in a general sense, denotes something made, fashioned, or produced by art, in contradistinction from the production of nature.

**ARTIFICIAL** is also frequently used for factitious. Thus we have artificial sal ammoniac, artificial borax, &c.

**ARTIFICIAL Fire-works** are compositions of inflammable materials, chiefly used on solemn occasions, by way of rejoicing. See **Pyrotechny**.

**ARTIFICIAL Lightning.** See **Electricity** and **Lightning**.

**ARTIFICIAL Lines**, on a sector or scale, are certain lines so contrived, as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents; which, by the help of the line of numbers, will solve all questions in trigonometry, navigation, &c. pretty exactly.

**ARTIFICIAL Magnets.** See **Magnets**.