Cyclopædia
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AMULEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMULET
AMULET, Amurerum, a kind of Medicament, hung about the Neck, or other part of the Body; to prevent, or remove Diseases. The Word Amulet is formed of the Latin Amoletum, Amolimentum; of amoliri, to remove, drive away. See PRESERVATIVE. Such are Quills of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ASTROLABEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLABE
ASTROLABE, Astrolabium, was originally used for a System or Assemblage of the several Circles of the Sphere, in their proper Order and Situation with respect to each other. See CIRCLE and SPHERE. The ancient Astrolabes were the same with our Armillary...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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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,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography