AER
weakened
diminished
AER
distance. It
orto the
See
ararn were so called on account of their being liable to all thetaxes and other burdens ot the state, without enjoying any of if-privileges. 1 he term was also applied to a person coiningworking in brass; to the officer who distributes moneysoldiery, and to a soldier receiving uav.
AERAIE1) IRON, carbonate of iron. See Iron .
Aerated Muriatic Acid , oxygenated muriatic acid.Muriatic Acid . ' c ' '
Aerated \V ater, water impregnated with carbonic acid.
. distilled water; agilation makes it
aViiinW. . re< ' c P11 v l * le d'icUm; of turnsole, ami has a pungenttherefnr! S f table ' or die contact of air, decomposes it;
cool I* 5 • l iresei ' ve ihis acidulous liquor, it must be kept in a
istl . C mj n ve!Ke ' s properly stopped. There are many springs,V, T 0s, e ot 1 yrmont, Seitz, &c. which consist of this acid solution.
, f. S'^at use in all putrid disorders, either by drinkinu --
1 uwj 'of Experiments ou Air, vol. v. p
• U t "!■ . h‘nn is also applied to water containing commonair, to distinguish it from distilled water.
Aerated Mineral, and Vegetable Alkali. See Al-kali.
• AERATION of Soils denotes the impregnation of them withair, by means of ploughing, harrowing, and oilier operations whicheue to inljoduce the air into the pores of the earth.
, proportion to their distal
| principally respects the colours of the bodies represented.
A BRIANS, a branch of Arlans, who to the doctrines of thatct added sunn peculiar dogmas of their «n: as, that there is no
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sect aaueu sum: |ium.m ,. wc> . own;
difference between bishops and prie.ts; a doctrine maintained bymany modern divines, particularly of the prefoyterian and re-formed churches.
AK11IUS, an Armenian priest of the 4th century, the founderof the sect of Arrians.
AEROGRAPH Y, [from «»?, air, .and T describe,] a
description of the air, or atmosphere, its limits, dimensions, proper-ties, Ac . It is much the same with aerology.
AEROLOGIA, that branch of medicine, called by some disos-ticci, or the non-naturals, which treats of air, its properties anduse in the animal economy, and its efficacy in preserving and
restoring health.
", \an% and \oy©’, Gr,] or science of tire air, treats
! of the nature, species, constituent parts, properties, operations,..... c:,.„ P\r l-ti v,vTicsand Ghemistivy.
AEROLOGY! oi the nature, sp^^.v, _
' phenomena, and usesoftheaiv. See Pneumatics and;1 AEHOL1TI1S, («mj, the air, M\d xi9o,-, a stone,) air-hones, a.
•’ Vwi#Vt»*e wVnrh
the
given to those solid bodies which fall from
The descent .of such bodies was long doubted; but1 * K -i,ive full
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE,
that which represents objects
modern name
atmosphere, 'ineuraroa.ui ....
of bale the fact has been so well attested, that the judicious givecredit to the phenomenon. The following table oi such bodiesdrawn by M. Ham :
wa&
ti
Substances.
Shower of stones .
Shower of stones .
Shower of iron.
Shower of mercury..'.
A very large stone .
(Three large stones .
(Shower ot tire ...
1st one of 72ibs.
(About 1200stones; one 120lbs.
t Another of tiolhs.
' Another of 59lh:.
(Shower of sand for 15 hours
Places iihei'C that fed-
Period of their J'all.
At QuesuovNear EarLsa, Macedonia.
L’nrler Tillius Hostilius .
VConsuls C. Martins and M. ?
Testimony.
j Second year of the 78th >
k Olympiad ... S
Year before J. C. 452 .
January 4, 1717 ..
January, 170b ...
In 1510 . | Carden, Yareit
Livy
J. Obsequens
Pliny
Dion
Pliny
Ch. of Count MaTcellin
Geoffrey le CadetPaul Lucas
November 27,April 6, 17 19 ■Y ear before J.
Shower of sulphur . 1 Sodom and I*om . 1 ( n \ Gd8
Sulphureous rain . lu the duchy oi Man.i . In 104b
'shower of sulphur . j Brunswick
Ditto of a viscid unknown
1627 ....C. 1898 .
matter(Two large stonesA stony mass....jA stone of 7{lbs.|A stone
weighing 201bs.
October, 1721 ..
In 1695.
September, 1753.
A stone. In Le Cotentin
1 Extensive.shower of stones .
(About vt stones .
(A iarge stone of oblbs.
1A stone of lblbs.
(A Stone of about I20\bs.ver of stones
Environs of Agon .
Sale, department of the Rhone
In 1768
Pere la Feuillee
Moses
SpangenbergOlaus Wormius Siegesber
Miischenbrceck
De La I.andeDe La I.andeBachelay
Gurson de BoyavalM orand
St. Anrand, Baudin, &c.
July 24, 1 /90 ... or, mu .tun, ,
July, 17i)4 ... Earl ot Bristol
December 13, 1795 . Captain Topham
Benares, East Indies. i December 19, 1798
jShowc
ibhower of stones ... At Pknm, near Tabor, Bohemia
Mass of iron, 70 cubic feet. America ...
(Mass of ditto, 14 quintals . Abakank, Siberia .
Shower of stones. Bavboutan, near Roquefort
Large stone, 2t)0lbs.......... Ensisheim , Upper Rhine .
Two stones, 200 and 300fos. •• Near Verona .
A stone of 201bs. . ..y. j Sales, near Yille-Eranche.
Several ditto, from 10 to 17lbs. | Near 1,’Aigle, Normandy ...
February 19, 1790 •Mavdi 17, 1798.
July 3, 1753April 5, 1800
Very old.
July, 1789 ...November 7,In 1702
Soullieyl.elicvie and De Dr6eJ. Lloyd Williams, Esq.B. de Born
Philosophical MagazinePallas, Chladni, Ac .Dared, jun. Lomc-t, Ac .
;Viv> . Butenschoen
Acad, de BourdD. Dke
March 12, 1798 . ft,™
April 26, .. 1 1 0mtr0i
These stones generally appear luminous in their descent, movingin oblique directions, with very great velocities, and commonly■ with a hissing noise. They are frequently heard to explode, orburst, and seen to fly in pieces, fhe larger parts falling first. Theyoften strike the earth with such force, as to sink several inches belowthe surface. They are always different from the surroundingbodies, but in every case are similar to one another, being semi-Vol. i.— no, 3.
coated with a thin black encrustation. They bear strong
Chemists have found, on examining these
metallic,
marks of recent fusion
1 and"^animelin> as in this tableN