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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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Ocher, the Ael ill hare made orie entire Revo-  Annual Sprins-Pides, have any sensible Operarion
lurion. IFrhen vou fasten 2 lons and lishr Index on chis Insrumene.
on che extremiey ol chis Axel, and make a Circle
round ic, divided into wrhar number oF parIS you
pleale, cheMorion of che. Poine oF che Index back
wards or Forrvards, will sen rou chie Desree ol
Moisture or Drarighe in che Air.
Tou may casily have che Axet (9 lOnE, 25 chat
is Index end Mall come chro a round Place ot
Wood or Mecal, which max hide all Concri-
vances, and mate it appear oniy like a C 10c 01
Wateh.
HZOROSCOPE STATICAL, vas invented
by ehac Noble Philolopher ME. Boyle: The best
way co make ic, is to rake a Dram Weighe oF Ainc
Spunse, and havins ell cleaned ir and drred it
lec it be pur, whenthe Air is of a moderate Pem
perature, into onc ot the Scales oF a verr nice anc
tender Ballance, (thac will curri, Wvhen (0 loaded.
vich hale a quarcer oF a Grair) and in the ortier
Scale pur (0 much weiehe as will just equi ponde
eate it. Then wilt che Spunse br irs increale, and
decreale oF Weishr, daily Bheu che Moisture 0
Orrnels of cheneistibourins Rir, and measure irs
Ouanrirs by Weielr; whence ichach iis Name ol
he Scatical Fyroscope
Thave osten cried ihis Instrumene niy sels; qu
trave found it eo ansiver verr nicely, and t0 en
creale or decrease in Weistr rery conspicuoust
accordins a5 che Air harhbeen, Moist Or Der
IF rou rhinke che catins our or purcins in of suct
nall Weighis aS Grains, or cheir Subdivisions, (O
Wvtrich chere wwill be constant occasion) tO BC FrOU
Blesome; vou may casily (0 hr che Ark oF a Semi
circle well dirided, a5 char against ic the Tongue
oF che Ballance MaII play, and by the Degree
there cur, ew rou the quancier of che Enereale
Or Decreale in Wweiehe of che dirs Moisture: Bu
theformer a is more exact; and wil beeatre
enouph wich a licele Practice.
Thie abore mentioned Ilonourable Gencleman
hach a lictle Tract abour the Iles and Advantage
OF Fyeroscopes; Wherein he proves chis Starical onc
io have many Adrantases abore che other Kinds
FOr,
1. Ie will las B00d longer chan most ot chem.
2. ASit is easity made at Arst, (0 ris a5 caBIy re
Paired or mended, il ir comero any Iujury.
3. The Onantity OF thC DPOVGHE Or Moisture ot
the Air ic meatures, is casils communicable 10 3
correspondent by Letcer, (50. because ir is ettima
ble in che knovn Weishus oF Grains and cheir
Parts; Whereas in most orher Flyoroscopes tis not
(0 casie tor anortier Person, behidesthe Observer, L
indse oC che Ouanricy oP che Alceration.
The Dses and Advantases os chese vind os instru
ments, nhen veil made, and caresully observed, h
judsesmay be such as these.
2. Fo discover hon much one rear and Scalor
is deyet or moister thananother; Wherher che mul-
titude or fernels of Solar Spors occalion (as some
Astronomers hare obserred) atiy AlteratioN
in the Temperature oF ihe Rir, 25 10 W et or Dry:
And those chac ate AArologically siven, may ob.
serve, Whether che AspectS oFictie Planets, cheir
Ecliples, Conjunctions, Cc. hare any InAvence
chis ray on our Aimosphereio,
3. T0 discorer and compare ihe Chanses oF che
Temperature oFrhe Ai mado by Winds, ArOnE OF
weate; cor bY Frosty, Snoy, Or ocher Nea
thCF.
4.T0 compare che Temperature ot differine
TToules, anid difserins Roomsinche same FToulo:
Which may be oF ereat uleto Tender and Sictety
Pertons; and ro kecp a Chamber, it there beoc
easions constanty eo the lame, or any altigned de
eree oF derness.
FITMEN, Is a circulac FoIdins oE che inner
Membrane oF theVagina; and thisbeins broke (in
primo Coiru) ies Pibres contract in chree or tour
Places, and (0 form the Clandulae Merciformes.
FYOTDES, and by Tome Os Opsloides, Fromit
beins in Figure likee che Letter Y, is a Boneplaced
ac the Basis OF ihe Pongue, upon che Larrux: IC
hach 10 Muscles which Keep it in its place abore
by ils upper Cornua; ris Pastened to che apophyse
Seyloides oF The Temple-Bone, and belo 1o ihc
Wines ofthe Carrilaco Theorides otthe Larynx.
FITOTHITROIDES, are EvO Muscles oF che
Cargnx, proccedins From the InFCriOF PArE OE the
Bone Hyoides, laterally and opposice co the Origina
tion oF the Ceratoelossus.
This pair ot Mulcles delcends aHcct W0 I
lorver part ot che Carrilaro scuriformis; ies  se ie
10 draw rhe L argna upards in an Reure Lonc oC
the Voice; the Canat oF che spera Arteria, beine
alsostreiphened by ic.
FITPA LHIRON IS an Open Valle, M a
Buildins, che inside Whereot ic uncoverd, and ex
posed 1o che Weacher. The Ancienes sare chis
etame ro aIl Temiples Which had no ROOF; ascha
Ot Fupiter Olympius ae Athens, having 20 Columns
in Fronr, as alto ervo Roirs in irs exterior Sides.
and one in the interior.
EIXPALLABC OE Immutation, a Grammarical
Figure, when oF differene Exprections, which sive
che Pame Idea, re makce choice oF chac which is
least uled; or wtien chere is a mutual permutarion
or charse oE Cales: As in this Instance, Dare Clas-
sibus Austros, intlead ot Dare Classes Ausiris.
TIYPFRBALCH, a CTammatical LISure, hetC
there is r00 bold and trequent a cranspolirion Ot
NVords.
IICLaBOLA, in Geometrs; IS a declo a
Conemade by a Plane, (0 chat che Axis oE che
Section inclines. 2o rhe oppolice Les oFche Cone,
2. Fo discorer in Whac parE. OF DaY Or Nighe which in rhe Parabola is parallel to ic, and in the
the Air hath ies Grearest degrec ot Moisture; and
hon at such times che Baroscope Rands affected;
Elliplis incerlects ir. The Axis oF cheHyperbolical
Section will ineer also wich che oppolice side oF the
Wtrecher near che sea side, che Fbbins indElowins Conc, nhen producedabore the Verrex.
OF che Sea make auy lentible Asteration as lothe
Moicture or Drinels oF che Air; and Wrhecher ac
che Full and Peu Moonsche Armosphere be most
duae are iroil, nece aeretes ae Maetteant or