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or Sceeridge, in order ro clear the Decks wtien, rained in eie Nerres, agiraced ad imperium A-
an Enemy boards che Ship; cher are Fastned nimae; or by che Consruction oE the Venous
and eraversed by a Pivele, wotrich is pur into a
Scock.
NOSCTE, the chies Instrumene of Volun-
cary Morion in an Animal Body. The PArES OL
a Muscle are Three; iis Fead, Bell, and Fail.
The Fead OE a Muscle is ies Beginning; and 25
it evere the Centre oF is Norion; and chis is
alvars fixed ro the most Aable ParT. The BCIIy
ot a Muscle is is Midale Parr, wrhich is cumid,
ox extended, in all Muscular Morion. The Tait
is the ocher Find ox Fixeream, Which is Factened
into the Pare to be mored.
Nuscular Mtotion, or wtich way the Belly oF
2 MTulcle comes ro be svelled, and consequendr
iES Fxtreams BTOUBHE neareF Logether, in order
co more che Part required, is a VerY GrCAL My
Ducts, there becomes a Repletion ot their
Cells, Whereby elie Lenocti oE che Fibrillae i5
contracted.
DE. Cbirac PrOseHOF OF MLedicinC AE MOnF-
pellier, suppoles, and chinks HC CaN PrOvC it ana
Irticallr, Phac ereer Muscle beino composed ot
a rast Mulcieude ot Fibres, like Threads, Fold-
ed up all cogetter ithin one Skin Ox Mem-
vranc, and everr Fibre havins irs proxer Vein-
Arter, and Nerre, it hach allo trom Space t0
Space sereral lirele Cariries Or Pores which are
ot an oblons Form, when che Muscle is Mack,
or Raccid; bur ehie Blood circularine chrouetr
the Muscle, is continualle deposins into chose
Pores a Sulphureons Recrement, aboundins witH
Alkali Sales, Wrhich meerins ich che Spiries chat
Aery; as indeed mans ocher Thines are in an Aou allo by che Nerres inco thole oval POres,
Fluman Body, vhich is fearsully and mondersully
made. There hare Been many (Iypotheses 10
Solve this, which, Whecher arisfactory OF nOL,
must be letr 10 erery ones fudoment ro deter-
mine.
Dr. WVillis Suppoles che Animal Spiries; broush
by che Nerres, to be lodged in ihe Tendons ol
che Musoles, and rharmeetins wich ocher Accire
Particles broughr from the Blood, ther make an
Esfervescence; by which the carnous Fibres of the
Musele arc agicated, suf d, and velled, and
(0 the whole Muscle is contracted in ies Lensth.
Steno imagines the carnous Fibres oF the MuI
cles, 25 allo the opposite Tendons, to bc in their
Constructure like eo Parallelozrams; by an AI-
ceration oF ihe Angles oF which, the Muscle is
contracted, and che Fead and Pail broughE
near together: And this he chinks may bc donc
vithout che Accestion OF an; NVCW MaETCT.
DF. Mlayo FalIS nearty in vrich DF. Willis his
Notion: Ile chinks the Contraction oF theMuI.
cleis made by an Fffervescence, aritins From che
Mixture oE the Sulphurous Saline Parricles ot
the Blood, vich che Nitro-aerious ones broughe
by the Nerres, Which blons ux and distends che
Selly oF the Muscle.
L. Du Verney Fancies chis Lnue May
be made wwithout Fermentation, by the Anima
Spiriis, and a fuice from che Arteries, rumnine
into che Tendons and carnous Fibres, and (0
extendins themselres, as Ropes and Carsgut
Arings ivell in moist WVcacher.
DF. Croon suppoles erery carnous Fibre r0 bC
made up oF (mall Globules or Bladders, all open-
cheir Nirro-aerial Particles termene in a most vi
olent manner wich che Saline ones oF this SuI
phurcous Recrement, and cherebr distend ctie
Pores (0, 25 10 makre them charse cheir lone
Oral Figure into a round orie; and thus the MuI
dle must be contracted.
MOSCLE Vein. This Vein is Two Fold,
the Superior and che Inferior. The Former ari-
ses trom the Muscles oF the Neck, and the L aF-
ter from the upper Muscles oF the BreaHtS; and
this Cometimes opens into che Externat Jusu-
lar.
NIOSCDTDIS Scapidis, is a Muscle oF the
Far, Wrhich lies hid in a Bonr Pipe, excaratec
in che Os Perrosum, alinost ac ihe BOtrOm oF the
Timpanum, wvhience it talces ies Origin. IEs Bel
Ir is bis and Resty, and suddenly formine a ve-
ry chin Pendon, wrhich descends to irs Insertion
ac the Fread oF the scapes: When this acs
it drarvs che Scapes upwards, t0 the Foramen
Ovale.
MOSCOLOS Nautieus. Sec Tibialis Posti-
Cu
NVSICK is one oF the Seren Sciences, com-
monty called Liberal, and comprehended also
actions che Mathematical; as tavins For its Ob
icet Discreet Duantity OF Number, DUE ROE CON
Sidering ic in the ABSraCt, like Arithmeticke, bue
wich relarion to Time and Sound, in ordex eo
take a delighrtul Llarmonz.
This Science is alto Theorical, which exami-
nech che Nacure and Properries of Concords
arid Discords, explaining the Proportions be
coscen them br Numbers: And Practical, Whick
ceacheth nor ontr Composicion, that is to lay,
etie manner oF Composins aII POTES OF TUnCS OE
AIrS; bur also the Aet oF Cingins wichthe Voice,
Or plarins upon Musical Instruments.
MISKLE P-Bastets, in Fortiscation, are BaS-
Kers oE abouc a Foor and half hish, and 8 Or 10
Inches Diameter ac the Borrom, and a Full FOOL
at the cop: They are filled wich Farrh, and are
Pet on lorr Parapets or Breast- Works, or on Tuch
25 arc beaten domn, thac the Muskercers may
vich e mpha and Blood, are lec and torced sire betreen them at che Fnemy, and vet be to-
Oe che Tiells led, Caled bs ihe Liguot con
lerably well secured against cheir Fire.
MOTE. (A Term in L aW) A Prisoner is said
costand Mure, When he retules ro plead eo an
Indictmene.
NDTOLE, in Archirecture, is a kind oF
Square Moditon, sec undes che Comice o che
Borict
ins one inte anvenet, uo whie e nactous
Fuice, and ee or evo onet ne alset delir LI-
quOES CHCTIMO, d0, by means Ot IHC MacuTaL
hich meaus the wtrole Bodr ot the Muscle bC-
Flear, makce an Fbullicion or Littervescence; by
comes cauu anuls Lensch contraclea, .
Boremt lakres che Fibres ot a Mulclero contiit
Ot a MMaer ters Rhombs Or Lozenges, wtole
Areas are capable ot beins entarsed Or COntra-
Moo o et ellem, ad Imperium animae.
The Accurate MI. Comper scems eo chinte rhC
Blood eobe the erue Pondus, by wrhich che Action
ot a Muicle is compoled; and chat cither by a
Turgelcence besun in the Parieres ot the C ells
cted, accordins as the nerrous Juice, together