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  • ANGLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ANGLE

    ABC, (Tab. Geometry, Fig. 91.) formed by the Lines AB, and AC, meeting in the Point A—The Lines AB and AC, are called the Legs of the Angle; and the Point of Intersection, the Vertex. See LEG and VERTEX. Angles are sometimes denoted by a single Letter...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geometry
  • AIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AID

    the motion or action required of the horse; by a discrete use of the bridle, cavesson, spur, poisson, rod, calf of the leg, and voice. See BRIDLE.Such a horse knows his aids, answers his aids, takes his aids with vigor, etc. The aids are made use of, to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law
  • ASTRAGALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ASTRAGAL

    ASTRAGALUS, in Anatomy, a Bone of the Heel, having a convex Head, articulated with the two Facils of the Leg, by Ginglymus. See LEG and FOOT. The Astragalus called Talus, and Os Calcis, is the first Bone of the Tarsus. See TALUS and TARSUS. Some also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy
  • ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM

    Knight. See KNIGHT. Arma deponere, to lay down Arms, was a Punishment anciently enjoined when a Man had committed an Offence. Leg. Hen. I. Arma Molita, were sharp Weapons; Fiera calls them Arma Emolita. Arma Mutare, q.d. to change Arms, was a Ceremony...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS

    of a semicircle about its diameter or axis, and a right cone by that of a right angle triangle about its perpendicular leg, which is here its axis. Axis of a Circle or Sphere, is a line passing through the centre of a circle or sphere, and terminating...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • ATTAINThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTAINT

    among farriers, signifies a knock, or hurt in a horse’s leg; proceeding either from a blow with another horse’s foot, or from an over-reach in frosty weather, when a horse being rough-shod, or having shoes with long calks, strikes his hinder feet...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • ARCHDUKEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHDUKE

    Duke Friedrich IV first assumed the quality; Others, that it was given bythe Emperor Maximilian I, in 1459; and ample privileges annexed to it. The principal thereof are, that the archduke shall distribute justice in his own dominions, withoutappeal;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • AMPUTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPUTATION

    frequently had to Amputation. See MORTIFICATION, GANGRENE, SPHACELUS, etc. The Method of performing it, in the Instance of a Leg, is as follows—The proper Part for the Operation being four or five Inches below the Knee; the Skin and Flesh are first to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy
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