Micrometer
Micrometer, From The Greek Words Fcixfog, Small, And I.getviv A Measure, Is The Name Given To An Instrutnent For Measuring Small Angular Distances In The Heavens, Or Small Rectilineal Spaces Of Any Kind. 'rile Micrometer Was Invented 'fly Our Countryman, Mr. Gascoigne, About The Year 1640-1, At Which Time He ...
Midwifery
'midwifery Strictly Signifies The Art Of Delivering Wo Mli1 ; But It Is Now Universally Understood To Include Also The Ph) Siology And Pathology Of The Pregnant And Puerperal States, And A Knowledge Of The Management Of Infants And Children, Both In Health And Disease. The Tern), In The English ...
Migratory Birds
Birds, Migratory. Throughout The Whole Range Of Natural History, There Is Not A More Wonder Ful, Nor Perhaps A More Interesting Phenomenon, Than That Of The Migration Of Birds. We Have Our Summer And Our Winter Birds Of Passage ; But To What Countries, Some Of Them, After Leaving Us, ...
Miguel Cervantes
Cervantes, Miguel Ne Saavedra, An Eminent Spanish Writer, Author Of Don Quixote, And One Of The Most Distinguished Satirists Which Modern Times Have Produced. It Appears Now To Be Ascertained, That He Was Born At Alcala In New Castile ; Though The Place Of His 'lath Ity Has Long Been ...
Military Tactics The
Military Tactics. The Art Of War May Be Considered As Coeval With The History Of The World. The Evil Passions Inherent In Hu Man Nature,—hatred, Envy, Covetousness, Ambition, And Revenge, First Gave Birth To This Destructive Art, Which, However Rude In Its Commencement, Has, In The Course Of Time, Gradually ...
Milo
Milo, Anciently Melos, An Island Of The Greek Archipelago, About Miles In Circuit, Of A Round Fi Gure, And Penetrated On The North By A Spacious Bay, Where The Largest Squadron May Lie In Deep Water. The Mountain St. Hellas, Which Is The Highest Part, Rises To A Considerable Altitude ...
Milton
Milton, Jorm This Ornament Of English Poetry, And Champion Of English Principles, Was Born In Bread Street, London, On The 9th Or December, 1608. Few Particulars Are Known Respecting His Family, Except That It Was Respectable And Ancient, That It Had Been Long Resident In Oxfordshire, And Had Once Possessed ...
Mine
Mine, Ax Excavation Made Either In The Rock, Strata, Or In The Earth Which Generally Covers The Rock, Of Which There Are Three Distinct Kinds, Viz. Ipt, A Mine Employed In The Art Of War, Particularly In Sieges. 2d, A Mine Made For The Working Of Veins, Containing The Ores ...
Mineral
Mineral Springs.—several Of The Mineral Waters Of This State Have Been Long Known, And Annually Ar Rest The Attention Of The Valetudinarian. Those Most Resorted To For Remedial Purposes Are The Ballston And Saratoga Waters, In Saratoga Coun Ty, And The Avon Springs In Livingston County. The Waters At Ballston ...
Mineral Poisons
Mineral Poisons. These Are Generally Considered As Corrosive Poisons, As They Inflame And Destroy The Parts To Which They Are Ap Plied. Their Power Varies Much, According To The Dose,— To Their Solid Or Liquid State,—or To Their Internal Or Exter Nal Application. They Are Amongst The Most Active And ...
Mineral Waters
Mineral Waters. Are Divided Into Different Classes, According To The Source From Which They Are Derived, As, Rain, Snow, And Hail Water, Spring And River Water, Well Water, And The Water Of Lakes And Ponds. The First Of These Is The Purest, Particularly If It Be Collected At A Distance ...
Mineralogy
Mineralogy —the Accumulation Of The • Ice Having Rendered The Interior Of Greenland Totally Inaccessible, It Can Only He Examined On Different Parts Of The Coast ; And The Promontory Cape Farewell, Which Is Its Most Southern Point, Presents To The Eye Immense Groups Of Precipitous Mountain Masses, Insulated, Barren ...
Mingrelia
Mingrelia, A Province Of Asia, Comprehending The Most Considerable Proportion Of The Ancient King Dom Of Colchis. It Is Bounded On The North By The Ceraunian Mountains And Circassia; On The South And East By Irnmertia, And The Firer Phasis; And On The West By The Black Sea. The Air ...
Miniature Painting
Miniature Painting. This Term Is Usually Applied To Portraits Painted On A Very Small Scale, And Commonly Executed In Water Colours On Ivory, Some Times On Vellum Or On Paper. Miniatures Are Also Sometimes Executed In Oil Colours. Although This Department Of Art, From The Reduced Scale On Which Its ...
Mint
Mint, Is A Word Used To Denote The Place Where Th.: King's Money Is Coined. In Our Article Convixc Ma Chinery, We Have Already Given Some Account Of The English Mint, And Of The Old As Well As The New Ma Chinery Used For The Purposes Of Coinage. We Shall, ...