Cyclopædia
Assuming mephitic is required, the following 4 results were found.
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MEPHITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MEPHITES
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AVERNIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVERNI
AVERNI, among the ancient Naturalists, certain Lakes, Grottoes, and other Places which infect the Air with poisonous Steams or Vapours; called also Mephites. See MEPHITES, AIR, POISON, etc. The Word is Latin, formed of the Greek privative, α, and ὄρνις,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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DAMPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DAMPS
in Natural History,are noxious Steams,or Exhalations, frequently sound in close, subterraneous Places, particularly Mines, Pitts, Cellars, &c. For the Rationale of the Effects of Damps, See POISONS and MEPHITES. The Damps in Mines are of 4 Kinds : The...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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APORRHOEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/APORRHOE
subterranean Bodies. See VAPOUR and EXHALATION. The Word is formed from the Greek ἀπορρέω (aporrheo), to flow from. See MEPHITIC, etc. APORRHOE
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Philosophy