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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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vich C. D. bCaaca  ce tallo ad
into Fire; and beins made a DCICHBCHC, DC LHO
ved alone the Dirigent C D, eill ic come ac lat
cothe Lind ot ic, and Aand in che Postion BD
the Rectanele A D Wvill by ehis means be divi
ded into as manr livele Rectangles as the Onites
boch in the Describent and Dirigene Line wil
produce, by beins mulciplied one by anocher,
Thac i5 15; For 3 cimes 5 i5 15. And chis is
erhac is called à Rectanele made betmeen any
vo Lines, or the Product arisins trom che
Paris ol che one mulciplied by che Parrs ol ce
ocher.
And ehiis B utually in ihe Larin Pons C
criple ro a Prramid oF che lame Base and Hleighe
as is demonstrated under Proportion of Solids:
wrhict sec.
PARALLFLOPLEDRON, a Word used D
Tome Ceometricians For an impertect Parallelo
eram, or kind oE Traperium, havins unequa
angles and Sides, ver nor all so, in regard cha
aE Least lome of them ansiver one to anocher
observins a cerrain Regularier and Proporrior
OF Parallels; (0 char cher, do noc extend se
largely as Traperiums, wrhich are any Trregula
Four sided Fisures; neverthelels, like them, they
are capable os beins rariousty diversity d.
PARALOOISM, is a prerended Demonstra
tion or Mechod ot Arguins, buc Wrhich is in re
PAKHLAIO che casser, 15 an entire L O(5O1
roluntary Morion, or Sense, or boch, cither in
all che Body, Or only in Lome PAKE. IF Comes
by cicher an Obstruction, Obscission, Concusion
Or pressing of the Nerres, or by an Indisposition
or ill Contormits oE che Muscles. Blanchard
PARAMESIS, is che nexr Finger ro chC
Midele one, called ihe Rins. Fnger.
PARAMETER, by ComC, as Mydorgius and
Oihers, called the Latus Rectum OF, a Parabola-
15 a Third Proporrional to the Abscissa and any
Ordinate: S0 Fhat che Square ot the Ordinare is
alvars equal co che Rectansle under che Para-
meter and Abscissa. See che Demonttrarion un
dex Parabola.
This WVord Parameter, OE Latus Rectum, 1S
also used a5 ro the Ellipse and CIrperbola; buc
in chole ic hach anocher Proporrion, as you will
Pressd by the Verb aucere, wotrich senities ro And under those Words.
lead oe suide alone. As, for Instance, IF the
Line A C vere eo multiply C D, cher vould,
Car in that Languase, Duc A C in CD; thac
15, sec vour Line A C pespendicular 20 C D
and then Keeping ir alvays in that Posrion, lead
or guide ic alons rill ir comestothe EndotCD
and ic wvill by ies Morion have formed che
Rectangle AD: and by iEs ThECC PAFES, the
25 licrle ones wichin ic. And cheretore in La-
in Machematical Books the Product vould. bc
chus expressed, AC ducta in C D = 15.
And trom hence ris plain, charche Produet ot
anx cvo Numbers is equal to a Rectangular Pe
rallelorram, miade out oF the Musriplicand and che
Multiplicator, or out oF the cvo Factors, ascher
are called by Lome Wrirers; thac is, a Rectan
sle ivhose cro Sides are divided into as man
Pacis as chere qre Dnices in Boch Lacto1o.n
PALALLLLOORAM, is also an Instmimene
Made OF Eve Rulers OF BTaIS Or Wood, wich
Sockersto Aide or set to anr Proporrion, used ro
entarge or diministr anx Map or Draushie, cither
an Forrification, Building, or Survering, 590.
PARALLELOORAM Protractor, is 2 Semi-
circle oE BraIS, With tour Rulers, in form of a
PARAMOONT, in our LaW, Signites the
Supream Lord of che Fec: For chere may bc 2
Tenant ro a Lord, chat holderh over ot anocher
Lord; the Former ot which is called Lord Mesne
and che second Lord Paramount. And a Lor
Paramount consistech onlr in Comparison, a5 one
Nan may be great, beins compared ro a less
and licole, beins compared vrich a greater. S0
thac none simply scemeth eo De Lord Paramount
buc onty che Kins, who is Patron Paramount 10
all ihe Benetices in England.
PARAPEI, in Forrisication, is an Flevariom
OE Farch and Stone uxon che Rampare, behinc
irhich ihe Soldiers Hand secure From ehe Fne-
mies Creac and Sinall Shor, and where the C an-
non is planted For the Detence ot the. FOWn OB
FOrrre(s. Lverr Parapet havins its Embrasures
and Mertons, is about, six Foor high on che side
oF the Place; and Erom Four ro Fire on thaero-
rard che Counerr. So thac this Disference ol
Hciohes Forms a kind os Glacis abore, tron
Wrhence che Mustreceers mountins etie Banquet
OE che Parapet, may casils sire into the MOaLS,
or ac least uxon the Counterscarp. Ir OughE al
(0r0 DC From r8 t0 20 Foor chick, is made ot
Parrh; ard trom S eo 8 iF oF Stone. ThC FarEII
is much berter chan Scone, because Sione Wvill
Paralleloeram, made to move ro an Angle; one Ay ro pieces wrhen barrered, and do mischiel.
OE wrhich Rulers is an Index, which Merrs on
the Semi-circle the Ouanciy oF any inard Or
ourward Angle.
PAKALLLLOPTPED, is a Solid Fivure COn-
cained under Six Parallelosrams, che Oppotites
oE ertrichare equal and parallel; or ris a Prism.
This Word Parapet is also sivenro any Line
thar corers Men From che hinemies Fire: S0
chere are Paraxets oF Barrels, OE Cabions, OF
Bago filled wwich Barct, (90.
PARAPFANALIA, Ors accordirie ro the Ci-
vil Lar, Paraphernalia, are those G0ods erhich
A Y
Nie
H IIC LIne A C, Randine ae Righe Ansle
alics Lanacous and False.
potiose Bale is a Pacalletoram. Lo s atato) a Wiles vetales her Dover oc Gointure, is allet