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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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e Points by che Lines AB, BC,
CD, DE, F. F, and F A, (0 Mall vou hare che
But ehis nay oblises YOu tO MOrC NCalu
evich che Chain chan is necdtul, and thesctC Is
noc l0 800d for lractice in most cales do alo
Mallby and by Ber vou; onli ir hach chis Ad-
rantage, Thac rou may soon kno WMecher rou
hare caten vour Anoles rruly; sot au abou che
end ot cnere Oiltances fall, ler chere be Lines
Then co
true Fisure ofthe Fietd.
Point ∞ = 360.
Anste thereos, from whence the other s ocs db
Scen.
Ansle, ac nhieh sou voule tate sour Oblet V
tions.
rou sind chem in Vour Fiela- Book; aud Where che
dravn eo connect chem, a5G A, AB, BC, CD
DE, P F, and FC, and rou have rour field com
FCat.
Note, Tharrou may as well tate the PIOF OF 2
Fiela ac one scarion, Randins on ans i
chereot, as in an Angle.
3. Ld Make che PloE of a Fieled at Ero Sit
1d 1al
LetCDEEGHITRLMOd 
rions, a5 A and B.
in
2. Zo. talie the PIot of a Field at one Stab
LeF ABCD E F C BC the Fiela, and F che
the Field is so trregular, that from one Scation rou
cannot sec all the Angles.
Which tromno one Place chereot all che. Ansles may
be leen. Theretore chuse rvo Places for your Sca
abour (the. Norrh Poie ot the Catd om fou) c
chroushche sishrs rou elpy the Mark ac Cr; then
Fasten che Instrumene, and more che Index cill rou
Cec the Mark ac A, che Des. cur on che Limib beine
20; thenmore ic rill vou see B, Where iE Curs 4C
Deorees: Do the lame ac C, and there ir curs 6c
Degrees; likewile ac D, 77 Degr. and ac P 100
Des. AIl chese Angles Nore donn in voue Field.
Bockes nexr wichchie Chain, Mcasure all che Lines
runmins trom che Scarion, as trom P1O C I4 CB
60 Lintes, and Trom F 10 A 18 Ch. 20 Lints, anc
(00F che rest, 25 rou sec them in this. T able.
Flavine placed vour Instrumene at F, tn it
Lo Protract chese Observations.
Draw a Line ac pleasure aS G F, upon wotich
lay che Diamerer oF. Vour Protractor, with the Cen
cer in F; then make Marks ac every Ansle ronnd che
Protraltor, a5 vou sind chem in rour Fiela B00k, viz.
aSaHE 20, 40, 60, 77, 200; erhich done, take
alray ihe Protractor; ad dra Lines a5 F A, F B,
Set vour Instniment ac A, and look chroueh the
Sighes torards Vour 2d Scarion B, and chen IX Vour
Trstrumene. And, as betoreraughe, wich che 
rake all the Ansles at chat end of che Ficla, 25C L
E FGTTTKI, and Meature che Distance Bele
jour Instrumene and cach Ansle; as allo  Di
Rance becweenthervo Scations.
Then remore vour Instrument co che seconc
Scarion B, and havins made ic Fast, (0 25 chrous
the Back siehrs vou may sec the Arst Scarion A.
Take the Angles at thac end oF the Field, a5 NO
CI L. MI, and meature their Distances ds Mtre
all whriet es cibile, s L oda  tatite
Ucclo.
AN3. I D. M. j CH. L in.)
00 24 6c
20 00) 18 20
10 00l. 16 8c
60 00 123 20
90 10
on Wohich Lanes let ot ihie Diltances by 2 dcale, 45
E C, F D, and F F, chrouch cachoF chese MarKS
sirs