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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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BC PRE FACF
And much lels help was chere eo be had trom a Book called,
The Ner Worid of Words, or an Universal Fnslistr Dictionary: For chere
IFound che Compiler. had che _I Lnck ro Colleet many Foreign
Faules, and eo understand licele or nochins ot che Arts ana Sciences
himselF.
EIr. OZanam S Dictionaire Mathematique, is indeed a5 800d 2 Bo0k as Vita-
lis s is a bad one; and had Mathematicks been a Science l Was the leaA ac-
quainced ich ot any ocher, I Phould hare been generally as ell sup.
pliedtrom Ozanam, 2s deceived by Vitalis; wrhole last Fdicion in ervo
Volumes ac Rome, alter (omany Tcarstime to consider uxon che MaETCT,
is, Pchink, nor becrer chanche First, because ic hath more Maerer, and
lels to che Purpole.
The Chymical and Physical Dictionaries oF Fohmson, Castellus and Blanchard,
have a orcat manx W’ords and Terms chac are noc co be mec wich else-
where: Andche last hach had Tour Fdirions in our ovon LanguasC; DUE
cho many chinesare well enoush done in him, vet lome can hardly be
Caid eobe (0; Cochat in mans Places Jhare been obliged eo pur his
Name co What my amanuensis or Assistant cranscribed trom him, lest che
Readter Chou d miltake ic For my omn Words.
IVrice noc this only co disparase the Pertormances ot orhers, Or 10
build my Celf a Repucarion on cheir Ruines: Buc l chink my self obli-
sed eo Acquaine che Rcader wich che plain erurh of Things, wichouc Fa-
vour or Afection; thac lo he may be informed irhere to meet wich (2.
cistaction in his Inquiries and Rcadins, and wrhere noc; and perhaps it
chis ere otener donc, boch che Time andcheFirpence ot Bainins erve
Knomledse ould bemuch horined.
There are Come ocher leser Dictionaries which are of good ule, and
Which have been serviceable co me on Occation, Wwhich I Phall meneion
belou; buc l must nexe acquaine che Reader, Phacmuch the greater part
ot wrhac he will fnd here, is collected trom no Dictionaries, buc trom che
best Orixinal Auchors (could procure in all Arrs and Sciences, andis che
Relule oF Lome Zears Labour and Considerarion.
Thare been very Full and Parricular in che Mathematicks, BC.
cause eis che only solid Foundarion on which a Uletul Enquiry in-
eo Nacure and aIl Physical Lcarnins, can possibly Be buile; and
becaule tis allo ot che grearest Ule and Adranaec 10 Manteind in
aII respects.
In Geometry, underche Ntame os cach Fieure, youtrave che estemiat
Properries oP ic briesly and plainly demonstrared; and che Applicarion
ot ic to practice Phewed: Sochar by chehelp ol very calie Relerences
trom one place coanocher, vou will find che Demonstrarion ot all Such
uletul and imporcane Propolicions, in chac Noble Science, as are ulualls
siven by Geometrick WXicerS.
CadeE