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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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I d(isht Sphere. DuC L1
Risht Sphere: For properly, RighE Ascension is that
srees, or 4 FTours ancins a Minures.
Decree ofthe siquinoctial Wtich rises wich the Sun
side, and ne Wumiber ot Desrees intercepred be
creen char Desrec ot che Equinoctial which is non
come co che Porizon, and the beginnins Or Art
Poine oE Aries, ische Oblique Ascension. PhusMa
che roch che Suns Oblique Ascension 15 30 Degrees
+5 MinuTCS.
OE chole ruo ascensions, take che Lesser Fr
ehie Crearer, the Remainder ill be
eR OBL EM Y1
The Ascensional Differenee.
beteen che Rishe and Oblique Ascension, or the
Space Between the Suns Risins and Secrins, and
ihic Llour oF Six: WVheretore his Ascensional Difte
tence curned into Time, Wvill sire che Time oF che
SunsRins or Serrins betore or atter Six. Thus
From 59 Dcorces, catte 30 Degrees r5 Minutes
chere Wvill remain 28 Degrees 45 Minures; che A
Scensional Disserence in Degrees, and in Lime x LTour
5t Minutes; and (o much doch che Sun Rile betore
dix, and Sec ascex ic.
West, and che Hlour-Index Mhall theur che lime
cicher ofhis Rilins or Sectins accordinely; wtich,
May che Loch, is 5 Minures atrer a in che MorninB,
and s Minures betore B at Wight.
ehe Lensch ot che Day, which chen will bc 18
FTours 50 Minures; and che Time of chis Risins
doubled, sires the Lenech oF cho WIshE; Whict
May che rochis 8 Hours 10 MInUTCS.
P R OBL E M VIII.
For ihe Suns Meridian Avitude, or Depression a
Midnicht.
zon, For his Noon Alcirude, Wrhich ill theu che
Deprees ol ic accouned chere tromthe Horizon;
ertrich May che poch will bc 58 Deprees 42 Mi
nutes. Fet ss M Seprettion, belou ehe
place, co che South parr ot rhe Meridian abore che
cucen chac lome and the HlOrizon, are sIS MIa-
highe Deprestion; Which May che Loch will be 18
dice re teraere
For the suns Altitude et any Time os ehe Day siven,
Rectisre ihe Globe, and fit rbe duadrant of Alti
iude: that is, screw the BTaIS OuadranE oF AIEi
cude corhe Zenith; or in our Larieude, screr ir se
that the graduated Fdse CuF 5Y DCGreeS. 30 MI
nures on the Meridian, reckoned trom che Lquino
ctial.
Then tum aboue che Globe rill che Index Mev
thie Time proposed, and stay the Globe chere; at
ter wtrich bring che Ouadrant ot Alticude rO cu
the Suns Place in the Feliprick, and chen chat Place
ot Degree oF the Feliprick Mall Mew the Sun S AI.
titude on the Ouadrant
ThuS May ehe Poch, the Suns Alcitude at Nine
a Clock in che Mornins ill be A3 Degrees, 30
Minures.
PROBL F M R.
Fofind ihe Suns Pour or Atitude, ehien he is due
Fast or West, above the Horizon.
Rectisie the Globes, and fit the Quadrant os Alti-
rude; then brine che Onadrane ro curthe erue RaR
Poine, and nexrtuen che Globe about rill che suns
Place in the Feliprick cur che graduated Pdee oF
the Ouadrane; for ehen ehar Place will Mew che
Alcirude, and the Index che FTOur.
Thus May the POch, the Sun will be Last ac
Minures past Seren in che Momins, and his Alci-
rude chen 15 26 D extces.
any Azimuth siven: Or, When the Sun is on ans
Siven Point os che Compass.
Sexchè OuacrantoF Altitude coche Arimurt ei
ven, then cum che Clobe eilt his Place in che Eclix-
rick, touch che graduaced Edge oF the Ouadrant:
Cochallthat Place gire the Alrirude on ehie Ouadrane,
and che FTour. Index che Pime ol heDaf.
Fiscample.
IFrohchie South, cowara che Fas, Or che Point ot
che Compals Which che sun is then on, beins S. P
by L. andnear halF a Poine more F asteriy; his AI-
cicude will bc (ncarly) 46 Degrees, and che FTour
oF cheDas a liule more chan a quarrer past 9 in
che Mornins.
FHC POIHL OL CME MMCTIATAM CUE BY THC STAE, aEC HS
Declinarion; and rhe Meridian curs and Mews ils
Rieht Ascension on che Equinoctial, accounins il
Fromche beginnins oE Aries.
Equaror is alray.
ac Righe Anoles cothe Meridian; il vou brins che
t a ett+ et At.
F0 find the Suns Altitude, or Time e the Day, on
Mayche roch, the AZimurM DCIS 60 DestCes
P R OBL EM XII.
2o find che Declination and Ristt Acension os
any Star.
SunsPlace chicher, ic must in chie Lquinoctial cu
his Risur Ascension. Thus in the Instance OF Ma)
che roch, the Suns Righe ACcention ill bC S9DC
PROBL E i V.
For the Oblique Ascension.
Prine che Suris Place 1o che Forixon on che Fast
Which cheresore is che Disterence in Deorees
EROBL EM VII
Brine ehe Seax co rhe Meridian, and chen the
Dexrees iMlescepce bellcen the Lguinoctial ana
ot ie suns s bi selitne
BEIHB MS Llace  che Forizon, Cuser Lale O
The Time ot che uns  aducteus sites
Oring his Place ro the Meridian, above che Pori
TTorrh Poine oF che FTorizon, vou must brine che
Point in che Pcliprick oppolice t0 the Suns presene
Florizon; and the Degrees chere intercepred be
eROBL. F