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

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  1. F
  2. avhere he lpeaks ot the Varices; Vet Rhases diticis . L. I Elle Sun or Scarbe in che, Zenich, the De-
  3. From him, and Fraly Abbas Follows che Grecks, Who
  4. Cay, Thac an Elephas is a Disease which COrrUPES
  5. all che Members ot che Body, and is as it vere che Declinarion be Norrheriy, che Lacirude is
  6. an 2niversal Cancer. BuE neithex IS he COnSiCteHE
  7. wich himselE when he WVrices, ThacVlcers in the
  8. Legs and Fcet are called Flephes; and thac Fle-
  9. phancicus Morbusis an Aposthume proccedins trom
  10. clanchol in the Lees and Feer; and the sIgn
  11. OE it is, Thac che Mape OF che FoOcis litre tMe
  12. sisure ot an Flephant. AII the rest creat separarely
  13. Ot a Leprosio and an Flepiantia, and makre che lat-
  14. Ter to bC a Svellino ot The Feet, proceeding froma
  15. Aelancholy and Pituirous Blood, and che crooked
  16. Gvelling ot che Veins, Whereby che Feet resemble
  17. eheFeCF OF an Plephane in Mrape and chicknels: Anc
  18. this Tore of Pumour is otten seen in Beggeis Who
  19. Wandermuch. Blanchard.
  20. FLEPLTANTIASIS Grecorum, Which che Ara
  21. bians calI a L eprotie; it is called allo Flephas, Fle
  22. phentiasis, and C.lephantia, rom an Flephane, as some
  23. chinte, because ic makres People bis like an Ele-
  24. phanc, wrhich is a Foolim nocarion of che Word; For
  25. ihe Bodr is no bisser, tho ine Dilease bc. Others
  26. hinte tis (0 called, because che Distemper lyine
  27. in che Less, makes chem siH and equat, like at
  28. Flephane; or because ris a srong vehement Dis.
  29. ease, like an Elephanc, wich (nck like ScuH. 64
  30. len, in his TATh CHapFeE OF FUMOUES, CayS, ChaL
  31. This Diseale is called Saruriasmus Wvhen ic sest
  32. Begins, because it makes the Face likre thac oF:
  33. Satyr: Forthe Lips are chick, che Nose sivellS
  34. the FarS decars, the Taws are red, the Fore
  35. head is set wich Tumours, litre (o many FTOrns.
  36. Tho ochees chinke it is called saturiasmus, because
  37. The Perlons ADicted are much inclined co Leachery
  38. aE ehie Deginmin, aS SAEYES are. Celsus describes
  39. iE chuS, The Whole Body (Pays he) is (0 affected
  40. thac the veey Bones mar be laid ro becorrupted
  41. The upper Parrs oFche Body are FuIl OF SpOr
  42. and Tuinours, che Redness whereot is gradually
  43. turned into Black; the cop oF the Stin is un
  44. equally chick, ehin, hard, (otE, rouxh, 25 il it
  45. had Scales on it; the Body decays, the Bone
  46. Calres ofthe Legs, and Feet Bvell: Wrhen che
  47. Disease is old and invererare, the Toes and Fin-
  48. cers are hid in the Svellino, and a small Fere
  49. arises which casily consumes à Man loaden wirhi
  50. (0 manz Intirmicies. Blanchara.
  51. ELEVATION OF a Nortar. piece or Gun ische
  52. Angle Which che Chase ofthe Piece or ihe Axis ot
  53. che Florary Cxlinder makes wich ce Plane ot che
  54. FTOriZOn.
  55. FTEVATION O che Pole, is ihe FeiehE or
  56. number of Dcgrces chacthe Pole in any Lacicude
  57. is raised or appears abore the FIOrizOn.
  58. FLEVATION OF che Pole in Dyallins, is che
  59. Angle which che Scyle mates wich subststar
  60. Line.
  61. T0 sind the Elerarion or Fleiehe os ehe Pole, havins
  62. Siven the said Declination and Meridian Altitude
  63. or Zenith distance os the Sun or Star.
  64. Noce, P. HF che Sun or Star have no Declinarion,
  65. the Zenich distance is the Larieude ox FTeighr 0
  66. chepole; and it che sun or Scar comero che Me.
  67. ridian due Norrh, the Laritude is Sourtery, il ic
  68. corie 10 che Meridian Souch, che Lacirude is
  69. Norcherty.
  70. Norcherts.
  71. Wards wtuchrhe Declinarich lo.
  72. Clinarion is the Larirude, and if che Declinarion
  73. be Soucherir, che Lacicude is Southerly; bur il
  74. Rule +
  75. IF the Declination be Norch or Souti, and che
  76. Merielian Alticude Be che same Way, tharche De
  77. clination is, the difference bereen che Declinarion
  78. and Zenieh antance is che Fleighe oF the Polero-
  79. Oeclination PTOrth 23, 30 FR
  80. Zenich distance
  81. 8, 30 ZR
  82. Laritude NTorch. 15, 00 PZ.
  83. But is che Declination be lesschanche Zenich
  84. distance, chen che comrary Pole co he Declinarion
  85. S elerated.
  86. Zeriit Distance
  87. Declination Sourt
  88. Patitude Souch
  89. 480, 301Z. K
  90. 20, 00F R
  91. 28, 30FZ
  92. xam
  93. Tenith distance NOrrH 50
  94. Declination Norch
  95. 00
  96. 15, 30
  97. 35,00
  98. Rule2
  99. Lacirude sourh

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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/806933011:0284?run=74