Orleans
Orleans Is Also The Name Of A County In The State Of Louisiana. It Consists Of The Parish Of Orleans, The City And Suburbs Of New Orleans, The Precincts Of New Orleans, And The Parish Of Placquemine. It Contains 1300 Square Miles; And, In 1810, The Population Iva1 24,552. The ...
Ormuz
Ormuz, An Island Of Asia, At The Entrance Of The Per Sian Gulf. It Is About Six Miles Long, And Four Broad, About Five Miles From The Continent Of Persia, And Twenty Five From That Of Arabia. The Island Is Traversed By A High Mountain Running From East To West, ...
Orpiment
Orpiment, Red.—this Compound Of Arsenic And Sulphur Is Chiefly Used For Producing The White Colour In Signal Lights, Commonly Known By The Name Of Ben Gal Lights, And Used Either For Military Purposes, Or In Surveying, Or Lastly In Ornamental Fires. The Light Which It Gives, Though White, And Accompanied ...
Oryctognosy
Oryctognosy. Tins Branch Of Mineralogy, As Already Explained, Makes Us Acquainted With All The Properties And Relations Of Simple Minerals. In Tre.tting This Subject, We Shall Con Sider It In The Following Order: 1. Describe The Character Of Simple Minerals. 2. Explain The System Of Arrangement. 3. Describe The Different ...
Os Catadioptric Burning Instruments
Os Catadioptric Burning Instruments. In Order To Construct A Burning Instrument Which Shall In A Great Measure, Be Unlimited In Its Power, We Must Combine The Principles Both Of Reflection And Refraction. We Are Not Aware That Any Instrument Of This Kind Has Ever Been Proposed ; And We Are ...
Ossian
Ossian.* The Name Of Ossian Is Now So Well Known, Over All Europe, And, We Might Add, Over All The World, That It Might Appear A Defect In A Work Of This Kind To Omit Noticing It. His Poems, As Translated By Mr. Mac Pherson, Have Acquired A Celebrity Of ...
Otis
Otis, Lin. &c. Bustard. Bill Straight, Conical, Compressed ; Tip Of The Upper Mandible Slightly Arched ; Nostrils Open, Oval, Approxi Mated, But Remote At The Base ; Legs With Three Toes, Con Nected By A Membrane At The Base ; Wings Of Moderate Di Mensions. These Arc Heavy Birds, ...
Oviedo
Oviedo, Anciently Ovietum, A Town Of Spain, And Capital Of The Division Of The Province Of Asturias, Called The Asturia Of Oviedo. The Town Is Situated On A Rather Elevated Plain, At The Confluence Of The Two Rivers Ovia, Or Ove, And Nora, Which After Their Junction, Fall Into The ...
Owhyhee
Owhyhee, An Island In The North Pacific Ocean, The Largest And Most Easterly Of The Sandwich Islands, A Group So Called By Captain Cook, By Whom They Were Discover Ed, (1778) In Honour Of The Earl Of Sandwich, His Friend And Patron. Owhyhee, Which Is Of A Triangular Shape, Lies ...
Oxford
Oxford, The Capital Of One Of The Midland Counties Of England, To Which It Gives Its Name, A City Of Great An Tiquity And Some Importance In British History, The See Of A Bishop, And More Peculiarly Celebrated As The Seat Of What May Perhaps Be Justly Considered The Most ...
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire, One Of The Central Counties Of Eng Land, Is Bounded On The North By The Counties Of War Wick And Northampton ; On The West, By Gloucestershire ; On The South, By The Rivers Isis And Thames, Which Divide It From Berkshire ; And On The East, By Buckinghamshire. ...
Padua
Padua, A City In The North Of Italy, The Capital Of The De Partment Of The Same Name, In The Government Of Venice. It Is Pleasantly Situated In A Fertile Plain, Between The Brenta And The Bacchiglione, On A Small River Which Runs Into The Brenta. It Is Surrounded With ...
Painting The
Painting. The End And Object Of Painting, Viewed In Its Higher Sphere, As A Branch Of The Fine Arts, Is To Convey Delight By Means Of The Power Of Imitation, And The Pleasure We Derive From The Contemplation Of Whatever Is Beautiful. Not Confined To The Most Pleasing Objects In ...