Bayley, Richard

an eminent American physician, was B. in Conn. in 1745. After completing his profe ional education in London, he settled in New York. In 1792, he was appointed profe or of anatomy in Columbia College, where he acquired great celebrity. D.1801. His grandson, James Rosevelt Bayley, an author and prelate of the R. C. Church, born, N. Y., 1814, educated in the Epis. Church, ordained R. C. priest 1842, made Archbishop of Baltimore, 1872. D. 1877. Baylor, a N. county of Texas , area of 900 sq. miles. Baynes ville, in Va., a p.-o. of West more land co. Bayonet, ( bai'o-net,) n. [Fr. baïon 4 2 3 nette, so called because first made at Bayonne, France.] ( Mil .) A short, pointed, broad dagger or spear, fixed at the end of a musket, rifle, or any similar weapon. Military instructions, i ued to the French army in 1646-7, contain the earliest notice of this weapon. In 1671, it was introduced generally into the French army, and called bayonet à -manche. From official docu ments it appears that, in 1682, the 1 5 B. was inserted into the barrel IMG:content-0562.png:[blocks in formation] the most terrible manœuvres of infantry troops. The sword-bayonet is a more modern invention, and, when detached from the gun, can be used as a weapon by itself. With respect to its different parts, the blade is shown at 1; 2 is the hilt ; the guard and ring are marked 3; 4 is the spring which secures the sword to the rifle or musket; and the scabbard of the weapon is shown at 5. The first victory secured by a charge of the B. was that of Landen in 1693. (Mach . ) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.