Cyclopædia
Assuming fixed is required, the following 46 results were found.
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ALPHABEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALPHABET
&c. are all improper; in that the Sign ought ever to be where the Sound is.As to their Powers, again, those are not always fixed to the same Signification: The Vowels, for instance, are generally acknowledged to have each of them several Sounds: Vocales...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ALLODIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLODIUM
and Allodial. Benefices consisted in Lands given by the King to his Officers and Soldiers; either for Life, or for a Time fixed. See BENEFICE. Allodes, or Alleuds, were such Lands as were left in Property to the ancient Possessors—The 62d Title of the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASTROLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLOGY
of Seasons, from the different Situations and Habitudes of the Planets, from their Retrograde Motions; the Number of fixed Stars in the Constellations, etc. The Art properly belongs to Physiology, or Natural Philosophy. The Foundation and Merits the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AREOPAGUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AREOPAGUS
court. Some reckon thirty-one,others fifty-one, and others five hundred. In effect, theirnumber seems not to have been fixed, but was more or lessevery year. By an inscription quoted by Volateranus, itappears they were then 300. At first this tribunal...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ACCELERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ACCELERATION
from various Considerations. See AIR, ELASTICITY, &c. Acceleration is also applied in ancient Astronomy in respect of the Fixed Stars. This Acceleration was the Difference between the Revolution of the Primum Mobile and the Solar Revolution; which was...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Mechanics
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ARITHMETIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARITHMETIC
ARITHMETIC, Arithmetica, the Art of Numbering;or, that Part of Mathematics which considers the Powers and Properties of Numbers, and teaches how to compute or calculate truly, and with Expedition and Ease. See NUMBER, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTATION, etc. Some...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALGOLhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALGOL
or Medusa’s Head, a Fixed Star of the third Magnitude, in the Constellation Perseus. Its Longitude, Latitude, &c. see under the Article PERSEUS. ALGOL
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ALLOYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOY
in our Mints, is about a twelfth Part. See COINING. The Word seems derived from the French, Loy, Law; in regard the Alloy is fixed by Law. ALLOY
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Commerce
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ARGOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARGO
or Navis, in astronomy, is a constellation of fixed stars, in the Southern Hemisphere. See STAR and CONSTELLATION. The stars in the constellation Argo, in Ptolemy’s catalogue, are 8; in Tycho’s 11; in the Britannic Catalogue 25;the longitudes,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AURIGAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/AURIGA
in Astronomy, the Waggoner; a Constellation of fixed Stars in the Northern Hemisphere. See STAR and CONSTELLATION. The Stars in the Constellation Auriga, in Ptolemy’s Catalogue are 14; in Tycho’s 22; in the Britannic Catalogue 66; the Longitudes,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ALGENEBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALGENEB
in Astronomy, a Fixed Star of the second Magnitude, on the right side of Perseus.—Its Longitude, Latitude, &c. see among the rest of the Constellation Perseus. ALGENEB
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ALPHETAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALPHETA
in Astronomy, a Fixed Star in the Northern Crown; otherwise called Lucida Corona. See LUCIDA. Its Longitude, Latitude, etc., see among the rest of the Constellation Corona Septentrionalis. ALPHETA
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ANTAREShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ANTARES
in Astronomy, the Scorpion’s Heart; a fixed Star of the first Magnitude, in the Constellation Scorpio. Its Longitude, Latitude, etc. see among the rest of the Constellation Scorpio. ANTARES
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ARMENIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMENIANS
inhabited by them. See SECT. The Armenians, since the Conquest of their Country by Shah Abbas King of Persia, have had no fixed Place of Habitation, but are dispersed in various Parts of Persia, Turkey, and even some Parts of Europe.—Their chief...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARBITRARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARBITRARY
something left to the choice and determination of men; not fixed and settled by any positive law or injunction. See LAW, LIBERTY, etc. The punishment for such a crime is arbitrary—arbitrary fines or mulcts are usually called amercements. See AMER...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALDEBARANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALDEBARAN
an Arabian Name, for a fixed Star of the first Magnitude, in the Head of the Sign or Constellation Taurus, or the Bull; and hence popularly called the Bull's Eye. Its Longitude, Latitude, etc. see among the rest of the Constellation Taurus. ALDEBARAN
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AMBULATORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBULATORY
a Term anciently applied to such Courts, &c. as were not fixed to any certain Place; but held sometimes in one Place, and sometimes in another. In opposition to Sedentary Courts. See COURT, and SEDENTARY. The Court of Parliament was anciently...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMBARVALIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMBARVALIA
in Sacrifice, the Ceremony was also called Suovetaurilia. See SUOVETAURILIA. It is not certain whether this Feast was fixed, or moveable; nor whether it was celebrated once, or twice a year; Authors being of different Opinions on both those Heads. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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APPOINTMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPOINTMENT
gives large Appointments to several of the Officers in his Service. Appointments differ from Wages, in that the latter are fixed and ordinary, being paid by the ordinary Treasurers; whereas Appointments are annual Gratifications granted by Brevet for a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABBOThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABBOT
ABBOT or ABBAT, the Chief, or Superior of an Abbey, of the Male Kind. See ABBEY, and ABBESS. The Name Abbot is originally Hebrew, where it signifies Father. The Jews call Father in their Language Ab ; whence the Chaldees and Syrians form'd Abba ; and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology