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

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  1. I d(isht Sphere. DuC L1
  2. Risht Sphere: For properly, RighE Ascension is that
  3. srees, or 4 FTours ancins a Minures.
  4. Decree ofthe siquinoctial Wtich rises wich the Sun
  5. side, and ne Wumiber ot Desrees intercepred be
  6. creen char Desrec ot che Equinoctial which is non
  7. come co che Porizon, and the beginnins Or Art
  8. Poine oE Aries, ische Oblique Ascension. PhusMa
  9. che roch che Suns Oblique Ascension 15 30 Degrees
  10. +5 MinuTCS.
  11. OE chole ruo ascensions, take che Lesser Fr
  12. ehie Crearer, the Remainder ill be
  13. eR OBL EM Y1
  14. The Ascensional Differenee.
  15. beteen che Rishe and Oblique Ascension, or the
  16. Space Between the Suns Risins and Secrins, and
  17. ihic Llour oF Six: WVheretore his Ascensional Difte
  18. tence curned into Time, Wvill sire che Time oF che
  19. SunsRins or Serrins betore or atter Six. Thus
  20. From 59 Dcorces, catte 30 Degrees r5 Minutes
  21. chere Wvill remain 28 Degrees 45 Minures; che A
  22. Scensional Disserence in Degrees, and in Lime x LTour
  23. 5t Minutes; and (o much doch che Sun Rile betore
  24. dix, and Sec ascex ic.
  25. West, and che Hlour-Index Mhall theur che lime
  26. cicher ofhis Rilins or Sectins accordinely; wtich,
  27. May che Loch, is 5 Minures atrer a in che MorninB,
  28. and s Minures betore B at Wight.
  29. ehe Lensch ot che Day, which chen will bc 18
  30. FTours 50 Minures; and che Time of chis Risins
  31. doubled, sires the Lenech oF cho WIshE; Whict
  32. May che rochis 8 Hours 10 MInUTCS.
  33. P R OBL E M VIII.
  34. For ihe Suns Meridian Avitude, or Depression a
  35. Midnicht.
  36. zon, For his Noon Alcirude, Wrhich ill theu che
  37. Deprees ol ic accouned chere tromthe Horizon;
  38. ertrich May che poch will bc 58 Deprees 42 Mi
  39. nutes. Fet ss M Seprettion, belou ehe
  40. place, co che South parr ot rhe Meridian abore che
  41. cucen chac lome and the HlOrizon, are sIS MIa-
  42. highe Deprestion; Which May che Loch will be 18
  43. dice re teraere
  44. For the suns Altitude et any Time os ehe Day siven,
  45. Rectisre ihe Globe, and fit rbe duadrant of Alti
  46. iude: that is, screw the BTaIS OuadranE oF AIEi
  47. cude corhe Zenith; or in our Larieude, screr ir se
  48. that the graduated Fdse CuF 5Y DCGreeS. 30 MI
  49. nures on the Meridian, reckoned trom che Lquino
  50. ctial.
  51. Then tum aboue che Globe rill che Index Mev
  52. thie Time proposed, and stay the Globe chere; at
  53. ter wtrich bring che Ouadrant ot Alticude rO cu
  54. the Suns Place in the Feliprick, and chen chat Place
  55. ot Degree oF the Feliprick Mall Mew the Sun S AI.
  56. titude on the Ouadrant
  57. ThuS May ehe Poch, the Suns Alcitude at Nine
  58. a Clock in che Mornins ill be A3 Degrees, 30
  59. Minures.
  60. PROBL F M R.
  61. Fofind ihe Suns Pour or Atitude, ehien he is due
  62. Fast or West, above the Horizon.
  63. Rectisie the Globes, and fit the Quadrant os Alti-
  64. rude; then brine che Onadrane ro curthe erue RaR
  65. Poine, and nexrtuen che Globe about rill che suns
  66. Place in the Feliprick cur che graduated Pdee oF
  67. the Ouadrane; for ehen ehar Place will Mew che
  68. Alcirude, and the Index che FTOur.
  69. Thus May the POch, the Sun will be Last ac
  70. Minures past Seren in che Momins, and his Alci-
  71. rude chen 15 26 D extces.
  72. any Azimuth siven: Or, When the Sun is on ans
  73. Siven Point os che Compass.
  74. Sexchè OuacrantoF Altitude coche Arimurt ei
  75. ven, then cum che Clobe eilt his Place in che Eclix-
  76. rick, touch che graduaced Edge oF the Ouadrant:
  77. Cochallthat Place gire the Alrirude on ehie Ouadrane,
  78. and che FTour. Index che Pime ol heDaf.
  79. Fiscample.
  80. IFrohchie South, cowara che Fas, Or che Point ot
  81. che Compals Which che sun is then on, beins S. P
  82. by L. andnear halF a Poine more F asteriy; his AI-
  83. cicude will bc (ncarly) 46 Degrees, and che FTour
  84. oF cheDas a liule more chan a quarrer past 9 in
  85. che Mornins.
  86. FHC POIHL OL CME MMCTIATAM CUE BY THC STAE, aEC HS
  87. Declinarion; and rhe Meridian curs and Mews ils
  88. Rieht Ascension on che Equinoctial, accounins il
  89. Fromche beginnins oE Aries.
  90. Equaror is alray.
  91. ac Righe Anoles cothe Meridian; il vou brins che
  92. t a ett+ et At.
  93. F0 find the Suns Altitude, or Time e the Day, on
  94. Mayche roch, the AZimurM DCIS 60 DestCes
  95. P R OBL EM XII.
  96. 2o find che Declination and Ristt Acension os
  97. any Star.
  98. SunsPlace chicher, ic must in chie Lquinoctial cu
  99. his Risur Ascension. Thus in the Instance OF Ma)
  100. che roch, the Suns Righe ACcention ill bC S9DC
  101. PROBL E i V.
  102. For the Oblique Ascension.
  103. Prine che Suris Place 1o che Forixon on che Fast
  104. Which cheresore is che Disterence in Deorees
  105. EROBL EM VII
  106. Brine ehe Seax co rhe Meridian, and chen the
  107. Dexrees iMlescepce bellcen the Lguinoctial ana
  108. ot ie suns s bi selitne
  109. BEIHB MS Llace che Forizon, Cuser Lale O
  110. The Time ot che uns aducteus sites
  111. Oring his Place ro the Meridian, above che Pori
  112. TTorrh Poine oF che FTorizon, vou must brine che
  113. Point in che Pcliprick oppolice t0 the Suns presene
  114. Florizon; and the Degrees chere intercepred be
  115. eROBL. F

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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/806933011:0376?run=74