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  • ANALOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANALOGY

    a certain Relation, Proportion, or Agreement, which several Things, in other respects different, bear to each other.—Such is that between the Bull in the Heavens, and the Animal so called on Earth. The Word is Greek, Ἀναλογία (Analogia); which the...

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

  • ANGLINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLING

    of a Rod, with Line, Hook and Bait fitted thereto. See FISH and FISHING. There are several prudential Rules observed by thorough Anglers; as, not to wear any white or shining Apparel, but be clothed in a dark sky-Colour: To invite the Fish to the place...

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

  • ANNATEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNATES

    Annates, Annata, the same with Primitiae or First-fruits; so called from the Latin Annus, Year, because the Rate of First-fruits, paid for spiritual Livings, is after the Value of one Year's Purchase. See PRIMITIAE and FIRST-FRUITS. Annates were...

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

  • ABORTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABORTION

    ABORTION, in Medicine, an immature Exclusion of the Fœtus ; or the Delivery of a Woman with Child, before the legitimate Term ; popularly call'd Miscarriage. See DELIVERY, &c. This may happen at any time of Pregnancy; but is before the second Month...

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

  • ETHEREALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ETHEREAL

    ethereus, something that belongs to Ether, or is of the Nature of Ether. See ETHER.Thus, we say, the Ethereal Space; Ethereal Regions, &c.—Some of the Ancients divided the Universe, with respect to the Matter contained therein, into Elementary and...

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

  • ALLODIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLODIUM

    Allodii, Allodus, or Alluen, Land held of a Man’s own Right. —Hollandus explains Allodium to be "Predium, seu quaevis possessio libera jurisque proprii & non in Feudum Cliente lari onere accepta." See ALLODII. After the Conquest of the Gauls, the Lands...

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

  • ALMANACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMANACK

    or Ephemeris, a Calendar or Table, wherein are set down the Days, and Feasts of the Year, the Course of the Moon, &c. See CALENDAR, YEAR, DAY, MONTH, MOON, &c. The Original of the Word is much controverted among Grammarians.—Some derive it from the...

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

  • ABATEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ABATEMENT

    in Heraldry, something added to a Coat-Armour to diminish its proper Value and Dignity, and note some dishonourable Action, or Stain in the Character of the Person who bears it. See ARMS. 'Tis a little controverted among Authors, whether Heraldry allows...

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

  • ARTILLERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTILLERY

    heavy Equipage of War; comprehending all sorts of great Fire-arms with their Appurtenances, as Cannons, Mortars, Bombs, Petards, Muscats, Carbines, &c. See CANNON, MORTAR, GUN, PETARD, &c. In this Sense, the Word Artillery coincides with what we...

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

  • ASTROLABEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/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 Spheres. See...

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

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

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

  • APPARATUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPARATUS

    properly signifies a formal Preparation for some public and solemn Action. See PREPARATION. Thus we say, the Apparatus of a Feast, Coronation, etc. The Prince made his Entry with great Apparatus and Magnificence. Apparatus is also used for the Utensils,...

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

  • ACCUSATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ACCUSATION

    ACCUSATION, Accusatio, in the Civil Law, the initiating a criminal Action against any one, either in one's own Name, or that of the Publick. See ACTION, and CRIMINAL. By the Roman Law, there was no publick Accuser for publick Crimes; every private...

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

  • ARITHMETIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/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 Authors...

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

  • ANTIQUATEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIQUATED

    Antiquatus, something obsolete or grown out of date, or use. See OBSOLETE. ANTIQUE, Antiquus, something that is ancient. See ANCIENT. The Term is chiefly used by Architects, Sculptors, and Painters; who apply it to such pieces of Architecture,...

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

  • ANASTOMOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANASTOMOSIS

    or Anastomoses, in Anatomy, is sometimes used to express such an Opening of the Mouths of the Vessels, as lets out their Contents. See VESSEL, etc. The Word is formed from the Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastomōsis), from ἀνά (ana, through) and στόμα (stoma,...

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

  • ABRACADABRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABRACADABRA

    an Inscription, antiently used as a Charm or Spell, for the curing of several Diseases, and driving out Devils. See CHARM, PHYLACTERY, &C. The Author of this piece of Superstition, who is said to have lived under the Emperor Adrian, form'd the Name from...

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

  • ALEXIPHARMIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ALEXIPHARMIC

    in Medicine, expresses that Property which a Remedy, either simple or compound, has to resist, or destroy everything of a poisonous Nature: For the Ancients had a Notion, that there was Poison in all malignant Diseases, and in the generality of those...

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

  • APPROXIMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/arithmetic/APPROXIMATION

    in Arithmetic, a continual approach nearer still and nearer to a Root or Quantity sought, without a possibility of ever arriving at it exactly. See ROOT. We have divers methods of Approximation delivered by Wallis, Raphson, Halley, Howard, etc., all of...

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

  • ASSOCIATION OF IDEAShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSOCIATION%20OF%20IDEAS

    OF IDEAS,is where two or more Ideas, constantly and immediately follow or succeed one another in the Mind, so that one shall almost infallibly produce the other; whether there be any natural Relation between them, or not. See IDEA. Where there is a real...

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