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67th vol. of the Phil. Tranf. he fuggefted fame improve¬ 
ments in the compofition of the metals for that inftru- 
ment, accompanied with a defcription of a procefs for 
grinding, polilhing, and giving the true parabolic figure 
to, the great l'peculum ; and for this paper the Royal 
Society adjudged him the prize of the gold medal. In 
difcovering the means of this operation, Dr. M. received, 
what every well-grounded man mull receive in the in- 
veftigations of nature or the product of art, the affiltance 
of mathematical learning. For he had, at intervals, 
acquired a very confiderable knowledge of the mathe¬ 
matics in all its branches ; and had written a treatife on 
forces, in great part corrected for publication. It rnay 
be further remarked that, for coughs and colds, he was 
the inventor of the inftrument called the inhaler, for in¬ 
troducing warm vapour into the lungs. This rel'pedlable 
man died March 26, 1791, at feventy-two years of age; 
leaving behind him a moll excellent charafter, both as a 
man and a fcholar; as alfo a numerous family of fons 
and daughters, all of lingular talents and conduct, re- 
fipeftable not only in private, but in public, life 5 one 
having diltinguifhed himfelf as a naval commander; and 
another, Col. Sludge, of the royal artillery, as an able direc¬ 
tor of the prefent national trigonometrical furvey of Great 
Britain ; for which honourable office he was feledled, at a 
very early age, by the difcerning judgment of his grace 
the duke of Richmond, when he fo ably filled the office 
of mailer-general of the ordnance. Phil. Tranf. air. 
MUDGE (Thomas), a very eminent and ingenious 
watch-maker, was born in the fame year with fubjedl of 
the preceding article, and we believe of the fame family. 
He ferved his apprenticelhip to the celebrated Graham; 
and afterwards commenced bufinefs in Fleet-ftreet, in 
partnerfhip with Mr. Matthew Dutton, whofe fons Hill 
continue the bufinefs. Mh Mudge become a candidate 
for the rewards offered by the board of longitude for 
accurate time-meafurers about the fame time with Mr. 
Harrifon, or foon after. He received, as we under- 
Hand, about 3000I. at different times, from the par¬ 
liament, befides being appointed watch-maker to the 
king, with a falary of 130I. a-year. A full account 
of his time-keeper, with fome farther particulars re¬ 
lating to Mr. Mudge, are given under our article Ho¬ 
rology, vol. x. p. 352-5. 
Mr. Mudge was a man of modelt and retired habits ; 
and, as he refided chiefly in the country for the lalt two- 
and-twenty years of his life, purfuing his experiments 
and his mechanical lludies, fuch a life would fuijnilh but 
fender materials for 1 the pen of his biographer. Yet we 
lament that fuch an eltimable charadler ftiould be fuffered 
to fink as it were into oblivion; and we wilh that fome 
perfon connected with the family would pay a jult tribute 
to his memory by publilhing a more perfect Iketch of his 
life than we have been able to procure. The circum- 
ftances relative to him, that we conceive would excite mod 
intereft in the public mind, are—his great mechanical 
talents; his unffiaken integrity, accompanied by a f'uavity 
and fimplicity of manner that has hardly ever been ex¬ 
ceeded ; and the diltinguifhed friendffiips which thefe 
rare endowments procured for him; among which are to 
be reckoned their prefent majefties, and the late count 
Bruld, the ialt of whom treated him with the affection of 
a brother, and was ever alive to every thing that might 
either promote his fortune or his fame. Mr. Mudge died 
at his Ion’s houfe at Walworth, Nov. 14, 1794, at the 
age of feventy-four. 
MUDGURR'Y, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar: ten 
miles north-well of Burwah. 
MUDJE'A, a town of Bengal: twenty-five miles ealt 
of Rogonatpour. Lat. 23. 32. N. Ion. 87. 16. E. 
MUDNAGUR', a town of Hindoollan, in Oude : fix- 
teen miles eall of Bahraitch. 
MUDNIS^KA, a town ot Ruflia, in the government of 
Irkutfc, on the Lena: ninety-two miles north-eaft of 
ICirenfk, 
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MU'DO (Hernandez el), whofe real name was Jinny 
Hernandez Navarete, was a native of Logronno, whofe 
ingenuity in the art of painting acquired for him the 
honourable title of the Spanilh Titian. Velafco fays, 
that he was born deaf and dumb, and, therefore, had 
the appellation of El Mudo, by which he was moll gene¬ 
rally known. He made himfelf mailer in the principles 
of his art by going to Italy, and ftudying there fome 
time the works of the great men who then adorned it, 
particularly of Titian and the Venetian fchool. After 
his return to Madrid, he was in 1568 nominated painter 
to the king, and was employed by him to paint eight 
large pictures for the Efcurial, of which the moll llriking 
was the Decollation of St. James. He painted alfo for 
the cities of Valencia, Salamanca, and Eftrella; but his 
lalt and bell work, was of Abraham receiving the three 
Angels, and which was alfo depolited at the above-men¬ 
tioned palace. He died at the age of little more than 
forty, according to P. Velafco, in the year 1572. 
MUDT, a river of Germany, which runs into the 
Maine near Miltenberg. 
To MUE, v. a. [ muer , Fr.] See To Mew. To moult; 
to change feathers; to change : 
Their nakednefs with fackcloth let them hide, 
And mue the veftments in their filken pride. Quarles. 
To low as a cow; ufually pronounced moo, though mue 
fliould feem to be the orthography : [muir, old Fr. muhen. 
Germ, mugio, Lat.] 
MU'EHR, or Mer, a river which rifes in a lake of Salz¬ 
burg, palfes by Muehrau, Gratz, See. in Stiria, and joins 
the Drave fix miles fouth of Canifcha in Hungary. 
MU'EL, a town of Spain, in the kingdom of Arragon ; 
twelve miles fouth-fouth-weft of Saragolfa. 
MUEL SCHA'VI, in botany. See Cacalta. 
MUENELU'NA, a town of Mexico, in the province of 
Guaxaca : lixty miles fouth of Nexapa. 
MUERAGAU'T, a town of Hindoollan, in Oude: 
fifty-four miles well-north-well of Lucknow. 
MUER' rZENSCHLAG, a town of the duchy of Stiria: 
twenty-three miles eall of Pruck, and twelve well-north- 
well of Fridberg. 
MUEZ'ZIMS, f. Officers of the mofques among the 
Mulfulmans, whole bufinefs it is'toafcend five times a-day 
to the minaret, there to proclaim aloud the profeffion of 
faith of Mahomet, invite the Mulfulmans to prayer, and 
ling, on fellivals, different hymns. In the little mofques, 
the muezzims fweep and arrange the carpets, light the 
lamps, &c. But this funftion in the great mofques is re- 
ferved for other young ones, called cayims. 
MUFF, /I [Swedilh.] A loft cover for the hands in 
winter.— A child that Hands in the dark upon his mo¬ 
ther’s muff, fays he Hands upon fomething, he knows 
not what. Locke. 
Feel but the difference, foft and rough ; 
This a gantlet, that a muff. " Cleaveland. 
MUF'FIN, f. A kind of light cake. 
To MUF'FLE, v. a. [from mouffe, Fr. a winter glove. 
Dr. Jo/uijbn. —Rather from the old French mujic, the 
muzzle, or lower part of the head of fome animals. La- 
combe.—“ Mufle, fnout or muzzle.” Cotgrave. —The ori¬ 
ginal meaning is to conceal part of the face; not to cover 
from the weather, as Dr. Johnfon has given it. Todd.} 
To conceal part or the whole of the face.—We’ve caught 
the woodcock, and will keep him muffled. ShakeJ'peare's 
All's Well —You mult be muffled up like ladies. Dnjdm, 
—The face lies muffled up within the garment. Addijbn, 
Bright Lucifer his form obfeur’d with tears; 
And, fmee he vras forbid to leave the Ikies, 
He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. 
To wrap; to cover: 
Balbutius muffled in his fable cloke, 
Like an old druid from his hollow oak. 
Dri/den. 
Young. 
To 
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