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Machine output: do not ingest it as verified text; keep this provenance with the text. # Wording rule: say "the machine reads it as …", never "Leibniz wrote". # After the first blank line: the recognised lines in reading order, one per line. led Cynosura) and is verr sCat ele exact NorrI Pole oF the WVorId. The rishe AICCMOn oF chis Pole Star For chis XCar 1700, I5 cLAOUIS 35 nti Hateso Scconds ot Time; and AIncreales e Mi tiulle 16 Scconds every 10 cars: Luretoreha- vins ac any cime chis Scars Righe Ascention, and son Suberact the laccertrom thetormer, (addins 24 Hours oe sm lcention otthe Pole star MerictaM. LiCM Llans up crro Serings ald Plum- POLE Scar, is a Scar in che Fait ot l Lir. Monsicude in che Fleavens i Pals, as the Foue instead ot the Scrines abore mentioned, rou ule the Sigtus of a g00d Circumterencer, or orher Surrerins Instrument. Sonle Lertons hare been miotes apero silla- Bine, Thar che Leishr or Fleration of che Pole and allo che Polirion of che Circtes ot the 110A ToEnd che Pole ol ary Cirele. Sec Sphericte Geometry. POLEMTCAL, is 2 Nord uled in Reterence EO ThaF ParE OF Theology Which relates rO COn trorersie; Wrhich because oF the WVarS, Tars, anet Squabbles chac ulualls arise abour Coneroverred POLICY os assurance, is a Form oF Securi cs, mentioned in 43 Fli Z. cap. 22 and 54; anc ratior, to any Person eo Inture che late Return Fouses against Fire; (0 chat if they are Burnr donn, they MaIL Be Rebuile ac che proper CharDC OF che InSUrerS; and tO InSUrE MenS Lires in Offices wtien cher hare paid preat Sums Forche same; or lattly, ro Inture to Perlons pay- ins Comuch Noney ac orce, or becomins constant Concriburors to che OscC Or SOcieEY OF ANU- rance, a Remainder ot (o much Moner attexthe Caid Conrritutor or Subscribers Deach. This vens in respect oEthose on the Parch, hath much Policr oF ANurance is under che Seal OF the OE changed and varied: BuE MIr. Cassini is doubr- Ace, and entictes the Perton Benchred by ic, r0 less rixte in his Aserrion, Thac there is no just ground For anx Tuch Surmile: And chac all che Difterence Which ve find non in che Lacicudes Ot Places, (3C. in respect oF the AnciCnE AC- connes, arises From the Former Obserrarions nor beins vell made; as indeed ve mar judse ther cannot harebeen, since ther had no such 500d Instrumenes eo do ic wrichal, a5 the Modern A. Aronomers have. makie sood his Claim accordins to ihe Penor ot chie Arcicles, or By-Lars osthac Societr ot which he was a Member. POLLDX, a fxd Scar in the Twins, oF itte Sccond Magnieude, Whose Longitude i5 108DC srees 47 Minures, Lacicude 6 Degrees 38 Mi- AUtCS. POLZACOOSTTCIS, aue InAnImenES COn erived to Multiply Sounds, 25 Mulciplrins. 5l2F Vec he thinles it very probable, thac chere ses or Polyscopes do Imases oF Objects. may be some litle Variarion in the FTeigAE ot che Pole, in one and che same place; bur chis noc exccedins uvo Minures, and wrhich vill in Process oF Time quice ranist, alcer tis arrived eo irs hishest Disterence. Vid. Memoires de Ma- themat. C de Physique, July 1693. POLE d a Class (in OptkS) is che chickes Partof a Convex, but chéchinnesc os a C’oncave Cilato, and iE cheClass be rruly ground, will bC tore is called, The Norrh Or errick Pole; the Ocher Southmard, whrich theretore is called, The South Oe Antartick olo proved, Thal n Boshat Bay, under che Pote, 15 25hoc. d5 deder rhe leguinoctial, when che Sun is Verrical cothem, or in their Zenich; bC- cause for all. che 24 Fours or chat Day undexthe Pole, the Suns Beams are inclined to the FIori- non ich an Angle oF 23 2 Degrees: WVhereas rnder the Eguinoctias, cho hebecome Verrical vet he Crinesno more chan F2 FTourS, and is ab lent (2 FTours: And belides, For Z FlOurs B Mi- mures oF That F2 FIours he is abore the FPorizor ehere, he is nor so much Flerared as under che ole siat Colure 23 DCor. 30 Minur. distane OL LIIC Poles as ehe orta; lb. Chete a ntabu POLPEDRON, che same wich Polyhes aron. POLXCON, a Term in Geomerer, sieritya ins in che general anr Figure of manr sides and Anoles; tho no Figure is called by chac Name, unlels ic have more than tour or hre Sides. And if all the Sides and Arisles be equal, chem ris called a Regular PolyGOn. FOr irs Superticial Content, lee Area. ete Bear, (a Constellarion of 7 Scars which is cal. Cireles do chro the Poles oE che Equator. the Rish Ascention ot che Sun Boch in rime) il Poines, is called Polemical Divinity. Wotren it is less than che Sun s) che Remainder allo in 14 Car. 2. Cap. 23, and siren by a certain ill De the Time when the Pole scar is in elle Sociers oE Men Formed inco a kind ot Corpo. mets berween che Pole Scar and vour Cye, and ol che Whole or ans pare ot a Ship; co Inture rou wilhare a true Moraan Linc, ertich ill be ot Beat ule ro rectitie a Clock o Narch And rou May Aind che MCan rers Hicely, il exactlr in e midase et iIs surtace: This is Lomerimes calleu, LeVerrex et ise Ca(S. POLES os ihe Worid, are evo Points in che AXis OF the Lquarc, Cac 90 PegrCes Distant From itS Plane, OIIC POLIHE NorrB, Which there. Whether any People lire direcet undet cl Pole Or noc, is a uection; DUC MIT. Falley. hach POLESOFrho Fcliprick are Poines in che Soisti- LVel) LdBEon La). De. atteleli iil ad Matea Frians les as ut hach Sides.