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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. LHE Best ACconnE P can gire oF che Sollomine W ork, will
  2. be co lay betore rou in a Chort View wrhae ic conrains,
  3. wherein ic disters trom ocher Books which may seem eo be
  4. ofche lame Nacure, andtrom whence lhare collected che
  5. Substance oF ic. Thac which Lhare aimed ac, is co malee ic a Dictio.
  6. Mary noc omly oE bare Words buc Thines; and char che Readex May ROE
  7. only fnd here an Explication of the Pechnical W ords, or the Perms ot
  8. Are made use of in allthe Liberal Sciences, and such as border nearty ux.
  9. on chem, buc also chole ares chemselves; and especially such, and such ParEs
  10. ot ehem as are most Uletul and Adrancasious eo Mankeind. In chis,
  11. hich was che chiet of my Desion, ITound much lels helx trom Dictio.
  12. naries already publistred, chen one vould have expected tiom cheir
  13. Tiles: ChauvinS Lexicon Rationale, Or Thesaurus Philosophieus, is 2 vell
  14. Princed Book, and che Figures are tinely Grared; bue eis to0
  15. much filled wich che School Terms, eo be ulesully instructire; and
  16. is as delectire in che Modern Improremenes of Machematical and
  17. Physical Learmins, as ic abounds ich a Canr which mas once milta-
  18. ken For Science.
  19. Phe Grand Dictionaire Des Aris ex Sciences, par V. de l’ Aeademie Francoise,
  20. hachno Curs nor Figures ac all, and is only a bare Explicarion ot Terms
  21. OF ArE; and ic scemsrather eo hare been delien d eo improve and prova-
  22. sate che French Languase, chanco inform and instruet che Lumane Mind
  23. in general. And, which I hare oscen monder d ac, eis Ailled every
  24. here wich Simple Terms, (0 chat vou are cold whac a DOB, a CAE, 2
  25. Horse and a Shcep is; wtich, cho ic may be uletul eo lome Persons
  26. wto did noc know that besore, and may Bhew very vell chaE (uCh De-
  27. criprions can be given in French; vec ho chebare Names oF Animals
  28. and Vegerables, of Merals and Minerals, can be reckoned as Ferms of
  29. art, and consequenely make che grearest part oE a Dictinary os Arts and
  30. Sciences, Pconsels lcannor sec. And cheretore, cho chis and Nr. Fure
  31. tieres Dictionary may be Boolis very vell done in cheir vay, and are cer-
  32. cainly very ulesul for chole iho vould be pertectly aequainced wich che
  33. French Fongue; ver Idid nor tind much alsistance tromchem, Wich re
  34. Bud comy DCHer.
  35. laler

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0013?run=74