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the chaiafters of which are, head large, witli deprefled 

 fnout ; mouth large, with frr.all teeth ; body elongated, 

 comprefled, the fecond dorfal fin farrounded with feveral 

 long naked rays. 



This fifti is a genus of Cepede, and referred by Pallas to 

 the genus of callionymus among the jugular fifhes. It is a 

 native of the lake Baikal ; and from its conformation feems 

 to be capable of fwimming fwiftly, and of fpringing out of 

 the water like the flying-filh. See Callion'ymus Bailalcn- 

 Ju of Gmehn's Linnxan fyftcm. 



COMMIPHORA, in Botany, from y.ajj.fj.i, gum, and ij£,-i', 

 to bear, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. 2. 66. t. 249, a dioecious 

 octandrous fhrub, of which the male only is known, found 

 in Madagafcar, and faid to produce that kind of elallic 

 gum, of which Fourcroy has given an analyfis. More in- 

 formation on this fubjeft is very defirable. 



COMMON Prayer, 1. 15, add— 2 & 3 Edw. VI. 



COMPAGNIE EcossoisE. See Gendarmes, &c. 



COMPASS, col. 6, 1. 37 and 38, r. See Magnetical 

 Declination, and Magnetical Variation. 



COMPENSATION, col. 18, 1. 30 from the bottom, 

 for but broader /•. and narrower. 



COMPOSTELLA, I, 2, after capital, infcrt— (fee 

 Corunna). 



COMPOUNDS, in Cbcmiflry, ai'C divided into primary 

 and fecondary. 



Primary compounds, according to Dr. Thomfon, are 

 thofe formed by the union of combuftibles with the four 

 fupporters of combuftion, oxygen, chlorine, iodine, and 

 fluorine, and with cyanogen. Dr. Thomfon alfo includes 

 under this divifion certain compounds cf combuftibles with 

 .one another, and with oxygen. 



Secondary compounds are tliofe formed by the union of 

 two or more primaiy compounds. Thefe include the four 

 clafles of fubftances, termed hydrates, falls, hydrofulphu- 

 rets, and foaps. 



COMREE, in Geography, a townftiip of Berks county, 

 in Pennfylvania, containing 20 1 7 inhabitants. 



CONCORD, 1. 10, infert — and had, in 1810, 2396. 

 At the clofe, add — Alfo, a town of Grafton county, in 

 New Hampfhire, containing 1126 inhabitants. At the 

 clofe of the nest ai-ticle, add — containing 677 inhabitants ; 

 L 4 from the bottom, after upwards, add — By the cenfus of 

 1810, the number of inhabitants was 1633. 



Concord, in Delaware county, add — containing 1061 

 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfliip of Miami county, in Ohio, 

 Jiaving 679 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town of Rofs county, in 

 Ohio, containing 1277 inhabitants. 



CONCORDIA. Add— Alfo, a county and pariih of 

 the territory of Orleans, containing 2895 inhabitants, of 

 whom 1581 are flaves. 



CONEMAUGH, a townfhip of Indiana county, in 

 Pennfylvania, containing 1167 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town- 

 fhip of Somerfet county, in the fame ftate, having 381 

 inhabitants. 



CONESTOGA. Add — containing 1506 inhabitants. 



CONEWAGO, a townfhip of Adams county, in Penn- 

 fylvania, having J31 inhabitants. 



CONEWANGO, a townfhip of Warren county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 448 inhabitants. 



CO'NGLETON, 2 laft lines, r. at 944, the inhabitants 

 at 4616, of whom 2023 are maks, and 2593 females. 



CONGOON, a port of Lariflan, in Perfia, containing 

 •6000 or 7000 inhabitants, and having an excellent road- 

 flead, where a frigate may ride fafely in the mofl tempeftuous 

 weather, and good water and fire-wooJ be procured. 



1.2 

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COO 



CONIC SECTIONS, Lemmas. Def. I. ,, r AE- 



andDandm B; I.j, DBand^E. ^ 



CONNECTICUT. At the clofe, add-See United 



otate.s. 



CONNELSVILLE, 1. 2, for Wafhington r. Favette • 

 1- 4, r. 93 mhabitants. ' 



CONNIOTT, a townfhip of Pennfylvania, in the county 

 ot Crawford, having 285 inhabitants. 



CONON, 1. I, fSr fon r. father ; 1. ;, after Athens, r. 

 who died in the year B.C. 393. 



CONOPLEA, in Botany, Perf. Syn. Fung. 234, an 

 obicure genus of Fungi, confifting of compaft, rigid, per- 

 manent fibres, generally black or brownish, interfperfed 

 with powder. Four fpecies are defcribed, found on rotten 

 wood, branches, or leaves. 



CONOSTYLIS, from the conical form of the ftylc 



Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 300. Purfh 224.— Clafs and 

 order, Hcxandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Htmodoracet, 

 brown. 



Efl". Ch. Corolla fuperior, in fix deep equal fegmcnts, 

 woolly with branched hairs, permanent. Anthers ered. 

 Style conical, fcparable into three parts. Stigma fimple. 

 Capfule of three cells, burfting at the top, with a triangular 

 central receptacle, and many feeds. 



Roots perennial, fibrous. Stem fcarcely any. Leaves 

 fword-fhaped, equitant, rough or briftly at the edges. StM 

 many. flowered, capitate or corymbofc, often woolly. 



Four fpecies are natives of the fouth coafl of New Hol- 

 land ; and oie, C. americana, of the pine-barrens of New 

 Jerfey and Carolina, bearing flowers of a golden yellow, m 

 July. TYiegenuen is almofl entirely fuperior in this fpecies. 

 Pvrjh. 



CONSTRUCTION of Boats. The plate referred to 

 under this article has been fuperfeded by Plate XIV. cf 

 Naval ArchiteHure ; and for the defcription of the latter, 

 as far as it relates to Boats, the reader is referred to the 

 article WHOL-E.-AIouldmg. 



CONVOCATION, col. 3, 1. 36, after reprefentatives, 

 add — The fummons to the convocation muft not be con- 

 founded with that which we now mention, though the confti- 

 tuent parts are the fame ; and by modem ufage the affembly 

 of both is fuppofed to have been on the fame day. But 

 the one may be eafily diflinguifhed from the other bv this 

 difference ; "Uii. that the convocation is provincial, and iv.rr'.- 

 moned by the metropolitans of Canterbury and York ; 

 whence the claufe, commonly denominated prsmununter, 



ffrom its firft word,) in the writ to each bifhop proceeds 

 rom the crown, and enjoins the attendance of the clergy at 

 the national council of parliament. 



CONWAY, col. 3, at the clofe — Population in 181 1 

 was 1053 ; the number of houfes 218. 



Conway, in America, 1. 8, r. 1080. Col. 4, 1. i, r. 1784; 



COOLING Poiuers of the Gafes. It is difScult to 

 afcertain the precife condufting powers of gafeous fubftances, 

 as the coohng of hot bodies in gafes is influenced tiy a 

 variety of circumilances befides their conducting properties. 

 Count Rumford found, that a thermometer cooled nearly 

 four times as fafl in water as in air of the fsme tempera- 

 ture. The fame philofopher alfo found, that rv-faAion 

 much dimiiiifhes the conducting power of air, and that hot 

 bodies cool floweft of all in a Ton-iceilian vacuum. This fub- 

 jeft, however, has been inveftigated more lately with greater 

 precifion by Leflie and Dalton. Mr. Leflie afcertained, 

 that the conducing power of all g:ifcs is diminiflied by rare- 

 faaion. He has endeavoured to fcducc from his ex^'i-ri- 



mcnts, 



