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the Angle of Contact is lefs than any rectilinear
H enc ■ t [ ie Angle of the Semicircle between the Radius
one; a ° t j )e Arth M L, greater than any rectilinear acute
A"? 1 " p ara dox of Euclid his exercis'd the Wits of Marhe- ™ j S . It was the Subject of a long Controversy between
ifileier'
VWerogenc
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the firft of whom maintain'd the '^""f'gf Cental? heterogeneous to a rectilinear one; as a fi% ,_"{, oW >fnffeneot]s to a Surface : the latter maintain'd the
it then commences a folid Body, and contains as many Cat- Ions and Parts, as 'tis Inches and Parts deep.
A Cubic Foot contains 6 Gallons, and almbfl a Pint, of Ale and Beer; and 7 Gallons, 2 Quarts of Wine. A Cubic Foot of dry Meafure contains 6 Gallons and a half and fomething more. A Bufhel of Salt contains ',6 Pound Averdupoife.
CONTENTIOUS Jttrifdiaion, in Law, Forum Conten- tiofum, a Court, or Alterably, which has a Power to judp:
.-or"'. " r - n " Uls h ' s a formal Trea " fe ° n th = ^"S!e "f and determine Differences between contending Pities' ttiiUci, and of the Semic.rcle; where, with other great The Lords Chief Jufficcs, Judges, iSc. havt a Contentions Mathematicians, he approves of the Opinion of Teletaruts. Jurifdiffion : But the Lords of the Treafuiy, the Commit-
diate
is communicate
fioners of Cultoms, £jc. have none; being merely Judges of Accomprs.
CONTEXT, among Divines and Criticks, that Part of Scripture, or other Writing, which lies about the 'text; be- fore or after it, or both. See Text.
To take the full Senfe of the Text, the Context fliou'd be regarded.
'CONSIGNATION, in the antient Architecture, the Ad of laying Rafters, tigna, together; and particularly, fkor- ing. See Flooring.
CONTIGUOUS, a Relative Term, underlined of Things rea t diftance, by means of Steams or Effluvia expiring from difpos'd fo near each other, that they join their Surfaces, or theSitt; asm the Plague, and other peffilential Diffem- touch. See Contact.
s . i„ which Cafe, the Air is even laid to be contagious. The Houfes in antient Rome were not contWuous as ours
- j, full of contagions Particles. See Plague, Poison, l£c. are, but all infblated.
' CONTEMPLATION, an Ad of the Mind, whereby it Contiguous Angles, in Ceometry, arc fuch as have one
Leg common to each Angle; otherwile called adjoining An- gles; in contradiHinQion to thofe produced by continuing their Legs thro' the Point of Contact, which are called oppo- fite or vertical Angles. See Angle, c£c.
CONTINENT, in Geography, a Terra firma, Main-land, peaceful, that there is nothing for the Mind to take hold on, or large extent of Country, no: interrupted by Seas • in op- whereby to diftinguifh it. See Mystics. pofition to I/land, Sic. See Earth, Ocean, \£c. '
In the Contemplative State, the Soul is to be entirely paf- Thus, Sicily is faid to have been antiently torn from the five, with regard to God; to be in a continual Rcpole, with- Continent of Italy; and 'tis an old Tradition, which fume out any Pieturbarion or Motion; free from the Activity of of our Antiquaries have ftill a regard to, that -Britain was iqual Minds, which mull agitate themfelves, to have antiently a -pan of the Centtnentof France. ir Operation fenfible. Hence, fome call Contemplation a The World is ordinari
rON'TAG'ON, cr Infection, the communicating or rranf-
nAmdf aDifeafefrom one Body to another. See Disease.
Q»fS"" '" '" ome ^" ea '" es > * s on 'y effected by an imme-
Contacr, or Touch : as the Madnefs of a Dog, which
ated by biting j and the Venom of the Pox,
c h is tranfmitted from the infected Perfon in the Act of
Copulation. See Hydrophobia, and Venereal T)ifeafe.
In others it is convey 'd by infected Clothes; as the Itch.
g ee Itch.
In others the Contagion is tranfmitted thro' the Air to a
applies it felf to confider, reflect on, and admire the won- derful Works of God, Nature, 2?c.
Contemplation, among the myflick Divines, is defin'd a fimple, amorous View of God, as prefenr. This Contempla- 0t> coniifts in Ails fo fimple, fo direct, fo uniform and
their Operation lenfible. Hence, fome call Contemplation Prayer of Silence and Quietude.
Contemplation is not a Ravifhmenr, or an extatick Suf- penfion of all the Faculties of the Soul; but 'tis fomething
Hive, 'tis Peace and infinite Pliantnefs; le
ly divided into two grand Continents^ the old and the new : The old comprehends Europe, Afa, and Africa; the new the two America's, North and South. The antient Continent is alfo called the upper Continent,
nng it perfect.- from a vulgar Opinion, that ir poffefles the upper Part of the
Authors.
CONTENEMENT, a Word in our antient Law-Books, about whole Signification Authors are not agreed. Accord- ing to fome, it mould fignify the Counrenance, Credit, or Reputation a Perfon has, with and by reafon of his Freehold. And in fuch Senfe is it ufed in the Stat, i Edw. III. i£c. where it (lands as fynonymous wirh Countenance.
Others will have it fignify what is neceffary for the Sup-
[y difpos'd to be mov'd by the Divine Impreffions of Grace, Globe. See Terraqueous Globe.
and the better to follow the Divine Impulfe. "Tis doubted whether Japan be an Ifland, or join'd to the
Contemplation is the height of Perfeflion of the myftic Continent; the fame may be faid of California. D |v| nes. Some Authors are of Opinion, the two grand Continents
CONTEMPORARY or COTEMPORART, a Perfon, are in reality no more than one; imagining the Northern or Thing of the fame Time, or that lives in the fame Age Parts of Tartary to run out and meet thofe of N. America. with another. Continent Catlfi of a Diftemper, is that whereon the
Thus, we fay, Socrates, 'Plato, and Ariftophanes were Difeafe depends fo immediately, that it continues fo lont> as Contemporaries-, the bell Hiflories are thofe of contemporary that remains, and no longer. See Disease.
Thus, a Stone in the Bladder may be the Continent Callfe of the Suppreffion of Urine. See Stone, ci*f.
Continent Fever, is that which goes on to a Crifis with- out any Intermiflion, or Remiflion. Sec Fever.
CONTINGENT, fomething cafual, or uncertain. See Chance.
Future Contingent, in Logick, is a conditional Propo- fition, which may or may not happen, according as Circum- port and Maintenance of Men according to their feveral Qua- fiances fall, li'fc, Conditions, or States of Life. Thus, Spelman, Con- The Socinians maintain, that God cannot fee future Con- ttnimentum eft JEftimatio & Conditionis forma qua quisin tingents, becaufe depending on the free Motion of the Will. Republics fitlfiftit. Contingent is alfo a Term of Relation for the Quota
CONTENT, a Term frequently ufed for the Capacity of that falls to any Perfon upon a Divifion. a Veflel, or the Area of a Space; or the Quantity of any Thus, we fay, each Prince of Germany, in time of War, matter or Space included in certain Bounds. See Area; is to furnifh fo many Men, fo much Money, and Munition Ik alfo Superficies, and Solid. for his Contingent. By the new Treaty of Hanover it is
fne Content of a Tun of round Timber is 43 folid Feet. fUpulated, that in cafe of a Rupture with the Emperor, the
Kings of Great Britain and 'PrttJJia may furnifii their Con- tingents, as Fiefs of the Empire, at the fame time they are at War therewith.
Contingent Ufejn Law, is an Ufe limited in a Convevance of Land, which may or may not happen to volt, according to the Contingency exprefs'd in the Limitation of fuch Ufe.
Contingent Line, or Line of Contingency, in Dial- ling, is a Line that croffes the Subffyle at right Angles. See Substyle, and Dialling.
Contingents is fometimes ufed by the Mathematicians
-^ Load of hewn Timber contains 50 Cubic Feet : In a Foot °t Timber are contain d 1728 cubic or fquare Inches, and
- ■ often as 1718 Inches are contain'd in a Piece of Timber,
e It round or fquare; fo many Foot of Timber are con- <>t»d in the Piece. See Timber.
In Gaging, the Gallon for Beer and Ale is allow'd to eon- ■""' A Cubic Inches, and the Wine Gallon 231 : the l «Uon 0! dry Meafure %iz. See Gallon; fee alfo Mea- s »Re.
Hence, as oft as yeffel
Cubic Inches are contain d in any
— round or fquare, fo many Gallons of Ale or Beer it in the fame Senfe as Tangents. See Tangent ias, and the like may be obferv'd of the other M
, Multiply, therefoi 'he other;; -
afures. fide of a Square or Oblong into
t; and divide by one of thofe Numbers, according among the Civilians ns, upon an Inch deep^
Quality of the Liquor; the Quotient gives the Area
'» Gall
no the Work may be fho'rten'd by only mu "'TO of Sq, -
ltiplying the uares, or the Diameters of Rounds into them
CONTINUAL Claun. See Continual Claim,
CONTINUANCE, in Law, the fame as 'Prorogation See Prorogation.
Continuance of a Writ, or Action, is from one Term to another, in a Cafe where the Sheriff has nor return'd or executed a former Writ iffued out in the faid Action.
Continuance of Affife. If a Record in the Trcafury
the V (T ^"^ft ' s the Number of Gallons, and Parts be alledg'd by one Party, and deny'd by the other; a Certl-
,,,.,. ™ e ' contains, upon an Inch in Depth : and when that orari fhall be fued to the Treafurer and Chamberlain of the
■ c v es an Augmentation, by being 2, 3, or 4 Inches deep, Exchequer : who, if they certify not that the laid Record is
there,
