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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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led sions; and because they vere most ol them
ulually dlrama in ehe form ot Animals, chey called
cher are suppoled rotum round
These Meridians are rarious, and change ac
this Circle by che Namie oF che Zodiack, and the cordins co cheLonsicude oF Places; For a5 loon a
very nidale Line ot ic etie Feliprick: And since e
very Circle ivas dirided into 36O PaFES OF Degrees
tessch parr oF char Number must be 30, che De
Prees in cach Sign.
Next cochis vou have che Nanies oEthole Siens
next ro chis the Days oF che Monch, according ic
he Fulian Account, or Old Stile, with the Calender
and then anocher Calender accordins ro rhe Forcisn
Account, Called che Nem Stile.
And wirtin chese is a Circle divided into Thiry
Evo equat Parrs, ivhich make che Thirry cvc
Rhumbs or Poines oF che Mariners Compals; wirt
the sirst Lecters oF che Names annexed; and since
 chires second part of 360 Degrees; is 1I Deprecs
15 Mlinures, ehes accoune char cach sinsle POine
oE rhe Compals, is 11 Degrees 15 Minures.
The Dsc os chis Cirele on che Clobe, are
1. Fo derermine che Risins and Sectins oF ch.
Sun, NIOOn, OF StarS, and ro Mew etic Time oF i
Dy che help oF che Hlour-Circle and Index; 25 Mai
be Meed hereatres.
2. Tolimirche Inereate and Decreale oFrtie Day
and NighE: For when che Sun Riles due Fast, and
Sers West, che Days are equal.
Buc wrhen he Rilech and Serrech ro rhe NoritrOt
he Fast and West, che Days are lonser chan che
NisHES; 25 on the contrary che Niphes are longe
than che Days, wrten che Sun Rileth and Setter
eo che Souchmard ot che BaM and WeA Poines c
ehe Hlorizon
3. To Mew the Ainplitmde OF the SuM, O1 OL =
ny Scar, and also on Wvtrir Point oF che Compats i
Risech and Setrech.
PE. FHCnexF Creat Circle is che Meridian, totric
IS seprelented oY rhe Beazen Franie ot Cirele H
wrhich che CoDeanes ariet enenS: TMIS IS aIVaCC
into FOur NVinties, Or 360 Degrels, DESMMMIHS X
ehc Equinoctial. Tis called che Meridian, DCCaM
evten ehe sun comes eo the Souch pare ot chis Cir
cle, as Then Moridies, Mid- day, Or TTirh- Noon
and ches the Sun hach ies greacest Alticude For cha
Dar, Wlch eheretore is called che Meridian Alri
rude. Lic Plane of chis Circle is perpendiculare
ehe HorZon, ane passerh chrouph ehe Soncr and
NNorth Lomes chereot, chroush che Zensth and NA
air, and chroustr che Poles oF che WorId. In id
each Was lrom che Equinoctial on ehe Colestia
Clobe, 15 dccounced the Norh or Sourt Declinarior
OF che Su Ot Scars; and on che Terrestriat, che
Larirude ot d Place North or Souct; Wtrich is aI
one Ouantier ath etre Eleration Or thC FLCIBHE OF
The Pole abore che HOMO. Becauso tHC MaMC
Trom che Zenith eo che PTorizon, beins ehe Came 25
Zenich to be rakcen awar, etre Lacitude must remai
equal ro rhe Poles FLCIBH.
erer a Mlan mores buc one Desrec, or bur a Poin
toche Fas or WVest, he is under a netr Meridion
Buc chere is (or Mrould bc) onc txd, which is
Called che First Meridian
Auc rhis on soine Clobes passes chrouph Cratiosa.
one oF che Azores IDands: Buc che trench place
ihe First Meridian aE FerO, OHC OE ee Canars
Iancs.
Thè Poles oEche Meridian are ehie Fas and HeR
Poins oF ihe Lloricot.
On ihe Terrestiat Globe chere are utualls dravn
Twenes four Meridians, onechroupherery 15DC
Erees oF che EquaTOL, Ox chroupti erery 15 De
Ercesot Lonsirude.
Ihe Eses os cbis Circte ares
Fira, Toset rtie Globe 10 ary parriculas Laci
cude, by a proper Eleracion ot che Pole abore che
Florizon ot chat Place: And,
Scondly, Tocreir etie Sun or Stars Declination,
rielic Ascention, and srearest Alricude; ot hicts
MOTCBelON.
DEI. The nek Creat Cirete is etic Li quirsctial, as
it is called on chre Celestial, and Lquator on che
Terrecrial Globe. This is a great Circle; irtiose
Poles ire chie Poles oF the World; it dirides che
Clobe into tuo cqual Parts or Flemispheres, a5 io
Norch and Souch; and ic passech chrorixh che FaM
and West Poines of che Floriron, and at the Meri
dian is alivars as much raised abore che Hloriron
as is the Complimene oF che Lacitude OF any parii
cular Place. Whenerer the Sun comethr co chis
Circle, it makes equal Days and Nighes all roune
cheClobe, becauseir alvars Risech chen due CaAt.
and Sers duc Wect, which ic doch ac noother Tine
OEche Vear. AII Stars also, wtrich are under chis
Cirele, or Which hare no Declinarion, de alvays
Rile due Eas, and Sec Full W est
AII People livins ander ehis Circle (wwhieti in
Geoprapty, or racher by Navisacors, is called ce
Linc) havecheDays and Nishes constanely equal:
and wwhen ehe Sun is in che Equinoctial, he will be
at Noon in cheir Zenich, or directly over their
Hlcads, and (0 cheir crect Bodies ean cast no Sta-
do.
From chis Circle, Borh WayS, etre Sun or Scars
Oeclinarion, on ehie Celestial, or Laricude ot al
Places on ehe Terrestrial Globe, is accounced on the
Meridian: And luch Lesser Circles as run chrouete
each Degree of Laritude or Declination parallel 10
che Equinoctial, are called Paraltels oF Laciende, Or
Parallels ot Declinarion.
Throush every 15 Ocxrees ot ihis Equinoctial,
he Flour Circles are dramn at RigHE Aneles rO ir
on che Cclestial Colobe, and all passitiroueh che Poles
ot che Wond, dividins che Equinoctial inco 24
equal PaFIS.
And che E quator on che Ferrestriat Clobe is divi
ded by che Meridian into 36 equal paris; Wvtict
Mecidians are equiralent ro che Hour Circles Ot
in oee erobe
Tvelve Constelarions, or Divisions, vohich chey cal. (called, ihe Avis os ehe Earch ox Heavens, on vtict
chac Between eHe Equinoat and che Poles, if From
cach ron imasine che Distance trom che Pole tortis
There are ervo Points oF this Circle, eacti g0
Deoreestrom the Equinoctial, wtitenre Caneu iHC
edios es hctoa: and a Diamerer From chence
concinued cheousl Che Lentre et ersser Clobe, 10