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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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Lon Vesohd che Liver Nile in Fsypt, did use ( CLERK os Assize, is he rhar vorirech all chines
every Day 10 Pour Nacer into a V esset, by che judicially done by che sustices ot Assize in cheie
droppine oF crhich chroush a (maII ITole chey mea- Circuits.
sured Time.
CLFKK of the Check, is an ODicer in Courr, (0
There wrore many kinds OF them, buL al had called, becanse he hach che Chec k and Concroulment
ehiis in common, chac rhe Water ran senely chroueh oF che Zeomen ot the Guard, and all orter ordi.
anarron Passase From one Vessel inco anocher, and nary Zeomen or VTers belongins cither 10 che
in the lover as a piece oF Cork or lighe Wood, Kins, Or Oucen, or Prince, euher sirins leave
Wrtrich as che Vesset filled, rose up by degrees anc
So lieed che tlour
Plutareh oblerres orie Inconrenience in thele
Waver Clocks, 1. e. thar the Air accordins co iis
different Temperacure 25 c0 Fleat, Cold, Densirs
Or Rariey had an Instuence on che Runnins of che
WVacer, (0 phac ic must meature Time unequalI
And anocher greater chere was, Wwhich 2 800d
Wrhile was unhecded, viz. chac che Wacer alWay
ean Dorver out, accordins as irs Ouantiey anc
Precture in che Vessel abated; ro remedy chis
one Orontes invented a C lepsrdra in che form ol
ImaIl Stix Roacing on che Wacer, and wrhich em-
pried ic telE by means ot a Syphon placed in che
midale oF ic, buc which ay che tlours by chis
means rvere made equal I cannor Aind, che De
seriprions siven ot che chins beins very obleure.
Some ot chele clepsydrae vere (0 made 25 cha
victone changing the Dial the Hours ere some
or allomins cheir Absences or Desects in Acten-
dance, or diministing cheir Wages For che lame.
CL ERK of the Cromn, is a Clerk or Oficer in
the KingS Bench, Wohose Businels is i0 read,
trame, and record all Indictmenes against Praicore.
Felons, and ocher Ostenders chere arraigned upori
any publick Crime. Ile is orhervise called Clerte
of the Cromn Ofice, Or Clerk of the Cronn in the
Kines Bench.
CLERKL of ibe Cromn in Chancery, is an ONticer
chere, chac by himselE or his Dexuty, is continu-
ally to actend che Lord ChancellOr, OF LOrO
Kceper, For special Matrers oF Stace, by Com
mistion ox che likre, eicher immediacely trom his
Majeltr, or by order ot his Council, a5 vell Or-
dinary as extraordinary: AIIO aII general Par
dons uxon Grans ot chem ar che KLInB S Corona
tion, or at a Parliament, ehe Wrrirs OE Partiament
wich che Nlames oF KEniphrs and Burgesses, are
rimes longer and Comerimes Morrer, by means ot recurned inco chis OHice. Ie hach allo the ma-
an Inequalier in che Index or Fland, and wtrich
Vitruvius lays, depended on che Manazemenc o
che Warer; Por in che lons Dass ches made che
Etole narrover, and (0 che Water ran proporrio
nably porver; and in cheWsincer, when chebry
vere Morr, che Hole as made larger, wtrich
made che Wacer Aow che Faster, and (oche Inder
rurned round allo che Faster
CLERICO admitsendo, is a Wric directed rC
che Bimop, Tor cheadmirtins of a C terk1o a DC.
netice uxon a ne admittas, rry ed and sound tor che
Parry chac procurech che Weic.
CLERICO capto per Staturum Mercatorum, ec
is a W  directed lo Bistop, Tor the delivers
OF a Clerk our oE Prston, chac is in Custods upor
CLFRTCO convicto commisse Lcclesiae in desecto
Ordinarii deliberando, ecc. is a Wric tor ihe deliver.
oF a Cserk ro HIS Ordinary, char Formerly Wa
convicled ot Felotiy, by realon his Ordinary die
nor challenge hin accordins to che Pririlese
kins of special Pardons, and Wrirs oE Execurion
apon Bonds ot Statute Staple Forteiced.
CLERK os ehe Frrors, in IhC COUIF OE COm
mon-Pleas does cranseribe and cerrihe into the
LinsS Bench che Tenor OF che RecOrds oF the
Caule or Action, upon Wrhich che Weic OF PFTOK
(made by the Carsitor) is broughe chere ro be
judsed and derermined.
CLERK ot che Errors inche Kines Bench, does
likevise cranseribe and cerritie the Records of luct
Caules in char Coure into the Exchequer, it che
Cause or Aecion ivere by Bill.
CLERK os ihe Errors in the Fxchequer, does
cranseribe ehe Records cerrifed chirher out oF the
KEines Bench, and prepares them For Judsmene
in the Courr OE Exchequer, 10 be siven by chc
Justice ot ihe Common. Pleas, and Barons there.
CTFRK of che Fssoiens, is an ORicer belongino
ro the Courr oE Common-Pleas, Who only keepertu
che Fssoign- Poll, and hach for enerins every Essoign
Six Pence, and for every Fxception 10 bar the Fs
soien, in cale where che Parry hach omiered his
time Six Pence. He hach allo che providins of
Parchment, and cutrins ic inco RolIs, and matiins
ihe Number upon chem, and delivery our oF aIl che
Rollsro every Oricer; and che receirins ot them
axain when cher De wrirten.
CLERK os che Fstreats, Belones 10 the F Xche-
quer, and erery Perm reccirech che Estreats OUE
oF che Lord Prealurers RemembrancerS OHACE.
and vrirech chem our ro be terred for chekins.
mands ot Purluivanes, and Wessergers of che Ele also maketh Schedules ot such Summs estreat.
CLERK os the Lamver, er Fanaper, Or W arden
of the Pansper, is an Oficer in ele Chancerr
ficets; and lies in che Countinz-Fsouse ich che Sul whole Bulinels is ro receire all Moner due co etic
perioue OTicers, viz. the Lord Sremard, Treatu. LEinsS Majest, For the Scals OE CHaFTENS, PateHES
er. Controuter, and Cofferet, cluer for correctins
Commistions, and Vrirs; a5 also Fees due rorhe
Ossicers For Enrollins and Examinins ehie Came
se is obliged to arrend on che Lord Chancellor o
ihe Lord Kceper daily in Perm cime, and aE all
cimes os Scalins
CFERK os ibe furies, ox Curata Irits, i6 at
Oricer belongins ro che Courr ot Common. Picas
ntict matiert oue phie W gis eated Habeao cor
che Breach oF a Statute Merohant
Ot a Cterti
LFRICO insra Sacros ordines constituto non
elesenu in Officium, 15 2 Wric direlte  ese Bay-
lif5, 60. thac have chrust a Bayliwick or Beacle.
releale him a8air.
CLERK Controuler of the Rines House, (Wrhere
SE chere bc r0) is an Osticer in Coarr, char hach
Llace and Sear in rhe Countns.Louse, and Autho.
riry ro allou or dilallon che Charges and De
Green. Ploth Purreyors, or che lihe: le hach allo ed as are t0 be dischargei.
he overhiphe and concroulins of all Detaults, DC-
tecis and Miscarriages ot any olthe Interiour Ot.
or becterins chines oul et order, wirh lereral 0.
etier MaTeIS.
CLERK os ihe Acts, is an Oficer ofche Hlavy
ootio receires and enters che Commissions ana
Warrans oE ehe Lord Admiral, and rexisters che
hix uxon one in Holy Orders, chargins them rc
p.  Dicero ol she commitioneso di ie