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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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ddet d StiP, ehe
oF the Lensch ot her Mainmast, For the L engrt
eFher Main-rards; and for che Thichnels olchem
eher allour 2 oF an Tuch for every Vard in Lensch:
ele lop. V ard is Z oF che Main-rard, and thelore
rardis = OF che Main-Yard, Or a5 Lome laY 3: Thc
Spriclail-rard and Crols- jackE, are oE che Pame
Lensch, viz. 2 che Missen-ard; and che Thick
nels ol che Missen. vard and Spriclait ard is  lnete
+0 a l ard in L enGFH.
AI Small Paras are half thC BFCaC LardS FrOI
Cleat eo Cleat: Wwhen a Great Vard is dowon a
Porrlast, ic sires the Lenech of aIl TopCail- MeaEs
Tilts and Ties, Feers alu Bunc. lines; a5 also ot
the Lecch. lines and FTalliards, meaturing from rhe
Tounds to che Deck: And When it is Hoised, i
sires cheLengch ot C lew-lines, Braces, Clewv-gar
nets, Packles, SAeals anet LMMeS.
THC LetHIS Belorigins co elle Laras, drc, l. Fos
the Taras; chac is, makte them hans even. The
Cle- lines do most property Top che Main and
Fiore vards; but wten the Top Pails are Howcd
chenthe Toplail-Mears ill TopThem. 2. Brace the
rara, l. e. Traverse atc the Vard-Aem, Whose
Brace is haled. S0 chat Traverse ihe Tard, i8 thc
Tame as to laY, Brace it aft. 3. Squore the Tards
1. C. Sce thac cher hane righe accols thestrip, an
onc Tard. Arm noc Praversed more thanthe ocher
raKE, 15 the dea ver for Dimble, Ready.
Ouick, o Expeditious.
TAWES. AE Sea, cher CaY a Strip malces Tames
Wrhen chro the taule ot him ac Hlelm Mc isnor kepr
steady in her Course, buc matces Ansles in and our;
co prevent Which, the Conner CFY S, steady, steady.
Xcep her Lhus, ThuS.
VEAK: The Time the Sun rakes to sMIOSM
the nvelre Sistis et e Lodiacte. LnsoBPer
ihe NaturaL Or Tropical Lean, ade COnains 365
Dars, 5 Flours, and 12 Minures.
The Sydereat Tear, is thar Time in Whe 
Sun departins trom any Aixed Star, Comes 10 it 2
sain; and chis is in 365 Day5, 6 Flours, and almost
20Minutes. Buc accordins to MIr. Nemtons New
Theory of che Moon, the Syderiat Tear 15 365D.
6FL. 9143 and che Fropical, 365~. 5II. 48
ther knoir nor hou io estimaté che Solar Fear
and cheretore besan cheir Accoune oE MOnchS FrOM
the PhaseS OF FhC MOOn. And hence, 25 THC lCALH.
ed AAronomer DF. Crecory HIHES, ie camme 10 paIS
thac cher BegaN Fhe ACCONHE OE cheir Ciril DaY
Sun-TeF; For Their Day must Begin when cheir
Month and Year did, and thac wwas, wirh che Neu
Moon; Which beins eo be decermind by vieu,
could noc be dilcorer d riil atrer Sun- ser
The fems had cheir Secular Tear, Wvtich becan
ac thie Auumnal Equinox; and cheir Sacrec Fear
Which besan ac che Vernalone.
The Feyprians, Caldeans, and Assyrians, RrR
meatured the Year by itie Course or che Sun
Wwhich cher supposed eo contain BuC 360D2y5
altermardss more vere added by Mercury, Wrhich
hecalled erorouoc, i. C. added; buc rer vonorice
Was raken oF che 6 LTOurS; bY whick ieanS, chC
Ferprian Tear hach no Axed Place in reterence rO
the erue Solar Pear; buc anciciparins a Day cver
FOUF TCaES, runs quire round in 1460 YCAES.
This wa ot Reckonins conimied eilt L. ZypF BC.
comins a Province ol che Roman Empire, cher
took the Fulian ACConn, onty cher KepechelTames
oF cheir Monchs Rili, and ordered che acTeF Le
char cheir Thot, the AEA Day oC the YCaP, alWv2Y
happen d on rhe 2gch oF Aueust in ehe Fulion Y CaF
So That the Poyprian or Coprick Vear is 4 MOncHS
and 3 Days betore che Roman Vear, Which Desins
vich che Calends oF Zanuary
The Perstaio E (accordins 10 itie L88
tian Wax) 305 Day5
THC aabS, Satacens, aHa LurKS, CONHE THCIE
Tear by che morion oF che Moon, and make iccon
SIst OF +2 HoOns Or Monchs, Whereot lome have
30, and Come 29 Days alternarely; and these al
together make bur 354 DayS; (O FhaE ThCIE NIONEI
Muharran, in Wrhich cher place che bexinnine ot
thie Tear, in lels chan 34 Tears will run quire
round, and be in all Scalons. The Arabs indccd
by a Cvele oF30 Tears, do remedy chis, by mealis
Zear; ac Arst cher added an Intercalary MTOnEI
cvery rivo Tears, concainins 22 Days, Which chere
Fore chey called crConsvoio, che added or inserted
Monch. ACcerwards considerins che 6 FTours al(0.
thes pur their Embolism of riil a Years end; and
then makins the 3 trs Tcars eo contain 35+ Dayc
apiece, (which is che Lunar Tear) chis made che
calation elie more Lemarkable, hes ile ee
ARDS OC a Strip, arethole lons pieces oE Lin
ex Wrhich are made a lictle caperins at cac
end, and are scrCd CaCH EO IES PFOper MLACL LO CaEF
the Sails, wrhich are Fastned to chele Yards ac cheis
Head, and are hoised up and let down cosectie
eF an Intercalation OF L. Moosm Ot IID2)5.
The Greck Come HeH Lear by che morion ol
boch Sun and Moon, and finding FhaE FherC WAS 1F
Days difference berween the Lunar and Solar
rich ille Lards, by e Lamalus
Fot ilC Proportions ot he Ya
commonts allor = ot che Lensch of her Lcel, 01
Ath Xear Co Hare 5y Da)S. Ara to Make thIs Inter-
Thecivit Tear, wohich is commonty used by all
Parions, i5 very rarious, both as 10 its Beginnins.
and alto do1o ls Lensch, accordins as they tollon
the Course ot che Sun, Moen, Or boch.
Ide Civil Lunar Pear Concains F2 Lunations OP
Synccat Monchs, and contains buc 354 D275:
This Beins 1r P2rs lels chan che Solar Zear, iIs
Whic concained 4 TC2IS.
Werecheless ther Found chacens buset sec 
Fead in aboue 33 Zears will run throngh all the bur Rill eHe las grear Confusion,  OI MCO
Monttis and Scasons of the Tear. This kind ot a l Mren aluraulous Altronomer oE Arhens, thoue
Tear is now uled by cheTurks, and seemsro hare had oF joiniits c eno last Periods 8 and it rogechet;
is trst Rise in Couneries where che difference be- which doins, he mace a Period oF 19 XCals, in
Olympick Cames, On erery Tuch ath Vear; Whence
came the Compuration by Olympiads; cach et
in process os Time; and cheretore iher srst recu-
ced rhe Intercalation t0 B and then EO 1I TearS;
tveen Summer and VVincer is nor (0 sensible 25 Which che evo morions oE che sun and NoOn are
et is wirh us; and wnere for wanc os Astronemy, Wholls acccmmodared, and he AIOON ChangeS O1