Order
Order'. Entomoida, Latreille (from *promo Insecta). The Animals Belonging To This Order Were Termed Epizoaria By Lamarck From The Parts Of The Body To Which They Are Generally Found Attached, And He Comprehended Them Under The Three Great Genera Entomoda, Lernaa, And Chondracanthus, Which Have Since Been Much Subdivided. The ...
Ordnance
Ordnance. Tnis Term Is Generally Intended To Designate All The Larger Species Of Warlike Fire-arms, Used Both For Land And Sea Service, And Is Thereby More Comprehensive In Its Signification Than The Term Artillery, Which Is Applied Only To The Former. There Is Some Uncertainty As To The Date When ...
Organic Remains
Organic Remains. History Of Organic Remains, Or Of Vegetable And Animal Structures, More Or Less Entire, Preserved In The Rocky Or Other Strata Of Our Globe, Forms, A Branch Of Natural Science, Involving The Three Departments Of Ge Ology, Zoology, And Botany. It Is Also A Department Of Natural History, ...
Or Salop Shropshire
Shropshire, Or Salop, One Of The Midland Coun Ties Of England, Is Bounded On The South By The Coun Ties Of Worcester And Hereford, On The East By That Of Stafford, On The North By Cheshire, A Detached Part Of Flintshire And Derbyshire, And On The West By Derby Shire, ...
Or Saw Sawing Machinery
Sawing Machinery, Or Saw Mills, Is The Name Given To All Kinds Of Machines Used For Cutting Into Pieces Solid Bodies, Such As Wood, Stone, &c. Saw-mills Seem To Have Been Erected So Early As 1420 In The Island Of Madeira. At Breslau, A Saw-mill Was Erected In 1427; And ...
Or Sea Anemone Animal
Animal Flower, Or Sea Anemone Of Marine Animals, Systematically Called Acti Yd2e, Belonging To The Order Mouxsca, And Class Of Vermes Of Linnxus, And Defined By Him, Body, Oblong, Cylindrical, Fleshy, Contractile, Fixed By The Base : Mouth, Terminal, Expansile, Surrounded With Numerous Cirri, And Without Any Other Aperture. In ...
Or Seistan Segestan
Segestan, Or Seistan, An Independent Province In The East Of Persia, Bounded On The North By Can Dahar And Khorasan, And On The South By Mekran And Balouchistan, Is 300 Miles Long And 160 Broad. I Was Once One Of The Finest Provinces Of The Empire, Hut The Sand Winds ...
Or Selkirkshire
Selkirkshire, Or ••rnicic Forest, Lies Nearly In The Middle Of The Southern Division Of Scotland. It Is Bounded On The North By Peeblesshire And Mid Lothian; On The East By Roxburghshire, On The South By The Latter And Dumfriesshire, And On The West By Peeblesshire. The Boundary Line On The ...
Or Serpents Egg Anguinum
Anguinum Ovum, Or Serpent's Egg, A. Crystal Ball Or Egg Of An Oval Shape, Which Being Enchased In Gold, Was Worn By The Druids About Their Neck, And, According To Pliny, Was The Insignia Or Badge Of Dis Tinction Of Their Office. " I Have Seen," Says Pliny, (hist. Nat. ...
Or Shammy
' Shammy, Or Cnamots, A Soft And Highly Prized Kind Of Leather, Prepared From The Skin Of The Cha Mois, Or 4nlelope Rupicapra, Already Fully Described In Our Article Mazology. An Imitation Of The Shammy Leather, By Using Sheep, Goat, And Kid Skins, Has Been Long Successfully Carried On About ...
Or Shaston Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury, Or Shaston, A Borough And Mar Ket Town Of England, In The County Of Dorset, Is Agreeably Situated On A Very High Hill, Which Com Mands Extensive Views In Dorsetshire, Somersetshire. And Wiltshire. The Principal Streets Are Built On The Roads From 1vincanton, Warminster, Salisbury, Bland Ford, And Sherbourne, ...
Or Short Hand Stenography
Stenography, Or Short-hand, From Confined, And Yglcpgiv To Write, Is The Art Of Writing In Small Compass, Or Employing Characters, Which, By A Few Strokes, Express Many Words, And Enable A Pro Ficient To Follow A Speaker, And Note His Discourse With Accuracy. But Short-hand Writing Is Also Of Great ...
Or Siena Sienna
Sienna, Or Siena, An Ancient City Of Italy In Tuscany, And Capital Of A Province Of The Same Name, Is Pleasantly Situated On Three Hills. The Streets Arc Consequently Uneven,winding, And Narrow, And A Great Part Of The Town Impassable For Carriage. The Town Is About 5 Miles In Circumference, ...
Or Silva Ducts
Silva Ducts, Or The Duke's Wood, Called Also Herlogenborch, Which Has The Same Meaning, Is The Capital Of Dutch Brabant, And Is Situated At The Confluence Of The Dommel And The Aa, In A Low, Sandy, But Cultivated Tract, Almost Surrounded By A Morass. This City Was Built In 1181, ...
Or Singapore
Singapore, Or Stsunrone, Is A Town Situated On A Small Island Of The Same Name At The Southern Ex Tremity Of The Malay Peninsula. The Town And Principality Were Founded By Adven Turers Who Emigrated Originally From Sumatra, And It Was A Place Of Little Importance Till 1819, When A ...
Or Society Of Jesus
Jesuits, Or Society Of Jesus, One Of The Most Cele Brated Monastic Orders Of The Romish Church, Was Found Ed In The Year 1540 By Ignatius Loyola. This Extraordi Nary Person Was A Native Of Biscay ; And While Serving As An Officer In The Army Of Ferdinand V. Of ...
Or Soniers Islands Bermudas
Bermudas, Or Soniers' Islands, Are Situated In The Atlantic Ocean, In W. Long. 63° 28', N. Lat. 32° 35' ; And Are Between 200 And 300 Leagues Dis Tant From The American Continent, And The Other West India Islands. They Were Discovered In 1527 By John Bermudas, A Spaniard, Who ...
Or Sparta Lacedemon
Lacedemon, Or Sparta, Now Mismta, The Capi Tal Oflaconia, Was Situated At The Fciot Of Mount Taygctus, And Watered By The River Urotas. It Is Said By Polybius To Have, At One Time, Occupied So Great An Extent Of Ground, As To Include A Circuit Of Forty-eight Creck Stadia, Or ...
Or St Jag De
Compostella, Or St Jag() De Comi•nstella, The Brigantium Of The Ancients, A City Of Spain, And The Capital Of Gallicia, Is Situated On A Hill Upon The Banks Of The Little River Soria. The Streets Are Handsome But Ill Paved, And The Largest Of The Four Squares Is Tolerably Elegant. ...
Or St Pauls
St. Paul's, Or San Paulo, Is The South-west Captain Generalship Of Brazil, And Follows Rio Janeiro, And Mi Nas Geraes, And Lying Between The Atlantic Ocean And River Parana, Having A Front On The Atlantic Ocean Of 400 Miles; Greatest Length From North-east To South-west 560 Miles, With A Mean ...
Or Stickle Back
Stickle-back, Or Ban-stickle—gasterosteus .4eu Leatus. This Is A Small Prickly Fish. They Shed Their Spawn On Aquatic Plants In May. They Are To Be Found In Rivers, Brooks, Lakes, Ponds, And Even In Ditches. They Can Raise Or Depress Their Spines Towards The Tail At Pleasure ; They Are Of ...
Or Tapajos
Tapajos, Or As Pronounced According To Eng Lish Orthography, Tapahos, Great River Of South America, Interlocking Sources About Lat. 12° 30' S. With Those Of The Guapare Branch Of Madeira, And With The Extreme Northern Sources Of Paraguay River. Assuming Thence A Course Of N. N. E. Up Wards Of ...
Or Tierra Del Fuego
Fuego, Or Tierra Del Fuego, C' The Land Of Fire," Was So Denominated By Magellan, Because He Perceived Many Fires During The Night, Supposed To Have Been Volca Noes In The Mountains, But Probably Nothing More Than The Numerous Fires Kindled By The Natives On Account Of The Cold. It ...
Or Treffynnon Holyvell
Holy\vell, Or Treffynnon, Is A Town Of North Wales, In Hintshire, Which Derives Its Name From A Re Markably Fine Spring, Which Rises At The Bottom Of The Hill Just Below The Town. Holy Well Is Pleasantly Situated On The Slope Of A Hill, Abounding In Lead Ore, Which Rises ...
Or Tunquin
Tunquin, Or Tonquin, Or Tt;nam, The Native Name Of Which Is Huocanam. The States Under The Power Of The Emperor Of Tunkin Are Situated In The Peninsula Beyond The Ganges, And Extend From 9° To 23° Of North Latitude, And From 118° To Of Longitude, Reckoning From Ferro. They Are ...
Or Twyford Town Tiverton
Tiverton, Or Twyford-town, A Borough Of England In Devonshire, Is Situated On The De Clivity Of A Hill Between The Rivers Exe And Lo Man. The Town Is Nearly A Mile Long, And Three Fourths Of A Mile Broad. The Four Principal Streets Inclose A Quadrangular Space Forming Dens, With ...
Or Tyre
Tyre, Or Soon., A Seaport Town Of Syria, Occu Pying The Site Of Ancient Tyre The " Queen Of The Sea." The Walls Of The City May Still Be Traced In The Form Of An Irregular Square, Nearly A Mile In Circumference. They Are Fast Going To Ruin, Though Sustained ...
Or Vespucius Americo Vespucci
Vespucci, Or Vespucius Americo, Was Born At Florence, On The 9th March 1451, Of A Noble Fam Ily. He Was The Third Son, And Was Educated Under His Paternal Uncle, A Learned Friar. He Went To Se Ville To Look After Some Commercial Concerns, And He Appears To Have Been ...
Or Vulcey Wolsey
Wolsey, Or \vulcey, Thomas, A Celebrated Cardinal, Was Born At Ipswich In 1471, And Was Educated At Magdalen College, Oxford. Having Been Appointed Master Of The School Dependent On The College, He Had Under His Care Three Sons Of The Marquis Of Dorset, Who Presented Him In 1500 To The ...
Or Wary Carlsbad
Carlsbad, Or Wary, A Town Of Bohemia, In The Circle Of Saatz, Situated On The River Eger, And Celebrated For Its Hot Springs, Which Were Discovered In 1370, By Charles Iv. While He Was Hunting. This Town, Which Is Now Much Frequented As A Watering Place, Contains Se Veral Public ...
Or Zaragosa Saragossa
Saragossa, Or Zaragosa, Anciently Salduba And Cesar .rugusta, An Ancient And Large City Of Spain, And Capital Of Arragon. It Is Situated In A Fertile Plain, On The South Bank Of The Ebro, At The Confluence Of The Rivers Galego And Huerva, The Former Of Which Flows Through Arragon From ...
Or The Koran Alkoran
Alkoran, Or The Koran, Pi Being The Arabic Article,) The Name Of The Mohammedan Scriptures, Con Taming The Doctrines, Precepts, And Pretended Revela Tions Of Mohammed. Derived From The Arabic Verb Kaara, To Read, It Signifies The Reading, Or Rather What Ought To Be Read. The Mohammedans Give This Name ...
Or The Mearns Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire, Or The Mearns, Is Situated On The East Coast Of Scotland, Between 56° 43', And 57° 5' Of North Lat. And Between 1° 47' And 2° Sc/ Of West Long. From Greenwich. It Is Bounded On The East By The Ger Man Ocean, For The Space Of Nearly 35 ...