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See CAMAIEU. Cam'ba, in Ohio, a post-office of Jackson co. Cambacérès, JEAN JACQUES DE, ( kam - bas'a - raiz,) a distinguished French senator, B. at Montpellier, 1753. He adopted the law as a profe ion, and succeeded his father as counsellor of the audit office of Montpellier. When the Revolution broke out, he was chosen to represent the order of the nobles in the legislative a embly, and soon afterwards as a deputy to the convention. During the reign of terror, which followed the condemnation of Louis XVI., C. endeavored, though cautiously, to check the illegal and arbitrary measures of the a embly. Subsequently, he was a member of the Council of Five Hundred, and devoted much time and labor in the cla ification of the civil laws; and in 1796, drew up a Pro jet de Code Civil, which became the basis of the Napoleonic code of which he was one of the compilers. He was a zealous supporter of Napoleon in the revolution of the 18th Brumaire, and accepted the office of second counsel under him, which he held till Napoleon was elected emperor; after which he was elevated to the office of arch-chancellor, with the perpetual presidency of the senate; had bestowed on him the title of duke, ., . On the abdication of Napoleon, in 1814, C. withdrew into private life; but on the return of the emperor from Elba, he was again promoted to the office of minister of justice. After the final overthrow of Napoleon, C. was banished from France on the ground of his having voted for the death of Louis XVI.; but in 1818 he was reinstated in all his civil and political rights, and permitted to return to Paris, where he D. in 1824. Cambay', a maritime town of Hindostan, prov. Gujerat, in the Guicowar's dominions, formerly a celebrated and flourishing seaport, but now much decayed. It is 72 m. N.N.W. of Surat, and 200 N. of Bombay. Many fine Hindoo and Mohammedan remains are to be seen here. Exp. Grain, indigo, tobacco, . This city and adjacent territory prospered under the Moguls. In 1780 it was tributary to the Mahratta peishwa, since whose fall his rights have devolved on the British govt., to whom the nabob yields allegiance. Population (1895) 31,390. The gulf of C. is 72 m. long, 2 m. wide at its entrance; Lat. between 21° 5' and 22° 17′ N., Lon. between 72° 19' and 72° 51′ E. Cam'ber, n . [Fr. cambrer , to vault, to bend.] ( Arch .) The small rise which is given to a piece of framing, a roof, or an opening of any kind in a building, for the purpose of compensating for the settlement of the various parts, or for the nece ary subsidence of the joints, is known by the name of camber. It is given in order to prevent the beam or the piece of timber or stone from becoming concave on the upper surface, either by its own weight, or by the load it may have to carry. ( Ship - building .) A term signifying a curvature upwards. A deck is said to be cambered when higher amidships than at the bow or stern. (Naut.) A small dock for boats and timber. Cambered beams are those used in the flats of truncated roofs, and raised in the middle with an obtuse angle, for discharging the rain-water towards both sides of the roof. Cambered, ( kam'berd ,) a. Having a convexity upward. a cambering deck. Paul's Cathedral. ily named Cuppi by her father's side, and from the Span- Cam'bial, a. [Lat. cambial is , from cambire, to ex- ish house of Camargo by her mother's. She made her début at the Opera in Paris in 1726, delighted the public still more by her beauty than by her dancing, and became very popular. She remained attached to the Opera un- til 1751. D. 1770. Camargo, in Illinois , a township of Douglas co., 22 m. S. of Urbanna. Camargo, in Indiana , a post-office of Jefferson co. Camargo, in low a , a village of Lee co., on Des Moines River, 10 m. N.W. of Keokuk. Camargo, in Kentucky , a P. O. of Montgomery co. Camargo, in Mi i ippi , a village of Monroe co., on Town Creek, 20 m. N. of Aberdeen. Camargo, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Lancaster county. change.] (Com.) Pertaining to money exchanges. Cambia'so, LUCA, called LUCHETTO DA GENOVA, a distinguished Italian painter, B. at Genoa, 1527. His best works are the Martyrdom of St. George, and the Rape of the Sabines. D. in Madrid, 1585. Cambio, ( kam'be -o.) [It., exchange.] A term sometimes used in the mercantile phraseology of various countries, particularly of Holland, in the sense of exchange. Cam'bist, n. [It. cambist a, from Lat. cambire, to exchange; Fr. changer.) One who exchanges foreign money, or deals in foreign notes or bills of exchange. It is also applied to a book in which the weights, mensures, and moneys of different countries are converted into those of one particular place; as, Kelly's Universal Cambist.