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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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In Cmnnery vou hare che Mechod of Shoorins in Greac Ouns and
Morcars, wrich Capeain FTaller 5 and Ander son S Tables; and a5EO Forrifica-
tion Thare consulced ehe best Bools and Praminos; and l beliere che
Several Parrs of a forritied Place are prerry well delcribed, and che Plate
Belongino cochis Art, ac che Find of che Bool, comprehentire, and donc
accordino cothe best ofche Modern W 2y5.
TheFigures also oF che Fire Orders oF Pillars in Civil Architecture, are
Thope, as instructire as chey cond be olthac size; and as Por the Perms
ot Arehere, I took ehem trom che best Authors, as Vitruvius, Vignola,
Palladio, and the Parallel By NIP. Fivelyn.
Tavigation also is larsely creared ot, and che whole Are caughE
under ehe W ords Plain and MercatorS Sailine, and Traverses: And aS
co che Variarion of the Compass, I hare siven vou a very full and ex-
ACF ACCOnnE oF it Trom chaE Fxcellene Machematician C aPC. FTalley,
coxether mich his Ingenious Hypothehs, For che Solurion of ies V2-
riacion; and Practical Rules eo fnd che Variation of che Compals
aE SCa.
Andas eo a Strip, Thare endeavoured to be very full and parricular in
describing the several Pares ofher, boch inthe Dock, when Buildine, and
woten Riged and under Sait aE SCa: For I have consulced che Best
Draughes, Sections and Models L could get a sigheof; hare soc Whachelps
Icould trom Captains and Masters of Strips, and hare olten BOnC On
Board my sell, eo gec che more ready Knomledge ot chis AHair;
and I have compared ic alI wich wohat we have already Princed ot
ehis Nature in Booles and Descriptions ol Strips; Such as Manvarines
Sea Dictionary, Doteler S Sea Dialogues, Philips s Section oF _ FirI Rate,
esC.
Thare given alsotrom several Eminene Hands, and several ays, chio
Lans of Notion: AStrOm DE. Wallis, MT. Tsaac Nemion, Monsieur Varig.
non, HIr. Jobn Keil, _c.
Andche Doctrine oF Mechanicks, Nature and Properties oF Staticks, and
the Pendulums, and ot Projectiles.
And I have been very large in chac most Uletul Science FGdrosta-
ricks; sivinq an Acconne ot che Principles and Practice oF chat ArE,
boch Machematicallu and Experimentally: And under che Word
Specifick Gravity, I have giren pou all chac che Ionourable ME. Doyle
hach advanced on chac subject, in tis Medicina Lsydrostatica; e0
wotrich a larse Table ol che Specifick Gravities ot differene Bodies is
added; and all his Fydrostaticat Paradoxes are inserted in their pro-
Per place.
Thare described also, chieAy From MIr. Durham, che vay oF Calculation
oE Automata, Or Clock and W acch. Work; and explained che Perms. OF ArE
eled in Paincins and Sculpture.