Cyclopædia
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ABSTRACThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSTRACT
extended to divers other Things, in respect of their Purity, Simplicity, Subtility, &c. In this Sense, we say, ABSTRACT MATHEMATICKS, are those Branches of Mathematical Learning, which consider Quantity and its Affections, simply, and absolutely. See...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Philosophy
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ASTRONOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ASTRONOMY
whereby we become acquainted with the Cadestial Bodies, their Magnitudes, Motions, Distances, Periods, Eclipses, &c. See MATHEMATICKS. Some understand the Word Astronomy in a more extensive Sense; including under it the Theory of the Universe, and the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
Imagination; as in Grammar, Rhetorick, Poetry, &c.Thirdly, to our Raison ; as in Physicks, Metaphysicks, Logicks, and Mathematicks. With the several subordinate Arts arising from each; as Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Trade, Manufactures, Policy,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction