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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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Tercexred Becweenchem, ill be likevise Infinire;, Deins obserred in a deep Valler, co pals near ctie
DuE ac che Pamme time will be Intinicely lels chan Bron oF an Lill, are alivars more Retracted chan
ehac Space wthich is intercepted bereen ero Inf. is chere vere no suchi FTill; or the Observations
nire Lines chac are inclined, iho wich nerer (o evere made on chie Pop chereot; a5 if che Rays ol
Srall an Angle; for char in che onc case che siven Lishr eere bene donn inro a Curre, by paitins
finire Distance oF che Parallel Lines, diminithres che near che Surtace oF chie Mountain.
Intiniiy in one Degree ot Dimension; Whereas il
a Sector, chere is Intinier in. boch Dimensions; and
consequeney che. Ouancicies are che one Intiniret)
INEL EZION POINT oF any Curc, in Geo-
metry, sienities che Poine ox Piace Wrhere the Cuere
begins ro bend back again a contrary vay: AS FOF
Breacer chan che ocher, and chere is no Proporrion Inltance.
Decveen Fhem.
Fromche same Consideration, arile thechiree se
veral SFCCLS OF Infinice Space e SIIiEy, 25 has
been La Tot d Lalanelepipid or 2 Cylinder In-
sinicely lons, is sreater chan any Linure Magnitude
tion greac loerer; and all such Solids supposed 10
be fermed on siren Bales, are as thole Bales, it
Proportion eo one anocher: Bur il chesechree DI
mentions are antins, as in the Space intercepted
berween cuo parallet Plains Intinitely excended,
and ae a s Danee, or ivich Intinire Lenect
and Breadch wich a tinire chicknels; aII such Solids
haiI BC as ee slrentinire Distances one roanocher:
buc these Ouanciries, cho insnitely grearer chan
che orher, are ver Intinicely lels chan any ot chole
Wrhereit all che chree Dumensions are Intinice. Suet
arc ie Spdebs intercepred berween emo inclinea
Planes Insinitels extended; the Space intercepted
by che Surtace ot a Cone, or che Side oF a Pvramid
likerrise infinicelr continued, 69c. oF aH wtrich,
norwichstandins che Propotrions one io anothet,
and eothe rast ABYISOF TnEnite Space, (Wwhereinis
ehe Locus of all chings catare or ean be; ortothe
Solid of Infinire Lengchs Breadch and Thictenels
cakren all. mAnner OF ways) are easily asignablem
For che Space becween civo Planes, is co chewhole
as che Arsle oF chole Planes Eo che 360DeBiees0
a LIcle
A5 for Cones and Prramids ihier, are as che
care and paruly Conrei towards auy Righe Liries
Spherical Surface intercepred br, chem, is eo the
Surtace oF che Sphere; andrheretore Cones are 25
the Versed Sines oF hält eticir Angles r0 che Diame.
cer ot the Circle. Thele chree Pores oF Infinite
Ouancitu; are analasous io a Line, Surtace, and
Solid, and atcer ehie lame manner cannor be compa
red, or have no Proporrion che oneto che ortier.
Belides chele, chere are also sereral orher SpC.
When a Curre. Line, 25 A F R, is parciy Con-
a5 AB; Or towards a tixc, Poinr chen che Poine
cies ot infinite Ovantiei, arisinq from che Contem.
F, wrhich divides che Concare trom che Cor-
vex parE, and consequeny is ac che beginning DE
one, and end of the orher, is called rhe Poirir ol
Infection, 25 lons as che Curre beins continued in
F, Kceps its Course che lame; bur ris calld ehe
Poinr ot Retrosression, wtien ic inftects bacte asain
cowards rhar Parr or Side troim whence it cook ils
Oiginal. Sec chenext Firure save one.
Desore the Theory os chis Inclection and Retrogrection
eE Curres can be understood, a certain Principle
must be explaind, which, is this, as Communicesed
by Mr. Diccori.
Whatsoerer Finire Ouanrics (or il ic be aFluxi-
on ris all one) soes on corrinually increasine or de-
creasins; it cannor chanse trom a Polcire roaNe
sacire Exprection, or from a Negarire ro a Poh.
tire one, vichour Arst becominu equal eo an Infi-
nice or eo Nochins: Ic is equalro Nochins il ic docs
concitiually decreale, and equal ro an Intinire il ic
does continually increale.
Toillustrate chis, lec chere be rvo Circles roucti-
ins ene anocher in che Poine F, cheir Diameters
A F and L I, lving in onc and cho same Righe.
Line. et A F or F Lbe = a. Let che Distance
becreen che Excremitr A and any Ordinare in ei
cher of che Circles be == r0 x perperuallr. Icon-
sider nou whac will beche Exprestions ot che Lines
intercepred berveen F the Poine et contaet ot the
Circles; such as are che Lines LB and L L inter:
cepred bermeen E and che Ordinares C B and GF.
Tis cerrain cherefore, Thac cakins a Point, 25 B.
any wrhere becween A and L, thac chen che FX-
prestion oF che incercepred B F is d = X; bUE Fa
kins a Poine as F, berireen P and L, che Exprection
leares c0 che Speculation oF che Lcarned Mache. oF che intercepred E F, Mall bC X = d. FOF AB, OL
plation ot Curres, and cheir Alymproces, Wwhichhe
MaLLCLANS
INFIMITE SERIES. Sec Series.
NETMTTIVE MOOD, in Crammar, is wwhen
culat Person, or Number.
INFLAMMATIO. Sec Phlegmone
TNELATION, is che Diltentation OF a PAH
FrO LTALULCNE MaLTCF.
NFLFOTION (in OprickS) is a Mulriplicare
cies oE ihe Bod7, bul chis in che middle ot il
bictin.
Verb is uled (0 as ro decermine neither any parri
Refraction of che Rays oF Lighe, caused by the un-
equal Densier et als Medium Wherebr che Motioi
or Progress otche las is hindred trom goins on in
a Rism Line, and is Inflected or DeRected by 
Curre, Laich the Ingenious Dr. PI00k, Wvho Artt
cook norice os lroperer in his Micopraph), P. L1).
And chis he Caich, differs boch from Refection and
Retraction, Wvtich are boch made ac ehe SuperH
NII. Nemron, a5 voui vill sind under che Word
Liehc, discorered also by plain Experimene, chis A F beins caten Por x indisserenily, the Values ot
Infection ot che Rays oF Lishe; and Mr. De la che intercepred Lines will appear wirh ehis chanse
Aire lanh hetouna, LhdC the Bealtio et the olato et dIBI.