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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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dressins alonsche) ochervise chair is imported by che Words, and (0
Oround, at the Borrom of the Sca, or Channel
wich a Threc. Auked Crapnel, eo find Come Pamsar
or Cable, erhich is Dixped From an AncHOF.
SWFELBHLO. SCL.
creas
SNVIET in Motion, a Planiet is Paid ro be 10
Whenby ies oun proper Diurnal Morion, he ex
ceeds, ox mores fuxther chanhis mean Divrnal No-
tion: Stom in Motion, is when his Morion happens
to be lels chan his mean Morion.
SWVIETERS, in a Strip, arc Ropes belongine rO
the Main masts, and Fore masts, and help ro luc
cour or Arengchen the Shrowds, and 1o kcep che
Mastsstif: They hare Pendanes Fastened undexche
Strouds ac che Flead oF che Macts, wich a double
Block, chro which ehe Swilter is reered; wtrich at
thestandins Part hacha sinsle Block wich a Flook,
hicched inco a Rins ac che Chain Wale, and (0 che
Fall beins haled up, helps co Arenschen che Mast,
and ic is belazed abour che Timber heads oF rhe
lovex Rails aloFE.
SIVTE LINC OF a BOAC, IS CBIMPALIMIB HICL BUn
ale round wich a go0d Rope, rostrenschenher in
a Screls oF Wcacher, chat Me be noc Chacrered by
ihe Violence ot the Sea.
SITIETINC OF a Strip, is cicher bringins hex 2
ground, or upon a Careen; For chen ther ule rC
Swift the Masts, coeale and srengrhen them, chac all
the Weishe may noc hans by chellead; wrhich is
done by lavins Fast all che Pendants ot che smifters
and Fackles (Wwith a RopC) close to the Mast, and
as near toche Blocks as can be; and rhen to carry
forward the Tackles, and chere ro Bonse, or hale
them donn, as hard and raushe as is postible. (S0
thac the Sea Word oF Command here, i5, 110
Bonse Men:) AIIchis is done allo to kcepthe Mast
Work There
the Construetion is made accordinsly as lome de
Ane iF. BUE Vossius Cairt, riS an AGGFeMeNE OF L
Verb or an Adjectire, noc wich chac Word irtrich
is most near, buc wichehat wrhich is most Worchy
Fonorable, 9c. in any Senrence, a5 R ex C9 Regina
beati.
STMBOLS, See Characters.
SVHMETRAL, che same vict Commensu-
rable.
SVMMETRV, is ulually raken in Archirecture
For che Proportion required, accordins ro the
Rules oF Geometry, to makce all the PartS OF any
Scructure compleatly agree ro, and wich che
Whole.
STMPATEETICAE Ints, are such as can be
made eo appear or dilappear very suddenlr by rtie
Applicarion oE lomethine chac seems eo work by
Simpachy.
Fhere are some vays ot preparins tnkes ot this
Kind; which are really wondertul and surprisins.
a5 well as curious and diverrins.
The Experiments are chele.
Fake DE BoOd unstacked Lime, LWO Or chrec
Parrs, accordins ro che Arenoch and goodnels ol
the Came, and one part oF Tellom Orpiment, (Wvhict
co ponder, lad best be wrrape up in a chick Papex
and (0 bearen, ro prevent ihe dangerous Sceams
thac may afteet che LIcad) Boch these being pour
derdand mixed, pur ro chem 15 Or 16 rimes 20
much Water, in Weighe, as there was oF Orpin:
Scop che Viol vell wich Cork and a Bladder, and
ser ic in arm Embers, or some such place; Maire
the Viol nou and chen FOr 4 Or 5 ITOUrS; then
warily decant the clear parr; or which is BeHeF,
filerate iE.
In themean time burn a piece oF Cork throueh-
Iy; and wrhen ic is well inslamed, quench ic in
common Wacer (or wwtich is berrer, Aqua Vitae, Ox
Brandy) and by chis means reducins ot ic to a Fria-
ble Coal, grind ic wrich a sufficiene quantier ot fair
Nacer, in wtrich rou have disolved a licele Cum-
arabick, and (0 ic will makce a Liquor as black as
common Ink, Which will serre rerr well eo vrrire
auy chins vict.
While chele are doins, dissolre in chree rimes as
much distilled, or Arons Vinegar, overwarm Em
bers, 2 Ouanriry oE Red Lead, (Or Minium); Ot
Ot Saccharum Saturni, in chree rimes as much WV a-
cer, For 3 Or 4 FTours, or rill rou find che Liguor
hare a very liveer Taste. This will litremile, 25
ehe Arst Liguor, BC CleaF aS COMMON WWaTCF.
AII chines beine thus ready (For vou must be
prerer quicl ac ir) vrice on a piece of Paper wrtiar
von Will, wich ehis las Liquor, wich a clean, or
new Pen; and when it is des, nochins ill ap-
Dear.
Then over thac place vrite wich che Ink vou
made of the Cork, ivhar rou please; it will lo0k
just 25 it ic had been wrieren wich common Ink
Wrhich lec dry; chen dippins a (mall piece ol Ra3.
OF a Sponse, in the Arst Liquor, rub ic onthe place
ritren, and rou ill immediacels sec the Black
Wricins ranist, and chac wrieren withche Invisible
Inte, appear Black and Legible.
Takie also a B00K + or 5 Incheschick, and vori
tins on che ArI Blank LeaF wich che laA Liquor
or the Inrisible Ink; Or pureins in chere a P’aper sc
Wricien, turn ro che octer end oF the BOOk, and
rub chere wrich a Ras dipr in che hrst Liquor, on
chac vatt Muc io de neassy de pou car suelo, orpre
SIYEEPINO, ac Sea, signit
trom rilin out ol the scep
SNIETINO che Capstan- Bars, ILITAIIIIS
Rope all round the outer ends ot che Capsn S
in order 1o Arenschen them, ane ane clem bea
all alike, al cogecher, rnen the Men heare d
SWING WVITEEL, in a Royal PenduTaL
I5 Mat Wheel wrtrich drires che Pendulum: LAis
WNhect, in a Wacch, 15 Calseu  Cronn. Wheet, 23
alloin a Ballance- C lock.
SOPEREICIAL Fourneau, a Term in Forritica
rion, che lame vich Caisson, wrtrich is a Wrooder
Chelt, or B0Z, Wwich 3, 4, 5, or 6 Bombs in it, ana
Comerimes ris silled only wich Porder; and is u-
sed ln a close Siese, by being buried under grouna
Mth a Frain co ir, ro blou up ans Lodsmenerhae
chetinems Malladrance 100. Theretorethey utu-
dly exprels ie thus:  Atrer che Mine, OE Four
peau had destroyed rhe Bonette, 2 Cassot tas
buried under che Gronnd chrown uB, and es
Enems adrancinq eo make a LOcGILILHL. ON MII
Ruinsof the Bonetre, the Caisson Wasell, anc
blen up the Post a second rime.
SrCOSIS, is an Excrescence oF the Fle abol
elie Fundament; tis allo an VIcer, (0 called (ron
the Relemblance oF a Fis; this is ofrvo kinds, onc
hard and round, the orher Potr and Aar: Out ol rhe
Hard issues a very (inall Ouanrier ot glurinous Mat.
ler; our ofchemoist proceeds a greater Ouanricy
and ot an ill Sinell: These VIcers grou in thole
Paris only which are corered with Flair; che harc
and round chieAr in che Beard; che mois fcL et
most pare inthe Scalp. Blanchard.
SNDERATION. Sec Apoplexy
SVDEKTAI. Pear. EcCTear.
SVLLEPSIS, Or Conceptio, (in Crammar)
nhen che sense ol an Exprestion is ro be conceired