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

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  1. ALTERNATION, is a Woa ued b) Idr. Wal.
  2. lis and orhers For rhe disserent Changes or Altera
  3. tions ot Sider in any Number ol laes provoled
  4. OF Chis CtaC L. CdTHCC MachemaMam hach a pe.
  5. culiar Dilcourse ac the end ot his Asebra. Thi
  6. Alcernarion is eaEily Found, by only concinual NuI
  7. ciplicarion of aIl che Numbers, beginninz aE V.
  8. nicy. Tlus it ie ivere required loknom hou ma
  9. ny Chanpes calt DC rung OI H= Bells, vou need
  10. onty wrire aW L, 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, and then mul.
  11. ciply all chole Numbers concinvally one into avo
  12. cher, and the lalE Froavet Sres the Number ot
  13. Changes, brhich is 720 ChanBes.
  14. ALLLMELRZ, che Arc ot catins and mea
  15. Turing oF Feighes, Wherhee Accessible Or Tnaccessi
  16. ble. Sec altitudes Or Heirhts.
  17. ALTIIOOE osthe Pole: SC Elovation of the
  18. Pole
  19. Add che LanS. OE The AnBlCS, 23. 5L. 9, 685290
  20. TheSumm will. Be
  21. The Remainder is the L05, OF 43 FCet, 1.. 85)
  22. rtrich is ehe Perpendicular Lleishic oF che Lover.
  23. N. B. Elere and in all luch Cales OF EhIS KIna
  24. Allorvance must be made for che heighe ot
  25. che Fye, or Inftrumene abore cheGround
  26. Zou may allo, travins che Former Requilires;
  27. viz. The Bale and Angles, casilr Aind che LIyporhe
  28. nule FI, or ho tar ic is trom the Top oFche Low:
  29. ex eo etie Scacion; by che 2d. Cale oE Rectanglé
  30. Triansles, and chis ill be uletul in many Cales
  31. On che Comiion Guadrane vou have à L. inc
  32. called che duadrati wrtrich hach ervo sides dirided
  33. each into 100 equal Parrs, and char oin the
  34. ALTETODE OE MOTION, is a Term used Lest hand is called Risht Shadon, char on ché
  35. by Dr. WVallis in his Mechanicks for etie Meature
  36. ot any Motion ellimared accordins roche Line ot
  37. Direction ot chemovins Force.
  38. Righe. hand Contrary Thador.
  39. ALTILODES OE FICixbES of Places perpendi.
  40. cularty abore che Prorizon, are chus Found, Wwhc
  41. cher Accessible Or Iaccessible; 1. e. Wtiether rhey
  42. By which means eis very ealie rorate aris Ac-
  43. cessible Alcicude ac one Scarion by che Guadrant;
  44. FOr; it etie Anple S bc just 45, the Diltance 10
  45. the Foor ot che Pover trom the Scation is alvays
  46. equal to the Alrirude: Bur it etie Angle Be lese
  47. are such whose Foor or Borcem you can hare ac. chan thac, che Scrins will Fall on Rishe Shactom in
  48. cels ro, Or lueh a5 yOu cannOT cOme neaT.
  49. rion.
  50. the Ouadrat. Then (2y, a5 100 is co etie nuin-
  51. ber ot Parrs ot che Righe Stradou cui by che
  52. Strins:: l0 is ihe Distance to che Alcitude. 50
  53. Let Y be a Tover Randins uxon a Level thar it the Siring cur 25, 750r 50, (96. thetleiehe
  54. Ground, Whole seteme I sequired, your Scarion is accordingly 2, 3 or haltetie Distance.
  55. Pover.
  56. Buc erhen ehe Serins Falls roward che Righr.
  57. hatc, and che Anole s De above 450. then lay
  58. 2S the Parrs cur by the Thread in che Guadeane
  59. are r0 100:: P0 is che Distance roche Flciphr
  60. Wheretore it the Thread cur 5o here elie Lleiphr
  61. is double co theDistance; iF ic cur 25, ris 4 rimes
  62. 25 freac a5 the Distance, (56.
  63. TocheLOENI OLB, 30F. 1, 354242
  64. F1, 639532
  65. c. 20 ratee an Accessible Atitulle aE One St a
  66. beins ac S, 90 Fooc distane trom the Basis ol chic
  67. f00
  68. First, irh a Ouadrant, Theodolit
  69. ocher graduaced Instrument for chac purpole
  70. From vour Scarion S, cake che Angle of Alcitude
  71. ASC, 23 des. 1min. Now, vou see chac che
  72. Perpendicular Feiphe oF che Tover AC, thc
  73. Bale CS, and rhe Visual Line S A, do constitate
  74. a Riphe Angled Trianele, Wherein chere is siven
  75. the Bale B 90 FOOr, the Anole ac C n RishE One
  76. and the Angle or Altitude caten by Oblervation
  77. 250. S1. and theretore che AnSle S A C
  78. Complemene 10 90 des. 64, 09. and rhe AIE
  79. rude l’is required
  80. Wherelore, by Case r. OE Rish Ansled Plain
  81. Trianeles che Provorrion is
  82. AS the Radius is cothe Bale, (0 is the Fan
  83. Bent or che Anele ot Altirude ro cheHcishrM ch
  84. Loer. ThacIs, R: B:: T, S: P
  85. And ihe Oxetas Petlormed chus,
  86. From Which. Substract chie Rad. 10, 000000
  87. N. B. By applins whac is hiere said oF Di-
  88. stances ro thie Stracto et ans Oscls, II
  89. cakins cheir Heighe by che lensch os cheir
  90. Stradows, willbe casily understood.
  91. FTon CoLanC an accessiole A C EVC
  92. Siations.

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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/806933011:0059?run=74