H O R 
Der neue Englifche Uhrmaclier, oder vollftancfige An- 
■weifung alle Geh-, Schlag-, und Repetiruhren richtig zu 
berechnerr und gehorig zufammenzufetzen, nebft der 
Befchreibung einer Univerfal-Sonnenuhr, mit nothigen 
Kupfern, &c. 1781. 
Extrait d’une Lettre de M. L. H. Magellan, fur la Pre¬ 
ference des Grands Arcs de Vibration pour le Regularity 
des Pen dales Aftronomlques, avec la Defcription d’uii 
Echappement libre, pour des petites Pendules a Demi- 
i'econdes, qui battent des Secondes entieres. Inferted in 
tom. xx. of'Roziers Obfervations 1782. 
Nic. Fufs Determinatio Motuum Penduli compofiti bi- 
fili ex prim is mechanicae principiis petita. Nov. Acl. Pe- 
trop. tom. i. 1783. 
Three Regilters of a Pocket Chronometer, by Count 
Bruhi. 2785. » 
Memoire fur PHorlogerie ; contenant tine Nouvelle 
ConftruCrion des Montres fimples et a repetition a Roues 
de rencontre, approuvees par l’Acad. Roy. des Sciences. 
Par'Helfen. 1785. 
Der Selbftlehrende Uhrmaclier, oder genugthuende an- 
weifung, alle fchlag-, geh-, repetir-, und fonnen-uhren 
richtig zu berechnen, nebll alien vortheilen, auf die neu- 
elte und einfachfte art lie zu verfertigen oline einen wei- 
tern mundlichen unterricht notliig zu haben. Von einem 
Freunde der Kunlle. 1786. 
Defcription of the two-part Chime-Clock invented by 
Robert Sampfon. Tran factions of the Society for the En¬ 
couragement of Arts, &c. for 1786, vol. iv. [Defcrip- 
tions of many other ingenious inventions of Englifli ar- 
'tiits may likewife be found in the different volumes of 
the Tranfaftions of this refpedtable and ufcful Society.] 
An Account and Defcriptions of three Pendulums in¬ 
vented and conftructed by John Crofthwaite. Tranf. 
Roy. Irifh. Acad. 1788. 
Horlogerie Pratique, a 1’Ufage des Apprentifs et des 
Amateurs, par M. Viontaux ; Touloufe, 1788. 
Tratado general y matematico de la Reloxeria, &c. Em. 
de Cercella e Icoaga. Madrid, 1789. 
Sopra la Teoria de Pendoli e Sulla Legge della Forza 
centripeta proporzionale alia femplice diltanza del centra 
e fulla fua Applicazione alia Dottrina de’ Pendoli; Gre- 
goria Fontana. Pavia, 1789. 
Whiteliurlt’s Verfnch durch Zeitmeflung unverander- 
liche malfe zu erhaiten; uberletzt von J. H. Wiedmann. 
Nurnberg, 1790. 
Differtation fur PHorlogerie, par Fr. Huet. 1791. 
Tratado methodico de la Reloxeria Simple; Chabolt. 
Madrid, 1791. 
Der Uhrmaclier, See. by J. G. Geifsler. 1793-1799. 
Account of a new Pendulum, by Geo. Fordyce, M. D. 
F. R. S. Phil. Tranf. 1794. 
Investigations, founded on the Theory of Motion, for 
determining the Times of Vibrations of Watch-balances, 
by Geo. Atwood, F. R.S. Phil. Tranf. 1794. 
Beytrag zur Zeitmefs-kunft, fur Freunde und liebha- 
ber von Uhrwerken aller Art. Friedrich Augult Schmidt. 
Leipzig, 1797. 
VerJuch einer Gefcbichte der entftlehung und Fortf- 
chritte der theoretifehe-praktifehen Uhrmacherkunft. Job. 
Heinr. Mortitz Poppe. Gottingen, 1797. 
Theoretifch-praktilches Worterbuch der Uhrmaker- 
kunft, &c. by the fame. Leipzig, 1800, 1801. 
Parr’s Treatife on Pocket-Watches. 1804. An unfi- 
nillied work. 
Principes generaux de l’exafte Mefuredu Temps par les 
Horloges. Par Urbain Jurgenfeil, horloger. Copenhagen, 
1805. 
The article Watch-work in the Supplement to the 
Encyclopaedia Britannica, different parts of Nicholfon’s 
Philofophical Journal, and Tilloch’s Philofophical Maga¬ 
zine, and the articles Chronometer and Clock in Rees’s 
New Cyclopfcdia ; contain much ufeful information on 
the Subjects of pendulums, icapements, See. 
HOROM'ETER, f. [from uea., Gr. an hour, and ut~ 
Vol. X. No. 667. 
H O Ii 36<J 
r^ov, a meafure.] An inftrument to meafure the hours, an 
instrument to meafure time by hours. 
HOROM'ETRY,yS [barometric, Fr. and f/srgEW, Gr. 
to meafure.]. The art of meafuring hours.—It is .no eafy 
wonder how the horomclry of antiquity discovered not this 
artifice. Brown. 
HOR'ONAIM, a city of the Moabites. Ifa.xv. 5. Jer. 
xlviii. 33, 34. 
HOR'ONITE,_/! An inhabitant of Horonaim. 
HOROP'TER, f. in optics, a right line drawn through 
the point of concourle parallel to that which joins the, 
centre of the eye; the line that bounds diftiiidt Vifiori. 
HOROS'COPAL, adj. Belonging to the horoscope. 
HOR'OSCOPE, f. [horofeope, Fr. io^oo-xotto;, Gr.] The 
configuration of the planets at the hour of birth. See 
the article Astrology, vol. ii. p. 309. 
Him born beneath a boding horofeope, 
His lire, the blear-ey’d Vulcan of a fhop, 
From Mars his forge fent to Minerva’s fchool. Dry Jen. 
The Greek names this the horofeope ; 
This governs life, and this marks out our parts. 
Our humours, manners, qualities, and arts. Creech. 
HOROSCOP'IST, f. One who is Skilled in horofeopes 
Scott. 
HOROU'CE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Braclaw: fifty-two miles fouth-eaft of Braclaw. 
HORP (Le), a town of France, in the department of 
the Mayenne, and chief place of a canton, in the di Shaft, 
of Vilainea two leagues and a half north-weft of Viiaine. 
HOR'REBOW (Peter), a Danilh aftronomer, bom of 
humble parents at Lregfted in Jutland. He firft ftudied 
at Aalburg; after which he applied to philolophy, mathe¬ 
matics, and theology, at Copenhagen. In 1714 he was 
appointed profefl'or of mathematics ; and in 1725 he took 
the degree of M. D. and was elefted a member of the 
Danifli Academy of Sciences. He died in 1764, at the 
great age of eighty-five. Horrebow firft remarked the 
aberration of the fixed liars; the theory of which was af¬ 
terwards improved by Dr. Bradley. His principal’ works 
are, 1. Mfcdlanca: Paradoxorum Philo/ophicorum Decades X. 
Hafn. 1704, 4to. 2. Prodromus Geometries enucleates ex The - 
oria Triangulorum Retangulorum, (Be. 1713, 4to. 3. Coperni¬ 
cus Triumphans,Jive de Parallaxi Orbis Annui, ( 3 c. 1721, 8 vo. 
4. Artium AJlronomia, five Elemcnta Afironomix ex Obfervati - 
onibus, 173a, 8vo. 5. Elementa Mathefcos, ( 3 c. 1732, and. 
1737, 8vo. 6. Clavis AJlronomia , five Afironomice Pars Ply- 
fica, 1735, eiud. 1740, 4to. 7. Opera Mathematico-phyfica, 
1740-1742, vol. iii. 4to. cum fig. 
HORREN'DOUS, adj. [Lat.] Horrible, dreaded. Scott. 
HOR'RENT, adj. [horrens , Lat. Horrentia pilis agmina.] 
Pointed outwards; bridled with points; a word .perhaps 
introduced by Milton : 
Him a globe 
Of fiery feraphim incircled round 
With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton. 
HOR'RIBLE, adj. \horrible, Fr. horribilis, Lat.] Dread¬ 
ful; terrible; Shocking; hideous; enormous.—Eternal 
happinefs and eternal mifery, meeting with a perfuafiora 
that the foul is immortal,, are, of all other, the firft the 
molt defirable, and the latter the mod horrible , to humajs 
appjehenfion. South. 
A dungeon horrible on all Tides round, 
As one great furnace flamed. Milton. 
HOR'RIBLENESS,^ Dreadfulnefis; hideoufnefs; ter- 
viblenefs; fearfulnefs. _ . 
HOR'RIBLY, adv. Dreadfully; hideoully: 
What hideous noife was that ? 
Horribly loud! Milton. 
Dreadful to a degree.—The contagion of thefe ill prece¬ 
dents, both in civility and virtue, horribly infefts children. 
Locke. 
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