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

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  1. any ofthem is at che greatest, the chrec others allo
  2. will be grearest; and when any onc lels, the rest
  3. diminist in che same Ratio. Wheretore thC HII
  4. nual Rquarion os the Center (oF che Sun) beins B
  5. ren, che other chree correspondins siquattons Wle
  6. siven; (0 chac one Table (1. c. OL IC CCn at
  7. quarion) may serre For aII.
  8. FOVATIONOs Time, Or OF Nacurat DaYS, II
  9. Altronomy, 25 che Noble Tycho hach asserred, anct
  10. Our Famous Mr. Sereet demonstrared, is rhie dine
  11. rence betreen che Suns true LonIcu, aiu A
  12. ri xhE AScenSiOn.
  13. Ponsitnde in FHC LCHPECK, and THC ARC AFCI
  14. projected into the Equator. Let b bc chekarch.
  15. COr Sun 5) righe Ascention in irs true place; 5B
  16. Diamerer ot the Equinoctial, and Meridian o
  17. the Parrtis apparent Diurnal Rerolution; a b
  18. che Semidiamerer ot the eruc Meridian and Equi.
  19. noctial suppoled in the Flearens; and s his suppo.
  20. Ted ro De parallel ro a b, tho ther appear here bu
  21. 25 one Line. Lecod be dravn parallel t0a f, an
  22. bc also a Diameter of the Equinoctial and Ner
  23. dian oF the mean or equal Rerolution. Ic it
  24. then be plain, chac ce g, ivhichis che Angle oF ch.
  25. Larchs Libration, must be equal to baf, che dite
  26. rence oF Lonsicude and righe ACcention; and cor
  27. sequently, must be che erue Lquarion ot Time, 0
  28. che ditterence berween che equal and apparent
  29. Time.
  30. rural DayS.
  31. anlivers tothat part ot che Suns (OF L arthS Annua
  32. Morion asis pertormed in thac Time. FOr, Wher
  33. Cat Palt et eC CGnocul, wohich (Wich che Sun,
  34. was ac the Meridian resterdar at Noon, is come
  35. chicet LSam to Day: IlIs noc vec Noon, (becaule
  36. che. Suu Is noc no al the Place where resterdaz
  37. This Additamene (abOre the 24 F. quinoctiat
  38. First, Becaule che Sun, by reason ot its Apocae
  39. Tear, disparch in one Day an equal Arch oF chc
  40. Wwhichis abour the midele ot December; and leser
  41. near the Apocaeum, wtich is about che middle ot
  42. Fune; as Wvill appear lafficieney by the Tables ot
  43. 2dly, Tho che Sun ould in che Ecliprick move
  44. co egnal Arches oF ille Equinoctial, by which vve
  45. are Wo ettimare Time; Decause lome pares oF it, a
  46. the lno Solsticial Poines, lic nearer t0 a Parallet
  47. Policton co the Equinoctial than ochers; a5 chese
  48. abour chervo Equinoctial Poinrs, Wrhere the Eclip-
  49. riek and Equinoctiat do incerlect: Whereuxon an
  50. Arch oF the Fclipricke near the SolsticiaL POInES, an.
  51. sIVerS tO a Greater ArCh oF the E quinoctial, char
  52. an Arch equal cherero near che Equinoctial POInES;
  53. as doth susticientir appear by the Tables oF che
  54. Suns righe Alcention.
  55. F rou imagine anocher Sun co more in the
  56. Fleavens in an equat emor, hoc in che Ecliprick.
  57. bur in che Equinoctial, che difterence bermeentheir
  58. COIIMA IO LHC MCTTCLAIT eVCL) DaY (OF EO any One
  59. and che lame FTour-cirele) will be che Equation o
  60. The Natural Dar is mealured not only by one
  61. intire conversion oF the Equinoctial OX 24 F. quino-
  62. ciat Flours, Cwhich is indeed taken 10 be pertor-
  63. med in equal Pimes) bur increases by (0 much, 2
  64. he as, bur is sone Forward abour one Degree
  65. MOTC Ox le (5) bur ve must ay rill thac PlacC,
  66. Fore ic benon NoOn.
  67. upon a cetore accbune unequal.
  68. where che sun non is, comes ro the Meridian, be-
  69. FTOurS, Ox intire convertion OF the Lquinoctial) is
  70. um and Perisaeum, dorh noc ac all cimes oE che
  71. Ecliprick; buc greater Arches near che Pericaum
  72. cle Suns’Annual Morion.
  73. alvars ac che lame rare, vet equal Arches oF che
  74. Ecliprick do not in aIl parts oF the Zodiack ansiver
  75. Time. And because the true Sun and thar Poin
  76. OF the Lquaror where ls righe alcention ends
  77. come altrazs to the Mendian cogether, the lqua-
  78. tion of Time may be detined ro be chat space ot
  79. Fime which is passed ovex while an APK OF che
  80. liquaror comprehended belleen the extream
  81. Foine ot the erue suns Alcion and the place ot
  82. the scipned Sun, passes over the Meridian: AnC
  83. Tet the Center ofche Sun be suped at A, ar
  84. OF the FartH aE e. L er e represent the Parrt.
  85. Or. Wallis chus accoums For cheinequalies ot na
  86. ifchis Ark be curned inco Time, ic sires therrue
  87. Equation es Time. Dr. Cotes. Astron.
  88. M. Flamsteed

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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/806933011:0307?run=74