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  • ÆS USTUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ÆS%20USTUM

    dead Flesh.Those who make this use of it, are to heat it red hot in the Fire nine times; and quench it as often in Linseed Oil. See ENCAUSTIC. ÆS USTUM

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

  • ALLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUM

    and Lancashire. "This Stone they calcine on a Hearth or Kilns then steep it successively in several Pits of Water: then boil it for about 24 Hours: Lastly, letting it stand for about two Hours; the Impurities subside, and leave a pure Liquor; which,...

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

  • AMMIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AMMI

    Produce of a Plant of the same Name. The Seed is brought from the Levant: It is found to contain a great deal of essential Oil, and volatile Salt; and to be attenuating, aperitive, hysteric, carminative, cephalic, and alexipharmic being, is one of the...

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

  • AQUAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AQUA

    See ERCUINE. Laftly, Mr. Boyle affures us he has caufed Canes to be flained like Tortoife-Shell, by a mixture hereof with Oil of Vitriol, laid on them at feveral times, over live Coals, to caufe it to penetrate the deeper 5 and, afterwards, giving them...

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

  • ASHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASHES

    call the Ashes of a Body its Calx. See CALX and CALCINATION. Ashes,if well burnt, are usually pure White, by reason the Oil to which they owe their Blackness when in a Coal, is supposed quite evaporated. See COAL, SULPHUR, etc. White, Black, etc. The...

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

  • ACTIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACTIVE

    some divisions of matter, that are, by some particular modifications, comparatively active, in respect of others; as, Spirit, Oil, and Salt, whose parts are better fitted for Motion, than those of Earth and Water; but with how much impropriety, will...

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

  • AGARIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/AGARIC

    them; being very nauseous, and but little cathartic. See PURGATIVE. By a chemical solution, it passes almost wholly into oil: It yields no volatile salt; but abounds with a sort of earthy matter, and an acid phlegm. We read of pilule de agarico, and...

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

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

    dissolving the whole, and casting it into a mortar; upon which the heaviest part falls to the bottom. See REGULUS. Caustic oil of Arsenic, is a butyrous liquor, like butter of Antimony, prepared of Arsenic and corrosive sublimate. —It serves to cut off...

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

  • ANTHORAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ANTHORA

    to the Chora, whence its Denomination Anthora. See ACONITE. The Root contains a great deal of volatile Salt and essential Oil. It is alexipharmic, cardiac, stomachic, and good against the Wind-Colic.

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

  • APTITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APTITUDE

    the natural Disposition anything hath to serve for such or such a purpose. Thus, Oil hath an aptitude to burn, and Water to extinguish Fire. APTITUDE

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

  • THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface

    of Knowledge, appear some Parts which have been more cultivated than the rest; either on account of the Goodness of the Soil, and its easy Tillage, or by reason they have fallen under the Hands of industrious and able Husbandmen. These Spots, being...

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

  • ASPALATHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPALATH

    its a Wood of a Purple Dye. The Rose-wood is what the Inhabitants of Martinico call Cypress-wood. See CYPRESS. It affords an Oil of an admirable Scent; reputed one of the best of Perfumes, chiefly used in scenting Pomatums and Liniments: See PERFUME.

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

  • ANGELICAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGELICA

    or Counterpoison. See ALEXIPHARMIC. It is of a sweet Smell, and aromatic Taste; and is loaded with a highly exalted Oil, and volatile Salt.—It is reputed cordial, stomachic, cephalic, aperitive, sudorific, vulnerary, resists Poison, &c. though the chief...

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

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

    be the Mortar so much celebrated among the Ancients, wherewith the Walls of Babylon were laid. See MORTAR, etc. It yields an Oil which defends Ships from Water,Worms, etc. much better than the ordinary Composition; and which is also of good Service for...

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

  • ACETABULUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACETABULUM

    fifteen. Billet, in his treatise of weights and measures prefixed to his translation of Pliny, makes the acetabulum of oil weigh two ounces and two scruples; the acetabulum of wine, two ounces, two drachms, a grain, and a third of a grain; and the...

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

  • APHRONITREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APHRONITRE

    to thin, serous, and sharp Humours returned from the several parts of the Body to the Mouth. A Liniment of Mell Rosarum and Oil of Vitriol, is esteemed a good Remedy for the Aphthae. The Word seems derived from the Greek ἄφθαι, to corrupt or from ἅπτω,...

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

  • AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION

    of the uterus during delivery; and are seldom dangerous, unless aggravated by a detention of the Lochia. To prevent them, Oil of sweet Almonds, Spermaceti, Capillus Veneris, etc. are usually prescribed. After-Math, among husbandmen, refers to the...

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

  • ACRIDOPHAGIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ACRIDOPHAGI

    reject with Contempt the Opinion of the Ebionites, who for ἀκρίδες put ἐγκρίδες, a delicious Diet prepared of Honey and Oil; that of some other Innovators, who read ἀγκρίδες, or ἀγκρίδης, Sea-Crabs; and that of Beza, who reads ἀχρίδες, wild Pears....

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

  • AMORTIZATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMORTIZATION

    in Natural History, a kind of Earth that dissolves in Oil; used to blacken the Eyebrows, and the Hair withal. See EARTH. AMORTIZATION

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