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  • ABDUCTORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDUCTOR

    ab, from, and duco, I draw : Their Antagonists are call'd Adductores. See ADDUCTOR. ABDUCTOR Auricularis, or of the little Finger, arises from the Annular Ligament, and the third and fourth Bones of the Carpus in the second Rank ; and is inserted...

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

  • FINGERShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/FINGERS

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

  • ANNULARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNULAR

    connect or bind the two Bones of the Arm together; and also to restrain the Tendons of the several Muscles of the Hand and Fingers, and prevent their flying out of their places, when in Action. See CARPUS, HAND, FINGER, etc. The Ligament of the Tarsus...

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

  • ABDOMENhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDOMEN

    Cavities : the uppermost, call'd the Epigastric, commences from the Diaphragm and Cartilago Ensiformis, and terminates two Fingers breadth above the Navel : The second, call'd the Umbilical, begins where the former ends, and terminates two Fingers...

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

  • DECADAL ARITHMETIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DECADAL%20ARITHMETIC

    Pope, under the Name of Sylvester II, who borrowed it from the Moors of Spain.—No doubt it took its Origin from the ten Fingers of the Hands, which were made use of in Computations before Arithmetic was brought into an Art. The Eastern Missionaries...

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

  • ANTITHENARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANTITHENAR

    in Anatomy, a Muscle of the Thumb whose Office is to draw it to the Fingers. It arises from the Bone of the Metacarpus that sustains the Fore-finger, and is inserted into the first Bone of the Thumb. See FINGER. ANTITHENAR is also the Name of a Muscle...

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

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

    age. 3°, For the tail. Taking him by the stern thereof, close at the setting on to the buttock, and gripping it between the finger and thumb; if a joint be felt to stick out more than the rest, the size of a nut, the horse is under ten: but if the...

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

  • ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION

    quibus truncata esset Actio.—Quintil. ubi supra. The hand is master of a whole language, or set of signs, itself—Even every finger is laid down by the ancients as having its distinct office; and hence the different names they still bear, Pollex, Index,...

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

  • ACORUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACORUS

    of the Leaves of the former, there arises a longish Cluster of an Infinity of little Flowers, the Thickness of the little Finger, and resembling Macropiper, or Long Pepper.—The false Acorus is the common Swordgrass.It is only the Root of the Acorus that...

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

  • AURICULARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURICULAR

    Testis, a Witness by hearsay. See WITNESS, EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, etc. AURICULAR Confession. See CONFESSION. The little Finger is also called Auricularis, because used in cleansing the Ear. See FINGER. AURICULAR

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

  • AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR

    Oil. Boerhaave assures us, he has seen pillars of Iron so reduced by Air, that one might crumble them to dust between the fingers; and for Copper, it is converted by the Air into a substance much like the verdigris produced by vinegar. See IRON, COPPER,...

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

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

    Knee; the Skin and Flesh are first to be drawn very tight upwards, and secured from returning by a Ligature two or three Fingers broad: above this Ligature another loose one is passed, for the Gripe, which being twisted by means of a Stick, may be...

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

  • ANCOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCO

    the Humerus, passes over the Elbow, and is inserted into the lateral and internal Part of the Cubitus; about three or four Fingers Breadth above the Olecranon.—Its use is to assist in extending the Arm. ANCO

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

  • AURORAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURORA

    See CREPUSCULUM and TWILIGHT. The poets have personified, and even made it a goddess; representing her with a chariot, rosy fingers, etc. Nicod. derives the word, ab oriente sole quia aer aurescit. AURORA

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

  • ASSA-FOETIDAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSA-FOETIDA

    Media, Assyria,and Arabia.—It is at first white, bordering on yellow, thenon red, and lastly on violet; and melts under the Fingers like Wax. It is of known Efficacy in some uterine Disorders; butthe Rankness of its Smell occasions it to be seldom used;...

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

  • Zoologyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/zoology

    Animals, Hermaphrodite, Mule, Pigmy, Giant, &c. Metamorphoses, as Aurelia, Metempsychosis, &c. Parts, as Head, Hand, Foot, Finger, Tail, Fin, Wing, Gills, &c. Covering, as Hair, Wool, Silk, Feathers, &c. Armature; as Nail, Sting, Horn, Tooth, Shell,...

    • Type: Category

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    Animals, Hermaphrodite, Mule, Pigmy, Giant, &c. Metamorphoses, as Aurelia, Metempsychosis, &c. Parts, as Head, Hand, Foot, Finger, Tail, Fin, Wing, Gills, &c. Covering, as Hair, Wool, Silk, Feathers, &c. Armature; as Nail, Sting, Horn, Tooth, Shell,...

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

  • ANCHOVYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ANCHOVY

    Sea Fish, much used by way of Sauce, or Seasoning. Scaliger describes it as of the Herring-kind, about the Length of a Finger, having a pointed Snout, a wide Mouth, no Teeth, but Gums as rough as a Saw. Others make it a sort of Pilchard: But others,...

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

  • ATHENAEUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ATHENAEUM

    the Skin. See TUMOR. The Atheroma is contained in a Cystis or membranous Bag; and does not give way when touched with the Finger, nor retains any dent after pressure. The Atheroma is thus called from the Greek ἀθήρα, a Kind of Pap or Pulp which the...

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

  • ADDUCTOR Pollicishttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDUCTOR%20Pollicis

    a broad Termination, at the superior Part of the first Bone of the Thumb.Its Office is to bring the Thumb near the Fore-finger. See FINGER. ADDUCTOR Pollicis Pedis, called also Antithenar, is a Muscle of the great Toe, which arises from the inferior...

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