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  • ALTITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ALTITUDE

    To observe a Meridian Altitude by means of a Gnomon, see Gnomon, Altitude of the Pole—Since the Meridian passes through the Poles of the World; the Altitude of the Pole, is an Arch of the Meridian, intercepted between the Pole and the Horizon. To...

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

  • AXIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXIS

    line PQ, Tab. Astronomy, Fig. 52.—The two extreme points hereof, in the surface of the sphere, viz. P and Q, are called its poles. See POLE. Axis of the Earth, is a right line, upon which the earth performs its diurnal rotation. See EARTH, ROTATION,...

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

  • POLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/POLE

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

  • ANTARCTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTARCTIC

    ANTARCTIC, or Antarctic, Pole, the Southern Pole, or End of the Earth’s Axis; so called because it is opposite to the Arctic or North Pole. See POLE, SOUTH, ARCTIC, etc. The Stars near the Antarctic Pole never appear above our Horizon. See STAR,...

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

  • ARCTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARCTIC

    ARCTIC, Arctic, in Astronomy, an epithet givento the North Pole, or the pole raised above our horizon. See NORTH, and POLE. It is called the Arctic Pole, on account of the constellation of the Little Bear, in Greek called ἄρκτος; the first starin the...

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

  • ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM

    capped, cased, or set in Iron or Steel, in order to make it take up the greater Weight; and also to distinguish readily its Poles. See MAGNET, POLES, etc. The usual Armour of a Lodestone in form of a right-angled Parallelepipedon, consists of two thin...

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

  • ARCTICK CIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCTICK%20CIRCLE

    and its opposite, the Antarctic, are called the two polar circles; and may be conceived to be described by themotion of the poles of the ecliptic, around the poles of theequator, or of the world. See POLE and POLAR. ARCTICK CIRCLE

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

  • ANTISCIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTISCI

    ANTISCI, or Antoeci, in Geography, the People who inhabit on different sides of the Equator; and who, of consequence, at Noon, have their Shadows projected opposite ways. See SHADOW. The People of the North are Antisci to those of the South; the one...

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

  • ARMILLARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARMILLARY

    of the heavenly Bodies. See HEAVEN, SUN, PLANET, etc. Such is represented, Tab. Astron. Fig. 21.—where P and Q represent the Poles of the World, A D the Equator, E L the Ecliptic and Zodiac, PA G D the Meridian, or the Solstitial Colure, T the Earth, F...

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

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

    Scales, &c. 35 GEOGRAPHY, including the Doctrine of the EARTH, or Globe: its Circles; Parallel, Tropic, Horizon, Axis, Poles, &c. Its Zones, Climates, &c. Its Places ; their Longitude, Latitude, Distance, Elevation, &c. Inhabitants, Antipodes,...

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

  • ASTROLABEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLABE

    ASTROLABE, Astrolabium, was originally used for a System or Assemblage of the several Circles of the Sphere, in their proper Order and Situation with respect to each other. See CIRCLE and SPHERE. The ancient Astrolabes were the same with our Armillary...

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

  • ASYMPTOTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ASYMPTOTE

    ASYMPTOTE, in Geometry, a Line which continually approaches nearer and nearer to another, yet will never meet there with, though indefinitely prolonged. See LINE. The Word is compounded of the privative Particle α, συν, with, and πζοω, I fall ; g.d....

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

  • AURORA BOREALIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURORA%20BOREALIS

    AURORA BOREALIS, or AURORA SEPTENTRIONALIS, the northern dawn or light; is an extraordinary meteor, or luminous appearance, showing itself in the night time, in the northern part of the heavens. See METEOR. 'Tis usually of a reddish colour, inclining to...

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

  • ANTARCTIC Circlehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTARCTIC%20Circle

    ANTARCTIC, or Antarctic Circle, is one of the lesser Circles of the Sphere parallel to the Equator, at the distance of 23 deg. 30 min. from the South Pole. See CIRCLE. It takes its Name from its being opposite to another Circle, parallel likewise to the...

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

  • ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGLE%20IN%20A%20SEMICIRCLE

    ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLE, is an Angle in a Segment of a Circle, whose Base is a Diameter thereof. See SEGMENT. It is demonstrated by Euclid, that the Angle in a Semicircle is a right one; in a Segment greater than a Semicircle, is less than a right one;...

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

  • ALLIOTHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALLIOTH

    ALLIOTH, in Astronomy, a Star in the Tail of the Great Bear, whose Observation is much used at Sea. See STAR. Its Longitude, Latitude, &c., see among the rest of Ursa Major. To find the Latitude, or Elevation of the Pole by this Star. See LATITUDE, and...

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

  • Geographyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography

    GEOGRAPHY, including the Doctrine of the EARTH, or Globe: its Circles; Parallel, Tropic, Horizon, Axis, Poles, &c. Its Zones, Climates, &c. Its Places ; their Longitude, Latitude, Distance, Elevation, &c. Inhabitants, Antipodes, Aborigines,...

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  • ACREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACRE

    ACRE, a Quantity of Land, containing four square Roods, or 160 square Poles. See MEASURE; see also ROOD, and PERCH.By a Statute of 31 Eliz. it is ordained, That if any Man erect a new Cottage, he shall add four Acres of Land to it.See COTTAGE.To find...

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

  • ARBOURhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARBOUR

    Natural Arbours, are formed only of the branches of trees, interwoven artfully, and borne up by strong latticework, poles, hoops, etc., which make galleries, halls, porticoes, and green vistas naturally covered. The trees with which these arbours are...

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

  • ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENSIONAL%20DIFFERENCE

    ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE, is the Difference between the Right and Oblique Ascension. See ASCENSION. Or it is the Space of Time which the Sun rises or sets before or after six of the Clock. To find the Ascensional Difference trigonometrically, having the...

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