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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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ruces, equal ro the suns Semidiannerer, and con-, cheretore chese Nays, er Pachs ol theSpors, beine
sequemly sensible erough. Thac ot Saturn, Will seen trem che sun in che Plane ot che Planetari
be Comething abore one Minure ar. d ar HXIF, (FMaF
Planet being 10 ties che Distanee oF the Parrh
trom the Sum;) and the FLOrizontal ParallaX OF
Mercury, viil lic alnost 50 Minures: And since
chese Parallazesare lutficienety sensible, the Dictan-
ces oF the Planetsmas be compared with che Sun:
Diamerer, and wrich one another.
5. F0 an Five thus placed all thC FIXF StarS and
Planers, will scem eo sevolvetrom Palero West, ir
the Space of 25 oF our Nacural Da75: The NOrrI
Pole oF which Reroturion, Will De in ThaE PArE Ol
ehe Flcaren, Wwhich ere (Intrabitanes oF che Cairhi)
call che Loch Deeree OE Pisces, Wieh 83 Or
84 Deorees oF North Laticude: Wheretore thc
Articl- Pole Scar Will bCac che 2d l lexure oF Draco
and erhich ill noc be abore 3 Degrees From the
Poic. TheSouch Pole Will be in 10 Dcorces ob
Vireo, Wich 83 Or 84 Desrees South Lati
cude, near a Scar of che Fourrh Magnicude, wtictu
in C ap. FtallezS Cacalogue, is in ene first Oax 0
the Argo. Navis.
6. The Planers thus seen trom che Sun, will ap
vear oF Ditserene Magnanitudes: For the Diame.
ter oF Saturn, Will Subrend chere buc an Arsle ob
18 Seconds: That OF Fupirer near 40 Scconds
THaEOF Mars buE B ECcOndS: THaTOFVenuS 28SC
conds: Andthe Dilmeter oF Mercury 20 Seconds
BuEMP. FIugens suppoles the Diameters of che Su
verior Planes will be much larger; a5 makin
Thac oF Fupiter, 10 subrend an Anole oF almos
54 Seconds; aud chac oF che Body ot Saturn wich.
ouchis Rins 27 Scconds.
7. OE chese six Planes chus movins round ch
Sun, chree will appear actended with their Satel
lices: OF Which, the Farth will have bue onc
avtrich is the MoOn; and wrho will appear ac che
Greatest distance, nor ro be trom ehe Larch abore
20 NtinuteS.
Fupiter ill axpear wirh his Tour MoOnS, Or Sa-
cellices; OE wrhich che oucermost will never apvear
20 be aboreo Minutes distam trom che Primavy
Planet.
Sacurn vill appear wich his 5 Sacellites (it s0
Many there bC) and che surthermost of them vil
nerer be abore o Mlinures al(o dictane trom his B0
dy: Eis Rins also will appeas compastins rounc
ehie Planet.
The Pachs, Or Orbits oF chese Sacellires beine
Ccen srom che Sun merimes more, lometimes lels
Oblique, will appear accordingli no brbader
non narroer Cples; Comerimes the Flates o
thele Orbirs beins produced, will pass chro the
Sun: In Which Case, che former nartol silliples
Wviil pals into Lelshe Lines; Wrhich will happen
evice in crery Herosution ot the Orbit rouna tne
Sun, it ies Plare senum alvars paraster  le lelF:
IVhence che Salessire willnon appeas tobe CoVer
cd by che Primary Planer, and chen che Planet b
ic; and sometimes will appear round che Plane
avicton is Ldisu,  a .
Diste, Willnons appear Essiprical, and non Rrair
Lines, (a5 belore The Pachs oF che Satellices Disti)
accordins as the sun is elerared on cicher lide a-
bore che Plane oE thole Circles; or is tound in it
25 it is when ic is in the Equinoctial at char Planer
And is chere be a Series, or Ror, ot thele Spors
(25 in the Beles oF Mars and Fupiter) chele wil
aprcar in the form of Semi-Eliples (che onc hate
beins Behind, or on che other side che Planes). Or
will pals into crait Lines; Wrhich will allo be the
Case os the outivare Edse oF the Rins OF Saturn
Bur fome of chele Spors will no and then be hid
and Cometimes be risible for a lons rime, accord
ins as chey are near to the Planets Pole, wtrich
is turried from, or torvardsthe Sun.
And chis will be most obserrable in sarurn, and
inthe Farth, in thie ochers Ccarcelr ac aIl, because
in them che Ilustration oE che Sun reaches eo bortr
cheir POles.
9. Besides chese six primary Planers, and cheir
10 Sacellices, Which ro our Solar Obserrator, wil
all appear to more wichin che Bounds of a Zodiack
scarce 16 Derrees broad, and nor much inclinec
rothe Circle oFrhe Arst Motior, aII che lame vay
and in Orbirs nearly Concentrical ro the Sun:
Fhere are allo anorher kind of Bodies, whole
Bumriber is uncertain, which move round the Sun
in very Eccentrical Orbits, and wvhich are called
Comets; and wrhich Comerimes come very near che
Sun, and somerimes are rastly remore trom
him.
Fhese Comets do not inore all inthesame Frach
(altho cach one alivays Keeps His OWn) but Come
one war, and some anocher, and moltly in Orbirs
very much enclined roche Fcliprick, anel always
in great Circles oF che Sphere. Ttreie Coma or
Fail (1o an Liyc at che Sun) rsillnoc appear oblons
Or Arerchi our in lesisth, asic dorhrous, bucerer
way disfuledround ihe Head.
SONARTHROSIS; Or che jormins OE BoneS,
For che obscure Morion is such, asthac oF the Ribs
wich che Vercebra, ec.
SONDAT Letter, che same vich Dominical
Letter.
SVPERBOS Musculus. Sec Atollens Oculo.
rum.
SOPERCIETOM. Sce Cilium.
SOPERELCTAL Content. Sec Area
SUPEKFICIL Numbers; che lame vich Plair
Numbers.
SOPERFTCTES, the Tame wich Sursace; (Whict
(ec) is Lenech and Breadch ouly, wirhour Thick
vels.
SOPEREOETKFIONI, is when alter one Con
ception anorher succeeds, (0 thac both are in the
Wrombrosether: Sennertus makes menrion ot tre-
quem Cales oF chis Nature.
SOPER INSTITOTION, one insticurion uxon
anocher; as Where A is admirted and insticured to
a Benekice upon one Tule, and B. is admitted, in-
stituted, Ec. by che Prelenement ot another.
SOPFRONERATIONE Posturae, is aTrit Zu
dicial, thac lies against him who is impleaded inthe
Conner, For the over-burdenins ot a Common
wich his Cartel, in case Wvhere he Was formertyim
pleaded for it in the Conney, and che Cause is re-
uera ne netute e so
8. The Primarr Plarets, a5 also cheir Sarellires
have noc ontr rongh and unpolictred Surtaces, bur
also are (0 diftorm, chat they hare their SpOrS,
pohich are places more or lels obscure, (and Pome
rimes more brighr) chan the rest ot their Disk:
Arid chele Spors, by che KLocalton O IHC PTaneE, Or
dacelice, tonne no ato, eo deaentol co, adta
dttet