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  • AVERNIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVERNI

    AVERNI, among the ancient Naturalists, certain Lakes, Grottoes, and other Places which infect the Air with poisonous Steams or Vapours; called also Mephites. See MEPHITES, AIR, POISON, etc. The Word is Latin, formed of the Greek privative, α, and ὄρνις,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ARCHAEUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHAEUS

    ARCHAEUS, an obscure term, used chiefly among the ancient chemists, to express I know not what principle of life and motion; the cause of all the effects which men observe in nature. See LIFE. Hence, as they differ in their ideas of a vital cause, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADJECTIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ADJECTIVE

    ADJECTIVE, Noun Adjective, or ADNOUN, in Grammar, a kind of noun joined with a noun substantive, either expressed or understood, to show its manner of being, that is, its qualities or accidents. See NOUN, etc. The word is formed from the Latin...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Grammar

  • ASTRONOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTRONOMY

    ASTRONOMY, Astronomia, the Doctrine of the Heavens, and the Phenomena thereof. See HEAVEN. Astronomy is properly a mixed mathematical Science, whereby we become acquainted with the Celestial Bodies, their Magnitudes, Motions, Distances, Periods,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACCELERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ACCELERATION

    ACCELERATION, in Mechanicks, the Increase of Velocity in a moving Body. See VELOCITY, and ACCELERATED MOTION. Deceleration stands directly opposed to Retardation, which denotes a Diminution of Velocity. See RETARDATION. Acceleration is chiefly used in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Mechanics

  • ACTIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACTIA

    ACTIA, in antiquity, Actian Games, Ludi Actiaci, solemn games, instituted, or according to some only restored, by Augustus, in memory of the victory over Antony at Actium. See GAME. Some will have them held every third year, but the more common opinion...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • ADVERBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ADVERB

    ADVERB, Adversum, in Grammar, a particle joined to a verb, adjective, or participle, to explain their manner of acting or suffering; or to mark some circumstance or quality signified by them. See PARTICLE, VERB, etc. The word is formed from the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Grammar

  • ANTHROPOPHAGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPHAGY

    ANTHROPOPHAGY, the Act of eating human Flesh. See ANTHROPOPHAGI. Some Authors trace the Original of this barbarous Custom, as high as the Deluge; and attribute it to the Giants. Pliny mentions Scythians and Sauromatians; and Juvenal, Egyptians, who...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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