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

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1. I
2. LOVATOR. Se Gunia
3. FOVTCRDRAL. Sec osectes
4. EOTTCDLOS, OE Equus minor, a ConTCII
5. iion in che Norhen tlemisphere, consictins oE fout
6. STarS.
7. EOVTLATERAL Triansle. Sec Triancle.
8. EOVIT SBRIOMI, in Mechanicks, is Wvhen che
9. evo ends ot a Ballance hans (0 exactly even and
10. level, chac neirher can ascend or descend, buc do
11. boch Kecp in 2 Posicion parallel co ehie Llorizon;
12. Which is occasiond by cheir beins boch charsed
13. Wwith an equal WeigHE.
14. EODTMDLTIELES, are DTumberS Or Ouan-
15. ciries multiplied by one and che same Number Or
16. Ouantiey. Sec Propesition NF 13.
17. FOOTNOL TTAL, (in elC FlearenS) OP P.quator
18. on che Farrh, is a greac Circle, Wvhole Poles are
19. che Poles oF The World. IE dirides the Cilobe into
20. EWO equal ParES; chat is, the Northern and Sou-
21. ehern Femispheres. Ie passes chrouzh the L ast and
22. WVest Points ot che FTorizon; and ac rhe Meridian
23. is raised as much abore the FTorizon, as is the
24. Complemene ofthe Laritude oF the Place.
25. Whenerer the Sun cometh eo this Circle, it
26. maketh equal Dars and Nighes all round the
27. Olobe, because he then alvays Riles due Fast,
28. and Sers due West, which ic dorh at no orher rime
29. OF che Vear; Wvhence ic hath ies NTame. AII STarS
30. also which arc under chis Circle, or whichhare no
31. Dectination, do alwazs Rise due East, and Sett
32. Fuill WV est, eC.
33. AII Pcople Livins under this Cirele, (wohich in
34. Geography is called the Linc) have cheir Dars and
35. Nighes equat: At Noon, che Sun is in cheir Ze.
36. nich, or directlr over cheir Leads, and casts no
37. Strado.
38. From ehis Circle (on the Globes) is che Declina-
39. tion or Latirude acconnted on the Meridian.
40. And che Circles rhich run chrough exch De-
41. gree otp acirude or Declinarion, are called ParallelS
42. Ot Latieude or Declinarion.
43. Throuch chis Lquinoctial, al che Four. Circles
44. are dravon at Rishic aneles co ic, and chrousli che
45. Poles oF the World, ac crery rsch Degree on che
46. Celestial 6lobc.
47. And che Equator on rhe Terrestial Globe, is di-
48. vided by che Meridians into 36 Cqual ParIS.
49. The PTacural Day is meatured by che Reroluri-
50. on oF the Equacor, and is ended vlen che lame
51. Poine oF che Equator comes again ro che lame Me-
52. ridian; ertrich is in 24 LTOuIS.
53. WVhereTOre since the EquatOK (25 aII oreat Cir-
54. eles arc) is dirided inro 360 Legrees, Cact FTOUr
55. must Be = = OF chaE DTumBer, Or F3 DCgrCeS, ancl
56. Suppose von vould rendils tenon hou mans
57. Flours, Minures and Seconds, (9c. There are
58. in 19 Degrces, 13 Minures, 7 Seconds ot rt
59. EquatOI.
60. Against 15 Degrees in cher
61. test Table, you find - 5
62. ABainst + DegreeS
63. Allo axainst 10 Minures rou2
64. vill find
65. And against 3 Minates -
66. 0
67. Then axainsts Secondsrour 0
68. will finc
69. And apainst 2 Scconds you2
70. hare
71. 0
72. Deoree dl che Equacor will concain + Minutes OF) Add all ux togexher, and ir7 EI. 1. .
73. an FTour, and 15 Minures oF a Desrec, Will make
74. 2Minure ot an LTour, or 60 Scconds, aud conse-
75. quently 4 Seconds anliver ro r Minure OF a DC-
76. Pree.
77. Flence che Followins Fables are made For con-
78. verrins Deorees and Minures, (9c. Ot chE Equi
79. noctial inco Time, and vice versa.
80. Mates
81. F 16 52 28
82. Second
83. WrHose D se is this:
84. l. 1.
85. 11. 11
86. 0 0 20

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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/806933011:0310?run=74