Cyclopædia
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ASSIZEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSIZE
Year, called justices or Judges of Assize, who have several Commissions, by which they sit, viz. 1° Commission of Oyer and Terminer, directed to them, and many others of the best Account in their respective Circuits. See OYER and TERMINER.—In this...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE
ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLE, is an Angle in a Segment of a Circle, whose Base is a Diameter thereof. See SEGMENT. It is demonstrated by Euclid, that the Angle in a Semicircle is a right one; in a Segment greater than a Semicircle, is less than a right one;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS
AXIS properly signifies a line or long piece of iron or wood passing through the centre of a sphere, which is moveable upon the same. See SPHERE. In this sense we say the axis of a sphere, or globe; the axis, or axle-tree of a wheel, etc. See GLOBE,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANOMALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ANOMALY
ANOMALY, in Astronomy, is the Distance of a Planet from the Aphelion or Apogee; or an irregularity in the Motion of a Planet, whereby it deviates from the Aphelion or Apogee. See PLANET, APHELION, and APOGEE. Kepler distinguishes three kinds of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE, Ἀτμόσφαιρα an Appendage of our Earth; consisting of a thin, fluid, elastic Substance, called Air, surrounding the Terraqueous Globe, to a considerable Height. See EARTH. By atmosphere is usually understood the whole Mass or Assemblage of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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