1000000031

s y s

in ir on (he

ram~

principIe as in the common fucking

pump. See HYOROSTATICS, p.808.

.sYRUP, io pharmaey, • (aturated (o)utioo of (ugar, made

in veget:\ble decoétions, or ¡h(latioos.

.SYSS:\.RCOSlS, io , o"omy. See A.ATOMY, p. '48.

SYSTEM , io geoeral, deootes ao a{f<lllbl'ge or cbaio of

prin~iplcs

and concluCioos. or the whole of any doétrine,

the

le« .. 1

parts whereof are bouod togethtr aod follow

or d : peod

0 0

eaeh othe'r ; io IVhieh (enfe we (ay, • (y(\em

of philofph y, • (y(lem of divioity,

&, .

s y

SYSTOLE, io an.torny, the eootraflion of Ihe heart,

whereby the

bload

dritWD out of in

ventricles

imo the

anerilts; the oppofite Ciate to which is called the diallole.

or dil:uation of the heart .

SYSTYLE, io arehi«flu'e, Ihal manner of placiog eolumos

whele the (pace between the two full. eoofill oí IWO di.–

meters. or (Qur naodules:

SYZYGY,

in allronomy, a lerUl equaJly ured for .he con–

junflioo and oppofitioo of a planet wilh the (an, Se.

ASTItONOMV.

T·

T A B

TABAGO, one of Ibe Caribbee iflands io the American

oeean, ooe hundred and twenty miles fouth of Bar–

badoes:

\V .

)oog.

59°,

N .lal.

11°

30'.

TABARCA,

ifland

the eoa(l of Barbary, in Af,iea,

6fty miles ....ell ofTunis : E . )oog,

8°,

N . lal.

36° 30'.

TABASCO, the capital of a provioee of Ihe (ame name,

lituated on the bay of C . mpeaehy, at Ihe moulh of th.

,iver ta'b,feo, ooe h.ndred >nd fixty miles fouth-lYeft

ofCampeaehy: W . loog.

95° .

N. lat. 18°.

TABBY, io eommeree, a kind of rieh filk whieh has un–

dergone

Ihe

operation of tabbying. Scc lhe

neXl

arricle.

T ABBY ING, Ihe p,lliog. fi lk or Iluff uoder a ealender,

the folls ef which are made of ¡roD or copper . ..ariauOy

cngraven, which bearing

uDequalJy

on tbe l1uff reñders the

furfaee thereofunequal. (o as

relleél the

"ys

of )ight

difFcrently, making

lhe

repreCentation of

WU'cs

(hereoft.

TABELLA, TABLtT, io pharOlaey, is mueb Ihe (,me

with troches and Jozeogcs, being

folid preparadon

for~

roed ioto a linle cake, or mafS', of

diffuent

figures, ia–

tended lo dilfolve llowly, and generally

m.de

agreeable to

tbe pa)ate.

TABELLlO, in Ihe R omao )aw, ao ollieer or (eri..ner,

much.lhe rame with

our notarics .public,

who

are

often

cdlled labelJiones in our ¡Dcicht

law-books,

TABERNACLE, among the H ebre..

's,

a kiod ofbuilding,

in lhe forro of a teal, fel up,

cJltprefs command of

G od, for the performance of reJigious worfhip. (acrifices,

&c.

during Ihe jouroeyiog

Ihe lf"elites iD Ihe ",ilder–

oefs; and, a(tcr

th~ir

Cettlcment in the land of

Canaaa,

m.de

u(e of fo r tbe (ame purpofe lilllhe buildiog of Ihe

temple of j eru(a)em.

was divided inlo two patl!,

the one covered, and properly

called

the tabernaclc;

and the

other

open.

caBed the

court.

The

curtains

which

covered lhe

tabern¡:¡cle were made of liaeo, of fe·

veral coJours,

embroidered. There were teo

ctlrtains: ,

tweoty_cight

cubits

long

Olod four in brcadtb . Five

Cu ro

u¡os f., (tened togcthcr made up

tWO

coveriDgs, which

,covered ail

the tabcrnacle.

Qver

thefe

there

\I,Ierc

two

other

coycrings ;

lhe one

goat

bair, and

the

other of

Iheer Ikins. The ho)y of holies was p,ned fro01 the.

r ell of the tabernaele by a eurtain

m.de

f.1l

four pil

J.an

fl,ndin¡: ten cubilO from Ihe eod. The leogtb of

T A B

the whole tabernacle \Vas

thirt,..two

cubits, that ¡s, a ...

bout

fifty feet ; and the brcadth

tweJ,e

cubits.

or nine·

teeo

feet.

The

CO\lrt

was a fpot of

grouod

one huodrcd

eubitS )ong, and 6fly io breadth, inclofed by twemy eo–

lumos,

each

twenty

cobiu: bigh

Olod

ten in breadth. co·

vcred "ith

(jI

ver.

aod (tandiog

copper bafes, fivo cu·

bits

diClant

from

one another ;

betweeD

wbich,

tbere werc:.

curtains drawn, and fallened with

hooks .

At tbe eael:

end

\Va,

an entrance, twenly

cubits

wide, co.,ered

with

a curtaio

hanging loofe.

F'''fl

TAB". AC LE

S, •

(o)emn felliv.l of Ihe Hebrew.,

ob(eroee! after ha"ell,

Ihe fifteeoth day of Ihe mooth

Tifri,

iDllitutcd

commemoratc

[be

goodneCs of

God.

who prote8ed the l fraeliles in the wilderne(s, and made

Ihem dwe11 in booths, when Ibey eame OUt of EgYPI.

On the firll day of Ihe fea(I , they began

ereél booth.

of tI,e boughs of trees, .od in thefe they w<re

ob)i~ed

to eootioue feven days. The

boo.hs

were plaeed iD .be

open

air, and

were

oot to

conred

",ith clotbs,

Dor

made

100

Hofe by Ihe Ihiekners of Ihe bough.; but (o

loo(e Ihat

t~e

(uo and the Ila.. mighl be feeo, aod tbe

"in de(eeod Ih,ough them.

TABERNJEMONTANA, in botany. a genus of Ihe peD–

undria monogynia clafs .

h.tS

two

horizoDtal foHicles ;

oDd Ihe (eeds are pa)pous. The,e are three (pecie., al1

natives

America.

TABES, or COHSUMPTION. Se< MIDICINE , p.

103.

TABLATURE, in mufick, is, iD geoeral, "'hen, lo ex–

prefs the

founds or

nCles of a comporitiOD, we ofe Ihe

)elters of Ihe alphabe., or any otber eharaélers oot u(ed

lhe modern

mufick.

La""l o( Ih, I",,"ve

TABLES, were ,he 6,11 (el of

11\v,

the

Rom. ns,

thus

called, eirher

reafon

the

RomaDs

then wrote with a

Clyle

lhin wooden

tablcts covered

with wax; or nther, bec3a(1! they were (ngraven

lab)<s, or p)ares of copper, to be expor,d in the moft

nOled pan of ,he publie forum . Afler the <xpulfioo of

the

kings.

:1.5

the

Romans

wcre

then

without

any 6xcd

certaio fyllem of hw, at )eall h?d none ample eDough ti>

lake in the

variol1s caCes that raight fati bet\Veen

pUlicu–

lar perfo n" it was ,,(o)ved tO .dopl ,he bell and \Vifell

laws of

lh.

Grecl•.

Ooe Hermodol u, was Grll 'rroioted