Cyclopædia
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ANODYNEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ANODYNE
are applied externally, to the part affected. Such among the Class of Simples are the Onion, Lily, Root of Mallows, Leaves of Violet, Elder, etc. The Word is derived from the privative Particle α and ὀδύνη, odune, to be in pain. We have also certain...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ANGLINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLING
despicable: this Colour is given artificially, by steeping the Hair in a Liquor made of Alum, Soot, and the Juice of Walnut Leaves boiled together. Angling Hook. See FISHING HOOK. Angling Fly. See FISHING FLY. ANGLING
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ACIDITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACIDITY
that Sensation of Sharpness and Acrimony which Acids excite upon the Taste.See ACM, QUALITY, TASTE, etc. A little Vitriol leaves an agreeable Acidity in Water.Vinegar and Verjuice have different sorts of Acidity. The predominance of acidities in the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ATTIREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/phytology/ATTIRE
outer part of the suit is the Floret, whose body is divided at the top, like a cowslip flower, into five parts or distinct leaves. See THRUM, etc. Attire, in hunting, the head or horns of a deer. See HEAD. The Attire of a stag, if perfect, consists of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Phytology
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ARTERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ARTERY
the rest of the Body, as far as the remotest Stages of Circulation. See CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. The Great Artery,after it leaves the Heart, divides into two large Trunks, called the ascending, or upper; and descending, or lower, Trunks. See AORTA. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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APOZEMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/APOZEM
See DECOCTION. Apozems are a Class of liquid Medicines, composed of Decoctions of diverse Plants, Roots, Flowers, Leaves, Fruits, and Seeds, sweetened and clarified. It differs from Syrup, in Thickness and Consistence; the Syrup being more dense and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ANANAShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANANAS
like the Fig-tree, and of the Size of an Artichoke. The Fruit is adorned on the Top with a little Crown, and a bunch of red Leaves resembling Fire. The Flesh is fibrous, but dissolves in the Mouth; having the delicious Taste of the Peach, the Quince,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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ÆRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ÆRA
obscure. Feuvrier says, that in Cicero and Lucilius, the Word Era is plural, and signifies the same thing with Commentaria, Leaves of a Book of Accounts, or a Merchant's Journal. Others, according to the same Author, are of opinion that Era was used...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ACORUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACORUS
Species of Acorus; the Verus, or true, and the false—They are distinguished by this, that from the middle of some of the Leaves of the former, there arises a longish Cluster of an Infinity of little Flowers, the Thickness of the little Finger, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ABACUS
passing by, took the Hint, and immediately executed a Capital on this Plan 5 representing the Brick by the Abacus, the Leaves by the Volutes, and the Balket by the Vase, or Body of the Capital. Such was the Rise of the first regular Order. See ORDER,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ERAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ERA
obscure. Feuvrier says, that in Cicero and Lucilius, the Word Era is plural, and signifies the same thing with Commentaria, Leaves of a Book of Accounts, or a Merchant's Journal. Others, according to the same Author, are of opinion that Era was used...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASPIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPIC
of Aspic, vulgarly called Oil of Spike,is an inflammable Oil drawn from the Leaves and Flowers of a Plant frequent in the Southern Parts of France, resembling Lavender, and by the Botanists called Lavandula Mas. See ORN. It is much used by Painters and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUM
into Pits of Water at the bottom of the Plain; the Heat of the Ground, without any other Fire, evaporates the Water, and leaves an Alla behind. Allum dissolves in Water, and what remains undissolved at bottom, is a sort of Calx, which dissolves readily...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified