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

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  1. led sions; and because they vere most ol them
  2. ulually dlrama in ehe form ot Animals, chey called
  3. cher are suppoled rotum round
  4. These Meridians are rarious, and change ac
  5. this Circle by che Namie oF che Zodiack, and the cordins co cheLonsicude oF Places; For a5 loon a
  6. very nidale Line ot ic etie Feliprick: And since e
  7. very Circle ivas dirided into 36O PaFES OF Degrees
  8. tessch parr oF char Number must be 30, che De
  9. Prees in cach Sign.
  10. Next cochis vou have che Nanies oEthole Siens
  11. next ro chis the Days oF che Monch, according ic
  12. he Fulian Account, or Old Stile, with the Calender
  13. and then anocher Calender accordins ro rhe Forcisn
  14. Account, Called che Nem Stile.
  15. And wirtin chese is a Circle divided into Thiry
  16. Evo equat Parrs, ivhich make che Thirry cvc
  17. Rhumbs or Poines oF che Mariners Compals; wirt
  18. the sirst Lecters oF che Names annexed; and since
  19. chires second part of 360 Degrees; is 1I Deprecs
  20. 15 Mlinures, ehes accoune char cach sinsle POine
  21. oE rhe Compals, is 11 Degrees 15 Minures.
  22. The Dsc os chis Cirele on che Clobe, are
  23. 1. Fo derermine che Risins and Sectins oF ch.
  24. Sun, NIOOn, OF StarS, and ro Mew etic Time oF i
  25. Dy che help oF che Hlour-Circle and Index; 25 Mai
  26. be Meed hereatres.
  27. 2. Tolimirche Inereate and Decreale oFrtie Day
  28. and NighE: For when che Sun Riles due Fast, and
  29. Sers West, che Days are equal.
  30. Buc wrhen he Rilech and Serrech ro rhe NoritrOt
  31. he Fast and West, che Days are lonser chan che
  32. NisHES; 25 on the contrary che Niphes are longe
  33. than che Days, wrten che Sun Rileth and Setter
  34. eo che Souchmard ot che BaM and WeA Poines c
  35. ehe Hlorizon
  36. 3. To Mew the Ainplitmde OF the SuM, O1 OL =
  37. ny Scar, and also on Wvtrir Point oF che Compats i
  38. Risech and Setrech.
  39. PE. FHCnexF Creat Circle is che Meridian, totric
  40. IS seprelented oY rhe Beazen Franie ot Cirele H
  41. wrhich che CoDeanes ariet enenS: TMIS IS aIVaCC
  42. into FOur NVinties, Or 360 Degrels, DESMMMIHS X
  43. ehc Equinoctial. Tis called che Meridian, DCCaM
  44. evten ehe sun comes eo the Souch pare ot chis Cir
  45. cle, as Then Moridies, Mid- day, Or TTirh- Noon
  46. and ches the Sun hach ies greacest Alticude For cha
  47. Dar, Wlch eheretore is called che Meridian Alri
  48. rude. Lic Plane of chis Circle is perpendiculare
  49. ehe HorZon, ane passerh chrouph ehe Soncr and
  50. NNorth Lomes chereot, chroush che Zensth and NA
  51. air, and chroustr che Poles oF che WorId. In id
  52. each Was lrom che Equinoctial on ehe Colestia
  53. Clobe, 15 dccounced the Norh or Sourt Declinarior
  54. OF che Su Ot Scars; and on che Terrestriat, che
  55. Larirude ot d Place North or Souct; Wtrich is aI
  56. one Ouantier ath etre Eleration Or thC FLCIBHE OF
  57. The Pole abore che HOMO. Becauso tHC MaMC
  58. Trom che Zenith eo che PTorizon, beins ehe Came 25
  59. Zenich to be rakcen awar, etre Lacitude must remai
  60. equal ro rhe Poles FLCIBH.
  61. erer a Mlan mores buc one Desrec, or bur a Poin
  62. toche Fas or WVest, he is under a netr Meridion
  63. Buc chere is (or Mrould bc) onc txd, which is
  64. Called che First Meridian
  65. Auc rhis on soine Clobes passes chrouph Cratiosa.
  66. one oF che Azores IDands: Buc che trench place
  67. ihe First Meridian aE FerO, OHC OE ee Canars
  68. Iancs.
  69. Thè Poles oEche Meridian are ehie Fas and HeR
  70. Poins oF ihe Lloricot.
  71. On ihe Terrestiat Globe chere are utualls dravn
  72. Twenes four Meridians, onechroupherery 15DC
  73. Erees oF che EquaTOL, Ox chroupti erery 15 De
  74. Ercesot Lonsirude.
  75. Ihe Eses os cbis Circte ares
  76. Fira, Toset rtie Globe 10 ary parriculas Laci
  77. cude, by a proper Eleracion ot che Pole abore che
  78. Florizon ot chat Place: And,
  79. Scondly, Tocreir etie Sun or Stars Declination,
  80. rielic Ascention, and srearest Alricude; ot hicts
  81. MOTCBelON.
  82. DEI. The nek Creat Cirete is etic Li quirsctial, as
  83. it is called on chre Celestial, and Lquator on che
  84. Terrecrial Globe. This is a great Circle; irtiose
  85. Poles ire chie Poles oF the World; it dirides che
  86. Clobe into tuo cqual Parts or Flemispheres, a5 io
  87. Norch and Souch; and ic passech chrorixh che FaM
  88. and West Poines of che Floriron, and at the Meri
  89. dian is alivars as much raised abore che Hloriron
  90. as is the Complimene oF che Lacitude OF any parii
  91. cular Place. Whenerer the Sun comethr co chis
  92. Circle, it makes equal Days and Nighes all roune
  93. cheClobe, becauseir alvars Risech chen due CaAt.
  94. and Sers duc Wect, which ic doch ac noother Tine
  95. OEche Vear. AII Stars also, wtrich are under chis
  96. Cirele, or Which hare no Declinarion, de alvays
  97. Rile due Eas, and Sec Full W est
  98. AII People livins ander ehis Circle (wwhieti in
  99. Geoprapty, or racher by Navisacors, is called ce
  100. Linc) havecheDays and Nishes constanely equal:
  101. and wwhen ehe Sun is in che Equinoctial, he will be
  102. at Noon in cheir Zenich, or directly over their
  103. Hlcads, and (0 cheir crect Bodies ean cast no Sta-
  104. do.
  105. From chis Circle, Borh WayS, etre Sun or Scars
  106. Oeclinarion, on ehie Celestial, or Laricude ot al
  107. Places on ehe Terrestrial Globe, is accounced on the
  108. Meridian: And luch Lesser Circles as run chrouete
  109. each Degree of Laritude or Declination parallel 10
  110. che Equinoctial, are called Paraltels oF Laciende, Or
  111. Parallels ot Declinarion.
  112. Throush every 15 Ocxrees ot ihis Equinoctial,
  113. he Flour Circles are dramn at RigHE Aneles rO ir
  114. on che Cclestial Colobe, and all passitiroueh che Poles
  115. ot che Wond, dividins che Equinoctial inco 24
  116. equal PaFIS.
  117. And che E quator on che Ferrestriat Clobe is divi
  118. ded by che Meridian into 36 equal paris; Wvtict
  119. Mecidians are equiralent ro che Hour Circles Ot
  120. in oee erobe
  121. Tvelve Constelarions, or Divisions, vohich chey cal. (called, ihe Avis os ehe Earch ox Heavens, on vtict
  122. chac Between eHe Equinoat and che Poles, if From
  123. cach ron imasine che Distance trom che Pole tortis
  124. There are ervo Points oF this Circle, eacti g0
  125. Deoreestrom the Equinoctial, wtitenre Caneu iHC
  126. edios es hctoa: and a Diamerer From chence
  127. concinued cheousl Che Lentre et ersser Clobe, 10

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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/806933011:0372?run=74