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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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he erodicat Pimes os the dalellires os SaTUr, ac.
cordins t0 Mr. Cactini, are os ihe
is almost 30 of ours, buc che lensch ot his DaY 15
vec uncerra oecaue c  et us lerol
judges cherare noclonger chan ne Dass I fupiter.
Thac great Actronomer luppoled che AXis ot Sa-
turn eo De Perpenacutat W etre Plane OL hiS RI,
and ot che Orbus ot ehe saletles. At (0, chen
and Lleat ill be chere 90 times lels. SaturnS YCaF
ay5.
FIOurS. MInuTeS.
round tus AAIS iS nOE Vec KnOWM: BuL IMI. Lens
First
Second
Thied
Fourrh
Fitch
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SATVRN: The Proponion OE che BodY OL
Saturn eo our Earch, is aS abOuL 3OFOI.
The Periodical Time oF SaturnS Rerolution a-
there will be che lame Polition ot che lquator ana
Poles, (aS ED FHC FIXE SCaES) ad ele l  OU
bour che Sun, is in che space oF 30 Years or 10950 OF ehis Plater; and as great a diversiey of Sum-
D2γ5.
The Semidiameter OF Saturns Orbic, is almost
ten times as great as chac ot che Magnus Orbis, and
theretore is ot Englim Miles, 946969690.
Accordins cOWF. Cassini, SatunS greatest Di-
Rance From che FartH i5 244330, his mean Di-
Aance 210000, and his Least Distance 175670 Sc-
midiamerers ot che Larth.
MIr. Ffugens Found che Inclination oF che Rins oF
Saturn co che Feliprick, to bc an Ansle OF 3L DC-
SICeS.
all, and che lonsest C are a). Aa
the eruo Frigid Zones. ill be each ot them 62 gF.
broad, at least r0 rimes a5 large as che Whole SUIE-
MIE. AZOut aNerES, Thac the remore Distance OE FaCC OF OuF Farth. Lhe Lve thus placcd, Will DC
Satun From che sun doch noc hinder buc chac there
is Lighr enoush ro see clear chere, and more chan
in our Farth in Cloudy Weather.
In an Obserration wtrich Cassini made Zune 19
1692, OF a precile Conjunction becween a Fixt
able to alce hote et ee lcaltels bul fuptet,
which will appear alass l accals ene a
and never ro DC HOM MM abOrC 57 SI. LHC Ld-
rallax ot chesun in Saturn; is bul 9, ald hete-
tore Insensible; bur che Parallaxes bL all uIS MOOHIS
Scar, and one ot saturns Sarellites, he laich, Phac or Sarellices, are very considerable, and cheretore
THac wvich his 39 Foor Clals, he could plainly sec
the Madon oE SaturnSCilobe to be in pare oralupon
che hinder part ofhis Rins. Jhe Diameter ol Sa-
run ac cherime ot this Obserrarion, appeared 10
be 15 Seconds.
The Diamerer oF Saturn to rhac oF his Rins is
254109.
And che Diameter oF che Rins (een trom che
Sun, would be buc 501. and cheretore the Diame.
ter oF Saturn Peen trom chence would DC bUE TFI.
as ME. Flamstead Found by meaturins ic. BuE MF.
cheir Distarces trom him will be casils computa-
blC.
Buc irtac an Fye placed in Saturn would most
admire, is che Ring oE chac Planer; the only chins
e
2Ib. 4. P. 586, dIa ateT MIII CaPL. LLalley IN HIIS
ales Variacion, Pbil. Trans. N 195, do suppose
our Barth may De Comspered ot sevetat Crusts ot
Shells one wichin anditet, an cetat locac
Nemron chinks ic oustr rarher to be accounred buc ocher. And il (0, then ris possible che lins ot Sa-
25 10 Or 9. because he suppoles che Globe ot cun may be che fragmene or remaining Ruins of
Saturn eo be a licele dilared by che unequal RC.
Fransibilir oF LignE.
his Formerty exterior SHell, ihe ret ol lntieh is
Capr. Halley, in his Pxetace 1o the Catalogue nec. And il Saturn ever tad such a Stell round
oF the Souchern ScarS, Cays, IIe Found Saturn t0
more Porver chan che Altronomical Pables repre.
Pene him.
The Vistance oF Satun From the Sun, is abour
Forimes a5 ercar a5 thar ot our Farch tromhum;
and cheretore chac Planer will noc hare above the
10och parr ot che Intuence, ot che sun which wve
hare; and consequenetr cannor be Flabicable by
Tuch Creatures as Lire on our Globe, untels chere
ic, its Diameter vould chen have appeared as bis
E0 an Frc ac the Sut, 25 lal C fapiter doch nO,
be some untenoun vas ot communicatins FICat 10 rhere is à Z oHe oF almost 53 broad toward cithet
him.
Dr. Gresory, in his Astronomy, makes che Semi-
diameter oF ehe Rine oF Saturn to thar oF the Pla-
nec, 25 22 10 r. and che Incerstice berween rhe and fouech; ane Wwhen he is come wichin one De-
Planet aril che Ring, is che Breadch of che sree of the Pble, even the fitth Sarellite CannOr be
Rins.
Hon he Rins oF saturn will appear in all parrs neicher, Sun, MoOn, or any Planee, Will be chere
oE che Orbir oF the Planet, r0 an Pye placed ae the
EUn, OF AE thC Parrh, the Came LCarried AArONO
mer ens in his estron. Phy. C5 Ceometr. Lib. IV.
PrOP. 69, 70.
TE an FyC vere placed in Saturn, the Diamerer  the Equator, nor any onc ofthe Satellites; becaule
oFthe Sun vould appear 10 rimes lesschan ic doch che Rins will alvars hide chem; and chen at chie
eous almost; und conteguents, his Dist, Lieticl Eguinores it cannoi lee chedun; and il it vete ans
WHere
Ldrch: Lhe lame Lose stat aa CHC FIAL STaES
will appear co Rile and Sec atter che Came man-
ner, in che lame Lacicudes. There is a vast Ine-
qualier in che Lensch ot che Day in sereral parts
mer and inter; Which depends on che Ouarciry
OE che Trictnarion oF che Plane oF the RquatOr, 10
che Plare oF the Orbit oF Saturn round che SuM;
ertich Fusens makes to be 31 P egr. wrtrich is al-
most; more chan in our l’arth; wtere vet che
differences and raltets ot Scalons and Weacher are
very sentible. For in Saturn, in che Lacitude oF
50 DCgr. the longest Day will hare no Nighe ac
OE chat nature chat is discorered in any ot thePla-
Enguier into ille Causes ot Variarion olche lec.
HetS. Tho. Repler inhis Epirome astron. Copern.
broken ana tasten domnupon ihe boas o cPla-
Sinice chC burward Mlarsin oF che Rine is distane
From Saturi L = OF SaturnS Semidiameter, this Can-
noc be seen al ise distance of 64 Degr. trom sa-
turns Lqua (in whose Planethe Rins is placea)
Theretore a Spectaror placed in a LatituIdC HISHCL
chan chat, can never sec the Rins at all; lO CnaL
Pole, 10 utiom chis famous Rins cal Heret apal.
And 25 che SDeclaror Mali more nearer rhe Pole,
Airstone, chenthe second Sacellice, nel ie cta
scen, untels by Betraction; and inthe We-CC,
visible, uittets perhaps a Comet.
Htthe Eye be suppoled ro beplaced in che Equa-
cor  Saturn, Or in che Zone nearly adjoinins, ic
can never sec those Scars chat are in OF Very neax
Wrhen seen From chence.