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

    and Sense in their general or natural State, as imparted to all Men; and not modified, or circumstantiated by any thing peculiar in the Make of a Man's Mind, the Objects he has been conversant among, or the Ideas he has present to him. Consequently,...

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

  • ABSTRACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSTRACTION

    we gather from our Self-consciousness what it is to Think ; and omitting the Consideration of those Things which have a peculiar Relation to our own Mind, or to the human Mind, we think of a thinking Being in general. Ideas fram'd thus, which are what...

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

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

    Ingredient of the Atmospherical Air, and that which gives it the Denomination. Nature and Production of AIR. The peculiar Nature of this aerial Matter, we know but little of; what Authors have advanced concerning it being chiefly conjectural. We have no...

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

  • ACCENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCENT

    ACCENT, Accentus, a certain inflection of voice, or a peculiar tone and manner of pronunciation, contracted from the country or province where a person was bred. See VOICE and PRONUNCIATION. In this sense, we say the Welsh tone or accent, the Northern...

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

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

    e.g., are merely Earthy; as Quick-lime, Marble, Sealed Earths, etc. Others are Metallic; among which, some have their peculiar and appropriate Acids to act on them, as Gold, Tin, and Antimony, which only dissolve with Aqua Regia; Silver, Lead, and...

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

  • AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER

    an acid Spirit, which precipitates into a Salt; is inferred, by some, to be of a mineral Nature; this being a Circumstance peculiar to that Kingdom, and never found in the Distillation of Vegetables: To which may be added, that Amber dissolves in...

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

  • ATTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTIC

    the city Athens. In matters of philology, we use Attic salt, Sales Attici, for a delicate, poignant kind of wit and humor; peculiar to the Athenian writers: Attic witness, Atticus testis, was a witness incapable of corruption: So an Attic muse was an...

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

  • AFFECTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AFFECTION

    OF MIND, are what we more usually call Passions. See PASSION. Mechanical Affections. See MECHANICAL AFFECTION.Affection is peculiarly used in Medicine, for a morbid or disorderly State of a Part.—Thus, we say, such a Part of the Body is affected, i.e.,...

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

  • ALKACHESThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKACHEST

    de Secretis Adeptorum, has given us all the Opinions that have been entertained about it. The Term Alkahest is not peculiarly found in any Language: Helmont declares he first observed it in Paracelsus, as a Word that was unknown before the Time of that...

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

  • ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE

    to the Pressure of the Atmosphere. See FUGA-VACUI, PUMP, PRESSURE, etc. Weight of the ATMOSPHERE. Organical Bodies are peculiarly affected by this Pressure: To this, Plants owe their Vegetation; and Animals their Respiration, Circulation, Nutrition,...

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

  • ACIDULEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ACIDULE

    Alum, Nitre, or Salt. See WATER. Sometimes there is also a vinous flavor joined with the acid; by which they become peculiarly denominated Vinous Waters. See VINOUS. The class of acidules are usually very cold; whence some authors define acidules to be...

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

  • ACHILLEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACHILLES

    Malleus-Proof: Alluding to the Strength and Importance of Achilles among the Greeks.Item's. Argument against Motion, is peculiarly termed an Achilles. That Philosopher made a Comparison between the Swiftness of Achilles, and the Slowness of a...

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

  • ABECEDARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ABECEDARY

    some thing Alphabetical, or belonging to the Alphabet. See ALPHABET. Among the Antients, the Term Abecedarius was peculiarly applied to those Compositions wherein the initial Letters of each Strophe, or some times even of each Verse, follow'd the Order...

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

  • ACOLYTHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACOLYTHES

    in regard, nothing could shake or alter their Resolves. See STOIC. Among Ecclesiastical Writers, the Term Acolythes is peculiarly applied to those young People, who, in the primitive Times, aspired to the Ministry; and for that Purpose, continually...

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

  • ARCHETYPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHETYPE

    the word coincides with original; and stands opposed to copy. See ORIGINAL and COPY. Among minters, &c., archetype is peculiarly used for thestandard or original weight, by which the other weights are to be adjusted and examined. See STANDARD. The...

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

  • ABOLITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABOLITION

    &c. So, the Leave given by the King or Judge, to a criminal Accuser, to desist from further Prosecution of the Accused, is peculiarly called Abolition. The Word is form'd of the Latin Abolere, ita ext'vnguere & delere, ut ne oleat quidem. ABOLITION

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

  • AGGLUTINATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGGLUTINATION

    or cementing two bodies together, by means of a proper Gluten, or Glue. See CEMENT, GLUE, &c. In Medicine, the term is peculiarly used for the addition of new substance, or the giving a greater consistency to the animal fluids, to fit them more for...

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

  • AMENDE Honorablehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMENDE%20Honorable

    or Auditorium; and beg pardon of God, the King, or the Court, for some ill deed. The Phrase 'amende honorable' is more peculiarly used where a Person is condemned to come into Court, or into the Presence of some Person injured; and make an open...

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

  • ARCHBISHOPRIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHBISHOPRIC

    etc. He also holds several courts of judicature; as, Court of Arches, Court of Audience, Prerogative Court, and Court of Peculiars. See ARCHES, AUDIENCE, etc. The Archbishop of York has the like rights in his province, as the Archbishop of Canterbury;...

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

  • ACIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACID

    metals, and the former probably arises from rocks or veins of Sal Gemma running into the sea and there dissolved. From the peculiar nature and properties of the sulfur thus accompanying the several kinds of Acid Salts, their different phenomena and...

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