BOM 



BOM 



Mefi". Elondcl, Guifnce, de Reflons, de la Hire, and BOMBA, in Zoology, a fpecies of Trichoba, one of 



others, have written exprefsly on the art of throwing bombs, the genera of Animalcule or Vermes infuforia. This kind 



BoMB-/5(7//cr)'. See Battery. is briefly defcribed as being of a changeable form, with a 



BoMB-f/;(y?, is a kind of chefl; filled ufually with bombs, few hairs on the anterior part. This is found abundant in 



fometimes only with gun-powder, placed under ground, ftagnant water : the body is thick, fomewhat pellucid, of a 



to tear aad blow it up in the air, with thofe who Hand yellowiih colour, and filled with paler molecules. Miill. 



on it. Gmel. &c. 



Bomb-chefts were formerly much ufed to drive enemies BOMBARD, Bombarda, a piece of artillery- anciently 



from a pod they had feized, or were about to take pofTef- 

 fion of : they were fit on fire by means of ^fauctjfee faften- 

 ed at one end, but they are row much difufed. 

 Bomb, 'wnter. See \J kTt.'s.-lotnb. 



in ufe, exceedingly iliort and thick, and with a very large 

 mouth, by fome alfo called bafilj/i, by the Dutch dondcrbujs. 

 Some derive the word, by corruption, from Lombard, as 

 fuppofing this piece firft ufed in Lombardy. Du-Cange, 



Bo MB-Ti^-/j-, which are fmall fhips formed for throwing after Volfius, derives it from bonibus and ardeo ; Menage, 



bombs into a fortrefs, are faid to be the invention of M. 

 Reyneau, or Renard, and to have been firfl ufed at the 

 bombaidment of Algiers, in 1681. Till then, it had been 

 judged imprafticable to bombard a place from the fea. 



The bomb-ketches on the old eftabliflimcnt carry one 13- 

 inch, and one lo-inch mortar ; with eight 6-pounders, befides 



from the German bombarden, the plural of bomber, laltjla. 

 But we doubt whether the Germans knew any fuch word. 

 It is no tmufual thing with Menage, and many other 

 etymologifts, to give derivations from words of their own 

 making. 



There were fome of thcfe pieces faid to have carried balls 



fwivels, for their own immediate defence. The modern bomb- of joo pounds weight; Froifiart mentions one of fifty feel 



veffcls carry two 10-inch mortars, four 68-pounders, and long. To load them, they made ufe of cranes, &c. The 



fix iS-poanders carronades ; and the mortars may be fired bombard is fuppofed to have been in ufe before the invention 



at as low an angle as 20 degrees ; though thefe mortars are of cannon. 



not intended to be ufed at fea, but on very particular oc- Bombards can hardly be fuppofed to have been of metal, 



cafions, their principal ufe, at thefe low angles, being to nor charged with gun-powder. They were rather a fort ol 



cover the landing of troops, and to proteft our coails and balilla; for throwing ilones, and were plaved with ropes, 



harbours. A bomb ketch is generally from 60 to 70 ftct BOMBARDIER, an engineer, orperfon, whofe bufinefs 



long from Item to ftern, and draws eight or nine feet water, is to take care of the firing and throwing bombs out of 



The tender is generally a brig, on board of which the mortars. — He firft drives the fnfee, then fixes the (hell, 



party of artiUcr)- remain, till their ftrvices are required on points, loads, and fires. 



board the bomb-veffel. The fol!ov>-ing inilruilions ferve Bombardier, in Entomology. See Car.\bus. 



for their management and fccurity in adion. BOMBARDING, the art or acl of attacking a city or 



I. A Dutch p>imp, filled with water, muft be placed in fortrefs, by throwing bombs into it, in order to ruin or fet 



each round-top, one upon the fore-caftle, one on the main- on fire the houfes and magazines, and do other mifchicfs. 



deck, and one on the quarter-deck ; and furniihed with 

 leather buckets, for a frclli fupjjly of water. 



2. The boomj muil be wetted by the pumps before the 



tarpaulins and mortar-hatches are taken off ; and a vi'ooden 



fereen, 5 feet fqnare, is to be hung under the booms, over writers for the Hippopotamus. 



each mortar, to receive the lire from the vents. Tj/^ivrn \ otxttt ■ n 1 ■ j r ni n r- 



„. I 1 ■ r 1 , 1 /• 1 BOMBAhlNll, in CcCTm.Ti:^, a kind of filk Uuh manu- 



3. i he embrazures bemix nxtd and properly iecured, r ^-i j nfi 1 .1 c • . t- j .u 

 ,•' ,111 J 1 i^uii_i taCtnred at Muan, and thence lent into 1' ranee and other 



the port mult be let down low enough to be covered by the , ■ --ni i,- 1 ir r 1 1 1 1 1- r 



- v _ , . „ . & ; countries. i he rrencn alio ule the word bombalme lor 



Bombarding is not reckoned the moll honourable method 

 of making war, as it rather tends to do mifchief to the inha- 

 bitants than to the works. 



BOMBARIN, in Zoology, the name ufed by fome old 



fole of the embrazure. Previous to its being let down, a 

 foar mull be lalhed acrofs it, to which the tackles for raif- 

 ing it again mull be fixed : this fpar ferves to project the 

 tackles clear of the explofion. 



4. The mortar'i mull not be fired through tlie embrazure 

 at a lower angle than 20 degrees, nor with a greater charge 

 than jibs, of powder. 



5. Previous to firing, the doors of the bulk-head, under 

 the quarter-deck, mu!l be lliut, to prevent the cabin being 

 injured by the explofion. 



6. The bed mu!l be wedged in the circular curb, as foon 

 as the mortar is pointed, to prevent rc-action ; the firll 

 wedge being driven tight before the rear ones are fixed, in 



ilufl made of cotton, more properly called dimity. 



BOMBAST, in Rhetoric, denotes z. Jlyle too high and 

 pompous for the fubjedl; and occafion ; or a certain manner 

 oi elocudon and adlion, which is grand when fupported by 

 dignity in the fentiment, and force in the expreflion, but 

 never tails to appear ridiculous v.here the fentiment is mean, 

 and the exprcllion flat. See Style. 



BOMBAX, in Botany, (a name given to the common 

 cotton tree by Scrapion an A-Vvabian phyfician in the begin- 

 ning of the ninth century ; Pliny had before called cotton 

 Bombyx. Gr. ^'./.y.pa.\. Suid.) filk cotton. Lm. Gen. 

 835. Reich. 901. Schreb. 1127. Juffieu. 275. Willdcn. 



orde'r to gi\-e the full bearing on the table, as well as the 1284. I, a Marck. Fromagcr. Clafs, monadelphia polyan 



rear of the bed.— The holes for dog-bolts mull be corked dria. Nat. Ord. Coliimnrfene — liLihacea. Jufs. 



up, to prevent the fparks fi-Uing into them. Gen. Char. Cnl. permanent, either of one leaf, tubular- 



7. When any fiicUs are to be ul'cd on board the boir.b, campanulate, three, four, or five cleft ; or of five unequal 



they mull be fixed on board the tender, and brought from leaves. Cor. either five petals, or one petal five-cleft. 



thence, in boxes in her long-boat ; and kept aiong-fide the 

 bomb-lliip till wanted, carefully covered up. 



8. In the old conllructed bomb-velfcls it is neceflar\- to 

 hoill out the booms ; and raft them along-fidc previous to 



Stam. filaments five or more, connate at t!ie bafe, fome- 

 times flightly, fometimes tnbnlar. /";/?. germ fnpcrior, 

 turbinate-obloiig. Stigma capitate, with five teeth more or 

 lefs developed. Prricarp. large ovate-oblong, membranous 



firin" ; but in thefe new ones, with embrazures, only the and almoll woody, five -celled, five-valved. Seeds Tinmerom, 

 boats need he hoilled out ; after which the murtars may be round, woolly. Rtccpl. colnmuar five corneitd, fonniag the 

 prepared for aciiuu in 10 miniitts. See litTen. pariitions. 



5 A ? Elf. 



