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

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  1. (omerimes eo more Rover, and ocher rintes more .Thien he procceds to consider more parriculari
  2. Evitely.
  3. IF che Farrh move the fame vay wich the C0
  4. mes. and sviscor by its angular Morion round che
  5. What the Bodies ot Comers are, ard concludes cha
  6. cher are solid, compact, fire and durable, litre
  7. thole oF che ocher PlaterS. Returins che old Opi
  8. Sun, chani ihC Comet, ihe Comet ertien boheld scom nion ot cheic beins Mereors or Fxhalarions, Trom
  9. rhe Larch wvill appear eo be Rerroerade.
  10. And it the Fartk move Noner chan ir, ehe MIO
  11. cion of che Comet (subducting che Norion oF ihe
  12. Karch) vill Be, eo appearance, AOver.
  13. chis; thac in cheir Pransies (0 near che sun as we
  14. And etier do e0, cher voula bepertectlys dissipa
  15. ted, dispersed and destroyed
  16. THCFCaE OE che Sun he hadt Betore Meron 1o be
  17. Bur iC ihe Karrh mOve a Conrary Way co che as the Densry of che RayS; or ReciprocallY aSChC
  18. Comet, it will chen appear ro more lwister than Squares of rhe Distances ot Places trom che sun
  19. he Farch: AI wrtich he illustrares and proves, Wheretore lince he Dittance ot the Comet which
  20. and Mens also 2 may scom che Comet s Parallax 10 axpeared in ihe XCar 1680, beins in irs Peribeli-
  21. sind ies distance.
  22. on December the Sch, vas then ro che Distance ot
  23. From ehe Consideration also oF the Curricy ot ihe Farrh from che Sun a56 10 r000 nearly. The
  24. che may ot a Comet, he concludes, chac when chey Suns Elear in che Comet ac chac cime was co his
  25. dilappear they are much belon che Orb ob Fupi-
  26. Freac wich us ac Midsummer 25 10000001036 01
  27. per; end chac in cheir Porizeums and Periheliums 2800010 r; Whereas the Fleat ot Boiling Wacer
  28. cher oscen descend belon che Orbirs oF Mars and as he cried, as buc very lirele more chan eripple
  29. che Inferior Plancts.
  30. cheElear et our dey Parch exposed ro che Mid
  31. Erom ihe Lieht al(O OE the apPATenE ScaE Thar summer sun; and che Fleat oF red hor Tron he con-
  32. is in ee blead ot ine Comet, he concludes cheir
  33. jectures ro be abour Z Or 4 rimes as greac as chat
  34. Viciniey eo ehe Sun and Darch, and char ches can ot boisins Wacer: Wheretore che Hear ot che
  35. by no menns be in lho llexion ot ehie fix d Scars.
  36. as some have imagined; for then cheir Feads
  37. dried Parch or Body oF che Comet in iis Periheli.
  38. on, WaS near 2000 cimes 25 prear 25 chac oF red
  39. conld no more be entiphrened by che sun, chan hoc Tron; and consequencly, it the Comet hac
  40. cho elaners are by che AX d StarS.
  41. Considerins allo che Obscurarion oF the Come
  42. by chac chick Fume or Vapour wich wrhich ies
  43. lead is alvays encompassed, he concludes, that
  44. cher must oscen deseend donn belon che Sphere
  45. et saturn as he had betore Found by rheir Paral-
  46. JaX. The same chins he concludes also by exami-
  47. been a Meceor or an ABxrepare ot Vapours and
  48. Extalarions, che dun voula soon have rendredie
  49. invisible.
  50. That Comet theretore acquired (0 Preat, (oim
  51. mense a degrec ot Flear in irs Perihelion, chac il
  52. must needs De a lons rime betore ic will be colda
  53. fain; tor he compures chac a Globe or red hoc
  54. nins into che cause oP ehe Coma or Fail, and then tron, of che Dimensions of our Farth mould scarce
  55. drans chele Corellaries.
  56. 1. Thae Comers Minc D) the LighE oF the Sun
  57. Beams rellelted from chem.
  58. 2. LHaL IHC LCareH aIC deroid oF aII RCF.
  59. stance, Cuch as our Air and ortier Mediums have
  60. For chele Comors move every vay wich aI che
  61. freedom thar can be, obliguely, directly, and olter
  62. against rhe course oF the PlaneES, and yeE Can COn
  63. rinue cheir Mocion for a very lons wrhile, even (0
  64. And cherelore ehe Celestial Resions cannor b
  65. Alled Wirh Mlarrer likre che Carrestan Vorrices, bur
  66. must. be almost void Spaces.
  67. Aext II Fropos. 40. 600k S. he proves, Tha
  68. Comets move round che sun in Conick Sections
  69. havins cheir Umbelici in the Cenere oF che Sun;
  70. and chac by Lines drawn trom chemselres eo che
  71. Sun they describe Areas proxorrional to cheir
  72. Limes ot Rerolurion, as the other Planers do.
  73. And he scems eo china chem a Kind ot PlaHCES,
  74. and chac chey rerore in teal Elliprical Orbits,
  75. be cool in 50000 Tears. IE cheretore me suppole
  76. ehe Comet eo cool 100rimes a5 fast as red hor Iron
  77. char ot red hor Tron, il rou suppose his Body u
  78. beoF che lame bixness ot our Farth, he will not be
  79. Ele obserres also, thac che Tails OE all Comet
  80. are lonxest and largest asrer their parrine trom che
  81. Sun, or just after cheir Peritelions; which Mews
  82. thacche Suns Fleac concribures ro the encreale of
  83. che Tais, whence ris more chan probable, chac
  84. che Tail ot a Comet is only a lons and very chin
  85. Smcak or erain ot Vapours which che ieniced Nu-
  86. cleus, or Flead ot che Comer emirs trom ic. And
  87. chis Norion he contirms atcer chis, by returing che
  88. cvo ocher Opinions abour che Orixin of che Pail
  89. For some ili have il ro be only che Sun- Deanis
  90. Minine chrough che Flead oF the Comet a5 they de
  91. chrouxh 2 Crerise inco a dark Place, and by char
  92. Which ebpolirion he concludes,
  93. vec cince his FPear was 2000 cimes preater char
  94. cool in a Million oF XearS.
  95. et a Comet.
  96. Thac is Comets do erer come abour again, cause the ReaION LHaL IHE SUIN- BeamS ApPCAF thuS
  97. Their Orbirs are very Eccenericat Ellipses; and lucid wrten his Rays ine chrouph an Fole or
  98. thac r:ir Periodical Limes are co chose ot cheFla
  99. Chinke inco a dark place, is because the lixhr is re
  100. hers in 2 Selquialceral Racio ot che Franfverle Aected tront n Las Ot SIIOAR, LIIIAI Su
  101. AXeS, ana lCIOre Conrs ume usually above
  102. C9c. Which concinually Ay r0 and From che Air,
  103. ehe Planers, and describins Orbirs ot longer Ares and cheretore lo alvass speneet Wnere i
  104. chan chey, doreally move Dorver chan chey; and
  105. particulart), Chac it che Ax ot the DOF a Comet, ber ot Parricles oF chis NPature. Duc s a Cm att
  106. de ot che Rerosucion e ne Lomet, ro chal and consequeney in the Celestial Rexions irhere
  107. noc be visible: Lior Lighe, as in che Sun- Beams
  108. et ehis in several Lemmas he prepares chesonly, is noc discernable, bur only (0 tar a5 il is
  109. id determine che species ot ile Cnen Secii-(trom chence reffected ro ourRiyes
  110. Orhers will have che lails oF Comets ro be
  111. ce siven Time; and 1o oclesme che formed by the Retraction ot Liphe as ic pastes
  112. hry om chrec Obleeraltons, Wnich he il. s chroueh che Head ot che Comet co che Farrh: Buc
  113. means come lo apeCat s Cac LeMI.
  114. Bur chis Norion he Mens ill noc hold; De.
  115. Air abounds wich che most erols and grearest num
  116. vere a ritmes as lons as the Ax ol Sacurns Orbit, clearer Air, no tuch Appearance can well be seen:
  117. ESacuch uouta be 25 4 XY 4 OF B 10L; chac is, probabiy chere is liele or no Marcer 10 restect, can
  118. Comet deseribes; eo Anct ies place ae any in.
  119. eo by Fimamples.

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