Cyclopædia
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ABSTINENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTINENCE
in October, and his coming out again in March ; and sound that of 4 Pounds 4 Ounces, he only used to lose about 1 Ounce. Philosoph. Transact. N° 194. Indeed, we have Instances of Men patting several Months as strictly abstinent as other Creatures.—---...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology
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AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER
ancient Naturalist, is confirmed by the Observations of many of the modern ones; particularly the learned Father Camelli. Philosoph. Transact. N° 290. Some have imagined it a Concretion of the ‘Tears of Birds; others, the Urine of a Beast; others, the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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ETHEREALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ETHEREAL
&c. 'Twas a Point controverted among 'em, Whether or no the Ethereal Matter had the Property. of Gravity?——Many late Philosophers, not only at home but abroad, contend for its Gravity; and even for its being the Cause of Gravity in all other Bodies.—In...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALMANACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMANACK
relating to Civil Affairs, either of States or private Persons, in Terms either express or covert,’ See ASTROLOGY. In the Philosoph. Collec. we have a perpetual Almanack described by Mr. R. Wood. ALMANACK
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALLANTOIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALLANTOIS
who believed its Existence had not before fully found it out; and also an answer to those who yet deny its reality. See PHILOSOPH. Transact. N° 271.The Word is derived from allas, Farcimen, a Gut, and eidos, Forma, Shape; because, in many Brutes, it is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE
Dissolution, etc. See GENERATION, CORRUPTION, DISSOLUTION, etc. ‘Tis one of the great Discoveries of the modern Philosophers, that the several Motions attributed by the Ancients to a Fuga-vacui, are really owing to the Pressure of the Atmosphere. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified