# Leibniz Legible — https://leibnizlegible.com
# Page: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0497
# Permalink to this reading: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0497?run=74
# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
# Folio - , page id 806933011:0497
# Original at the GWLB: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/resolve?id=806933011&page=497
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/806933011/jpgs/default/00000497.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 133 lines, status machine
# Lines: 133 recognised, mean confidence 0.88
# Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German.
# Licence: CC BY 4.0, Leibniz Legible. Machine output: do not ingest it as verified text; keep this provenance with the text.
# Wording rule: say "the machine reads it as …", never "Leibniz wrote".
# After the first blank line: the recognised lines in reading order, one per line.

MAC
verh Orders. Hle is by some called, Clerk of the Missen mast must be just half the lensth oF che
Rolls. And le has che disposins oF che Ofices
oF the Six Clerkes, Clerks OF the PetY BaG, PX
aminers of rhe Coure, and Clertes oE che Cha
pel.
Main mast, and halt as thick.
MATEK Dura, called al(o Dura Meninx, 15
a Membrane wtich sicks close to the StcuII
vichin, in fome places, and mediately COVerS
MASTERS os the Chancery, are APistans in Boch che Brain avd Cerebellum; ie has tour Ca-
Chancery eo the Lord Chancellor, Or Lord Rceper
oF the Creat Seal, in Macrers oF fudement. Ot
Thele chere are Pome Ordinarr, Lome ExrraOrdi
nery; oF Ordinary chere are ewelre, (Wwhereot
ehie Master os the Rolls is accounred onc) Wvhereot
Come Pet in Courr ererr Dar in each Term, and
have reterred co them (ac the Ford Chancellor,
Lord Kceper, Or Master os the Rolls Dilererion)
ricies ivhich supply che place os the Veins, and
come together betvixe the Brain and Cerebellum;
Wrhich Conjunction is called Torcular.
MATEK Tenuis, Or Pia Meninx, is a Hem-
brane ivhich immediacely clorhes che Brain and
Cerebellum; is extreamly full oF Sanguinary Ves-
sels, and is desien d, a5 lome chinke, 1o keep in
ehie Spirirs generated in ihe Brain and Cerebellum,
Incerlocutarr Orders, For Catins Acconnes, com- chat ther Ay nOL avaY
purins Damages, and che like; takins oF OatHS,
ANidariis. and Acknoledements of Deeds and
Recognizances. The Extraordinary do ACt in
MATERTA Medica, is Whaterer is usedinthe
ArroF Medicine For the Prerention or Cure ot
Diseales, Whether collected or prepared From
all che Connry Ten Miles From London, by ta- PlanES, Animals, Minerals, Cc. Dy Chymicter
king Recognizances and AMdaries, Ackno- Or Pharmacy.
ledement of Occds, (9c. For the cale ofche Sub-
ject.
MIASTTCATION, oF Chewins, is an Action,
Woherebr e break and divide che Meat into
NATHEMALTCKS, originally signities any
Discipline or Learning, (nabiorc) bur non ris
propertr, chat Science Which ceaches OF COn
templares ivhaterer is capable ot being Dumber-
sivall pieces wich our Teech, and mix ic wich ed or Mealured, 25 ic is compurable or mealura-
che Spicle or saliva, in order eo ies beine the
more casily fermenced, digested, and turned into
Chyle in che Scomach.
MASTTCATORYS, are Medicines ehich
ble.
And ThaE ParFOF Mathematicks which relares
to Number only, is called Prithmetick: Thar
wvtich relares eo Meature in general, Whether oF
are deligned ro prorote Spirtins. By Comether Lensch, Breadeh, Motion, Lorce, (90. is called
arc called Apophlesmations.
NIASTOIDEI in anacomy is che Came victi
Mammilares, and are such Processes any wtiere,
as are likee Breasts or Dugs, Which from a broad
Geometry.
Mathematictes maz be reckoned cirher
P. Pure, Simples or Abstracted, WtieH cons
ders abstracted Ouancier, wichoue any Relari.
Basis, end in an obtuse cop, and are Maped like on ro Macter, or Sensible Objects. Or,
the Fears in a Cows- Vdder.
This Name is siren by some Vriters tothose
Muscles wrhich bend che Head, procceding From
che Neck.bone and rhe Breast-bone, terminarins
in ehe Procels Mammiformi. These Muscles 2
rise parris rendinous, and parris Resty, Fromthe
upper parr oF che Os Pectoris near haIlE the Cla
viele; wirh ervo seemingly distinet Originations.
NIr. Comper Caich, When cicher oF these Muscles
act, they tum the Face co the contrary side.
The Process, Ox Apophysis OF che Os Temporale
wotich is in Mape Comechins like che Teats OF:
Corr, is called by chis Name; and (0 are the
Processes oFthe Otfactory Nerois.
MASTS oF a Strip are che Main-mast, Main-
cop. mast, Maincopsallantmast, Fore-mast, Fore.
cop mast, Foreropsallane mast, Missen mast, and
2. Mixt Machematicks, wrtich is incermoren
everr where with Phipsical Considerations.
Machemarieks also is dirided into Speculative.
which proposes only che simple Rnovledge oF
Missentop mast; aHIOHSH WMIICH, may alo be
reckoned her Bollpii, an Which lcc.
chechins propoled, and ihie bare contemplation
OF Truch ox F’alstrood. And
FOr IC LLOVOICIOS O MaIIo, Sit L. La
Comechins usetul, or co pertorm Comeching chat
ot a Ship bein teet, mulcipis a ot cal Bicadch
Mall be proposed For che Benetir and Adrantage
bV 3, the Produet IS FHC LCHSCH O HeL Main-
mast ut Laras. Lhusl a MP D SC fo0t aethe
Mtidstip Beam, 4 OF 30 is 24: Theretore chac
Strips Maim-male nusc bC 24 Lalus, el )2 sCerin
Lensch. Then For irsbignels he allons an Tnch
1o cvels Latu  senge, aliet cesctre s
Practical, Which ceaches hour eo demonstrare
oF Mankind.
Lenech ot che Mammatt. lut is i this cale,
9Lacas 5, Or 57 Fcet; Chick or chro, ic mule
MIATLTEMATICAL FToriz on is che Came wicti
True FTorizon. Sec FTorizon.
NIATRASS, Or BOIL-head, 15
a lons Arair necked Vessel oF
ClaIs; Frequenely uled by che
Chrinists in Distillations; and
ertien ther are Ricced co ehic
Nose of an Alembick, cher are
called Reccivers, because cher
Receire the Macrer wtich che
Fire Forces over the Helm ox
FTead oF the Scill. They arc
oFthis Figure. And wten one
ot tliese is by its Neck luced
vell inco the Neck oF anocher
chey call ic a Double Vesel.
wrhich is uled for che Circu-
lation oF Spirits, and FOr
etie Oxening or Subtitirine
o any Bodr by a lons Diven
Ucot.
rinz oites ere sCeles. Mitalerer che Breadeh
Mainmast must bc 24 Tnches chro ox thick.
Lhe lore mast ot a in ldes ot e
Se near 20 lnches.
The Bolesprit OE Bonsprit, is alias elle Taue
MATRIL, che Pame chat Dterus.
NIATRIX OF a Tree OT LLLHI, 1S CIC SaiSIC
lenect abel bienelo ich che Cocemast. Ana de
Wieh irhar che Boranists call Cor; Wrhich (ec.
vtsi tlt