Paisley
Paisley, A V:w11 01 Scotland, In Renfrewshire, Scarce Ly 3 Miles W. Of Renfrew, About 16 Se. Of Green Ock, And Little More Than 7 Of Glasgow. Paisley Is, At This Day, The Third Town Of Scotland In Magnitude And Population. Its Houses, And Those Of The Suburbs Connect Ed ...
Palanedea
Palanedea, Lath. Tern. Kamic Iii Bill Short, Conico-convex, Much Curved At The Point, Compressed Throughout Its Length ; The Upper Mandible Arched, The Lower Shorter, Obtuse ; Nasal Foss Large ; Head Small, Covered With Down, And Armed With A Slender And Flexible Horn ; Nostrils Remote From The Base ...
Palermo
Palermo, An Ancient And Beautiful City Of Sicily, The Capital Of The Island, Is Situated On The North-west Coast, In The Vale Of Mazara. It Stands On The Western Shore Of A Bay, Near The Extremity Of A Kind Of Natural Amphitheatre Formed By Romantic Rocks And Mountains. Its Situation ...
Palestine
Palestine, Formerly Denoted The Whole Land Of Canaan, Bounded On The North By Syria, On The East By Arabia Deserta, On The South By Arabia Petrxa, And On The West By The Mediterranean Sea. It Extended About 140 Miles From North To South, Between 31° 10' And 33° 15' Of ...
Paley
Paley, The Rev. Dr William, A Celebrated Moral, Political, And Theological Writer, Was Born In Peterborough, Northamptonshire, In July, 1743. His Father, Then A Canon-minor Of That Place, Was Afterwards Elected Head Master Of The School Of Giggleswick, In Yorskshire, A Situation In Which He Continued Till His Death. Previously ...
Palieotherium
Palieotherium. This Is One Of The Most Extensive Of The Lost Genera Yet Known, And It Is At The Same Time Purely Fossil ; Or, At Least, No Such Living Animals Have Yet Been Discovered. Cuvier Has Determined That It Comprises Ten Species. The Five Which Stand First In The ...
Palmiped
Palmiped, Or Web-footed Birds Bill Of Various Forms; Legs Short, Placed More Or Less Backwards, The Anterior Toes Partially Or Wholly Connected By Webs, And, In Some Families, All The Four Toes United By One Membrane, The Hinder Interiorly Articulated To The Tar Sus, Or, In Some Cases, Wanting. Most ...
Palmyra
Palmyra, Anciently One Of The Largest And Most Mag Nificent Cities In The World, But Now Completely In Ruins, Is Situated In The Desert Of Syria, In 34° 35' North. Lat. And 38° 39' West Long. It Stands 200 Miles East Of The Mediterranean, And 150 South-east Of Aleppo. Nearly ...
Paper
Paper. Before Proceeding To An Account Of The Pre Sent Mode Of Manufacturing Paper, It May Be Advisible To Give A Sketch Of The History And Improvements Of The Art. Cotton Paper Appears To Have Been Used In Greece About The Ninth Century, Although No Dated Manuscript Has Been Found ...
Paradisea
Paradisea, Lin. &c. Paradise Bird. These Birds, Like The Crows, Have The Bill Straight, Com Pressed, Strong, And Notchless, And The Nostrils Covered, But With Feathers Of A Velvety Or Metallic Lustre, With A Singular And Splendid Developement Of The Plumage Of Se Veral Parts Of The Body. Although They ...
Paraguay
Paraguay Is The Next Province To Corrientes, With The Parana Intervening. Here Again, The Courses Of The Rivers Give Compactness And A Defined Natural Outline To A Political Section. The Parana, After Having Been Swelled By Innumerable Streams From The Mountains Of Brazil, Crosses The Southern Tropic, And Flows Southward ...
Paraguay Ayres Or Rio
Ayres Or Rio De La Plata, Paraguay, Tucuman, Los Char Cas Or Potosi, And Cuto : And Its Minor Sub• Divisions, Beginning From The South, Are, Pampas, Plata, Tuyu, Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Buenos Ayres, Chayanta, Cordova, Oruro And Paria, Cuyo And Mendoza, Caranges, Charcas, Pacajes, Guarania, La Paz, ...
Parallax Of The Fixed
Parallax Of The Fixed Stars. From The An Nual Motion Of The Earth About The Sun, It Necessarily Fol Lows That The Positions Of The Fixed Stars Differ From Their Positions Seen From The Sun; This Difference Of Position Is Called The Parallax Of The Fixed Stars. It Is Evident, ...
Parallel Roads
Parallel Roads Of Glenroy. There Are Few Of Those Natural Appearances That Attend The Disposition Of The Earth's Surface, More Striking Than That Which Is Well Known In This Country By The Name Appended To The Head Of This Article. It May At The Same Time Be Almost Consi Dered ...
Paris
Paris, The Capital Of France, Is Built On A Plain On Both Sides Of The River Seine, Which, At This Place, Flows In A Direction Nearly From East To West. Of This City, The Original Name, As Mentioned By Caesar, Was Lutetia; A Word, The Etymology Of Which Is Unknown, ...
Park
Park, Munoo, Distinguished For His African Travels And Their Unfortunate Termination, Was Born At The Farm Of Fowlshiels, Near Selkirk, On The 10th September, 1771. His Father, A Person Noted For Many Respectable Qualities, Appears To Have Been Particularly Anxious To Communi Cate The Advantages Of Education To His Family; ...
Parma
Parma, A City In The North Of Italy, Capital Of The Dutchy Of The Same Name, Is Situated In A Beautiful And Fer Tile Country, On The Banks Of The Small River Parma. This River Runs Through The Town, Dividing It Into Two Un Equal Parts, Which Are United By ...