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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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FCLTINOS, in Archirecture, is a Nember Or) Node, than Solar ones; and chis in respect oF one
Ornament, first placed on the top oE Tonicke Capi-
tals; talinq its Name From the rouxhness oF ihe
and the same Place upon the Farth, vrill more otteri
become Visible chere; tho in resard torhe viem ot
Carrins, relemblins che prickly Kind oF che che whole Farch, che Solar Feliples will happer
Chesnut, and not urilike ric ThornY COaE OF a more trequeny.
FTectec- HO5.
Fhis Ornament is made use dE By Modern Ar.
Chirects, in Cornices ot che Tonick, Corinthian, anc
Composit Orders, and generallr PeE HCZEFO che Aba
OuF MOI ACCurAte AArONOMEF MI. Flamsteed.
in the 2d Pare os his Excellene Doctrine ot che
Sphere, which is Prined in che First Vol. OF Sir
Fonas NoorS Machem. Sires rou an Orthographick
cus, beins carred with Anchors, DarrS, and OralS Projection of che Sphere ori a Plane touchine che
Or Fggs; Whence tis called Ove by che French,
and Ovolo by thescalians; but he Enslist Work-
men commonty call ic che Duarter. Round.
FCLEOMA; the lame With a Linctus, Lamba-
MoonS Orbir, ac Rishe Angles rothe Line con-
nectins che Centers oF he Parch, Sun, or siven
Star by Riphe Lines proccedine trom any otchem
coche Sphere, Whereby are decermined che Moon.
tive, Loch, Or Lohoch, beins a Medicine delign d eo Parallaxes in Alcirude, Lonsicude and Lacitude;
treal or ease theLunes in Coushs, Peripneumonies,
C9c. beins ulualls composed oF Oyls and Sprups,
and lometimes Ponders incorporated rogether inco
and by ic he ens also ro decermine the Breadili
ot the Semidiamerer ofche Disk, oF chePenumbra
and ehe Farctis Stradtow in an Fcliple, and hou
a Consistence thieker chan a Syrup; bur noc Corhick thac ot the Sun is made.
25 an Flectuarr.
FCLIPSF, is a depriration oF the LigHE OF one
He Teaches also very briesty and plainty, hou
the true Places ofche Sun and Moon, her Lacirude,
Of the Luminaries, wvhen by cheir Conjunction in Florary Distance, Hlorizoncal Semidiameters and
the Orbir ot the Sun, or in the Pcliprick, his Face, Parallaxes mar be Found by Calculation; a5 als0
by the Incerposition ofche Moons Body, is hidden hou ro find, che lame ar, che Times ot the nean
Erom our Siohe; or When by cheir Opposition in che and erue Conjunctions or Opposicions ot the Lumi-
Came Orbit, rlie Moon by che Stradow ot cheinter
venins Farchis obscured.
So thar in a Lunar Fclipse, Me really lotes her
Lighe, and is obscured, by wanting che Tllumina-
naries; as alIo, che principal Phases OF 2 SOlAFF
elipse for the Meridian oF London, with the Longi
cudes trom ic, and the Laritudes of luch Places as
che Fclipse will be seen ac, or where che laid Pha-
tion ofthe Sun cither rorallr or partially. Burinan . Ses Mall appear; char is, wrhere the Felipse begins
Eclipse ot the Sun, heloles nochis Lighe, bur onsy in che Verrex of che Ritins, Or ends in che Vertex
ere are deprired ot ic in pare, by che incerposirion otchesecins Sun: Wrhere he Riles OF SetS Cen
OF the MoonS BOdY berwscen us and the Sun. And crally Eclipsed; Where che Eclipse ends in che lon-
cheretore chis oushe rather ro be called an Felipse ( es P’oinr oF che Rilins, or begins in the lomest Poine
olthe Farch; For ris the Farth char is deprived ot
LighE, and nOE thC SuM.
a Cenral CCple ot the Mdon, is when noc only
the entire Body ot the Moon is corered by the Sha-
don, (rhich is a Foral one; a5 When ic iscorerd
by it in part, ies calld a Parrial onc) but also, the
Center oF the Moon passes chroueh che Centex oF
char Circle which is made by a Plane currins che
Conc of che Farchs Stradou at Righe Angles wirh
che Axis, or wirh chac Line which joins rhe Cen-
Ters os the Sun and the Farih.
Forthe Method of Calculation oF che Fclipses 0
both the Luminaries, sec DE. GregorrS Astronomy.
B00k IV. Sect. 7, and 8. And MI. FlamsteedSD0
Atrine oF che Sphere, in Moors Machemariete
ParE thc 2d.
Because the Farrh (or Sun) alassmores in the
Feliprick, che Noon can never be Pelipsed, but
evtren her Plnilunium happens in or near her Nodes
(chacis, in the Inrersection oF che Plane OF the Or-
bir wich chac OE the Fcliprick.)
The Stadon oF the Farth obscurins ine Moon
otche sun Sertins; Where che Sun is cencrally F
elipsed in theMeridian; and eo mention no MIOrE,
Whiere che sun is centrassy Felipsed in the Nona-
selsimal Degrec, wichour che help ot Wonapeni-
mary Tables; oF Which he sires an Fixample, and
demonstrares che RealonoE the Calculus.
Ile gires chere also a Ceomerrical Construction
OF Ecliples, Bevins hou co find ehe exact Con-
junction, 9c. oF che Luminaries, Digits chen darie-
ned, Inclinarion oE che Cusps, end ot the Eclipse
Ox Pime wrhien any possible number ot Digirs Tall
be darkened, by Scate and Compals. AII whieh is
done rich sreat Plainnels, Brerier and ACCuraCY.
andis very well orrh che Machematical Readers
Perusal.
FCTIPSIS, in a Medicinal sense, is a detection
OE the Spiries, Or Paintins, or Sivoonine
ECLIETICR, is a grear Circle ot the Sphere
supposed ro be drawn chrough the midale oF che
Zodiack; (Which (Cc) and makrins an Angle wich
the Fquinoctial (in ehe Poines of Aries and Libra) OF
of 23 30, whichis che Suris prearest Dectina-
tho projected into a Cone OF a vast LenOth, vet tion.
reaches nor (0 Far a5 che Planet Mars, tor hei5 ne-
This is by some called Via Solis, or the WVay OE
ver Fclipsed by ic, tho he be in che Plane oE che) che sun; becaule che sun in his Annual Morion
Fcliprick, aneac Oppono ne du.
FFEHC Moon be Po near the Node, that the aggre.
never deviares trom this Line, 25 aIl the orher Pla-
ners domore or less; from Whence che Zodiack
Sare of the apparent Semidiameters oF the Moon hach its Breadch. Tis chis Line which is deamn
and oF che Farctis Stradow, De greater than the
MoonS Lacitude, Me Will be Eclipled, orhervise
HOL. And Because che Cum ot the Semidiamerer oF
ehc Hoon and of the Farcts Strado, is alvays
sreater chan esat of che Semidiameters ot the sun
d Moon; Tor che Former IS Heret seIS Ca 33,
arid che latrer never greacer chan 35), ris plain,
Thac Lunar Fclipses mas happen in a sreater L aci-
on che Globe, and noc the Zodiack. Bur in the New
AAtionOmY, the Eclipricke is ThAE Path OE Way a
mone rhe Ax d Scars which che Parrh appeais 
delcribe eo an Fye placed in the Sun, 25 in iIS AN-
nusl Morion ic runs round che Sun Trom West r
Fast. And it von suppose this Circle tobe divided
inco r2 equal parrs, chey ill bc the r2 Signs,
cach oF rohich is denored or distinguisted by some
unde de Dhe Alori, oe mhen hre is Cacehes eom iie Alestler de Conlletarion.