Page:Cyclopaedia, Chambers - Volume 2.djvu/199

 MIL

c m)

MIN

Blights and Milldews are commonly taken for the fame thing ; yet are they very different. See Blight.

On Plants which have fmooth Leaves, as the Oak, i£c. the Dew hangs, and may be feen, tailed, fgc. Others, whofe Leaves are rougher, imbibe it. When it falls on Wheat, ige. itbefpots the Stems with a Colour different from the natural one.

Thefe Dews, Mr. Mortimer takes to be the principal Food of Bees ; being fweet, and eafily convertible into Honey. See Honey.

MILLENARIES, Millenarians, a Sea among Chrillians, chiefly in the primitive Church, who hold that Jefus Chrift is to come and reign on Earth for the fpace of a thoufand Years 5 during which time, the Faithful are to enjoy all manner of temporal Bleffings, and at the Expi- ration of this Term, the Day of Judgment is to take place. See Millennium.

The Millenaries are alfo call'd Chiliafls from the Greek yM&i mille, a Thoufand. See Ciiiliast.

This Opinion of the Millenaries is very antient 5 and may be traced back alrnofl as far as the time of the Apoftles. It had its Origin from a Paflage in the Afocalypfe too literally underllood, wherein mention is made of Chriil's Reign on Earth, i£c.

The Op inion of S, Papias, fays Mr. Launoy, touching the new Kingdom of Jefus Chrill on Earth, after the Re- furreflion, was held for near three Centuries, e'er it was charged as erroneous 5 as appears from Ecclefiaftical Hi- ■ftory. It was allow'dof, and follow'd by the greateft Men among the Primitive Fathers ; as Irenes, Juftin Martyr, Tertullian, &c. Dionyfins of Alexandria and St. Jerom, op- pofed this imaginary Millenary Reign very llrongly.

MILLENNIUM, a Term literally fignifying a thoufand Tears ; chiefly ufed for the time of our Saviour's fecond Appearance, and Reign on Earth. See Millenaries.

Mr. Wlifltm, in feveral of his Writings, has endeavoured to fupport the Notion of the Millennium. According to his Computation, it was to have commenced about the Year 1720.

The Word is Latin, compounded of mille, a Thoufand, and annus, Year.

MILLEPEDES, Wood-Lice, little Animals of confiderable Ufe in Medicine. Thus call'd from the great number of their Feet.

Millepedes are fo much in the Acquaintance of the Peo- ple, that they feem to be Mailers of their medicinal Ufes, and take them in many Cafes without any other Di- lution. They are, by all Experience, found to be very Diuretic and Abflerfive ; which makes them not only fre- quent in Prefcriptions for Diforders in the Reins, but alfo in Obflruflions of the Vifcera, and particularly in the Jaundice.

They abound with a nitrous Salt, which they feem to derive from the earthy Diet they live on. It is fomewhat volatilized by its Digeflion and Circulation in the Infefl ; as fuch Salt always is more or lefs, in proportion to the digeflive Powers of the Animal, into whofe Blood it enters ; yet not fo much, but that it is brackim and pungent upon the Palate. This makes their deterlive dualities extend further, than the larger Glands, and enables them to fcour even the minuted Paffages, and keep the Nerves clear from Vifcidities, and fuch things as would clog their Springs; whereby they are good in Palfies, Epilepfies, and all nervous Dillempers.

As they open and cleanfe away Vifcofities, and by their Minutcnefsand Afperities cut their way through any Ob- llruftions, they are good in Struma's, and all inveterate Tumours or Ulcers.

Remarkable Cures have been performed in each way by along ufe of them. They ate bell taken in Subilance ; orbruifedin white Wine, the Liquor being taken without fettling.

There are feveral Chymical Preparations of Millepedes, as Spirit, volatile Salt, Oil, and Wine of Millepedes.

M ILL-REE, orMiLLE-RAV, a Portugueze Coin, current for fomewhat more than the Sfamfl Pillole. See Coin.

The Miff-fee is thus call'd, as confining of a thoufand Rees. See Ree.

It is alfo called a St. Stephen, from the Figure of that Martyr imprefs'd thereon.

MILLIARIUM, among the Romans, was a Mile, or League ; confining of a thoufand Paces, millepaffiis ; whence the Name. See Mile and League.

In the Roman Empire, the Milliaria, in all the great Roads, were all mark'd with Stones or Columns, erecled for that purpofe ; commencing from a Column in the heart of the City. See Road.

Thofe Columns were hence denominated Milliary Co- lumn*. See Column.

MILLING, in the Manufactories, an Operation call'd tlfo Billing. See Fulling.

Milling, or Throw'mgofsdk, is the lalt preparation of Silk before dying ; ferving to twill it, more or lefs accor- ding to the Work it is intended for. See Silk.

To prepare the Silks for Milling, they firll put it in boiling Water, indofed between two linen Cloths. The Miil is a fquare Machine, compofed of feveral pieces of Wood mortaifed in each other fo as to form a kind of large Cage, in the Centre whereof are two Wheels placed parallel over each other, whofe Axis bears on two Polls. When the Machine is Simple, a fingle Man turns thefe Wheels by means of a little Cogg in which they catch, and a large Handle.

The Wheels put in motion by the Handle, communicate their Motion to eight Windles, or Reels, or even more, according to the largenefs of the Machine ; on the Wings, or Arms whereof the Silk is wound from off two Rows of Bobins placed on each fide the Machine, each Row at the height of one of the two Wheels in the Centre. Thefe Bo- bins have their Motion by means of leathern Thongs.which bear on the little Cylinders of Wood that fuppott them, and turn at length on the two Wheels at the Centre ; fo that the Silk on each Bobin twills, as it winds, and forms its feparate Skain.

The fmallefl Wheel moves two hundred of thefe Bobins, over which a fingle Perfon is fufiicient to infpecf, to put new Bobins or Spools in lieu of thofe difcharged of their Silk, and to knot the Ends when they break.

MILLION, in Arithmetic, the Number often hundred thoufand ; or a thoufand times a thoufand. See Nume- ration.

The Revenues of Ptinces are now only computed in Mllions. See REVENUEand Political Arithmetic.

A Million of Gold, or Million of Money, is fometimes underllood of a Million of Pounds ; and fometimes a Million of Crowns. See Crown, t£c.

MILT, in Anatomy, is a popular Name for the Spleen. See Spleen.

Milt, in Natural Hiflory, thefoftRow in Fifties ; thus call'd by reafon it yields, by exprefllon, a whiti/h Juice re- fembling Milk. See Row.

The Milt is properly the Seed, or the Spermatic part of the Male Fiih. The Milt of a Carp is reckon'd a choice Bit.

Levienhoeck, examining the Milt of a fingle Cod-fiftt with an excellent Microfcope, found it to contain more living Animals than there are Men on the Face of the Earth! See Animalcule.

, MIME, Mimus, a Term in the antient Comedy, figni- fying a Buffoon, or Mimic, who afied Pollutes fuitable to the Perfon or Subject he reprefented.

The Word comes from the Greek jw'f/©-, Imitator.

The fame Comedians were alfo fometimes call'd Panto- mimes, becaufe of their counterfeiting all manner of Po- fturesand Geflures. See Pantomime.

MIMESIS, Imitation, in Rhetoric, ££?c. a Figure .wherein the Words, Act ions, ££c. of another Perfon are imitated: See Mime and Pantomime.

MIND, Mens, a thinking Being. See Thinking.

Philofophers generally allow of three Kinds of Minds, viz. God, Angels, and the human Soul. For a thinking Be- ing muft either be finite, or infinite: If infinite, it is God ; and if finite, it is either join'd with a human Body, or not ; if the latter, it is an Angel ; if the former, a Soul. See God, Angel, and Soul.

The human Mind is properly defined a thinking, rational Subllance : By Thinking, it is dillinguiihed from Body ; and by Reafoning, from God, and Angels, which are fup- pofed to fee and know things intuitively, without the help of Deduaion, and Difcourfe. See Discourse, Reaso- ning, and Knowledge.

MINE, in Natural Hiflory, a place under ground where Metals, Minerals, or even precious Stones, are found. See Metal, Mineral, Precious Stone, %$c.

As, therefore, the Matter dug out of Mines is various ; the Mines themfelves acquire various denominations: as Gold-Mines, Silver-Mines, Copper-Mines, Iron-Mines, Diamond- Mines, Salt-Mines, Mines of Antimony, of Alum, 3ic.

For Gold and Silver Mines, the richelland moll celebrated are thofe of Peru and Chili in America. See Gold and Si lver.

IroK-MiNEs are more abundant in -France than elfewhere. See Iron.

Gyper-MiNEs are chiefly in Sweden and Denmark. See Copper.

T>»-Mines abound in England. See Tin.

Quickfiher-WlHsis m Hungary sxni Spain; Diamond-Mittm in Golconda; Mi-Mines mPoland, &c. See Quicksilver Diamond, Salt, S$c.

Metallic Mines are chiefly found in Mountains ; tho the reafon thereof does not appear. It is probable, Plains may abound as much therewith, would People dig deep enough. But Plains are commonly cultivated ; and befide, the Water will fcarce allow 'em to be dug. Add, that the Metallic Vein.

always