Cyclopædia
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AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AIR
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 understood a different thing from what we do. See ELEMENT. It is certain, that Air, taken in the...
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ACCELERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCELERATION
downwards, say they, arises from an intrinsic principle, which makes them tend to the centre, as their proper sphere or element, where they would be at rest: hence, add they, the nearer bodies approach thereto, the more is their motion intended. See...
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Physicshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics
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 Extension, Solidity, Figure,...
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
of an Art to the other, i. e. from the first or simplest Complication of Ideas appropriated to the Art, which we call the Elements or Principles thereof; to the most complex or general one, the Name or Term that denotes the whole Art. NOR is the Pursuit...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
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 Extension, Solidity, Figure,...
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AETHERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AETHER
to solve some Phenomenon, real or imaginary; Authors take the Liberty to modify it how they please.—Some suppose it of an elementary Nature, like other Bodies, and only distinguished by its Tenuity, and the other Affections consequent thereon: which is...
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ETHEREALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ETHEREAL
Space; Ethereal Regions, &c.—Some of the Ancients divided the Universe, with respect to the Matter contained therein, into Elementary and Ethereal. See Universe, and Elementary.——Under Ether, or the Ethereal World, was included all that Space above the...
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