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  • AUDITORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUDITORY

    Anatomy, a pair of Nerves arising from the Medulla Oblongata, and distributed, the one to the Ear, the other to the Tongue, Eye, etc. See EAR and TONGUE. The soft and spongy Branch of the Auditory Nerve being diffused through the Labyrinth and Tympanum...

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

  • AMAUROSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AMAUROSIS

    in Medicine, a Deprivation of Sight; the Eyes remaining fair, and seemingly unaffected. See EYE, etc. Amaurosis is the same with what the Latins more usually call Gutta Serena. See GUTTA SERENA. The Word is Greek, αμαυρός, q. d. Darkness; formed of...

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

  • AMATORII Musculihttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMATORII%20Musculi

    Musculi, in Anatomy, an Appellation sometimes given to those Muscles of the Eyes which give them a Cast sideways, and assist in that particular Look by some called Ogling. See EYE. When the Abductor and Humilis act together, they give this oblique...

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

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

    of some Circle thereof. See PROJECTION and STEREOGRAPHIC. The usual Planes of Projection are that of the Equinoctial, the Eye being supposed in the Pole of the World; and that of the Plane of the Meridian, the Eye being supposed in the Point of...

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

  • ARTIFICIALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTIFICIAL

    Artificial Day. See DAY. Artificial Globe, Sphere, &c. See GLOBE, SPHERE, &c. Artificial Horizon. See HORIZON. Artificial Eye. See EYE. Artificial Numbers,are Secants, Sines, and Tangents—See SECANT, SINE, and Tangent; see also LOGARITHMICAL. Artificial...

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

  • AERIALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AERIAL

    etc. Aerial Perspective, is that which represents Bodies weakened and diminished, in proportion to their distance from the Eye. See PERSPECTIVE. Aerial Perspective, has chiefly to do with the Colours of Objects, whose force and lustre it takes off more...

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

  • ALEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALE

    waters, and ales, make a large article in our Dispensatories. See WINE, WATERS, &c. Such are the Cerevisia Oxydorica, for the eyes; Cerevisia Anti-Arthritica, against the gout; Cerevisia Cephalica, for the head; Cerevisia Epileptica, &c. Gill Ale, is...

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

  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    Class, consisting, 1°, Of stony Matters found in the Viscera of certain Species; as the Calculus humanus, Bezoards, Crab's Eyes, etc. 2°, Testaceous Matters and Shells; as Pearls, Oyster-shells, Cuttle-fish Bones, the Shells of Coats of Lobsters, Crabs,...

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

  • ANIMALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL

    Body, consisting of Vessels and Juices; and taking in the Matter of its Nutriment, by a Part called a Mouth; whence it is conveyed into another called the Intestines, into which it has Roots implanted, whereby it draws in its Nourishment, after the...

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

  • ANATOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/anatomy

    in 1655, discovered the lower Salival Ducts; and Steno the upper Salival Ducts, those of the Palate, the Nostrils, and Eyes, in 1662. See SALIVARY. Whartungus, in 1642, discovered the Pancreatic Ducts. See PANCREATIC. Wits, who came after him, published...

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

  • ABORTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABORTION

    The Symptoms usually preceding, are a Fever, either continual or intermitting; Pain in the Loins and Head, heaviness in the Eyes, a bearing down and Constriction of the Abdomen. When the Time of Miscarriage is just at hand, the Pains are much the same...

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

  • ATTRACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ATTRACTION

    uniform and consistent with herself. —Those just mentioned, reach to sensible distances, and so have been observed by vulgar eyes: But there may be others, which reach to such small distances, as have hitherto escaped observation; and ‘tis probable...

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

  • ABSORBENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSORBENTS

    ; or to imbibe or dry away, as with a Sponge, superfluous Moistures. Such are the Testaceous Pouders, Hartshorn, Coral, Crabs Eyes and Claws, calcin'd Bones, burnt Ivory, &c. Absorbents are the same with what we otherwise call Driers and Sweetners. The...

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

  • AMBLYOPYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AMBLYOPY

    Amaryopia, in Medicine, a Disease of the Eyes; otherwise called Gutta Serena and Amaurosis. See GUTTA SERENA, &c. The Word comes from αμβλύς, obtuse, dull, and οπτικός, I see. AMBLYOPY

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

  • ABSINTHIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/absinthium

    prescribed against the Jaundice and Dropsy: But it is now grown into disuse in those Intentions, as being prejudicial to the Eyes; and is now chiefly retained as an Ingredient in some of the Medicinal Compositions; and particularly some cephalic...

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

  • ABSYNTHIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSYNTHIUM

    prescribed against the Jaundice and Dropsy: But it is now grown into disuse in those Intentions, as being prejudicial to the Eyes; and is now chiefly retained as an Ingredient in some of the Medicinal Compositions; and particularly some cephalic...

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

  • AURICULA JUDAEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURICULA%20JUDAE

    'tis pretended, Judas hanged himself; which has given occasion to the Name. This Fungus steeped in Water, and applied to the Eyes, frees them of Inflammations: 'Tis also used Gargle-wise in Decoctions against Inflammations of the Throat, or swelling of...

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

  • Anatomyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy

    Gall, Urine, Milk, Sweat, Marrow, &c. Membranes ; Pannicle, Cutis, Cuticula, Papilla, &c. Venters, Head, Meninges, Brain, &c. Eye, Ear, Pupil, Tympanum. Tongue, Teeth, Palate, Larynx, Glottis, Oesophagus, &c. Viscera, Stomach, Lungs, Heart, &c. Liver,...

    • Type: Category

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    Gall, Urine, Milk, Sweat, Marrow, &c. Membranes ; Pannicle, Cutis, Cuticula, Papilla, &c. Venters, Head, Meninges, Brain, &c. Eye, Ear, Pupil, Tympanum. Tongue, Teeth, Palate, Larynx, Glottis, Oesophagus, &c. Viscera, Stomach, Lungs, Heart, &c. Liver,...

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

  • ARMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMS

    the Patriarch Joseph first taught the Use of Iron Arms in Egypt, arming the Troops of Pharaoh with a Cask and Buckler. In the Eye of the Law, Arms, Arma, are extended to a Thing which a Man takes in his Hand in his Wrath, to cast at, or strike...

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