BEL 



often as the operator tlilnks proper. There is a haiidk K 

 to tlie partition in the middle, in order that, if it be at any 

 time neceflary to ufe either of the divifions aluiie, the other 

 may be confined from aftinjT. c, t, (fg.iiG.) rtprcfent 

 tlie two valves to be apphed at the end of the inftrumcnt 

 CB, (f.~. 112.); and (fg. 1 17.) is a feftiori of the end CB, 

 ftieuiiijr the valves i'.\ their proper place?. It is proper to 

 add, tiiat the capacity of the inllnimcnt flioidd be propor- 

 tioned to the quantity of air received into the lungs by in- 

 fpiration,' which Dr. Goodwin has afcertained to be twelve 

 cubical inches, or fomewhat more. Each divifion of the 

 inllramcnt, therefore, fliould be capable of containing that 

 quantity. (.Sec Analytical Review, vol. iv. p. 437) Roul- 

 Lind prefentcd, and dcfcrlbed at a meeting of the Lyceum 

 of Arts at Paris, in 1797, the model of a pair of bellows, 

 conilruAed on this plan, intended to reflarc life to perfons 

 drowned and in a fwoon, by drawing out the vitiated air 

 ftated in their lungs, and replacing it with ordinary air, or 

 even with oxygenc, or vital air, if neceflfary : at the fame 

 time producing the motion of the lungs, independently of 

 the concurrence of the patient, to the very inftant when his 

 ilrength fhall return. The experiment was fubmitted to 

 public infpeftion ; a bladder being made up to reprefent 

 the lungs. 



Bellows, Bone, ^trjilrps? o!-"»oi, occur in Herodotus for 

 thofe applied by the Scythians to the genitals of mares, in 

 order to diftend the uterus, and, by this comprefTion, make 

 them yield a greater quantity of milk. 



Bellows, Hejfian, a contrivance for dri\-ing air into a 

 mine for the refpiration of the miners. This was improved 

 by M. Papin, who changed its cylindrical into a fpiral form ; 

 and with this, by working it only with his foot, he could 

 produce a wind to raife a weight of two pounds. 



Bellows, Hydroflatic. See Hydrostatic. 



Bellows, or Trumpcl-Jijh, m-fchlhyology, a name given 

 by Ray, Willughby, &c. to the fpecies of Centriscus, 

 ScOLOP.^x. Omelin. 



Bellows Rods, in Gco!;rnphy, rocks that lie in the At- 

 lantic, near the weilcoaft of Ireland, and county of Galway. 

 N. lat. 53° ly'. W. long. 10° 4'. 



BELLS, CanlerLiiry, and Covcn/ry, in Botany. See 

 Campanula. 



Bells, Nair. See Hyacinthus. 



Bells Mil/, in Geography, a fettlement in North Caro- 

 lina, near the Moravian ftltlements, at the fource of Deep 

 river, the north-wellernmoll branch of the north -well branch 

 of Cape Fear, and about 50 miles weft of HillPjorough. 



Bells, in Heraldry, are reprefented as round, when fixed 

 to the legs of a hawk ; in which cafe the hawk is faid to be 



BELLl^jE, in Zoology, a name of the fixth order of 

 animals in the Linnacan fyllem, including the genera of the 

 iqiiiis, or hcrj'e, the hippojwtamus, the tapir, and fur. Thefe 

 have obtufe truncated fore teeth, and hoofed feet. 



BELLUCCI, Antonio, in Biography, a painter of por- 

 trait and hiftory, was born at Venice in 1654, and manifcft- 

 ing an early inclination to painting, became the difciple of 

 Dominico Dtfinico, from whofe inftruftions he acquired a 

 good manner of handling and colouring, an elegant tafte of 

 hiftojacal compofition, and an expertnefs in painting por- 

 traits with grace and refemblance. Having cllabhfhed, by 

 a variety of performances, his reputation for invention, ele- 

 gance and fpirit, he was invited by the emperor Jofcph to 

 his court, and appointed his principal painter. But after 

 remaining fome years at Vienna, he entered into the fervice 

 of the prince Palatine, in which he long lived, much ref- 

 pefted for his perfonal accompliftiments as well as for his 

 excellence in his profefiion. Pilkington. 



BEL 



BELLUDGE, in Geography, a tribe of Arabg, inhabit- 

 ing that part of Perfia, which lies on the coaft of the entrance 

 info the Perfwu gulf, between Minau and cape Jaflce. They 

 are mafters of kveral veflcls, and carry on a confiderable 

 trade with Baffora, and even venture as far as the coalls of 

 India. Thefe Arabs are Sunnites; and unity of religious 

 fentiments has occafioned their joining the party of the Af- 

 ghans in the late revolutions of "Perfia. Some geographers re- 

 prefent thefe BiiUudges as inhabiting all along tiie Pcrliaii 

 coail to the mouth of the Indus, and have dcfcribcd them 

 as a warlike people addifted to piracy. Niebuhr is not able 

 to afcertain whether they are to be confidered as indepen- 

 dent, or as tributary to Perfia. He thinks it probable, how- 

 ever, that they acknowledge no fovereign authority but that 

 of their own fcheiks. 



BELLUGA, in Ichthyology. See Beluga. 



BEI-LULA Bos, a name given by Paulus Jovius to 

 that fpecies of Raja' called by the old Greek and Latin 

 writers bos marinus ; the fame kind which Linnaeus, :aid other 

 later naturalifts, name fpccitlcally Oxyrixchus. 



BEU^UNESE, in Geography, a fmall mountainous ter- 

 ritory of Italy, but rich in iron mines, forms a part of the 

 marquifate of Trevifo, and belongs to the republic of Ve- 

 nice. It is bounded on the north by the Cadorin and part 

 of Friuli, on the eaft by a large foreft, which feparates it 

 from Friuli, on the fouth by the Trevilan and Feltrin, and 

 on the well by the bifhopric of Trent. 



BELLUNO, the capital of the Bellunefe, and fee of a 

 bifiiop, fulTr.agan of the archbifhop of Uaina, feated on the 

 Piava, betvi'cen the town Cadore and Trevifo ; 43 miles N. 

 of Venice, and 48 E. of Trent. N. lat. 46° ic'. E. long 

 12^ ij'- 



BELLY, in a general fenfe, denotes the whole abdomen, 

 or that region of the body contained between the feptum 

 tranfverfum, the hypochondria, znd pul'es. 



Belly is alfo ufed, in a more confined fenfe, for the in- 

 teflines alone, as containing the fices. In this fenfe we fpeak 

 of the loofenefs 01' collivenefs of the belly, &c. 



Belly is alfo fomelimes uled for a pregnant woman. la 

 this fenfe we are to underlland the phrafe among Civil Law- 

 yers, to put the belly in pofTtfrion of an eflate. 



Belly, is alfo ufed in fpeaking of the bodies of animals ; is 

 fynonymous with abdomen, and may be feparately confidered. 

 It is varioudy charaftevifed, according tc their food and ha- 

 bit?. In thofe which feed on vegetables, it is in general ca- 

 pacious, and hanging low ; in the carnivorous, light, and 

 drawn up at the flanks. In a horfe, a barrel-fnaped or cy- 

 lindrical belly is moft admired ; if hanging low, he is faid 

 to be cow-beUied ; if too much contrac'ted, he is faid to be 

 tucked up at the flanks. Grafs, too much water, broken 

 wind, and in mares the gravid uterus, occafion the belly to 

 relax and become pendulous ; dry food, as oats, beans, and 

 hay, &c. and alfo acute pain, contraft the volume of the 

 belly. The flow moving ruminant animals, as oxen, &c. 

 have the belly the moft capacious and pendulous of all qua- 

 drupeds. This increafed volume of the inteftines and fto- 

 mach appears to be defigned for the pr.rpofe of enlargino- 

 the furface for digcftion and chylification, and exlrafting 

 more completely all the liutritious particles, fo that a lefler 

 quantity of food will fuffice : 'iiis circumftance is particu- 

 larly remarkable in the (lieep, which can fatten on the Ihort- 

 eft giafs, and almoft barren gkbe. 



In the abdomen of the horfe, and other graminivorous qua- 

 drupeds, whilft its vaft furface expofes it more to be adlcd 

 upon by changes of weather, as cold, rain, wind, &c. than . 

 in the carnivorous animals, fo it has appeared to us to be 

 alfo provided with a tlunner and lefs fatty membrane, or me- 



lentery 



