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II E S 



Sometimes it is not enough to feek the thing dire&ly, 

 but another thing mud be fought, whence the firfl may be 

 found. 



The equation being reduced, the geometrical conftru&ion 

 is to be deduced from it, which is done in various manners, 

 in the various kinds of equations. See Application of 

 Algebra to Geometry. 



Resolution, Problematical. See Problematical. 



Resolution, in Medicine, the termination of an inflam- 

 mation, without any change in the texture of the part in- 

 flamed, in contradiftin&iontothe termination in fuppuration 

 or gangrene. The great objeft of medicine, in all inflam- 

 matory difeafes, in the commencement, is to obtain the re- 

 folution of the inflammation, fo that the flrutture and func- 

 tions of the part afle&ed may not be injured by the difeafe : 

 and the means of obtaining a refolution, when the inflam- 

 mation is featcd in an internal part, are evacuations of blood 

 by the lancet, cupping, or leeches ; and of ferum, by purging 

 the bowels, applying blilters in the vicinity, Sec. ; and when 

 the inflammation is external, by local evacuations by iimilar 

 means, and by the application of cold fubftances. See In- 

 flammation. 



Resolution; in Mufic, is when a canon or perpetual 

 fugue is not written all on the fame line, or in one part ; 

 but all the voices that are to follow the guida, or firft voice, 

 a:v written feparately, either in fcore, /. e. in feparate lines, 

 or feparate parts, with the paufes each is to obferve, in the 

 beginning, and in the tone proper to each. 



The refolution of difcords, in mufic, is generally by their 

 defcent upon concords; except the tritonus, or fnarp 4th, 

 and the note fenfibU, or fharp 7th of a key, which afcend, 

 while the bafe defcends or remains ftationary. 



Resolution, in Surgery, the moil favourable manner in 

 which the procefs of inflammation can terminate, confiftiug 

 of a gradual abatement of the pain, rednefs, fwelling, throb- 

 bing, and heat of the part, without any formation of matter, 

 and without any Houghing. Alfo, the difperfion of fwell- 

 ings and indurations, through the medium of abforption. 



Resolution of Motion, in Mechanics. See Motion. 



Resolution Bay, in Geography, a name given by cap- 

 tain Cook to the port of Madre de Dios, fituated near the 

 middle of the W. fide of St. Chriftina, one of the Marquefas 

 iflands, in the South Pacific ocean, and under the highell 

 land in the ifiand, in S. lat. 9 55' 30", W. long. 139° 8' 

 40", and N. 1 5 W. from the W. end of La Dominica. 

 The fouth point of the bay is a fteep rock of confiderable 

 height, terminating at the top in a peaked hill, above which 

 may be feen a path-way leading up a narrow ridge to the 

 fummit of the hills. The north point is not fo high, and 

 rifes with a more gentle Hope. They are a mile from each 

 other in the direction of N. by E., and S. by W. In the 

 bay, which is near three quarters of a mile deep, and has 

 from 34 to 12 fathoms water, with a clean fandy bottom, 

 are two fandy coves, divided from each other by a rocky 

 point. In each is a rivulet of excellent water. The 

 northern cove is the moft commodious for wooding and wa- 

 tering. Here is the little water-fall mentioned by Quiros, 

 Mendana's pilot ; but the town, or village, is in the other 

 cove. There are feveral other coves or bays on this fide of 

 the ifiand ; and fome of them, efpecially to the northward, 

 may be miflaken for this : therefore the beft direction is the 

 bearing of the weft end of La Dominica. Cook's Voyage, 

 vol. i. p. 307. 



Resolution Ifiand, one of the newly-difcovered Society 

 iflands, in the South Pacific ocean. S. lat. 17 24'. W. 

 long. 141 15'. — Alfo, an ifiand in the North Atlantic 

 ocean, 60 miles in circumference, fituated on the N. fide of 



the entrance into Hudfon's ftraits. N. lat. 6l° 4c'. W. 

 long. 65°. 



RESOLUTION Port, a bay or harbour of the ifiand of 

 Tanna, in the South Pacific ocean. S. lat. 19 32'. E. 

 long. 1 69° 40'. 



RESONANCE, in Mufic, is founding again, repeating 

 or continuing the found. The refonance of a firing, a bell, 

 or other fonorous body, ceafes with the vibration. 



It exprefles the found returned by the air inclofed in the 

 bodies of ftringed mufical inilruments, as lutes, Sec. ; or even 

 in the bodies of wind inilruments, as flutes, &c. 



Elliptic and parabolic vaults refound ftrongly, /. e. thcy 

 ftrongly reflect or return the found. See Echo. 



The mouth, and the parts thereof, as the palate, tongue, 

 teeth, nofe, and lips, Monf. Dodart obferves, contribute 

 nothing to the tone of the voice ; but their effeft is very 

 great as to the refonance. 



Of this we have a very fenfible inftance in that vulgar in- 

 llrument called Jeius-harp, or trompe de Beam : for if you 

 hold it in your hand, and ftrike the tongue or fpring thereof, 

 which yields all the found of the inftrument, it fcarcely makes 

 any noife at all ; but, holding the body of the inftrument 

 between the teeth, and ftriking the fpring as before, it 

 makes a mufical buzz, which is heard to a good diftance, 

 and efpecially in the lower notes. 



So alfo in the hautboys, the tone of the reed is always the 

 fame ; being a fort of drone : the chief variety is in the tone 

 of the refonance, produced in the mouth by the greater or 

 lefs aperture, and the divers motions of the lips. 



RESORT. See Ressort. 



RESOUZE, in Geography, a river of France, which 

 runs into the Saone, near Pont de Vaux, in the department 

 of the Ain. 



RESP, a difeafe in fheep, the fame as red-water. See 

 Red- JVater. 



RESPECT, in Ethics, denotes that favourable impref- 

 fion which the goodnefs of a character has made upon the 

 perfon contemplating it, united with a fhare of good fenfe. 

 An union of both thefe qualities is neceflary to create re- 

 fpecl. Goodnefs alone is not fufficient to produce it ; for 

 if it be feated in a mind that indicates extreme imbecility, it 

 cannot be deemed refpeftable. On the other hand, fuperior 

 fenfe in a mind deflitute of goodnefs, will not infpire re- 

 fpeft : it will either wafte itfelf in idle fpeculations, which 

 renders it indifferent to us ; or it may degenerate into low 

 cunning, which renders it hateful. Should it be connected 

 with power in a wicked and perverfe mind, it will excite 

 horror and difmay, which are very remote from refpeft. 



RESPECTU computi •uicecomitis habendo, in Laiu, a 

 writ for the refpitingof a fheriff's accompt, upon juil occa- 

 fion, directed to the treafurer and barons of the exchequer. 



RESPECTUANDO Homagio. See Homagio. 



RESPIRATION, in Phyfwlogy, that function of animal 

 bodies, in which the air, either in its elaftic ftate, as it con- 

 flitutes the atmofphere, or held in folution in water, is 

 brought into cor.taCl with fome organ or organs, undergo- 

 ing alterations in its own conftitution, and producing changes 

 in the nature of the animal fluids, which are effential to the 

 continuance of life. In the mammalia, birds, and reptiles, 

 the refpiratory organs confift of lungs, that is, of mem- 

 branous cavities, differently conftrufted in the three claffes, 

 but agreeing in the circumttance of alternately receiving 

 and emitting a portion of atmofpherical air. This alternate 

 ingrefs and egrefs of air conftitutes properly what is called 

 in common language breathing, to which the philofophical 

 term refpiration is fynonimous. We extend the term to ani- 

 mals of the lower clafles, which have no lungs, and fome 



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