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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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Wvhere else placed, it conid nor then sec rhe Rin;
because neicher oEus Faces will chen appede illumi-
taced by the Sun.
The Breadch oF chis Ring eis hard eo decermine
From out Farch, because iEs Lhicknels is (0 (maH;
Buc ME. Fusens mates ic v be about sx bundred
German Miles.
For One haIF OE SaturnS TCar, (∞1Z. 15 ZCarS
OE Ours) onty onc Face oF che Rins vrill Be en-
Sighrened by che Sun: Whenice che Intabicanes
ertrich mar be supposedto Live in char Flemisphere
to Which chis Face oE che Kins is Turned, Or 10
votiom ir is Summer, ill sec thac part oF che Rine
erhich is abore cheir PTorizon, Chinine Faineiy Bi
Dar, (25 our Moon doch whenthe Sun is above
Our FTOrizon) buc brishuer and Aronset by Nighc
a5 our Moon doch in the suns absence: And nF
Tet Sun. Per, the Fastern pare of chis enlighrenee
Arch Will Fall Wvictin che Stradon of Sarurn; Which
Stade Will ascend as Nighe comes on, and 2E Mid-
riche Wwill be at chehiehest; and chen will descend
asaIn EOrardS hC WV CHCEn PaEE OF che Rin9, ac
cordins a5 che Sun comes. more and more, 10 the
Ealevard.
This entighrened Ark will alvars Mew hoW
to describe a Meridian Line; For a Plane perpendi
cular to che Florizon, and palting choroush che
VerteZ OF che ACH, Wvill be in che crue Meri
dia1.
Fo an Fiye placed any vohere ithoue, and au
lels chan 52 distance From the Equator, this en
listirened Ark OF ehe Ring ill appear C’oncave AS
vell as Conrex, like a kind of Furnace or Vaule
riline abore the HIorizon: BUE tO an FYC AE more
than 52I, and lels chan 64 Degrees distant from rhe
Rquator, che hollon or concare Pate Will nOc BC
vilible; buc chere will appear a brishrism Body
arisins as it rere out oF thie Cround, aud contisu
OuSeo che FTOrIZON.
Fior ehe octer halF oF SaturnS Year, While che
Sun declines corvards the depresed P’ole, or durine
ehic r5 Vears Wincer, che Kins ill nor be visible
a5 havine noc that Face Tlluminated wtrich is ob
verted to the Spectators Liye; buc hoverer, vill
render it selt sensible, by corerins trom che Sigtc
SuCH ScarS and ParES OF the FICaVeNS aS arC OpVO
REC EO IC, Or apparency behind it. The Strace ot
ehe Rins also will be extended more ind more ro
Wards the nearer Pole; (0 thac co an Fve placed
ary wvtrere wichin the atorelaid space, the Sun
erhen he accains such a certain Declination, wril
appear to be corered or cclipsed just at WVoor, and
then ATaIE EO CMerSC OUL OF the StracioW. The
next Das, che litre Phenomenon will happen, buc
che Eelipse ill berin Cooner, and will be over la
cer: And chese Meridian Fcliples wvil daisy en-
crease in their durarion, uneil che midale ot Win-
Fer; and chers cher will decreale again gradeallr,
eiII ac last they will come ro nochins again; viz
When ehe sun returnins From che Fropick, hath
che Came Declination as le had when chele Meri-
dional Fclipses began.
And chis vill happen, il(aus ese d placed in
aty Tarience oreater Chan 25 OF 26 DegreeS; BuF
And trom hence ris plain, chac chere is ce
Sreares ditterenee berrreen Summer and WV MMeT M
the CloDe oE Saturn, oF aIL IC Oet FTalIS; ae
this boch on the acconne ot the lons duration ot
Cach, and che great declination of the Sun trom
the Fiquator; and a l(o, by realon oE chese Meridional
Dartenesses in the Wincer, arising frote M MMO
Fcliplins che Sun. Gresor. Astr. Phy.  Ceom. Lib. 6.
Prop. 6. p, 480.
SAOSAOE, is a long piece oF Cloch, the sides
Whereot are seved in form of a GuF, a5 large a5
to concaim a Fennis- BaII. Tris dipe in Ditch Or
Tar, and Eilled wich Ponder, on purpose eo serre
25 2 Train eo set Fire 10 Mines, Fougades, Or
Bomb. Chests. Tuvo oE chele Saucidses are com-
monly applicd t0 everr Minc, r0 chC end chat it
one hould Fais, rlre octer mar take CACCE.
SADCISSOHS, are a TOrE OF FaGGOES made cE
orcat Boushs of Trees bound cogether in he mid
ale and ac Boch ends. Pheir use is ueh che same
virh the Barins Or (maII FagGOES, viz. cd consoli
dare the Way FOr Carriages; to mate Praverses
Or Parapers in Dirches Full oF WVater, (8C.
SAVER default, in LdWr, is Word for Wordco
excuse a Desalt in Courr, comes alterwards ane
alledses a g00d Cause wrty he did ic, 25 Imprison-
mene dc rhe lame rime, or fuch likc.
SEALADOE, is the mountino OF the XV aII OF a
Forrity d Joun or Castle, ich Scalins Lad
derS.
SCALE, in MathemarickS, Agnihes any Mea-
Tures or Numbers Whichare commont uled; Or
the degrees ot anx Aek OF a Circle, or oF lucH
riphe Lines as are divided from thence; such 25
Sines, Tancents, Chords, Secants, ecc. draWn OF
plorred donn upon a Ruler, For ready Dse and
Practice in Geometrical or orher Marhemarical O-
peracions. The sereral kinds ot whieh tollon, 25
T. Scales of Equal Parrs; OF Which, FhaE COm
monir calld, a Plane Scale, is made by dravine
any righe Linc, 25 a Z On Paper, Pastboard, Xc.
Then vich a Pair ot Diridins Compasses run alons
20 Imall Diritions From a tob; and chen sectins
ot che whole Dirision a b; 25 otten a5 vou pleale,
conasdsche Riehc hand, as vou sec
10
For then may each oF thele GreaL DirisIOnS FC-
present 10 Miles, as in a Scale oF Miles in a MaP:
and consequenes cach ot che smaller Dirisions one
Mtile: Or the distance a b may be an Tach, and
the sesser Dirisions will De roch parrs of Inehes:
Or che larger Dirisions mas be Leagues at Sea,
(5c. Or, in a word, this Scale may well enough
represent anx Meatures or Numbers whacloerer,
Whole Parts are equal one to anorher. But chis is
more accurately indeed done by a
Dinsonal Scale, Which che larger Dirisions oF,
are commonly ot an Inch, Or OF hals an tueh; and
it in a Lacitude lels chan chis, When the Meridian are made upon eleren Lines, (0 as co include ten
Darkness is ot che greacest durarion, the Sun Wviii
equal Spaces, (a5 in the Figure B) wrhich are aII
suddenly appear just in the Meridian, and then cur ac righe Anglesto che Tranlverle Lines PR.
SraitaY Will bC FCIIICa adIII. LHIC HCKCSaY.
Then P K beine divided into 20 equal PAFES, 25
there ill appear the litce Porr of Lighe, bur ir will alo RI; and from che poines oF Dirition upon
talt lonser; and chis Meridian LishE erill GrOW Ihe Linc PK, eothole on the Line R L, are 10
ill longerand longer in duration, eill Midvinter, Diagonals dravn; the eA beginnins ac P, and
and then (like the Dartenels abore mentioned) it
endins ac the rs Dirision abore R. The Second
nisl be concinualls decrealine, uncil ic quice dilax. lexinrins ac chc 1A Disition above P, aud eneine
Beac.