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  • ALMONERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMONER

    ALMONER, anciently also wrote Armner, or Aumonier, an Officer in a King’s or Prince’s Household, whose business is to distribute Alms to the Poor. See ALMS.The Lord Almoner, or Lord High Almoner, is an Ecclesiastical Officer, who has the Forfeiture of...

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

  • ATTORNEYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTORNEY

    ATTORNEY, Attornatus, in law, a person appointed by another to do something in his stead; particularly to solicit and carry on a lawsuit. See AGENT, DEPUTY, etc. See also CAUSE, PROCESS, ACTION, etc. Attorneys in common law are much the same with...

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

  • APERTUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APERTURE

    APERTURE, Apertura, the Opening of anything; or a Hole, Cleft, or vacant Place in some otherwise solid, or continuous Subject. See OPENING. The Word comes from the Latin Apertura, of Aperire to open. In Geometry, Aperture is used for the Space left...

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

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

    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...

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

  • ANALYSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/logics/ANALYSIS

    some less, according to the Kingdom they belong to. See ELEMENT,—See also WATER, EARTH, SALT, etc. The Analysis of Vegetables is easy; that of Fossils, particularly Metals and Semi-metals, difficult. See VEGETABLE, FOSSIL, METAL, etc. Some Bodies of the...

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

  • ANALYTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANALYTIC

    ANALYTIC, Analytical, something that belongs to, or partakes of the Nature of Analysis. See ANALYSIS. Thus, we say, an Analytical Demonstration; Analytical Enquiry; Analytical Table, or Scheme; Analytic Method, etc. See METHOD. The Analytic Method...

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

  • ARÆOMETERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARÆOMETER

    ARÆOMETER, Aræometrum, an instrument wherewith to measure the density or gravity of fluids. See FLUID, GRAVITY, and DENSITY. The word is formed of the Greek ἀραιός (araios), rare, thin; and μέτρον (metron), measure. The ARÆOMETER, or Water-poise, is...

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

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

    ACETABULUM, in antiquity, a little vase or cup used at table to serve up things proper for sauce or seasoning, much after the manner of our salts and vinegar cruets. See VASE, and VESSEL. Hence, Agricola, in his treatise of Roman measures, L. I., takes...

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

  • ALIQUANT Parthttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALIQUANT%20Part

    ALIQUANT Part, is that which will not measure or divide any Number exactly, but some Remainder will still be left—Or, an Aliquant Part, is that which being taken any Number of times, is always either greater or lesser than the Whole. See PART, MEASURE,...

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

  • ALIQUOT Parthttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALIQUOT%20Part

    ALIQUOT Part, is such Part of any Number, or Quantity, as will exactly measure it, without any Remainder.—Or, it is a Part, which being taken a certain Number of times, becomes equal to the Whole, or Integer. See PART, &c. Thus, 3 is an Aliquot Part of...

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

  • ANNUITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNUITY

    ANNUITY, a yearly Rent or Revenue, paid for Term of Life or of Years, or in Fee and for ever. See REVENUE, FEE, etc. In Common Law, the Difference between a Rent and an Annuity consists in this, that Rent is payable out of Land; whereas an Annuity...

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