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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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L. Sec Rabinet.
RABBE L FINC in a Ship, is thre lerring in
OFhet Planks cortre Reel etrich in ete Rake and Run
ot ehie Strip, is halloved alvaz, hac che Plantis
tar Porne che Better and Cloler, and chistiallov-
ins arvar, is called the Rabber otrtie Rccl.
RABBOTDES, thic same that Sutura sagittalis.
the best acconne, that e hare erer had, ofthe C ause
oF che Various Colours oF che Rainbor, and che
Solutionostheir serera l Phaenomena Fle rellsusthere
charche Ingenious Des Cartes Wvas rhe tirst, thatb
applino Machematickstoards the Investication ot
this Surprisine Appearance, ever sare a Theory0
the tris: And he found che Laus ot Refraction
RABITNET, a Cor oF Ordnance, Wwhole Diame wrhich che Lucid Kays sutter in passine chro an
ter ac the Bore is 1 = Inches, Weistr 300 Pound, Diaphanous Bodies: And clearty demonstrared chie
Lengch s Foor, Load Z oFa Pound, MorComethins Primay Tris to be only the SunsImase, reflected from
more chan an Inch and a quarrer Diameter, and = the Concave surfaces, of an Innumerable Ouantity o)
a Pound Weighc.
small sphericat drops of falline Rain: Wich this ne-
RACTTITA, and Rhachiai, are Mulcles belong- cessary circumstance, that those Rays, which fell on
ins to the Back; So called by some Forreign Ana- the Obiects, Parallet 1o each other, sould not after
romists, and leem ro beche lame wirh wrhar we call one Restection, and tuo Refractions, (Viz. At soine
Semispinati.
RACHITIS Scc Rhechitis.
into the drop, and comins out azain) be dispersed, o
or made to Diveree, but come back acain also to the
RADIM. S Internus C Externus, are Mascles OF FyC, parallel to each other.
the Wrist, che one serres ro bend ir, and rhe orhex
toextend ir. Blanchard.
Ele seed also, thac the Colours, in the R ayS OF
Lighr vere Produced by chose Retractions, as they
RADIATIOD, signites che casting Forth of are by pastins chrough a Triangular Clals Prilm
BeaS, OF Rays oF Lighe; and in Opricks, ic is
consideredas threetold, viz. Direct, Restected, and
Refracted. Sce Ra
The Secondary Tris, he suppoles produced by chose
Rays ofche Sun, wrhich Fall more Obliquelr, bur
atter the same manner as before, onty in these
EADTCAL Moisture, is a Ferm uled bY Come, For chere is tvo ReRections Betore the Suns RayS re-
the Fundamental Juice oF che Body, Which chey
Wvill hare ro Nourist and Preserre the Nacuralheat
25 the OyI in a Lamp Preserres and Fccds the
Flame. Blabenard.
Fracted a secondtime, and cendins tow ards the Fye
in a parallel Polition, can set out from the Aqueous
Globules. The Magnitude oF the Tris, he inatres
ro depend on che degree ot Refraction; which is
RADLCLE, a Word used br Boranists, 10 de- disserent, in diterent LiguOrS, OF Transparent
noce that Part OF che Sced oF a Plane, which upon Colids: Bur supposins the R ario oF the sines of Inci
its regeration becomes irs Roor: This in C’ornis dence, ro thole of the Retracted Angles, to be in
chat which Malsters upon ics oorins Forth, Call che Nater 25 :: 250. t0 r87 he derermined chence the
Comc. Tis noc cahly xo be discerned in manz Sccds, Semidiamerer ot the Tris, neac enourh e0 Ob
by chenatced Eyc: burin thac of Fenugreek, ris as serrarion, viz. ThePrimary one tobe A1 Degrees
25bis a5 one oF cheLobes: And in theCarden bean 30 Minures, and che secondary one t0 bC sI DC-
ic appeares vifible on the Seperation oF the COatS,
it is OFa Whire Colour, more glony chanthe Mairi
Erees 54 Minures, Sceche B chap. OE hIS NI CFCOTS.
MIr. FTalley Obserres, that Des Carres using only a
Body, and stands at the grearer find wichour che Tenracire and Indireet Mechod, in dererminins his
Lobes: Theretore chis End in serrins Sceds, Mould, Ansles, scems nor r0 understand che calinels oF (0)-
alvars be placed lovermost.
RADIOS, in Ccometry, is che Semi-diametet
or halt. che Diamerer ot a Circle: Ece under che
Nord Circle.
rins his oun Problem
Wrherelore Because harely any one hath written
vell on this Subject since Des C’artes, he seus vou
there hon co derermine the Angle by Wwhich theTris
RADIOS, is che lels Bone oF che Cubit, called is distant trom che opposice Point oF the Sun, andthe
Focile minus, it is more oblique than chesreat Bonc,
called Vna. and is distane a licele From ic in the
Rario ol elie Letraction being siren Greometrica
Iy, Or vice versa che Tris beins siven, to determine
midale, where there occurs, a Imai Lisament a- the Retractire Porver ot the Liguor.
bore che Vlna, Which receires the Radius, and belon
And sirst he Paich, Ie is plain from Des Carres s
the Radius receires ir. The upper part oFthe Ra- Demonstrations, Thac che Primarr Tris is made by
dius is jornred wich che outmard Process ot the che Suns R2YS, Where the Fxcels OF he rWO KC
Aem by Diarthrosis (Which Ccc); che lover by ay tracted Angles abore cheone ot Incidence, is the
OE Appendix wwich che Wrist Bone, ac che Midale greatest portible.
Tinger. Ies upper endis (nalI, and chelover chict And the Secondary Tris is Formed by thole Raye
The crearer Bone ofthe Leg, alsois called Radius. Where the Fxcels of chrec Refracted Angles abore
Blanchard.
one ot Incidence, is allo che greatest possible.
RAGGDTED, ihe LICTataS And Thus VOU maY 5O On 1 3, 4, 5, OF6IrISS,
Leem TOF an) caimair, Lid. Xr.
Crols whose ouc Lines are OF e
Letcit.
Wrhich vill ali be formed where che Rays Emerse
Ont oF the Watery Cloud afrer 3, 4, 5, Or 6 R este-
ZiOnS; bur none burthe Second rill be ordinarils
visible in the Hlcarens, becauie the Rays OF che
Sun gro ac last very much atrenuated and Weak.
encd.
Nou it rou double chis createst possible Fxcels
Ot the letracted Angles abore chac ot Incidence,
HIe bearech Sable, a ss Hae
Suled Or, by chelame ot Stomay
This difters srom Indented, bC
cause chac is regular, and ehis is
noc lo, Buc Lacilee ragsed
RAIIBOW or Tris, thc verr Learned and In- (it che Number ot Reections be odd) ic wril sire
genious Machemarician, Mr. Fdward Falley,  aee Mllatice ot che lris trom rhe Poine oxpolite 10
Dilcourse de tride in Phil. Fransact. Hd 267, sires che Bu.