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(

1ft12,nel'S.

u~\o· mect

Doce

a·moDth; and

{WQof

the

aca–

demia,

(caeh

turns we

art

dancing, anciént and

Dlodero.

Thc F rc:nch have

airo

acadcmies in

moa

of (heir

grtalories, as.

rhe Academy of Sciences

al Manl–

pelicr. that of (he: L anu:rnins

T houloufe; befidcs

olhen

Nirmc:s,

Arl~.

Angic:rs, L yons, Caen in

Normandy,

&c.;

and (he Chirurgical Acaderny

a l

Paris is a modern ¡naitulion ror {he general impro\'t:–

meOI of

(he

an,

"nd

lOcompile

and

puelirh

rhe an–

eienl

and modero hifiory

of il.

Ro/al SpnniJb

ACADOI.- at Madrid, has for its objea

the cultivation of rhe

Canilian

tcngue, and was c(la–

blilhed in

' ?

14 by the D ukc d'Efcalona, with the ap–

probation of the King of Spaio.

confills of twenty–

four academia" ¡neludiag

direétor and fecrctary.

In POrtugal, John V. founded an hmorical academy

at LiChon, in the year 17'20, for colleéling and afcer·

taining me hifiory of his own dominions.

confifls

6fty me.mhers,

dircélor. four cenfors, and a

ft:–

cretary.

In Germany, they have the Academy of

!\'o/Ilrtr

Curioji,

otherwi(e called (he

Lrop'Jldine ACt1denl)',

foundcd in 1652 by J o. L ,ur. Baufch a phy/ician,

and, in 1670' ti\kcn under the proteétion of the Em–

peroroL eopold. TIe deGgn of this fociery was tO

promote medical knowledge. T hey began in t 684 to

publilh their obferv",rions, under the (itle of

Epheme·

ridu;

which publicMion has been continucd annuaJly,

with (ome intcrruption!, and under different titles .

TItis academy confins of a prefideDt, twe adjunéts or

, {ecretanes, aDd colleague! or members without

lími-

tation.

Berlin

ACADEMY,

was founded

F reden ck

the

late King of Pruffia, in the year

1700.

ha! fur

its

objeéls lhe improvement of natural knowlcdge, and

tbe belles Icures. TIte charter of lhis fociety was

amended in

17 10,

and by it lhe prefidem is to

no–

minated by lhe king.

The

members are divided into

fouT cla{fes;

1 .

(or phyfic. medicine, and rhemiflry;

2 .

formathematics, afironomy, andmechanics;

for

,he

Cuman Iancuage, and the hirlory of the cduntry;

for Oriental learning, particu larly what relates

the propagarlon of the gorpel among

infidd. T he

great promoter of lhis foundation was the crlebrated

Leibnitz.

/lulJinn

ACA DE M Y

was founded by Czar Peter lhe

reat,

at Peterf'burg. upon lhe

phm of

lhe Acadc",)' (Jf Sci–

cnces

Pans; bcfides which, they takc ín lhe R uf–

(jan language.

A CADEMY

alfo a term (or (chool5 and Olner ((.'minotries

learning amone, lhe Jcw,. wherc tht:ir ral.bins antl

doétors inHruélt:d thcir youth in lhe Hebrew

I.tr.gU: l.gc,

and explamed

tliem lhe T almud, and the (ccrets uf

the Cabba/.¡: Thofe of T iberi.. and B:tb)'lon have

been the mofl nOled.

A c

E rol y

is "ften ueed with us tO d('nole a kind of

( 0 1-

legiate (chooJ, whele yoUth are infl ruétcd in an s and

fci4.;ncu. T here is one at Ponfmouth for tcaching

navlg:nion.ori\

wing,

(;r. ;

another al \VOOIWlch,

foc

forubc:uion, gunolfy,

6r.

ACA DEM Y

i:t

likewife a name given to a rirung-fchool.

where young gendemeo arc

tau&ht

ride the creat

hOl'fe,

6&.

íllld the ground aJloltcd for il is UfUolUy

called the

MenaJ'.

A CADEMY

figure,

drawinc of

nakcd maa or wo–

mano taken (rom tlle

hfc,

which

ufu.dly done on

paper wlth red or black chalk,

OUld

fometimcs with

r afiils or crayons.

ACADIE,

ACADtA.

geogTaph)' , a n:\mc forme'r–

Iy given tO NoV'fl Scot,ia, onc of OUT i\mclican colo–

nit=:3.

Sec

NOV A S COTI A.

ACJENA,

in antiquity,

Grecia" rncafure of lengtb,

being a ten fcet rod, ufed in meafuring lIlcir lands.

ACAIABA. Soc ACAJOU .

ACAJA, in bOlany, a fynonime of the fpondias lutea,

an American tree. See

St>ONDIAS.

ACAJOU,

in botany, a fynonime of the anacardium

oc~

cidenlale, or cafhew-nut-tree. Sce

ASIICAR DIUM.

ACALEPTIC, in ancient profody, a complete <erfe.

ACALlS, in botany, an obrolete name of Ihe CeratQ–

ni:l.

8ee

CERATONIA.

ACALYPHA, in botany, a genus of

plant~

belonging

to the moncecia monadelphia clars. Thcre are onl1

four frecics of this plant; thc acalypha "irgirica,

which is a native' of Ceylon; . th: virgata, indica, and

aufi:ralis. all natives of America. Sir Hans Sloan

ranks this piaD{ with the

ocule,

undel the Dame of

ur–

/ica minor

i,,¡:n

[pica/o,

ACAMAT OS, a word ufed to exprefs the beíl lhape of

the human body.

ACAMBOU, a kingdom on the coaíl of Guinea in A–

fríc:l.

ACAME E H, among fome of the old chemias, the fco–

rilE of filver

as alfo a

fup~r8uity

of the hllmidum

ra–

dicale.

ACANACEOUS

planlJ,

fuch as are armcd with

pricklcs.

ACANAI'HORA, in botany, an obfolete name of the

cenlaurea jacea, or knapweed. Sec

CE~TAUREA .

ACANES, in geography. See AKA",s .

AC:\NG I S,

that

¡s,

"ovagt'rJ

aJvwIUrU J;

a oa.tru:

which the T urks give their hu(f.1rs «-'r light-troops,

who are generally

h:nt

out in detachmcnts to procure

imelliscnt:e, ho.rafs thz enerny, or ravage the coumry.

ACA

NY,

an inland counlry on the gold coan of

Gui–

nea in Africa, which afFords lhe betl gold, f¡nd in

grc:n plcnty. T herc is a town or ,'illage of the fJOle

,,'me, W . long. o. 5. I;n. S. 30.

ACA TIlA, in bOlany, the prickle of , ny rbm.

A C~\N TIIA,

io zoology, a teno for wc frir.c or prickty

fios of fifhes.

ACANTI-lr\ , in analomy,

obfoleu:

tcrm

for lhe fpi–

n:!1 procc(fes of the bnck.

AC'ANT HABOL US, in furgcry, an inrlrument f" r

pnlling thorns,

the tike.

Out

tht' Ikin.

ACA.

TH¡\ CEOUS,

among an(il.!nt

bo:anifi'i,

:lO

cpi–

thet given to IhifiIt:s ancl other prid,ly

ptdnt~,

ACP.NTHE, .in

botany, an ohfilluc r.amt fur the

Cr–

nara or anicho3k.

~cc

CVNAR A,

ACA TilIAS, in ichlhyolorY, Ihe tri\'i. 1 n,lme of a

fpecies of fqua/us.

S<c S<l,UAL-V' .