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ferent countries. Astronomical hours are 

 equal hours, reckoned from noon, or 

 mid-day, in a continued series of twenty- 

 four. Babylonish hours are equal hours, 

 reckoned in the same manner from sun- 

 rise. The Italian hours are also equal 

 hours, reckoned in the same manner too, 

 from sun setting. European hours are 

 also equal hours, reckoned from mid- 

 night ; twelve from thence too noon, and 

 twelve more from noon to mid-night. 

 Jewish, or planetary or ancient hours 

 are the twelfth part of the artificial day 

 and night, each being divided into twelve 

 equal parts. Hence, as it is only in the 

 time of the equinoxes that the artificial 

 day is equal to the night, it is then only 

 that the hours of the day are equal to 

 those of the night: at other times they 

 will be always either increasing or de- 

 creasing. And they will be the more or 

 less unequal according to the obliquity of 

 the sphere. 



HOUR glass, a popular kind of chrono- 

 meter, which serves to measure the flux 

 of time by the running of sand from one 

 vessel into another. Glasses of this kind 

 for half and quarter hours, and for less di- 

 visions of time, are much used at sea. 



HOUSE, in astrology, denotes the 

 twelfth part of the heavens. The division 

 of the heavens into houses is founded up- 

 on the pretended influence of the stars, 

 whe meeting in them, on all sublunary 

 bodies. These influences are supposed 

 to be good or bad, and to each of these 

 houses particular virtues are assigned, on 

 which astrologers prepare and form a 

 judgment of their horoscopes. The ho- 

 rizon and meridian are two circles of the 

 celestial houses, which .divide the heav- 

 ens into four equal parts, each containing 

 three houses ; six of which are above the 

 horizon, and six below it : and six of these 

 are called eastern, and six western houses. 

 A scheme or figure of the heavens is 

 composed of twelve triangles, also called 

 houses, in which is marked the stars, 

 signs and planets, so included in each of 

 these circles. Every planet has likewise 

 two particular houses, in which it is pre- 

 tended that they exert their influence in 

 the strongest manner ; but the sun and 

 moon have each of them only one, the 

 house of the former being Leo, and that 

 of the latter Cancer. The houses in as- 

 trology have also names given them ac- 

 cording to their qualities ; the first is the 

 house of life ; this is the ascendant, which 

 extends five degrees above the horizon, 

 and the rest below it : the second is the 

 Jiouse of riches ; the third the house of 



brothers : the fourth, in the lowest part 

 of the heavens, is the house of relations, 

 and the angle of the earth : the fifth, the 

 house of children : the sixth, the house 

 of health; the seventh, the house of mar- 

 riage, and the angle of the west : the 

 eighth, the house of death : the ninth, 

 the house of piety : the tenth, the house 

 of offices : the eleventh, the house of 

 friends: and the twelfth, the house of 

 enemies. 



We have given this and other brief ac- 

 counts of the most absurd of all pretend- 

 ed sciences, in order to shew the folly of 

 those, who were, in former times, weak 

 enough to give acy degree of credit to it. 



HOUSED, in sea language^ the situa- 

 tion, of the guns, upon the middle and 

 lower gun-decks, when they are run in, 

 and the breech being let down, the muz- 

 zle gets against the side above port. They 

 are there secured. 



HOUSTONIA, in botany, so named, 

 from William Houston, M. D. a genus of 

 the Tetrandria Monogynia class and or- 

 der. Natural order of Stellate. Rubiacex, 

 Jussieu. Essential character: corolla one- 

 petalled, funnel form ; capsule superior, 

 two- celled, two-seeded. There are two 

 species, riz. H coerulea, blue-flowered 

 Houstonia,and H. purpurea, purple-flow- 

 ered Houstonia, natives of Virginia and 

 Maryland. 



HOUTTUYNIA, in botany, so called in 

 honour of Mart. Houttuyn, M.D. a genus 

 of the Monoeeia Monandria class and or- 

 der. Natural order of Peperitse. Aroi- 

 deae, Jussieu. Essential character : calyx 

 four-leaved ; corolla none ; stamens mix- 

 ed with the pistils. There is only one 

 species, viz. H. cordata , it was discover- 

 ed in Japan, between Miaco and Jeddo. 



HOY> in naval architecture, a small ves- 

 sel fitted only with one mast. 



HUDSON'S bay company. See COM- 

 PANY. 



HUDSONIA, in botany, from William 

 Hudson, a genus of the Dodecandria Mo- 

 nogynia class and order. Natural order 

 ofBicornes. Ericae, Jussieu. Essential 

 character : calyx five leaved, tubular ; co- 

 rolla none ; stamens fifteen ; capsule one 

 celled, three valved, three seeded. There 

 is only one species, viz. H. ericoides, a na- 

 tive of different parts of the United States. 



HUE and CRY, is the ancient common 

 law process after felons, and such as have 

 dangerously wounded any person, or as- 

 saulted any one with intent to rob him. 

 And it has received great countenance 

 and authority by several acts of parlia- 

 ment. In any of these cases, the party 



