, A Celebrated Italian Mathema Tician And Medical Writer, Was Born At Pavia On The 24th Of September 1501, And Appears To Have Been The Natu Ral Son Of A Celebrated Advocate And Physician At Milan. When He Was Only Four Years Old, He Was Sent Front Pa Via ...
Jersey
Jersey, Is An Island In The English Channel, Subject To The Dominion Of Great Britain, Lying Off The Coast Of Normandy In France. Its Form Is An Irregular Parallelo Gram, The Extreme Length Of Which Is 12 Miles, The Ex Treme Breadth 7, And The Superficial Area 623 Square Miles, ...
Jerusalem
Jerusale.m, A City Of Palestine, In The Pachalic Of Damascus, And The Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom Of The Jews. It Occupies The Declivity Of A Barren Basaltic Moun Tain, At The Extremity Of An Extensive Plain, In A Climate Comparatively Cold, From Its Elevated Situation, Where Much Snow Falls, ...
Jesse Ramsden
Ramsden, Jesse, A Celebrated English Mathe Matical And Astronomical Instrument Maker. He Was Born In 1735, And Was The Son Of An Innkeeper At Sal Terhebble, Near Halifax, In Yorkshire. From The Free School In Halifax, Where He Acquired, Between The Age Of 9 And 12, The Elements Of A ...
Jesso
Jesso, A Large Island Of Asia, The Situation, Extent, And Description Of Which Have Presented The Most Embarrassing Problems To Modern Geographers. Some Have Supposed It To Be A Continent Little Inferior To Europe In Dimensions; Others Reduce It To An Inconsiderable Island ; And It Has Also Been Conceived ...
Jews In
Jews In The Present Article, We Propose To Lay Before Our Rea Ders, In The First Place, A Brief Sketch Of The History Of The Jews, From The Period Of Their Return To Jerusalem From Babylon, And The Rebuilding Of Their City And Temple Under Ezra And Nehemiah, When The ...
Joann Ina
Joann Ina, The Capital Of Albania, And, Next To Sa Lonika, Adrianople, And Widdin, The Most Considerable Place In European Turkey. It Is Said To Have Been Found Ed By Michael Lucas Sebastocrator, And By The Despot Tho'mas, Who Conquered Amurath Bey, The General Of Amurath Ii , In 1424. ...
Johanna
Johanna, One Of The Comoro Islands, Lying In The Northern Part Of The Mozambique Channel, Which Separates Madagascar From The Coast Of Africa. Its Proper Name Is Ilinzuan, Which Is Said To Have Been Progressively Corrupt Ed Into Anzuan, Anjuan, -nanny, And Johanna. Tots Isl And Is Of A Triangular ...
John Abernethy
Abernethy, John, An Eminent Dissenting Cler Gyman, Was Born At Coleraine On The 19th Of October, 1680. In Consequence Of An Insurrection In Ireland, His Mother Was Obliged To Retire With Her Family To Derry, In The Siege Of Which She Lost All Her Children Except John, Who Was At ...
John Andre
Andre, John, Esq., Adjutant General Of The British Army During The Late American War, Was By Birth An Englishman, And Born In The Year 1751. From The Perfect Accounts Of The Early Part Of His Life, He Appears To Have Been Employed In The Capacity Of A Merchant's Clerk, Until ...