Carmaon01a
Carmaon01.a, Ritancesgo Busso'ne Di, Count Of Castel Neer& Was Born At Carmagnola, A Town Of The Province Of Turin In Pledmost, About The Year 1390. Of Bumble Parents Early In Life He Selisted Into The Troop Of Faeino Cane, A Celebrated Condottiere Of Lis Time Who Was In The Service ...
Carnivora
Carni'vora, A Term Generally Applicable To Any Creatures That Feed On Flesh Or Animal Substances, But Definitely Applied To That Order Of The M'ammalia Which Prey Upon Other Animals. The Forms Of This Order Are Varied, And The Number Of Species Considerable. Furnished Like Nan And The Quadrumana With Three ...
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, The Sister Of The Great Astronomer Sir William Herschel, Was Born At Hanover Oa The 16th Of March 1750. Till Her Twenty-second Year She Lived With Her Parents In Her Native Place; After Which She Came Over To England To Reside With Her Brother, Then Established As ...
Carpi Coo Da
Carpi. Coo Da, • Celebrated Old Italian Wood Engraver, Who Lived V The Early Pert Of The 16th Century, And Has The Credit In Italy Of Having Bum The Inventor Of Printing In Light And 'hale With Wooden Islooka Ficateely • Circumstance Of His Life Is Known Beyond The Above ...
Carpinus
Carpi'nus, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Cupidtfere, And Distinguished Obviously From The Beech (brink), The Oak (quercus), &c., By It4 Cupule Being Prolonged On One Side Into A Leafy While Its Other Lobes Are Shorter, And, As It Were, Abortive. &rya, The Hop Hornbeam, Differs In ...
Carrfl Armand Nicolas
Carrf.l. Armand Nicolas, Was Born At Roucu, On The 8th Of August 1300. Lie Was The Son Of A Draper In Good Circumstances In That City. At The Age Of Seventeen He Joined A Regiment Of Cavalry, And The Following Year Entered The Military School Of St..-cyr. His Political Opinions ...
Carter Elizabeth
Carter. Elizabeth, Was The Daughter Of Dr. Nicholas Carter, An Eminent Latin, Greek, And Hebrew Scholar, One Of The Six Preachers Its Canterbury Cathedral, And Perpetual Curate Of Deal In Kent, Where Lis Daughter Elizabeth Was Born December 16, 1717. Her Mother, A Donetthire Helmss Of The Name Of Swayne, ...
Cartilage
Cartilage, Commonly Called Gristle, A Substance Intermediate In Density Between The Membranous And Bony Structures Of The Body. It Is Distinguished From Every Other Texture By Its Pearly Whiteness, Its Smoothness, Its Firmness, And Its Great Elasticity. When Divided It Appears To Be Perfectly Homogeneous, Without Fibres And Without Lamina; ...
Carya
Ca'rya, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order -tuglan Dacece. The Species Are North American Trees, Comprehending The Various Kinds Of Hickory. This Genus Was Formerly Combined With Juglans, Or The True Walnut; But It Is Distinguished By The Shell Of Its Nuts Not Being Deeply Furrowed, And ...
Caryocar
Caryo'car, The Only Genus Of The Natural Order Rhizobokreece, One Of Whose Species Yields The Butter-nuts Of The London Fruiterers' Shops. One Species Is Described By Aublet, Under The Name Of Pekea Butyrosa, As A Large Tree With A Trunk 80 Feet High, And 3 Feet In Dia Meter. The ...
Caryophyllace13
.caryophylla'ce..13, Cloreworts, The Pink Tribe, A Natural Order Of Plants, The Type Of Which May Be Considered The Dianotto Caryophyllks, Or Common Garden Pink. It Consists Of Plants Having Narrow Opposite Undivided Leaves, Arising From Tumours At The Arti Culations Of The Stem ; Flowers With A Definite Number Of ...
Caryota
Caryo'ta, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Of Palms. It Has Pinnated Leaves And Wedge-shaped Leaflets, Strongly Toothed At The Extremity ; Moncecioua Polyandrous Flowers; A Some What Peltato Stigma • And A 1- Or 2-seeded Pulpy Fruit, With The Embryo Near The Point Of The Albumen. ...
Casar
Ca:sar Fnexcts Cassini, Son Of James, Was Born At Paris, June 17, 1714. He Is Generally Known By The Name Of Cassini De Thury, Having Been The First To Take A Territorial Appellation From The Estate Acquired By His Father Or Grandfather. Lie Accompanied His Father During His Geodesical Operations ...
Caspar De Crater
Crater, Caspar De, One Of The Moat Distinguished Flemish Historical Painters, Was Born At Antwerp In 1582, And Was Instructed By Raffaelle, The Son Of Michael Cozies He First Distinguished Himself At Brussels, Where Ha Painted /emend Great Altar-pieces, But He Settled Eventually At Ghent, Where His Greatest Works Are ...
Cassander
Cassander Was The Son Of Antipater, To Whom Macedonia Was Allotted On The Division Of The Macedonian Empire After The Death Of Alexander. Antipater Dying, B.c. 318, Appointed Polysperchon To Succeed Him. [antipater.] Casaander Bore This Exclusion With Indig Nation ; But Finding His Party Too Weak For Successful Opposition, ...
Cassia
Cassia (from The Greek Ucurola), A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Leguminosce. It Consists Of A Large Number Of Species, Chiefly Inhabiting The Tropical Or Temperate Parts Of The World, And Including Among Them The Plants That Produce The Senna Leaves So Commonly Employed As A Purgative. ...
Cassia Buds
Cassia Buds. The Unexpanded Flowers,• When They Have Attained About A Fourth Of Their Complete Size, Of A Species Of Cinna Momunt, Are Collected And Sold Under This Name. Much Diversity Of Opinion Exists Respecting The Particular Species Of Plant Which Yields This Article. Professor C. G. Nees Von Esenbeck ...
Cassini
Cassi'ni. We Have Now For The Second Time To Sketch Tho Lives And Labours Of A Family Of Distinguished Men, Who, Though Their Con Tributions To The Stock Of Knowledge Do Not Rival In Extent Or Value Those Of The Bernoullis, Present Nevertheless A Succession Of Talent And Industry Which ...
Cassiodorus Magnus
Cassiodo'rus Magnus (or, As Some Call Him, Marcus) Aurelius, Who Lived In The Sixth Century, Was A Man Of Letters, An Historian, And A Statesman. He Was Born At Scylacium, In The Country Of The Bruttii, Probably About The Year 470, Though Some Date His Birth Ten Years Later. His ...
Castanea
Casta'nea, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Corylacea, One Of The Species Is The Sweet Chestnut. From The Similarity In Their Name One Would Be Disposed To Believe That The Genus To Which Horse-chestnuts Belong Was Nearly Related To This ; They Are However Extremely Different In ...
Castruccio Castracani
Castru'ccio Castraca'ni Was Born At Lucca About The Year Iii. Family Dime Was Interminelli, But He Assumed That Of Costricani Oe His Adoption Into The Family Of That Name, Which Was Oat Of The Prioelpal Of Lama. When He Was Twenty Years Of Ago He Vaulted Kngland, Where Some Of ...
Catalpa
Catalpa, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Bignoniacur. It Has A 2-parted Calyx • Crun]xonulate Corolla, With A Veotricose Tube, And An Unequal 4-lobed Limb ; 5 Stamens, Two Of Which Are Fertile, The Other Three Sterile; The Stigma Bilamellate; The Capsule Silique-formed, Long, Cylindrical, 2-valved ; ...
Catharfne De Medici
Catharfne De' Me'dici Was The Daughter Of Lorenzo Do' Medici, Duke Of Urbino, The Son Of Piero, And Grandson Of Lorenzo The Magnificent, And Nephew Of Leo X. Her Mother Magdeleina De Boulogne, Of The Royal House Of France, Died In Giving Birth To Catharine, Her Only Child, In 1519. ...
Cathartocarpus
Cathartocarpus (from Kadin.), To Purge, And Mirror, Fruit), A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Ordet Leguminosm. It Has Very Blunt Sepals, Hardly Joined At The Base, More Or Less Unequal ; 5 Unequal Petals ; 10 Unequal Free Stamens, The Three Lower Ones Longest, The Four Middle Ones ...
Catilin
Catili'n Lu'cl (ts Sh'ito Ics, Descended From An Illustrious Patrician Family, Was Born About A.c. 109. Catiline Was Qumetor About A.c. 77, And Served As Instal. To Scribonius Curio, Pro Ems.) Of Macedonia, Sic. 75. Ile Was Praetor At Rome, P.c. 67. At The Expiration Of His Pnetorship, Be Obtained ...
Cato
Cato, That Is, The Wise, Was A Surname Given To Marcus P011 Cius Priscus. This Extraordinary Man, Commonly Called Cato Censorius, Or Cato Major, To Distinguish Him From His Descendant Who Fell On His Sword At Utica, Was Born In The Year Ore. 234. Ile Wee Descended From A Respectable ...
Caxton
Caxton, And Yeovil; All Of These Are Noticed Under Their Respective Titles. The Other Towns, Including Castle Cary, Dnuster, Detester, Ililborno Port, 31ilverton, Minehead, South Fetherton, Somerton, Watehett, And Wiveliscombe, We Notice Here; The Populations Are Those Of 1851 : (suds Glory, Population Of The Pariah 1860, Is About 26 ...
Cebes
Cebes, A Theban Philosopher, And A Disciple Of Socrates.' Ho Was The Writer Of Three Dialogues, Called Riiyav (table Or Tablet), "efacipe,' And ' Sapt'svixes.' (suidee V. K1$, R. Diog. La8rt, Ii. 125.) Lie Is Represented By Plato As Attending Socrates In His Last Moments, And Is One Of The ...
Cebrioites
Cebrio.ites (lestreille), A Family Of Coleopteroun Insect Belonging To The Section Malacoderma. It Has The Following Chi Meters :—body Generally Somewhat Oval And Convex ; Wing-case Rather Soft And Flexible ; Thorax Broader Than Long, Widest At Th Base, And With The Hinder Angles Acute, Or Produced Into A Spine ...
Cecidomyia
Cecidomy'ia, A Genus Of Two- Winged Flies, Belonging To The Order Diptera And The Family Tipulidce. It Is Known By The Following Theracters :—wings Resting Horizontally, And Having 3 Longitudinal Lervures; Head Hemispherical : Antenna As Long As The Body, And ;enerally 24-jointed, The Joints Hairy (in The Females 14-jointed); ...
Ceciliidie
Ceciliidie (properly Cjeciliidie), A Family Of Reptiles, Which Some Naturalists Have Considered As Belonging To The Batracbians, But Which Cuvier, Following Linnaeus, Places In His Third And Last Family (les Serpents Nus) Of The Ophidians, Observing That Those Who Placed It Among The Batrachians Did So Without Knowing Whether The ...
Cedrela
Cedrela, A Genus Of Plants, The Type Of The Natural Order Cectre/acyce. It Has The Following Characters :—calyx 5-toothed ; Petals Adnate To The Torus ; Stamens 5, Distinct ; Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved ; Seeds Numerous, On Each Side Of The Dissepimcnt Ending In A Wing. C. Toona, Bastard Cedar, ...
Cells
Cells. The Ultimate Structure Of Animal And Vegetable Bodies Consists Of Minute Vesicles Which Are Called Cells. In Both Animal And Vegetable Structures These Organs Are Not Generally Visible To The Naked Eye, As They Vary From The 1-500th To The 1-10000th Part Of An Inch In Diameter. In All ...
Celsus
Celsus, Aure'llus (or Aulus) Corne'lius, Appears To Have Lived In The Augustan Age, But This Point Is By No Means Settled; And, As Le Chare Observes, Some Suppose Lim To Have Lived Under Tiberius, Caligula. Nero, Or Even Trajan. Yet The Evidence Strongly Preponde Rates In Favour Of His Baring ...
Cenanthic Acid Ho
Cenanthic Acid (ho, This Acid, In Combination With Oxide Of Ethyl Forming Cenantlae Ether (c,h.o,c„11„0,), Is Found In Grape Wine, And Gives To That Liquid Its Characteristic Odour. The Ether Is Obtained On Distilling Wine Itself, Or Wine Lees With Water; It Is Then Decomposed With Caustic Potash, And The ...
Centi1iscus
Centi1i'scus (linnrens), A Genus Of Fishes Belonging To The Section Acanthoptcryyii And To The Family Fistularidte. The Species Of This Genus Are Principally Distinguished By Their Having A Long Tubular Anent, From Which Character They Have Received The Names Of Sea-snipes, Trumpet-fish, &c. The Body Is Inclining To An Oblong ...
Centranthus
Centranthus From A Spur, And Tiveos, A Flower), A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Valerianacar. It Has A Regular 5-lobed Corolla With A Spur, A Single Stamen, The Fruit I-celled, Indehiscent, Crowned With The Limb Of The Calyx, Expanded Into A Feathery Pappus. The Species Are Smooth ...
Centronotus
Centrono'tus, A Genus Of Fishes Belonging To The Section A Canthopteryyii And Family Seorriberktre. In This Genus The Spines; Which In Most Of The Acanthopterygians Form The Anterior Dorsal Fin, Are Free Or Unconnected By Membrane; They Have All Ventral Fins. The. Above Characters Are Common To A Large Number ...
Cepiialopoda
Cepiialo'poda, Maiducia Of Aristotle, Mollia Of Pliny, Ceplat Lophora Of De Blainville, Antliolyraeltiophora Of Gray, A Class Of Mollusks Whose Mantle, According To Cuvier, Unites Beneath The Body, And Thus Forms A Muscular Sac Which Envelops All The Viscera. This Body Or Trunk Is Fleshy And Soft, Varying In Form, ...
Cepola
Cepo'la (linn:elm), A Genus Of Fishes Belonging To The Section Aeantkopterygii And Family Tenioidei. The Technical Characters Of This Genus Are :—body Much Elongated, Compreased, And Tapering Gradually Towards The Tail, Which Is Pointed ; Head (when Viewed From The Side) About The Same Width As The Body ; Snout ...
Cerapus
Ce'rapus, A Genus Of Amphipodous Crustaceans Forming The Sixth Division Of The Third Section Of The Order Amphipoda (latreille), According To Desmarest. The Following Are The Characters Of This Division :—all Four Antennte Very Great And Strong, And Nearly Of The Same Length; The Upper With Four Joints, The Lower ...
Cerastium
Cera'stium (from Tapas, A Horn), A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Caryophyllacem It Has A 5-parted Calyx, 5 Petals, All Bifid; Stamens 1,0, 5, Or 4 ; Styles 5 Or 4 ; The Capsules Tubular, Opening At The End, With 10 Teeth. This Is An Extensive Genus, ...
Cerasus
Ce'rasus, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Amygdaleous Divi Sion Of The Natural Order Rosacem, And Including The Common Cherry Among Its Species. It Is Hardly Different From Prunus, There Being Little Or Nothing To Distinguish It Beyond Its Leaves When Young Being Folded Flat Instead Of Being Rolled ...
Cerberus
Ce'rberus, A Genus Of Snakes, Established By Cuvier In His Division Of The Great Genus Coluber. Ip T1r Nrrnncrarnctlf Of The Snakes Of The British Museum, It Is Placed Amongst The Hybridce. The Cerberi Like The Pythons, Next To Which They Are Placed In The ' Moe Animal,' Have Nearly ...
Cereops1s
Cereops1s, A Genus Of Birds Established By Latham, And Placed By Him (1802) Among The Waders (grallaiorts); And (in 1824) Next To The Swinunern—paletipedee (anseres, Linn.). The Characters Of This Bird, Which Mr. Bennett Nays Has Been Observed By Nearly All The Navigators Who Had Visited The Mouth Coast Of ...
Cereus
Ce'reus, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Cactacece. It Is Characterised By Its Sepals Being Very Numerous, Imbricate, Adnate To The Base Of The Ovarinm, United Into An Elon Gated Tube, Outer Ones Shorter And Like A Calyx, Middle Ones Longer And Coloured, Innermost Ones Petaloid ; ...
Cerinthus
Cerinthus, Whence The Word •cerinthians,' By Which His Fol Lowers Were Denominated, Was By Descent A Jew, And Born Not Many Years After, If Not Before, The Death And Ascension Of Christ. His Family Appears To Have Been One Of Those Who Were Settled Without The Limits Of Palestine Towards ...
Cerium
Cerium, A Metal Not Found Pure In Nature. It Occurs In Several Minerals, Of Which The Following Are The Most Remarkable I. Ccrite, Found Near Riddarhittan, In Sweden. It Occurs Amor Phous. Its Colour Is Pale Dull Red, Sometimes Grayish. And Its Streak Is White ; Its Lustre Is Resinous, ...
Ceroxylon
Cero'xylon, A Gents Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Of Palma. A .aedicola, The Wax-palm Of South America, Is One Of The Must Remarkable Plants In The Large Natural Order To Which It Belongs. It Is A Species With Pinnate(' Leaves And Paniclod Polygamous Flowers. Its Calyx Consists Of ...
Certidadx
Certidadx, The Creeper Family, A Family Of Birds Placed By Mr. Vigors Under His Order Seansorer, Or Climbing Birds. "the Genus Certhia," Writes That Author (' Linn. Trans.,' Vol. Xiv. P. 4g1), "as Originally Instituted By 'amami!, Contained, Besides The True Ccrthia And Its Congeners, Which Form The Extreme Family ...
Cervijs
Cervijs. [cenvinv..] Cestra'ceie, Or Cestrfn:e, A Natural Order Of Plants Belonging To The Class Of Monopetalous Exogens. It Is Nearly Related To Solanacecr, And Is Sometimes Made To Form A Tribe Of That Order. It Has The Following Characters :—limb Of Corolla Plicate, Valuate Or Induplicate In Aestivation; Calyx 5-toothed ...
Cesare Cantu
* Cantu, Cesare, An Italian Historian, Was Born At Brescia In 1805. Educated At Sondrio In The Valtellina, He There At An Early Age Was Appointed Professor Of The Belles-lettres. Subsequently He Resided At Como, And Afterwards At Milan, Which City He Quitted At The Revo Lutionary Epoch Of 1848, ...
Cetacea
Cetacea, An Order Of Aquatic Mammals With Fin-like Anterior Extremities, The Posterior Extremities Being Absent, Or Rather, Having Their Place Supplied By A Large Horizontal Caudal Fin Or Tail; Without An External Ear, Without Hair On Their External Integument, And The Cervical Bones So Compressed As To Leave The Animal ...