Life Preservers
Preservers, Life, Is A Name Which Has Been Given To Various Mechanical Contrivances, For Saving The Lives Of Individuals, Either In Cases Of Shipwreck, Drowning, Or Ex Posure To Fire. Under The Article Boat, Life, We Have Already Given A Full Account Of The Life Boats Of Lukin, Wilson, Greathead, ...
Lima
Lima, Containing The Capital Of Peru, Stretches From S. Hit. 10° 18' To 15° 30', Bounded By The Pacific Ocean On The South-west, By Tarma North And North-cast, Guancavelica Cast, And Guamanga And Arequipa South Cast. It Is About 400 Miles In Length Along The Pacific Ocean, With A Mean ...
Literary Ani Scientific
Literary Ani) Scientific Societies.-th Ere Are Several Associations In New York Whose Prominent Object Is The Promotion Of General And Scientific Knowlege. The Following Are The Most Important. New Fork Historical Association Originated From The Example Of The Massachusetts Historical Society. Its Commencement Was In 1804, And An Act Of ...
Litti Bulgaria
Bulgaria, Litti,l, Formerly A Small Kingdom, Now A Province Of The Turkish Empire, Is Bounded On West By Sell Ia, From Which It Extends Along The Banks Of The Danube, Which Is Its Northern Boundary, To The Black Sea On The Cast ; And Is Separated From Macedonia And Romania ...
Little Buchaiua
Buchaiua, (little,) A Country Of Asia, Formerly Called The Kingdom Of Cashgar, And Supposed To Be The Serica Of Ptolemy, And The Scythia Extra Intaunt Of The Ancients. It Received The Name Of " Little," Not From Its Being Less Extensive Than Great Bucharia, But From Its Being Much Inferior ...
Loch Ness
Loch Ness, And The Other Lakes Of The Great Glen Of Scotland, Have Been Fully Described In Our Article In Verness-shire; And In Our Article Navigation Inland. Loch Maree, A Magnificent Lake Is About Twelve Miles Long, And Above Three Wide In The Middle, Reach Ing The Sea At Pol ...
Logy
Logy. The Crustacea Are Generally Arranged As An Order Of Insects. Dumeril Has, However, Arranged Them In A Separate Class, (traite Elementaire D' Histoire Naturclle, Torn. Ii.) And We Think With Great Propriety, As Their In Ternal Structure Is More Complicated Than That Of Insects. Their Articulated Members Arc At ...
Logy_2
Logy. The Mollusca Are More Complicated With Respect To Their Internal Structure Than The Two Preceding Classes ; But As Their Organs Of Motion Are Less Perfect, They Are Placed Below The Crustacea And Insects In The General Arrangement. It Is Difficult To Give A General Account Of The Organi ...
Loma Cross Bill
Loma. Cross-bill. Bill Compressed, And The Two Mandibles So Incurvated As To Cross One Another Near The Point, Sometimes On One Side, And Sometimes On The Other. L. Curvirosira, Lin. &c. Curvirostra Vulgaris, Steph. Cross Bill, Cross-beak, Shell-apple, Or Shad-apple. Bill Long, Slightly Curved, Five Lines Broad At The Base, ...
Lord Anson George
Anson George, Lord, A Celebrated Naval Officer, Was Born In 1697, And Was The Third Son Of William An Son, Esq. Of Shuckborongh, In The County Of Stafford. After Having Passed Through The Inferior Gradations Of Rank, He Was Appointed Second Lieutenant Of The Hamp Shire, In 1716. In 1722, ...
Lucret
Lucret. Lib. Iii. V. 1,s. Ornnis Cairn Per Sc Divum Natura N.-cesse Est Tnimorudi An() Summa Cum Pace Fru...tn. Seniota Ab Nostris Rebus, Seoinetaque Rouge ; Nan Pl Ivata Unlace Until, Pvin T.enicii Ins:. Suis Pull To Opibus, Indiga Nostri Ncc Belie Promentis Capitur, Nec Tangitu. Ira. . Lib. 1, ...
Ludovico Ariosto
Ariosto, Ludovico, An Eminent Italian Poet, Was The Son Of Nicolo Ariosto, Governor Of Reggio, In Lom Bardy; And Was Born In That City In The Year 1474. He Was Descended From An Ancient And Illustrious Family, Allied To That Of The Dukes Of Ferrara, And Originally From The City ...
Lusca
Lusca. Those Animals Which Are Called Worms By Cuvier, Have A Very Imperfect Structure, But They Are Also Supe Rior To Insects, In Possessing A Sanguiferous System. Their Bodies Are Divided Into Rings, And They Have No Distinct Head. They Have, However, A Mouth, Which Is Often Furnished With Teeth, ...
Lysias
Lysias. We Should, Therefore, Expect After This, To Hear No More Of Their Exploits. They Are Again, How Ever, Brought Into Action In The Trojan War. Homer Represents Them As Coming To The Assistance Of Priam, And Virgil Celebrates The Atchievements Of Their Queen Penthesilea, In The Defence Of Troy ...
M D Alexander Monro
Monro, M. D. Alexander, The Son Of Mr. John Monro, Was Born At London On The 19th Septem Ber 1697, And Descended, By His Father, From The Family Of Monro Of Milton, And By His Mother From That Of Forbes Of Culloden. John Monro, The Younger Son Of Sir Alexander ...
M D John
John, M. D. A Man Of Such Various Powers And Extensive Acquirements, That It Is Difficult To Decide In What Department Of Cultivated Genius His Excellence Was Most Conspicuous. His Merits Indeed Have Been Very Inadequately Appreciated, Except By His Enlightened And Polished Contemporaries, The Literary Brotherhood, Who Flourished In ...
Magic
Magic Squares• M. Bachet Endeavoured To Discover A General Me Thod Of Constructing Those Squares, And Succeeded Where The Number Of Cells Is The Square Of The Odd Numbers, But He Failed In Those Cases When They Are The Squares Of The Even Numbers. M. Frenicle Advanced Considerably Be Yond ...
Magnus
Magnus. Mac-;. Prus. Imp. Iter. The Head Of Pompey The Great.) (prief. Clas. Et. Orae. Marit. Ex. S. C. Aref2tune Standing With One Foot Upon A Shift ; On Each Side The Pious Brothers Carry Off Their Parents. On Another Coin, Scylla, Surrounded With Dogs, Striking Around Her With An ...
Mahomet Iv
Mahomet Iv. Was Only Seven Years Old When He Was Called To Represent The Majesty Of The Turks, And His Youth Was Spent Amid The Broils Of Faction In The Capital, And The Commotions Of Revolt In The Provinces. The Valid Sultana Kiosem First Seized The Reins Of Government, But ...
Males
Males Under Ten Years Of Age - 9,842 Of Ten And Under Twenty-four - 8,843 Of Twenty-four And Under Thirty-six 4,786 Of Thirty-six And Under Fifty•five 2,987 Of Fifty-five And Under One Hundred 1,034 Of One Hundred And Upwards - 827,500 32 393 62 54 76 140 426 Measuring The ...
Mallet Shepton
Shepton, Mallet, A Market Town Of England In Somersetshire. It Is Situated About Five Miles East Of Wells, In A Low Recluse Valley, Well Watered By Several Branches Of The River Bruc. It Contains Above Twenty Streets And Lanes, The Most Important Of Which Are Spacious And Tolerably Built, And ...
Mammal1a
Mammal1a And Cetac Ea. In Some Species Of The For Mer Class, And In Almost All Of The Latter, The Cellular Membrane That Lies Between The Skin And The Muscles, Contains A Prodigious Quantity Of Fat. This Is Particu Larly Seen In Hogs, Bears, Seals, And Walruses; And In The ...
Mange
Mange Is A Well-known Disorder Of The Skin Among Horses, Occasioning Them To Rub The Parts Affected Against Any Thing They Happen To Be Stand Ing Near. It Has Been Likened To The Itch In Our Selves, And Not Without Reason; The Two Appearing To Be Extremely Analogous. The Disorder ...
Maranham
Maranham Follows Pernambuco, To The North-west, End Includes The District Of Pianhy. Taken In Its Most Extended Limits, This Province Stretches From The Estu Ary Of The Turuiassu River, S. Lat. 1° 10', To The Northern Boundary Of Minas Geraes, S. Lat. Le 25', Or Through Upwards Of Thirteen Degrees ...
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, A Lady Of Extraordinary Genius, And Must Extensive Acquirements, Was Horn At Milan On The 16th Of May, 1713. Her Lather, Pietro Agncsi Of Milan, Was Royal Feudatory Of Monteveglia And Its Dependencies; And Being A Man Of Some Rank And Consequence, He Was Disposed, From Paternal ...
Marie Francois Arouet De
Voltaire, Marie Francois Arouet De, One Of The Most Celebrated And Voluminous Writers Of Any Age Or Country, Was Born At Paris, On The 20th Of February 1694. His Father Belonged To The Legal Profession, And Had Held The Office Of Treasurer Of The Chamber Of Accounts. Like Gibbon, Voltaire, ...
Marine Roads
Roads, Marine. A Road For Ships Is Not Easily Defined, But In A Nautical Sense It May Be Considered As Differing From A Haven Or Harbour, In Respect That It Is Generally More Spacious And Easy Of Access, Though Perhaps A Less Safe Or Protected Anchorage Than A Pro Per ...
Mark Antony
Antony, Mark, The Orator, A Very Distinguished Character In Rome, Was Born Anno U. C. 611, During The Consulship Of App. Puleher And Q. Cxcilins. When A Young Man, He Brought Himself Into Public Notice By Preferring An Accusation Against En. Pap. Carbo. This Appears To Have Been The Way ...
Mark Antony
Antony, Mark, The Triumvir, Was The Son Of An Tony The Cretan, And Of Julia, A Woman Of Great Pru Dence And Virtue. He Very Early Sheaved A Strong Pro Pensity To Vice, And, In The Company Of Young Men De Voted To Pleasure, Like Himself, Acquired Those Habits Of ...
Mark Antony_2
Antony, Mark, Son Of The Orator Of That Name, Having Been Raised To The Prxtorship, Was, Through The Credit Of Cotta, And The Faction Of Cethegus, Appointed To Carry On The War Against The Pirates, And, For That Purpose, Was Invested With The Government Of All The Maritime Coasts That ...
Mascat Muscat
Muscat, Mascat, Or Mnsetret, A City Of Arabia Felix, Situated At The Entrance Of The Persian Gulf, Under The Tropic Of Cancer, And In 26' Of East Longitude. It Is The Most Considerable Town, Though Not The Capital Of The Province Of Omon ; And The Imaum, Or Prince Of ...
Mastodon
'mastodon. This Is A New Genus Of Quadrupeds, And Hitherto Un Known In Any Except The Fossil State. A General Resem Blance To The Elephant Has Been The Canse Of Its Having Been Confounded With That Animal In North America. Cu Vier Has Determined That There Are Five Species Of ...
Mathematic Al Geography
Mathematic Al Geography. Tun Fundamental Principle Of All Mathematical Geogra Phy, And What Of Course Naturally Claims Our First Attention, Is The Spherical Figure Of The Earth. The Proof Of This, How Eve•, Is Neither Elaborate Nor Abstruse, The Various Pheno Mena From Which It Is Inferred Being So Obvious ...
Matthew Green
Green, Matthew. Of This Author Of A Popular Poem, The Spleen, Very Few Particulars Are Known. He Was Nephew To A Mr. Tanner, The Clerk Of Fish-mongers Hall, And Belonged To A Reputable Family Among The Dissenters. But Though Bred Among The Sectaries, He Grew Disgusted With Their Precision, And ...
Matthew Prior
Prior, Matthew, A Celebrated English Poet, Was Born In 1664; But Whether In London, Or At Winborn In Dor Setshire, Is Not Ascertained. His Father, Who Was A Joiner, Died When His Son Was Young, And Left Him To The Care Of An Uncle, A Vintner, Who Sent Him To ...
Matthew Stewart
Stewart, Matthew, D.d. A Celebrated Scottish Mathematician, Was The Son Of The Rev. Dugald Stewart, Minister Of Rothsay, And Was Born In The Year '1717. At The Age Of Seventeen, He Went To Glasgow, Where He Studied Mathematics Under Dr. Robert Simson, From Whom He Imbibed That Love Of The ...
Maurice Saxe
Saxe, Maurice, A Celebrated General, Was Born At Goslar, On The 13th Oct. 1696, And Was The Natural Son Of Frederick Ii. Elector Of Saxony, And King Of Po Land, And Of The Countess Of Konigsmar, A Swedish Lady, Distinguished By Her Beauty And Accomplish Ments. His Passion For A ...
Mazenperan
Mazenperan Lies Between The Southern Shore Of The Caspian Sea And The Mountains Of Elburz, Which Separate It From The Province Of Irak. It Has Ghilan On The West, And Khorassan On The East. This Province Forms Part Of The Ancient Hyrcania, And Has A Great Resemblance To Ghilan In ...
Medicine
Medicine. E Now Come To The Second Genus Of The Pyrexix, The Exanthemata, Diseases Consisting Of Fever, Upon Which Supervenes, At A Certain Period, A Cutaneous Eruption, Characterzied By Specific Symptoms, And Con Tinued During A Certain Length Of Time; They Have Also The Peculiar Property Of Occurring Once Only ...