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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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PERPENDICOLAL _ Rishe Planc, is) if scen chro thac Plain, ic beins supposed as eran
utere a Plane, (likce a well made WV aII) inclines
and leans on one side no more chan ic doth on the
Othex.
PERPENDTCOZAR co a Parabola, is 2
Klighe Line curting the Parabola in the Poine in
sparene a5 Cla(So
Perspective is cither Speculative Ox Practseal.
Speculative Perspective, is che Rnovledee ot
wohich any sther Riche Line rouches ir, and the ReaIOnS OF thê diferenE AppearanCe OF Cer-
Which is allo ies self Perpendicular eorhac Tan
GCHE.
PERPETDAL Caustick. See Infernal Stone.
PERPETOIEY, a Term uled in Law, where
an Fctare is (o deligned ro be serrled in Tail, C9c.
thac it cannoc be undone or made void.
PER SE, a Term OF AeE ofren uled; 25 in LO-
siek, e Pay a Thins is considered Per se, Wvhem
tis raken in the ABCraCt, and Without Con
nexion wich ocherchines, wrhich vould contound
the Nocion, and hinder irs being clear.
In Chymistey a Thino is Caid eo be Distilled
Per se when iis wichout che ulual Addicaments
OF orher chines with it.
WVe Pay als02 Man pertorms any Action, O1
Fxecutes any Osfice per se, wvten he dorh ic him.
sels in Person, and HOEby a Depucy Or Substi
tute.
PEHSFOS, a Constellation in che Norcher
Flemisphere, consictins OF ZB STaES.
PFKSOHHL Verb, in Orammer, is one thad
is Declined, or Conjusated with all the Three
tain Objects, accordins ro the lereral Postions
Persons, and in boch Numbers; Whereas an
Impersonat Verb is only uled in the Third Perlon
Singular.
PEHSOLMOLE, in Lau, sienthes as much
as inabled ro maincain Plea in a Courr, chus:
The Detendant was judged Pertonably ro main
tain ihis Action. AIO the Tenant pleaded,
Thac che Wise was an Alien Bon in Porrusal
without che Legiance of the Rino; and Jude
ment was demanded, Whecher Me Mould BC
antvered: The Plaincis Caich, Shie Wvas mad
Personable by Partiament; thacis, a5 che Civili-
ans vould speate il, Habere personam standi in
judicio. Personable i5 al(0 25 much a5 r0 b
ven.
oF the liye char beholdsthem.
Practical Perspective, is the Mechod oF DclI
neatins thac wrtrich is apparent ro our Fyes, or
thac which our Onderstandins conceires in he
Forms chat e sec Objects.
PERSPEOTENE Lineal, is che Diminuriom
ot chose Lines in the Plan of a Picture, wrhich
are che Representations oF ocher Lines very re
mote.
PFRSPEOTIVE Aerial, is a Proporionable
Diminution ot che Peinrs and ColOurs OF a PI
cture, Wrhen che Objects are supposed to be re-
EY FCIOTC.
PFRSPECTIVE Military, is When the Fye
is suppoledro be infinicely remore tromche Pable
Ox Plain.
PFRSPTCVOOS, thac erhich is (o clear anc
transparene, as chac che Lixhemay be seen Frecty
thro ic. Sec Diaphanous.
PERSPIRATIOHI, a breachinq chrouet, as
Sivear chroush che Inrisible Pores ot cc
Bodr
PERTICA, 2 FOLE OF Comet, che lame rich
Vetu.
PESSARZ, is un Oblone Medicine, whict
beins made ot the Lenerh oF the Midale Fin
ser, is chruse up into che Neck oF che Womb,
and is 8ood asainist sererat Diseales incidene
EOIF.
PESSCLOS, ehie Came wich Passary.
PESSIS, che lame.
PESTILENTTAL Fever, is chac which docs
nor onty anict che Pariene wrich a bare Distem-
Per or Flear arisine From Purrefaction, (9c. bur
also rich a Malisnant and Venerous Oualier. IC
ditters trom iie Plague, 25 2 Species or Pore trom
ehie Cenus Ox Kind; Decause à Pestilence may
Cometimes happen Withour a Feaver.
PESTOLOIDES, ie a TOrT OF Vrine which
Seems to hare lictle Lcaves ox Scales in ie. Blan
chard.
PETALA, is a Term in Bocany, Benitvine
thole fine celoured Leares thac compose che
Eloivers oF alI PlaritS. And From hence Plants
are distingnised into Monopetalous, Wvhole
Florver is all in one continued Leate; and Tri-
petalous, and Pentaperalous, Wwten thie Flovet
Consists OF 3OP 5 Leares and Polypetalous etren
oF mariy, wirhour decermininu che Number.
PFTARD, in Forrification, is an Engine ot
Metal in che form oF an Fligh crownd FTac wicte
parron Brims, which beine Alled Wvith rery Ane
Powder, Wellbeaten, and hen sx d Wirh a Ma
runtine chroueh Flandles, Wtrich are roune
This Engine is From 7 20 8 Inches decp, and 3
PERSPECTIVE, Is ThaE PaTE OF che Ma- Broad acthe Mouti; che Diameter ac The BOE
NVeieHE OE the Whole NTaIS OF Meral isS FrOm 
lame manuer as ches uould appiegt 10 cllc hietic, l1o e0 Pounde, genetaliy requitines about 3 rouneto
ot Capacies eo cate ans chins granced or si
TLRSONAL, in Taw, when esjorndwich
the Sucttances, Thines, Co0as ex Chattels; 25
Thines Pesonat, Coods Personal, hattels Perso
nal; hemilles any moreable chine Betoa
Man, De it Ouick or Dead: Pstus, cher Cay
Thet Is an Vulantul Felomolls cakins away
anorHer Mans Moreable Personal G0Od5.
PLLESONAL Tythes, are Trrhes pat Ot luchi
Protus as come by the Labour ot  ManS Perton,
ad by Buring and Sellins, Cains or Melcnantule
and Flandierates, (9C. Sec Tythesu
PERSONALTEY, is an AbItracE OF Personal
Ehe Aetionis in che Personality, viz. Ir is broustu
aat che rixtic Person, or e LC asains
Wohom in Law ic lies.
PERSOHS ne Prebendaries ne seront charzée
as quinsim, ecc. i5 a WV eit charlies for Prebendaries, drier or Planik, bound fast down, wich Ropes
Or ocher Spiricual Persons, beins distrained by
LaZCS.
ns ot Objects on a plain superficies, alter che
the Shierif or Collectors of Fifreens, for ihe Fit- ehie Rim of the Mouch oF ic, ro brcak donn
reenchs oF cheir 600d5, or r0 be corrriburary 10Caces, Porr cullices, Drav. bride es, Bacriers, C3C
chematicks which gires Rules For the represent tom or Breech, is an Inch and a halF, and chc