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  • THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface

    Powers, Properties, etc. of the several Letters, considered as so many Sounds, artfully combined. In effect, there is some Physics, or Dimension, and some Harmony, or Numbers in all Diction; much more in that of Oratory: And Music itself has no Charm in...

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

  • Physicshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics

    PHYSICS, or the Doctrine of CAUSES; as Nature, Law, &c. Occasions or Means, as Principle, Matter, Form, &c. Their Composition or Constitution, in Element, Atom, Particle, Body. Chaos, World, Universe, Space, Vacuum, &c. Properties of Body, as...

    • Type: Category

  • PHYSIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PHYSIC

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

  • ATTRACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ATTRACTION

    Mover. See ACTION and REACTION. The Word is compounded of ad, to; and traho, I draw. ATTRACTION, or ATTRACTIVE FORCES in Physics, is a natural Power inherent in certain Bodies, whereby they act on other distant Bodies, and draw them towards themselves....

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

  • ARISTOTELIANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARISTOTELIAN

    Heads; the first, relating to Poetry and Rhetoric; the second, to Logics; the third, to Ethics and Politics; the fourth, to Physics; and the fifth, to Metaphysics. In all which, as there are many Things excellent and invaluable, particularly what...

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

  • ASTRONOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTRONOMY

    including under it the Theory of the Universe, and the primary Laws of Nature: In which Sense it rather seems a Branch of Physics than of Mathematics. See PHYSICS, SYSTEM, NATURE, etc. The Word is compounded of the Greek ἄστρον, Star; and νόμος, Law;...

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

  • ANTIPERISTASIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ANTIPERISTASIS

    ANTIPERISTASIS, in Philosophy, the Action of two opposite Qualities, one whereof, by its Opposition excites and heightens the Force of the other. See QUALITY. This Word is Greek, Ἀντιπερίστασις; formed of ἀντί, contra against, and περιίστημι, to stand...

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

  • ADHESIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ADHESION

    Adherence, in Physics, is the state of two bodies that are joined or fastened to each other, either by the mutual interposition of their own parts, or the compression of external bodies. See COHESION, and NEXUS. The word is compounded of the Latin "ad"...

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

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    Bezoard, Castoreum, Civet, Meconium, Mummy, Usnea, &c. Kermes, Cochineal, &c. Motion, as Flying, Swimming, and the like. 6 PHYSICS, or the Doctrine of CAUSES; as Nature, Law, &c. Occasions or Means, as Principle, Matter, Form, &c. Their Composition or...

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

  • ACThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACT

    ACT, Actus, in Physics, an effective exercise or application of some power or faculty. See ACTION. In this sense, the word Act stands opposed to Power, Potentia, which is the capacity of acting. See POWER and POTENTIA. Though the word Act, properly and...

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

  • AGENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AGENT

    Agents, in Physics, refers to something by which an action is done or effected; or which has the power to act upon another and by its action induces some change in the other. See ACT and ACTION. The word Agent is used interchangeably with efficient, and...

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

  • AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR

    AIR, Air, in Physics, a thin, fluid, transparent, compressible, and dilatable Body; surrounding the terraqueous Globe to a considerable Height. See EARTH, and TERRAQUEOUS. It's considered by some of the Ancients as an Element; but then, by Element they...

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

  • AQUAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AQUA

    in natural History, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, etc. See WATER. The Word is pure Latin, and supposed to be compounded of a and qua, q.d. from which; alluding to the Opinion that Water is the Basis or Matter of all Bodies. Aqua fortis, is a corrosive...

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

  • AXIOMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIOM

    KNOWLEDGE, etc. AXIOM is also an established principle in some art or science. See PRINCIPLE, etc. Thus, it is an axiom in physics, that nature discovers herself most in the smallest subjects; that nature does nothing in vain; that effects are...

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

  • ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION

    ACTION, Actio, in Physics, is the production of an effect or the manner of an active cause. See ACTION and ACTIVE. The idea of action is so familiar to us that a definition may as easily obscure as explain it. Some Schoolmen, however, attempt to...

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

  • ACCELERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/mechanics/ACCELERATION

    directly opposed to Retardation, which denotes a Diminution of Velocity. See RETARDATION. Acceleration is chiefly used in Physics, in respect of falling Bodies, i.e. of heavy Bodies tending towards the Centre of the Earth by the Force of Gravity. See...

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

  • ADDITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDITION

    of Holy Scripture, it is forbidden to make any addition to the text, for fear of corrupting and altering the sense. In Physics, we say that natural bodies are formed by the addition or aggregation of parts. See AGGREGATION, ACCRETION, etc. Addition is...

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

  • AFFECTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AFFECTION

    Affectio, in Physics, a Quality or Property of some natural Being. See QUALITY, and PROPERTY. The Schoolmen define Affection an Attribute proper to any Being, arising from the Essence thereof. See ATTRIBUTE, PROPER, etc. Affections are distinguished...

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

  • APPOSITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPOSITION

    the Act of putting or applying one thing to another. See APPLICATION. Apposition is used in Physics, with respect to Bodies, which derive their Growth from the Adjunction or Union of neighboring Bodies. See ADJUNCTION. Most Bodies of the fossil or...

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

  • ALTERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ALTERATION

    Alteratio, in Physics, the Act of changing the Circumstances and Manner of a thing; its general Nature and Appearance remaining the same.—Or, Alteration is an accidental, and partial Change in a Body; without proceeding so far, as to make the Subject...

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