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In this lenfe, right fignities as much dsjlraight, and itancls 

 oppoled to curved or crooked. 

 Right /fugle. See Am. i ■ 



In this fenfe, the word right Hands oppofed to oblique. 

 RiL.ui-Angled is underltood of a ligure, when its fides 

 are at right angles, or Hand perpendicularly one upon an- 

 other. 



This fomctimes holds in all the angles of the ligure, as in 

 fquares and rectangles ; fometimes only in part, as in right- 

 angled triangles. 



Right Cone. See Cone. 

 JLlGHT-Lined Angle . bee ANGLE. 



Right Sine. See Sine. The word here Hands contra- 

 dittinguiflied to verfed. 

 Right Afcenfion, in AJlrvnomy. See Ascension. 

 Right Afcenfion, Angle of. See Angle. 

 RlGHT .Afcenfion, Parallax of. See Parallax. 

 Right Defcenfion. See Des< ension. 

 Right Defcenfion, Parallax of. See Parallax. 

 Right Sphere is that where the equator cuts the horizon 

 at right angles : or, that in which the poles are in the horizon, 

 and the equator is in the zenith. 



Such is the pofition of the iphtre with regard to thofc 

 who live directly under the equator. The coniequences of 

 which pofition are, that they have no latitude, nor elevation 

 of the pole. They can lee nearly both poles of the world ; 

 all the ilars rife, culminate, and fit, with them ; and the 

 fun always rifes and defcends at right angles to their horizon, 

 Hiid makes their days and nights equal. 



In a right fphcre the horizon is a meridian ; and, if the 

 fphere be fuppofed to revolve, all the meridians fucceffively 

 become horizons, one after another. 



RlGHT Circle, in the Stereographical Projection of the 

 Sphere, is a circle at right angles to the plane of projection, 

 or that which paffes through the eye. See Projection. 



Right Sailing is when a voyage is performed on fome one 

 of the four cardinal points. 



If a fhip fail under the meridian, that is, on the north or 

 fouth points, fhe varies not in longitude at all, but only 

 changes the latitude, and that juit fo much as the number of 

 degrees fhe has run. 



It a fhip fail under the equinoctial upon the very ead or 

 weft points, fhe alters not her latitude at all, but only changes 

 the longitude, and that jult fo much as the number of 

 degrees Ihe hath run. 



If flic fail directly call or weft, under any parallel, flic 

 there alfo altereth not her latitude, but only the longitude ; 

 yet that not according to the number of degrees of the ; 

 circle fhe hath failed in, as under the equinoctial, but more 

 according as the parallel is remoter from the equinoctial to- 

 wards the pole. For the lefs any parallel is, the greater is 

 the difference of longitude. 



Right, Jus, in Law, fignifies not only a property, for 

 which a writ of right lies, but alfo any title or claim, either 

 by virtue of a condition, mortgage, or the like, for which 

 no action is given by law, but only an entry. 



Such are jus proprietatis, a right of property; fas polfef- 

 fionis, a right of poll'cffion ; and jus propihtatit tt pojfejfioms , 

 a right both of property and polfellion. 



This kill was formerly called jus duplicatum. As if a 

 man be difl'cifed of an acre of land, the dillcillee has jus pro- 

 prietatis ; the difl'eifor hath/ar pojfejfonis ; and, if the dilleil't e 

 releafe to the diffeifor, he hath jw preprietatit ot pffijj'wnis. 

 See .Irs. 



Right, Hereditary. See Hereditary;. 

 Right, Petition of. Sec Peti ti 

 Right, Fretenfed, Sec PBETENSBJft 



RlGHT of Reformatim. See Reformation. 

 Right, Writ of. See Writ and Recto. 

 Right in Court. See Rectus in Curia. 

 Right Dijlillation. See Distillation. 

 RIGHTING) in Sea Language, denotes the aft of 

 reltoriug a fhip to her upright pofition, after file has been 

 laid on a careen. This is generally the natural effect of 

 calling loofe the careening pullies, by which /he had been 

 drawn down. But it is fometimes neceffary to apply me- 

 chanical powers to right the fliip in fuch a lituation ; and 

 the principal of thefe are the relieving tackles. 



A (hip is laid alfo to right at fea, when fhe rifes with her 

 malts ereCted, after having been preit down on one fide by 

 the effort of her fails, or a heavy fquall of wind. Falconer. 

 Righting, when exprelled of the helm, implies the re- 

 placing it amidfhips, after it has been put over to the fide 

 in tacking or otherwife. 



RIGHTS, Bill of , in Law, is a declaration, delivered 

 by the lords and commons to the prince and princefs of 

 Orange, February, 13 1688 ; and afterwards enacted in 

 parliament, when they became king and queen. This de- 

 claration fets forth, that king James II. did, by the affift- 

 ance of divers evil counfellors, endeavour to fubvert the 

 laws and liberties of this kingdom, by exercifing a power 

 of difpenfing with and fufpending of laws ; by levying mo- 

 ney for the ufe of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, 

 without confent of parliament ; by profecuting thole who 

 petitioned the king, and difcouraging petitions ; by railing 

 and keeping a Handing army, in time of peace ; by violat- 

 ing the freedom of election of members to ferve in parlia- 

 ment ; by violent profecutions in the court of king's bench; 

 and cauling partial and corrupt jurors to be returned on 

 trials, exceffive bail to be taken, exceffive fines to be im- 

 pofed, and cruel punifhments inflicted ; all which were de- 

 clared to be illegal. And the declaration concludes in thefe 

 remarkable words, " And they do claim, demand, and infift 

 upon, all and lingular the premifes, as their undoubted 

 rights and liberties." And the aCt of parliament itfelf 

 (1 W. & M. Hat. 2. cap. 2.) recognizes " all and lingular 

 the rights and liberties afferted and claimed in the faid de- 

 claration to be the true, ancient, and indubitable rights of 

 the people of this kingdom." 



RIGIACUM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Belgic 

 Gaul, and capital of the Attrebatii. Ptolemy. 

 RIGID Marble. See Marble. 



RIGIDITY, among Philofophers, a brittle hardnefs ; or 

 that kind of hardnefs fuppofed to arife from the mutual in- 

 dentation of the component particles within one another. 

 Rigidity is oppofed to ductility, malleability, &c. 

 RIGLAND, in Ge»graphy, a town of Germany, in the 

 margraviate of Anfpach ; 7 miles N. of Anfpach. 

 RIGLET. See Rbglkt. 



RIGNAC, in Geography, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Aveyron, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 dillrict of Rades ; 12 miles W.N.W. of Rodes. The place 

 contains 851, and the canton 7182 inhabitants, on a territory 

 of 202^ kiliometres, in 16 communes. 



RIGNEY, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Duubs ; 10 miles N.E. of Befancon. 



RlGNEV le Seron, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Aube ; 6 miles N.W. of Ervy. N. lat. 48° 12'. 

 E. long. 3 43'. 



RIGNY, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Indre and Loire ; 6 miles N.N.E. of Chimin. 



RIGO, a final] iliandin the Well Indus, near the* N.W. 

 coall of Porlo Rico. 



RIGODUNUM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Bri- 

 tain, 



