Cyclopædia
Assuming south is required, the following 14 results were found.
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SOUTH directDialshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SOUTH-directDials
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AZIMUTHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/AZIMUTH
as radius is to the tangent of the latitude, so is the tangent of the sun’s altitude to the cosine of the azimuth from the south, at the time of the equinox. To find the azimuth by the globe, see GLOBE. The word is pure Arabic, where it signifies the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ANTISCIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTISCI
at Noon, have their Shadows projected opposite ways. See SHADOW. The People of the North are Antisci to those of the South; the one projecting their Shadows, at Noon, towards the North Pole, and the others towards the South Pole. Antisci are frequently...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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Commercehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce
&c. Bottomry, Ajssurance, Pike, &c. Transacted by Company ; as Hans, Steel-yard, East India, Turky, Hamburg, Missisippi, South Sea, Assiento, Register. Colony, Fishery, Factory, &c. At Staple, Fair, Market, Bank, Burse, &c. By Commission, Factor,...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
&c. Bottomry, Ajssurance, Pike, &c. Transacted by Company ; as Hans, Steel-yard, East India, Turky, Hamburg, Missisippi, South Sea, Assiento, Register. Colony, Fishery, Factory, &c. At Staple, Fair, Market, Bank, Burse, &c. By Commission, Factor,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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AUSTRALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUSTRAL
australis, the same with southern. See SOUTH and SOUTHERN. Thus, austral signs, are the six last signs of the zodiac; so called, because they are on the south-side of the equinoctial. The word is derived from auster, the south-wind. See AUSTER. AUSTRAL
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTOECIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTOECI
who live under the same Meridian, and at the same Distance from the Equator; the one towards the North; and the other to the South. See EARTH. Hence, the Antoeci have the same Longitude and the same Latitude, only of a different Denomination. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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ADAMITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADAMITES
the א signifies ἀνατολή (Anatole), East; ד, δύσις (Dysis), West; א, ἄρκτος (Arktos), North; and מ, μεσημβρία (Mesembria), South; as being king of the four quarters of the world: or, in that he was to people it; or that he was a little world, μικρόκοσμος...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTARCTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/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, HORIZON, etc. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES
are those who live in Parallels of Latitude equally distant from the Equator, the one toward the North, the other to the South; and under the same Meridian, though 180°, or just half of that Meridian, distant from one another. See PARALLEL and MERIDIAN....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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ANABIBAZONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ANABIBAZON
in Astronomy, the Dragon's Head; or the Northern Node of the Moon, where she passes the Ecliptic from South to North Latitude. See DRAGON, and NODE. ANABIBAZON
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AMPHISCIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/AMPHISCI
Shadow turned sometimes one way, and sometimes another, i.e., at one time of the Year to the North, and at another to the South. See SHADOW. The Word comes from ἀμφί (amphi), about, and σκιά (skiá), Shadow. The Amphisci are also Astii. See ASTII....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geography
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ARCHITECTONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITECTONIC
may be added, the Arabesque and Moorisharchitecture; which were much of a piece with the Gothic, only brought in from the South by the Moors and Saracens, as the former was from the North by the Goths andVandals. See ARABESQUE, MORISCO, GROTESQUE, etc....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTARCTIC Circlehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTARCTIC%20Circle
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 Equator, and at the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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