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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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cerrible Noile. IF vou dissolve a drachm oFCold
chere will Be 4 Scruples ot durum Fulminans vel
dried. Ie cakres ies Name From irs Fulminarinz or
making a grear noise like Thunder, when ris
heared over the Fire in a Spoon, For ir vill eo ol
likce a Cun, bur withour doins any Mischiet, its
Force bens chieny donnward. The FHect Scems
co. come trom some parrs oF the Aqua Recalis,
ADTOMATA, are Mechanical O Mathema
cical Instrumenrs ox Engines, thar goins b,
Sprins, Weiphr, esc. Icem tomore ot chemselres,
25a Warch, 2Clock, (90
AOTOPST, is Ocular Inspection, or sccins 2
chins wich ones oun tiyes.
AOX, the lame wict Apocaon
AOZILIARY Verbs, in Grammar, are LucH 25
which remain Aill sicking in the Cold, and wrho help to form or conjuence ochers; 25 tobave, arid
beins ot a very Spiriruous and Volarile Nacure, 1o be in che Finglist Tonsue, Pstre and avoir in
do break our wich ereat Violence, when thePow. the French, Icalian, Spanist, ec.
der comes ro take Fire.
AOZTLTOIM Curiae, a PrecePE OE Order ot
Those ertro nould knom a ay co make a5 Courr, for che cirins or convenins ot one Parry
Grear, bur set a much tels expensire Noile, may
sec che word Pulvis Fulminans. IE hals ies eiotio
ot sulphur powdered be minoled wich Aurum Ful
minans, ies fulminarinq Oualiry vill be de-
Arored.
ac che Suic OF anOTHeF.
AOXILIOM Petere, in Laww, Signities, tO pray
suic in a Cause; thac is, wwten an Inferiour TC
nant is impleaded, and nor capable ro detend che
Righe in his oun Nlame; he pravech Aid of rha
Thoush on sereral Frials delignedly made ro Superiour Lord, 10 asist and justitie his Plea-
makee Cun porder rake Fire in BIr. Boyles ex ADXILIOM Regis, KingS Aid, or Money le
hausted Reccirer, ic could nor be effected; ver rra for heKinssse, and Publick Service.
he found char surum Fulminans vould rake Firc AOXILTOM Vicecomitum, the Aid Or CusO
ibere and 50 of, borh by means ot a Burnins- mary Dues paid co che Sherif, For che betrer Cup
OlalS, and oF a Piece OF HOE TrON.
AVROM Mosaicum, is made by mixine anc
sublimine Nercurr, Tin, Sulphur, and Sal Armo.
niack all coserher.
Porr of his Onice
ANVARD (a Ferm in LaW) properly sienitrins
the Judement ot one that is neicher assigned b
Lawr, or appoinced by che Judges for che endine
AOROM Potabile: The Alchymists precend ro a Mareer in Conrrovertie, bur is cholen by che
be able ro separare the Sale and Sulphur ot Gold, P’arries themlelres char are ac variance.
and chen dissolvins ic in a Liquor, ic may be
drank, and cheretore is called Aurum Potabile:
Bur ehis is a meer Imposture, che Aurum Potabile
beine noching ulvally bur some rich Cordial Li
quor wich pieces ot Leat Gold in ir
AOSTERE TaSt, is Tuch an one as moderaret
constrinpes the Mouthand Pongue ich lome AIPC
riry, a5 is the Past oF unripe Pruits.
AOSTRAL, the lame wich southern: Thus
ATISTRAL Signs, are the six last Siens oF cH
AWIT, in Borany, Srista, is che Beard sroine
our ot che tlusk ot Corn Or GraIs.
AWHTNIC, aboard a Ship, is when a Sail, s
Tarpausin, ox the like, is hung over any part ol
the Ship abore che Decks, 1o kecp oft the Sun, rhe
Rain, or the Wind. In a LonG-BOaF chey make
an Anins by bringins che sail over che Lard and
Scay, and boomins ic oue wich the BOnF. hoOk
AX OP Axe, che same wich axis: Which sec
AXILLAR Veins, are ehe cuo Branches OF che
Zodiack; (o called, because chey are on che ACcendins Trunk ot che Vena Cava, called Rami
Sourh Cde oF che P quinoctial.
AOTEENTIOKS: The word Aurhentick AB
Subclavii, ehich runnins obliquely under che
Claviculae, 25 soon a5 they are past chem, and p
nisies, ot good Authoriry; and cheretore che 3d up 10 che Aem- pirs, are called Axillares: And
Volume or Fome ot che Ciril Lan is called The each ot chele parrs ic selt into rvo Veins, the Ce.
Aurbenticles, trom the Creek word auderleir; De-
cause ir hach irs durhority trom ic selF, and pro-
ceedins trom che Fmperours own Mourh; or else
thac cher arc Orixinals eo ocher Wricings which
are cranscribed our ot chem. They are a Volume
oE nem Constirurions, ser oue by Fustinian che
phalica and Basilica
AXTLLARE Arcery, IS thaE PaFE OF che Sub-
clavian Brariches ot the Ascendins Trank oF ché
Doria chaE is pOc our ot the Thorax and comes in
1o che Arm. pirs.
AXIOM is such a common, plain, lelF evidene
Emperour, atrer che Codo, and brouxhe inro rhe and receired Norion, char ic cannoc be madé
Body ot rhe LaW under one B0Ok
more plain and evidene by Demonstration; be-
There is nor in thele chac 8o0d Order and Me- cause ris irs self much Becter Knovn chan an
chod observed as there is in the Code or in che Di- ching chae can Be Brouphe co prove ic; a5, That
sest; bur as any doubrtul Point came ro be consi- nochine can act vhere it is not: Thar a Thine can-
dered, vou have here the Princes Derermination not be and nos be at the same time: That the Wholo
ot ic; and char set donn as the Cales occasional- is greater than a Part: That vhere there is no Lam
ly occurred.
The whore Volume is divided inro Hinc Colla
tions, Constitutions, oe Sections (I mean in che L a
ein Version, for in the Cireek chere is noc rhis Di-
vision inco Collations;) and chele are lubdivided
into 168 Novels, cach ot wrhich is distribured into
several Chapters. They are called Novels becaule
cher vere Nem Lans in comparilon ot che Code
and Disest; julc as the Constiturions oF the simpe.
TOUES, WhKH Vere nemsy Dublistea sicet he Basili.
there is no Transeression, _c
AX1S, is the chird Verrebra From the StulI.
AXIS of a Cylinder, is thac quiescent Righe
Line; abour wrtrich the Parallelogram is curned.
AXIS of a Conick Section, is a Line pastine
chroush che midale oF the Figure, and perpendi-
cular rothe Ordinates.
AXIS of a Firure; is a Streiphe Line, conceired
to proceed From the Verrex ro the Bale.
AZIS of a Circle or Sphere, is a Screiphe Line
ca, vere called the Novels oF Leo, Nicephorus, Mi- Pactins chrouxti che Cenrer From orie lide ro ano.
chaet, _c.
cher; and is che lame ivich che Diameter
AOLOCKAPHL, is the peculiar Iland WVri-
AXIS of the Word, is an Imaginary Line con
tins of any particular Perton; or the Orixinat ceived ro pals chroueh the Center ok ihe Parctu
a
opy
d any Lccarile oc Dilconile, in relpect d à ecom one Pole lo anoihee.