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  • PROCURATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PROCURATION

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

  • PROCURATORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/PROCURATOR

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

  • ATTORNEYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTORNEY

    ATTORNEY, Attornatus, in law, a person appointed by another to do something in his stead; particularly to solicit and carry on a lawsuit. See AGENT, DEPUTY, etc. See also CAUSE, PROCESS, ACTION, etc. Attorneys in common law are much the same with...

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

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

    'TIS not without some Concern that I put this Work in the Reader's Hands; a Work so disproportionate to a single Person's Experience, and which might have employ'd an Academy. What adds to my Jealousy, is the little measure of Time allow'd for a...

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

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

    1 METEOROLOGY, or the History of AIR and ATMOSPHERE: including, 1°, that of its Contents, Æther,Fire,Vapour, Exhalation, &c. 2°, Meteors form'd therein, as Cloud, Rain, Shower, Drop, Snow, Hail, Dew, Damp, &c. Rainbow, Parhelion, Halo, Thunder, Water-...

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

  • 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

  • ADVOCATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ADVOCATE

    ADVOCATE, Advocatus, among the Romans, a person skilled in their law, and who undertook the defense of causes at the bar. See LAW. The word is compounded of ad, and voco, i.e. I call to my aid, or defense. The Roman Advocates answered to one part of the...

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

  • ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY

    ALKALY, Alkali, or Alkathy, in Chemistry, a Name originally given, by the Arabians, to a Salt extracted from the Ashes of a Plant called Kali; and by us Glass-wort because used in the making of Glass. See KALI, and GRASS. Afterwards, the Term Alkaly...

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

  • AMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMBER

    AMBER, Succinum, Carabe or Karabe, Gursium, Electrum, Carysturium, in Natural History, etc., a yellow transparent Substance, of a gummous or bituminous Form and Consistence, but a resinous Taste, and a smell like Oil of Turpentine; chiefly found in the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

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

    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...

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

  • Lawhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law

    LAW or the Rules and Measures of SOCIETY ; publish'd in Act, Statute, Charter, Rescript, Constitution, Decretal, Senatus-consultum, Pragmatic Sanction, &c. Recorded, in institute, Code, Novel, Register, Pandect, Corpus, Domesday, &c. Kinds, Civil,...

    • Type: Category

  • ACIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACID

    ACID, Acidum, anything which affects the Tongue with a Sense of Sharpness, and Sourness. See TASTE.Acids are usually divided into manifest and dubious.The Manifest Acids are those above defined, which impress the Idea sensibly. — Such are Vinegar, and...

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

  • ARACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARACK

    ARACK, or Arrack, a spirituous liquor, imported from the East Indies; chiefly used by way of dram, and in Punch. See DRINK, PUNCH, etc. The nature and composition of this celebrated liquor has been much controverted. The name 'rack', Mr. Lockyer assures...

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

  • ABETTERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABETTER

    ABETTER, or ABETTOR, in Law, one who incites, incourages, or sets another on to perform something criminal ; or some way seconds and assists him in the Performance it self. Thus, they who procure others to sue out false Appeals of Felony, or Murder...

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

  • AIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AID

    the Pallium. See SYNODALES, etc.Add, that the archdeacons exacted aids from the clergy of their jurisdiction. See PROCURATIONS, etc. Aids are also used in matters of polity, for any extraordinary taxes or impositions occasionally levied by the king and...

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

  • ARSENIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARSENIC

    ARSENIC, Arsenicum, in natural history, a ponderous mineral substance, extremely caustic or corrosive, to the degree of a violent poison. See FOSSIL, CORROSIVE, etc. The word is compounded of the Greek ἀρσεν, man, and νικᾶ, I overcome, kill; alluding to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • Politics - Policy - Justicehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics

    POLICY, or the Consideration of SOCIETY and COMMONWEAL; Its Origin, in Contract, &c. Constitutions and Forms thereof, as, 1°, Monarchy, Despotism, &c. Powers thereof, King, Queen, Prince, Duke. Emperor, Sultan, Sophy, Caliph, Cæsar, Czar, Inca,...

    • Type: Category

  • ALMONDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMOND

    ALMOND, Amygdala, a kind of Fruit, enclosed with a thick Stone, and under a thin Skin. See FRUIT. The Almond is the Produce of a pretty tall Tree, resembling a Peach Tree; frequent in Germany, France, and the neighbouring Countries; as also in Barbary,...

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

  • AMALGAMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/AMALGAM

    AMALGAM, or Amalgama, in Chemistry, a Mass of Mercury, united and incorporated with a Metal. See MERCURY, and METAL. The Amalgam of Mercury with Lead, is a soft, friable Substance, of a Silver Colour. See LEAD. By washing and grinding this Amalgam with...

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

  • ANODYNEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ANODYNE

    ANODYNE, in Physic, is understood of such Remedies, as by their gentle Heat and temperate Moisture, calm and assuage Pain. See PAIN. These are also called Paregorics. See PAREGORICS. There are others, which bear the same name, but improperly, viz. such...

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