Polybius
Polybius, A Celebrated Greek Historian, Was Born At Megalopolis, In Arcadia, About The Year 203 Before Christ. He Was The On Of Lycortas, A Praetor Of The Achean Re Public. Having Been Educated As A Statesman And A Sol :tier, He Was One Of The Deputies Sent To Negotiate With ...
Polyplectron
Polyplectron, 'rem. Diplectron, Vicill. Palo, Lin. &c. Bill Middle-sized, Slender, Straight, Compressed ; The Upper Mandible Bent Down Towards The Tip; Nostrils Lateral, In The Middle Of The Bill, Half Covered By A Naked Membrane, But Open In Front; Orbits And Cheeks Naked; Legs Slender, With Four Toes ; The ...
Pompeys Pillar
Pompey's Pillar, A Very Interesting Monument Of An Tiquity, Which Has Been Already Briefly Described, Under The Article Egypt. Since That Article Was Written, Much Curious Information On This Subject Has Appeared, In The Late Dr. Clarke's Travels, The Substance Of Which We Shall Now Endeavour To Communicate. Ponipey's Pillar ...
Poole
Poole, A Town, And County Of Itself, In England, And Within The County Of Dorset, It Derives Its Name From The Bay Or Pool On Which It Stands, And It Is Situated On A Peninsula, Three-fourths Of A Mile Long, And Half A Mile Broad, Joined To The Main-land With ...
Poor
Poor. It Is Of More Importance Than At First Appears, To Form Correct Views Of The Real Poor. The Word Pover Ty Is A Relative Term, The Precise Meaning Of Which De Pends On Circumstances And In England, For Instance, The Law Has Virtually Applied It To All Those Who ...
Pope Adrian I
Adrian I., (pope) The Son Of Theodore, A Roman Nobleman, Was Raised To The Pontificate A.d. 772. 11 Is Steady Attachment To Charlemagne, In Opposition To De Siderius King Of The Lombards, Was Rewarded By The Protection, Munificence, And Homage Of The French Mo Narch. Charlemagne, Successfully Defended Him Against ...
Pope Alexander
Pope. Alexander, A Celebrated British Poet, Was Born At London On The 3th .tune, 16ss. A Short Time After The Revolution, His Father, Who Was A Roman Catholic, And At Tached To The Exiled Family, Left The Profession Of A Hatter, His.h He Carried On In The Strand, And Retired ...
Population Of England
Population Of England. The Following Table, Given In The Population Returns By Mr. Rickman, Contains A Most Important Summary Of The Returns For 1700, 1750, 1801, 1811, And 1821. It Is Accompanied With The Following Explanatory Remarks. Cul. 4 & 5. The Population Of Great Britain In The Year 1811, ...
Porcelain
Porcelain Is A Species Of The Finest Earthenware, Denominating Dishes Or Vessels Of Any Size Or Form, Semi Pellucid, And Of A Character Partaking Of The Nature Of Earth And Of Glass. Porcelain Is Also Designated China Ware, Because That Manufacture Was First Invented In China, And Has Attained There, ...
Porfugal
Por'fugal, The Most Westerly Kingdom Of Europe, Is Bounded On The West And South By The Atlantic Ocean, And On The East And North By Spain. It Is Situated Between 36° 56' And 42° 7' Of North Latitude, And 7° 34' And 9° 30' Of West Longitude. Its Form Is ...
Porisms
Porisms Are A Species Of Proposition In Geometry, Much Employed By The Ancients : They Appear To Have Been Highly Valued, And To Have Assisted Them Greatly In Their Geometrical Researches. The Name Is Almost All That Re Mains To Us Of Their Labours, And Although, From The Singu Larly ...
Porphyrio
Porphyrio, Bliss. Tem. Fulica, Lin. Gallinula, Lath. Sultana Hen. Bill Strong, Hard, Thick, Conical, Nearly As Deep As Long, And Shorter Than The Head ; The Upper Mandible Dilated As It Penetrates Into The Skull ; Nostrils Lateral, Pierced On The Corneous Mass Of The Bill, Nearly Round And Pervious ...
Port Glasgow
Port-glasgow, The Name Of A Parish And Town Of Scotland, In Llenfrewshire, And So Called From Being The Port To The City Of Glasgow. The Citizens Of Glasgow, Feeling The Want Of A Sufficient Depth Of Water At The Bromielaw, Resolved To Have A Port Nearer The Mouth Of The ...
Port Patrick
Port-patrick, A Small Maritime Burgh, Is Situated On The West Coast Of Wigtonshire, Nearly Opposite To Donaghadee. It Received Its Name, Like Many Places In Scotland, From St. Patrick, The Tutelary Saint Of Ireland. An Attempt Was Made, In The Sixteenth Century, To Super Sede This Ancient Appellation. Hugh Montgomery, ...
Porteus
Porteus, Bell.nv, Late Bishop Of London, And An Eminent Divine, Was Born At York, In 1731, Of American Parents. From Rippon, Where He Received The Rudiments Of His Classical Education, He Went To Christ's College, Cambridge, Where He Was Admitted To The Degree Of B. A. Jn 1751, And He ...
Portsmouth
Portsmouth, A Sea-port Town Of England, In Hampshire, Is Situated On The Coast Of The English Chan Gel, And On The West Side Of The Isle Of Portsea. It Com Prehends The Old Town Of Portsmouth, And The Town Or Portsea, Which Is Situated Within The Borough, And Subject To ...
Position
Position, Is The Name Of A Rule In Arithmetic, By Means Of Which An Unknown Number Is Determined By Means Of One Or More Suppositions Or Assumed Values Of It. Position Is'clivided Into Single And Double. In Single Position, The False Conclusion Is To The False Position, As The Number ...
Potsdam
Potsdam, A City Of Prussia, In The Middle Mark Of Brandenburg, And The Capital Of A Province Of The Same Name. It Is Situated On The North Bank Of The Havel, Which Forms, As It Were, A Series Of Lakes Round The Town. The City, Which Has The General Form ...
Pottery
Pottery, Called Also Earthenware, Is A Term Used To Denote Vessels Of Any Shape Or Size, Formed Of Earth Or Clay, Or The Art Of Manufacturing Them. Pottery May Be Regarded As Merely The Coarser Species Of Porcelain. The Articles Of The Former Manufacture, While They Require Fewer Materials, And ...
Pr Posthumus
Posthumus, Pr,efect Of Egypt, And The People Of The Metropolis, (honour) The Most Revered Emperor The Protecting Divinity Of Alexandria, The Divine Hadrian Augustus. With Regard To The Column Itself, Dr. Clarke Remarks, That The Shaft Is Of Much Earlier Antiquity Than Either The Capital Or The Pedestal. He Observed, ...
Practical Treatment Of
Practical Treatment Of Bees.—we Have Thus Traced The Natural History Of The Honey Bee From Its Origin Until Attaining Perfection, And Shown How The Various Species Form One Great Colony, Where Labours Are Carried On For The Common Good. We Have Ex Plained Also, That, At A Certain Season, Bees ...
Practice Of Bridge Building
Practice Of Bridge Building. With Regard To The Practice Of Bridge Building, The Chief With Regard To The Practice Of Bridge Building, The Chief Objects May Be Arranged As Follows : I. The Situation Is Generally Determined By Local Cir Cumstances, In A Town By Streets, And In The Country ...
Prague
Prague, The Capital Of Bohemia, Is Situated Nearly In The Centre Of The Kingdom, On The Right And Left Bank Of The River Moldau. The City Consists Of The Old Town, Stretching In An Oblong Form Along The Bank Of The River; The New Town, Separated From The River By ...
Prejudices
Prejudices.* The Name Of Prejudice Is Applicable To All The Opinions Which We Form Before Reason Can Dis Cuss, Or Judgment Confirm Them, And To All The Motives Which, Without Due Examination, Are The Foundations Of These Opinions. Prejudices May, Therefore, Be Either Fa Vourable Or Unfavourable : They May ...
Price
Price, Dn. Rtenitun, A Celebrated Author, Was Born At Ty-yn-ton, In Glamorganshire, On The 22d February, 1723. Having Received The Rudiments Of His Education At Neath, He Was Placed, In 1735, Under The Care Of The Rev. Samuel Jones; And, With The View Of Being Educated To The Clerical Profession, ...
Priestley
Priestley, Josaro, A Celebrated English Philosopher And Divine, Was Boon At Field-head, About Six Miles From Leeds, On The 24th March, 1733. His Father, Jonas Priestley, Was A Woollen Manufacturer, And A Dissenter Of The Calvinistic Persuasion. An Aunt, Mr. Keighly, By Whom Joseph Was Early Adopted, Gave Him A ...
Primitive
Primitive Roc Ks.—these Are Granite, Gneiss, Mica Slate, Clay Slate, Quartz, And Greenstone. Granite. This Rock Is Composed Of Quartz, Felspar, And Mica. The Quartz Sometimes Occurs In The Form Of Rock Crystal In Clrusy Cavities, And Then It Is Accompanied With The Subspecies Of Felspar Named Adularia, And Cry ...
Principles Of Architecture
Principles Of Architecture. Alttiouch, In All Civilized Nations, Architecture Has Been Considered An Object Of Importance Amongst Men Of Ge Nius, Learning, And Scientific Skill, Yet Very Few Have Afforded Any Satisfactory Account Of Its Principles. From Vitruvius To Our Own Times, We Have Been Told Of Gran Deur, Order, ...
Printing Machinery
Printing Machinery. The First Attempts To Construct Printing Machinery, Consisted In The Application Of The Force Of Horses, Or Steam, To The Common Printing Press ; And Working Models Of A Press Of This Kind Were Actually Constructed. They Possessed No Advantage, How Ever, As They Only Substituted The Power ...