Cyclopædia
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ASPHALTOShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPHALTOS
ASPHALTOS, or Asphaltum,a solid, brittle, black, inflammable, bituminous Substance, resembling Pitch, brought from India; whence it is also called Jewish Pitch. See PITCH. The Asphaltos belongs to the Class of Bitumens; and is the furthest matured and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACCOMMODATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMMODATION, in Philosophy, the Application of one thing, by Analogy, to another. See ANALOGY. Thus, to know a thing by Accommodation, is to know it by the Idea of a similar thing referred thereto. A Prophecy of Scripture is said to be fulfilled...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Philosophy
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Physicshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics
PHYSICS, or the Doctrine of CAUSES; as Nature, Law, &c. Occasions or Means, as Principle, Matter, Form, &c. Their Composition or Constitution, in Element, Atom, Particle, Body. Chaos, World, Universe, Space, Vacuum, &c. Properties of Body, as...
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Pharmacyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy
PHARMACY, or the Preparation and Composition of REMEDIES ; as Mithridate, Treacle, Hiera Picra, Laudanum, Diasenna, Turbith, Calomel, &c. in the Form of Electuary, Confection, Extract, Tincture, Syrup. Troche, Pill, Pouder, Lohoc, Potion, Apazem,...
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ALPHAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALPHA
ALPHA, the Name of the first Letter of the Greek Alphabet. See LETTER, and ALPHABET. The Alpha, in Composition, denotes, sometimes, Privation, in the same Sense with an, without; sometimes Augmentation, as dyer, much; and sometimes Union, as aves...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARSIS
ARSIS and THESIS, a phrase in musical composition; where a point being inverted, is said to move per Arsin & Thesin; that is, rises in one part, and falls in another; or, on the contrary, falls in one part, and rises in another: Whence is produced a...
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AVANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVANT
AVANT, a French Preposition, signifying before, or a priority either in respect of Time or Place; sometimes used, in Composition, in our Language, but more usually contracted, and wrote Vaunt, or Vant, or even Van. See VAN. Van Corps. See VAN FOSSE. Van...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANATRONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATRON
ANATRON, or Natron, a kind of native Salt-petre, or Nitre, found in Egypt. See NATRON, and NITRE. Natron is also a volatile Salt, skimmed from the Composition of Glass, when in fusion. See GLASS. When pounded, it yields a kind of Powder; which being...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ACROSTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACROSTIC
ACROSTIC, a kind of poetical composition, the verses whereof are disposed in such a manner, as that the initial letters make up some person's name, title, or a particular motto. See POEM and POETRY. The word is derived from the Greek ἄκρος, summit,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALLEVIAREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ALLEVIARE
ALLEVIARE, in old Records, to levy or pay an accustomed Fine or Composition. See LEVY. ALLEVIARE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ANATOCISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATOCISM
ANATOCISM, Anatocismus, an Usurious Contract, wherein the Interests arising from the principal Sum, are added to the Principal itself, and Interest exacted upon the Whole. Anatocism is what we popularly call Interest upon Interest, or Compound Interest....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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APOTHECARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOTHECARY
APOTHECARY, a Person who practices Pharmacy, or that part of Physics which consists in the Preparation and Composition of Medicines. See PHARMACY and MEDICINE. Nicholas Langius has written a large Volume expressly against the Apothecaries, their errors...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADDITAMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDITAMENT
ADDITAMENT, Additamentum, a thing added to another. See ADDITION. Additaments, in Physic and Chemistry, are things superadded to the ordinary ingredients of any composition. ADDITAMENT
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ARMENIAN Bolehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMENIAN%20Bole
ARMENIAN Bole, Bolus Armenus, or Bole Armoniac, is a native Bole or Earth, brought from Armenia. See BOLE and EARTH. Some conjecture it to have a Mixture of Iron in its Composition—That which is palish, red, soft, fattish upon the Palate, and adhesive...
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ANACEPHALEOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ANACEPHALEOSIS
ANACEPHALEOSIS, in Rhetoric, a Recapitulation; or a short and summary Repetition of what has been said. See RECAPITULATION. The Word comes from the Greek ἀνά (ana), which in Composition signifies Repetition, and κεφαλή (kephale), Head. ANACEPHALEOSIS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Rhetoric
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AURUM POTABILEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURUM%20POTABILE
AURUM POTABILE, potable gold, is a composition made of gold, by reducing it, without any corrosive, into a gum, or substance like honey, of the colour of blood; which gum steeped in spirit of wine, acquires a ruby-colour, and is called tincture of gold....
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AUREA Alexandrinahttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/AUREA%20Alexandrina
AUREA Alexandrina, in Pharmacy, a kind of Opiate or Antidote, in great Fame among the ancient Writers. See ANTIDOTE. It is called Aurea, from the Gold which enters its Composition; and Alexandrina, as having been first invented by a Physician named...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
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ANDROMACHI Theriaca, or Treacle of ANDROMACHUS, in Pharmacy, is a capital Alexipharmic Composition; called also Venice Treacle. See THERIACA, and ALEXIPHARMIC. ANDROMACHI Theriaca
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
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ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ABACUS
inwards ; with some Ornament, as a Rose, or other Flower, or Fishes Tail in the middle of each Arch. See CORINTHIAN, and COMPOSITE; see also FLOWER, &c. But some Architects take other Liberties in the Abacus, both in respect of its Name, Place, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ARCHIVAULThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ARCHIVAULT
a single face; two faces crowned in the Doric and Ionic; and the same moldings with the Architrave in the Corinthian and Composite. The word is French, archivolte, where it signifies the same thing. ARCHIVAULT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture