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

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  1. COUTSEABOUE MHC SHTAHCC OT THC FIXE STAES, WhICH
  2. is Publisted in ebilosoph. Fransact. IV. 209. ThC
  3. Substance oF Which is a5 FOIIOWS.
  4. Since the Prthazorean System oF che WVorid hac
  5. beenrerired by Copernicus, (andnow by all Mathe-
  6. maticians accepred For che True onc) chere scemed
  7. eround to imagine, char che Diamerer Otche ParthS
  8. Annual Course (irtrich accordins co our best AArO
  9. nomers, is at least 40000 times bisger chan Our
  10. Farth) mishe sire a sensible Parallax to che Fixr
  11. STarS, tho the other could nor, and thereby deter
  12. mine cheir Distance more precilely.
  13. Buc tho rehare a Foundarion eo build on, (0
  14. vaRIy exccedine chac ot the Ancients, chere are
  15. Lome Considerations may make us suspect, chat e-
  16. ven chis is nor larse enouet lor our purpole.
  17. MIE. FTugens (Who Was rery exact in his AAFOnO
  18. Mical ObserratiOnS) telIS us, FTe could never dis
  19. coret any visible Magnicude inthe Fixt StarS, tho
  20. he used Classes which maxritie che Apparen Dia
  21. meter abore a hundredtimes.
  22. NTou, cince in aIl likelihood he FiXE STarS are
  23. Suns (pethaps of a disterene Magnicude) ve maz
  24. 25 a xealorable medium presume chey are generally
  25. abour the bignels oF our Sun.
  26. WVeckEs.) Thac a Sound nvould nOT arrive rO u
  27. From thence in 50000 Tears, nor a Carinon- Bulle
  28. in a much lonser time. This is casily computed
  29. by allorine, (according tOMIF. Nemtonten Minure
  30. For che Tourney oF Light trom the Sunhicher; ane
  31. and chac a Sound mores about 1300 Fo0c in a Se
  32. cond. But Mr. Nemton doch nor allor abore 968
  33. Feet For the Morion ot Sound in a Second ot
  34. Fime: And che Florentino Academictis make it 2
  35. Dout 1000FCCE.
  36. Our Learned and Accurate ME. Flamsteed, Cairhtie
  37. hathdiscorered a sensible Parallax oF che Parchs An-
  38. nual Orbir in respect of the Fixt Scars; oF whichhe
  39. publistred an ACcounE in 2 Letex tO DE. Wallis ir
  40. the Xear 1698. erhich is princed in che ThirdVo
  41. lume OF W allii S Machemarical Morho in Lacin.
  42. FLAGOS on Board a Shrip, are ColourS, ANCi-
  43. enes, or Standards, Whichthe Admirals ot a Eleer
  44. bear on their Tops. The Admiral in Chiet, cat
  45. ries his on his Main-Fop, che Vice.Aulmiral his ar
  46. che Fore. Top, and che Rere. Admiral tiis ac his pris.
  47. Sen- Top.
  48. FLATR, ihe Seamen Cay, Chatche Work doti
  49. Elair over, wvtien a Strix being houled in Hear che
  50. WVater, a licrle abore charthe Worte haneS Over
  51. liccteroo much, and (0 is let our broader alot ehen
  52. Per us then (For Example) suppose che D05. star (the due proxorrion will allo
  53. 10 bc (0.
  54. FLAMMA Vitalis: Come do suppose, chac chere
  55. The Distance From usro che Sun, beins about a l resides in che FLCarE OF Animals SuCH 2 sine aH
  56. hundred rimes the Suns Diameter, ic is evident.
  57. chac the Ansle under Wrhich che Dog.- star is scen in
  58. MIr. Flusenss Felescope, must benear che lame wicti
  59. the Ansle oF is Parallax to the Suns Distance, Or
  60. Semidiamerer of the Parchs Annual Course; (0
  61. thac che Parallax to the whole Diameter, can bc
  62. but double (uch a OnantiE, 2S CVeN EO MIT. TTu
  63. senssnice Obserrarion, is alrogether insensible.
  64. The Distance cheretore oF the Scars, seem hard
  65. ly wichin the reach ot any oE our Methods 10 de
  66. termine: bur trom whac has been laid donn, ve
  67. mas dram lome Conclusions chac will much illu
  68. Atrate rhe prodixions rastness ot iI.
  69. r. Thacche Diameter oF che Parths Annual Orb
  70. (entrich contains ac leact 160 Millions oF Miles) is
  71. tindled, buc mild Substance, as cher call a Vitat
  72. Flame; and ro irs Preserration, ther judge the Rit
  73. ratien in by Relpirarion, eo betiecestarY, as il isro
  74. the Conserrationos ordinary Flame.
  75. The Fixcellene NP. Boyle, by sereral Experiments
  76. purposelr made in his extausted Receirer abour
  77. The Relacion Between Flame and Air, Found tMaE
  78. the Vical Flame oF Animals (il the Lite may beso
  79. called) did surrire or outlast che Flame of Spirit o
  80. Wine, OF OF a WVaX, Or Tallo Candle; sincethe
  81. animals vould remain alire and wvell For 3 Or 4
  82. Mlinures ascer che Recetret Wds cracuared, wohere
  83. as no common Flame Would last Mhere one Mi
  84. nure.
  85. The LighE OE GlOW-WVOrMS, chat Hoble Cen
  86. eleman Found allo tvould preseneiy be destrored b
  87. buc as a Point in comparison ot ic; ar least ic mult: che Exhaustins Morion oF che dir, by his fingine
  88. be abore 6000 times the Distance ot the Sun : FOr
  89. if a Stax Mould appear chrough che atorelaid Tele-
  90. scope, halt a Minure broad (erhich is a preuy sen-
  91. sible Magnicude) ehe cruc apparent Diameter rould
  92. noc exceed 18 chird Minures, which is less chan
  93. the 6000 Parr oF theapparene Diamerer oF chesun.
  94. and consequent che Suns Distance northe 6000
  95. part os theDistance ot rhe STaIS.
  96. Paris oF che wrtiole Distance, and hare onty
  97. Pare remainine, the Scars vould aprear licele bis
  98. sec cous chanther dohere; for ther vould Men
  99. no ochermise chan ches do chroust a Felelcope
  100. eotich magnites anhundredtold.
  101. 2. Fhacac lealt nine larrs in Ler, ol che space
  102. betlucen us and che Fixed Stars, can receire tic
  103. oreacer Lishe trom che Sun, or auy ol che Scars
  104. chan whac ve hare trom che Scars in a clear
  105. Nixt.
  106. as ic would be reproduced apain, by iis admission
  107. into the Receirer.
  108. sccto Scourthe Lace o e Oee Baltion; allen
  109. Fitchant.
  110. FLaCCS ad Ordinary in Feralder, Formedby
  111. au Arch. linc, wH DCsIS at thc
  112. Corners otche Chies, andends in
  113. Elte base et eue ee, chus.
  114. He Bearech Fthuli. Civo Fran-
  115. ebes ert
  116. Flaniches are alvays bonn b)
  117. Thanthe Flask
  118. FLANK, in Forcitication, i5 chac PavE oE che
  119. Bastion nhich reaches From che Currain eo the
  120. Pairs: TheFlanchbends in more
  121. Face, and delends che opposce Face, cheFlank ane
  122. The Ftonourable BIP. RoberEs, hach a prerer Dil.
  123. tat mllato
  124. There is also che Oblique, o Secosa LLaMR.
  125. Which is char pare oF che Curtain, Wherether can
  126. is che Distance becween the Lines Razant anc
  127. 4. Thac Liphe catres ux more rime in cravelline
  128. The Lom, Covered, Or Recired Flank, isthePlar
  129. trom the scarsto ue, than e, in malcing a WV est.
  130. India Voyase (rohich is ordinarily pertorid in lix
  131. torm ol che Cnlemale, lobich les luc in che ba
  132. divui

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