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

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  1. Si AR. This Cutious Instrument oF Flearins, i
  2. divided inco che External, and Internat F. at
  3. THC
  4. EAR External, is compoled oE a Cartilape co.
  5. vered wich a Skin verr delicare, under Which vor
  6. meer with anocher Nervous Tegument thatimme
  7. diately embraces the whole Cartilage; Wrtich, aF-
  8. tex lome fer Folds terminates in rhar parr ot the
  9. Fas which is called, the Concha, trom ies relem.
  10. blance co che Enrrance oF 2 smalI Shell: Besides
  11. thele, ic hach ervo Mulcles;
  12. The Erst is made ux ol cerrain Carneous Fibres
  13. AXE t0 thac part OFthe Pericranium, thaccovers the
  14. Musculous crotaphytes, and descends in a Araie
  15. Lincco insere ic sel( ac che upper pare of che second
  16. Foldine oF che Par.
  17. The second likewise consists ot Are Ox six Carrie-
  18. ous Fibres, chac ralce cheir rise trom che upper arid
  19. Foremost part oF che Apophyses Mastoides, arid de
  20. scendins obliquely for abour an Ineh cerminate at
  21. che midale oF The Concha.
  22. Artertes it hach trom che Carorides, one Branch
  23. ot wohich passerh behind, and che ortier betore
  24. and che distriburion ot rhese is accended by Veiris
  25. Trom the Lxternal Fucular.
  26. The FTole OF The Far, is a Jube reachins From
  27. the Concha eo the Tympanum, and consists parrly ot
  28. a Cartilase, and parilr of a Bone, the Stin char
  29. corers ic is furnished wich an infinire Number ot
  30. Glandules oF d sentoiin Colour, each of which
  31. hath ies Tube openins into the Carier oF the Par,
  32. and sendins Torth thac vellon gleuy substance,
  33. wtrich is commontz found chere: AL the end ot
  34. ehis Passase i5 seated che Membrane, called the
  35. Timpanum, er Drum, beins almost round, dey
  36. thin, and cransparene, and is inchased in a Chan-
  37. nel cur usthe Bone ac the endot che Tube.
  38. Alter this Membrane succeeds a Caviry callec
  39. the Barrel, From che likcehels ir has to che Barret ot
  40. a Drum, beins on che Sides encompassed by che
  41. Bone, cloled betore by char Membrane, and bc.
  42. hind by the Surtace ot the Os Petrosum. This Bar.
  43. rel contains in it, o Channels, UWO Apertures
  44. tour Bones, chree Museles, and one Branch ot rhe
  45. NervC.
  46. The Channet thac goes Hom the Far tO che PA
  47. late, is called che Aqueduct.
  48. The Apertures, or Windots, ate sicuaced in che
  49. Supertcles oE che Os Perrosum, Opposite ro the Tym.
  50. panum: che tishest is che Oral- indo, in che
  51. Theruo Windons open into a Cariry whichis
  52. hevn in che Os Perrosum, called the Labyrinth, di-
  53. vided likewise into chree ParS. viz. ThC Fntry o)
  54. the Labyrinth, the chree Semi-circular Canals, and
  55. The Conchas
  56. The Fnter oE ihe Labyrinth, is Bruared behind
  57. the OraL. Windou, and hath nine ApertureS, viZ
  58. The Oval one, and Righe one, the Arst OF Which
  59. leads into the UpPeE parF OF che Conchâ, Are be
  60. lons ro thie Semi circular Canals, and the rvo last
  61. transmir cuvo Branches of che sotcer Porrions of che
  62. Auditory Nerde, XC.
  63. THe Fxternal Far Collects the Sounds, and aug-
  64. ments the Impression by che rarious ReRections che
  65. Voice undersoes in iIs Pastase chro che Folds
  66. ThCD) sC OF itie Nuseles is thoughE tO ContraCt,
  67. Ox dilace rtie Concha, 25 The TremblinOS OF FhC AIF
  68. arc AFONS OP Weak.
  69. In the Internat Far, the Tympanum is Arerehed
  70. and made Aack asain, by the Mulcles oF che Mal.
  71. leus; in rhe rension of it, Borh Mulcles act, but in
  72. ehe relaxation, only che external, whose Action il
  73. is to reduce ic trom a Concare ro2 Plain, 25 is ma-
  74. nifest from the Insertion ot che Nuscles; che de
  75. termination of wrhich Action procecds From the va-
  76. rious Dispositions, and appusse ot the Objects, as
  77. a Marp Noce, is caused by a Body wvhose Parts
  78. are (0 disposed as io be capable ot very quick Vi-
  79. brations, Whieh cher as Cuddenly imipress on che
  80. Air; on theconrrarr, che Aac Nore proceeds From
  81. the NOveF ScrOaKS OF a BodY, with ParES ThaL Can
  82. only be (0 agirared, to Which differences the Tym-
  83. panum readili complies, and does as it vere pur
  84. on cheir particular Character; chis is. delivered
  85. thence co The Malleus, and (0 Forward; rill at last
  86. che lame Auctuarion is caused in che, Os Petrosum,
  87. and in che Labyrinch.
  88. The Aquiduct serres chieAy For che Tnorels and
  89. Foress oF Air, r0 and from che Carier into which
  90. ic openS.
  91. From che Communication oF che harcer Porrion
  92. ot the Audirory Nerre, wich che Branches oF the
  93. Fisch Pair, Wrhichare distributed co the Organs ot
  94. the Voice, proceeds thar Sympathr berwmeen Speak
  95. ing and Flearing; Trom che communication OF 0-
  96. ther Nerres, Follon the Morions oFthe Body, and
  97. eren oF the Spirirs, which otien accompany che
  98. Sounds We hear, 25 in the LHects oF Musick,
  99. ec.
  100. EARINC aboard a Strip, is that ParE OF ehie
  101. BOIE.Rope, (or Rope Wherein che Sail is Leved)
  102. irhich at che Four Corners oF the Sail is letr open
  103. in the FOrm oF a Rins: The tvo uxpermost ot
  104. Wtich Four Farings are put over the Yard- ArmSFO
  105. Falcen the Sail co che Vard: Anid into the lorver
  106. Farines che Tacks and Shears are seized; Or, 25
  107. NIE. Reil in his FXamination OF DP. Burnet S Theory
  108. makes 10 be 170981012 Tralian Miles, and ine
  109. Tralian Mile is licele lels chan the Knglist one.
  110. The Ambic oF che Farch (or the Cireuference
  111. Ot d edC CHele ot I1) accordine 10 rhe French
  112. Mealure s, 15 l L3249600 Pari Fee, Or 216491
  113. cher call ir, are there bent unto theClem.
  114. boromi ot inhich is a lmall lase Whercon the Ba
  115. sis ot the Ineus rests; the octer, wtich is called
  116. che Round Windo, haS a Mall Charinel, ir
  117. irhich is set a verr fine, des, and diaphanous
  118. Metorane, likte chat oF the Tympanum.
  119. The srst oF the Bones is callee alleus, wohole
  120. lengen is abour, ? oF an lnch, elle Diameter oE iES
  121. Breadch, is one Third oF iEs LenoFH.
  122. The sccond is che Incus, ite sensele ot wrhole
  123. sernid c0 che scapes bx cheMeciarion otrhe
  124. Fourch Bore.
  125. OF elie chrée Nuscles Wwhich are contained i
  126. this Cavier, truo belone ro che Malleus, the chIra
  127. ro che scapes: Lastly, The Branch oE che Herre
  128. evtrich passes behind ihe Tympanum, has been ta-
  129. Nen by Come Tor the Tendon ot elte Muscle oE che
  130. Malleno, arel is a Branck or che hsch Edit.
  131. FARTFI. The Surtace oF the Whole ParIH.
  132. Egel so pticd.

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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/806933011:0273?run=74