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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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stile, and Four Lines, are parallel. This chel
tore will be an Llorironcal Dy al 10 chose woholive
under hC Equator Or Line.
In a Direct Dolar Dyal, che Pour Lines must
be dravu al parallet co che Hour Line ot
Tvelre.
The Scyle may Le either a Rrait Pin set ux-
righE, Or a. WVyec made co lie parallet ro thC
Plane, and must Rand over che Hlour Line ot
Tvclre.
The Lenech oErhe Plane may be taten in any
Tnches, or Parrs ot Inches, reckonins che Inch
e be divided ino 10, Or 100 Equal PaIIS.
Then Cor che Heisht os obe Seyte; Cas,
As the FansenE OF the FTOUF-Line 4 Ox S, is
roche Locarictm os cheir Distance from cheMe
ridian in lnches and ParIS,
S0 is he Radius, 2orhe Heixht os cbe S1yle ir
Inches and PAHIS.
Forche Hour- Lines; Ca5,
Asche Kadius is E0 che LoParietm OL he Siyles
Hei ght, in Parts OF Inches.
So is the FAnGCHE OF anY FTour.Line, 10 the
Logarictm of che Distance chereot Fromche Me-
ridiar Linc.
Fxample.
Suppole pour Polar Dlane be 12 Tnches lone
and it be required co put on all che LTour-Linc
trom 7 in che Mormins unto 5 in che AEteF
nOOn.
Elere rou have 5 FTours and 6 Tnches on ei
ther side oF etic Meridian; and betore vou
ork che Operation, the LTours and Inchesmust
be reduced intO DeorCCS OF PatES, allovins FOL
everr Ilour or InchLS Deorees, Or 100 Parts, (0
You I HaVe 75L Desrces and 600 PatS.
Then Sor he Scyles EeiB hE.
F0ihe Ar. C0. OF che Fangent 73 29,42805
=5 FTOurS.
Add che Losarictm ot itie Distance
trom che Meridian 600 POles 52. 77815.
Sum = ehe Logarichm of the Siyles 
2,20620
Feisht, LCF ParIS m
Thac is, + Inch, and sF parrs oF an Inct
For. che Pours Distance from ehe Meridian.
Fothe LOS. OF the Seyles Fei. 16F ptS. 2. 20620
Add che FanS. 15. (For rhe 1A FTOUr) 9. 42805.
Sum = Ractius = Logarictm OF
ihe TTourS Distance = 43 ParIs 5L. 63425C
Aster che Pame manner max ron tind che orhie
Ftours Distanees from ihe Meridian.
Then dra chem in a Table chus
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L0 Project ihe Dyal.
First, Drau on che Plane che Meridian Line
A B, which crols at RigHE Angles wich A .
che Equaror: Then trom c, che Incerlection ot
che Meridian and che Pquator, Pet OA thole Parts
Tromthe Table boch ways, and chro thele Points
atar Lines parallet to AB, Cor etie HTour-Linc
OF 12) thosC Mall bC che FTour. Lines required.
POTAR Projection, I5 a R eprelentation oEche
Farch, or oF che Flearens, Projected on che Plane
Ot one ot che Polar Circles.
POLARIEY, is che Propertr OF the Magnet
or ot a piece ot Oblons Tron rouchid bY a N25.
net, 10 point roward che Poles oF the WVorld.
POLE, in Meaturins, is tho same with Perch
Or Rod, Or a5 Lome caIl ir, LugS. By Our Scatute
LaWr, (Ann. 35 FliZ. C ap. 6.) chis Meature is 2
Lenoch oF 16 Feet and an halF, buc ir varies by
che Vlage oFlome Conneries; beins in some Pla
ces oF +8 Feet, Wrhich cher call Woodland Mea-
sure; in Tome places of 2Y Fcet, wwhich is called
Church Measure; (1. e. oF such Lands 25 did or
do belons r0 che Church) and in orhers ot 24
Feet, andthis is called Forrest Measure.
POLE in Machematicks, is a Poinc 90 De
orces distane trom the Planc oF ans Circle, and
in a Linc perpendicularty ercered in irs Centre 
erhich Line is called che Axis. And From chis
Polar Point max Circles be described on che
Globe or Sphere, as chey arc on the Plare From
cheir. Centre.