Distribution Of Terrestrial Temperature
Terrestrial Temperature, Distribution Of. The Subject Of The Earth's Temperature Has Already Been Treated Of At Some Length Under Different Headings. Generally, It Was Shown Under Arareiz And Meteorology, That The Temperature Of The Air In Any Region Depends Ou The Inclination Of The Sun's Rays To The Surface Of ...
Doctor Josa Gaspar Rodriguez
Fiiancia, Doctor Josa Gaspar Rodriguez (and Ho Himself At Inlet Appeare To Have Written The Name With The Feudal Prefix, De Francia), Dictator Of Paraguay, Ia Said To Have Been Born Near The Town Of Asuncion, The Capital Of That Country, In 1757 Or 175& His Father, A European, Was ...
Doctrine Of Tile Sphere
Sphere, Doctrine Of Tile. This Phrase Is Generally Used To Signify The Application Of The Simple Geometrical Notions In The Article 6puere To Geography And Astronomy. It Comes Between Spherical Trigonometry And Those Two Sciences, Being Merely The Explanation Of The Circumstances Under Which The Former Is To Be Applied ...
Domenichino D031enpc0 Zampieri
Domenichi'no. D031enpc0 Zampieri, Called Domeni Chino, Was Born At Bologna, In 1581, Of Poor Parents. According To Some Authorities, His First Master Was Denis Calvert; But Bellori Gives Him Enflaming° For His First Teacher. Fiammingo, Entertaining A Jealous Dislike (says The Biographer) To The Caracci, Beat His Pupil, End Turned ...
Domenico Cimarosa
Cimaro'sa, Domeni'co, One Of The Most Celebrated Composers Of The Italian Theatre, Was Born At Naples In 1754. To Aprile He Was Indebted For His First Instructions In Music, But He Completed His Studies Under Durante At The Conservatorio Of Loretto. His General Education Was Also Of Is Superior Kind, ...
Domenico Cunego
Cune'go, Dome'nico, A Distinguished Italian Engraver, And One Of The Best Of The 1sth Century, Was Born At Verona In 1727. He Commenced To Study As A Painter Under Francesco Ferrari, But He Found Engraving More Suited To His Taste, And At The Age Of Eighteen He Adopted It As ...
Domenico Fontana
Fonta'na, Domeni'co, A Distinguished Italian Architect, Was Born At Mili, On The Border,' Of The Lake Of Como, In 1543. Having A Decided Taste For Mathematical Studies, At The Age Of Twenty He Went To Join His Elder Brother Giovanni, An Architect, At Rome. Hero He Attracted The Notice And ...
Domenico Fossati
Fossa'ti, Dome'nico, Born At Venice In 1743, Was The Son Of Giorgio Fermata Who, Besides Practising As An Architect, Was Also A Painter And Engraver. The Elder Fosseti May Also Claim To Be Con Eidered An Author, Having Published In 1747 An Italian Translation Of ' Lives Of Architects,' A ...
Dominique Jean Larrey
Larrey, Dominique-jean, Baron, Was Born At Beaudeau, Near Bagueres De Bigorre, In France, In July 1760. He Studied The Elements Of Medicine And Surgery At The Hospital At Toulouse, Under The Direction Of His Uncle Alexis Larrey, Who Practised Medicine In That City. In 1787 He Wont To Study His ...
Dominique Vivant Demon
Demon, Dominique Vivant, Baron, Was Born Of A Noble Family At Chalons-bur-saone, On The 4th Of January 1747. From His Early Youth His Bias Was For The Arts Of Design, But He For Some Years Devoted Himself To Them As An Amateur Only, And As Such Was Early Distinguished For ...
Don Agustin Duran
*duran, Don Agustin, A Spanish Critical And Miscellaneous Writer Of Great Influence And Reputation, Was Born At Madrid Towards The Close Of The 18th Century; We Are Not Told By His Biographers In What Year, But As He Was Admitted To Practice As Au Advocate In 1817, And The Legal ...
Don Carlos
Carlos, Don (count De Molina), Infants Of Spain, And Pretender To The Spanish Throne, Was The Second Son Of Carlos Iv. Of Spain, And Was Born On The 29th Of March 1788. Left Chiefly In The Hands Of Priests, To Whom The Superintendence Of His Education Had Been En Trusted, ...
Don Pedro Calderon De
Calderon De La Barca, Don Pedro, • Great Spanish Dramatist, Born Of Noble Parents At Madrid, In 1601, Suggests A Striking Parallel With Lope De Vega, His Celebrated Countryman And Forerunner In The Same Career. Both Were Wonderfully Precocious: Lope Wrote Plays At The Age Of Eleven Or Twelve, And ...
Don Ramon Cabrera
'cabrera, Don Ramon, A Cultist Chief Very Prominent In Some Of The Darkest Passage. Of The Recent History Of Spain, Was Born At Tortola In 1809. He Lost His Father In 1816, His Mother, Who Con Tracted A Second Marriage, Survived For A Fate Which Excited Tho Horror Of Europe. ...
Donatello Donato Di Belto
Donatello. Donato Di Belto Di Bardo, Called Dona Tello, Was Born At Florence In The Year 1383. Ile Was Brought Up In The House Of A Florentine Gentleman Named Ruberto Martells A Liberal Patron Of The Arta, And Received His First Instructions From Lorenzo Bleci, From Whom Ho Learned Painting ...
Donatus
Donatus, Ailius, A Celebrated Grammarian, Who Lived In The Middle Of The 4th Century. Lie Wroto A Grammar, Which, Long Cou Tinned In The Schools ; And Also Notes Upon Terence And Virgil. Lie Was Most Eminent In The Time Of Constantius, And Taught Rhetoric And Polite Literature At Rome ...
Donatus_2
Donatus, Bishop Of Casa Nigra Hi Numblia, From Whom, And From Another Donatus Originated Tbo Schismatic Sect Of The Donatiats. Donatue Was The Great Opponent To The Election Of Cecilianue Into The Bishopric Of Carthage. Ile Accused Cecilianus Of Having Delivered Up The Sacred Books To The Pagans, And Pretended ...
Doneau
Doneau, Latinised Donellus, Hugues, A Lawyer, Was Born At Chalons-sursaone, In France, December 23, 1527. He Is Said To Have Been Idle In His Youth, And An Anecdote Is Preserved, According To Which He Was Frightened Into Diligence By A Threat Of His Father To Have Him Brought Up As ...
Donoso
Donoso Contts, Juan, An Eminent Spanish Statesman And Author, Was Born In 1809, Of Wealthy Parents, At The Town Of El Valle In Extremadura. Ile Was So Precocious That At The Age Of Eleven He Studied Login At Salamanca, And Had Completed His Legal Studies At Seville Long Before He ...
Dosso Doss
Doss!, Dosso And G1obattista, Two Celebrated Ferrarese Painters Of The Early Half Of The 16th Century. They Were Born About 1450-1490, In Dosso, Near Ferrara. And First Entered The School Of Lorenzo Costa. After Leaving Whom They Studied Together Six Years In Home, And Five Years In Venice. Though They ...
Douce Francis
Douce. Francis, Was Born In 1762. He Was The Youngest Son Of Thomas Douce, Who Was One Of The Siz Clerks Of The Court Of Chanoery. Francis Was Sent To School At Richmond In Surrey, Where He Learnt Latin And Some Greek. Lie Afterwards Held A Situation In The Six ...
Douglas Family
Douglas Family. This Family Derives Its Name From Certain Lands On The Douglas Or Black Water, In The Shire Of Lanark, Which Were Granted Out About The Middle Of The 12th Century By Arnold, Abbot Of Kelso, To One Theobald, A Fleming, Whose Son Was Thence Called William De Douglas. ...
Douglas Jerrold
*jerrold, Douglas. With The Higher Order Of Minds Every Surrounding Circumstance, Especially Of Their Earliest Years, Is Edu Cation. The Education Of The Child Douglas Jerrold Was Within The Verge Of A Theatre; The Education Of The Boy Was Ou The Deck Of A Mamotwar ; The Education Of The ...
Dr Andrew C031be
C031be, Dr. Andrew, Was Born In Edinburgh, October 27, 1797, The Fifteenth Child End Seventh Son Of A Family, Which Numbered Seventeen In All. Ilis Father Was A Respectable Brewer In Edinburgh, And A Man Of Superior Mind And Integrity ; His Mother Also Was A Superior Person. Educated In ...
Dr Edmund Gibson
Gibson, Dr. Edmund, Bishop Of London, Born 1669, Died 1748. Bishop Gibson Was The Sou Of Edmund And Jane Gibson, Of The Parish Of Bampton, In Westmorland. He Pursued His Studies With Great Vigour, First In His Own County And Then In The University Of Oxford, Of Which Perhaps The ...
Dr Franz Joseph Gall
Gall, Dr. Franz Joseph, The Founder Of The System Of Phren Ology, Was Born At Tiefenbrunn, In Suabia, On The 9tb Of March 1757. If The Story Told Of Him Be True, He, At A Very Early Age, Evinced Habits Of Accurate Observation ; For It Is Said That, When ...
Dr John Elliotson
* Elliotson, Dr. John, Was Born In London Towards The Close Of The 18th Century, And Entered First At The University Of Edinburgh, And Subsequently At That Of Cambridge. His Early Medical Education Was Pursued Iu St. Thomas's And Guy's Hospitals. In 1817 He Was Appointed Assistant Physician Of The ...
Dr Lant Carpenter
Carpenter, Dr. Lant, Was Born September 2,1780, At Kidder Minster, And Was Descended Both On The Father's And Mother's Side From Old Non-conformist Families In That Town. In Consequence Of His Father's Failure In Business, He Was At An Early Age Adopted By A Mr. Pearsall, A Relation Of His ...
Dr Richard Chandler
Chandler, Dr. Richard, Was Born At Eisen In Hampshire, Iu 1738, Studied At Winchester School, And Afterwards Entered Queen's College, Oxford, In May 1755. Soon After Taking His Bachelor's Degree (in 1759) He Published Elegiaca Gresca,' Containing The Frag Ments Of Tyrtxua, Simonides, Meleager, Menus, &c., With Notes. In 1763 ...
Dr Richard Farmer
Farmer, Dr. Richard, Descended From A Respectable Family In Leicestershire, Was Born At Leicester, August 28, 1735. Ile Received The Early Part Of His Education In The Free Grammar School Of His Native Town, And In 1753 Was Entered A Pensioner Of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In Due Time He Took ...
Dr Samuel Clarke
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, Was Born In October, 1675, At Norwich, Where, At The Free School, He Was Distinguished For His Progress In Classical Studies. He Entered, In 1691, At Caius College, Cambridge, And Applied With Great Success To The Mathematics, Under Au Able Tutor, Mr., Afterwards Sir John Ellis. The ...
Du Halde
Halde, Du, Born At Paris In 1674, Entered The Society Of The Jesuits, And Being Distinguished For His Information And Laboriousness, He Was Entrusted By His Superiors With The Care Of Collecting And Arranging The Numerous Letters Written By The Missionaries Of The Society From Various Parts Of The World. ...
Duke Of Wortemberg Christopher
Christopher, Duke Of Wortemberg, Was Born In 1515. His Early Life Was Pent In Grist Troubles. In 1519-20 The Confederated Nubian Cities Expelled His Father Ulric, From Lie Dominions, And Trsns Tarred The Dukedom To The House Of Austria. Christopher Was Carried To Vienna, Where He Narrowly Escaped Being Made ...
Duncan Forbes
Forbes, Duncan, Was The Second Son Of Duncan Forbes Of Cnroden, Near Inverness, Where, Or At Another Seat Of The Family, Welled Bunchrew, In The Saute Neighbourhood, Ho Was Born 10th Of November 1695. Alter Studying Law For Some Years At Leyden, He Returned To Scotland In 1707, And Was ...
Duodale
Duodale, Sill William, Was The Only Son Of John Dugdale, Esq., Of Shustoke, In The County Of Warwick, Where He Was Born September 12, 1605. His Mother Was Elizabeth, Daughter Of Arthur Swyufen, Esq., Of Staffordshire. He Was In Part Educated In The Free School At Covautry, And Subsequently With ...
Dupleix
Dupleix, Joseph-francois, Was Born Towards The End Of The 17th Century. His Father Was A Farmer-general Of The French Revenues And A Director Of The French East India Company. Intend Ing To Form His Son For Commercial Pursuits Of The Highest Kind, He Had Him Educated In Mathematics, Engineering, And ...
Dupuis
Dupuis, Charles-francois, Was Boru Of Poor Parents, At Fry6-chftteau, Between Gisors And Chaumont, On The 26th Of October 1742. His Early Instructions Were Due To His Father, Who, Though In Very Humble Circumstances, Appears To Have Been A Man Of Some Learoiog And Considerable Intelligence ; And The Early Turn ...
Eafagba Efgabc
Efgabc', Eafagba If We Chose To Confound The Intervals Of A Major And Minor Tone, Wi Should Find The Second Of These (so It Happens) Correct, For The Interval, Of The Original Air Are (in, Minor Tone; M, Major Tone ; A, Semitone M 31 A 31 In (2 M ...
Earl Of Elgin
Elgin, Earl Of. 'mosses Bruce, Seventh Earl Of Elgin And Kincardine, Was Descended From The Royal Family Of Bruce, And Was Born In 1777. After Having Passed Some Years At Harrow And West Minster. Ha Went To The University Of St. Andrews; Thence He Proceeded To Paris, Where He Studied ...
Earl Of Robert Devereu1
Robert Devereu1, Earl Of Essex., The Son Of The Preceding, Was Born At Netherwood, In Herefordshire, In November 1567, And Was Educated, According To His Father's Wish, Uuder The Superintendence Of Lord Burleigh, By Whose Direction Lie Was Sent To Trinity College, Cambridge, In 1577, And Remained There Four Years. ...
Earls Of Essex
Essex, Earls Of. Warren Devereox, First Earl Of Essex, The Son Of Sir Richard Devcreux Sod Dorothy, Daughter Of George, Earl Of Huntingdon, Was Born In Cserrnarthenshire, At The Castle Of His Grandfather, Walter Viscount Hereford, About The Year 1540. 110 Succeeded To The Titles Of Viscount Hereford And Lord ...
Ebenezer Elliott
Elliott, Ebenezer, The Corn-law Rhymer, Was Born March 17th, 1781, At The New Foundry, Masbro', Near Rotherham, Yorkshire. His Father, A Clerk At The Foundry, Was An Ardent Politician And A Stern Ultra.calvioietic Dissenter Of The Berean Sect; And He Employed His "brother Berean, Tommy Wright, The Barneeley Tinker " ...
Ebenezer Erskine
Erskine, Ebenezer, Founder Of A Considerable Sect Of Seceders From The Established Church In Scotland, Called The Secession Church, Was Born On The 22nd Of June 1630. He Studied In The University Of Edinburgh, For Some Time Acted As Tutor And Chaplain Iu The Family Of The Earl Of Rothes, ...
Ecclesiastical Suspension
Suspension, Ecclesiastical, Is A Mode Of Censure Or Secondary Punishment Inflicted By The Church On Persons Guilty Of Those Minor Offences Which Do Not Deserve The Severer Penalties Of Deprivation Or Excommunication. " In The Laws Of The Church," Says Bishop Gibson, " We Read Of Two Sorts Of Suspension—one ...
Economical Uses Poplar
Poplar, Economical Uses. There Are Several Varieties Of Poplar Tree, Which Render Useful Service In The Arts. The Timber Of The White Poplar Is Very Light Coloured, And Is Used In France And Germany For A Variety Of Minor Purposes. It Makes Excellent Packing Because Nails May Be Driven Into ...
Economical Uses Of Oak
Oak, Economical Uses Of. The Oak Subserves A Greater Num Ber Of Useful Purposes Than Almost Any Other Kind Of Forest Tree. All Things Considered, British Oak Is More Durable Than Any Other Timber Largely Grown In Europe ; And Hence Its Enormous Employment In The Arts. The Wood Is ...
Economical Uses Of The
Willow, Economical Uses Of The. The Willow Is Applied To A Very Large Number Of Useful Purposes. The White Willow, The Weeping Willow, And The Osier Willow, May Be Regarded As The Types Of Three Great Classes, Marking Out Three Different Kinds Of Applications. Taking Them One With Another, Almost ...
Edgar
Edgar, Surnamed The Peaceable, Was The Second And Youngest Son Of King Edmund I. By His Wife Elgin, Or Algiva. He Appears To Have Been Born In 943, And Consequently Was Only About Three Years Old At His Father's Death, In 946. His Brother Edwy, Or Eadwy, May Have Been ...
Edmund Calamy
Calamy, Edmund, Was Born Iu Loudon In 1600. He Entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, At The Age Of Fifteen, And Was Honourably Distinguished For His Scholarship ; But Having Incurred The Rescutmeut Of The Arminian Party By His Opposition To Their Opinions, He Was Disappointed In Obtaining A Fellowship. His Conduct ...
Edmund Cartwright
Cartwright, Edmund, Was Born On The 24th Of April 1743, At Liarnham, In The County Of Nottingham. His Family Was Ancient And Highly Respectable, And Had Suffered In Its Fortune On Account Of Its Attachment To The Caters Of Charles 1. Edmund Cartwright Received The Mely Part Of His Education ...
Edmund Gunter
Gunter, Edmund, Was Born In The County Of Hertford, But Descended Originally From Gunter's Town, In Brecknockshire. Lie Was Educated On The Royal Foundation At Westminster School, And Elected Thence To Chriatchnrch College, Oxford, In The Year 1599, Being Then Eighteen Years Of Age, Where He Took The Degrees In ...
Edmund I
Edmund I., King Of The Anglo-saxons, Was The Son Of King I Edward The Elder, By His Third Wife Edgiva. According To The Common Was Born Io 923, Or About Two Years Before His Father's Death, But We Are Inclined To Believe That His Birth Was Some , Years Earlier: ...
Edmund Ii
Edmund Ii., King Of The Angle-saxons, Surnamed Ironside, Either Front His Great Strength, Or The Armour Which He Wore, Was The Son Of King Ethelred Ii., And Was Born In 989. According To The Account That Has Commonly Been Received, His Mother Was Elgiva, Or Ethelgiva, The Daughter Of Earl ...
Edmund Kean
Kean, Edmund, Was Born About 1787, In London. His Father, Edmund Kean, Seems To Have Been A Stage-carpenter ; His Mother Was Miss Ann Carey, An Actress At Minor Theatres And With Strolling Players And In Showmen's Booths. Kean'a Father Seems To Have Cared Little About Him, His Mother Neglected ...
Edmund Law
Law, Edmund, D.d., Bishop Of Carlisle, Was Born In 1703. He Was The Son Of A Clergyman In The Northern Part Of Lancashire, And Passed From The Grammar-schools Of That Part Of The Kingdom To St John's College, Cambridge. As Soon As He Had Taken A Degree He Was Elected ...
Edmund Ludlow
Ludlow, Edmund, Was Born At Maiden-bradley In Wiltshire, About 1620. His Father, Sir Henry Ludlow, A Considerable Landed Proprietor In That County, And Its Representative In The Long Parlia Ment, Was An Advocate Of The Democratic Cause, Which Was Likewise Eagerly Espoused By His Son. Edmund Ludlow Volunteered In Essex's ...
Edmund Lyons
* Lyons, Edmund, Lord, Better Known As Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.c.b., Is The Second Son Of The Late John Lyons, Esq., Of Burton House, Near Christchurch, Haute, Where He Was Born On The 21st Of November 1790. At An Early Age He Was Sent To Hyde Abbey School, Near ...
Edmund Valley
Valley, Edmund, Was Born October '29, 1656, At Ilaggeraton, Near London, At A Country-house Belonging To His Father, Who Was A Soap-boller In Wine:theater-street, London. Ile Was Educated At St. Paul's School, Under The Care Of Dr. Gale, And Was Placed At Queen's College, Oxford, In 1673, Being Then Possessed ...
Edoar Atiieling
Edoar Atiieling, That Is, Edgar Of The Blood Royal, Or Prince Edgar, Is We Should Now Via.. Tho Personage Commonly Understood In English History By This Title Is Edgar, The Grandson Of King Edmund Lroneide Through Ilia Eon Edward, Surnamed The Outlaw. Edward And His Brother Had Been Sent From ...
Edrisi
Edrisi, With His Complete Name Abu-abdallah Mohammed Ben Mohammed Ben Abdallah Ben Edda, A Well Known Arabian Writer On 1 Geography, Who Flourished About The Middle Of The Sixth Century Of The Mohammedan Era. Of The Circumstances Of His Life Little Is Known. He Was A Descendant Of The Family ...
Edward Cocker
Cocker, Edward. This Writer, Whose Name Is So Well Hewn In England, Was Born About 1632, As Appears From The Inscription To One Of The Portraits Cited By Gmuger In His Biographical History Of England.' He Was An Engraver, And A Teacher Of Writing And Arith Metic. Pepys Has In ...
Edward Coke
Coke, Edward, Was Born At Mileham, In The County Of Norfolk, On The 1st Of February, 1551-52. He Was The Only Son Of Robert Coke Of Mileham, And Winifred, Daughter And One Of The Heirs Of William Knightley, Of Morgrave-knightley, In The Same County. His Father, Who Was A Bencher ...
Edward Cowper
Cowper, Edward, Was Born In 1790. Little Or Nothing Has Yet Been Published Concerning The Circumstances And Events Of The Early Life Of This Distinguished Inventor And Improver Of Machinery. It Is Known However That It Was Chiefly Owing To Some Of His Inventions In Cylinder-printing That Mr. Applegath Was ...
Edward Daniel Lld Clarke
Clarke, Edward Daniel Lld., &c., Was Descended From A Literary Family, And Born At Willingdon In Sussex On The 5th Of June 1769. Lie Received Part Of His Early Education In The Grammar-school Of Tunbridge, At That Time Conducted By Dr. Vicesimus Knox, And Thence Proceeded In 1786 To Jesue ...
Edward Donovan
Donovan, Edward, A Writer On Various Departments Of Natural History. One Of His Earliest Publications Was 'a Natural History Of British Insects,' 16 Vols. Svo, Commenced In 1792 And Finished In 1816. Although At The Time This Work Was Published, Especially The Earlier Volumes, It Was Of Great Assistance In ...
Edward Doubleday
Doubleday, Edward, A Naturalist Of Eminence, Was Born In 1810, And Died In London In 1849. The Family Of Doubleday Are Honourably Distinguished For Their Devotion To Natural History Pursuits, And The Subject Of This Notice Early Distinguished Himself By His Con Tributions To The Literature Of Ornithology And Entomology. ...
Edward Drouyn De Lhuys
*drouyn De Lhuys, Edward, A French Statesman And Diplomatist, Was Born At Paris, On The 19th Of November 1805. His Father's Condition Secured Him A Sound Education, And Afterwards Enabled Him, At' An Early Age, To Enter With Advantage Upon His Political Life. In 1831 He Became Attachd To The ...
Edward Fairfax
Fairfax, Edward, Was The Second Son Of Sir Thomas Fairfax, Of Denton Iu Yorkshire. The Date Of His Birth Is Unknown ; But As His Translation Of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered' Was Published In 1600, We May Suppose That It Fell Some Time In The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth. Contrary To ...
Edward Forbes
Forbes, Edward, A Celebrated Naturalist. 11e Was Born In 1815 In The Isle Of Man, Where His Father Was A Banker. Without Any Our To Direct His Taste, He Became A Naturalist While Yet A Child. Nothiug Delighted Hint So Much As To Pick Up The Products Of The Shore ...
Edward Gans
Gans, Edward, Was Born At Berlin On The 22nd Of March 1798, And Descended From Jewish Parente Of Great Respectability. His Father Was A Wealthy Man, Noted For His Sarcastic Wit, And Highly Esteemed For His Patriotism : He Enjoyed The Particular Confidence Of The Prussian State Chancellor, The Baron ...
Edward Gibbon
Gibbon, Edward, Was Born At Putney, In The County Of Surrey, On The 27th Of April 1737. He Has Given Us In His Autobiography,' Which Was Published After His Death By Lord Sheffield, Copious Par Ticulars Concerning His Life And Writings. From His Own Account We Learn That In Childhood ...