Kite
'kite Materials For The History Of Ireland, Prior To The In Vasion Of T'lat Country By The English, In The Reign Of Henry Ii. Are So Ill Authenticated, So Scanty And Unconnected, And, In The Very Few Instances Where They Are Trot So, They Are So Barren Of Interest And ...
Klausthall
Klausthall *s A Town Of Germany, In The Principa Lity Of Grubenhagen, And The Kingdom Of Hanover. It Tains Two Churches, An Orphan's Hospital, A Mint For Coining Money, And A Small Garrison. The Town Is Open And Regu Larly Built, And Derives Its Importance From The Mines (lithe Hartz ...
Knaresborough
Knaresborough Is A Town Of England, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. It Is Situated On A Rocky Emi Nence, On The North-eastern Bank Of The River Nid, Which Issues From The Bottom Of The Craven Hills, And Flows Be Low Precipitous Rocks, In A Beautiful Glen. The Town, Which ...
Knight Hood Orders Of
Knight-hood. Orders Of. In The Article Cut Lialri, An Account Has Been Given Of The Origin Of Knight Hood Among The Northern Nations ; Of The Ceremonies With Which That Dignity Was In General Conferred ; Of The Obliga Tions Which It Imposed; And Of The Powerful Influence Which The ...
Knights Or The Bath
Bath, Knights Or The, An Order Of Knights, So Called From The Ancient Custom Of Bathing On The Day Previous To Their Installation. The Origin Of This Order Is Almost As Remote As That Of The Feudal System In Europe. It Was One Of The Highest Honorary Dis Tinctions Among ...
Knox
Knox, Jonsi, The Celebrated Scottish Reformer, Was Born In The Year 1505, In The Village Of Gifford, In The County Of East Lothian. His Father Was Descended From An Ancient And Respectable Family, Who Possessed The Lands Of Kock, Ranferly, And Craigends, In The Shire Of Ren Frew ; But ...
Kum Iss
Kum Iss Is The Name Of A Beverage Made Of Fermented Mare's Milk, And Originally Used By The Tartars. A Full Account Of The Process Of Making It May Be Found In The Edinburgh Philosophical Transactions, Vol. I. P. I 8l. It Is Prepared Nearly In A Similar Way In ...
Kurile Islands
Kurile Islands, Is A Chain Of Islands Extending Be Tween Cape Lopatka, The Most Southern Point Of Kamt Schatka, And Jesso, Which Several Geographers Have Consi Dered As Belonging To Them. The Total Number Is Un Known. Names Are Given By The Russians To 25. A Ja Panese Author, Who ...
Kylas
Kylas, Alias Paradise, (aspect, West.) This Won Derful Place Is Approached More Handsomely Than Any Of The Foregoing, And Exhibits A Very Fine Front In An Area Cut Through The Rock. On The Right Hand Side Of The Entrance Is A Cistern Of Very Fine Water. On Each Side Of ...
L Seitimics Severus
L. Seitimics Severus. He Was Born In Africa, And Died During The War In Britain, In The 19th Year Of His Reign. His Inscription Was, L. Septimius Sf.verus Atc;. Sometimes With The Addition Of Pertinax. From His Conquests He Assumed The Title Of Par-ia-flees Iniaximus, And Also Of Britannicus. The ...
La Bra Dor
La Bra Dor, A Large Peninsula About 850 Miles Square, Lying Between And 60° Of North Lat. And 55° And 714.° Of Wcst Long. From Greenwich. It Is Bounded On The South By Canada And The Gulf Of St. Lawrence ; On The East By The Atlantic Ocean ; On ...
La Vater
La Vater, Join C %sratt, The Celebrated Writer On Physiognomy, Was Burn At Zurich, In Switzei Land, On The Isth Of November, 1741. His Father, Henry Lavater, Was A Doctor Of Medicine, And A Member Of The Government Of Zurich ; A Man Of A Most Respectable Character, Of A ...
Laccadive Islands
Laccadive Islands, Are A Group Of About 32 Low Shoally Islands In The Indian Sea, Belonging To The Biby, The Nearest Of Them Is 75 Miles From The Coast Of Mala Bar; And They Stretch From The Will To The I 2th Degree Of North Latitude, Being Separated By A ...
Lace
Lace Is A Delicate Kind Of Net Work, Which Is Much Used For Ornament In Female Dress. The Meshes Of This Kind Of Net Are Of A Hexagonal Figure, And Are Formed By Twisting Or Plaiting Together Very Fine Threads Of Silk, Flax, Or Cot Ton. Thick Threads Arc Also ...
Lacto Meter
Lacto Meter. Is The Name Of An Instrument, Invent Ed By Dicas, Mathematical Instrument Maker In Liver Pool, For Ascertaining The Different Qualities Of Milk, Or The Richness Of Milk, From Its Specific Gravity, Compared With Water, By Its Degree Of Warmth Taken With A Standard Ther Mometer. As We ...
Lady Montagu
Montagu, (lady Many Won•ley) The Eldest Daughter Of Evelyn Pierrepont, Earl, And Afterwards Duke Of Kingston, Was Born At Thorseby, In Notting Hamshire, About The Year 1690. Though Four Years Af Terwards She Lost Her Mother, The Lady Mary Field Ing, Daughter Of William, Earl Of Denbigh, Her Educa Tion ...
Lahore
Lahore, A Large And Fertile Province In Ilindostan; Lying Between The 30° And 34° Of North Lat. And Extend Ing About 320 Miles In Length, And 220 In Breadth. It Is Bounded On The North By The Province Of Cashmere ; On The South By Delhi, Ajmeer, And Mooltan ; ...
Lahore_2
Lahore, The Capital Of The Last Mentioned Province, Is Situated On The South Side Of The Ravey River, In North Latitude 31° 50', And East Longitude 73° 48'. It Is A Place Of Great Antiquity, And Has Undergone Wally Revolu Tions. After Its Capture By Sultan Baber In 1520. It ...
Lain Few
Lain Few Subjects Are More Comprehensive Than That Of Law. It Has, Indeed, In Every Department Of It, Been Overloaded And Oppressed With A Mass Of Commentary, Sometimes Con Tradictory, Often Unintelligible, Commonly Futile, And There Fore Almost Always Alike Unprofitable To The Student, And Disregarded By The Intelligent Practitioner. ...
Lake Of Asphaltites
Asphaltites, Lake Of, Or The Dead Sea, Is A Collection Of Water Of Considerable Magnitude In Pales Tine, Which Has Been Celebrated Ever Since The Period At Which The Books Of Moses Were Written. This Lake Went By Various Appellations Of Old, Such As The Sea Of Sodom, The Salt ...
Lake Of Cir Knit
Cir Knit Z, Lake Of, The Lugca Palus Of Strabo, Is A Lake In Carniola, Remarkable For Several Curious Natural Phenomena Which It Exhibits. It Is Situated About Six Miles From Laybach, And Is Surrounded On The North By Rugged And Frightful Rocks. It Is Fully Two Leagues Long From ...