ADD 



ADH 



i^rc terminated by panicles of fine purple 

 Howcr-. large, and resembling r> 



\D\N-II\I\. in botany, a genosofthe 

 Konadelphia order, and Holyandri < 

 named at'.cr Michael Adanson, an inde- 

 fatigable French naturalist. The A. digi- 

 tat.i, F/.h-opean sour-gourd, or monkies' 

 bread, calli-d also abavo, is tin- 01. 

 tviiown of this genus. 



\DDKi{. Bee Cou nr.n. 



ADDITION, in arithmetic, the- first of 

 the tour fundamental rules of that art, 

 \\hcivhy we find a sum equal to - 

 smaller ones. Sec A LK KB HA and AIMTII- 



AntPiTioNs, in law, denote all manner 

 of designations given to a man, over and 

 above his proper name and surname, to 

 shew of \v hat estate, degree, mystcn , 



plaee of abode, fee. I. 



Additions of degree are the same with 

 i it 1,-s of honour or dignity, as knight, lord, 

 carl, duke, &c. 



Additions (if estate are yeoman, gentle- 

 man, esquire, and the like. 



Additions of mystery, or trade, are, car- 

 penter, mason, painter, engraver, and the 

 like. 



Additions of place, or residence, are, 

 London, Edinburgh, Brwtol, York, Glas- 

 gow, Aberdeen, 



These additions \\t_re ordained, to pre- 

 vent one man's being grieved, or molest- 

 ed, for another: and that even person 

 might be certainly known, so as to b-arhis 

 own bnr.i 



It'.! man is of different degrees, as duke, 

 . he shall have the most worth); 

 and the title of knigli', or baronet, is part 

 of the par'\\ name, and th- rcfore ought 

 to be righ'.K used; whereas that of es- 

 quire, or gentleman, being as people- 

 please to rail them, may he used, or not, 

 or varied a' 



A Peer of Ire-land is no addition of ho- 

 nour here- ; nay, the law-addition to tin- 

 children of Hritish noblemen is only that 

 ruire, commonlj culled lord. 



Wnts without the pi-. ons, if 



cxccpted to, shall aba'e ; onh , wlier- the 

 - of outlawry do-h iitions 



are no: necessary. The a Idliuin nt'u pa- 

 rish, not in any c';i\,m,isi mention the 

 county, otherwise i' is not good. 



AiinrrniN, in hcraldrv, sometliing 

 added to a coat of arms, as :i mark of ho- 

 nour; and therefore directly oppc 

 abatement. 



ADDITTOK, in anatomy, a general 

 name for all such muscles as sen e to draw 

 one part of the body towards ajio(Ju 



ADELTA, in botany, a genus of the 

 Dioecia Gynandria 



caly\ lh 



ininii i "nale : 



calx X five-parted ; no Co ' liree. 



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ADKNANTHKHA, in bo'. am, a genus 

 of the Decandra MonogA'nia c: 

 plants,tbec.il\ xofwhi' : 

 perianthium, very small, and cm into five 

 > of live lan- 

 d bell-shaped petals ; the fr'lir is n 



long merobranaceons compressed pod, 



containing several w.nd seeds, 

 are three speeii-s: A. paronina, which is 

 one oftlie 1 .. Indies. 



Its duration is _' j() \ eai-s, and its timber is 

 much used on account of its solidity : the 

 powder of the. lea'- -'i their reli- 



gious ceremonies ; the 



a-i:l also valued as \veiu'' ; . acli of 



them fo-.ii- ji-iMMi--,. Tiii.s species must be 

 on a hot-bed from seeds. It has 

 never flowered in Kngland : it is of very 

 slow growth. The other species, vi/. the 

 A. falcata, and A. srandens, have not been 

 cultivated in this co,mtr\. 



Vhl'.MA, in botain, a genus of the 

 fle\andr'>:i Monogynia c.lass and order, 

 that grows in Anii)ia. There is but one 

 spi cies, which is mentioned by Forska!. 

 in his Flor. .-l-'.gypt. Me says, that the pov. 

 der of the young branches mi vd in an\ 

 k'nul of li<juor is a strong poison, and 

 that the capparis spinosa is an antidote 

 to it. 



\ DIT.( I I'. I). ./.wft'wvnalgebra.thosc 

 v. herein the unknown (piantity is founci 

 in two or more difleivnt powers: such is 

 .(< <i.i"-l-b.i*=tl*- ft. 



ADH I-'SION, in philosophy and chcmis- 



try, is alerm g; m-rally made use of to ex- 



pr.-ss the property which certain bodies 



of attracting to thems, hes other 



bodies, or the force In which they ailherr 



together: thus, \\ati-radheresto thcfin- 



H " arises 



an important distinction between two 

 words, that in a loose and popula: 

 iicomfounded. Adhesion,^ 

 an union to a certain point between two 

 II ar substances ; and cohesion, tli.it 

 \vlr.ch retai' 

 particles of i lie sail,-- mass. See < 'oiir- 



Slll V. 



Adhesion may take place cither be- 

 tween t\\o solids, as two hcm:>pli 



rding to an experiment 

 of Dcsagulieis, adhere to each other with 

 a ton e equal to 19 ounces on a surface of 

 contact one-tenth of an inch in diameter; 

 or between solids and fluids, as the sus- 



