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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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Q. ACaIS Object - plate HZ C in 2 BraIS Frame, (DF. HooK, F. R. S. aud a Description oF it is
Wvhose Arm NV. N. is sixc corhe Pillar by
means oF the NTUT O. THC ANM N. PT. BaEI
iIn iE 2 Air, by wtich eis casiiy FIIE OB, OP
taken of che Pillar, and by wtich ic may
De fix d uxon it ac any discance.
Fublimed in his Micosraphia.
Since FHaL, NIF. Fobn MarstalI, 2E The Arcbi-
medes in Ludgate street, hath brousHEiE tO a verv
S0od Deoree oF Pertection: And L take his Bou-
ble Micrescope here deleribed, in ill Respects, 0
P. A (maII Fisti ling on the Glals-plate, that be che most uletul, handr, and ready Insru.
the Circulation of the Bl0od may bescen in ment ot this kind.
Parr OE the Tail-FIr, 2c (C.)
Phare had MellenssOlasses, and seen Leven-
R. A Conrex- GlaIs, by wrhose heip a brishe Boccks and C’ampenis, bur L wouid Pooner hare
spOF OF Lichr is broushr from a Candle ac the Double Micrescope than any ot them, and the
S. Randins on rhe CFround whiie the Alicro-
scope stands on the Fdsc OF a Table OrStOOI
Wrhich spor ot Lighe (C) Perres to render che
Circulacten more CoisPICuOuS.
V. A Lead Costin. to be pur on che FiM, L
hinder ic trom springins arar, and morine
his Tail out oF che Listr.
27 3, 4, 5, 6. Are MarHS on the PilIaFK. O
etrich Mew vou che distance thac che Ob
erice is much easier.
NITLTARIS Eerpes. Sec Xterpes.
MTLKL- WAY, OrVia Lactea, he Calay, 15
a broad vrhice Pach Or Prack, encompaLEinS rC
Whole Hlearens, and exrendins it seiF in lome
Places rith a double Pach, buc For rhe mos p ALE
Wwich a single one. Sorne oF The ANCICHES, 25 Ar1-
ject. Glalsmult be from the Oojeet vou look Scorle, ecc. imagin d chat chis Parhi contisted only ot
uxon, accordins as che Object. Ciales you a cerrain Exhalation hansins in che Rir; Vuc by
mate ule ot magnine more or lels. Thus, the Zelescopical Obscrrations oE chis Ase, ic
for instance, IF rou ule che Object-Clals, hath been dilcorered ro consist ot an innumerable
8 Or 6 (cither oF wrhich will ew che Cir- Ouantier of Fixed Scars, ditferent in Situarien
culation oF the BI0Cd) vou must Aix che up- and Masnicude; trom the cenculed Mlixture ot
Per Edse ot che Collar Li. at che Mart5 Or  Whole Lighe, its wrhire Colour is suppoledto be
6 on che Pillar. And chen Willche Micro- Occasioned. Ic passes chroneh the Corltellations
scope be very near is exact distance trom oE Cassiopeia, Crenus, Aquila, Persents, Androme-
the Object; (0 chat by a Imall turn Or rivO da, Parr oE Ophiucus, and Cemini, in the PTOr-
OF che NuE P. Cither WaY, YoUMaY (OOn ex- Then Femilphere; and in the Souchem, ic takes
actlr Ac ic co jour oun Fre, andplacethe in Parr oE Scorpio, Sasitarius, Centaurus, the Ar-
Object in is truc distinet Balis.
50 Navis, and the Ara.
Metrodorus, and lome Pythacoreans, choughe
By ehis Microscope, Liquors also may De very the Sun had once gone in chis Fract, inslead ot
commodiouss Lxamined; for is ron place a che Fcliprick; and consequentiy tharits WVhire
mall drop of any Liquor on the OtaIs- place just nels proceeds from che Remains oF his Lighr
inthe middle of the sPOF OF LigHE (C) che parES OF AS the Calary is compoled oF an Intiniry oF linall
ic will become very visible, and iis animalcula,
Scars, (0 ir hach uluallr been che Region in Wrhich
it ic hare any, will be discovered. And chus new ScarS hare appeared: AS the ne Scar in
mas che Cels in Vinesar, the lmall Creatures in
Black Pepper water, or in Wacers where Wheat
Cassopeia, which was Arst Scen A. D. 1572; ChaE
in che Breast oF the Swan, and another in chc
Barir, C5C. hach been Intused, the Fels and nee oF Serpentarius; and sereral others, Wwhich
Ocher Imail livins Creatures in Puddie Water, De
as plainty (cen as by almost any orher Micro
Scope.
And one chine louxhe norto omicto speak or
this occalion; Wvtrich is, That l have otten wirtr
this CilaIs, seen the Circulation ot the Blood in
the Fins oF the Tail of Tadpoles; and indeec
more conspicuoulr here chan in any ocher Crea-
ture: For che Fins groins all round che Pail,
and comins but a licele raz our bezond che B0-
have appeared For a While, and then become in-
visible again.
NILLTARY A chitecture, che lame vich Foi-
tification.
MILITARY Exccution, is deliverine a Coun-
ter up to berarased and destrored by the Sol-
diers, Wwhen it retules ro pay Contribution, C3c.
MIMOSA Plantae, che lame irh sensitive;
wrtich sec.
MINE, in Forisicarion, is a Fole dus Or
dy oF it, Boch che Fjaculation oF the Bi00d ouc made by a Pioncer under thC RAMPAFE, OF un-
by elie Arteries, and its return again by the der che Face oF the Bastion, Whereto there are
Tereral oblique and windino Passages: WVhen il
Fistres; and abundance more Screams, curns, and is finistred, divers Barrels ot Povder are placee
windines ot the morine Blood are here visible,
chan I could erer sec in any orher Animal. T0
eutrich Imar add, Thac the Creature Wwill live a
80od vhile our oE che Warer, and will lie very
stiII.
The Object and che tmage in ehe distinct
Bale beine reciprocal, (a5 MIP. Molineux MeWS
therein, rogether wwith a Frain or saucidse; and
Which Instruimene Fbeliere, Wvas first contri
ved ac lenst hicced Cor D se and Observarion bY
the Ouantier ot Poder is proporrion d to che
Hciphe and ciehe ot the Body which is rO bC
blonn up. There are also Mines spruns in che
Field, which are called Foueades.
The AIIy Or Paltase oF a Mine is ulually abOuE
Four Foor square, ac the end ot wrhich is che
P. F02.) Ot his Dioptricks; che Imase there
mas be Formed larger chan che Object, on
vohich depends che Doctrine ot he Double Mi
croscope.
Chamber oF che Mine, 25 cher call iT. ThC Far.
Ther it is carried on, the more it is Tubject ro be
discorered by the Fnemy; cheretore ris best not
o aim ac Minins r00tar, and r0 make a new
oue ntese rle cosres ate no ctect.