# Leibniz Legible — https://leibnizlegible.com
# Page: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0915
# Permalink to this reading: https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0915?run=74
# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
# Folio - , page id 806933011:0915
# Original at the GWLB: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/resolve?id=806933011&page=915
# Source image: https://digitale-sammlungen.gwlb.de/content/806933011/jpgs/default/00000915.jpg
# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 118 lines, status machine
# Lines: 118 recognised, mean confidence 0.87
# Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German.
# Licence: CC BY 4.0, Leibniz Legible. Machine output: do not ingest it as verified text; keep this provenance with the text.
# Wording rule: say "the machine reads it as …", never "Leibniz wrote".
# After the first blank line: the recognised lines in reading order, one per line.

Buteo decermine ihie Morion intended, You must ) And che Work vill lie chus in che Moremene, viz
proceed one o( ihese rvo wass; cirhet,
P. Find hour many Beats are inthe Revolurion,
diride chese Bears by che Beats in one curn OF che
Wheel or Pinion, Wrhich rou intend Mall drive che
intended Rerolurion, ard the Guorient MaII be the
Number co pertorm che lame; Wrhict, it it be t00
Bis FOr OnC, may be broken into more Onorients.
Thus, il vou vousd represent che Synodical RevO-
lurion of che MoOn, (Wwhich i5 29 DavS, 127 FTours)
vich a Pendulum chac svinss seconds, the More-
ment 10 50 8 Days, wich 16 Turns ot che Fuly,
arid the Crear- Wheel to drive che Revolurion, di-
vide 2551500 (che Bears in 29 Day5, 12 2 Flour5)
by 43200, (che Bears in one Turn oF the Creat.
Whcet) androul hare 5o in che Ouoriene; Wrhictu
beins r00 biB FOF OnC, maY bC puT into rO Quo
ciems.
2. Tou may proceed as directed betore in Cal-
Fix vour Pinion r0 concentrical eo che Dyal- Wrheel
(Or FO Turn Found wich ic uxon che lame 
This Pinion 10 drires che Whecl 40; Wtich
WVticel has che Pinion 4 in iES CenEeF, wotrich Carri
eth about a Rins ot, 62 Pcech, dirided on che up.
per Side intO 3I PaLES OF DaYS
Or, Wichout che trouble of many Whecls, vou
may effect ihis Motion, viz. By a Rins dirided in-
1030Or 3F Days, and 25 many Fangs or Pecth
irhich are caughe and puthed Forivard once in 24
FTours by a Pin in che Wheel, thac soech round in
chac Fime. This is che ulual ay in Roral Pen-
dulums, and many orher Warches; and cheretore
beris common, chere necco no more be fare
OE. ic.
2. A Mocion 1o strem che ABc os che Madoh.
The Moon snistieth her Course in 29 Days and
a licele abore an halt. Lhis 29 = DayS, (ROE FC
sardins che mall excess) mates 59 cvelve FTours
cularins a Piece of Warch vork, viz. Chuse pour or Tuens ofche Dral Wrhcel, wrhich is to bc bro-
Train, Tuns oEche Fuly, Conrinuance, Oc. And ken inco convenient Quoriemis; wrtiich may be 5.
then, instead of sindins à Ouorient For che Pinion
OF Reporr, find a Number, (which is all onc 25 a
Pinion oF R CpOrT) ro Specificare rour Rerolurion by
chis Rule Followins.
AS thc BCarS in one Turn OF che Creat wteet is EO
che Train; (0o arc che FTours ot che Rerolu-
rion co che Oucrien oF che Rerolurion.
Thus, t0 pertorm che Rerolurion oF Saturn
(ivtich i5 29 TCarS, 183D275) with a 16 FTour
WVacch, oF 26928 Bears in one Turn oE che Fuly,
and 20196 che Train; che Ouorient ot che Rero-
lution vil bc 193824. For 2526928: 20196::
258432, (the Flours in 29 Years and 183 Day5) 10
193824
Flerenore, Thac che Creat Woheel Pinion is l
drive che Rerolurion- ork.
Dur il you vould hare che Revolurion to be
driven by the Dal- Whcel, and che Work alteady
inthe Novemene, ihen rou must Airst bnow che
Days oF the Rerolurion. And because the Dyal-
urticel commontri zoech round nvice in 2 DaY.
theretore double rhe number ot the Dars in the
Rerolution, and rou hare chenumber of Turns ot
the DYaL-Whcel in thar Time. This number ot
Tuens, is prhac vou are ro break into a convenient
number of Ouorients, Tor che Whcels and Pi-
nIOnS.
Directions) rour tert l cete, alc  atte
ThuS.
AS _ 
9, and 10, 25 here.
Or 14Z and 4; Forhat is vOu AX 2 Pinion OF 10
concentrical wich vour Dyalwheel, 10 drive
Wheet oF 40, Which drires a Pinion oF 4, Wvhich
carries abour a Ring or Wheel of59 Tecth once in
in 29 = lays; which Rins mar be als0 divided
in0 292 PauS; or cay an Index 1O BOIC2O L
Circte (0 divided.
Dralwhcet in one Lear; which may be broken
inco chele Ouorients, viz. 18 a and 10 and 4.
ThuS.
10) 59 (59
59 (
4) 40 (10 10) 40
3. A Mon tosem the Day of the Tear; the Suns
Place in the Ccliptice, Suns Risins or Settins, ot
ns sther Annurt Motion of 365 Days.
The Double ot 365, i5 730, che Turns o5 che
73 (18
Or into 18 = 8, and 5, ehus,
1ect F. A MS the Dar os the Month.
Tho Says in the largest Month arc 3T; chose
doubled ace 62, Which are che Turns ofthe Dyal.
ertrcel which may be broken into thesecwo duo-
rients 15 = and 4, Whose Product i5 62; theretore
So chat a Pinion oF 5 is t0 lead a Wheel 0F, 20.
which apain, by a Pinion oF 40; and chac, by
Pinion of 4, carriech abour a Whecl or s et.13
dirided inca 12 Monchs, and cheir D2y5; O sil
the 12 Siens; and cheir Degrees, or inro  Sun:
chusins jour Wtcels aud Pinions (by che former
Rilins and Secring; (5c. And For the Setrine on 0
this last, Mr. Ouchtred has siren a Table in his
puscula
10 oe r 4)162 l. 15 2 doiit
Or it a larger Pinion chan onc oF 5 be necessary, by
realon it is concentrick r0 a Wheel, rou may tatse
rotor che Pinion, and 40. tor che Wheel; cheri
5) 
25
v2r 1i
Fosem the Tides at any Port
This is done wichour any orher rrouble, chan
che Moons Rins (mentioned in che 2 OF this) iC
more round by a tixed Circle, divided into twice
r2 FTours, and numbredrhe Concrary WaY 10 the
AEc ol rhe Moc 
rid Hand chu d. 91