York
York, River Of Virginia, Formed By Two Main Branches, Pamunky And Matapony Rivers. Mata Pony River Has The Extreme Source On The Eastern Border Of Orange County, Near The Rapid Ann, About Twenty-five Miles Westward From Fredericks Burg, But The Most Numerous Of Its Constituent Creeks Are In Spottsylvania. These ...
York
York, A City Of England, And Capitol Of York Shire, Is Situated In The Midst Of An Extensive Plain On The Banks Of The River Ouse, Which Is Crossed By A Bridge Of Three Elliptical Arches, The Central One Of Which Is 75 Feet Wide, And 221 Feet In Rise, ...
Yorkshire
Yorkshire, A Maritime County On The East Coast Of England, Is Bounded On The East By The German Ocean, On The North By The Counties Of Durham And Westmoreland, On The West By A Small Part Of The Latter County And By Lancashire, And On The South By The Humber, ...
Yunx
Yunx, Lin. &c. Wryneck. Bill Short, Straight, In The Form Of A Depressed Cone, And Very Slender At The Tip ; The Mandibles Unnotched, Nostrils Basal, Naked, Partly Closed By A Membrane; The Two Fore Toes United At Their Origin, The Hind Ones Divided ; The Tongue Capable Of Elongation, ...
Zenith Sector
Sector, Zenith, The Name Of An Instrument For Measuring Small Angles Near The Zenith. A Very Fine Instrument Of This Kind, Constructed By Ramsden And Berge, Has Been Described By Major Mudge In The Phil. Transactions For 1803, P. 383. The Follow Ing Abstract Of This Description Has Been Given ...
Zeus Auratus
Zeus Auratus. It Is Concluded, After Much Discussion, That This May Also Equally Be A Pleuronectes Or A Tetra. Don. Another Equally Imperfect Subject Is Supposed To To Be The Pleuronectes Maximus, Or Turbot. This One Is Accompanied By Sea Shells. Squalus ? So Conjectured From A Series Of Thirty-eight ...
Zeus Platessa Zeus Spinosus
Zeus Platessa. Zeus Spinosus. We Have No Fur Ther Remarks To Offer On These, Determined On Evidence Equally Imperfect. M. Blainville Finds Himself Backed In Considering This As A Marine Formation, By Cuvier's Opinion Respecting A Solitary Tortoise Found In The Same Place. We Attach Equally Little Faith To This ...
Zoophytes
Zoophytes, Zoophyta, (from C•cp An Animal, And A Plant) Is A Term Applied By Naturalists To A Class Of Aquatic Animals Of A Plant-like Form, And Very Simple Internal Structure. Next To The Infusoria In The Simplicity Of Their Internal Organ Ization And In The Multiplicity Of Their Superficial Absorbing ...
Zoophytology
Zoophytology, (from An Animal, Cputov A Plant, And Xoyos A Discourse) Is That Branch Of Na Tural History Which Treats Of Zoophytes, Or Animals Of A Plant-like Form. Although The Term Zoophyte Is Usually Confined To Those Ramified, Fixed, Compound Animals Com Posing The Second Lowest Class, We Shall Avail ...
Zurich
Zurich, A City Of Switzerland, And Capital Of A Canton Of The Same Name, Is Beautifully Situated On The Lake Of Zurich, Where The River Limmat Discharges Itself. This River, Which Divides The City Into Two Parts, Is Crossed By Three Bridges. It May Also Be Crossed At The Flour-mills, ...