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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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OCCIDENTAL (i. c. WV estvard) in astrono
my, a Planetis Paid ro be Occidental Wvhen ic Sers
attex the Sun.
OCCIPTTALIS, and iis Pariner, are Stor,
but Broad, Thin, Flesty Muscles, Situared on
the Occiput, From Whence cher derire cheir
Nairies; When chese act, chey pult che Flairy-
Scalp backvards.
OCCIPTTIS OS, is a Bonc oP cie Cranium,
chac lies in che hind- part oF che tlead; ic i5 2l
most like a Poenge With IES lorver Angle TUTM
Cd inwards, ic joins the Ossa Parieralia and Pe-
trosa, by the sutura Lambdoidalis: IE is chickeeF
than anv ot che ocher Bones ot che Cranium, Vet
ic is very chia where che splenius, Complexus.
Trapezius, are insertec. Externally ie is roueti
Internallr ic has ervo sinuss in wtich lic che
Procuberances ot the Cerebellum, and evo large
Furrons in Wrhich lic the Sinus Literales.
Ic has Seven FToles: The ArH ENO arC COm
mon to ic and the Ossa Petrosa; the lateral Si-
nussand che Par vacum, pals chro chem. The
Third is the greac Hlole chro ertrich the Medulla
Spinalis passes. The Foureh and Fitch are the
Floles chro wrhich che ninth pair oE Nerres pas-
SC5. The Sixth and Seventh are rvo HIoles,
chro which chere passes evo Veins, which brine
the Blood From che FXTerNal PCGUIeHES EO The
Sinus Literales; Lometimes there is buc one, and
Sometimes none oF chese LWO; there are Pome-
times ero more chro Whichthe Verrebral Veins
Pals.
This Bone has allo rivo Apophyses, orie on cact
Side oF che oreat Hole; they are lined wirh a
Cartilase, and articulaced wich che tirst Verrebra
Ot che NVeck. TEhaS al(O a (maII ProtuBeranCC
in iis midele, From which there soes a small Li
sanienr, wvhrich is insexted inco the AeA Verrebra
OF itic Neck. IE is longer in Beacts than in
Meri.
DCEVETATION, in Astronomy,is ihe Fime
That a ScaF OP Planer is hid FrOm Our SigHE when
Fclipsed by che Interposition of rhe Body oE che
MOOn, Or lome ocher Plariet betveen it and
IS.
DCCOPANT. JE Feriant par terme de auter
vie dies, living Cestuy quo vie; he thar Airst en
ters Mail holdche Land, durins che other Man S
Lise, and he is in Lair called an Occupant, bc
carise tis Tirle is by his srst Occuparion; and 10
named Nuscle. This TuEnS chC LAIGh OuE- it 2 Fenant for his omn Lite, pranE over HIS F
Rate co another, il che Crancee dies, there Mall
bc an Occupant.
OCCOPATION, signities sin L av) chepur.
tins a Man our of his Frec-hold in rime oF WV ar
and is allone wich che Disseisin in rime ot Peacc,
OCGIDENT, is eie West. Ouarrer oF the onty it is nor (0 dangerous. Fis caken allo For
is, in his PosesiOn.
OCCOPAVEE, is a Wric thac lierh Cortim
irhichis ejected out of his Land or Penement in
times OF War, 25 a WVeic oF NTovel Disseisin lies
For onc ejected intime of Peace
OCFAN, is by Gcographers caken for rhar
great Collection ot Wacers; or large Sea, Which
compasses in che whole Farth, and into wwhich
the ocher leser Seas do ulually run
The Surtace oF the whole Ocean, or oF al the
Eixarii
it comards he Place where il is 1o appeat: anee
be encompassed ich a Boat o CloM On evers
chac no Ras may 50 behides it, ler che Picture
CtOn.
sce. At che Objeet be a olacue or lome livins
Credture, then it muse De The more ehtighined
BY Calcs the Sun Bans M IV) Ketection and
Retraction boch: Becween chis Obscel alu ille
NValI, must. De placed a broac ConVex Cola(S.
Grou luch a Convexier chacicmas represent
elle Object distinet on che Wall: And cherefore
ers best to have a clean Linnen Cloth instead os tho
Wall; mhich may be huns up ans uhere accordin
dthe Distance of the Olasss Focus. LMC HCarex
The Glals is to the Object, che more will ehie
Ooject De masmitied on che nau or Cloch; and
eHle Furthex oA, the lels; Wwhien also will depend
on the Conrexitr oF the GlalS.
IF che Object CanNOF BC InvenCa (aS EIS PFCL-
cy disficult eo do ich Livine Mmmals.. Canales,
XC.) Ien chere inust. Dc tivo Palse Castes 
conremem spneres, arid eher placect il cel ap.
propilated Viltances (irhich are verr casils Fonne
by Lals) 10 as ro make ne Represenrarion e
rect as ell asthe Object.
And is the votiole Matrer DC WelL MaIIaBCd, Se
tharthe Spectarors sec nochins oF he aparatS
ic ill be d verr surpritine en nem le sec an
Imase dpCat bY 10500 a L.1GHC OM a LLaM in
the midst ot d Room, Wvhere nocine can be dit
OBTDSE Angles. Sec Angles.
OBFOSF Angular Section os a Conc. 50
Ancient CCometers called chac Conick C
Wtrich Cince, by Apollonius, is calseu ee Pet.
bola becaule cher contidered ic ets M ICM
Cone, whole Section by rhe ssc is a Friarnele
Obruse aveled at the Vexrex.
OBTOSE. Angled Friangle. Sec Triancte
OBTDRATOR Excernus, i5 a Mulcle 0
ehe Ttish, (0 called trom ies Siruation; anc
orator Femoris Pxirorsum, From is DTe: Lc haci
a lacx echy Besimmins From ene LXterMAL LartS
corered a  ecem alt  Axpari
ot ehie Os Tschium and Pubis, and he Memibrane
chac Corers chieir Foramen externallr, Oppo to
the Origination oF. the Marsupialh OE Obrurator
Internas; ana paITIMS ETAnEVCFII DACK WaLaS, LeL
Tens LC se, astet Oecenses cenelinouis ac ies Inser
tion ro eHe RoOr ot the srear lrochanter ot che
Thigh-Bose, Heat ee cemactori ot che last
Watas
OBTOBATOR Internus. Sec Masaptalis
OBVENTIONS, signities Rents Ot ReVC
rues, properiu ot Spiricual I.  53 do al10
OAerineS
Hlorizon; Or ris thar pari of rhe Florizon ntere DSC Or Tenure, as when tis Caid, suct L and
che louer Hlemisphere: In Come Books rou Will
oneer wich. Cuch Termsas chele.
OCCIDENT Estival, iS TMaE POInE OF thC
FTorizon, Where the Sun SCES AE IES FMEPaNCC INLO
ehe sion C’ancer, When che Days are longest.
OECTDENT Fbernal, IS Chat POInE OF the
Forizon Whrere the Sun Sers When ic enrers into
ehe Sien oE Capricorn, ac Wtict  Dd).
(wich u5) arc Morrest.
OCCTDEN I squinoctial, IS CMAE POInEOF Ch
Aries oeLibra
the Fcliprick, or che Sun cherein descends into in che Penure or Occupation oF suchr a Man, cha
Horizon, vohere ihe Sur sers, ilien il ericers (Seas ot ie ClobC, A. Keil compures sin his