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MILT ON , the name of "',·eroI morket towns, as one

twelve' miles north·e:-fi

ol'

Dorchen~r.

and anothcr

twclve miles nonh

e.1l:

~faidnone.

MILVUS,

ornilhology .

S~e

F ALca.

lVlll\lE,

the ancient comc:dy, a perron who aéled :Iony

ch;¡,raétcr

mere ge(lurcs, and hen¡;e del10minatcd

pantomime. See

P.t\NTOI'llIf>lE .

MI~IES I S,

In Ih<toric, the imitating lhe voiee and gef–

tUTes

(Ir

anolher

perron

l\1l~10SA.

the

SEto:S 1TIV E PLANT.

in hot;¡,ny, a genu!

o( lhe

poly~.mia

monreci. clafs. T he calix o( lhe

hermaphrodite conlills of

nve teclh,

and

lhe

caralla. of

five fegmenlS; il

has

five or more {lamioa,

one

piflil–

lum, and

lhe fruil

is a pod ; the c"lix, carolla, and

fiaroina of the maJe are the

fame

with

thore

of lhe

(em,le. There are

fpecie. , all nalives of lhe In ·

dies.-The mimara is

c~lIed

the fenfit ive plant:

from

its

remarkable property of Ihrinking

ils

Jeavcs

and

branehes upon beil1g touehed by the haDd or any lhing

clre. This motion il performs by

mean.ofthr~e

diillDét

articul4tio"t,

tliz ,

ofa f'ingle Itar

Wilh

its

pedicle, orthe

pC'dicletoi,[! branch, and oflhe branch to the trunk or

main Clem : the primary modon of aHwhich is the c10fing

of die two h¡¡lves of lhe Jear on its rib: theo the rib

or pedicle itCelf cloC"s; and

th~

motioD whe rewith

the plant

moved be very (hong, lhe very branches

h.ve

the fenf..ion propagated to lhem, aod apply

lhemfelv..

the maiD HeO'), as lhe fimple leave. did

befare to their

ribs,

and theCe ribs to thei r branehes;

fo that Ihe wlilole plaDr, in this {late, forma ¡trelf,

from a very complexly brdDched figure, inlo a fort of

ilraighl eyliodrical ooe.

M:lny auemplS have beto ma¿e to Iccount fo r the

mo·

.ion of Ihis planl upon meehaoie.1 prioeiyles: out all

thefe attempts have hit!lerto proved unfatisf..dory.

MIMULUS, in bOlany, a genus of the didynamia an–

giofpermia ciar,.

The

calix is prirmatical

and confiíls

of four teeth

the corolla is ringe:nl, having the e:dges

of the upper lip beDl downward.; aod Ihe capf. le ha.

two ceJls, contai niDg many (eeds. There are tWO

fpecies, bOlh nauves of America.

MIMUSOPS, in bOlany, a genu. of the othnoria mo·

nogynia claf.. The c.lil' conr.fls of ei&hl leaves, and

the corolla of eight petals

and lhe d,upa

pointed.

Thc:re are two fpecies, bOlh natives of Jndia .

MINA,

iR Grecian aotiquity, a rnoney of account,

cqual

ht"'-ired drachms.

MIND ,

¡hinking inlelligenl being. otherwire called

fpirir, in oppofitiOD tO m.tter or hody.

The culture of lhehuman mindis more immediatdy

taught in the fcieocesof logic and mor"ls. See

LOG I C

and M o

RALS .

r.II

ND ANAO, lhe largefl ofth e Philippine

ifl.nd

., ex–

cept Lucooia,

filuated between

120

and

126"

call:

lonv,itudc. and between

5°

Rnd

10 0

Jat .

MI N D E LH E IM, a ci ly of G erm. ny, lhi"y. ,hree mile.

fouth cafl of Ulm.

i. 'Ihe c'pilal of Ihe princip,oIlIY

of Mindelhoim, eoóferred on the duke of

~rorl borough,

by IRe emperor

1704 '

MINDEN, a eil)' of German)', lbe capital of a duchy

of the fame n3me, fituated forty miles \Veil of Ha–

oo\·('r.

MINDOR .'\, one of lhe Philippine

ifl.nd

., lies foul h–

wd l of Luconia, fro Ol whieh it is fep;¡,ated by a nal'row

ch::.nneJ.

MIN E.

natural hinory, a place \lnder graund, where

metals, mineraJs, or even preeious Hones are dug up.

As, Iherefore, rhe malter dug

OU t

of mines is

va.·

riaus, {he mines themfc1ves acquire various denamina–

tions, as gold miDes, filver mine" copper mines, ¡ron

mines, diamond mines,

fah

mines, mines of antimony,

of alum,

ce.

MiDes, then,

general, are veins or cavit ies within

the eanh, whofe fides receding from, or approaching

near~r

to eaeh other,

ma.ke

th em of unequal breadlhs

dilfc::rent places, fometi mes forming lJTger {paces

whieh are ealled holes: lhey are 611ed with rubaances,

which, whether meullic or of any other nature, are

ealled the load.; when the fubil.nce. forming lhefe

Ioads, are: reducible tO metal, the load! are by the

miners raid

be alive, och envire Ihey are caBed dead

load.. In Cornwal and D evon, the load. alway. hold

their cou rfe from eallward to weHward ; thou,h in

other paru p( E ngl. nd, lhey frequ ently run f(om

north

roctb. The miners repon, thar the fides of

the load oever bear in a perpendiculu,

bUI

cODHantly

under-Iay either to the north or

the fouth .

Thc

load is frequently inlerCepted by the crolling of a vein

of ean h, or (1:one, or fome difFe rent meuJlic (ubllance;

in which cafe il gener.lly happens lh.. one part of lhe

load is mo\'ed a eonfiderable dittance:

l O

che one fide.

This lranfient load is

th e miners called Ilookiog;

aod Ihe

P'TI

oflhe lead which i.

be mored, is faieL

be heaved .

According to Dr Nicols's obfervations upon mines,

they (ecm te be

or to ha'f'c been, che channels thro

•

which Ihe w!'ters pafs within the earth , and, like

ri:

ver', llave lheir fmalJ branches opening into them,

alJ

direétions . Mofl mines have Clreams of Water running

thruugh Ihem : and when they are fou nd dry, it (eems

to beowing to Ihe waters ha, ing changed thei r courCe,

•• bei ng obliged to it, eilher beeaufe the load has /lop–

ped up the ancient paCfages, or {hat fome new and more

e:afy onts are made.

Mines, (iI,ys Dr Sh3\V, ;\Te fiable to maoy contio–

cencies; beiog fometimes poor, fometimes fooo ex.

hauClible, fomelimes fubjcét to be drowned. erpeci.lly

when dcep, and fometimes hard tOtrace; yet thc:re are

many ¡nnances of mir)C$ proving highly ad"antaneous

far hundrc:ds of years : the mines of POlofi are to Ihis

day worked \\Iith nearly the fame (ucce[s

at 6rl1;

the g,lJd mines of Crclllnitl. have becn worked alrnoft

there thourand ycals ;

:mu

our Cornifh tinomines are

exuemcly anci('nt, T hc neae prof11 of

Ihe

fi!ver alone,

dug

Ihe l\flfnian filve r mines in Saxony, is {till. io

the! {

pa.ce

of cight years, compuecd at a thoufand fix

hundrecl ilnd fon y.four millioDs, befides fevcntye.hrce

tons of gold. Many mines

h.ve

been difcovered by

Rccidc:nt ! a torrcnt firO IJid opeo

rich

veio

of Ihe

lilver

mine at

friburg

Gcrmilny ; fomctirne:s

violcnt