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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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Lcliprick, and the Southern vould be distinguism.
ed by the Four Scars in Xiphia Pisces, one ol
Which is nearex thac Pole oF the Fcliprick, chan
chePole Scar is corhe Arrick Pole: And ic oule
be vet more remarkable by che nearnels ot che
Nubecula major.
The Apparen Rerolurion oF the Sun (103
Lunar Spectator) alu the Moon ScCY ac
rekt, woute ecens chan really it is, becaule
Wa5 65. 1 deg. 35 mino 45 scconds. And ot her
ApoSCC, 85. 4 des. 28 min. 5 seconds. OF the
Ascending Node ot che MoonS Orbit, 5 S
24 de8. 24min. 35 seconds, (9c.
And on che last, Dar ot December, 1700. aF
Noon, the mean Morion oE rtie Sun, was 95.
20de8. 43 min. 50 seconds. OE cheSuns Aposee,
35. 7 des. 14 min. 30 seconds. The mean NO.
FiOn OF the NIOOn WaS 2O S. 15 deg. 19. MIn.
50seconds. OF thc MoonS ApogCe, 1F S. B des.
F8 min. 20 scconds. Andot her ascendins Node
45. 27 de8. 24 min. 20 seconds. For in 20 fuli
an ZCarS, OF 7305 DayS, the SunsMorion, ic
20 ReroluF. 05. 0 des. 9 min. 4 seconds. And
the Norion oF the Suns ApOgCe, 2I min.
Oscconds.
The Morion oE che Moon in che lame rime
15 247 Rerolur. 4 5. 13 de8. 34 min. 5 seconds.
And che Morion oF the Lunar Aposee, is 2RC.
volur. 35. 3 de8. 50 min. 15 seconds. And thc
Morion oE her Node, 2 Rerolut. 05. 26de8.
50 min. 15 seconds.
AII wrhich Morions are accounred From the
Vernal E quinox: Wheretore il fromthem chere
be Subrracted rhe Recesion Or Norion oF che F
quinoctial Point, in Antecedentia, durins chac
the Norions in reterence ro the Fix d Scars in 20
Fulian TearS; viz. the Sun5 13 RerOL. 1ZS.
29 de8. 52 min. 24 seconds. OF his Aposec
4 min. 20 seconds. Andrhe Noon5247 Rerol.
+5. 13 de8. 17 min. 25 seconds. OF her Apogee
2 Revol. 35. 3 deg. 33 min. 35 seconds. And
The Famons MIr. IS A AC NFI WV- OFche Node oF thC MOOn, L Revol. 05. 27 deg.
erue Lorets et stronom. Was conmumeale
FrOM NIT. Nemton, EO DF. Crezory Astron. Protel
Tor at Oxford, and by tum Publimed in his Astron.
Elem. Philos. and Ceomet. P. 336. From Wrtience
a5 it vas lacely Transtared inco Englisto,
chouph AE eo InTerE it here.
B) chis Theory, whac by aIl AAronomer
avas thouphe most disficule and almost impossible
2o be donc, the F.XCelIenE NIP. Nemton hath non
efected: viz. to derermine the MoonS Place e
6 min. 55 seconds.
Accordins eo this Compuration the Fropical
Tear i5 365 DayS, 5FTOurS, 48 Minutes, 57SC
conds. And the Sydereat Tear 15 365DaY5, 6
FTOurS, 9Mlinures, 24 seconds.
These mean Mocions oF che Luminaries are
affected ich rarious Inequaliries: OF wrtrict,
I. There are che Annual Rquations of the a
Foresaid mean Morions oF the Sun and MIOOn,
and ot the Aposee and Node oF the MOOn.
The Annual Equation of the mean Morion
OF che Sun, depends on the Eccentriciry oF rhe
Farcts Orbir round che Sun, wrtich 15 26 72 0t
such ParrS, 25 thac che Parttis mean Distance
ren in her Ouadratures, and alL orher Parrs oF From the Sun Mall be r000: Whence ris called
her Orbir, Besidesthe Sy2y 3y5, (0 accurarely by
Calculation, char che Difference Becwcen chat
and her eue Place in the Flcavens, Mallscarce
be tro Mlinutes, aud is usvally (o (mall, rMat iV
may ell enough be reckon d only 25 a Defect
and commuuiscared eo him.
the Lquarion of the Centre; and is when grearest
+ deg. 56min. 20 seconds.
The grearest Annual Equarion of the Moons
mean Morion, i5 1F deg. 49 seconds; Ot her A-
Posce, 20 min. and ot her Node 9 minures 30
leconds.
And chese Four Annual Equarions are alWv2)S
fore wrtien any of them is ac che greatest, che
Ocher chree will also be grearest; and wten any
the WVest Osthe Meridian OF Paris 2 der. 19 min. one lessens, the ocher chrec will also bc dimini-
hrec deprees distance Prom che crue Pole ot ihe
OFche Mecusun Caslea aes Wuse Larrt
round the sun in Consequentia: So lltat The N3
cural Day in cul nbon moutet de au cue sy
nodical Momh; Wheretore enete che sun will
appear to rile but 12 times, bur the AX d STaES
15. Atunore exactls, in L9 Learsthe sun wil
rise 235 times; and the fix d STarS 254. Anc
he rituie sun ill alvass de antere alt Woiole
Sien crarder chan he vas cheDar atorc.
The Lunar Natural Dar vould appear il
near cscalls divided inco Lighe and Dartnels
because che Axis oE che Moons Rerolurion, is
nearty al Lishe Angles wich che Plane oF her
Orbic Lollndche Sun; (o chac Me enjoys a Per.
perual Cesuinox: and chere can be no Twilight
becaule cls Planet hath no Armosphere. In onc
tralE oF the Moons Surtace (excepe just near the space, Which is 16 min. 0 sec. there will remain
Edse ot che other Fremilphere) ihe Parch can-
noc be scen by our Spectator; Wrhereas in rHes.
cher halF it will be alass runte, ac ICCtH HIXO
in che Fearens likre a Star.
TONS Theory of the MOOM.
This Theory hath Beenlone expected BY all che
in che Obserration. And chis MIT. Nemton ex
perienced by comparins ic with very many Pla
ces oF the Moc, WICtrU DY MI. Lampeca murually proporrional one eo anocher: WVhere
The Royat Observatory at Grcenmich, I5 E0
OFVrainbu B T2 de5. SF min. 30 Seconds. Ld Med in eL LaIHC RatIO.
OF Cedanum 18 deg. A8 minures.
lhe mean Motions oF the Sun and NOOn, 2C
connred H e Vernal Rquinox at che Meridi- nual L.quations will DC aO SVen; and there-
an oF Crcenwich, I make ro be as Followeth.
The las Day OE December 1680, AE DTOON (FhC AnnIaL F GIALIOH OF The Suns Centre BCFa
(Old Stile) che mean Morion oF the Sun was ken trom thence, ot any Time, and be called
Sien 20 de5. 34 min. 46 seconds. OEthe Suns
APOeCum, WaS 3 5. 7 deg. 23 min. 30 sec.
LAIL LLIIUaL L. GULALION OL CHC SMMIS, CCMICC
P, and let I P =-, 9  =, O = R, = P
andD.
D
2 F; ther
Morior
beino giren, rhe chree orher correspondine An
Fore a Fable OF that WiII Cerre FOF aII. FOr il
Lhe mean Morion oC che Moon ac chac rime, Mall che Annunt Equacion ot the Mooris riear