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6rll organill, who i, maner of lhe childreo, to in–

Ilruét lhcl1l in m.uJic, anel IIIhalel'er elfe is neceITary for

(he femce of!he chapel; a fecond is ItkeIVife an orga–

nin ; a thidl, a lurania; and a fou nh, a violia.

T bere are like\Vife !hree vergel'S, fa caBed from lhe

mver·rods lhey carry io lheir bands; being a ferjeanl,

a yeomao, and groom of lhe rtllry; Ihe Grll mends

the dean .nd fu b·dean, and linds furplices aud olher

·neceIT. ries for!he chapel ; lhe fecond has Ihe IIIhole

care of Ihe chapel, keeps Ihe pews, and fem Ihe no–

bililYand gentry; lhe groom has his amndance wil/t–

in Ihe chapel'door, and looks afler it.

CENUS, amongmmphyficians and logicians, denotes.

number of beings, \Vhich agree in cenain general pro–

perties common ro IheOl aJl; fo Ihat a genus is no–

thing elfe but ao abar.a ide;¡, exprelfed by fome geoe–

name or termo

is plaio, !herefore, tbal by • genus v.e do not

barely fignify one particular thing, nor yet a plurality

of tbiogs; but

fOl! or kind of Ihings,

.JI

agreeiog io

certain general properties.

T hus animal is Caid to b( a genus in refpdl of mao

aod brute, in regard man and brule agree in lhe com–

moo oarure and charaaer of animal: fo a right-lined

figure of four Gdes, ís • genus in refpeé! of a paraJle–

Iogram, aDd

trapezium; and fo likewife is Cubllaoce.

G E O

in refpea of Cubllance extended which is body, and

thinking fubllance which is mind.

Us is alfo ufed for a charaaer or manoer ¡,pplicable

to every lhing of a certain narure or conditioo: in

wltich fenfe it Ce('ves to make

c~pital

divifions in diven

fciences, as rhetoric, analomy, and natural hillory.

GE NUS, io rhelOric. Autbor& diflinguilb tbe

art

of rhe–

toric, as alfo orarioos or di(courCcs produced rhertby,

into three genera or kinds, demonllrative, delibera–

rive, and judiciary.

To the demonnrativekiod be/ong panegyrics,geoelh–

Ijacons, epithalamiums, funeral harangues,

Oc.

To Ihe de/iberalive kind belong per(uaGons, dilfua.

fions, commendations,

Oc.

To Ihe judiciary kiod be–

long defences and accuCalioos.

GENUS, io natural hillory, a fub·di. ifion ofaoy e/aCs or

order o( Datural beings, whelher of the animal, vege–

table, or mineral kingdoms, all agreeing in certaill

common chataaers. See NATURAL HISTOkY .

GEOCENTRIC, in anronomy, is applied tO a plaoer or

irs orbit, re deoore it concenlric wilh rhe eanh, or as

having the eanh for ils cenlre, or Ihe Came ceolre wilil

the earlh.

GEOGRAPHICAL

~lIL E,

Ihe famewilh rhe fea·mile ;

beiog one mioute, or the fixlieth pan of a degree of

.great cire/

e.oo

tlJe earth's furface.

EOORAPHY, Ihe doarine or koowledge of rhe explains the properties of the earrh, and ¡he pans Ihereof

terrellrial globe; or rhe Cciente rbat leaches aod which depend upon quantilY.

THE

DESCRIPTION

AND

USE

THE

GLOBES

ANO

ARMILLARY SPHERE.

F a map of rhe world be accurately delineared on

fpberical ball, the furface lhereof wiJl reprefenllhe fur–

face of the earth: (or Ihe highell hills are fa incooGder–

able with refpetl ro Ihe bulk of the

~arth,

rhat Ihey lake

off

no more from ils roundnefs rhan grains of fand do

fromthe rouodoe(s of a commoo globe; for lhe diammr

of lhe earlh is

8000

miles, in round numbecs, and no

knollln hill upon it is three miles io perpendicular height.

For the proof of Ihe earth's being fvherical, fce

1\–

IT RO NOM'i, P. 440'

Wilh regard

what lile calJ upand

down,fee

ASTR O–

NO MY,

445.

To ao obferver placed aoy where in Iheindefinile fpace,

where rhere is nOlhing tO I,mit his .iew, aU remOle ob–

jeas appear equaUy dillant from him; and feem ro be

placed in a vall concave fphere, of which his eye is the

cent re. The mooo is much nearer ro us Ihan Ihe fun ;

fome of the planels are fomelimes nearer, and fomelimes

{anher from us, Ihan ¡he fun; olhns of Ihem never

come fo oear us as lhe fun always is; rhe remolell planet

in our fyllem, is b<yond campanCon oeara

us Ihan any

.vOL. 11. No 54.

of rhe fixed Ilars are. Aod yet aU lhefe ce/ellial objeas

appear equally dillant from us. Therefore, if we ima–

gine a large hollow fphere of glafs to have as maoy

brighl fluds 6xed to irs

ioC.de

, as Ihere are llal'S vifible in

Iheheaven, and Ihefe fluds

be of different magniludes,

and placed al rhe fame ·aogular.dillances from each olher

Ihe Ilars are; the fpbere will be a lrue reprefentation

oflheIlarry heaveo, to aneye (uppofed

be io irs cenrre,

aod viewing it aU ",ound. Aod if a fm aUglobe, with a

map of Ihe eanh upon il, be placed on

aKis in Ihe

ceolre of this Ilmy fphere, and the fphere be made to

turo round on Ibis axis, il will reprefeO! Ihe appareor mo–

tion of Iheheavens round Ihe eanh.

If a great circ/e be

drawn upon lhis fphere, as ro

divide il inlo tWO equalpansor hemifpberes, aod Ihe plan.

of lhe cire/e be perpendicular

the axis of the fphere,

this circ/c will repreCent Ihe

(quin,fliaJ,

which divide.,

the hcaven inro twu equal parts, caUed Ihe

norlhun

and

Ihe

flulhtrn htl/lifphtrtl;

and evcry poinl of lhal

circ/~

will be equaJly dillant from Ihe

poJn,

or ends of Ihe axis

iD .Ihe fphere. Thal pole which is iDIhe mictJle

01'

Ihe

7 G

nOrlhen,