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the page of Scottifli or Englilh hiftory. Bloody-bay, 
according to tradition, is fo called from a fea-fight be¬ 
tween a M'Donald of the Ifles, and his fon. The father 
was fupported in this contefl by the brave Heftor Obhar 
M‘Lean, who afterwards died fo glorioufly in the field of 
Flodden, covering his monarch, James IV. from the 
arrows of the Engliih archers. In 1588, the Florida, 
one of Philip’s invincible Armada, was blown up in 
Tober-Moray bay, after the difperfion of the fleet, as 
fome affert, by the defperate refolution of a Scotchman ; 
and in the fame bay did the unfortunate earl of Argyle 
effeft his firll landing, attended by a few friends, when 
he invaded Scotland, with the view of fupporting the 
caufe of the duke of Monmouth. Pennant's Tour in Scot¬ 
land, vol. ii. 
MULL of CANTY'RE. See Cantyre, vol. iii. 
MULL of GAL'LOWAY. See Galloway. 
MULL OF KIN'HO, the fouth extremity of the ifland 
of Ilay. Lat. 55. 40. N. Ion. 6. 9. W. 
MULL SOU'ND, a narrow fea between the ifland of 
Mull and the continent of Scotland. 
MUL'LA, a town of Sweden, in the,government of 
Abo : fifty-fix miles fouth-eaft of Biorneborg. 
MUL'LA, a town of Hindooftan, injbahore s twenty- 
four miles north-weft of Rotas. 
MULLAGHCA'RN, a mountain of Ireland, in the 
county of Tyrone : twelve miles fouth-fouth-eaft of 
. Strabane. 
MULLAHA', mountains of Ireland, in the county 
of Leitrim : four miles eaft of Manor Hamilton. 
MULLAO'W, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat: ten 
miles north of Champaneer. 
MULLARGUR', a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 
of Chauderee : fifteen miles north-weft of Kimlafla. 
MULLAVIL'LY, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore. 
It was taken by the Britilh, under the marquis of Corn¬ 
wallis. 
MULLAWA'R, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 
of Bilfah : thirty-five miles north-w'eft of Bilfah. 
MULLEIN, /. in botany. See Verbascum. 
MUL'LENS BA'Y, a bay on the coaft of Yucatan. 
Lat. 18. 15. N. Ion. 89. 17. W. 
MULLENS I'SLAND, a fmall ifland in the gulf of 
Mexico, near the coaft of Eaft Florida. Lat. 28. 1. N. 
Ion. 82. 55. W. 
MUL'LER, f. [mouleur, Fr. from mola, Ice!. to crum¬ 
ble, to break into fmall pieces.] A ftone held in the hand, 
with which any powder is ground upon a horizontal 
ftone.—The bell; grinder is the porphyry, white or green 
marble, with a rnidler or upper ftone of the fame, cut very 
even without flaws or holes; you may make a muller alio 
of a flat pebble, by grinding it fmooth at a grindftone. 
Peacham. —The apothecaries ufe mullers to prepare many 
of their teftaceous powders; and painters for their colours, 
either dry or in oil. Muller is alfo an inftrument ufed 
by the glals-grinders ; being a piece of wood, to one end 
whereof is cemented the glafs to be ground, whether 
convex in a bafon, or concave in a fphere or bowl.—The 
muller is ordinarily about fix inches long, turned round : 
the cement they ufe is compofed of allies and pitch. 
Chambers. 
MUL'LER (John), the greateft aftronomer and mathe¬ 
matician in the fifteenth century, is commonly known 
by the name of Regiomontanus, from Mons-Regius, or 
Koninglhoven, a town in Franconia, where he was born 
in 1436. Having acquired a good claflical education in 
bis own country, he was admitted very young into tlje 
academy of Leipfic, where he formed a ftrong attachment 
to the mathematics, and the other branches of know¬ 
ledge connedted with them. At this early period he felt 
that the afliftance he obtained at Leipfic was not equal 
to his expectations; and he removed at the age of fifteen 
. to Vienna, to ftudy under the famous Purbach. A ftrong 
attachment was formed between thefe two; and Muller 
made fuch a rapid progrefs in the Iciences, that he was 
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foon.able to aflift his mafter, and become the companion 
of his labours. They fpent ten years together in eluci¬ 
dating obfcurities', obferving the motions of the heavenly 
bodies, and comparing and correcting the tables of them. 
While they were thus employed, cardinal Beflarion, a 
Greek by nation, and a man of extenfive erudition, came 
to Vienna to negociate fome affairs for the pope; and, as 
he was a lover of altronomy, he foon formed an acquaint¬ 
ance with Purbach and Regiomontanus. He had begun 
to tranllate into the Latin language the Almageft of 
Ptolemy, or an epitome of it by Averro-es; but, being 
prevented by his various engagements from completing 
his verlion, lie requefted Purbach to undertake that talk, 
and to go with him into Italy, where, by learning Greek, 
with which he was yet unacquainted, he might be able 
to underhand Ptolemy in his" own language. To thefe 
propofals Purbach affented; but not before he had ftipu- 
lated that Regiomontanus Ihould accompany him, and be 
a partaker in his labours. Before the cardinal left Vienna, 
however, thefe friends had made a confiderable progrefs 
in that work, by means of an Arabic verfion of Ptolemy; 
but their joint concern in the undertaking was terminated 
by the death of Purbach, which took placC in the year 
1461. This event filled Regiomontanus with the deepeft 
affliction ; and there is Itill extant a letter of his, in which 
he bitterly laments the lofs of his mafter, and extols him 
above ail the mathematicians of that age. The whole 
talk of the tranflation now devolved upon Regiomon¬ 
tanus, who finilhed the work, in compliance with the 
requell of Purbach on his death-bed. He afterwards re¬ 
viled and perfected it at Rome, whither he accompanied 
the cardinal. 
While in the metropolis of the ancient world, he ap¬ 
plied himfelf with great diligence to the ftudy of the 
Greek language, and examined the rich ftores of learning 
in the public libraries. He did not, however, negleCt his 
mathematical purfuits, and continued with great eager- 
nefs his aftronomical obfervations. Soon afterwards, car¬ 
dinal Beflarion being fent on a million from his holinefs 
into Greece, Regiomontanus went to Ferrara, where he 
continued the ftudy of the Greek language under Theo¬ 
dore Gaza, who explained to him the text of Ptolemy, 
with the Commentaries of Theon ; till at length he could 
thoroughly underftand, not only the Greek orators, hif- 
torians, and pliilofophers, but the poets likewife, and 
became fo perfeCt in it, that he could compofe Greek 
verfes, and converfe readily with the Grecian philofo- 
phers. In 1463, he went to Padua, where he became a 
member of the univerfity; and, being urged to deliver a 
courfe of ledlures there, he willingly complied, and ex¬ 
plained to his auditors, Alfraganus, an Arabian philofo- 
pher. In 1464, he went to Venice, to meet his patron 
Beflarion ; and, while he waited for him, he completed 
hi# accurate “ Treatifeof Triangles,” which he had begun 
fome time, and wrote a refutation of cardinal Cufa’s pre¬ 
tended “ Demonftration of the Quadrature of the Circle.'” 
He alfo computed a kind of calendar, containing the con¬ 
junctions and oppolitions of the heavenly bodies, and the 
eclipfes for the years 1475, 1498, and 1513, with a table 
marking the time of Eafter for thirty years. In the fame 
year he returned with Beflarion to Rome, where he con¬ 
tinued his aftronomical obfervations during the months 
of Odtober, November, and December; and he afterwards 
prolonged his ftay in that city, for the purpofe of fur- 
nilhing himfelf with the molt curious books. Many of 
thofe which he could not purchafe he was at the pains of 
tranfcribing himfelf, with great readinefs and elegance of 
penmanlhip; and others he got copied at a great expenfe. 
For, well knowing that none of thefe books were to he 
had in Germany, he intended, at his leifure, to tranllate 
and publilh fome of the belt of them in that country. 
During this time he had a warm contelt with George of 
Trebilond, whofe anger he had excited by criticifing hjs 
tranflation of Theon’s Commentaries, and pointing out 
fome egregious blunders which it contained. Having at 
length 
