A.MN 



AMO 



without i 



' ' ar< , 1>\ t!ic!:iv. sol 



land. forfeited, and tripK tin- \alue. 



And again, sin tuinrd, cx- 



eeptfbr furnishin ])iihlic 



ul, and the (mender to 

 incur a prrcmtmire, and to he disabled U> 

 hold any office f >\\ n. 



A M\ K> l'\ , in ;.::ii:crs of policy, an act, 

 by which two part us at \;ir<:mc<.: promise 

 to pardon and hury in oblivion all that is 

 past. 



AnmcsU is cither general and unlimit- 

 fd, or particular and restrained, though 

 most commonly universal, without con- 

 dition-, or i-vtvptions; such as that which 

 passed in del-many at the peace of Osna- 

 burg in the \ ear 1648. 



Amnesty, in a more limited sense, dc- 

 parclon .^ranted by a prince to his 

 rebellious subjects, usually with some ex- 

 ceptions : such was that granted by 

 t'ha:-les II at his restoration. 



A M \ I os. in anatomy, a thin pellucid 

 membrane, which surrounds the foetus. 



The fu-tus in the ulerusis enveloped in 

 ;liar mcmbranaceous covering 1 , to 

 which anatomists have given the name of 

 amnios. Within this there is a liquid, 

 1 liy the name of the liquor of 

 the amnios, which surrounds the fcrtuson 

 evcr\ part. This liquid, as might have 

 heen expected, is very different indif- 

 ferent animals; at least the liquor amnii 

 in women and in cows, which alone have 

 hitherto been analysed, have not tin- 

 smallest resemblance to i arh other. The 

 li(|iior of the amnios of women is a fluid 

 of a slightly milky colour, a weak plea- 

 sant OOOur, and a saltish taste. The 

 white colour is owing to a curdy matter 

 suspended in it, for it may he obtained 

 quite transparent by filtration. Its .spe- 

 cific gravity is 1.005. It gives a green 

 colour to the tincture of viole's. and \et 

 it reddens very decidedly the tincture of 

 turnsole. These two properties would in- 

 dicate at once the presence ofan acid and 

 of an alkali. It froths considerably when 

 agitated. On the application of heat it 

 becomes opaque, and has then a great re- 

 semblance to milk diluted \\itha large 

 quantity of water. At the same- time it 

 exhales the odour of boiled while ol 

 Acids render it more transparent. Alka- 

 lies precipitate an animal matter in small 

 flakes. Alcohol likewise prod*,. 

 flaky precipitate, which, win n co! 

 and dried, becomes transparent an 

 like glue. The infusion of nut galls pro- 



;i very copious brow n ool 

 precipitate. Nitrate of M!V< r occasion* -t 



jiitatc, \\h ; ch ; > insoluble jit 

 i.urntc 



of silver. The liquor of the amnios ot" 

 idity similar to iniicil- 

 -Mini arab'u-, a '.rownish red 



1 a peculiar 



odour, not unlike that stable 



extracts. Its kpecitic graviu - 

 It reddens the tincture of turnsole, and 

 therefore contains an acid. Muriate of 

 baryti - ..'mndant precipi- 



tate, which renders it probable that it 

 contains sulphuric acid. Alcohol sepa- 

 rates from it a great quantity of a reddish 

 coloured matter. The animal matter 

 M-S the following properties : It. 

 h:;s ;i reddish brown colour and a peculi- 

 ar taste; it is very soluble in water, but 

 insoluble in alcohol, which has the pro- 

 perly of separating it from water. When 

 exposed to a strong heat, it swells, ex- 

 hales first the odour of burning gum, 

 then of cmpyreumatic oil, and of ammonia, 

 and at last the peculiar odour of prussic 

 acid becomes verv conspicuous. It dif- 

 fers from gelatine in the \ iscidity w hich it 

 communicates to water, in not forming a 

 jelly when concentrated, and in not br- 

 ing precipitated by tannin. It must be 

 therefore ranked among the very unde- 

 fined and inaccurate class of animal muci- 

 lages. When burnt, it leaves a large por- 

 tion of coal, which is readily incin. 

 and leaves a little white p.shes, composed 

 of phosphate of magnesia, and a small 

 proportion of phosphate of lime. 



AMOMUM, in botany, a genus of th" 

 Monandria Mon<};\nia class and 

 the characters of which are, that thr 

 calyx is a perianthium, one-loafed, c\ lin- 

 di-accous, and unequally trih'd ; the co- 

 rolla is monopetalous and funnel-shaped, 

 tube c\ lindraccous, bo; :irted, 



>long and spreading: the nectary 

 two-leaved or two-lipped. \O\\-T lip in- 

 serted under the upper segment of the 

 corolla, spreading almost erect, entire or 

 three-lobcd ; the stamina have no fila- 

 ment, except the upper lip of the 

 ry smaller than the lower, and opposite 

 to it, accumulate or three-lolied at the 

 tip ; along the middle or at the end of 

 which grows longitudinally a lar. 

 long anther, germinate, or dividi >.l by a 

 longitudinal furrow into two. w'.i. 

 inn --\alved ; the pistillum has an inferior, 

 oblonggerm, sty le filiform, drawn through 

 the suture of the anther, stigma turbi- 

 tusc and ciliate ; the pcricarpi- 

 um a Hcslu capsule, o\ate. t! 

 ed, three-celled, and U>rce-\ alved ; the 

 . overed \\ iill a sort of 



