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

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  1. ACCIFEROUS Plants, Wether Frecs
  2. Strubs, Or FTerbs, are luch ds bear Berries:
  3. and Berries are Fruirs conreu with
  4. chin Alchibrane, I oe l Concated à Lul
  5. wehich groms ote and moilt when ripe, and con-
  6. cains che Seed wichin che substance. The Baccise
  7. rous Herbs are che Chamamorus, Smilax aspera
  8. Drronia Alba and Niera, Ancelica Baccisera, ACo.
  9. nitum Racemosum, Solanum Racemosum America
  10. num Fypoglossum, Laurus Mlexandrina, Oxymyrsine
  11. Polyconarum Lilium Convallium, Monophyllon, Man-
  12. The Vane aE A is called ehe ForiZ on Vane
  13. THaE aE B che Sbade Vanc, and chac at C The SieB
  14. Vane. The lester ArK B is oF 60 degrees, and tBaV
  15. DFC (OP f4) Ot 30 degrees. In tiime ot Oblerva
  16. tion che Stracion Vare B is set uxon the 60 Arch
  17. just cg an even degree ot lome Alcirude less Than
  18. ron judee che Complement oE che Suns Alticude
  19. Wwill be, by 50 or 15 acgr. The Floriron Vano
  20. is put on at and che Sighe Vate on che zocti
  21. Ark f8; and chen che Observers Back Deino
  22. turned co the Sun (Whence the Name DE BaCk
  23. tracora. Herba Paris, Solanum Lethale, Mtalum In. staff Or Back- Ouadrant) he lites up rhe Instrumenr
  24. sanum, Solanum Vulgare. Alsine Baccifera, Solanum and lookins ct roughche Sighe Vanc, rising or Fal
  25. iustris, _c.
  26. ino ehe Ouadrant eill ehe Shadon ot the upper
  27. Fdse ot che Shade Vane FalI on the upper Ldee ot
  28. the Slic in che Forizon Vane; and it then you cari
  29. sec the florizon chroueh ehe Paid Stir, che OBTeF.
  30. varion is Wvell made: Bur it the Sea apoear in-
  31. Aead ot cheFlorizon, move che Siphe Vane lover
  32. conatase: IF che Shy appear, move ic uprards
  33. conardsf, and so rry rill ic comes righr
  34. Then obserre hou mans Degrees and Minutes
  35. are cut by chac Edse ot che siehr Vane, wrtrich an
  36. Cvers to the sight FTole, and cochem add che De
  37. erees cur by che upper Edse ot che Shade Vane
  38. Fruir; i. c. one containins rvO OF more Leels) The Summ is the Suns distance trom the Lenirh
  39. T0 And che Meridian Altieude by this Inctru.
  40. mene vou must conrinue che Observacion as lone
  41. a5 vou perceire che Alrieude e0 bc increasins
  42. atich pou will find by che Seas appearine Ail
  43. Acini or Kound Solr BaIIs (For che mord scinus chrouxh che Stic instead oE thellorizon, and as pou
  44. Reverse oF a Dactyi
  45. move the sipht Vane lover: Buc a5 loon a5 ever
  46. vou sec che Sky appear instead ot che Florizon.
  47. the Alcicude is chen diministins, and vou mult de
  48. EAt; and addins as betore, che Depree and Mi
  49. nutes on che rro Artes rogecher into one summ, it
  50. dires ehe suns Zenich distance, or his Co. AIEI.
  51. cude: and ehis lubstracted trom 900. Icaves chie
  52. true Alcieude above ehe FTorizon.
  53. Thac excellene AstronOmer, MIC. Flamstead, con
  54. erived a Glass Lens or Double Convex co be pla
  55. ced in chemidale ofrhe Stade Vane, which makes
  56. a (maII briphe Spor on the slit ot che Florizon
  57. Vane instead ot the Stade: And chis is a BreaE
  58. Improvemene, il che Clals be cruly made, tor bx
  59. ehis means che Instrument may be uled in FTa2
  60. Neacher, and a much more accurare Observari
  61. on made in Clear Weacher ehan coule beby che
  62. Stradom.
  63. Dur atter allu ehis Ouadrant is by no means (o
  64. accurate as could be wimted; and a large, heavy
  65. Braso Aprolabe must needs be a mueh berrer In.
  66. Arument.
  67. THc Bacciferous Trees ME. Rar divides
  68. c. Such a5 bear a Caliculare or Naked Berry
  69. +kinds
  70. the Plorer and Calix boch Fallins of rogecher and
  71. leavins che verry bare; a5 ine sassatras Lrec, a.
  72. 2. Such as have a Naked, Monoprrenous Fruit
  73. i. c. Concainins in ic only onc Sccd; a5 the ArburuS
  74. Terebinthus, Lentiseus, Viscus, Lraea Sambueus
  75. Aquaticus, Caureola, Chamatau Termanica (Or Me-
  76. Zereon) Viburnum, Cornus, Phamnus, eC.
  77. 3. Such as have also a Naked buc Polypyrenous
  78. Alnus, Berberis. Alaternus. Sambucus Vulxaris, Vi
  79. eis, ehe Ted Plant. Puonymus Vulcaris, ou
  80. Rhamnus Cacarticus, Capparis, Criea Bacoiserau al.
  81. +. Sucl a5, have cheie Pruir compoled ot many
  82. in Bocany, is Lachee a Grape than d Grapestone
  83. or Sceds wichin it: 25 the Fasaminum, Lirustrum, ox che Complemene et his Alrirude.
  84. set clole tOgeTHeL ANC d BuNC OF GrapeS; a5 chC
  85. Qua Marena, Rubus Vulsaris, Labus Idaeus, anc
  86. che Rubus minor fructu Caruleo.
  87. BACLIVOROOS Creatures, are luct Ammals
  88. a5 fecd uxon Berries
  89. BACCLRIND Thief (2 Ferm in L aW) Cignityine
  90. a Fhiet raken wich che Manner (as they lay) i. e
  91. harins on his Back, or abouc him, chole chines AC
  92. hach Rollen. Iris by lome raten tor al e
  93. dsainst Vert or Venison in the Porest.
  94. BACCHIOS, is che Foor ot a Latin Verse, COn
  95. Estins ot chree Syllables, Where ihe ArH l
  96. and ihe rro laH lonB; 25 L. sescds. L 15 rtc
  97. BACIL LI, are chose Medicines Wwhich are or
  98. lons round Fioure, lite a Scick, (8C.
  99. BACK. STATS, OE a Strix. Sec Stays
  100. BACKSIAFE, che same wich DaviSS Oua
  101. drant, or the Fnelist Ouadrant, as tis called b.
  102. ehe French. Tvas invenred by one Capt. Davis.
  103. Velchman; and is a Sea Instrumene, or g00d use
  104. co cale the Suns Alrirude ac Sea. Cs et
  105. Vaneo, B, ana C, alt bt er0 Aiches.
  106. te (In Coceimeacton) i5 a kind oe lor
  107. Cullis or Gare made lite a Pir. Fall wwirh a Coun-
  108. cer-poise, and supporred by EWO preAE STaKeS
  109. Tis ulualy made vetore rhe corps de Cards 2d.
  110. BACOLOMELKL, accordins colome, is che
  111. Aer oF Meaturins accessible and inaccessible Lines
  112. by che help OF OnC Or more Stares
  113. BAVOER (I LaW) is one chat is Licenced re
  114. buy Corn or octer Victuals in one Place and carry
  115. ranced near the Crares.
  116. lE lo anoche.
  117. BATL F Or BM, CL SCateB CaII ladine OF CaH.
  118. ins che Wacer by hand ourot a Boac Bailing; and
  119. nohen che Wacer is chus Bailed ouc, chey Cay, che
  120. doa

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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/806933011:0103?run=74