Cyclopædia
Assuming plan is required, the following 7 results were found.
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PLAN O-Concave Glafshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PLAN-O-Concave-Glafs
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
remote Particulars, not immediately reducible to any of these Heads ; as Heraldry, Philology, Antiquities, Customs, &c. THE Plan of the Work, then, I hope, will be allow'd to be good ; whatever Exceptions may be taken to be Execution of it. It wou'd...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ARCHITECThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ARCHITECT
Architectus, a person skilled in architecture, or the art of buildings; who makes plans and designs of edifices, conducts the work, and directs the masons and other artificers employed therein. See ARCHITECTURE, PLAN, DESIGN, etc. The word is derived...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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Architecturehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture
Capitol, Seraglio, Escurial, &c. Arch, Vault, Bridge, Monument, Tomb, &c. Forms thereof. Rotondo. Platform, Pinnacle, &c. Plans, Design, Ichnography, Prosile, Sic. Parts, as Foundation, Wall, Roof, &c. Door, Window, Stairs, Chimney, &c. Orders, as...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
&c. Petrisactions, as Crystal, Spar, Stalactites, Trochites, Cornu Ammonis, and the like. 4 PHYTOLOGY, or the History of PLANTS ; their Origin, in the Seed, Fruit, &c. Their Kinds, as Tree, Herb, &c. extraordinary Species, as Tea, Coffee, Paraguay,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ABACUS
or rather over a Basket. An Athenian old Woman happening to place a Basket thus cover'd over the Root of an Acanthus ; that Plant shooting up the following Spring, encompass'd the Basket all around, till meeting with the Tile, it curl'd back in a kind...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ACHILLEIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACHILLEIS
the Poet being prevented from proceeding, by Death. The Achilleid is of the Heroic or Epic Kind; but extremely faulty in the Plan, or Fable. See FABLE, &c. 'Tis a Point controverted among the Critics, whether the whole Life of a Hero, e.g. of Achilles,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified