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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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PINODEDO, che lame Wiet Adeps, or ctie ( Zodiack, beins a Constellarion consistins oF 35
the Fat ot Animals. Sec Adeps.
PINHONI, in a Warch, is That lesset WVheC
Wwhich plays in etie Teerh of anocher. Ies NNOr.
ches (which are commonly 4, 5, 6, 8, (9c.) are
called Leares, and nOE Feeth, a5 in Ortier
irhecls.
PINTON OF Report, is thac Pinion in a WV acchi
tvhich is commonty fixed on che ArbOr OF the
Great Wheel, and in old Warctes uled eo have
commonty but tour Lcares; ic drirech che Dial
WBeel, and carrieth about the Fand.
The Ouotient or Number oE Purns ro be laie
upon the Pinion of Repore, is Found by chis- PrO-
porrion; as the Bears in one Tuen of the Creat
Wtcet, 10 che Bears in an FTour: S0 are the
FTours oF che Face oF the ClOCk, (viZ. T2 OF24.)
to the Ouorient of the ITour Whecl, or Dial
Wheel, dirided by che Pinion of Report, i. c. the
Number oE Turns wrhich ihe Pinion of Repor
hath in one Turnot che Dial Whecl: chatis, i1
TumberS,
26928 : 20196.312. 9.
e Lallltlalo.
AScheFTours of the Warchs goins, arero the
Numbers ol the Turns of che Fuly:: (0 are the
Hours oC che Face, r0 che Ouorient oF che Pinic
Ot Report.
IF che HOurS be 12, chen 16 a 12:: 125: 17
Butit 24, che Proporrion is 16 : 12:: 24:18
N. P. This Rule may servero lay che vinio
os Reporr on ans ortier Wrheel, hus:
ASche Beats in one Furn OF any WHcel Eoche
Beacs in an Llour: : S0 are che LTOurs 0
the Facc, or Dial Plate oF che Warch, r
the Ouorient oF che Dial Wheel diridéo
by che Pinion os Report sixed on che Sxin
ale ot che atorelaid Wrteel.
STaFS.
PTSCES Meridianus, 2 Soucherm Constellaci.
ons containine r2 STaES.
PITDITA; vid: Phlegma
PITDITARIA Clandula, vid. Glandula Pi.
tuitaria
PTEYROIDES, a Sectine in che Vrine like
Bran. Blanchard.
PEACARD, is a License whereby a Mat is
permicred ro MooE in a Cum, or usc Vnlawful
Games.
DLACE, is ThaE parE OF Space irtrich any B0
dy cakes up; and ivith relation to Space is cither
absolure or relatire. ASMIE. Lock OblerreS,
PLACF al(Ois SOmetimes TaKEN FOF ThAE POF
tion of Infinire Space, wwhich is possessed by, ane
comprehended wichin the Marerial NVorld; and
Which is thereby distinguisted from the rest ot
the Expansion.
PLACF is ulualls distinguihed inro Internat
elace, Which properls spcakins, is chat parr ot
Space irhich ani Body takes up or slIS; and
Fxternal Place, wotich according ro Aristorle, ic
Decermined by che Surtaces or Contines oF the
Adjoinins or Ambient Bodies: Bur ic is betier
dirided into Absolure, Which is che Former Inter-
nat Place; and into Relative Place, which is thre
Apparent Secundary or Sensible Position ot any
Bodr, accordine to the Derermination ot our
Senles, wrich respect ro octer Conrisuons or Ad-
joinins Bodies.
PLACF of Arms, vhen raten in the Cene
ral, is a Arons Cis irtich is pirch d upon FOr
the Masarine oE an Army. Buc2
PLACF in Forrification ulually signities che
Body of a Forrrels. And 2
PTACE of Arms in a Garison, 15 a large 0-
pen Spor oE Ground in che middle of che Ciry
Where che sreat Scrcets meet, else berween che
Ramparrs and the Houles, For the Carrison 10
Renderrous in, upon any Tudden Alarm, OF O-
ther Occation. And che
PLACF os Arms of a French, or of an Atack.
is a Post near iE, Pelter d by a Parapet Ot Lpaule
ment, For Florse and FoDrro be at cheir ArmS
10 makce 800d the Frenches against the Sallies ol
PTNNIA Auris is the upper and broader parE the Enemr. These Places ot Arms are some
OF che Far, called che Wins.
PINNTATA Folia, in BocanY, are such L cares
ot Plants as are deeply jagged, cui, or indented
in, and wrhich. hare cheir Pars relemblins fiea
therS.
PIONFEKS, Signities Such Labourers as arc
taken up Forhuse ot an Army, to cast ux Tren-
ches, and undermine FOEIS.
PIPE, in Latr, is a Roll in the Fxchequer, 0-
cherbrise called the Creat Roll. 1 Sec Clerke of the
Pipe.
PITETASOE Pithites, Wich Come Wricers, is
thre Name of a Comet resembling cheform ot 2
times corered br a Rideau or Rising Ground, or
else br a Cavin or Decp Valler, Wrhich Pares che
trouble ot Forrifvins them by means oE Paca-
Pers, Fascines, Cabions, (9c. They are alvays
Open in the Rear, Fortheir betrer Communication
wich theCamp. Whenche Prenchis carried on
25 tar as to the Glacis, cher make ic very ide
chac it may serre for a Place oF Arms. AIO
the
PLACEos Arms os a Camp, is a spacions piece
ot Cround at che Fead oF the Camp, ro draw
out che Army in Order ot Batrle. Bucche
PLACE of Arms oF a TroOP OF HIOrlC, OF OF2
Tub; of thelechereare dirers Rinds, viz. Some Companr oF Foor in the Camp, is char Spor OF
OF an Oval Figure, others like a Tun or Barrel Cround on whichthe Proops or Companr dravis
ser Perpendicular, and lome likze one inclined, Or Oue.
CuF MOrF OH; ochers havins a Flairr Train Or
BuM, (90-
PLACE Geomerrick, is a certain Bound ox LX-
cene wherein any Poine may serre For the Soluci-
PIAXLES in a Ship, are chole llooks by on oE a Local or Indetermined Problem. AII. che
erhich the Rudder hangstorhe Scern- Post.a
PIN. Whecl. Sec Strikine-WWheel
e
Poines oF a Geometrick Place, have chelame Re-
lalionro che Pointe Oi uhe Riehe Line cortelpon
etdestid; is he e mellei are talt die ntos cie dene aereanitoi a
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