MEL 



requiring a very fmall apparatus, and from its being at the 

 fame time equal, or nearly fo, in cffea to a large current 

 of fluid produced from a very poivcrful machine. 



MEDOMAN, in Geography, a town of America, in 

 Maine, and county of Lincoln, having 121 inhabitants. 



MEDULLIN, in Chemijlry, a name given by Dr. John 

 to the pith of the funflowcr, the fyrynga vulgaris, &c. and 

 which, according to him, is diftinguifhcd by the follow- 

 ing properties. It is inibluble in water, alcohol, ether, 

 and oils. It has neither tafte nor fmell. It is foluble 

 in nitric acid ; but inftead of forming fuberic acid, furnillies 

 a quantity of oxalic acid. Its ilruaure is peculiar, and 

 when burnt it leaves a charcoal having a metallic bronze- 

 like appearance. 



MEDWAY, in America, 1. 4, r. 1213. 



MEERSCHAUIM. See Meerschaum, and Mixe- 

 RALOGV, Addenda. 



MEGALONIX, in Natural Hijhry, an extincl 

 fpecies of quadruped, about the fize of an ox, whofe 

 remains were firft difcovered in Virginia. It was luppofed 

 by Mr. Jefferfon to be allied to the lion, and hence received 

 its name. According to Cuvier, however, the megalonix 

 and megatherium are nearly allied, and may be conildered 

 as belonging to the fam.e genus, which may be placed 

 between the floth and the ant-eaters, but nearer to the 

 former than the latter. The remains of thefe animals have 

 hitherto been found only in America, where (loths and 

 ant-eaters at prefent exill. See Megatherium, Addenda, 



MEGATHERIUM. (See Megatherium.) The 

 animal defcribed in the former part of that article, whofe 

 remains were found in Siberia, and noticed by Mr. Adams, 

 was not the megatherium of Cuvier, but the foffil or 

 extinft elephant. (See Mammoth, Addenda.) The 

 megatherium was of the fize of the rhinoceros ; its foflil 

 remains have hitherto been found only in South America. 

 The firft and moft complete fkeleton was fent from Buenos 

 AjTCS in the year 1789. It was found in digging in aUu- 

 vial foil, on the banks of the river Luxten, a league S.E. 

 of the village of that name, and three leagues W.S.W of 

 Buenos iVyres. A fecond fkeleton was fent from L.ima to 

 Madrid in the year 1795 ; and a third was found in Para- 

 guay. This animal differs from the megalonix chiefly in 

 magnitude, being much larger. See Cuvier's defcription 

 in the latter part of the article Megatherium. 



MEGIDDO, or MeGEDO, in Scripture Geography, a 

 city of Manafleh (Jofh. xvii. 11. Judg. i. 27.), famous for 

 the defeat of king Jofiah. ( i Kings, xxiii. 29, 30.) He- 

 rodotus, fpeaking of this viftory, fays, Necho obtained it 

 at Magdolor, lib. ii. cap. 159. 



MEIGS, in Geography, a townfhip of Adams' county, in 

 Ohio, having 835 inhabitants. 



MEKRAN. See Mecran. 



MELDRUM. In 181 1, the parifli of Old Meldrum 

 contained 41 1 houfes, and 1635 perfons ; viz. 736 males, 

 and 919 females : 345 families being employed m agricul- 

 ture, and 86 in trade, manufaftures, and handicraft. 



MELFORD, Long, I.5 and 6, r. 181 1— 415— 2068— 

 951— 1117. 



MELLIT, in Farriery, a dry fcab growing upon the 

 heels of the forefoot of a horfe, which is cured by a mix- 

 ture of half a pound of common honey, and a quarter of a 

 pound of black foap, with four or five fpoonsful of vine- 

 gar, half an ounce of finely powdered alum, and two 

 Ipoonsful of fine flour, applied to the affefted part, after 

 removing the hair, like a plalter, and fuffered to remain 

 five days. If the cure be not completed, the leg, foot, and 

 fore, fhould be wRfl\ed, and the fame appHoation repeated. 



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MELMOTH, col. 2, 1. 20 and 21, r. thus— The autiior 

 of « The Purfuits of Literature' fays, " Mr. Melmoth is a 

 happy, &c. 



MELROSE, 1. 12. In 1811, this parifh contained 

 538 houfes, andgi32 perfons; "u/'z. 1531 males, and i6ci 

 females: 239 families employed in agriculture, and 251 in 

 trade, &c. 



MELTON-MO WB RAY, 1. 24 and 25, r. 181 1— 451 

 — 2115. 



MENALLEN, a townfliip of Fayette county, in Penr. 

 fylvania, having 1 228 inhabitants. 



MENANGEEBOW, for Mexasgeabow. 



MENDHAM. Add — containing 1277 inhabitants. 



MERA, 1. 14 from bottom, after Linga, add a comma. 



MERCER, after acres, add — 16 townihips, 8277 inha- 

 bitants ; 1. 6, 1 1,587 inhabitants, of whom 3000 were flaves 

 in 1 8 10. — Alfo, a townfhip of Mercer county, having 

 262 inhabitants, — Alfo, a townfhip of Butler county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 588 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip of 

 Maine, in Somerfet county, having 562 inhabitants. 



MERCURY, p. 12, col. 2, 1.12 from bottom, for 

 Todd r. Thomfon. 



Mercury. This metal boils, according to Crichton, 

 at 656° ; according to Heinrich at 658^". Thefe differ- 

 ences refpefting the boiling point of this metal, as well as 

 thofe mentioned in the original article, probably arife in 

 part from the mode in which the thermometers employed 

 were graduated. See further on this fubjeft under He.\t. 



There are but two oxyds of mercury known, and not 

 three, as ftated in the Cyclopsdia, the black or protoxyd, 

 and the red or peroxyd ; the firft of which, according to Dr. 

 Thomfon's recent determinations, is a compound of 100 mer- 

 cury -f- 4 oxygen ; and the fecond, 100 mercury -f 8 oxygen. 

 Hence the weight of an atom of this metal will be 250, 

 and from this the compofition of its falts may be deduced. 

 (See Atomic Wfory.) What has been i aid in our origi- 

 nal article refpefting calomel and corrqfive fuhlimate, formerly 

 termed Juimuriate and oxymuriate of mercury, is now to be 

 underftood, according to the prefent views of their com- 

 pofition, as applicable to the protochloride and perchloride 

 of mercury. See further on this part of the fubjeft under 

 Chlorine. 



MERDIN, 1. 7. Its inhabitants amount to nearly 1 1,000 

 fouls ; 1. 9, add — tlieir number is fuppofed to be 1500, having 

 feveral churches, and a patriarch, and befides here are 2CO 

 Jews, and alfo Turks, Arabs, and Kurds. At the end, 

 add — it is 46 furfungs from Diarbckr. It is the frontier 

 of the pachalic of Bagdad, towards Conftantinople, and under 

 the government of a MulFaleem, appointed by the pacha. 



MEREDITH, 1. 4, r. containing 1940 inhabitants. 



MERIDEN, a town of New Haven county, in Connec- 

 ticut, having 1249 inhabitants. 



MERION, 1.3, r. 1156— 1835. 



MERIONETHSHIRE, col. 5, 1. 37 and 38, r. 181 1 



60i2 2 — 30,924 — 14,308 — 16,616 3619 — 1270. 



MERRIMACK, 1. 3, r. 1048. 



MERTHYR-TYDVIL, col. 2, 1. 30, add— in its five 

 hamlets, by the parliamentary returns of 181 1, is ftated to 

 amount to 1 1,104 perfons, occupying 2264 houfes. 



MERTON, 1. 4, r. i8ii ; 1. 5, r. 135—905. 



MERU-Shah-Jehan. See Maru. 



MESCHID, Maschid, or Mejhed, 1. 1, infert— the 

 capital of the Perfian divifion of the province of Khoraffan, 

 fituated about two furfungs from the ruins of the ancient 

 city of Tous, and celebrated for a very fuperb fepiJchre, 

 containing the relics of Imam Reza, and thofe of the cahph 

 Haroun ul Rufchid. This city, though a great part of 



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