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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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4. Z0 sit lhe Pinion os Report on che Spinclle os ihe
Creat beet.
Asehe munber ot Surotes in che CIocHs coni
nuance, or in alliis curns OF che LuIY, LO ThCTES
OF the FuIY:: Coar che Scrokes in r2 FTours, Wtich
arc 78, 1o che Cuorient oF che Pinion OE RCPOHI,
sired uxon ihe ArbOr Os he Crreac Wvtiect.
5. Fo fir che Pinion es Report 10 ans W hecl.
The Ouorients beine thus derermined, and ac-
cordingls the WVheels and Pinions; then Aind a
Ouotient For the Pinion OF RepOKE, tO carry round
the Coune-Whreel once in 12 FTOurs, Or 25 Vou
please. IE rou six jour Pinion of RepOrE On thC
Creac Whcel Arbor, rou must work by che Tourrti
Rule.
Thus in ehie last Fxample, che Scrokes in che
COnFINIANCC are 4992 (bY Rule 6) chen (by Rule 4
4992: 16:: 78: 7228, Ox 4992) 5248, irtick
isthe Pinion and che WVheet.
Buc chese Numbers beine soc iC Mcat Num
Diride 8 by chenumber oF Scrokes in one turn Bers oF a Monch piece, but ontr made ule ot hete
oFrhe WVBCel You intend to Ax Vour Pinion oF RC.
POrE us On and jour Guorien Mall Be chat Ot Pi
nion oE REpOtE.
6. Fo sind ibe Scrolies in che Cloctis concinuance, vic.
ASY2 : 151078:: (O ArC LhC FTOUIS OFIhC ClockS
continuance, 10 the number of Scrokes in tMaF
Time
Ex chus racher: Mulciply ehe Strotes in oneruen
OEthe GrCaL-Wheel, by chenumber OF curnS OF chC
Fulr. che Product are che Serores in cheClock
COnTIMAHCC.
The ule os chesetules appears plain bor che Collom-
ins Lixamples.
2. In small pieces; havine pirched uxon che
number OF TUrHS, and che COnFIHLANCC OF VOUF
Clock, Fnd (BY Rulc 6) the Scrokes in irs conrinu-
ance; chen (it sou makeche Crear Wheel che Pin-
Whect) diride chese Scrokes by chenumiber oE Purns,
and rou hare chenumber ot scritcing- pins: Oc di-
vide by che number ol Pirs, ard zou have che
numibet oF FurnS.
Zhus a Clock oc 30 Fhonrs, vich 15 Tums ot
ihc Crear-Wrteel, hach 195 SeroK. Cs.
For (B7 Rule 6) 12 : 78: : 30: 195.
Divid. 5 25 2 195 513, che Scriting. pins.
ins by 2 135 295 215, chenumber ot IUES.
2. In calcularins ihe HEmberS OC a Clock ot
muchi longer continuance, vou must malce pour
Pin- Wheel Furcher distant from che Great-whcet:
And having picched uxon vour Turns, find out the
number ot Scrokes in one Purn ofthe Cireat-wtcel
OF Fuly, (6Y Rule 1.) Thus in an 8 D2Y Piece oF
6 TurnS, A5 16: 8: : 155 : 78. AIIO, in a
Piece oF 32 Days aud 16 Furns, 16: 32 : : 136
12
These Strokes illus Cound, are che number wohict
is co be broten inco à converient parcel ot Ouo
rients, chus.
First, resolre uxon chenimber oE vour Scritins
Pins, by which divide che last mentioned numiber,
the Ouorient arisins MaIL BCONC OF MIOrC OUOTIEHES
For illustearion Pate; and in practice, cher com
monlys increase che number ot Scrikins pins, and 10
make the Second-Wheel the Scriking. WHCCL. SIIP
Pole vou cake 24 lInS, airide 312 6) Il, and C
Comoriene is 13, Which is licle enough For onc Ouo-
tient, and mar cheretore Itand chus.
Where the Ovorient oF the Firs- Wwheet is 13. Tn
the Sccond- wheet oF 72 Tceth, are the 24 Pins
altho iis Ouotiene is but 12, becaule che HIoop
Wtieel is double, and soes round buc once in tvo
Scroles oP ehe Pin-Wheel. In chis che Pinion OL
Reporc is che same ich che last, it fixed upon che
Arbor ot che Grear Whccl. Buc il fixed on the
Arbor oFthe Second or Pin-Wheel, its Ouorient is
Found by Rule 5, viz. 78 dirided by 24, sires che
Ouorient oE che Pinion OF RCPOrE 3 =, thus
12) 39 (3  The Pinion oF R eporr beins chen 12,
ehe Conne-irheel will bC 39.
The Calculation of a Vear piece is the Tame
sive chis Fxample.
Scrokces in one luin ot ehe Creac-irheel (by che
Kule 1) FOr 16: 395: : 156 : 3851. And 385
dirided by 26, leares =48 co be broken ineo Ouo-
tients, For Wrheels and Pinions, wrhich may bc 12
and 12; FOr 22 into 12, sires 144, Wrtrich is 25
near as ic can wellbc ro 148; chenthe workstands
ThUS.
Multiplys the Duotients and Strikins Pins tocether
and vou l have the true number os sitkes no Lurn
3744, Wrhich is the erue number oF Scrokes; then
For ihe Wheels and Pinions. Thusin the Monch. che true continuance (By Rule 2) i5 384, FOC
piece, it rou rake vour Pins 8, diride 312 by il,
The Ouorient is 39; buc chac beins r0o bis For onc
must bC CuE into Evo OnorienES FOF WheclS anc
Pinions, Ox as near as possible, Wrhich are ciche.
2nd 5, Or 6 = and 6, wrtich lact is equal 39, anc
cherelore may Hanc, and cwill bc LhuS.
31
48 (8 Pit
3) 10
72 (12, 24 Pins.
hoverer, to perfect che Reader cherein, ve maii
Suppole vour Piece vere t0 80 395 Days Wich
16 Furns, and 26 Scrikcins- pins. Phere arc 385L
10) 120 (12
78 (26 PinS.
I s Place, it wouldnoc be amiss For vou le
cortcet seu me  sec sion Cat jour Num
ber coles le nac rou designed al Arst, becaule
cher aul nor Fail out exacl
First, tor ie cue continuance of vour Clock,
os the Great-WBc. O HCrC, 12 X 1L L26
A5 156 :3744 a : 16 : 384.
TF ehis Continmance dorh noc please vou, vou
may come nearer ro rour Arst proposed Number ol
395 DaY5, by a mall encreale oF che number ol
Turns, (by Rule 3) viz. matins sou Luls ae
mott 16 5; FOL
15 3744: 156.: 395: 16: near.