Medina Nem
Medina Nem, A City Of Arabia, In The District Of El Iledjaz, Or The Land Of Pilgrimage, Which Compre Hends The Arabia Pttrra Of The Ancients, But Beyolid The Confines Of The Beled El Haram, Or Holy Land Of Is Lam, A Territory That None, Excepting Mahornetans, Are Allowed To ...
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea, Is The Largest Inland Sea In The World, Forming The Southern Limit Of Nearly The Whole Or Europe. It Is About 2000 Miles Long From East To West, And Has An Average Breadth Of From 400 To 500 Miles. From The Bosphorus A Strong Current Sets Into The ...
Melody
Melody, In Music, Such A Pleasing Succession Of Musical Sounds, As Was By The Earlitst Writers On Music Called Lhamoxx, (sec That Article,) A Term Which Now Is Exclusively Applied To Denote The Pleasing Effects Of A Proper Selection Of Sounds Heard Together At The Same Time. In Correct Performances ...
Melrose
Melrose, A Town And Parish In The County Of Rox Burgh. Extending In Length From North To South About Se Ven Miles And In Breadth From Five To Seven Miles. The Population Is About 2446. The Soil Of This Parish Is Various. Towards The South, It Is For The Most ...
Mendoza
Mendoza, A City Containing A Population Of 15,000 Souls, Was Founded On The Eastern Side Of The Andes In 1560. It Stands At S. Lat. 35° 50', On The Direct Road From Buenos Ayres To Santiago De Chile, 650 Miles Westward From The Former, And 150 Eastward From The Latter ...
Merionethshire
Merionethshire, A Maritime County In North Wales, Is Bounded On The North By Caernarvonshire And Denbighshire ; It Is Divided In Part From The Former Coun Ty By An Immense Ravine, Through Which Flows A Small River; On The East By Denbighshire And Montgomeryshire; The Division Of It From The ...
Merops
Merops, Lin. &c. Bee-eater. Bill Of Moderate Size, Sharp-edged, Pointed, And Slightly Curved; Legs Short. Apiaster, Lin. &c. Common Bee-eater. Sea Green, Throat Yellow; Back Yellow-ferruginous ; Eye-stripe Black; The Two Middle Tail Feathers Elongated And Acuminated. This Is One Of The Most Elegant Of European Birds, And, Next To ...
Messina
Messina, A City Of Sicily, Situated At Thc North East Extremity Of That Island, And On The Eastern Shore Of The Straits Of The Same Name, Which Are Particularly Celebrated From Containing Scylla And Charybdis Within Their Precincts. They Arc Formed By A Promontory Of Calabria On The Continental Side, ...
Metallurgy
Metallurgy, In Its Most Extended Signification, Means The Working Of Metals In Every Different Way. It Therefore Includes Gilding, Parting, Smelting, Assaying, &c. In Its More Limited Sense, However, It Is Used To Denote The Process Of Smelting, Or The Separation Of Metals From Their Ores, For The Purposes Of ...
Metals
Metals. The Metals, If We Except The Bases Of The Alkalies, And Earths, Are Distinguished By Hardness And Tenacity, Great Specific Gravity, Opacity. And Pecu Liar Brilliancy, Generally Termed Metallic Lustre. The Properties Of The Metals Have Been Already De Scribed In The Article Chemistry. At The Time When That ...
Mete
Mete Oit Irre Tars Term, Derived From The Greek .marwecc, Is Here Preferably Adopted, As The Shortest And Most Convenient Appellation Of A Stony Or Metallic Substance, Which Falls From The Air, And Whose Descent Is, Generally, Preceded Or Accompanied By A Fiery Meteor. That Stony, And Even Metalline Bodies, ...
Metelin
Metelin, Anciently Mvtelene And Lesbos, An Island In The Mediterranean, At The Mouth Of The Gulf Of Adramyti, On The South-west Coast Of Asia Minor. This Island Is Of A Triangular Figure : Its Precise Di Mensions Are Not Ascertained; But In So Far As We Can Collect, It Seems ...
Method Of Casting Types
Types, Method Of Casting. The Exact Form Of Every Type Is Cut Out Of Well Tempered Steel, So As To Form A Steel Punch, With A Solid Type At Its Extremity. This Steel Punch Is Used To Convey A Hollow Impression From The Type To A Piece Of Brass Or ...
Methodists
Methodists, As The Distinctive Appellation Of A Religious Community, Is Now Universally Understood As Designating The Followers Of The Famous Mr. John Wes Ley. We Indeed Hear And Read Of Calvinistic And Ar Minian Methodists, The Former Being The Followers Of The Rev. George I'vhitefield, And The Latter, Of Wesley: ...
Mezzotinto
Mezzotinto, Is A Kind Of Engraving Which Re Sembles Drawing In China Ink. Instead Of The Tedious And Laborious Operations Of The Graver, In Highly Finished Plates, It Is Executed By A More Simple And Expeditious Process In The Following Manner: The Plate, With A Piece Of Flannel Under It, ...
Michi Ci An Territory
Michi Ci' An Territory The States Of Indiana And Ohio, South ; Lake Michigan, West And North West ; The Straits Of Michilimakinac, North ; Lake Huron, North East ; And The River St Clair, Lake St. Clair, Detroit Ri Ver, And Lake Erie, East. The Southern Extremity Of Michigan ...