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For Inscance, Suppose the Tearly Pension di Lase
Tears of Continuance; and Rate of Interest vet
each siven; Ihence to find the Worth thereos
present Moncy.
Tou hare Biren, P, F, and a; c0 find Z..
Fhe Equarion is Z a
THeretOre Z. = P
The likC FOT any OrHer PAVE, viZ. P, 1, OF a.
The very Ingenious and Learned Capt. Falley
hach in his Obserrarions on the Brestam Bills ot
Morcalier in Philosoph. Transact. N. 196.) Mewed se
veral mays of eltimarins che Values ot Annuities
and Lires, and compurins che different Degrees ol
Nortalier, Or rather as he calls ic, Vicaliey; Wwhere
he proves, chac ris 8010 L, chat a Perton OF 25
Tears old, dorh noc die in a Zcar. Thac tis 5 and a
halE ro ore, a NIan oF 40 lives 7 TearS. That a
Man oF 30, mas realonably expect ro live between
27 and 28 Tears, (90. And he gires Rules For che
Valuarion oF 2 Or 3 Or more Lires, and Whac an
Annuier is worch, durins che Continuance ot any
OF them, (30.
INTERFORAMIMEOM, Or Incersemineum,
chelame wich Perincum.
INTERSEOTION, in Grammer, is an inde
clinable Word uled in a Senrence, to declare the
ARections or Pastions of che Mind, andro compleat
the Sense oF it.
INTERIOR POLZGON. Sec Polyson Inte-
rior.
INTERIOR TALOS. SeC TatUS.
TITTERIOCDTORZORDER, is chac whict
decides nor che Cause, bur onty serrles fome inter-
venins Macter relatins to che C’ause; as Where an
Order is made by Morion in Chanoery, For ihe Plain-
tif eo have an Injunction, to quie his Possestion rill
che hearins oF che C ause. This, or any tuch Or-
der, nocbeins fnal, is Interlocutory.
INTERMISSIO FEBRIOM. Sec Aprexia.
INTERMLL TENS NORBOS, is a Diseal
eotrich comes at certain times, and ehen remits 
titele.
INTERNALIANOLES. Sec Aneles Inter.
nat.
TIITERNODIOM, in BOtanY, is the Space
INZEROSSEI MANDS, are tHC MuScleS Ot
che Fingers, which are distinsuished into externat
and internal; cher are aprly l0 named from cheir
Siruarions: Ruchors dilasree in cheir Number
Come reckonins six, ochers eighe, amonsst whrieh
Ther esteem ehe Abductor Minimi Dizi al MMa
eis; buc Mr. Comper inclines co che tirst Opinion,
conceirins chero lacrer named Mulcles do nor de
Terre These DENOMInaTIOnS; ther arIIC FICIHY IH.
cernally in che Palm trom che Superior Parrs oF che
MCtacarPaL BOneS HexF the Carpus, wtrence de
scendins, cher become Tendinous at che trst Inter
node os cach Finger larerally, and pals ro cheir In-
serrions ich che Fxtensor Disitorum Communis:
cach Incerstice of che Metacarpal Bones enterrain-
ins cvo Muscles inserred co rtie Sides oF the Fin-
GerS. When all chele Interossei act rogether, chey
draw the Fingers near each orher, and aNist in
cheir Exrension, a5 Galen cakes norice, ac wtrich
time cher cogether ich che Abductor Indicis ane
Minimi Disiri, are capable of Divaricarins che
Finsers, wrhich Action cannor be pertormed wich-
our lome difticuler by chem irhen ther are bend-
ed; which Contrivance oF ehie BIoA Wile Archi-
rect, is also obserred bY Galen.
INTEROSSEL PEDIS, are MuscleS OF TheFOOT.
cher are reckoned ro be seven in Number: They
derire cheir Names From cheir Situation, and may
cach deserre a proper Appellarion trom cheir
H(C.
The Firsmay be called, Adductor Minimi Di-
siti
The Second, Wtich is che largest, drans che
next Toc comards cheLeser, and may be called,
Abductor Auricularius.
The Thirdu Ancaxoniles che former, and is an
Abductor OF chaL ZOC.
The Fourch may De callec, Abductor Medii Di-
sit
The Fisth is an Adductor oEthe lame.
The Sixch is an Adductor, and serench Abductor
Indicis Pedis.
Allchese arise Flethy From che Superior parr OF
the Ossa Metatarsi oE che Lesser Toes, and becom-
ins Bellied, gro Pendinous ac their Insertions 10
the sirtt Incernode ot cach Lesser Toc lateralIY.
INTERROOATION, is a Figure in RherO.
ricke, in wrhich che Pastion of che Speaker inerodu-
ces achins br ay ol Ouestion, to matie irs cruch
the more conspicuouA appear.
INTERROPTION, as some call il, is che
Came virh Disjunction oF Proportion, in G’eometer
and is nored rhus:: and signitierh thebreaking OH
contained berween any ewo KLnors or Joins oF che oF che Ratio in the midele ot tour disjunet or dis-
ScaIKOF 2 PLaHE.
INTERNOS AORIS, is a Muscle which liec
in a Bony Channel excarared in che Os Petrosum,
potrich makes one ot che Parietes Tympani; one
Parc ot chis Channel is wichouc che Tympanum, and
lies in the upper pare of che Bony Passage, wtich
foestrom che Par 10 che Palare: The orher parI
ohich is ichinche Tompanum, advancins a5 FaF 25
the Fenestra Ovalis, makes in chac place a risins, ux.
on Wwhich, as on a Puller, che Pendon of this Mul-
ele passes co the orher side oF. the Tympanum, and
inserrs ic selF ac the Posterior Parr OF che Flandle oF
ihe Malleus, a licele Below che Inserrion oF che RX-
ternal Muscle; by wrhich means ic deaus ic rowarde
the Os Perrosum. When this Muscle acts, ic pulls
the Manubrium of che. Malleus cowards che O5 Pe-
crosum, noherebys che Membrana Tympani lecome
Comentiac Concare oucwacaiY.
crere Proportionals: AS A: B:: C: D; ThaE 1S,
AS A is coB : : SOiSC LOD
INTERSCAPDLARTA, are che Cavicies be-
crixiche Shoulder blades and the Vertebres.
INTERSECTION, in Marhemaricks, signisies
the cutrins oF one Line Or Plane by anocher. Lhus
we Car, chac che Mucual Incersection oF cvo PlaneS,
is a RighE Linc.
NNTERSPERSOM VACOOM. Sec Va-
cuum.
INTERSEINALES COLKI chese ave smal
Flesty Muscles oF che Neck, arisine From the Su-
perior Parrs oE cach double Spinal Procels ot che
Neck, excepe oFche second Verrebra, and are in-
Terred ro the Inferior Parrs of aIl che said double
Spines. When chese Muscles act, the dran che
Spines of the Verrebrae ot the Neck nearer eacho.
cher: Thele were trst discorered in che Xear, 1690
NTERSIFLL AA