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

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  1. Bring che Solstirial Colure corhebrals MMerrala
  2. and chere tix che Cilobe; chen Will che Pole oF chc
  3. Eeliprick De just under 23 Degrees 30 Minures, 2c
  4. counced from che Pole abore che North Poine ol
  5. che FTorizon, and upon che lame Meridian; chere
  6. Screw che Ouadranc oF Alcicude, and chen bring ic
  7. graduared Fdse ro che Scar altigned, and chere
  8. Cay ic, s0 will he Scar cur its proper Laritude Or
  9. ehe duadrant, reckoned trom the Fcliprick; and
  10. che Ouadrant will cur che Feliprick in the Scar
  11. Consitude, or ies Distance From che first Poine ot
  12. Aries.
  13. Index W e e Flour oF che NiglE. And thus
  14. Itas e Libus et che Lhsht be knonn bY a Scais
  15. Auch OFHS Anuca Liom aS Alcirude.
  16. Examples
  17. Maythe roch, che Sun being in elie Tirs DeGICC
  18. Ot Gemini, I cale the Altitude oE Lucida Lyra
  19. Which L End eo be sr Desrees, Ox I And ies Azimutt.
  20. 10 berro Degrees ro rtie Norchrard os the PaC
  21. ehen bringins che Ouadrant oF AIitude, tO CUF
  22. thac Scar in SL Degices oE Alcirude, I Snd the LTOur.
  23. Index points at Eleven a Clock ar MiehE; as ir
  24. vould allo hare donc, hact che Scar been brousl
  25. roche Arimuch, on che GlobC.
  26. EROBL EM XVII
  27. PR O BL F M XIII.
  28. rB find the Fongirude and Laritude of any Star.
  29. LR OBP E M XIV.
  30. 20 find Ic L at stats L, Sn b
  31. Star roche Fast or W est parr oF the Florizon, Orro
  32. ehe Brazen Meridian, and che Index will her ac
  33. cordingly che Time oFche StarS Rising, Settins, 0
  34. Culminatins, or oE irs beins on che Meridian.
  35. Thus May che roch, Arcturus vill be on thcMC
  36. ridion, at about = OF an FTour aFter 10 ac Wiet
  37. Cor Leonis will be Sectins abour onc in che Morn
  38. in8, and che tist Scar in rhe LPead ot Aries ill B
  39. Risins abouc an Llour atter.
  40. To sind che Distance berneen avy cro Scars.
  41. HE ihe Scars lie borhi under che Tame Meridiari
  42. brino chem co the Brazen Meridian, and che De.
  43. sices berueen ehem chere reckoned are their rrue
  44. Diltance.
  45. Thus Capella, or the Star in the Lese Stioulder
  46. ot Auriea, and Rigel, wrtich is in OrionS Letr
  47. Thioh, are nearty unto che ame Neridian; ane
  48. beins boch bronghe toche Brazen Meridian OF che
  49. Clobe, cheir Distance chere wilt be tound 10 be34
  50. Deorces.
  51. PE chey are bort in che Equinoctial, or trave Borh
  52. the Came Declinarion, (i. c.) are boch in che Pairie
  53. Parallet, etien brins chem one atrer anorher ro rhe
  54. Brazen Meridian, and the Deorees of the Liquino
  55. ctial incercepted berween chem; when chus brouslr
  56. OtheMeridian severally, are cheir Distance.
  57. TE the ScarSare neither under ttie Pame Meridi
  58. an nOx Parallet, then cither lay che Ouadrant ot
  59. Altiiude From one to chie orher, (it it will reachs
  60. and char ill Mew che Distance becween chem in
  61. Degrees: Or else cakce che Distance wirh Compas
  62. ses, and apply chac ro che Equinoctial; Or 20 ehc
  63. Merician.
  64. Wthich Mertiod oE Proccedins also will Mevo
  65. the Distance oF any civo Places on the Terrestrial
  66. Olobe in Degrees; and by Multiplication bY 70
  67. rou will hare ic in Miles. Wheretore eo And ho
  68. Par any Place on the Globe is trom anorher, you
  69. necd onty cake che Dittance berreen chem on che
  70. Globe wich a pair ot Compasses; and applrinq che
  71. Compasses ro the EguaTOF, at the beginnine ol
  72. Aries, Or acthe tiest Meridian, rou will chere finc
  73. che Dexrees; Wtiich mulcip 1Y bY 30, and chac will
  74. tuum ic inco Miles.
  75. Thus the Distance Berween London and Zamaiea
  76. beins on theOlobe 69 Dcorees; L mulciply chatbe
  77. h0, andit sires me 1830 Miles; and (0 Far is Ja-
  78. maica distane directly tromi London, or in an Ark oE
  79. a Great Cirele.
  80. Culminatins (i. C) beins on the Meridian.
  81. Rectise iBe blobe, a our-Maci au BIB CHC
  82. PR OBLFM XV
  83. T0 at any Time assisned, what Scars are
  84. or Setrine; what are on the Meridian; and ho
  85. hich they are above the Ftorizon; end on nhat A.
  86. Zimuth or Point of the Compass they are; by whict
  87. means the reat Stars in the Ieaven may casilys
  88. noon by cheir proper Names, and rishely distin.
  89. Suished from another
  90. Rectisce ehe Globe, and fit the Ouadrant of Alti
  91. sude, aa tet Wne Cilobe, by ihe meansof che Com
  92. PaIS, due Worth and Souch; then turn rhe Globe
  93. and FTour-Indes Wothe ITour of che Nighe astigned
  94. (0 will the llobe chus fixd, represent che tace Or
  95. appearance et the Hleavens For chac Time.
  96. Wrheseby ron mayreadily sec whar Scars are ir
  97. dian5 Wwtrich are core North, or wotich 10 the
  98. South, (3C. And che Ouadrant oF Alcitude beine
  99. laid over any parricular Scar, Wvill Mew ies Altitude
  100. and Azimuth, and on whac Poinc of che Compals ic
  101. is; Whereby any Scar may casily be Hnown; espe-
  102. cially il vou have a Ouadrane, or any such Instru
  103. mene, eo take che AIitude ot any real Star, Cup.
  104. poseao be nnocin by cc code, Woscc nethet
  105. Orneas che lLOzon, wrhrar are on of nearrHe Meri
  106. ic agrec wich thac Scar which is its Representarire
  107. e drac in ils Biven Aluude; Tor Then ihe HOU
  108. l BOL.Od Aas id ihc LoWee Carcilasinouo
  109. moreable pare ot ehie Nosc
  110. GLOSSCCOMIOM, is a Chrrurscons instru-
  111. ment for broken Limbs, (o called from the Strape
  112. oF a Merchanes licle Castrer irhich was formerty
  113. carried upon the Back. Blanchard.
  114. OL.OL LLS, Is the Chink ot etie Largnx wotict
  115. 15 Corered by che Fpiclorris
  116. CLDTEL, are Tix Muscles irtiich more ctie
  117. burocts, oneach tde ilec
  118. on che GlobC, OF HOT.
  119. P ROBE F M XVI.
  120. Siven the Suns Place, and any Stars atitude,
  121. sind ehe Hour os ehe Nisht.
  122. Rectisie the Globe, atid fit ehe Ouadrant; thet
  123. move the Globe ro and Fro, till che Ouadrane cur
  124. GLDTACS

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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/806933011:0377?run=74