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are fODIld in large /loelr.s in the M oluce. i/l. nd.. 2 . The
regiíl. has l UJO iOfnmeditlte: prime tail-f(¡uhcrs like threaJs
and feathery al lhe poinu. lt is found in Amboina. 3.
l 'he trillisJ h3S él naked tr,iangular (pOt behind l he eyes;
and the . od nock ore of a du/l,y eolou r. It is • n.·
tive of the Philippine i/les, and feed. "pon grafs'hop'
pers and other inCeas.
PARA.DISE, a term rrineip,lIy uCed for the gorden of
Eden, iD whieh Adam and Eve were pl.eed immediatdy
uFon lhcir creation.
As tO this terretlría! paradife, there have beco many
inquir:es aboul its Ciluation. It has beeo placc:d in dle
third heavcn, in lhe orb of (he moon, in lhe moao ¡t(elr,
i" lhe middle region of the air, above (he canh, under
,he carrh, in the place poiTe{fed by the CaCpian Ce., and
undcr lhe arélie pole. The lcuned Huelius places it
upon the rivcr (har is produced by the conjunétion of rhe
T igris and EUfhrates, now called Ihe river of the Arabs,
between this conjunltion aDd thedivHion made by the fame
rj.'c, befare it fa lls in,o ,he P erGan fea . O,her gengra·
phers have placed it in Armenia, between the fources of
the Tig, ¡s, the EuphrHcs, lhe Araxis, and the Phafis,
whieh they fuppofe tO be tue four rivera deCcribed by
M oCes.
The celeClial par.diCe is tha, place of pure and refined
deligh', in whieh the Couls of tbe blelf<d enjoy everl.Cling
happineCs. •
B ird if PA •.AO' ~ E . See 'HA .
P ARADOX, in philoCophy, • propofition Ceemingly abCurd,
as beíng cootra...y 10 [ame received opioion, bUI yel true
in f.a.
No fcience abounds more Wilh paradoxes than &eome·
try: ,hus, ,h.. a righl line Ihould continmtlly approaeh
10 the hyperbola, and yet never reach ít, is a (rue para·
dox: and in Ihe f~me manDer, a fpiral m~y continually
approach 10 a point, and yet OOl reach ¡t, in any number
of revolutions, however g·ear.
PARJEA, irr l oloogy. See COLUBEk.
PARAGOGE, in . r, • iJgure wherebya lelter or
fyllable is added ' o Ihe end of a word ; as md, for me;
diciu', for dici, .Bec.
P ARAGUAY, or L A PLATA , a province of South Ame–
rica, fpbj etl to Spain, lies bctwecn '2° .nd 37° S. lat.
• nd bet ween 50° and 75° W . long
PARALIPOMENA, in malltrs of literature, denotes a
fupplcmcnt of thinfs omiued in a preceding \York .
PAR.'\LLACTIC, in general, Come'hing relJting tO Ihe
p.rall.x of heavenly bodies. Sce P ARALLAX .
P ARALLAX, in ./lronomy. See AS TRONO" Y, p. 452.
PARALL E L, in geometry, . n appell. tion glven to lints,
furfacrs, and bodic:::s c:very where cquidillant from each o·
ther. V .
PAIlALL I:.LS if laliltlde, in :.nronE:.my, are Ic{fer circJes of
,he Cphere pa..lle1 'o the eeliptic, imagined to paC.
thr<lugh every degrl!e -and minute of lhe colures .
P""I. "LL ELS of al/ilude, or ALM UCAW TARS , are circles
parf4 l1el 10 lhe horizon, im:lgined te pa(s through every
denree and minute of the merictian helween the horizon
and unit h, h<l.vlnp their ptJles in lhe z::nith.
PA RA!. o(úrc!illation, in a(l ronomy, are the (ame with
p,,"lIels of lalilune in ge,·graphy.
"PARAL LE L SP HER E, Ih>ll fituau on of the fvhere, w!Jcrein
JI OL. 111. N 0 88. 2
lhe equ3tor coincides with lhe , aDd tbe poIc...
with lhe ~enith and nadir.
PARALL EL SA I LI t\G . See NAVIO .... TIOW.
PARALL E LOPIPED, in geometry . a regular folid com pre.~
hcnd.d under fix par:Jlelograms, the one. \tIhtre–
or are fimilar, p.rallel, and equ, 1.
P ARALL ELOGRAM, in geometry•• qu.drilate,,1righ,–
lined fittrre, whofe oppoli,e fides are par:uleI and equal
to c.ach other.
P ARALLELOPIPEDIA, in n.tur.1 hillory, the name of.
gen~s of Cpars, thus ealled, bec. ufe regul.r1y of a par.l-
lclopiped formo .
They are pellucid cryClalline Cpars eXlem. lly Qf a de–
termínate and regular ft::;ure, always found loote, det.ich –
ed, jltnd fepa rate [rom all other bodies, and io form uf ao.
oblique pardllelopiped, \tIith fix parallelogram fides and
eight folld aogles, ea(jly fiffi le tithcr in ao horrizoottll
or perpendicular diTeétion, being compofed of oumberl
of thin piate.., and thoCe of very elogantly and regularly
arranged bodies, or the for m with the whole
mafs. except tha.t they are thi nner io propC\rlion to thejj–
horizon..1 planes; and na,ur.lly fall into thef. ,nd no
olher figures, 00 being broken ",¡th-a 111ght blow.
P AR.'\LOGlSM, in logic, • f.ICe re,Conlng, or • f.•ule
cOTP.mitted in demonnration, when a con[cqueoce is drawn
(rom principies thu are falfe, or, lhough true,' are not
proved; or ",hen a propofition is p~lf<d over that fuould
bave becn proved by the way.
PARALYSIS, the PUSY. See M Eo, e 'NE , p. 91 .
PARAMECI A, in natu r. 1 hiClory, • n. me given tO fuell
animalcules as have no vifible Junbs or tail" and are of
an irregularly oblong iigure.
PARAMETER, in ronie Cetlion., a lioe, otherwire
called I.,us reélum. See CON Ie SUTlONS .
P ARAMOUNT, in law, figni6es the Cupreme lord of the
fee.
P ARA NYMPH, among the aneients, the perCon who –
ed on lhe bridegroom, and dire(ted (he nuptia l foJemni·
ties; called airo pi onubus, and aufpex, b:CdU re lhe cere–
monies began by taking au ·p:cia. As the p.ranymph
officiated only on lhe pan of the blidegroom, a \Voman
called pronuba offieiatcd 00 ,hc p.n of the oride.
P ARAPET, in fonifie.tion, an elevOlicn of eanh d,Ggoed
for coveriog lhe foldiers from lhe enemies cannon or fmaU
íbor. Sce· FoRTIFI C ATION .
P A R APHERNAL C•• dl in Seot5 1.1V. See LA W, Ti,.
vi. 8.
P ARAPHIMOSIS, in medicine, • diCorder in the penis,
whcrtin (he prepuce is fhrunk, and withd rawn behind the
Cldns, fo as nOl to be c;¡p3ble of being brough t (O COHr
,he Cam ; whieh generdlly h. ppens iD I'enert .u dICorco" .
8fe I\1 rD i e I N E.
P AR APHRASE, an explanation of Come ..xt, in eI" r"
and more amj'le terms, whert!by is fupplied what lhe aJ·
thor might have Caid or thought on thc Cubj",q;
efleemed Erafmus's p~rélphrare on the N ..:w 1 ·eHameIJt.
the Ch,c1dee p:lraphr ..fe on lhe Pentateuch, &c.
P A R AI'HRENITIS in medicine, an illft"01m.tÍon of the
diaph,.~m . See ME Dl e 'NE.
P ARAPH R OSYNE, a worJ uCed by mediral write" 'o
exprc[s tl dclirium, or an alienation of miad in ft ven,
or from whatcvcr caufe.
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