Cyclopædia

Here are a few examples of how you can use the search feature:

Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that".

Entering this not that into the search form will return results containing "this" and not "that".

Entering this or that into the search form will return results containing either "this" or "that".

Entering "this and that" (with quotes) into the search form will return results containing the exact phrase "this and that".

Search results can also be filtered using a variety of criteria. Select one or more filters below to get started.

Assuming degree is required, the following 81 results were found.

  • ALLIGATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/arithmetic/ALLIGATION

    Mixture desired. The Nature, Quality, &c. of the several Ingredients of a Mixture being given, to find the Temperament or Degree of Fineness resulting from the Whole.—Place the several Quantities of the Mixture in Rows; against which place orderly their...

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

  • ABSTINENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTINENCE

    of Danger ; and that when there arrived, the natural Texture and Viscidity of the Blood, should discose it, by a further degree of Cold, to lag and stagnate in the Vessels : so that the Circulation stopping, and the Animal Functions being in great...

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

  • ACUTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACUTE

    stands opposed to Obtuse.See OBTUSE. Acute Angle, is that which is less than a right angle;or which does not subtend 90 degrees. See ANGLE. Such is the Angle AEC, (Tab. Geometry, Fig. 86.)Acute-Angle Triangle, is that whose three angles are all acute,...

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

  • AGAThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AGAT

    some will have it, the name is derived. There are various kinds of agats; which, according to their different colours, degrees of transparency, etc., have different names. The principal may be reduced to the following four, viz. the onyx, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • ANGELhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGEL

    SADDUCEES, KARAITES, etc. In the Quran, we find frequent mention of Angels—The Muslims believe them of different Orders or Degrees, and destined for different Employments, both in Heaven, and on Earth. They attribute exceeding great Power to the Angel...

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

  • DAMPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DAMPS

    the most ordinary, the Workmen apprehend in its Approach, by the Flame of the Candle's becoming orbicular, and lessening by degrees, till it goes quiet out as also by their Shortness or Difficulty of breathing : Those whoescape swooning, seldom suffer...

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

  • ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION

    the whole effect is produced in the same moment; as the Creation of Light: And Successive, where the effect is produced by degrees; as Corruption, Fermentation, Putrefaction, Dissolution, etc. See FERMENTATION, PUTREFACTION, DISSOLUTION, etc. The...

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

  • ASSENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSENT

    which is defined as an assent of the mind cum formidine oppositi, etc. See FAITH, OPINION, etc. For the measures and degrees of assent, see Probability, Verisimilitude, Evidence, Demonstration, etc. Malebranche lays it down as an axiom, or principle of...

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

  • ADVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWEE

    though the Benedictines don't fix its origin before the 8th Century. AG. Saint Benedict, 8. Ul. P. 1, Pref. p. 91, etc. By degrees, men of the first rank were brought into it, as it was found necessary, either to defend with arms, or to protect with...

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

  • ALPHABEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALPHABET

    their Figures are not well concerted; there being nothing in the Characters of the Vowels answerable to the different Degrees of Apertion: nor in the Consonants, analogous to the Agreements or Disagreements thereof. All these Imperfections are...

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

  • ASTROLABEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLABE

    22. consists of a large Brass Ring, about 15 Inches in Diameter, whose Limb, or a convenient Part thereof, is divided into Degrees and Minutes; fitted with a movable Index, or Label, which turns upon the Centre and carries two Sights.—At the Zenith is a...

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

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

    his Observations: To which it may be added, that he has in the Press, a new set of astronomical Tables; preferable by many Degrees to any yet published. See COMET, TABLE, etc. Mr. Flamsteed, upwards of forty years, watched the Motions of the Stars, and...

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

  • ASCENSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENSION

    intercepted between the beginning of Aries, and the Point of the Equator which is in the Meridian: Or it is the Number of Degrees contained therein.—This coincides with the Right Ascension itself—The Right Ascension is the same in all Parts of the...

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

  • AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION

    afforesting the lands of the subject, for many reigns; till the grievance became so notorious, that the people, of all degrees and denominations, were brought to sue for relief; which was at length obtained, and commissions granted to survey and...

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

  • ALDERMANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALDERMAN

    among our ancient Saxon Ancestors, was one of the three Orders or Degrees of Nobility. See NOBILITY, ETHELING WAS THE FIRST, ALDERMAN THE SECOND, and THANE THE LOWEST. See ETHELING, and THANE.The Alderman was the same as our Earl or Count; which...

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

  • ARCHETYPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHETYPE

    g.d. Chief Acolyte; was an ancientdignity, in cathedral churches: the ministers whereof were divided into four orders, or degrees, viz. Priests,Deacons, Subdeacons, and Acolytes; each of which had their chiefs: The chief of the Acolytes was...

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

  • ACUTENESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/phonics/ACUTENESS

    the same sound may be either Acute or Grave, according to that other sound they refer or are compared to. See RELATION. The degrees of Gravity and Acuteness make so many tones, or tunes of a voice, or sound. See TONE, TUNE, VOICE, etc. For the cause and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Phonics - Music

  • ARCHBISHOPhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHBISHOP

    thereof. Among the Latins, Isidore of Seville is the first that speaks of archbishops. He distinguishes four orders of degrees in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, viz. patriarchs, metropolitans, and bishops. See PATRIARCHY, etc. England is divided into two...

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

  • ANTILOGARITHMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTILOGARITHM

    Complement of the Logarithm of a Sine, Tangent or Secant; or the Difference of that Logarithm, from the Logarithm of ninety Degrees. See LOGARITHM and COMPLEMENT. ANTILOGARITHM

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

  • ÆSTIMATIO Capitishttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ÆSTIMATIO%20Capitis

    what Mulcts were to be paid pro æstimatione capitis, for Offences committed against several Persons according to their degrees; the Estimation of the King’s Head to be 30000 Thrymsas; of an Archbishop, or Satrapa, or Prince, 15000; of a Bishop or a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law
Results 21 - 40 of 81

Main Menu