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carried away those spoils which his son so often mentions, under thenames of the wine of the stranger, and the wax ol the stranger.By sea we find him frequently making voyages to Scandinavia ,the Orkneys, and Ireland ; called by Ossiun Lochlin, lnnistore,and Ullin.

FINGERS, [ digiti , Lai.] in anatomy, the extreme part of thehand divided into live members. The names of the lingers, reck-oning from the thumb, are, l.Poliex: 2. Index: 3. Mcdius: 4.Annularis: 3. Auricuiaris. In each of these there are three bones,which make three phalanges, the upper of which are much largerthan the lower. See Anatomy.

FINING OF LIQUORS. See Clarification.

FINISH, an island on the west coast of Ireland , a mile E. ofMinish island.

FINISHING, in architecture, is frequently used for crowning,acro’.er,&c. raised over a piece of building, to terminate, com-plete, or finish it.

FINISTEKRE, [Lat .finis terra', i. e. land’s end,] a depart-ment of France , bounded on the NAV. and S. by the sea, and onthe E. by the departments of the north coasts and Morbihan . Itcomprehends the west part of the late province of Bretagne .

Finistekre, or Finisterra, a town of Spain in Galicia, , nearthe Cape.

Finisterre, Cape, the most western promontory of Spain 'andof all Europe . Lon. 9. 12. \V. Lat. 42. 52. N.

FINITE, [jinitus, Lat.] something bounded or limited, incontradistinction to infinite. See Infinite. The schools distin-guish finite into two kinds, viz. finite in perfection, and iiuite inextension. See Perfectlon and Extension.

Finite in Perfection, is applied to tilings which have not ailpossible perfection, but such only as may be comprehended bythe mind. 'Finis the world, though supposed by the Cartesiansinfinite in point of extension, is yet finite in point of essence orperfection. In order to arrive at an idea of a tiling finite in per-fection, we must first conceive the tiling as having certain perfec-tions, and then conceive some other perfections which it has not;or some perfections in a greater degree. Thus when I say thattiiere is a finite number, I first conceive a number consisting ofthree units, then conceiye other units beyond these three. Iconceive my mind to he finite, by observing certain perfectionsbeyond those I find in my mind.

Finite in Extension, is applied to tilings which have not allpossible or conceivable extension. To arrive at an idea of a thingfinite in extension, we must first conceive the thing as having acertain extension, and then conceive some oilier extension whichit has not; thus I conceive a room to be finite in extension, byhaving an idea of extension beyond what is contained therein.

FINi rO, iu music, a canon or fugue is said to be finito, whenit is not perpetual, but when, at some certain place, all the partsjoin'or unite, after having followed one another for a certain time.

FIN1TOR, in astronomy, the same with horizon, So called be-cause it terminates the sight or prospect. See Horizon.

FINKENSTE1N, a town of Germany , in Carintlfia, lG milesSAV. of Clagenfurt.

Finkenstkin, or IIabersdorf, a town of Prussia, in Ober-and, 75 miles S.SAV. of Konigsberg .

KIN LAN 1), or FINN LAN I), a country of Europe , boundedon the north by Lapland, on the east by Russia , on the south bya gulf to which it gives name, and on the west by the gulf ofBothnia. The land is fertile, but badly cultivated, and thinly in-habited. On a tract of more than eight thousand square leagues,hardly a million of souls are to he found. The pastures are e\-ceedinglv good, but the cattle are small. The forests of firs fur-nish the principal articles of commerce, in wood, charcoal, tim-ber, and pl.mks, which are sent to .Stockholm for exportation.Game is abundant of various kinds. The lakes and rivers aboundin variety of fish, and pearls are found on the coasts. At the bot-tom of the morasses earth is dug, from which iron is extracted.There are also some mines of lead. Along the coasts lie a greatnumber of small rocky islands. The inhabitants are in generalbrave and warlike, but have suffered much from the ravages ofwar. The com principally cultivated is rye, barley, and buckwheat; the poorer sort of inhabitants, for want of better <ood, dryeven straw, bruise and mix it with some meal to make bread.Finland is divided into seven provinces, Finland Proper, Aland ,

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East Bothnia, Tavastia, or Tavastland , Nyluiul, tiavolax, andKymmenegards Lehn. The religion is Luiheraiiisni.

Finland Proper,, a province of Sweden ', situated on thesouthern part of Finland. Abo is the capital .

Finland, Russian . See C'akelia,. Kexholm, and \Vi-

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F1NMARK, a province of Norway , bounded on the north bythe northern ocean, on tiie east by the northern- ocean and theterritories of Russia , on the south by Swedish Lapland, and on the-west by the northern ocean. It has neither towns nor villages,though the coast is pretty well inhabited. The inhabitants subsistchiefly by fishing, and the best salmon of any in Norn ay are caughtin this province.

FINN l, or FEN NT, the ancient people of Fiiiiiiugia,." whoseferocity (says Tacitu -) was extraordinary, poverty extreme, herbstheir food, skins their coveting, and the ground their couch: re-gardless of man and of gods, they attained to a very dithcult tiling,not to have a single wish to form.”

F1NNINGIA, or 1F.NN 1NGIA, in ancient geography, theproper reading, for Eningia in Pliny , which he makes an island,but is more truly a peninsula: now called Finland .

FIN N IS BAY, a bay. of Scotland , on the east coast of the islandof Harris.

FINNS, the people of Finland . See Finn.i. f

FIND, a small island in the Baltic, near the east coast of Swe-den . .Lon. 111. 42. E. Lat. 5S. 9. N.

FI NOW, a town of Germany, in the late circle of Upper Sax-on v,.;jud Ucker Mark of Brandenburg, 32 miles N.E. ol Berlin .

f'l R, or FI K-TB EE. See 1’ix.us.

Fir Club Moss. See Lycopodium .

FIRE , in chemistry, that subtle invisible substance by whichbodies arc expanded or enlarged in hulk, and become hoi to thetouch ; fluids are rarefied into vapour; solid bodies become fluid,and in like manner are at last dissipated, or, if incapable of beingcarried off in vapour, are at length melted into glass. It is nowdenominated caloric, or the matter of heat. See Caloric.

Fire, in theology. See Hell. We read of the sacred firein the first temple ot Jeiusalem, which came down from heaven:it was kept w ith the utmost care, and the Jews were forbidden tocarry any strange fire into the temple. This lire is one ot the fivethings which the Jews confess were wanting in the second tem-ple.

Fire, in the Pagan mythology. Fire was the supreme god ofthe Chaldeans ; and the Persian Magi were worshippers of tire.

Fire,. Balls oe. See Balls of Fire, and vEroliths.

Fire, the Extinguishing of, Though designed to be sul>servient to the most useful purposes, fire frequently becomes ascourge to mankind;. and, unless it be timely discovered, lajswhole streets and towns in ashes. Hence the securing of housesand other buildings against this devouring clement, bus ever fonnred an important object of.inquiry, while it has exercised the inge-nuity of intelligent men ; we shall briefly state a few of the mostremarkable experiments, together with the result or success whichlias attended them. Dr. Hales first proposed a plan of coveringthe floors of houses with earth. T he thicker the mould is laid ontlte floors the greater is the security. He supposes that the depthof an inch will be amply sufficient; though he recommends to laya deeper coat on the'stairs; because lire, in general, ascendsby means of stair-cases with the greatest velocity. M. Hartleymade several trials in 1775 and 177G, to evince the efficacy of amethod which he had invented for restraining the spreading of tirein buildings. For this purpose thin iron plates are well nailedto the tops of the joists, Sic. the edges ot the sides and ends beinglapped over, folded together., and hammered close. Partitions,stairs, and floors, may be defended in the same manner; and-plates applied to one side have been found sufficient. The platesare so thin as not to prevent the floor from being nailed on thejoists, iu the same manner as if this preventive were not used :they are kept from rust by being painted or. varnished with oilanil turpentine. The expence ol this, addition, when extendingthrough a whole building, is estimated at about 5 per eeiil. Mr.Hartley got a patent for this invention, and parliament voted asum ot money towards defraying the expellee of Ills numerousexperiments. The" same preservative may also be applied toships, furniture, &c. Lord Mahon has likewise invented a very7 simple