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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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COUTSEABOUE MHC SHTAHCC OT THC FIXE STAES, WhICH
is Publisted in ebilosoph. Fransact. IV. 209. ThC
Substance oF Which is a5 FOIIOWS.
Since the Prthazorean System oF che WVorid hac
beenrerired by Copernicus, (andnow by all Mathe-
maticians accepred For che True onc) chere scemed
eround to imagine, char che Diamerer Otche ParthS
Annual Course (irtrich accordins co our best AArO
nomers, is at least 40000 times bisger chan Our
Farth) mishe sire a sensible Parallax to che Fixr
STarS, tho the other could nor, and thereby deter
mine cheir Distance more precilely.
Buc tho rehare a Foundarion eo build on, (0
vaRIy exccedine chac ot the Ancients, chere are
Lome Considerations may make us suspect, chat e-
ven chis is nor larse enouet lor our purpole.
MIE. FTugens (Who Was rery exact in his AAFOnO
Mical ObserratiOnS) telIS us, FTe could never dis
coret any visible Magnicude inthe Fixt StarS, tho
he used Classes which maxritie che Apparen Dia
meter abore a hundredtimes.
NTou, cince in aIl likelihood he FiXE STarS are
Suns (pethaps of a disterene Magnicude) ve maz
25 a xealorable medium presume chey are generally
abour the bignels oF our Sun.
WVeckEs.) Thac a Sound nvould nOT arrive rO u
From thence in 50000 Tears, nor a Carinon- Bulle
in a much lonser time. This is casily computed
by allorine, (according tOMIF. Nemtonten Minure
For che Tourney oF Light trom the Sunhicher; ane
and chac a Sound mores about 1300 Fo0c in a Se
cond. But Mr. Nemton doch nor allor abore 968
Feet For the Morion ot Sound in a Second ot
Fime: And che Florentino Academictis make it 2
Dout 1000FCCE.
Our Learned and Accurate ME. Flamsteed, Cairhtie
hathdiscorered a sensible Parallax oF che Parchs An-
nual Orbir in respect of the Fixt Scars; oF whichhe
publistred an ACcounE in 2 Letex tO DE. Wallis ir
the Xear 1698. erhich is princed in che ThirdVo
lume OF W allii S Machemarical Morho in Lacin.
FLAGOS on Board a Shrip, are ColourS, ANCi-
enes, or Standards, Whichthe Admirals ot a Eleer
bear on their Tops. The Admiral in Chiet, cat
ries his on his Main-Fop, che Vice.Aulmiral his ar
che Fore. Top, and che Rere. Admiral tiis ac his pris.
Sen- Top.
FLATR, ihe Seamen Cay, Chatche Work doti
Elair over, wvtien a Strix being houled in Hear che
WVater, a licrle abore charthe Worte haneS Over
liccteroo much, and (0 is let our broader alot ehen
Per us then (For Example) suppose che D05. star (the due proxorrion will allo
10 bc (0.
FLAMMA Vitalis: Come do suppose, chac chere
The Distance From usro che Sun, beins about a l resides in che FLCarE OF Animals SuCH 2 sine aH
hundred rimes the Suns Diameter, ic is evident.
chac the Ansle under Wrhich che Dog.- star is scen in
MIr. Flusenss Felescope, must benear che lame wicti
the Ansle oF is Parallax to the Suns Distance, Or
Semidiamerer of the Parchs Annual Course; (0
thac che Parallax to the whole Diameter, can bc
but double (uch a OnantiE, 2S CVeN EO MIT. TTu
senssnice Obserrarion, is alrogether insensible.
The Distance cheretore oF the Scars, seem hard
ly wichin the reach ot any oE our Methods 10 de
termine: bur trom whac has been laid donn, ve
mas dram lome Conclusions chac will much illu
Atrate rhe prodixions rastness ot iI.
r. Thacche Diameter oF che Parths Annual Orb
(entrich contains ac leact 160 Millions oF Miles) is
tindled, buc mild Substance, as cher call a Vitat
Flame; and ro irs Preserration, ther judge the Rit
ratien in by Relpirarion, eo betiecestarY, as il isro
the Conserrationos ordinary Flame.
The Fixcellene NP. Boyle, by sereral Experiments
purposelr made in his extausted Receirer abour
The Relacion Between Flame and Air, Found tMaE
the Vical Flame oF Animals (il the Lite may beso
called) did surrire or outlast che Flame of Spirit o
Wine, OF OF a WVaX, Or Tallo Candle; sincethe
animals vould remain alire and wvell For 3 Or 4
Mlinures ascer che Recetret Wds cracuared, wohere
as no common Flame Would last Mhere one Mi
nure.
The LighE OE GlOW-WVOrMS, chat Hoble Cen
eleman Found allo tvould preseneiy be destrored b
buc as a Point in comparison ot ic; ar least ic mult: che Exhaustins Morion oF che dir, by his fingine
be abore 6000 times the Distance ot the Sun : FOr
if a Stax Mould appear chrough che atorelaid Tele-
scope, halt a Minure broad (erhich is a preuy sen-
sible Magnicude) ehe cruc apparent Diameter rould
noc exceed 18 chird Minures, which is less chan
the 6000 Parr oF theapparene Diamerer oF chesun.
and consequent che Suns Distance northe 6000
part os theDistance ot rhe STaIS.
Paris oF che wrtiole Distance, and hare onty
Pare remainine, the Scars vould aprear licele bis
sec cous chanther dohere; for ther vould Men
no ochermise chan ches do chroust a Felelcope
eotich magnites anhundredtold.
2. Fhacac lealt nine larrs in Ler, ol che space
betlucen us and che Fixed Stars, can receire tic
oreacer Lishe trom che Sun, or auy ol che Scars
chan whac ve hare trom che Scars in a clear
Nixt.
as ic would be reproduced apain, by iis admission
into the Receirer.
sccto Scourthe Lace o e Oee Baltion; allen
Fitchant.
FLaCCS ad Ordinary in Feralder, Formedby
au Arch. linc, wH DCsIS at thc
Corners otche Chies, andends in
Elte base et eue ee, chus.
He Bearech Fthuli. Civo Fran-
ebes  ert
Flaniches are alvays bonn b)
Thanthe Flask
FLANK, in Forcitication, i5 chac PavE oE che
Bastion nhich reaches From che Currain eo the
Pairs: TheFlanchbends in more
Face, and delends che opposce Face, cheFlank ane
The Ftonourable BIP. RoberEs, hach a prerer Dil.
tat mllato
There is also che Oblique, o Secosa LLaMR.
Which is char pare oF che Curtain, Wherether can
is che Distance becween the Lines Razant anc
4. Thac Liphe catres ux more rime in cravelline
The Lom, Covered, Or Recired Flank, isthePlar
trom the scarsto ue, than e, in malcing a WV est.
India Voyase (rohich is ordinarily pertorid in lix
torm ol che Cnlemale, lobich les luc in che ba
divui