AUG 



PhJIeus upon tlie throne, becaufe he advifed his father to 

 fulfil his promife. This fable, however, is varioudy rckted 

 by different authors. Hence has arifen the ancient pioverb 

 of " cleanfmg the ftables of Augias," for exprtfling a diffi- 

 cult or impracticable entei-prife. 



AuGiAs, in Eiilomology, a fpecles of Papilio {Hefper'm 

 Fabr.). The wings arc divaricate and fulvous, with an 



oblique band, and margin behind black. Fabricius Donov. 



Inf. India Inhabits India. 



AUGICOURT, in Gsography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Upper Saone, andchief placcof acanton, in 

 the didrici of Juffay, 4I leagues north-wtll from Vefoul. 



AUGILES, or Augilites, in Anam: Geography, a 

 people of Africa, who inhabited the countiy by which the 

 Garamantes were feparated from the Troglodites. Pom- 

 ponius Mela fays, they were favages, who acknowlcdo-ed no 

 other deities bcfides the manes oi their ancellors, whom 

 they invoked on all interelting occafions. They are faid to 

 have flept upon the tombs, in order to receive the infpiration 

 from which they derived the rules of their conduit. It 

 was a cullom aniongft their wom.'n, to grant the firll favour 

 after their marriage to any who folicited it, and who made 

 them prcfents ; and they valued themfelves upon the num- 

 ber of their votaries on this occafion. In other refpefts, 

 fays P. Mela, they were diftinguilhed by their wifdom 

 and difcretion. 



AUGIT, SiLEX AuGiTFS,in Mineralogy, pyroxeni; oi 

 Hauy ; a luir. of bafaltlc hornblende of Kirwan ; fchor! i>ol- 

 caniqii! Daubenton, &c. Volcan'itc Lamethcrie. 



The Colour of this mineral is a very deep olive or pear 

 green, which at firft may be miftaken for a blackifli green. 



It occurs foirrti:T!es in rounded f agments ; but more 

 ufuallv crv{l:illized. Its varieties of tigure are, 



1. A fix-fidcd prifm, of which two oppoilte ones are 

 broader than the reft. The tivo bales, which are oblique, 

 are terminated by wedges more or kfs obtufe. 



2. Var. I. with- the edges that feparate the fmall fides of 

 the prifm, truncated ; or a;; eight-fidfd prifm. 



3. Two or more crvflals connefted by their lateral faces, 

 fo as to form a right or oblique-angled crofs. 



The cryftals are ufually fmall and very fmall, rarely of 

 middling fize. They are alfo, for the moll part, imbedded. 



Externally, when no decompofit'on hiis taken place, the 

 furface of the augit is fmooth and fhining ; but when it 

 begins to be decompofed, it becomes dull. Internally, it is 

 /hining or much (liining with a greafy luftre. 



Its frafture is perfeflly ftrait lamellar. It flies when 

 broken into rhomboidal parallelepipeds. 



It is tranducid on the edges, hut rarely fo throughout. 



It is hard, fcratches glafi, and gives fire plentifully with 

 the rteel : it is brittle, and eafily broken. Sp. gr. 3.182 — 



The augit is not eafily fufible before the blowpipe, but 

 in fmall pieces it affords a black enamel. Its analyfis by 

 Vauquelin afforded 



Silex 



Lime 



Alumine 



Magnefia 



Oxyd of iron. 



Oxyd of manganefc. 



AUG 



52 



3-33 

 10 

 14.66 



2 



Lofs 



95. T 9 



4.81 



It is alfo n^t with in certain amygdaloids. It abounds 

 m Bohemia, and is found btfides'in Hunearv. TranfvL 

 vania. Tyro!, H.flia, &c. ^ ^ ' 



It refills decompofition much longer than olivin ; but not 

 fo long as bafaltic hornblende. It is at length, however, 

 reduced to a grteuilh yellov/ argillaceous mafs, and not, aj 

 the olivm, to a ferruginous ochre. Brochant, vol. i. p. 179. 



AUGMENT, in the Greek Grammar, an accident of 

 certain tenfes ; being either the prefixing of a fyilable, or an 

 mcreafe of the quantity of the initial vowels. There are 

 two kinds of augments.— ri;,7/.orfl/c, ov of a letter; when a 

 fhort vowel is clianged into a long one ; or a diphthong into 

 another longer one : thus called, becaufe the ti:ne of its 

 pronunciation is now lengthened: and augmen'.um fyUab::um, 

 or of a fyUalU, which is, when a letter," wt. i, i;.' added at 

 the beginning of the word ; fo that the number of fyllablc$ 

 is increafed. 



Augments, in Mathcmalics. See Fluxions, and Mo- 



MENTS. 



AUGMENTATION, in a general fenfe, the acl of 



atigmenling; that is, of adding or joiiii'.ig fotnctliing to an- 

 other, to render it larger or more confiderablc. 



The governors of the bounty of queen Anne, for the 

 " augmentation of the maiiite:iance of the poor clergy" 

 (fee First Fruits), by virtue of the feveral ads of parlia- 

 ment made for that purpofe, are empowered to augment all 

 hvings not exceeding 50I. /><-r annum; and the number of 

 livings following were certitied to be capable of augment- 

 ation. 



1 07 1 Livings not exceeding io\. per annum, which ") 

 may be augmented (with the bounty alone) 1 

 fix times each, purfuai.t to the prcfent rules 

 of the governors, which will make 6426 aug- 

 mentations. J 

 1467 Livings above jol. and not exceeding 2cl.' 

 per annum, may be augmented four times each, 

 which will make 5868 augmentations. 

 1 126 Livings above 20I. and not exceedmg 30I. /cr 

 annum, may be augmented three times each, 

 which will make 3378 augmentations. 

 1049 Livings above 30I. and not exceeding ^c\. prr~. 

 annum, may be augmented twice each, «hieh [ 

 will make 2098 augmentations. 

 8S4 Livings above 40I. and not exceeding jol./rr'" 

 annum, may be each once augmented, which 

 will make 8S4 augmentations. 



•1 



6426 



<S68 



33:8 



203S 



884 



5597 



Total number of augmentations, which mud l 

 be made (by the bounty alone) before the ( 



86 



5+ 



This mineral is found in bafak, with ohvin and hornblende ; 



livings already certified will exceed 50I. /«t( 

 annum. ) 



Computing the clear amount of the bounty to make ^^ 

 augmentatic/i:s yearly, it will be 339 years, from the year 

 1714 (which was the firll year in which any livings were 

 augmented), before all the fmall livings above certififd can 

 exceed 50I. per annum; and if it be computed, that one half 

 of fuch augmentations may be made in conjundion with 

 other btnefaiflors (which is very improbablel, it will require 

 226 years bifore all the livings .ibove ccrtifitd will exceed 

 jcl. per annum. 



Dr. Warner, in the appendix to his " Ecclefia(*ical Hif- 

 tory," publilhcd in 1757, obfervcs, that it will be JO^ years 

 before every living can be raiftd to 60I. a rear by queen 

 Anne's bounty, fuppofing the lame money to be dillributed 

 as there has been for fome years pall. In the courfc ol be- 

 tween eighty and. ninety years, many livings have been au^ 



Buitcd 



