307 / 1042
e o
N
e
s
will deferibe parabolas, ellipfes, and hypcrholas,
~c·
cording to the proponion betwixt the central aod pro·
jeélile (orce. This is prol'cd by dircél demonflwion.
The
gr.atprincipie of gravilalloo .éts in thls manoer;
2nd aJl the heaveoly botlies d. fcribe eooie (eél i0ns having
the tuo io ooc of the fuei; the m'bits of the plaoet'
~re
cllip'e" who(e
tr~ofverfe
aod le!Ttr diameters . re nearly
<qual ; it is uoecmlo whether tbe comets delúibe
dlip(es with very uoequal axes, aod fo return alter
a great oumber of ycals ¡ or " helher they dcferibe
pmbolas and hyperbolas, in whieh eafe they will nc·
' cr return.
C O N
CONICTHYODONTES. or PLECTR ONITA':, io na·
tural hinory, ooe of the three names thefollile teeth
oC
fiOles are knolVn by.
CONIFEROUS TRErs, fueh as
be~r
hud, dry feed·
velfels,
oC
a eonieal figu re, eonfining of fev
etd
I IVoody
pans, beiog mo(JIy
fe~ly,
adheriog clofely together,
aod fep. rating when ripe.
OC
this fon is the eedar
oC
Lebanon, fir,
oc.
CONINGSECK, the capital of a eounty o( the fame
Alme, in Ihe eireJe of Swabia, in Germany. about
twenty miles nonh
oC
Conllaoee :
E.
long
9° 23, N.
lal.
47° 50'.
CONJOINT DEGREES, in mufie, two noteswhieh follow
eaeh other immediately in the order
oC
the feale, as
u/
and
'l.
COSJO INT TETu eHoRD s, two tetraehords, or fO llrths,
", here Ihe fame ehord is the highen
oC
ooe, and the
lowen
oC
the other.
CONISSALiE, in natural hillory, a clafs o( (onlls, na·
turally aod e!Tenlially eompounded, not inflammable,
ncr foluble in water, Cound in detached malfcs, and
Cormed
oC
erylla lline matICr debafed by eanh .
OC
thisela(sthereare IWO olders, andof eacll
oC
Ihefe
oolyone genus. Coni!T,lre of Ihe fi rll order are Cound
in form
oC
a naturally reg!llar and uniform powdcr, all
the genuine particles of which are nearly of one deter·
minm Ihape,
~prearing
regularly eoncreled, and not
C"r.meots of others nnee larger. Cori!Talre
~f
the fe·
cood order are found in form
oC
a rude, megul".
2nd Olapelefs po\Vder, the partieles
oC
whieh a", never
of any determinale
p~"irnlar
figure, but feemLroken
fra&menrs ef fome once
I~rger
ma!Te!.
To the Cormer genus bdong Ihe di/ferent kinds
oC
f~nd ;
and
10
the Imer, the
(~hllrra:,
or gritts.
CON j UGA1 E DIAME TER, or
oxiJ
of
on
t/lipfiJ,
the
Ih"ttn
oC
the t\VO
di~meters,
or that bifdling the
tranrve& axis.
CoNJUGA n HYPERROL A' . See CONl eSEC TloNS .
CON:IUGATION, in gramOla<,
~
regular dillributin.n
oC
the rcve,.1 inOcxions oCvrrhs ro rhelr d.fTercm
VO!·
ces, mood,. trnfrs ,
nllm~ers
and perfons, fo as to di·
lIin~ui(1t
Ibemfrom one another.
T he
La.in, have Cour eonjuglliOll', dillinguilhed by
the termroatiolls of the infinitive are, ere, ere,
~nd
¡le.
VOL.!/. No.
41.
E
e
T
o
N
s.
271
U fel
~r
Co:1ic Se{fionl
il!
tbe Sol¡;tioll o[
GcolI/e/mal
PloblelllJ.
M
H Y
~roblems
can be folved by eonie feélions thal
eannot be 1"lved by right lines and eireles. TitefoJlow.
ing thro'ems, ",hieh
~ollow
Cro?,
the fimpler properties
oC
the fcéllOns,
~'IJI
g.vea Ipeelmen of this.
A point eqllally dillant Crom a given poiot and 2 gi.
ven line, is fituated in
~
given parabola.
.A
P?int,. the
~um
of
wh~fe
dillanees from two gi'en
pOllllS IS gll'en,
15
fit uated
10
a
gll'en eJlipfe.
A poiO!, rhe di/ferenee
oC
whofe d¡{ldnees
Crom
two
given poiots is given, is fituater! io a given hyperbola.
C O N
Th. EngliOt
h~ve
fcaree any natural inRexions de.
riving
~II
tlleir variations frem additional pan'ides,
pronouns,
&c.
whenee there is fearee any fueh thing as
(triét eonjugations in that
I~nguage.
CO:-J IUM, in botany, a
ge~us.ofthe
pentandria digynia
e1ars
oC
plants. The Crult IS globular, erenated on
eaeh fide, and hlS fir< nria: or nreaks . There
are three fpeeics, only one of whieh,
~iz.
the eoni.
um
m~eulatum,
or hemloek, is a nalil'e
oC
Britain
Wirhin thefe fe\V years p211 Or Stork publilhed a trea:
~ife
reeomm.<nding the extraél
oC
h~mloek
to be given
IOteroally,
10
feveral dofes, as a kmd
oC
fpeeifie
Cor
eaneers, the king's.evil, and aJl kinds of fehirrous
tumolirs.
00
the Caith
oC
this fingl. phyfieian, the
whole medical praélirioners in Europe dofed th. ir pa.
tienls \Vho labollrrd nnder difeafes
oC
the above kinds
wilh hem loek, whieh is unquellionbly a rank poifon
if taken to any exten!. After two or Ihree year;
praétiee, it was at length difeovered that the hemioek
w~,
not po!Te!Ted
oC
thore extraordinary vinues which
Dr Stork
h~o
attribllted to it ¡
~nd
oC
eourfe its re.
putation began to fink, and now, like many other
great medicines, has had its day, aod is gradually
wearing out
oC
praéliee.
CONjUNCT
righ/l.
Se. Seon LAw, title,
Succcf
ji.n
in
~tri/"hI,
,igh/l.
CO JUNeT, or CONFIDE NT perrons. See SeoTl
LA \V, title,
Amom.
CON
J
UNCTION. in allronomy, the meetiog of two
lIars or planets, in the fame degree of the 2odiae.
CONJuN eT, oN, in grammar, ao undeclinable \Vord. or
particle, whieh ferves to join \Vords ano femenees too
gethcr, and thereby Ihews Iheir relatioo or dependen
ce
one upon ano'her.
CONjUNC"IVA, in analomy. See VoL/. p.
'9
1 •
CONN ....UGHT, the
010(1
wenerly province of Ire.
land.
CONNA~US,
in bora"y, a genus of the monodelphia
decandrra elafs.
It
h., but one (I)'lus; the lJigma is
fimple¡ and the eapfule has t\Vo I'alvcs, 3nu eontains
one feed . There is bm one fpecies,
~iz.
tht mono.
Clrpll',
~
nali"e of India.
(,()N~' ECTI CUT,
a Hritilh eolony
oC
North America
hOl'nned by the Matrochufet e"lonv on the north.e2n:
by the lea, on the fouth ¡ anr! by New
r
urk, on th;
l'
3 Z
"di;