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  • ASSIZEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSIZE

    ASSIZE, or Assise, Assisa,in Law, a sitting of Judges, or Justices; for the hearing and determining of Causes. See JUDGE, JUSTICE, CAUSE, etc. The Word is French, Assise, of Ais, seated; formed of Assideo, I sit by; which is compounded of ad, to, and...

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

  • ALCORANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALCORAN

    ALCORAN, the Mahometan Gospel; or the Revelations, Prophecies, &c. of the Impostor Mahomet. See MAHOMETANISM. The Word Alcoran is Arabic, and literally denotes either Reading, or Collection; but 'tis in the first of these Senses that the Alcoran of...

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

  • ALGEBRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRA

    ALGEBRA, a Method of resolving Problems by means of Equations. See PROBLEM, and EQUATION. Some Authors define Algebra the Art of solving all Problems capable of being solved: But this is rather the Idea of Analysis, or the Analytic Art. See ANALYSIS.The...

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

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

    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...

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

  • ANTOECIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTOECI

    ANTOECI, in Geography, those Inhabitants of the Earth who live under the same Meridian, and at the same Distance from the Equator; the one towards the North; and the other to the South. See EARTH. Hence, the Antoeci have the same Longitude and the same...

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

  • APPETITEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/APPETITE

    APPETITE, Appetitus, Appetency, in Philosophy, a Desire of enjoying something wanted; or a Complacency in the Enjoyment of a thing present. Some Philosophers define it more generally, a Passion of the Soul whereby we desire something; or a Propensity or...

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

  • ACANTHUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ACANTHUS

    ACANTHUS, in Architecture, an Ornament in the Corinthian and Composite Orders; being the Representation of the Leaves of an Acanaceous Plant, in the Capitals thereof.See CAPITAL, and LEAVES. It takes its Name from δKανθος, the Name given the Plant...

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

  • AMMONIAChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMMONIAC

    AMMONIAC.—Gum Ammoniac; or, as it is sometimes, tho improperly, called, Armmoniac, is a kind of Gum, brought from the East Indies; supposed to ooze from an umbelliferous Plant. See GUM. It ought to be in dry Drops, white within, yellowish without,...

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

  • ALLEGORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLEGORY

    ALLEGORY, Allegoria, a Figure in Rhetoric, whereby we make use of Terms which in their proper Signification, mean something else than what they are here intended to denote: Or, it is a Figure, whereby we say one thing, expecting it shall be understood...

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

  • ABSOLUTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSOLUTE

    is understood of something that is free, or independent of another. Hence, as there are various ways wherein one thing may be consider'd is free in respect of another, there arise divers sorts of Absolutes. Absolute, e. g. sometimes imports a Thing...

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

  • ASPHALTOShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPHALTOS

    ASPHALTOS, or Asphaltum,a solid, brittle, black, inflammable, bituminous Substance, resembling Pitch, brought from India; whence it is also called Jewish Pitch. See PITCH. The Asphaltos belongs to the Class of Bitumens; and is the furthest matured and...

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

  • ARMONIACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARMONIACK

    ARMONIACK, or rather Ammoniac, in natural History, a sort of volatile Salt; whereof there are two Kinds; ancient and modern. See SALT. The ancient Sal Ammoniac, called also Sal Cyrenaica, described by Pliny and Dioscorides, was a native Salt, generated...

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

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

    ANTIPODES, or Antoecians, in Geography, a relative Term, understood of such Inhabitants of the Earth as live diametrically opposite to one another. See EARTH. The Antipodes are those who live in Parallels of Latitude equally distant from the Equator,...

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

  • APOCALYPSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOCALYPSE

    APOCALYPSE, Apocalypsis, q.d. Revelation; the Name of the last Book in the Canon of Scripture. See CANON and BIBLE. The Apocalypse contains Discoveries, or Revelations relating to many important Mysteries of Christian Faith; made to the Apostle St....

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

  • ASPIRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPIRATION

    ASPIRATION, the Act of aspirating, i.e., of pronouncing any Syllable, or Word, strongly; with a good deal of Breath, and Vehemence. See ASPERARE and PRONUNCIATION. This we do, for instance, in those Words which have the Letter H, before them; as...

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

  • ABSOLUTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABSOLUTION

    ABSOLUTION, ABSOLUTIO, in the Civil Law, &c. a definitive Sentence, whereby a Person accused of any Crime, &c. is acquitted, and declared Innocent. Among the Romans, the ordinary Method of pronouncing Judgment was this : After the Cause had been pleaded...

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

  • APPUIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPUI

    APPUI, in the Manage, q. d. rest or stay upon the Hand; is the reciprocal Effort between the Horse’s Mouth and the Bridle-Hand; or the Sense of the Action of the Bridle in the Hand of the Horseman. See HEAD, BRIDLE, etc. A just Appui of the Hand, is the...

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

  • ASIDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASIDE

    ASIDE,in the Drama.—An Aside, Secorsim, is something which an Actor speaks apart, or, as it were, to himself, for the Instruction of the Audience, by discovering some Sentiment which otherwise did not appear, and which is to be concealed from the rest...

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

  • ACCEPTANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ACCEPTANCE

    ACCEPTANCE, Acceptio, Acceptatio, in matters of Law, refers to agreeing or consenting to some act already done, which, without such consent, might have been undone or rendered invalid. The acceptance of a donation is necessary for its validity and is a...

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

  • AMPHICTYONShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMPHICTYONS

    AMPHICTYONS, Amphictyones, in Antiquity, the Deputies of the Cities and People of Greece, who represented their respective Nations in a general Assembly; having a full Power to concert, resolve, and appoint what they should think fit, for the Service of...

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