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the calix confi nl of t\\'Ol¡aves

anJ the poo il linear

'no uniloclIl,II .

here are fOllr freclLs ,

thrc~

IVhich .re nalires of Hl'ilAin,

vi: .

lhe majlls,

01'

ce·

Iandine; th. gl. ucium, (Ir yl'llowhorneo poppy

and

the hybridum, or I'iolel·colou rcd horncJ popPy. The

lcal'es and rOol of lhe majJs, or (elandine, <re Ii"nu·

Iating, aperiem, diurelle, anJ fullonfie:

is peculi.

arly Iceol1lmended intheOuwklOd uf jaundicc, where

therc arenofylllploms of inllammalion, andindroplies.

CHF.LI

OONIl'S

lopiJ ,

in natural·lullory, , Oone fdld by

the . neleO\s to be found in the lIumaeh, of young

fll',lIoll's, .nd grcatly ctÍeJ up for ill V"lues in lhe

f.ll ing.fi

ekllcfs

bUl from lheir deferi p"on, il ' ppear!

to be onl, a fpeeies of Iycodontes, or bufonlla:. See

LvcoooNTEs, and BUrONITA: , .

CHEL~l ,

a towo of PolJno, eapit.1of a palalinate of

lhe fame name : lt is fituated in the provlOee of Red

Ruffia,

110

miles fouth ·ean of Warf.w : E. long.

23°

,o',

N. IM. 51 . 25'.

CHELMSFORD, the eouO\y town of Effex, filualed

on the river Chclmer, twenty fi ve miles north

·ean.of

Londoo : E. long.

30',

N. lat. SI·

40"

fends

twO members to parliament .

CHELONE, in txmny, • geDus of me didynamia

an-

HE objell , nd ehief end of ehemiOry is tOfepa–

rate the ddJ'm nt fubll, necs Ihat cnler inlo the

compofilion of bodies;

examine eaeh of Ihemapan;

to difeover Iheir propenics and rel,tions: tOdecompofe

thofe very fubnanees, if poffible; to compare lhem

10-

gelhcr, and combine Ihem ",ilh olhers; to reunite

themagain into one body, fo as tOreproduce Ihe original

compound Wilh all ils propwies; or e'en

produce

neweomvounds Ihal never exined among the works of

nature, (rommixtures of other mamrs difl'erently com–

bined.

Hut this analyfis, or deeompofition, of bodies is

~nite:

for we are unable

carry it heyond a certain limil. In

wh>lc,er way \Ve allempl

go further, we are alway'

llopped byfubllanees in whieh we canproduce no ch,lIlge,

giofp erntiae1,lrs,

Th~

calix is dividen inlo fiv; parts;

tll!

re are Ihe rudiOlCOISof a

~flh

úl,ntent belwix l Ihe

r\Vo hiAhcr U. n,in., ; and Ihe e.'p(nle is biloenlar.

Thcrc

thlft fpeclCs, none of lhem natives of Dri–

titin.

ClI ELSEA, a fine l'illJge fit uated on the northerp

bank of Ihe

riy~r

TIrante;, a mile IVenwaru of Wen–

minner, rem"kdblc fnr a magnifieeOI hofpilal ofinva–

lids .and 010 umepll roldiers; and a plearure.honfe,

called Rancl ..gh,

IVhleh a great deal of hne eompa–

ny refon in fummer.

CHELTE HAM, or CHILT HE NIIAM , a markct·town

loueellt:rllme, feven mi les nOllh·eaU of

loueef–

ter : W. IOI1g.

2° 10',

N. lal.

1°

lO'.

is ehiefly

rcmark.ble for its mineral walers, of the fame kinu

with thofe of Scarboronch. ee Se

AkBOR

oue

CHEM1SE, in fort ifiealion, the walJ with whieh a ba–

Ilion, or any olher bulw.lrk of eanh, is lined fo r ils

grealcr ftlpport ano Urenglh : Or it i, the folidity of

Ihe

IV,IJ

fromthe talus to Ihe none· rolV.

Fi",CH EMIS E, a pieeeofl inenclolh, lIeepedin a eom·

pofilion ofoil of petrol, eamphor, and other combuOi–

ble mallers, ufed at

f~.,

to ftt fire lO an eoemy's

veffel.

and whieh are incapable of beinArefolved in

othe".

1'0

thefe fubnanees we may gi" Ihe title of

pr;/lciplrr

elm/(/lll.

Of Ihis kind Ihe pril1cll",1are Mlh, wa–

rer, air, and fire. For Ihoogh Ihere be reafon tOthink,

thal Ihefe are not the firn eOOlponent pam, or the mol!

fimple elements, of malter ; yel, as we know by expe–

rienee, Ihat our fenfes eannot poffibly difeover the prin–

cipies of IVhieh Ihey are themfelves eompofed, it feems

more reafonable

fix upon ¡hem. and eonGder Ihemas

fimple hOOlogeneous bodies, and the principies of Ihe

ren, Iban Id tire our minds wilh vain eonjetlures about

the pans or element; of whieh they may eonlin.

De(ore entering upon the examination of compound'

fubll anees, it is neeeffary lOeonfider the moH fimple ones,

or the four firn principies, with fome atlennOn.

PAR T l.

T H E O R Y

O F

H E M 1 S T R Y.

th~

p,.jllciptu

BodiCJ.

I L

is thal fluid IVhieh we confhntly brealhe, and

",Iueh eneomparres Ihe wh·¡le furfaee of Ihe terreOrial

globe. Dting hmy, like omer boWcs, it

pCDet(ate~

in·

toall plaees Ihat are nOI either abrolutely

inaeeeffi~le,

01'

fill ed with fomeolher botlyheavier Ihan ilfelf. !ts prin–

cipal properly is, to be fufeeplible of eondenralion ana

rarefaélion; fo that the very fame quantity of air ma)'

occupy a mueh grealer, or a moch fmaller fpaee, aeeor–

ding

Ihe differcnt nale it is in. Heat and eold are

the moll ufual caures of its condcnfatioo and rarefatlion:

Yoe

a cc.rtain quamity

air be heated, its bulk en–

lar¡¡.es.