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quolation

M.D.

doélor in phy·

.nd - refereom

fic

[cllioo or divilioo

A. M. maner of art!

I,wgraph

A. B. bachelor of arh

R. S. [ellolV of the

roy~1

[ociety.

For lhe othe r charaélers u[ed io gr,Il11Olar, fee COMo

M.\, COLON , SrM,coLoN ,

crc.

CHARA CTEK S

alllong

Ih~

anc;enl r.WYU1, and

an°

,;ml ;/lfcr

;pli.nJ

paragraphs

P. pater patria:

digefls

C. code

Scto reoatus coo-

C. coofules

ful\o

T. titulus

E. extra

P. P.

D. D. propria

S. P.

R. feoa·

pecuoia dedica,'it

tus populufque

D. D. M. dooo dedit

ROOlanus

mOOUOleotUOl

CHARA CTE RS

m(d;cin~

and pbarmaey.

¡¡,

recipe

maoipulus, a

Ó,

Já,

01' aoa, of mh

haodful

alike

a pugil

lti a pouod or a pinl

,lE.

cqualquan·

ao ouoce

tities

3 a drachm

S. A. according

a fcruple

art

gr. graios

q. s. a fufficient

{\ or

Ji,

half of aoy

quantity

thing

q. pl. as much as

coog. coogius, a gallon

you pleaCe

coeh. co hleare, a

P. P.

puil'is patrum,

CpoooClI1

the JeCuil's bark.

CHARA CTERS

ufid ;n m';;c.

See Mus 'e.

NUl/ura/

RA CT!

SuCed 10 expreCs oumbers, are

either letter! 01' figures. The Arabic

chmll~r,

call·

ed alCo tbe common ooe, bec.ufc il is uCcd almo!!

lhroughout Europe io all fons of caleul.tions, coo·

fins

Oflhcf~

teo digilS, 1, 2,3,4,5. 6, 7,8,9,

TheRomao numeral charaéler coofins of Ceveo ma·

jufcllle lellers of lhe Romaoalphabet,

viz.

1, V, X,

L, C, D, M. The 1 deootes ooe, V five, X leo,

L fifty. C a huodred, D

fi~e

huodred, aod M a

thollfaod.

The1 repeated l\Vicemakes tIVO, TI ; thrice, three,

III

four is exprdred thlls

IV,

as I before V 01' X

takts ao 1I0it from the ollmber exprelfed by thefe lel'

1m . ToexprcCs fix, ao 1 is added to a V,

for

fe reo, mo, VII : aod for eight, lhree,

VIn:

oioe

is exprelfeJ by all I before X, thus IX.

The fame remark may be made of the X before L

or C, exeepl thal the dimioutioo is by teos ; thus,

XL deootes fortY, XC "ioe,y, and LX fixty. The

C before D or Mdiminifll es eaeh by a huodred.

Tlle number five hundrcd is C"mrtimes exprelfed by

ao I before a C ioverted, lhus,

J:}

aod ionead of

M, wllieh figoifies a thouCaod, an 1 is

Come

times uCed

h.tIVeen tWO C's, lhe ooe direél, aod the other io·

>emd, lhus CI '). The addition of C aod ') b.fore

or aCter, raifes CI') hy teos, thu3, CCI')) txprelfts

leo thouCand, CCCI')')'J, a huodred thoufaod.

The Romaos alfo exprelfed aoy oumber of thou·

faod! by a lioe drau'o over aoy oumeral lefs thao a

tboufand

lhus,

deDaLES

fiye

thoufand,

fiXly

H A

lhoufand :' fo likewife

is one million,

MM,

il two

millions,

Oc.

Sorne modero wrilers have admitted variatioos io

this melhod of oOlatioo

lhus we fiod IIX exprelliog

eight, IICIX

ei~hty.oir,e,

deooliog D:),

aod

or '" naodiog for CD

wheoee

;>¡<

leo iliou·

faod,

I)J!I

tIVeoty thollCand.

The Gretks ha" three \Vays of exprelliog oumbers :

fi rn, every Imer, aecordiog to its pl"e io the alpha.

bel, denoted a oumber, from

«,

one,

to ~,

tweoty·

four.

The alp"ahet was divided iOlO eighl tmm,

ti.

ooe,

two, " time,

ec.

ioto eighl leos; , teD,

lWeoty, " lhiny,

Oc.

aod eighl hundreds,

oae

huodred,

twO huodred,

three huodred,

Oc.

1 nood for ooe,

6ve, CI teo,

a huodred, Xa

Ihoufand, Mten thouf"od

aod wheo Ihe leller

in·

c\ofed aoy of lheCe, exeept 1, il fhe\Ved the iocloCed

letter to be five limes its value

fifty,

JiiI

five

hundred,

1KI

five lhouC ..nd,

fi[t y thouCaod.

Frtnch

CHARACTE RS, ufLod io thechamber of aeeounts,

aod by perfoos eoocerned io lhe maoagemeot of the

reveoue, is. properly Cpeakiog. oOlhing elfe lhao the

Romao oumerals, io Ictlers that are OOl majuCcule:

thus, ionead of exprclliog fifty·fix by LVI, lhey de.

OOle il by Cmaller eharaélers Ivj.

CH AR ACTERS

upon lomó:f/"w.

S. V. Sine vialor,

t .

StOp lraveller.

Memori~

Cacrum,

i.~.

Saered lO lhe memory.

D. M. Diis maoibus.

S. JeCus.

a eharaller found io the waeombs, abou! the

meaniog of which aUlhors are nOl agreed.

CHARACTER, io epic aod draOlatic pomy, thal whieh·

is peculiar io lhe maooers of aoy perfoo, and dinio·

r,uifl,es him from all others. See Ept c,

.nd

dra,'!la-

t;c compojili,ni.

CHARADRIUS, io oroithology, a geous belooging lO

the order o[ grall!l!. The bcak is cylindrical . od·

bluol

the oonrils are lioear, aod the feel have three

loes. There are 12 Cpecies,

viz.

l .

The hialieuh,

01' fea·lark of Ray, has a black brtan, a while flreak.

along the frOlll

lhe lOe of lhe head is browo

and

Ibe legs aod

bea~

are reddifh.

is fouad on tbe

(bores of Europe aod Ameriea.

The alexaodrinus,

01' oriental donerell, is of a browoifh eolour, with tho

fore·head, collar, aod belly while

lbe prime ttil·

feathers 00 both ' fides are \\ hile; aod lhe legs are

black.

is a native of Egypl, and is much

ral~ed

for ilS fiogiog.

is about lhe fize of a eroIV, aod

li.es

upoo miee, ralS,

Oc. . 3.

The voeiferus, 01'

noiCy plover ofCate(by, hasblack nreaks00lhebreall,

neck, fore·head, aod eheeks

aod the feel are

yel–

IGw.

is a oative of Nonh Ameriea. 4. The

regyptius, has a bl.tck flreak 00 lhe breall, _white

eye.brolVs, the prime lail·fealhers IIreaked \Vith blaek

at lhe pOiOIS, aod bluifh legs.

is fuuod io Ihe

plaios of Egypt, aod feeds on inCe&. 5. The mori·

oellus has ao iron·coloured. brea!I, a

fm~1J \Vhit~

nreak 00 lhe brean aod eye·brows, '1\od

bl.ck

legs.

Ir is lhe.douerelJ of Ray. and a native of Europe.

6. The apricarius ha! a bJack beJly

tbe

b~h i~

brOWII¡