ATA 



afymptotc, may be extended, till the fp:ice comprehended 

 between ihtm exceeds any given magnitude. Some anthors, 

 and Dr. Wallis among tlie rtfl, have talked of fome of thefe 

 areas, as if they were more than infinite. This happened from 

 an analogy they imagined between politive, nothing, and ne- 

 gative, and what is finite, infinite, and uiort than infinite. 

 See Hyperlola. 



Solids geiierated by hyperbolic areas, re\'oiving about 

 their afymptotes, have fomctimes alfo their limits; and 

 fometimes they may be produced, till they exceed any given 

 folid. See art. 307. 309. of tlie above mentioned author. 

 AVhen a curve, and its afymptote, are fuppoled to be pro- 

 duced infinitely, and the area, conipriled between them, 

 to revolve about the^afymptote, the furiace generated will 

 be finite or infinite, according as the area of the generating 

 figure is finite or infinite. 



For the afymptotes of curves, defcribed by the interfec- 

 tions of right lines revolving about given poles, fee Mr. M:ic- 

 laurin's Fluxions, art. 313. feq. 



AsYMPTOTK, ParrLolic. See Parabolic ^J'ymptoti. 

 ASYMPTOTIC Spaces. See HyrERBOLA. 

 ASYNDETON, derived from the privative a, and cri/vJsii, 

 I bind lo^t'lher, a figure in Grammar, implying an omiffion 

 of words, o. a defect of thofe particles that conneft the 

 members of a fentence with one anotlier. The want of fuch 

 particles renrefents eitlier the celerity of an aclion, or the 

 haile and eagerntfs of the fpeakcr. As, in tlie inflancc, 

 " veni, vidi, vici," " I came, I faw, I conquered;" in which 

 Cxfar expreffcs his conqueft; of Pharnaces(Suet. in vit. c. 37.); 

 where the copulative ct, and, is omitted : or in that of Ci- 

 cero conctrniiig Catihne, " abiit, exccffit, evafit, erupit ;" 

 " he is gone, departed, efcape,dj broke out ;" or in that 

 verfe of Virgil, 



" Ferte cito flammas, date vela, impellite remos." 

 This concife mode of fpeaking adds a confiderable em- 

 phafis to an exprcffion ; and, by bringing the feveral parts 

 of a fubjecl nearer together, affefts the mind with greater 

 force. Thus Cicero (pro Muroen. c. 29.) fets Cato's cha- 

 rafter in a very ilrong and beautiful light by the ufe of tliis 

 figure. " Nature itfelf has made you a great and excellent 

 man for integrity, gravity, temperance, magnanimity, juf- 

 tice, in a word, for all vntues." 



Afyndeton Hands oppofcd Xo polyfynddon, where the copu- 

 latives are multiplied. 



ASYNT PorNT, or Row S,'oir, in Geography, a cape on 

 the weft coaft of Scotland, in the county of Sutherland. 

 N. lat. 58° 13'. Long. 1° 58' W. Edinburgh. 



ASYPHUS, \f\ Anc'unt Gi-ography, a mountain of Africa, 

 in the Marmarica. Ptolemy. 



ATA, or Atatschai, \a Geography, a rivulet of Perfia, 

 ia the province of Schirw.in, ferving as a boundary to fome 

 of the dillrifts into which it was divided. 



ATABULl, in AnnenI Geography, a people of Africa, 

 placed by Pliny in the fn-iall ifland of Merne. 



ATABULUS, in Phyfiology, a kind of wind in Apulia, 

 of a dry pinching quality, and very noxious ia its effefts. 



The ancient uaturaliRs fpeak of the atabulus in terms of 

 horror, on account of the ravage it made among the fruits 

 of the earth, which it fcorched, or withered cp. 



ATABYRON, in Geography, tlie name of a mountain in 

 the ifland of Rhodes, whence the ifland itfelf was denomina- 

 ted Atabyria. The name is fuppofed to have been derived 

 from Phoenicia, where Atabyr denoted a place of good paf- 

 ture, and it was applied to the Tabor of fcripture, belong- 

 ing to the tribe of Zabulon, On this mountain was fituated 

 a temple of Jupiter, hence cAWcAAlabyrius, muchcelebrattdby 

 heathen hiltorians and poets. Here, fabulous report fays, 



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brazen oxen announced by their bellowing? any approach- 

 ing calamity, Tlie fable ia explained by fuppofing that the 

 priells of this temple pretended to be endowed with the 

 fplrit of prophecy. — Alfo, a mountain of Sicily, fo called 

 on account of a temple of Jupiter Atabyrius, and of Mi- 

 nerva, that was erefted on its kimmit. — Alfo, a town of 

 Phrenicia, according to Steph. Byz. : or of C^elofyria, ac- 

 cording to Pohbiui. 



ATACAiNlA, in Gergraphy. SccAttacama. 

 AT .ACINI, \n Ar.deut Geography, a people of Europe, 

 in Gaul, who iniiabi'ed tlie banks of the Atax (Aude), 

 whence their name, near the VoIck Teftofages, and north 

 of tile Sai doni. Their cipltal was Naibo. 

 ATA'jA, a town of Lacoiiia. Steph. Byz. 

 ATAiiUALPA, in Biography, the fon of Huana Capac, 

 by tiie daughter of the fovereign of Q_uito, was appointed 

 by his father, when he died in 1529, his fucceffor in tlic 

 kingdom of Qiiito ; the reft of his dominions being be- 

 queathed by him to Kir.ifear, his tide ft fon by a mother of 

 tlie royal race. The deftinaliun of Huana Capac concern- 

 ing the fucctflloji, exeitcd general dilguft at Cufco ; and 

 Pluafear, encouraged by his fvibjefls, required his brother 

 to renounce the government of Qj.iito, and to acknowledge 

 him as his lawful fuperior. Atahualpa, having fecured in 

 his intereft a large body of troops which had accompanied 

 his father to Quito, and which formed the flower of the 

 Peruvian warriors, firft eluded his brother's demand, and 

 then marched againft him in iioftile array. This contcft 

 between the brothers involved Peru in a civil war, which 

 terminated in the defeat and captivity of Huafcar, and in 

 the extermination of the royal race by the murder of all the 

 children of the fun, as the defcendants of Manco Capac 

 were denominated, whom Atahualpa could feize either by 

 force or ftratagem. At this time Pizarro, the Spanifli ad- 

 venturer, arrived in Peru ; and being folieited by niefrengers 

 deputed by Huafcar, to affiit him in fubduing his brother, 

 who was reprefented as 3 rebel and an ufurper, he direfted 

 his courfe towards Caxamalca, a fmall town at the diftance 

 of twelve days march from St. Michael, where Atahualpa 

 was encamped, with a confiderable body of troops. The 

 reigniijg inca difpatched a meffengcr to Pizarro, as he was 

 advancing, with a valuable prefent, offering his alliance, and 

 affnring him of a friendly reception at Caxamalca. Pizarro, 

 on his part, returned profeflions of regard, and ? declaration 

 that he was now advancing, as the ambaftador of a very 

 powerful monarch, with an intention to offer Atahualpa aid 

 againft thofe enemies who difputed his title to the- throne. 

 Tills pacific and fr:endly declaration removed the inca's 

 fears; and Pizairo was allowed to march, without inter- 

 ruption, to Caxamalca ; in his approaches to which he re- 

 ceived renewed profefficns of irlend(hij) from Atahualpa, and 

 additional prelents. The perfidious Spaniard determined to 

 avail himfelf of the unfufpeCtmg fimplicity with which .Ata- 

 hualpa relied on his proftiuons, and to feize his perfon during 

 the interview to which he had invited him. Accordingl) he 

 made preparations for this purpofe ; and as the inca drew 

 near the Spanifh quarters, with a numerous and ipUndid 

 train, the friar Valvtrde advanced to meet him, witli a cru- 

 cifix' in one hand, and a breviary in the other ; and in a long 

 difcourfe explained to him the doftrines of religion, and the 

 authority of the pope, clofing his harangue with a requifi- 

 tion, that the inca would eiribrace the Chriftian faith, ac- 

 knowledge the fupreme jurifdiftion of the pope, and fubmit 

 to the king of Callile as his lawful fovereign. This rcqui- 

 fition was enforced by promifes of proteftion, if he com- 

 plied, and by threats of vengeance if he refufed to obey 

 the fummons. The inca hefitated and demurred ; he pleaded 



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