Ox Y 
cern, which failed ; and Mr. Henry’s, on a fmaller fcale, was 
relinquifhed in confequence of the difhonourable conduct of 
a partner. 
The even 
“ that in pac aie of the. 
f Mr. Watt, 
of the town’s meeting, already mentioned, was, 
ats, which were ftated on the 
: in- 
) 
fe the petition; and its prayer was acc 
ingly refufed.”’  Afeee wards, when application was made for 
a patent, Mr. Henry drew up a memorial, which was pre 
aim of the peti 
fented to the reat et againit the | cla 
tioners, and which c u 
gree, to their want of ie This doc 
preferved, places beyond ail controve rfy Mr. Henry’s right 
to rank among the firft improvers of the procefs of bleach- 
ing. 
It ought alfo to bash mentioned that the firft thing ened 
‘an eftablifhment for Preparing b — 
This liquo 
ie liquor, though very good at firft, loft its power by 
f the ecompofition of the acid, on 
a panels fince explained by Mr. Chenevix, and the for- 
t not 
eee both in sors and honour, to recomm e fol- 
ae 
Wat The latter gentleman, 
aii prefent at fome exper riments of del on the Sans 
ria the of Febru 
h ; 
edge of Berea s procels were pre- 
nes from eta an exclufive and moft injurious mo- 
nopoly.’” 
The editor alfo requefts that id Lae ar ee 7. line 27. 
p- 6. may be altered and read as s: “ One of the 7 
of thefe paraane inftitutions for aha invent ed by 
Henry of Manchefter, and praétifed, under his caltyuctons, 
by the bleachers cotton hofe at Nottingham, was,’ &c, 
&c. and let the p 
m ofus, fharp, and osc, vifion, in Sur- 
Zery, a neo il of fight, fometimes obferved in 
fair perfons. 
‘ OXYPETALUM, in ate from ofvs, Soarp, and 
wélarovy a petal, Brown in Tr. of the Wernerian Soc. v. 1 41. 
als and order, Pentandria Digynia. ie Ord. Cae 
Linn. tech Juff. Afclepiadee, Brow 
Eff. Ch. Corolla with a fhort mflated abe; ; the limb in 
five He ae each with a ligulate appendage abov 
Crown of the ftamens of five roundifh, fimple, flefhy aes 
Ox Y 
Anthers tipped with a membrane, Maffes of pollen linear, 
pendulous, attached to the curvature ofthe proceffes, which 
ate fubfequently tursed upwards, Stigma with an elon- 
gate ed, ene villas point. Follicles 
. frag e only fpecies, difcovered a. id 
Joep Banke, i in 1 1768, near Rio de Janiero. ee 
tw. JSorub, with oppofite heart- ey kave Unmbels 
Eine 
cies the footfalks, Teale corymbofe. Fads {weet- 
cente 
OXYPHLEGMASIA, from sms and @acywy to burn, in 
Surgery, a very fevere inflammatio 
OXYPYCNI, neuwtie, in fic ancient Greek Mufic, was 
a name given to fuch chords as formed the  higheft founds of 
the fpiffa. laa were five oxypycni in the fcale. See 
Pea and Spiss 
OXYREGMIA, aan formed from ofus, and epeulw, 
0, in Medicine, a fournefs of the ftomach-liquor, occa- 
honing acid belches. See Rucratron. 
OXYRINCHITES, in Ancient Geo graphy, a nome of 
Egypt, in in, de to the left of a Nile, on the bor- 
ers 0 
OXYRINCHUS, atown of Eyypt, the capital of the 
preceding nome, which took its name from a fifh, called by 
the Greeks ingen oxyrynchus, which was an obje& of 
ool to the a Joe s, and which oa a temple in this 
n Masel epifcopal, was much eele- 
brated i in ce ei ages 
it contained 20,00 
fee of time, to the di- 
inhabitants, "and the decline of the place. 
muit at laft be driven beyond the canal Jufef, on the border 
of which ed will be {till menaced. Denon’s Travels in 
Egypt, vol. 
OXYRRHODON, OxyrRHopinum, compofed of ogu:, 
hiaks and fodoy, rofe, a mixture of two parts sl se - — and 
one part of vinegar, ftirred together for fom 
q thefe are fometimes added diftilled ae 
for inflammations, and to dry up tetters. 
Scultetus a it as follows: two whites of eggs 
beaten, one ounc a _ of Bia a — four ounces 
of sa leU an unc rey 
OXY YNCHUS, i in Tay, a ie of Raja, 
which fee 
OX XYS, in oe okus, foarp or acrid, fee OXAL 
OXYSACCHA M, o€ucaxxapor, compounded ‘of o€ue, 
Jour, and a pes a liquid medicine, compofed of 
fugar and vinegar. 
he name is more peculiarly given toa fyrup prepared 
with vinegar, the juice of four pomegranates and fugar ; 
ufed to cool, refrefh, and refift the malignity of peccant 
humours. 
OXYSAL DiarHoreticum, the na 
“Tei is ufed 
h 
earthen pot, and pour upon it gradually fome one wine- 
negar, 
