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

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  1. The Mean Semi-diamerex oF the Farrt, is
  2. 29615800 Paris Feer, Or 3933 Miles (OF 5000
  3. Fcet r0 a MIIIC.) Bur the Barth is trigher ac the
  4. Equaror, than at the Poles, by 85200 FceF, Ot
  5. 27 Miles.
  6. So chac che Radius oF che Parch may be caten
  7. in a round Number, 25200000000 Fecr.
  8. Thie Solid Content ot che Globe ot che whole
  9. Farrh, i5 30000000000000000000000 C ubict
  10. Fecr.
  11. Accordina 10 Mr. Cassini, ehe FarrHS ereatest
  12. Distance from theSun, i5 22374, mean Distance
  13. 22000, and leas Distance 8022 demi-diameter s ot
  14. che Farch.
  15. On Supposition charche Suns Parallax bc 32 SC-
  16. conds, Wrtich is a Mean between 40 Seconds and
  17. 24 Scconds, the Farchs Mean Distance From che
  18. Sun, Will be 54000000 OF MileS. Mr. Whiston.
  19. NIr. Nemton tates che Farihs Diametes, Pcem
  20. trom che sur, t0 be 24 Seconds, and consequent
  21. ly che Suns Parallax r0 bC r2 Scconds, Wvhich. a
  22. erces with our Accurare AAronOmer MP. Elam-
  23. stead, and FTorroxs Obserrations. And rhen che
  24. Distance tromche Farch ro the sun, will bemuch
  25. SreateF.
  26. The Figure oE oux Farch, is most probably char
  27. ot an Oblate Spheroid, (vellins out rovards che F.
  28. quarorial Paris, and Aacted or contracted rorards
  29. the Poles: Sothar the Diameter oF ir at the Pqua-
  30. For, is longer chanche Axis by abour 34 Miles, aC-
  31. cordins tO Mr. Nemton: For the Polar Diameter
  32. or AXiS, is to che Eguarorial, OnC, 25 689 10
  33. 692
  34. IE ihe Farih Wete evet a Fluid State, ils RC
  35. volution round ies Axis must neceslarils malie it
  36. put on such a Figure; becaule near the Lquatorial
  37. Parrs must necds be thegrearest Cenritus al Force.
  38. and consequenty chere the Fluid voud rise and
  39. Civell most.
  40. Aid Thac it Mould be (0 non, sCems necessar
  41. co keepche Sea in the Equinoetial Regions Erom
  42. oversovins che Farch chereabonts.
  43. Eixpelmments allo made on Pendulums, which
  44. require different lenschsto swins Seconds here, anc
  45. ac the Fguatel, doprore chelame chins.
  46. And IF wrhat MI. Cassini CaYS IL CBHoCt
  47. Transactions, Numb 278. is cerrain trom Experi-
  48. ence, viz. Thar the Deorees oF one and the lame
  49. Meridian on che Faxth, encreale abOut, S ParE aS
  50. rou 50 Souchard, or are lonser rovards the F
  51. needs beof such a Fisure; a5 indeed is tharOF fu-
  52. The learned Dr. Cresory, in tiis astronomin
  53. metrica (d) Physica, Prop. 52. Lib. 3. Mews a Mc-
  54. thod to determine the Figure oF the Farrh exactlr
  55. and e0 find the Rario ot ine et let Lila
  56. Caprain Falley, in his Obserration oF Mereury in
  57. the Sum aE Sc. FTelena, : 677. Tells uS, Thac etre
  58. Annual Motion oF the Farrh is (0 exccedins surite
  59. 25 far to exceed rhat of a Buller Moc our oF a C di-
  60. non, andro be atter che Kate ol 3 Chss Wlles
  61. and an halt in a Second, which is 210 Miles in a
  62. Minure, and 12600 Miles in an LTOur.
  63. The Axis oE che Farch is inclined to chat of che
  64. Edliprick in an Ansle oE 66 Desrees 30 Mi
  65. And cho in one Anual Rerolution its Avis ap.
  66. pears to Heep exactls Patallel 10 it setF; vet in
  67. many Tears chis Polirion becomes sensibly chansed.
  68. Ores. Astron.
  69. Ehe Farchi dorte not describe an Orbir rounc
  70. the Sun property by her omn Centre, but by che
  71. Common C’entre of Gravity of the F arth and the Moon-
  72. And chis is the Reason ot the lnequalier ot rhe
  73. Farchs Morion. Gres. Astronom.
  74. The Farchs Florizontal ParallaX EO an LVC aE
  75. the suns surtace, will be 16 Minures, che halt oF
  76. the Suns apparene Dinmeter.
  77. Our most Accurate AAronomer, Hr. Flamstced,
  78. Found che Distance oF che Pole- Star trom chePole.
  79. to be greater about the summer Solstice, than ac
  80. etie Wincer, By abour 40 Or 45 Seconds; and chis
  81. he Caith, he contirmed by repeated Obserrations
  82. made For abore leven Lears successirely; as he ac.
  83. quains DF. WVallis in a Carin L ercer co him in che
  84. Zcar 1698, Wwhich L erter is publistred in che Phird
  85. Volume ot Dr. WVallis S Latine Workis. And since
  86. chac hehach cold me, Thac he finds a sensible An
  87. nual Parallax in ochers oE che Aixed Stars, 25 Wvell
  88. quator in any Proportion, then the Farch muct
  89. pirer, as appears trom Obserration.
  90. nutES.
  91. 25 chac; and from chence he concludes (I Think
  92. verys justIy) chac che Farch must more Annually
  93. round che Sun.
  94. ASEochekealon os ite Paralletibm ot ehe F’archs
  95. Axis in all paris cE irs Annual Orbir. Sec ihc
  96. Nord Parallelism.
  97. chan ic is in fune, and consequentls chat irs Peri-
  98. hetion is in the Month ot Occember, is plain-
  99. Firse, Becaule the Suns Apparent Diameter is
  100. then grearer Than ac Midsummer
  101. And also because the L’arch mores much svilcer
  102. then, by One 25Th ParF, Fan aE Miasummer
  103. And trom hence ir is, that there are about eighe
  104. Days more in che Summer half Pear trom March
  105. 20 September, chan in che Wincer Trom September 10
  106. Mareh.
  107. tion luirs ne Chanomn OL NVature, Ede lame must
  108. Thatthe Farch is nearer 2o ehe Sun in December
  109. MIE. Trhiston in his Lemmata proves verr calilis
  110. Thac che Annual Morion belonss 10 the Farch 2
  111. Bou e Su LBF cO the Sun abouc ehe RarTH.
  112. Cor whentrom che Moons Orbit, and the Planets
  113. Orbits and Periodical Times, ris cerrain, Thac MhG
  114. Lawr ot Gravicarion cormards ihe Farch, and 10
  115. Watco Ct. C Sut Lo ene lame; and by consequence,
  116. corial Bamtelet. Lnd demonstrales, Lhac the
  117. Farchmuse d e e LGate mentioned, viz.
  118. all the Perioanat Limes ot Bodies revolring aboul
  119. cach ot Thets MMM lame PFOPOrtION 1O One anO-
  120. each ot cHet. On Wtrch Hypothesis, this PrOPOT.
  121. cher, compared wich cheir sererat Distances trom
  122. an Olate Spheroid.
  123. IIe Mews allo, Thar che Prolare Spheroidical
  124. LiguCOFche Farch, is che Realon boch ot che Re-
  125. cestion oF the liquinoctial Poinrs, and also, Thac
  126. the Farchs Axis doch rwice erery Tear chanse its
  127. Inclination ro che Fetiprick, and a5 olten return
  128. Dack 28am to irs former Posirion, astron. Pa5. 77.
  129. Lib. T. Pro
  130. The Farihs mean Reroluion in respect oF che
  131. De He eu MM, and ro be fully acquiesc d in.
  132. o lis o Laco the Liyporhesis ot Che
  133. Farchs Annual Morion, her Periodical Times exact.
  134. ly fuirs, and is s0 between chatof Mars and Venus,
  135. asthe Proporrion obserred chrough che wrhole sy-
  136. stem; buc on che orher Hypothesis, is Cou
  137. onchio thyporhesto, che dut hilo revolres aboncout
  138. Fixc Scats, is 23 Eours, 56 Minures.
  139. different: For ivhren che Hoon undoubredlr, an

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