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be exposed. It is 150 miles S. ot Surat , and 40 N. \V. of ltaja-pour. Lou. 72° 54'24" E. from Greenwich. Lat. 18° 55' 42" N.
Bombay, the capital of the above island.
BOMB1A 1 ES, salts formed by the union of bombic acid withdiifi ent bases.
BOMBIC ACID. The silkworm has a small reservoir nearthe anus, from which when full-grown, or especially when it isin the chrysalis stale, a minute quantity of acid liquor is seen toooze out. Il the entire animal he bruised, it gives a liquor con-taming tiie usual rofi animal matters, with a native acid. Mr.Murray thinks that this and some other acids formed by insects,as that by the ant, which is named formic acid, are acetic acidsslight y disguised.
BOMB-K.ETCII, Bomb-vessel, a kind of ship, strongly built,to bear the shock of a mortar, when bombs are to be fired into atown
BOMBON, a province of S. America in Peru .
BOM BUS, in medicine, denotes a murmuring noise, as of windbreaking out of a narrow into a larger cavity, frequently heard inthe thick intestines.
Bombus, in music, an artificial motion with the hands, imitatingin cadence and harmony the buzzing of bees.
BOMBYLlUS, in natural history', a genus of the class in-sect*, order (iiptera: mouth furnished with a very long porrected,setaceous bivalve trunk, with horizontal valves, including seta-ceous piercers. The insects of this genus have somewhat the ap-pearance ot the smaller kinds of humble-bees; thickly coveredwith erect dowy hair; they fly with great rapidity, and maysometimes be observed to hang as if suspended, over a flower, inthe manuer of some of tiie spinges, rapidly vibrating their wingsand darting off on tiie least disturbance to a considerable distance.There are forty-eight species. 'Phis genus is separated into threedivisions, viz. A distinguished by two hairy feelers; antenna:united at tiie base: B. sucker with three incumbent bristles; nofeelers; antenna; approximate : C. antenna: distant, the last jointsubulate, anil two feelers. The chief species are
1. B. Ater, with red wings, a little blackish at the base ; andgreen feet.
2. B. Major, bomble bee, with black wings.
3. B. Medius, with a yellowish body, white behind, and thewings spotted with yellow.
4. B. Minor, with unspotted wings. It is well known to mostpeople.
BOMBYX, in ancient music, a kind of instrument, which, inAristotle ’s time, was made of a reed.
Bombyx, the silkworm moth. See Phalzena.
BO AIM EL, a town of Dutch Guelderland, 4 miles N. E. ofNimeguen .
BOMONICI, [from an altar, and »«:. victory; q. d.
conquerors at the altar,] in Grecian antiquity, young men ofLacedaunon, who contended at the sacrifices of Diana which ofthem was able to endure the most lashes; being scourged at tiiealtar of the goddess.
BONA DEA , in heathen mythology, tiie good goddess, oneof the names of Cybele. —Others say, she was a Roman lady, thewife of one Faunus , and famous for her chastity, and that afterher death she was deified. Her sacrifices were performed onlyby matrons ; and in so secret a manner, that it was no less thandeath for any man to be present at the assembly. See Cybele .
BONA, [from bonus, Lat. good,] in law, is variously ap-plied ; e. g-
1. Bona Firms. When a person performs any action, whichhe believes at the time to be just and lawful, he is said to haveacted bona fide.
2. Bona Gratia was anciently used respecting divorces, whichwere brought amicably for some just reason, with the consent ofboth parties and without any crime on the part of either; as incases of old age, disease, barrenness, monachism, captivity, orthe like.
3. Bona Mobilia, moveable effects.
4. Bona Notabilia, such goods as a person dying has in ano-ther ilmcese than that wherein he dies, amounting to the value ot£/. at least; in which case the will of the deceased must he proved,or administration granted in the court of the archbishop of the pro-vince, unless, by composition or custom, any dioceses Are autho-rized to do, when rated at a greater sum.
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5. Bona Patria, an as.ize of countrymen or good neigh-bours, where twelve or more are chosen out of tiie country to passupon an assize, being sworn judicially in the presence of theparty.
6. Bona Peritura, perishab e goods. By stat. 13. Ed. 1, cap.4, the cargo of a ship lliat lias been cast away shall be kept for ayear and a day, and restored to the rightful owner; but if thegoods be such as will not endure so long, they are bona peritura,whicli the sheriff is allowed to sell, and to account in money forthe value.
7. Bona Vacantia , goods in which no person can claim aproperty', such as royal fish, shipwrecks, treasure-trove, waifs, andestrays.
BONAIRE, an island of S. America , near the N. coast of Ter-ra Finna, 15 miles E. of Cufassow.
BONAIS, very high mountains of France , in the departmentof Mount Blauc.
BON ASUS, in zoology. See Bos.
BONAVENTURA, a sea port of S. America , in TerraFirma.
BONAVISTA, the most easterly and first discovered of theCape de Verd Islands.
BOND, inlaw, is a deed whereby the obligcr obliges himself,his heirs, executors, administrators, to pay a certain sum ofmoney to another at a day appointed. If this be all, the bond iscalled a simple one, simplex obligatio. But there is generally acondition added, that if the obliger does some particular act, theobligation shall be void, or else shall remain in full force ; as pay-ment of rent; performance of covenants in a deed; or repay-ment of a principal sum of money borrowed of the obligee, withinterest; which principal sum is usually one-half of the penalsum specified in the bond. In case this condition is not per-formed, the bond becomes forfeited, or absolute at law, andcharges the obligor while living; and after his death the obligationdescends upon his heir, who (on defect of personal assets) isbound to discharge it, provided he lias ,^eal assets by descent aaa recompence. If the condition of a bond be impossible at thetime of making it, or be to do a thing contrary to some rule oflaw, that is merely positive, or be uncertain, or insensible, thecondition alone is void, and the bond shall stand single and un-conditional : for it is the folly of the obligor to enter into such anobligation from which he can never be released. If it be to do athing that is malum in se, the obligation itself is void: for thewhole is an unlawful contract, and tiie obligee shall take no ad-vantage from such a transaction. And if the condition be possibleat the time of making it, and afterwards becomes impossible bythe act of God, the act of law, or the act of the obligee himself,there the penalty of the obligation is saved: for no prudence orforesight of the obligor could guard against such a contingency'.On the forfeiture of a bond, or its becoming single, the wholepenalty was recoverable at law : but here the courts of equity in-terposed, and would not permit a man to take more than in con-science he ought, viz. his principal, interest, and expenses, incase the forfeiture accrued by non-payment of money borrowed ;the damages sustained upon non-performance of covenants; andthe like. And the statute 4 and 5 Ann. c. !6, hath also enactedin the same spirit of equity, that in case of a bond, conditioned forthe payment of money, the payment or tender of the principalsum due, with interest and costs, even though the bond be for-feited and a suit commenced thereon, shall be a full satisfactionand discharge.
Bond , i>ost Orbit, one and the main condition of which is,that it only becomes payable after the death of some person,whose name is therein specified. The death of any person beinguncertain as to time, the risk attached to such bonds frees themfrom the shackles of the common law of usury. It has been de-termined, that bonds bought for half their value did not amountto usury, on account of the risk with which they were at-tended.
Bond, in carpentry, a term among workmen; as, to makegood bond, means that they should fasten the two or more piecestogether either by tenanting, mortising, or dovetailing, Ac.
Bond, in masonry, anil bricklaying, is when brin ks or stonesare so interwoven that the joints are not made over or upon otherjoints, but reach at least six inches both within the wall and on thesurface, as the art of building requires.
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