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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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This Engine is much becrer than any WV ind Cuns
ticherto mentioned in PrinE.
I. Becaule Char sceins ore onty Valre serres
BOth For lertino in, and discharoina FortH OE che
Air, it is less subject ro be spoiled or impaired,
chan is clvo Valves vere uled tor chac purpole.
2. FF anY disordex happen in Othex GunS, ChC Fn-
WIITD. Taughes a Sea term, implrine a5 muchu
aS SEIH II ese Maul; For chey Cay a chingis Taughe
wrhen ic is Stif. Phustoo much Risgins, aIl his
Ropes, or any thins carchins or holding Wind a
lotE, is said to hold a Strip Wind. taushe; by wrhict
ther mean, chac se Aoopsroo much in her Sailins
in a LCiH Ciale et Wind. 50 allo, wrhen a Strir
Rides in a mam screls ot Wind and Weacher, chei
Arike doron her Topmass, and brins her Yarc
donn alonest Strip, wrhich elle vould hold coc
much Wind, Or bC WVind taught.
NINDINO Fackic- Blocks; (0 the Seamen cal
chose doubre Blocks, ich chree Shivers in eact
Which are seized Fak r0 che end oF a (mall Cable
ertrich is broughe abouc che Ilead oF che MaA, anc
(0 Terres instead oF a Pendane. Thisharh a Cuy
broughe to ic from che Foremast. Into che Blocki
reered a FTamlar, which is alloreered chrough an-
orher double Block, harins a Scrap ac tte end ot
ic, which beins puc chrousti che Pye oFche Slinge
is locked into ic wich a Fidd, in order to hoise in
600d5. The Fall oF this Fackled is recved into
the Snatch Block, and (0 is broughe co the C apstan,
Whereby che Coods arc Heared.
WNTNDLASS, in a Ship, is a piece ot Timber
havins six or eishe Squares, and is fx d abafr the
Scern alofr, wrhere chie Cables come in from che
one Side oFche Strip ro che ocher, uled nou in (mal
Strips only, and in che Flemist Strips, Wvhich are
highely Mannd: Buc ehis Winalass will purchase
more by much chan anx Capstan in che veighine
OF an Anchor, and withour anr danger to chose
chac heare, because cher heare here about wich
Fland (pikes put into che hole ac cirtier end oF rhC
WVinalass; oF which, tho one ould happen 10
break, vet would cheWindlass paul oFic setF, wich-
out any furcter danger.
WVINC: The Romans called by rhe Name oF
ala, ihe Wings, Tuo Bodies oF Men intheir Ar-
my, one on che Ristr, and che ocher on che LeFE,
consicting cach oF 400 HTorse, and 4200 Foor ulual-
lr, and beins Whollr made up ot Confederate
Proops. Thele vere designd ro cover the Roman
ArmY, 25 che WVings oF a Bird corer ies Bod). The
Troops inchese Winsscher call Alares, and Alares
Copiae; and ve ac this Dar dictinguistr Our AF
mies inco che main BodY, and che Rishe and L ete
WVing5.
NVTNOS, in Forrilication, are the large Sides oF
FTOrn-ivOrHS, CroWn- WOrKS, Tenailles, and che
litce Out Works; chac is 1o Cay, the Ramparts and
Farapers, rich wrhich cher are bounded on che
Riglit and Letc, From their Gorge to their Front
gine remains uselels, bur here by the Filliprick hole, These Wings or Sides are capable of beins Flanté a
a Htan mas tatce oucthe Sprins and the Valre, and cicher wich che Body oF the Place, il ther Rand
(o mend wharsoever is amils.
3. In other Cuns, che Valres Beins corered wich
Leather, vere put in betore the fingine Was on
nOc t00 Far distane; or wich certain RedtOurS, OF
ich a Fraverse made in cheir Dirch.
WVIITER Solstice. Sec Solstice.
WVITHERNAM, is che catins or drivins ol a
erery side Mur, and cheretore Silver Solder could Distress to a FTold, Or out oF che Conner, (0 thac
noc be used in cemencins che Parrs, bur only L cad- the Sheriff cannoc upon Replerin malce delivery
Solder; by wrhich che dir, beins much compressd,
thereot ro che Parey distrained: In wrhich casc, e
conld by no means be restrained: Bur here all Vrir OF Withernam is directed r0 the ShCrIH FOL
chinos are well cemented wich Silver Solder, with-
out danger of Burmins, in regard the Valre corerd
ich Leacher is pur in atcerrard chroughi che Lillip.
rick hole LL.
4. Bur chis Engine is chieAy co BC preterred be-
Core orhers on this accounr, because e immir se-
veral Bodies intoche Receirer, chrovon the Ellip.
the calrins oF 25 manr oF his BeaAs thac did chus
untawfully distrain, or as much C00ds of his into
his keepins, uneil he hach made deliverance
OF. the Arse Distre(s. AIIO, iC the BeaAts bC in a
Forrler or Castle, the Sherisi may catre wich him
the Porver oF the Conner, and beac doonche
Castle.
Wichernam, in Tome Scatutes, scems alIOrO SiZ
riek hole, and so mate many Pxxerimenis in hishly nitie an untarsul Disress made bx him chac has no
compressd Air.
1LLL
riehic 20 Distrain.