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Limbs, Fra^urrs of. See FRACTURE. 

 Limb, Limhus, the cutermolt boi-dcr, or graduated 

 edi;o, of an allrolabe, quadrant, or the like laathematicai 



iiiltrunient. 



Tlie word is alfo ufed for the primitive circle in any pro- 

 jection of the Inhere in piano. 



Limb alfo ligiuiics tlie oiitermoil border or edge of the 

 fun or moon, when the middle or diflc is hid in an ecliple of 

 either luminary. 



Ailronomcrs obferve the lower and upper limb of the 

 fun in order to lind out its true height, which is that of the 

 centre. 



Limb is alfo ufed, among Botnnifls, for the outer edge or 

 border rf plants, their leaves and flowers. See Petal. 



LIMEE, in Geography, ao ifland in the Ealt Indian fea, 

 about 12 miles long^ and 3 broad, near the E. coall of 

 Celebes. N.lat. I'lS'. E. long, 1 25" 10'. — Alio, a fmall 

 town or village in the N.W. part of the illand of St. Do- 

 mingo ; fcven leagues W. by S. ot cape Frani^ois. 



LIMBECK. See Alembic. 



LIMBERG. in Geography, a town of the duchy of 

 Stiria ; 12 n;iies S.of Voitfberg. 



I^IMBERS, in Artillery, a fort of advanced train joined 

 to the carriage of a ca:'non, upon a march. See C.'iK- 



lji.\iBEit-/Wfj-, in a Ship, little fquare holes cut through 

 her floor-timbers, ferving to let the water to the well of the 

 pump, which othervvife would lie between thofe timbers, 

 where the keel rope runs. 



Every floor-timber has two limber-holes cut through it ; 

 Vfz one on each fide of the keelfon. 



LlMBER-ioanij, are fliort pieces of plank, whicli form a 

 part of the cieling or lining of a (hip's floor, clofe to the 

 keelion, and immediately above the limber*. They are oc- 

 cafionally removed, in order to examine and clear the hmber- 

 holes. 



LiMcr.u-rc^c, is a long rope, frequently retained in the 

 limber-holes of a fhip, and communicating from one to 

 another, in order to clear them, by pulling tlie rope back- 

 Avards and forwards, fo as to loofen the fa::d or dirt by 

 Vfhicli they may occafionally be choaked. 



LIMBEUO, in Geography,^ a town on the E. :oaft of 

 the ifland of Celebes. N. lat. o^ 18'. E. lons^. 12^' 18'. 



LIMBOBARYA, a town of Bengal; 30'milesN.W. 

 of Nattore. 



LIMBORCH, Vnihiv,m Biography, a celebrated Dutch 

 divine, was born at Amllerdam m the year 163^. He was 

 educated among the Remonfirants, and had lor his inltruClors 

 among others, Barleins, and Gerard Voffius. Having com- 

 pleted the ufual courfes of learning, in ethics, philofophy, and 

 the languages, he ftudied theology under Curcellsus, the fuc- 

 ceifor of Epifcopius, in the profen'orfiiip of that facult)-, 

 among the Rcmonllrants at Amlterdam. Aftervvards he 

 went to Utrecht, where be attended the lefturcs of Gilbert 

 Voetitis, and other celebrated divines. In 1654 he undertook 

 the c;fjice of minilter at Haerlem, from whence lie removed 

 to Gouda. In 1660 he pubhfhcd an excellent colleftion of 

 the correfpondence of learned and celebrated men, under the 

 title of " Epiftola; pra:ft.antium, et eruditorum virorum," 

 8vo. In 16^4 and 1704 he puhliflied new editions of it, 

 greatly cnhirg-ed, in folio. In tliis coUcftion, almolt the en- 

 tire hifl:ory of the affairs of the Remonftrants maybe traced 

 from the time of Arrainius down to the fynod of Dort. In 

 1G61 he pubiilhed, in the form of a dialogue, a ircatife in 

 defence ot toleration, which was excecdinfjly well received 

 by the friends of lilierty. In 1667 he undertook the paf- 

 toral charge of the church at Amllerdam, and in the foU 



lowing year he was appointed divinity profeflbr. From 

 this period he wholly devoted his iludies to the enquiries con- 

 netled with his new office, and acquired a high reputation 

 by the manner in which he pertornied :13 duties. In the 

 year 1686 he publiflied his fyllem of theology, under the 

 title of " Theologia Chrilliana ad Praxim Pietatis ac Pro- 

 molioncm Pacis Chrillianae unice direcla." It pafled very 

 quickly throKgh four editions. In this fame year Limborch 

 had a difpute with Orobio, a Spanifli .Tew, who had efcaped 

 from the prifon of the Inquifition, and foon after he publifhed 

 the fubftance of it in a treatifc, entitled " Collatio Arnica 

 de Veritate Religionis Chriftianz, cum eruaito Judso." 

 This treatife very iatisfattorily repels the objeftions which 

 any confillent believer in the 'Old Teltament can advance 

 againll the New. He obtained, in 1692, "The Buok of 

 Sentences ot tlie Inquifition of Tholoufe from IJ07 to 

 13 13," which he pubhflied, and prefixed to it a hiltory of 

 that horrible and bloody tribunal drawn from the writings of 

 the inquihtors themfelves. The title of it is " Hilloria In- 

 quilitionis ; cui fubjungitur Liber fententiarum Inquilitionie 

 Tholofanae, ab anno 1307 ad 13 13, "410. This hiftorj- is 

 pronounced, by Mr. Locke, to be a work abfolutely perfect 

 in its kind ; it was tranflated by Dr. Samuel Chandler into 

 Englilh, in two volumes 4to. with additions by the editor, 

 by Antlwny Collins, efq. and by the author. Dr. Chandler 

 prefixed to his edition an introduftion, concerning the rife 

 and progrefs of perfccution. In 1694 he converted a young 

 woman to Chriitianity who had been drawn over to the 

 .Tewifli religion by a perfon of whom (he had learned the 

 Hebrew language. In 171 i Limborch publiflied his va- 

 luable " Commentarius in Adta Apottoiorum et in Epillolas 

 ad Romanos, et ad Hebr-jsos." He died in the month of 

 April 1 7 1 2, in the feventy-ninth year of his age. A funeral 

 oration was delivered on the occafion by Lc Clerc, who, 

 among other tilings, fays, *' He was, above all thi: gs, ani- 

 mated with the love of truth, and was indefatigable in 

 fearching for it, day and night, in the facred fcriptures and 

 th-,' beft expofitors, and whenever he found it, he adhered to 

 it inflexibly. His piety was pure and ardent, uiitinftured 

 by lupenfition, or any notions diflionourable to the benevo- 

 lence of the Deity. As a preacher he was methccical, argu- 

 mentative, and iulid rather than eloquent ; and fo invariably 

 was he governed by candour, moderation, and prudence, that 

 he never gave offence to any one. In his inltrudtions front 

 his prof^effional chair, he was diltinguiflied by the greatell 

 perfpicuity, and the moft exaft order ; to which iiis memory', 

 which retained whatever he had written, no doubt greatly 

 contributed. His behaviour towards ail who had the hap- 

 pinefs of being acquainted with him, was fo affable, kind, 

 and conciliating, that they faw him with delight, and re- 

 gretted, when they could no longer enjoy his converfation." 

 Gtn. Biog. Moreri. 



LIMBOtfRG, John Piiilip de, a phyfician at Spa,.- 

 wIk) obtained a great re;)Utatiou by his knowledge of the 

 properties of the mineral waters, and by the fuccefs with 

 which he prefcribed them in many obllinate difeafcs, which 

 had refilled other reu'.edies. He rehded at Spa during the 

 feafon of drinking the waters. He publifttcd fevcral work-,, 

 the principal of which detail the refult of his obfervations on 

 their properties and ufes ; ir/a. '• Diflcrtation fur les Eaux 

 de Spa, foutcnue a Leyde, le 7 Aout, 1736, &c.'' Liege, 

 1749, l2mo. " Traite des Eaux Mineraies de Spa," Ley- 

 den, 1754, I2mo. " Differtations fur les Bains d'Eau Am- 

 ple, tant par immerfion, qu'on douches et en vapeurs," 

 Liege 1757, i2mo. " CaraiStcres des Medccins, ou I'ldee 

 d6 ce qu'ils font communement, et cclle de cc qu'ils devroient 

 etrc, ccc." ibid. 1 760, 1 2mo, " DiflTcrtation fur les Aflinites 



chymiquesy 



