Cyclopædia
Assuming polish is required, the following 6 results were found.
-
POLISHERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/POLISHER
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ASPERITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPERITY
or Roughness, stands opposed to Smoothness, Polish, etc. See POLISH, etc. From the Asperity of the Surfaces of contiguous Surfaces, arises Friction. See SURFACE and FRICTION. According to the Relations of Vermuafen, the blind Man so famous for...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
of them are refined to a degree of subtlety that destroys 'em; as Metaphysics, and Logics: others have had no refinement or polishing at all, but lie waste and over-run for want of it; as Agriculture, Heraldry, &c. The grossness of some is their fault;...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
-
ASCENT OF FLUIDShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENT%20OF%20FLUIDS
the instance of Capillary Tubes, will be spoke of more at large under the Article Capillary Tube. As to Planes—Two smooth polished Plates of Glass, Metal, Stone, or other Matter, being so disposed as to be almost contiguous, have the Effect of several...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ADHESIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ADHESION
diaphragm, which give rise to various disorders. See LUNGS, PLEURA, PLEURISY, PHLEGMON, PNEUMONIA, etc. The adhesion of two polished planes, or two hemispheres, is a phenomenon used in support of the weight and pressure of the atmosphere. See...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
-
ANTIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANTIMONY
are very Numerous and Important. It is a common Ingredient in Specula, or burning Concaves, serving to give them a finer Polish—It makes a Part in Bell-Metal; and renders the Sound more clear. It is mingled with Tin to make it more hard, white, and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History