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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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PARALTFL Sphere, is ivtiere ehie Poles are in (Annalle connd the Sun (wirtioue the Diurnat
the Zenirh and Hladie, arid ehe Equator in elie
Hlorizon, Which is the case of Tuch (it any suchr
There bC) Who live directly under che Norch and
Souch Pole.
The Consequences oF this Position are, THaL
the Parallels ot che Suns Declination ill al(obe
Parallels oF his Altitude.
Mocion) it mores only accordins to is Centre ot
Grarier; and cach Poine and Line in ir Kecpsal
arsche Cae Lnse. Let s AS DCBIICB
round chis (intrich as eo chat Morion is suppolea
immoreable) cannor chanse the Posirion ot it
The Trhabitants can sec only such Stars as are (ars Parallet Eo it self.
on their side che Figuinoctial; and ches must
PARALIPSIS (a Figure in Rhetorick) is a pre
have six Months DaY, and six Monchs concinual cended desire in us oF omitrins wrhat ive lay; 2
ighe every Pear; and che Sun can never be it one ould Car, Pam willins to forset the Wront
hrigher wich them chan 23 Degrees 30 Minures, that my Enemy has done me: I vil not speake os
ertich is noc (0 hieh as he is wich us in Fe-
bruaru.
PARALLEE Ruler, is an Instrument made ot
BraIS, Sccel, Or Wood, todram Lines Parallelro
cach other; ot great ule in Forrificarion, Archi-
recture, and many other parrs ot. the Mathema-
ticks.
PARALLELS o Altitude, Or Almacanters,
are Circles Parallel ro the Llorizon, imagined to
PaIs chro every Degrec and Minure oF che Me-
ridian, becveen the Florizon and Zenich, havins
cheir Poles in che Zenich. And on the Globes
thelc are described by che Diritions on the Oua-
drant of altitude, in its Motion about the Body
ot che Clobe, When ris screred rothe Lench
OF any Place.
PARALLELS of Latirude, on the Terrestial
Globes, are che same virh Parallels of Declination
on thie Celestiat. Buc che
PARALLEES os Latitude on che Celestial
Globes, are (mall Circles Parallel ro the Fclipricte
imagined ro pass thro every Deoree and Minure
et the Colures, and are represented chere by che
Dirisions of the Onadrant of Alsitude, In LES MO-
tion round the Globe, when ic is screr d over
che Poles of the Eclipricle.
PARALLELS of Declination, are Circles Pa
rallet rothe Equinoctial, imagined ro pass chro
everr Degrec and Minure oF che Meridians, DC.
ercen the squinoctial, and cach Pole of the
Vorid.
PARALLEL RayS, in Opticks, are those that
Keep an equal Distance trom che visible Object
corhe Fiyes etich is suppoled to be infinitely re-
more trom che Object.
PARALLEL elanes, are those Planes which
have aIl The Perpendiculars dravon berwixe them
equal. to cach ottier: Thacis, Wrhen cher are e
very where equally distant.
PALALLEL Circles, On the Clobes, thelame
Wshche Cesser Circles.
PARALLELS alIO On the Terrestrial Globe,
the Injurus that T hare Tecctoea sto Bs ML.
Lined Ouadrilareral Fisure, Wrhole Oppolite
Sides are Parallet. Z0 End ins Superticial Con
renE: Sec Area
Squares, and Lectaneles, may be thus cons
ceivedo
are Circles drann chro the midale ot every Cli- a Morion alivars Parallel ro ic selt  ses IC I
mate, dividins them into rrro halres, which are j ruarion: And as it Moresthus, alvays Keeps its
called Parallels.
PARALLELISM oE the FarthS Aris, is the mored donnso lo, as Mal l Is qu et Il Sollen
Farchs keepins irs Axis in its Annual Reroluri-
wichin che Lcss oF theatisle, and is come tolic
on round che Sun, in a Polirion alivars Parallet in the Siruarion P B: Tis plain, this Line A V,
Eo iEs (elF, which ic doch nearty buc nor exactly;
For tho che Difference De insensible in one YCar
wil by is Morion domatas an describec
the Ouadrilareral Figure AD BF. AIIC ds HB
Or. Gresory in his. Astronomy Cairt, Ie becomes its Descene, che Line AD continually curs che
sensible enough in many YCaES.
This Parallelism he Mews ro De the necelsary
relult ot the tvo Norions oF the Fartt, char is
round ies Axis, and its Annual one, and thac
rhere necds nothird Motion be feigned ro explain
it de accoume soc ic. Loc 30 che taciti moves
alls decreale, aschole et che latrec te lb do.
creaseo
those Lines; the Diurnal Rerolution ot etie L artt
andtheretore Il M DC atWassclame, 2. c. al
PARALLELOCKAM in Geometry; is a llighe
The Formation, or Generation os al Paralle loeraM
Id Kiehe Line, as A D, havins one OF itS Fnds
et Points in the Top (Or Verrex A) oFche Angle
E A B, be Lapocu 1o more donnvards, wict
Paid end A I the Line AH; eIl at laIt I DC
Line AB, Co ir Will describe allo on cach side ot
AB che uvo equal Priangles A D B and A F B
The Parts ot che Former oF wtich, do concinu.