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BAPTIS'!, s. Sec BArTO, p. 6.
Baro-meter, s. Sec lI1ETItEO, p. 19. New Barometer.
Mr. narth of Strns!mrgh has published his discovery
of a Barometer which will announce every change .of
the weather 30 hours before it happens. This instrument,
which, in the time of Galileo, would perhaps
hnve conducted the inventorinto the prisons of the inlJuisition,
will, it is asserted, give notice of thulltlerstorms
12 hours before they OCcur.
Base, s. from f3o.(nr~ basis, that on which any thing stands,
the lJottOln of any thing; hence used in a figurative
sense, as synonymous with low, mean.
Basis has the same origin as BASE.
naro-scope, $. Sec SKOPEO, p. 27.
Bible, s. from {3'€l\os, bib[('s, or (3,€,\IOV, bibli~n, a book.
The llatnC given to the sacred volume in which UfC
contained the revelations of God. In" similar
manner the Mahometans gh'e the title of Alcora" to
lite book which contains the precepts of their religion.
Alcoran is formed of the Arabic words ai, the, and
kordn, book. It is well to remark that it is as erroneous
to say "The Aleor:m," as it would be to say
"The Thebible." Sec" The Koran, commonly
calle,1 the Alcoran, of l\Iohammed," translated into
English by G. SALE, London, 1734,
Riblio-grapher, s. Sec GItAPnO, p. 10.
!3iblio.mania, s. Sec MANIA, p. 18.
Biblio-theca, s. 1!t7)~7), I"iik;:, a repository. A library.
Bi-gamist, s. Sec GA'IOS, p. 8.
Rio-graphy, s. Sec GnAFno, p. 10. Sec also BIOS, p. G.
Dotan)', s. from (3oTaV7), bolan;:, an herb. That part of
natural history which trents of plants, herbs, and
nowers.
Drachy-graph)', s. Sec GItAFnO, p. 10.