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

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  2. And much lels help was chere eo be had trom a Book called,
  3. The Ner Worid of Words, or an Universal Fnslistr Dictionary: For chere
  4. IFound che Compiler. had che _I Lnck ro Colleet many Foreign
  5. Faules, and eo understand licele or nochins ot che Arts ana Sciences
  6. himselF.
  7. EIr. OZanam S Dictionaire Mathematique, is indeed a5 800d 2 Bo0k as Vita-
  8. lis s is a bad one; and had Mathematicks been a Science l Was the leaA ac-
  9. quainced ich ot any ocher, I Phould hare been generally as ell sup.
  10. pliedtrom Ozanam, 2s deceived by Vitalis; wrhole last Fdicion in ervo
  11. Volumes ac Rome, alter (omany Tcarstime to consider uxon che MaETCT,
  12. is, Pchink, nor becrer chanche First, because ic hath more Maerer, and
  13. lels to che Purpole.
  14. The Chymical and Physical Dictionaries oF Fohmson, Castellus and Blanchard,
  15. have a orcat manx W’ords and Terms chac are noc co be mec wich else-
  16. where: Andche last hach had Tour Fdirions in our ovon LanguasC; DUE
  17. cho many chinesare well enoush done in him, vet lome can hardly be
  18. Caid eobe (0; Cochat in mans Places Jhare been obliged eo pur his
  19. Name co What my amanuensis or Assistant cranscribed trom him, lest che
  20. Readter Chou d miltake ic For my omn Words.
  21. IVrice noc this only co disparase the Pertormances ot orhers, Or 10
  22. build my Celf a Repucarion on cheir Ruines: Buc l chink my self obli-
  23. sed eo Acquaine che Rcader wich che plain erurh of Things, wichouc Fa-
  24. vour or Afection; thac lo he may be informed irhere to meet wich (2.
  25. cistaction in his Inquiries and Rcadins, and wrhere noc; and perhaps it
  26. chis ere otener donc, boch che Time andcheFirpence ot Bainins erve
  27. Knomledse ould bemuch horined.
  28. There are Come ocher leser Dictionaries which are of good ule, and
  29. Which have been serviceable co me on Occation, Wwhich I Phall meneion
  30. belou; buc l must nexe acquaine che Reader, Phacmuch the greater part
  31. ot wrhac he will fnd here, is collected trom no Dictionaries, buc trom che
  32. best Orixinal Auchors (could procure in all Arrs and Sciences, andis che
  33. Relule oF Lome Zears Labour and Considerarion.
  34. Thare been very Full and Parricular in che Mathematicks, BC.
  35. cause eis che only solid Foundarion on which a Uletul Enquiry in-
  36. eo Nacure and aIl Physical Lcarnins, can possibly Be buile; and
  37. becaule tis allo ot che grearest Ule and Adranaec 10 Manteind in
  38. aII respects.
  39. In Geometry, underche Ntame os cach Fieure, youtrave che estemiat
  40. Properries oP ic briesly and plainly demonstrared; and che Applicarion
  41. ot ic to practice Phewed: Sochar by chehelp ol very calie Relerences
  42. trom one place coanocher, vou will find che Demonstrarion ot all Such
  43. uletul and imporcane Propolicions, in chac Noble Science, as are ulualls
  44. siven by Geometrick WXicerS.
  45. CadeE

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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/806933011:0014?run=74