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  • ANTIHECTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIHECTICS

    three times the quantity of Nitre: the Detonation being over, the whole is washed with warm Water till no filthiness remains. It is a very penetrating Medicine, making way into the minutest Passages, and searching even the nervous Cells; whence its use...

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

  • AREOPAGUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AREOPAGUS

    their jurisdiction became of greater extent. Mr. Spon, who examined the antiquities ofthat illustrious city, found some remains of the Areopagusstill existing, in the middle of the Temple of Theseus, which was heretofore in the middle of the city, but...

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

  • ANTIPTOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ANTIPTOSIS

    from the Greek ἀντί, pro, and πτῶσις, Case. ANTIQUARY, Antiquarius, a Person who studies and searches after Monuments and Remains of the Ancients; as, old Medals, old Books, old Statues, Sculptures, and Inscriptions, and, in general, all curious Pieces...

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

  • AMPUTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPUTATION

    to cover it; and secure them with the Cross-stitch made at the depth of half, or three quarters of an Inch in the Skin.—It remains, to apply over the whole Stump two large Pledgets, dipped in Digestives and dried, and afterwards charged with...

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

  • ACANTABOLUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACANTABOLUS

    shall chance to stick to the Oesophagus or Gullet; or the Fragments of corrupted Bones, Hair; or any thing that by chance remains in a Wound. The same Term, Acanthabolum, is also used for an Instrument wherewith People pull out the Hairs from their...

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

  • AMALGAMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/AMALGAMATION

    with Water; and a deal of the Mercury pressed out through a linen Cloth: The rest being evaporated in a Crucible, the Gold remains behind in an impalpable Powder. See GOLD. Gold retains about thrice its own weight of Mercury. This Operation is denoted...

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

  • AUGMENTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUGMENTATION

    court was dissolved under Queen Mary, by the parliament held the first year of her reign; but the office of augmentation remains to this day. The court took its name hence, that the revenues of the crown were thought to be much augmented by the...

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

  • ARREARShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARREARS

    or Arrearages,the Remains of an Account; or a Sum of Money remaining in the Hands of an Accountant. See ACCOUNT and ACCOUNTANT. The Word is also used more generally for a Remainder of Rents, or Monies unpaid at the due Time; whether they be Rents of a...

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

  • ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE

    See OBLIQUITY and ECLIPTIC. The Angle of Inclination of the Axis of the Earth, to the Axis of the Ecliptic, is 23°, 30' and remains inviolably the same in all points of the Earth’s annual Orbit. By means of this Inclination, such Inhabitants of the...

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

  • AGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGE

    AGE, the natural duration of anything; and particularly of the life of man. See DURATION, and LIFE. The ordinary age of mankind has been occasionally varied, in such manner as to afford a fine instance of the wisdom of Providence. See the article...

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

  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    ALKALY, Alkali, or Alkathy, in Chemistry, a Name originally given, by the Arabians, to a Salt extracted from the Ashes of a Plant called Kali; and by us Glass-wort because used in the making of Glass. See KALI, and GRASS. Afterwards, the Term Alkaly...

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

  • AMAZONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMAZON

    AMAZON, in Antiquity, a Term signifying a bold, courageous Woman; capable of daring, hardy Achievements. See VIRAGO, HEROINE, etc. The Word is borrowed from the Amazons, a Nation of warlike Women, in Scythia, inhabiting near the Tanais; who lived...

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

  • APHELIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APHELION

    APHELION, or Aphelium, in Astronomy, that Point of the Earth’s or a Planet’s Orbit, in which it is the farthest distant from the Sun that it can be. See ORBIT. Thus a Planet being in A, (Tab. Astronomy, fig. 1) its utmost Distance from the Sun S is said...

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

  • ARCHDUKEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHDUKE

    ARCHDUKE, Archidux, a duke vested with somequality, pre-eminence, and authority above other dukes. See DUKE. The Archduke of Austria is a very ancient title. Therehave also been archdukes of Lorraine, and Brabant. Austria was erected into a margraviate...

    • 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

  • ADDITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDITION

    ADDITION, the act of joining one thing to another; or of augmenting a thing by the accession of others thereto. See AUGMENTATION and ACCESSION. In matters of Holy Scripture, it is forbidden to make any addition to the text, for fear of corrupting and...

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

  • ASTROLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLOGY

    ASTROLOGY, Astrologia, the Art of foretelling future Events, from the Aspects, Positions, and Influences of the Heavenly Bodies. See ASPECT, INFLUENCE, etc. The Word is compounded of the Greek ἄστρον, Star, and λόγος, Discourse; whence, in the literal...

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

  • ACADEMICKShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACADEMICKS

    ACADEMICKS, Academici, Academists, a Sect of ancient Philosophers, founded by Plato, and called, also, the Academy. See ACADEMY. The Academicks, in the later Ages, have taken the Name of Platonists. See PLATONIST. The great Dogma of the Academics was...

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

  • ABSTINENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTINENCE

    ABSTINENCE, Abstinencia, the Habit of restraining or containing one's self from some Pleasure, or Enjoyment. See PLEASURE. The Word is compounded of the Latin abs, from ; and teneo, I hold. The Jews were oblig'd to abstain from their Wives at certain...

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