Moore Dr
Moore (dr. Jorix,) A Noted Miscellaneous Writer, The Son Of Charles Moore, Episcopal Clergyman At Stir Ling, Was Born In The Year 1730. Mrs. Moore, Upon The Death Of Her Husband In 1735, Having Removed To Glas Gow, Where She Possessed Some Property, John, Ber Only Surviving Son, Enjoyed The ...
Moral Philosophy
:moral Philosophy Is The Science Which Treats Of The Motives And The Rules Of Human Actions ; And Of The Ends To Which They Ought To Be Directed. In Contemplating The General History Of Animated Na Ture, We Make No Hesitation In Setting Down The Habits Of An Individual As ...
Moravia
Moravia Is A Province Of The Austrian Empire, Including Moravia Proper And Austrian Silesia, Which Has Been Annexed To It. Moravia Proper Contains 8,860 Square Miles, And 1,334,000 Inhabitants ; And Austrian Silesia 1840 Square Miles, And 547,000 Inhabitants. The Six Circles Of Brunn, Olmutz, Hradisch, Prerau, Znaym, And Lglau, ...
Mordants
Mordants. See Dyeing. More, Site Thomas, Lord High Chancellor Of Engmore, Site Thomas, Lord High Chancellor Of Eng- Land, Was The Son Of Sir John More, Knight, One Of The Judges Of The King's Bench. He Was Born In Lon Don, In The Year 1480, And Educated First At A ...
Morea
Morea, A Peninsula Of A Very Irregular Form, Sometimes Compared To The Shape Of A Mulberry Leaf, And Joined To The Continent By A Narrow Neck Of Land, Called The Isthmus Of Corinth, Is Situated Between 36° 29' And 38° 30' North Latitude, And Between 21° 30', And Of East ...
Moribvs 01inata
Moribvs. 01inata. J.tenr. Iiona. Bertha. Rosai A It Is Said That A Subterraneous Passage Is Still In Exis Tence, Communicating With The Priory At Baruewell, The Remains Of Which Are About A Mile From Hence. Christ's College Stood Formerly Near Clarehall, On Tin Side Of A Hotel Called God's House, ...
Morocco
Morocco, A City Of West Barbary, And The Metro Polls Of The Empire Of Morocco, Is Situated In The Midst Of A Beautiful Valley, Formed By A Chain Of Mountains On The North, And Those Of The Atlas On The South And East The Country Which Immediately Surrounds It Is ...
Morpeth
Morpeth, Is The Name Of A Market And Borough Town Of England, In The County Of Northumberland. The Town Is Situated Among Woody Undulating Hills, On The Great North Road From Edinburgh To London, On The Banks Of The River \vensbeck, Which Is Crossed By A Stone-bridge. It Consists Principally ...
Mosaic
Mosaic, Commonly Designed Painting In Mosaic,is A Mode Of Representing Objects By The Union Of Portions Of Stone Or Glass, Reduced To An Even Surface. But It Is Always A Copy, For Artists In Mosaic Never Compose. The Materials Are Few And Simple, Consisting Merely Of The Substance With Which ...
Moscow
Moscow, Formerly The Metropolis Of The Russian Empire, Is Situated In East Long. 37'' 33', And North Lat. 45' 45". It Was Founded By George, Son Of Volodimir Monomaka, Who Ascended The Russian Throne In 1154 But It Was Daniel, The Son Of Alexander Neuski, Who, By Making It His ...
Moses
Moses, The Inspired Lawgiver Of The Jews, Was The Son Of Amram And Jocabed : And Was Born In Egypt, 2433, And B. C. 1571. His Name Signifies Out ;" And Was Given To Him By The Daughter Of Pharaoh, Because She Had Drawn Him Out Of The Water. Being ...
Mosphere
Mosphere. The Following Is A List Of His Papers In The Philosophi Cal Transactions : 1. Account Of Rings, With All The Prismatic Colours Made By Electrical Explosions On The Surfaces Of Pieces Of Metal. Phil. Trans. 1768, P. 68. 2. Experiments On The Lateral Force Of Electrical Explo Sions. ...
Moulins
Moulins, A Town Of France, And The Capital Of The Department Of The Allier, Is Situated In A Fertile Plain, On The Right Bank Of The River Which Gives Its Name To The Department. Moulins Is Divided Into The Old And New Town, And Has Two Suburbs. The Streets Are ...
Mount Bolca
Bolca, Mount. About Eighteen Or Twenty Miles North-east Of The City Of Verona, There Is A Small Village Called Bolca, From Which A Mount, Or Hill, Re Ceives The Same Appellation. The Village Itself Is Not Of Sufficient Consequence To Merit A Particular Descrip Tion, But It Is Otherwise With ...
Mouth Of The Capsule
Mouth Of The Capsule Destitute Of Teeth. C'apsule Valvular. Genus 1. Andraca. Capsule Quadrivalve ; The Valves Held In Proximity At The Apex By Means Of The Persistent Lid ; Calyptra Irregularly Torn. Of This Genus, First Defined By Ehrhart, And Adopted By Liedwig And By All Subsequent Muscologists, Four ...
Mull
Mull, One Of The Western Islands Of Scotland, Is In The County Of Argyle, And Is The Third In Point Of Magni Tude. It Is Of A Very Irregular Form, And So Much In Vaded By Arms Of The Sea, That Its Circumference Is Above 300 Miles, Although Its Greatest ...
Munich
Munich, The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Bavaria, Is Situated In A Plain On The West Bank Of The Iser. It Is Surrounded With A Rampart, Which Meioses Three-fourths Of The Houses, The Other One-fourth Constituting The Suburbs. Munich Is Divided Into Four Quarters By Means Of Two Spacious Streets, ...
Munster
Munster, A Town Of Prussia, And Principal Place Of A Government Of The Same Name, Is Situated In A Fer Tile And Agreeable Plain On The River Aa, About Six Miles From The Ems. The Town Is Tolerably Built. The Houses In The Chief Streets Have Colonnades, And Are Ge ...
Murcia
Murcia, The Capital Of The Above Mentioned Pro Vince, Is Situated On A Level Spot In A Large And Beauti Ful Valley, Watered By The Segura, And Ornamented By Ex Tensive Plantations Of Mulberry Trees. It Does Not Ap Pear To Have Existed In The Time Of The Carthaginians Or ...
Musc1 An
Musc1; An Extensive, Natural, And Well-defined Family Of Plants, Belonging To The Class Cryptogamia Of Lin Imus's Artificial System, And To The Division Acotyledones Of Jussieu's Method. The Essential Character Of This Family, As We Choose To Term It Provisionally, Though There Can Be Little Doubt, That In The Final ...
Muscicapa
Muscicapa, Lill. Sc. Fly-catcheia. Bill Middle-sized, Strong, Angular ; Depressed At The Base, More Or Less Broad; Compressed Towards The Point, Which Is Strong, Hard, Curved, And Much Notched, The Base Furnished With Long And Stiff Hairs ; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Ovoid, Partly Covered By Hairs Projecting Forward; The Tarsus ...
Musselburgh
Musselburgh, A Sea-port Town Of Scotland, In The County Tat Mid-lothian, Is Situated On The Southern Coast Of The Frith Of Forth, At The Mouth Of The River Esk. The Town Of Musselburgh, Properly So Called, Consists Chiefly Of One Street, Wide, And Well Paved, And Containing Many Good Houses, ...