Cyclopædia
Assuming story is required, the following 5 results were found.
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ARKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ARK
have been divided into three Stories, each 10 Cubits, or 15 Foot high:And it is agreed on, as most probable, that the lowest Story was destined for the Beasts, the middle for the Food, and the upper for the Birds, with Noah and his Family; each Story...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geometry
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
other subordinate one, and are furnished thereby ; (as here for Instance, the Elements of Anatomy are furnished by Natural History, Physicks, and Mechanicks; and Anatomy may be considered as a Datum, or Element furnished to Medicine) We carry on the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ATTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTIC
etc. Attic Interposita, is that situated between two tall stories, sometimes adorned with columns, or pilasters. See STORY. Attic Base, is a peculiar kind of base used by the ancient architects, in the Ionic Order; and by Palladio, and others of the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABELIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABELIANS
Arabic, came to signify, to abstain from one's Wife. He concludes, that he is the most mistaken Person in the World, or the Story had reach'd Africa, and given occasion both to the Sect, and the Name. 'Tis true, the Rabbins do hold, that Adam, after the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology
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ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES
of that Time, called Virgilius, a Heretic, for maintaining that there was such a thing as Antipodes. But this Piece of History is controverted by the Authors of the Mem. de Trevoux; having been made use of, it seems, by some Persons, to show that the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography