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fl"tl,io~ i~ ro díeot i,1in poetry 's 'propcrureof thc,".
T he ,,,itio~s 01' thc bcHpoets are fo il 01' them, dpe.
y V"'gil.
'¡::rI'l 0ME, io literar)' hinor)'. Sec ADR IOGEMEn.
r.PITIUTU ~, io prolody, a foot eoofilliog of three
loog fyllablcs aod ooe nlUrt.
EPIZ EUXlS , io r:tttoric, a figurc "hieh rcpeats lhe
fame word, without aoy other iotcmoio¡;; fuch is
thíl.t oCVirgil, lVu nr, nllI/d, ¡I1Jiugil! r~IIIÍJ.
EPOCHA, io chrooology, a tmn or :ixed poiot of timc,
wheoce the rueceediog ycars are oumbered or aecount·
el!. SeeAS'f RONO"V, P' 487.
F.PODE. io Iyric poetey, the thi rd or lan par! of the
rdc; the , ocient ode beiog divided ioto Ilroplte, aoti·
nrophe, aod 'pude. Sce Ou E.
EPO I'OEI.~, in l'0etry, the flory. fable, or fubjeél ti eat·
ed 'of in ' oepic poem.
EPOTIDES, io the oaval architeélure of the aocieots,
111'0 lhick block! of \Vood, ooe 00 each liJe the prow
of a galley, for \Vardiog off the blows of the ronra of
the eoemy's ,·eITels.
EPPINGEN, a <01'!0 of Germariy, fituatcd about teo
miles nonh of H,dibroo.
EPSOM, a tOll'Oof Surry, about heteeo miles fouth·wefl
of Londoo; mueh rerorted to 00 aeeouot of its medio
eioal waters; from \Vhieh the bitter purgiog falt beiog
jirn extraéled, got the oame of Epfom·falt. At pre,
feot, however. the bitter purging falt is proeured from
Ihe binern, remainiog after the eryllallizatioo of eom'
mon falt; aod tlti! is found to anflVer al! the purpofes
of that firfl obtaioed from Epfom.walers, and goes by
ils name. See CH EM 1ST RY.
EPULONES, io Romao aotiquity, mininer! \Vho allifl
ed at the facrifiees, and h.d the care of the f.ered ban·
quet eommitted to them.
EQYABLE, ao arpellatioo giveo tO fuch motioos as al ·
ways cootioue the fame io degree of velocilY, without
being either aeed erated or retarded. See MECHA'
Nrcs.
EQUAL, a term of relatioo betweeo IwO or more thiogs
01 the fame magnitude, quantit)', or quality.
MathematicI'os f,eak of equallioes, aogles, figures,
circles, ra'ios, folids.
EQ.UALITY, that agreemeot belweeo IWO or more
thiogs, wherehy they are dcoomioated equa/.
EQYANIMITY, io ethics, deoote! that eveo ,od e,dm
frame of miod aod temp<r, under gooo or b,d fonuoe,
whereby a mao "ppem to be oeither puITed up oor o·
verjo)'ed with prolptrity, oor difpirited, foured, or
rer,dercd uoo.!y by adverfity.
F.QYI\TION. in algebra. See ALGEBRA, p. 100.
EI(,OA'rtON o( lill", io .nrooomy aod rhrooology, the
reduélion~f lile 'ppar"ot time or motioo of the (,10,
to equaLII.!, rdl'íln, ur trUC time. Sce AS 'f KOSOM Y,
p.459·
EQ\JATOR, io g(Qgr.phy, a grm circle of tite terref·
tnal glohe, e~I1"lill",t from its poles, aod dividmg it
ioto tlVO ('~u:,I~'"lOifl'hercs; ooe oonh, aod the other
rou'h , Seu (; lOG RAP1IY .
E~ l' IUn, io Ih Ilrtttfh CUn00l3, ao o(Jieer of HH¡C,
...oder tlle "'.111( r of the Itorle.
Vn. 11. No. 47.
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Th~rc are (, I'e e~l1erri,·,. who ritlc a[,roJd witl, hi,
majelly: for II'hieh purpofc tll~y givc tllei r attuldJoce
mOl1lhly. ooe at a tinte. aod are , 1I0II'ed , table.
As tu the eqllerries of Ihe el011'0 :e, Ihey 113I'c
lhis diflioél '1'l'ell:lliol1, 's bciog eOlpl'Jyed io OIOUot·
iog, mal1agiog, 'ou brcaking the faudle IlOrfes for !Jis
majeily's U'~, aod holding his fl irrup.
EQ!JES .lURA TUS, is ufetl for a koiglll b,tchelor, ~,I·
led al/ralllf, q. d. .~ill, ~eeaufe ancieotly nooe bUI
koights \Vere allowed to be,unify thm armour, or o·
ther habiliOleots for war, with gold.
EQ.l! ESTRI AN STAT UE, ftgoilies tile fialUe of a pero
foo moumed 00 horfeback.
EI(,UEST Rl AN ORDER, aOloog the Romans, figoified their
knights, or e~uites ; as alfo thei r troupers, or horfe.
meo io the fie!d ; the (¡diof \Vhi,h orJm 1I00d io coo.
1raJilli08ioo to Ihe feoators, as the lan did 10 the fout ,
military, or iofaotry: each of <hefe dini08ions was
iotrodueed ioto the nate by R(·mulus.
EQYI ANGUL.rl.R, io geoOlw)', ao epilhel giveo to
figures, whofe aogles are all cqual : fueh are a fquare,
ao e~uilateral tl'iaoglc, Oc.
EQY ICltu RAL, io geometry. See ISOSCEL Es.
EQYIDISTANT, ao appellation giveo lO things phced
at equal dinaoec from (vOle fixed poiot, or place, to
which they are referred.
EQYILATERAL, io geoeral, fom:thiog that hath e·
qual fides, as ao equilateral aogle.
EQ!!ILIllRlUM, in meehaoies, is wheo the t\Vo eods
01 a lever or b,laoce haog fo exaétly eveo aod leve!,
tltat oeither doth afeeod Or defeeod, but keep io a po"
fitioo parallel tO the horizoo; IVhieh is oecafiooed by
lheir beiog both eharged with ao equ,1 weight.
EQYIMULTIPLES, io arithmetic aod gcometry, are
oumbers or quaotities multiplied by ooe a11d the fame
oumber or quaotity. Hence, equimultiples are always
io the fame ratio tO eaeh other, .. the fimple quaot'.
ties before multiplicatioo : lhus, if 6and 8are otulti·
plied by 4, theequimultiples 24 aod 32 will be lo eacl!.
other .. 6 tO8.
EQY INOCTIAL, io alhooomy, a great eirele of the
eelenial glo~e, whofe poles are the poies of Ihe world.
See ASTRONOMV, aod GEOGRAPHY .
E~I NOX, the time \Vlieo the fooeoters either of the
equio' élial pOJOIS, where the ecliptie ioterltéls the e·
~uinoélia/. See ASTRO NO MY .
P rmJJioll o/'he EQYINOXES. See ASTRONO MY.
EQ,YISETUM, or HORSE'TAIL, io botaoy, a grous of
the cryplOgomi, filices clafs. The fruélificatioo isdif·
pofed 00 ao obloog fpike, aod of ao orbicular figure.
There are feveo fpeeies, fix , of IVhieh are oólives of
Brit,io, .iz. the fylvat icllOl, or ",ood horfe·tail; the
arvcofe, or coro horfe·tail; the p,lullre, or malnI
horfe tail; the nlll'iJtile, or rivcr horfe·tail ; the li.
mOrU11l, nr rmooth horlé:·tail; ,od the hyemale, or
"'"gh horfe· tai!.
EQ.UITY, io a geoeral fcnre, the "irtlle of trming all
other lIIeo accol'diog to eooun011 rcaloo aod jllllicc, or
as IVe ",ollld he gl,dly tre'tcd oUl'fdves, \Vhro we uo.
,icrnand , right what is uur tille. Src .I l1ST ICI.
E(~ IV ALENT, a11 ' I'pdlatioo g,\L'n to tltings wltieh
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