FAC 
of v consonant, and was wrote inverted 
j- 
As a numeral, F denotes 40, and with a 
dash over it thus F, 40,000 : in music, it 
stands for the bass clef ; and frequently for 
forte , asff does for forte forte. 
As an abbreviation, F stands for flints, 
fellow, and the like : thus F. R. S. signifies 
Fellow of the Royal .Society. 
FA, in music, one of tiie syllables invent- 
ed by Guido Aretinc, to mark the fourth 
note of the modern scale, Which rises thus, 
ut, re, mi, fa. 
Musicians distinguish two fa’s, viz. the 
flat, marked with a J , or jg ; and the sharp 
or natural, marked thus t], and called biqua- 
dro. 
FABER, a fish of the zens kind, called 
in English doree, or john doree. See 
Zeus. 
FABLE is used for the plot of an epic 
or dramatic poem, and is, according to 
Aristotle, the principal part, and, as it 
were, the soul of a poem. 
FABR1CIA, in botany, a genus of the 
Icosandria Monogynia class and order. 
Calyx five-cleft, half superior; five petals, 
without claws; stigma capitate; capsule 
many-celled ; seeds winged. There are 
two species ; viz. the myrtifolia and the 
laevigata, both found in New Holland. 
FACE, comprehends all that part of the 
head which is not covered with the com- 
mon long hair. See Anatomy. 
Face, or facade, in architecture, the 
front of a building, or the side which con- 
tains the chief entrance. Sometimes, how- 
ever, it is used for whatever side presents to 
the street, garden, court, &c. or is opposite 
to the eye. 
Face, in fortification, an appellation 
given to several parts of a fortress, as the 
face of a bastion, &c. 
FACET, or Facette, among jewellers, 
the name of the little faces or planes to be 
found in brilliant and rose diamonds. 
FACTITIOUS, any tiling made by art, 
in opposition to what is the produce of na- 
ture. Thus, factitious cinnabar is opposed 
to native cinnabar. See Cinnabar. 
FACTOR, in commerce, is an agent or 
correspondent residing beyond the seas, or 
in some remote part, commissioned by mer- 
chants to buy or sell goods on their account, 
or assist them in carrying on their trade. 
A factor, in law and in merchandise, 
is one authorized to sell goods and mer- 
chandise, and otherwise act for his prin- 
cipal, with an allowance or commission 
FAC 
for his care. He must pursue his orders 
strictly. He is accountable for all lawful 
goods coming to his hands ; yet if the factor 
buy. goods for his principal, and they re- 
ceive damage in his possession, through no 
negligence of his, the principal shall bear 
the loss ; and if a factor is robbed, he shall 
be discharged: if a factor act contrary to 
his orders in selling goods, he is liable for 
the loss, though there may be a probability 
of advantage by his act : so he is liable for 
not making insurance, if ordered to do so. 
Factor, in multiplication, a name given 
to the multiplier and multiplicand, because 
they constitute the product. See Arith- 
metic. 
FACTORAGE, called also commission, 
is the allowance given to factors by the 
merchant who employs them. 
FACTORY is a place where a consider-, 
able number of factors reside, to negotiate 
for their masters and employers. The most 
considerable factories belonging to the 
British are those established in the East 
Indies. There were also factories in Por- 
tugal, Turkey, and at Hamburgh, Peters- 
burgh, Dantzic, and Amsterdam, all en- 
dowed with certain privileges. The ascen- 
dency of the French Emperor, for the pre- 
sent, at least, has put an end to these, or to 
the most of them. We trust, however, that 
a change of circumstances may hereafter 
place things on their old footing. 
FACUL/E, in astronomy, certain bright 
and shining parts, which the modern astro- 
nomers have, by means of telescopes, ob- 
served upon or about the surface of the 
sun ; they are but very seldom seen. One 
was seen by Hevelius in 1634, whose breadth 
was said to be equal to a third part of the 
sun’s diameter. 
FACULTY, in law, a privilege granted 
to a person, by favour and indulgence, of 
doing what, by law, he ought not to do. 
For granting these privileges, there is a 
court under the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
called the court of the faculties, the chief 
officer whereof is styled master of the fa- 
culties, who has a power of granting dispen- 
sations in divers cases, as to marry without 
the bans being first published ; to eat flesh 
on days prohibited; to ordain a deacon un- 
der age ; for a son to succeed his father in 
his benefice ; a clerk to hold two or more 
livings, &c. 
Faculty, in the schools, a term applied 
to the different members of an university, 
divided according to the arts and sciences 
taught there : thus in most universities there 
