Or Erasmus
Erasmus, Or One Of The Most Cele Brated Scholars Of His Age, Was Born At Rotterdam On The 28th Of October 1467 ; And Though Doomed To Struggle, From His Birth, With All The Disadvantages Of Poverty And Obscurity, Yet, By The Sole Aid Of His Talents And Applica Tion, ...
Or Euphrates
Euphrates, Or More Properly Called The Ph•at, From The Hebrew' P/tar, Or P/iaratz, To Spread, And Pha Rah, To Produce Fruit Or Flowers; A River Of Asia, Which, With The Tigris, Forms The Western Boundary Of The Persian Empire. The Euphrates Has Two Principal Sources In The Mountains Of Armenia; ...
Or Faifoe
Faifoe, Or The Name Of A Sea-port Town Of Cochinchina, Situated On The Banks Of A River Communi Cating With Turon Bay. The River Was Formerly Navi Gable For Large Junks, But It Will Now Admit Only Vessels Of 100 Tons Burthen. The Junks Lie At The Distance Of About ...
Or Faisch Second Sight
Second-sight, Or "faisch In Galic, Is The Name Given To One Of The Superstitions Of Our Countrymen In The Highlands Of Scotland. The Person Who Possesses This Extraordinary Facul Ty Is Supposed To See, In His Mind's Eye, Events Which Are Taking Place At A Distance, And Even Those Which ...
Or Fakir
Fakir, Or Fagent, From The Arabic Eakar, Signify Ing A Poor Person, Is A Kind Of Dervise, Or Religious Beg Gar, Very Common In Eastern Countries. They Some Times Travel Alone, Or In Troops Of 200 Or 300, Having A Superior, Who Is Distinguished By His Habit. The Fakirs Never ...
Or Felu Pps Feloops
Feloops, Or Felu Pps, A Tribe Of Negroes Inhabiting The Western Coast Of Africa, Between The Gambia And The Banks Of The River Casamanza. The Whole Extent Of The Territory Occupied By Them, Is About Seventy-five Miles In Length By Forty-five In Breadth, Terminating To The East Near The Sources ...
Or Ferns Filices
Filices, Or Ferns, The Great Natural Series Of Plants Included With The Musci, Hepatica., Liclienes, Confery R, Ste. In The Cryp •oga:mia Of Linnaeus, And Acotyledones Of Jussieu. The Writers On These •plants Have Differed Widely In Their Opinions As To The Etymology Of The Word Slices. Ains Worth Derives ...
Or Filagree Work Filigrane
Filigrane Work, Or Filagree Work, From Inum And Granum, Is The Name Given To A Kind Of Ornamental Work, In Which Flowers, Sze. Are Formed Of Fine Gold And Silver Wire, Curled Or Twisted In A Serpentine Form, And Some Times Plaited, And Worked Through Each Other, And Solder Ed ...
Or Fribourg
Fribourg, Or Fur Nirlio, A Town Of Switzerland, And The Capital Or A Canton Of Same ;,.me, Is Situated Partly On A Horizontal Plane On The Banks Of The Saline Or Saanc, And Partly On The Declivity Of A Ridge Of Rugged Rocks, Which Form A Singular Contrast With The ...
Or Garak Karak
Karak, Or Garak, The Icarus Of Arrian, Is An Island ,n The A Astern Coast Of The Persian Gulf. It Is About Se Yen Miles Long, And Four Broad, Or, According To Captain Goodfellow, It Contains Twelve Or Thirteen Square Miles. At The North-east End Is A Bay, Where There ...
Or Gaurs Guebres
Guebres, Or Gaurs, Worshippers Of Fire, Is The Name Of A Religious Sect Which Has Subsisted In Asia From A Very Ancient Period. Mankind, In The Most Rude And Barbarous State, Are Una Voidably Sensible Of The Dissemination Of Light And Heat By The Sun. His Presence Announces The Day, ...
Or Gesner
Gesner, Or Gessxen, Solomotx, A Celebrated Ger Man Poet And Landscape Painter, Was Born At Zurich On The First Of April 1730. In The Early Period Of His Youth He Made Very Slow Progress In His Education, And Was Con Sidered By His Teachers As A Pupil Of Very Mean ...
Or Gessner Gesner
Gesner, Or Gessner, John Matthew, An Eminent German Philologer, Was Born At Roth, A Village In The Ter Ritory Of Anspach, On The 9th Of April 1691. He Was Re Duced To Great Poverty By The Death Of His Father, At A Very Early Age ; But By The Kindness ...
Or Gesswer Gesner
Gesner, Or Gesswer, Conii Ad, A Learned Swiss, Was Born At Zurich In The Year 1516. He Received The Rudi Ments Of His Education In His Native City, And Discovered An Early Genius For Literature And Science ; But He Experienc Ed Many Serious Difficulties And Discouragements In The Course ...
Or Ghent
Ghent, Or Gand In French, Gandavunz In Latin, Is A Town In The Netherlands, And Formerly Capital Of Austrian Flanders. It Is Advantageously Situated At The Conflux Of The Rivers Scheldt, Lis, Moere, And Lieve, Which Intersect It In Various Directions, And Divide The Town Into 26 Small Islands. The ...
Or Gilber D Gilbert
Gilbert, Or Gilber D, William, An Eminent Philoso Pher And Physician, Was Born At Colchester, In The Year 1540, And Was The Son Of The Recorder Of That Town. After Having Attended The Two English Universities, Lie Set Out Upon His Travels, And Graduated At Some Of The Foreign Uni ...
Or Goettingen Gottingen
Gottingen, Or Goettingen, Is A City Of Lower Saxony, In The Electorate, (now Kingdom,) Of Hanover, And Principality Of Calenberg. It Is Situated On The Small River Leine, In Longitude 9° 53' East, And Latitude 51° 32' North. The University Was Founded By George 11. In The Year 1734, And ...
Or Gotheborg Gottenburg
Gottenburg, Or Gotheborg, Is A Seaport Town On The West Coast Of Sweden, And The Second Town In The King Dom. This Town Is Situated On The Banks Of The Most East Erly Branch Of The Gotha, A Large River Which Issues From The Lake Wenner. About Ten Miles From ...
Or Grandson Granson
Granson, Or Grandson, Is The Name Of A Small Town In The Canton Of The Pays De Vaud. It Is Situated On The Western Bank Of The Lake Of Neufchatel, About A Mile From The Foot Of Mount Jura, Which Here Bears The Name Of Thevenon. In Approaching This Town ...
Or Graz Gratz
Gratz, Or Graz, Is The Name Of An Ancient Town In The Duchy Of Styria, Situated On The River Muehre. The Town Of Gratz Is Well Built, The Streets Spacious And Well Laid Out, And The Houses, Which Are Almost All Of Stone, Are Neat And Commodious. The Town, Properly ...
Or Guahon Guam
Guam, Or Guahon, As It Is Called By The Natives, Is An Island In The Eastern Seas, Forming One Of The Group De Nominated Ladrones, Or Marianne Islands. According To The Computation Of The Spaniards, It Is About 120 Miles In Circuit, Apparently Flat And Even From A Distance, But ...
Or Guaxaca
Guaxaca, Or More Properly Onxtion, Is The Name Of A City And Intendancy In Mexico, Or New Spain. The City, Which Is The Ancient Mexican Huaxyacac, Was Called Antiqucra At The Time Of The Conquest. It Is Situated In An Extensive And Populous Valley, About 80 Leagues South-cast Of Mexico. ...
Or Gujrat Guzer At
Guzer At, Or Gujrat, A Large Province In I Iindostan, Situated Principally Between The 21st And 24th Degrees Of North Latitude, Is About 320 Miles In Length, And 180 At Its Average Breadth. Its South-west Portion Approaches The Form Of A Peninsula, Lying Between The Gulfs Of Cutch And Cambay; ...
Or Haarlem Haerlem
Haerlem, Or Haarlem, A Town In The United Pro Vinces, 12 Miles West Of Amsterdam, And 151 North Of Leyden, Is A Place Of Considerable Antiquity, And Has Ex Perienced Many Vicissitudes In Its History. In 1249, The Citizens, Having Signalized Themselves In The Crusades, Were Rewarded With Great Privileges ...
Or Hadrian Puma Adrian
Adrian, Or Hadrian' Puma Us 'elms, A Roman Emperor. He Was Horn At Rome On The 24th Of January, In The 76th Year Of The Cnristian Era, And About 829 Years After Die Building Of The City. He Was Proclaimed Emperor By The Legions In The Year, 117, A. U. ...
Or Halmahera G1lolo
G1lolo, Or Halmahera, One Of The Spice Islands, Is A Large And Singularly Shaped Island, Which Divides The In Dian Ocean From The Great Soutt, Sea To The East. It Is Composed Of Four Peninsulas, Separ4ted From Each Other By Deep Bays. The Equator Passes Thro'igh The Island, And A ...
Or Hartz
Hartz, Or Hanz, A Tract Of Mountainous Country, Si Tuated In The Kingdom Of Hanover. It Is About 70 Miles Long, And 20 Broad. The Forests Of The Hartz Have About One-third Of Hard Wood, And Two-thirds Of Soft Wood. An Insect Belonging To The Order Coleoptera, Nearly Allied To ...
Or Haruspices Arusp10es
Arusp10es, Or Haruspices, An Order Of Priests Amongst The Romans, Whose Office It Was To Preside At The, Sacrifices, And To Declare Whether The Omens Were Favourable, Or Otherwise. They Had Their Name Either From Ara, An Altar, And Aspiccre, To Observe ; Or From Haruga, The Entrails Of A ...
Or Hassassins Assassins
Assassins, Or Hassassins, From The Arabic Word Hass, To Kill, Is The Name Given To A People In Persia And Syria, Who Inhabited The Mountains South Of The Cas Pian. They Were Under The Command Of A Superior, Whom They Called Sheikh Al Jebal, The " Chief Of The Mountainous ...
Or Helgoland Heligoland
Heligoland, Or Helgoland, Is A Small Group Of Islands Belonging To Great Britain, And Situated Opposite The Mouths Of The Elbe And The Weser, And At The Dis Tance Of Nine German Miles From Each. The Islands Of Heligoland Consist, 1st, Of The Island Of Heligoland ; 2d, The Sandy ...
Or Heltostata Heliostats
Heliostats, Or Heltostata, From ',aro; The Sun, And Ra-r41.4,1 I Stand, Is The Name Of A Very Ingenious And Useful Instrument, Invented By Dr S'gravesande, Who Was Professor Of Mathematics At Leyden. The Object Of It Is To Give Such A Motion, By Means Of Clockwork, To A Polish Ed ...
Or Hoevelke Hevelius
Hevelius, Or Hoevelke, John, A Celebrated Polish Astronomer, Was Born At Dantzic On The 28th January 1611, And Was The Son Of A Brewer Of That City. After Studying Mathematics Under Peter Cruger, He Travelled Through Ilolland, Germany, England, And France, Between The Years 1630 And 1634 ; And Upon ...
Or Honduras
Honduras, Or Hruueras, A Maritime Province Of The Spanish Kingdom Of Guatimala In America, Which The Spaniards Calculate To Extend 1 S5 Leagues From North To South, And 50 From East To West. The Surface Is In Gene Ral Mountainous, And Is Intersected By Deep Wallies, Con Ducting Numerous Rivers ...
Or Houssa
Houssa, Or Haoussa, The Capital Of A Kingdom Of The Same Name In Africa, Is Supposed To Be Situated Two Days Journey South From The Niger, And About 200 Miles South East From Tombuctoo. As It Appears To Have Been Un Known To The African Geographer Leo, It Is Suspected ...
Or Hoveden Bowden
Bowden, Or Hoveden, A Town Of England, In The East Riding Of Yorkshire, Is Situated Upon An Inlet Of The Ouse, Named Howden Dike, Which May Be Considered As The Harbour Of The Town. Howden Consists Principally Of Two Considerable Streets, Extending In The Direction Of North-east And South- West, ...
Or Imaginary Expressions Or
Imaginary Expressions Or Quantities, Or Impos Sible Quantities In Algebra, Are Such As Have The Symbol .1-1 In Their Analytic Expression. They Are So Called, Because The Square Root Of A Negative Quantity Can Have No Real Existence ; For Whether A Quantity Be Positive Or Negative, Its Square Is ...
Or Inquisition
Inquisition, Or The Holy Office, Is The Court Which Takt S Cognizance Of Heresy In Sonic Countries Sub Ject To The Pope, And Particularly In Spain And Portugal. The Existence Of Such A Court Proceeds Upon The Idea, That It Is The Duty Of The Civil Magistrate, Either In His ...
Or Irvine
Irvine, Or I Nwine, Is A Sea-port Town And Royal Burgh On The West Coast Of Scotland, In The County Of Ayr. It Is Situated On A Rising Wound On The North Side Of The Mouth Of The River Irvine, Which Runs Into The Firth Of Clyde..mcl Consists Of A ...
Or Ivelci1ester Ilchester
Ilchester, Or Ivelci1ester, The Ischalis Of Ptole My, Is A Borough And Market Town Of England, In Somer. Setshire. It Is Situated On The River Yeo, Over Which There Is A Stone Bridge Of Two Large Arches, And Consists Of Four Streets, Which Are But Indifferently Built. The Only Re ...
Or Ix Tohe Kiang
Ix. Tohe-kiang, Or Tse-kian, Contains 11 Cities Of The First Class, 72 Of The Third, And 18 Fortresses, Which May Be Accounted As Towns. Hang-tcheoo-foo, The Ca Pital Of The Province, Is Regarded By The Chinese As An Earthly Paradise, And Is One Of The !largest, Richest, And Best Situated ...
Or Jamisi A Anamaboa
Anamaboa, Or Jamisi A, A Town In The Kingdom Of Fantin, On What Is Called The Gold Coast Of Africa. The Contiguous Regions Abound In Timber, And Are Fer Tile In Corn And All The Necessaries Of Life. The Fisheries On The Coast Are Excellent. The Soil In The Neighbour ...
Or Juan Fernandez Fernandez
Fernandez, Or Juan Fernandez, Is The Name Of Two Islands In The Pacific Ocean, Opposite To The Western Coast Of South America, And About 32 Leagues Distant From Each Other. One Of Them, As Lying Farther Off Towards The West, Is Distinguished By The Epithet De Afuera ; And The ...
Or Juggernauth
Juggernauth, Or Juocunnatna. (jagatnatha, The Lord Of The World.) A Celebrated Place Of Hindoo Wor Ship, In The District Of Cuttack, On The Sea-coast Of Orissa. It Is Situated In North Latitude 19° 49'; And Cast Longi Tude 86° 5' ; And Stands Close To The Sea Shore, A Few ...
Or Jungfrau
Jungfrau, Or The Virgin, Is A Stupendous Mountain Of Switzerland, In The Northem Chain Of The Alps, Which, By The Trigonometrical Measurements Of 1\1. 'francs, Is Found To Be Elevated 12,872 Feet Ahot E The Level Of The Sea. This Mountain, However, Is Only The Seventh In Respect To Altitude ...
Or Junk Cevlon Ja
Ja N Seilan, Or Junk Cevlon, Is An Island Of Asia In The Bay Of Bengal, Situated On The West Side Of The Inialay Peninsula. It Is Separated From The Continent By A Narrow Sandy Isthmus, About A Mile Long And Half A Mile In Breadth, Which Is Covered At ...
Or K Kiang Nan
K. Kiang-nan, Or A'an-kin, May Be Considered As The Second Province In The Empire, And Is Divided Into Two Parts, Each Of Which Has A Distinct Governor. It Con Tains Fourteen Cities Of The First Class, And Ninety-three Of The Second And Third, Besides Innumerable Towns And Villages Of Considerable ...
Or Kaffa Caffa
Caffa, Or Kaffa, Probably The Theodosia Of The Ancients,' Is A Seaport Town Of The Crimea, Situated On A High Mountain, Which Descends With A Half Circular Slope Towards The Roadstead. From The Beautiful Bay Of Caffa, The Town Appears To Cover The Southern Side Of It, And To Rise ...
Or Karatsciioli Karatsci Iai
Karatsci Iai, Or Karatsciioli, A Tribe Of Tartars Dwelling At The Foot Of Elbrus, The Most Lofty Mountain Of The Great Ridges Of Caucasus. The Name Karatschai, Is Said To Signify The Black Rivulet, And By Some Other Tribes, The People Of This Tribe Are Called Black Circassians. Their Abodes ...
Or Khorassan
Khorassan, Or The Country Of The Sun, Is An Ex Tensive Province Of Persia, Bounded On The North•east And East By The Oxus And The Country Of Bulkh ; On The South By Cabul And Seistan ; And On The West By Irak, Astera Bad, And Dahestan. The Northern And ...
Or Kilan Giiilan
Giiilan, Or Kilan, The Gela Of The Ancients, Is A Pro Vince Of Persia, Which Stretches Along The South-west Shore Of The Caspian Sea, From Kizilagatch To Beyond Rudizar. On The South And South-east It Is Bounded By Irak And :mazanderaun, On The North By Shirvan, And On The West ...
Or Kingston Upon Hull Hull
Hull, Or Kingston-upon-hull, Is A Seaport Town Of England, In The East Riding Of Yorkshire, Situated On The West Side Of The River Hull, And On The Northern Side Of The River Humber, About Twenty Miles From Its Mouth. The Town, Which Lies On A Level Tract Of Ground, Extends ...
Or Kmdakar Candaha 11
Candaha 11, Or Km:dakar, The Capital Of A Country Of Asia Of The Same Name, Situated Between Persia And Hindustan, And Supposed To He A Part Of The Paropamisus Of The Ancients. The City Of Canclabar, Which Is Both Populous And Flourishing, Is Built Of A Square Form, And Is ...
Or Koly Ma
Koly Ma, Or Kovi Ma, A Great River Of Siberia, Which Rises In The Virchayansky Chain Of Mountains, And Falls Into The Frozen Ocean After A Course Exceeding 1200 Miles. The Kolyma Is Frozen Over About The 20th Of Septem Ber, And The Ice Breaks Tip About The 24th Of ...
Or Kolyvan Revel
Revel, Or Kolyvan, A Sea-port Town Of Russia, And The Capital Of Esthonia, Is Situated On The Baltic, On A Small Bay In The Gulf Of Finland. The Town Is Divided Into Three Parts. The Streets Are In Some Places Regular, And In Others The Reverse, And Very Narrow, And ...
Or Kong Boo Tse Confucius
Confucius, Or Kong-boo-tse, The Celebrated Chi Nes. Philosopher, Was Born About 550 Years Before The Christian Xra, In The Kingdom Of Loo, Now The Province Of Shan-tong, In The Reign Of Lin-yang, The Twenty-third Emperor Of The Dynasty Of Tcheoo. By His Mother's Side, Whose Name Was Shing, He Was ...
Or Kuzistan
Kuzistan, Or The Ancient Susiana, Is'a Province Of Persia, Bounded On The South By The Persian Gulf ; On The South-west, By The Tigris And The Shat-ul-arab ; On The North-west, By The Dominions Of The Pacha Of Bagdad ; And On The East, By The River Tab, Which Separates ...
Or Latten Brass
Brass, Or Latten, A Combination Of Zinc And Cop Per, Is Produced By The Fusion Of The Latter Metal, And Lapis Calanzinaris. It Is Capable Of Being Wrought With Great Facility, And Is Applied To A Variety Of Purposes In The Arts. It Is Of A Beautiful Yellow Colour, More ...
Or Lauteiiiirounn Lau Ter
Lau Ter Br Un Nen, Or Lauteiiiirounn, Is The Name Of A Valley And Of A Village In Switzerland, In The Canton Of Berne, Remarkable For The Beauty And Grandeur Of Its Scenery. Lauterbrunnen Is Commonly Visited By Travellers From Berne. The Journey From Berne To The Town Of Thun ...