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

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  1. IHC PR F F AC L
  2. In Cmnnery vou hare che Mechod of Shoorins in Greac Ouns and
  3. Morcars, wrich Capeain FTaller 5 and Ander son S Tables; and a5EO Forrifica-
  4. tion Thare consulced ehe best Bools and Praminos; and l beliere che
  5. Several Parrs of a forritied Place are prerry well delcribed, and che Plate
  6. Belongino cochis Art, ac che Find of che Bool, comprehentire, and donc
  7. accordino cothe best ofche Modern W 2y5.
  8. TheFigures also oF che Fire Orders oF Pillars in Civil Architecture, are
  9. Thope, as instructire as chey cond be olthac size; and as Por the Perms
  10. ot Arehere, I took ehem trom che best Authors, as Vitruvius, Vignola,
  11. Palladio, and the Parallel By NIP. Fivelyn.
  12. Tavigation also is larsely creared ot, and che whole Are caughE
  13. under ehe W ords Plain and MercatorS Sailine, and Traverses: And aS
  14. co che Variarion of the Compass, I hare siven vou a very full and ex-
  15. ACF ACCOnnE oF it Trom chaE Fxcellene Machematician C aPC. FTalley,
  16. coxether mich his Ingenious Hypothehs, For che Solurion of ies V2-
  17. riacion; and Practical Rules eo fnd che Variation of che Compals
  18. aE SCa.
  19. Andas eo a Strip, Thare endeavoured to be very full and parricular in
  20. describing the several Pares ofher, boch inthe Dock, when Buildine, and
  21. woten Riged and under Sait aE SCa: For I have consulced che Best
  22. Draughes, Sections and Models L could get a sigheof; hare soc Whachelps
  23. Icould trom Captains and Masters of Strips, and hare olten BOnC On
  24. Board my sell, eo gec che more ready Knomledge ot chis AHair;
  25. and I have compared ic alI wich wohat we have already Princed ot
  26. ehis Nature in Booles and Descriptions ol Strips; Such as Manvarines
  27. Sea Dictionary, Doteler S Sea Dialogues, Philips s Section oF _ FirI Rate,
  28. esC.
  29. Thare given alsotrom several Eminene Hands, and several ays, chio
  30. Lans of Notion: AStrOm DE. Wallis, MT. Tsaac Nemion, Monsieur Varig.
  31. non, HIr. Jobn Keil, _c.
  32. Andche Doctrine oF Mechanicks, Nature and Properties oF Staticks, and
  33. the Pendulums, and ot Projectiles.
  34. And I have been very large in chac most Uletul Science FGdrosta-
  35. ricks; sivinq an Acconne ot che Principles and Practice oF chat ArE,
  36. boch Machematicallu and Experimentally: And under che Word
  37. Specifick Gravity, I have giren pou all chac che Ionourable ME. Doyle
  38. hach advanced on chac subject, in tis Medicina Lsydrostatica; e0
  39. wotrich a larse Table ol che Specifick Gravities ot differene Bodies is
  40. added; and all his Fydrostaticat Paradoxes are inserted in their pro-
  41. Per place.
  42. Thare described also, chieAy From MIr. Durham, che vay oF Calculation
  43. oE Automata, Or Clock and W acch. Work; and explained che Perms. OF ArE
  44. eled in Paincins and Sculpture.

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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/806933011:0016?run=74