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  • AMBLYGONOUS Anglehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/AMBLYGONOUS%20Angle

    Angle, in Geometry, is an obtuse Angle; or an Angle consisting of more than 90 Degrees. See ANGLE, and OBTUSE. A Triangle is said to be Amblygonous, when it has one Angle greater than a right Angle. See TRIANGLE. The Word is Greek; composed of αμβλύς,...

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

  • AURORAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURORA

    crepusculum, twilight; that faint light which begins to appear in a morning, when the sun is within eighteen degrees of the horizon. See CREPUSCULUM and TWILIGHT. The poets have personified, and even made it a goddess; representing her with a chariot,...

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

  • AZIMUTHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/AZIMUTH

    point of the compass. See MAGNETICAL. It is found, by observing the sun with an azimuth compass when he is about 10 or 15 degrees high, either in the forenoon or afternoon. See AZIMUTH COMPASS. AZIMUTH COMPASS is an instrument used at sea for finding...

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

  • AIGUISÉEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AIGUISÉE

    in obtuse angles. See CROSS. The cross aiguisée differs from the cross fitchee, in that the latter goes tapering by degrees to a sharp point; whereas only the ends of the former are tapered. See FITCHÉE.

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

  • ABBOThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABBOT

    See ARCHIMANDRITES. They were really distinguish'd from the Clergy, tho frequently consounded with 'em, because a Degree above Laymen. S. Jerom, writing to Heliodorus, says expresly, Alia Monachorum est Causa, alia Clericorum. See CLERGY, PRIEST, &c. In...

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

  • AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER

    gleets, etc. Oil of Amber, is a fine, transparent, ponderous, yellow oil; procured after the spirit, by increasing the degree of fire.—This, by rectification, becomes a good antihysteric, and emmenagogue; being very subtle and penetrative. Volatile Salt...

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

  • ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM

    the Convexity of the Stone. This also is to be filed away, till the Effect is found the greatest.—It is surprising to what Degree the Armour of a Lodestone will augment its Effect: A good Stone thus armed, will lift above 150 times more than before. See...

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

  • AULIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AULIC

    called from the Latin, Aula, a Hall; it being in the Hall of the University that this Act is usually held. See UNIVERSITY, DEGREE, DOCTOR, etc. The Person who presides at the Disputation is the same, that is, to take the Doctor’s Cap. Aulic, Aulicus, is...

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

  • ACCENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCENT

    have been adopted and transferred thence into the Hebrew by the Massoretes: He adds that they were first brought to their degree of Perfection by Rabbi Judah Sen David Chi log, a Native of Fez, in the XIth Century.— 'Tis indeed possible, the Jews might...

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

  • ANNUALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUAL

    Equation of the mean Motion of the Sun depends on the Eccentricity of the Earth’s Orbit; and is greatest when it is 1 Degree 11’. The greatest annual Equation of the Moon’s mean Motion is 11’, 40”. of its Apogee 2° 4’, and of its Node 9’, 30”. See NODE,...

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

  • APOSTLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOSTLE

    other things; that is, as he himself explains it, the Tribute they had been accustomed to send him. These Apostles were a degree below the Officers of the Synagogues called Patriarchs, and received their Commissions from them. Some Authors observe, that...

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

  • ARSENIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARSENIC

    Arsenicum, in natural history, a ponderous mineral substance, extremely caustic or corrosive, to the degree of a violent poison. See FOSSIL, CORROSIVE, etc. The word is compounded of the Greek ἀρσεν, man, and νικᾶ, I overcome, kill; alluding to its...

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

  • ANALOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANALOGY

    three Kinds of Analogia, viz.—of Inequality, where the Reason of the common Denomination is the same in Nature, but not in Degree or Order: In which Sense, Animal is analogous to Man, and Brute. Of Attribution; where, though the Reason of the common...

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

  • ANTIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANTIMONY

    See CINNABAR. There is also a Cinnabar of Antimony procured after the Butter of Antimony has done rising, by increasing the Degree of Fire. This sublimed a second time, makes a yet better Cinnabar. Crocus, or Liver of Antimony, is the same with what we...

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

  • ABSTRACThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSTRACT

    in Matters of Literature, for a compendious View, or Epitome of a larger Work. See EPITOME. An Abstract is supposed to be a degree shorter, and more superficial than an Abridgment. See ABRIDGMENT. ABSTRAIT

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

  • ALKACHESThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKACHEST

    it Suavum & felicissimum omnium salium, the principal and most successful among Salts, which having obtained the highest degree of Simplicity, Purity, and Subtility, alone enjoys the Faculty of remaining unchanged and unimpaired by the Subjects it works...

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

  • ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES

    180°, or just half of that Meridian, distant from one another. See PARALLEL and MERIDIAN. The Antipodes have the same degree of Heat and Cold as well as the same length of Night, and Day; but at contrary times. It being Midnight with one when it is Noon...

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

  • ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE

    or the Height corresponding to any Rarity; and consequently the Altitude of the whole Atmosphere, supposing the utmost Degree of Rarity known beyond which the Air cannot go. See the Articles Barometer, Series, Progression, etc. See also GREG. Astron....

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

  • ANTIQUATEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIQUATED

    Relievo; the antique Manner, Taste, etc. Antique is sometimes even contradistinguished from ancient, which denotes a lesser degree of Antiquity, when the Art was not in its utmost Purity: Thus, antique Architecture is frequently distinguished from...

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

  • AMPUTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPUTATION

    this Ligature another loose one is passed, for the Gripe, which being twisted by means of a Stick, may be straitened to any degree at pleasure. Then, the Patient being conveniently situated, and the Operator placed to the inside of the Limb; which is to...

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