AMPHISCII

, or Amphiscians, are the people who inhabit the torrid zone; which are so called, because they have their shadow at noon turned sometimes one way, and sometimes another, namely, at one time of the year towards the north, and at the other towards the south.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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ALTITUDE
AMBIENT
AMBIT
AMBLIGON
AMONTONS (William)
* AMPHISCII
AMPLITUDE
ANABIBAZON
ANACAMPTICS
ANACHRONISM
ANACLASTICS