Cyclopædia
Assuming day is required, the following 112 results were found.
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HALCYON-Dayshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/HALCYON-Days
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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SABBATH-days-joiirneyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SABBATH-days-joiirney
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
and Mirth on Earth." How consistent with the Nature of Things, that a Breath of Air should lay an early Hour of the Day down; and that from a green Gown thus given, a Passion of the Mind should in time be brought forth? In effect, the Inspiration of the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ADVENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ADVENT
in pious preparation for the Adventus, or coming on, of the Feast of the Nativity. See NATIVITY, etc. Advent includes four Sundays or weeks; commencing either from the Sunday which falls on St. Andrew's Day, or that next after it. But, it is to be...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ASTROLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLOGY
Astrology was in so much Vogue that the most inconsiderable thing was not to be done without consulting the Stars. And in the Days of King Henry III. and IV. of France, the Predictions of Astrologers were the common Theme of the Court Conversation. This...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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APOTHEOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/APOTHEOSIS
Apotheoses, introduces poor Atlas, complaining that he was ready to sink under the Burden of so many Gods as were every day added to the Heavens. See HEAVEN. Seneca ridicules the Apotheosis of Claudius with admirable Humour. Herodian, in speaking of the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ANALEMMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANALEMMA
fitted to it. See ASTROLABE. Its use is for finding the Time of the Sun’s rising and setting, the Length of the longest Day in any Latitude, and the Hour of the Day. The Analemma is also of considerable use among Dialists, for laying down the Signs of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ADJOURNMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADJOURNMENT
at another time or place.See COURT, etc. In this sense, we meet with the phrase Adjournment in Eyre, for an appointment of a day when the Justices in Eyre intend to sit again. See JUSTICE, EYRE, etc. Adjournments of Parliament differ from Prorogations....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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HOKE-dayhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/HOKE-day
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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DOMES-Dayhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DOMES-Day
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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LAMMAS-DAYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/LAMMAS-DAY
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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MIDSUMMER-DAYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MIDSUMMER-DAY
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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INNOCENTS-DAYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/INNOCENTS-DAY
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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CHILDERMASS-Dayhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CHILDERMASS-Day
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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INTERCALARY-DAYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/INTERCALARY-DAY
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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YEAR-day and PFaJtehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/YEAR-day-and-PFaJte
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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TWELFTH-Day or Tidehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/TWELFTH-Day-or-Tide
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGE
Abatures, Foils, Fewmets, Gate, and Fraying Post. See HUNTING. Age of the Moon, in Astronomy, is understood as the number of days elapsed since the last Conjunction, or New Moon; also called her Quarter. See CONJUNCTION, QUARTER, etc. To find the Moon's...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUM
subside, and leave a pure Liquor; which, removed into a Cooler, and some Urine added to it, begins, in three or four Days, to gather into a Mass; which being taken out, washed, and melted over again, is fit for use. The Mineral Stone, before it is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACCENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCENT
of Verses. The same Vossius shows from several ancient Grammarians that the manner of writing the Greek Accents in those Days was quite different from those used in our Books. Hen. Christ. Hennin, in a Dissertation published to show that the Greek...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified