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

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  1. 1
  2. Ocher, the Ael ill hare made orie entire Revo- Annual Sprins-Pides, have any sensible Operarion
  3. lurion. IFrhen vou fasten 2 lons and lishr Index on chis Insrumene.
  4. on che extremiey ol chis Axel, and make a Circle
  5. round ic, divided into wrhar number oF parIS you
  6. pleale, cheMorion of che. Poine oF che Index back
  7. wards or Forrvards, will sen rou chie Desree ol
  8. Moisture or Drarighe in che Air.
  9. Tou may casily have che Axet (9 lOnE, 25 chat
  10. is Index end Mall come chro a round Place ot
  11. Wood or Mecal, which max hide all Concri-
  12. vances, and mate it appear oniy like a C 10c 01
  13. Wateh.
  14. HZOROSCOPE STATICAL, vas invented
  15. by ehac Noble Philolopher ME. Boyle: The best
  16. way co make ic, is to rake a Dram Weighe oF Ainc
  17. Spunse, and havins ell cleaned ir and drred it
  18. lec it be pur, whenthe Air is of a moderate Pem
  19. perature, into onc ot the Scales oF a verr nice anc
  20. tender Ballance, (thac will curri, Wvhen (0 loaded.
  21. vich hale a quarcer oF a Grair) and in the ortier
  22. Scale pur (0 much weiehe as will just equi ponde
  23. eate it. Then wilt che Spunse br irs increale, and
  24. decreale oF Weishr, daily Bheu che Moisture 0
  25. Orrnels of cheneistibourins Rir, and measure irs
  26. Ouanrirs by Weielr; whence ichach iis Name ol
  27. he Scatical Fyroscope
  28. Thave osten cried ihis Instrumene niy sels; qu
  29. trave found it eo ansiver verr nicely, and t0 en
  30. creale or decrease in Weistr rery conspicuoust
  31. accordins a5 che Air harhbeen, Moist Or Der
  32. IF rou rhinke che catins our or purcins in of suct
  33. nall Weighis aS Grains, or cheir Subdivisions, (O
  34. Wvtrich chere wwill be constant occasion) tO BC FrOU
  35. Blesome; vou may casily (0 hr che Ark oF a Semi
  36. circle well dirided, a5 char against ic the Tongue
  37. oF che Ballance MaII play, and by the Degree
  38. there cur, ew rou the quancier of che Enereale
  39. Or Decreale in Wweiehe of che dirs Moisture: Bu
  40. theformer a is more exact; and wil beeatre
  41. enouph wich a licele Practice.
  42. Thie abore mentioned Ilonourable Gencleman
  43. hach a lictle Tract abour the Iles and Advantage
  44. OF Fyeroscopes; Wherein he proves chis Starical onc
  45. io have many Adrantases abore che other Kinds
  46. FOr,
  47. 1. Ie will las B00d longer chan most ot chem.
  48. 2. ASit is easity made at Arst, (0 ris a5 caBIy re
  49. Paired or mended, il ir comero any Iujury.
  50. 3. The Onantity OF thC DPOVGHE Or Moisture ot
  51. the Air ic meatures, is casils communicable 10 3
  52. correspondent by Letcer, (50. because ir is ettima
  53. ble in che knovn Weishus oF Grains and cheir
  54. Parts; Whereas in most orher Flyoroscopes tis not
  55. (0 casie tor anortier Person, behidesthe Observer, L
  56. indse oC che Ouanricy oP che Alceration.
  57. The Dses and Advantases os chese vind os instru
  58. ments, nhen veil made, and caresully observed, h
  59. judsesmay be such as these.
  60. 2. Fo discover hon much one rear and Scalor
  61. is deyet or moister thananother; Wherher che mul-
  62. titude or fernels of Solar Spors occalion (as some
  63. Astronomers hare obserred) atiy AlteratioN
  64. in the Temperature oF ihe Rir, 25 10 W et or Dry:
  65. And those chac ate AArologically siven, may ob.
  66. serve, Whether che AspectS oFictie Planets, cheir
  67. Ecliples, Conjunctions, Cc. hare any InAvence
  68. chis ray on our Aimosphereio,
  69. 3. T0 discorer and compare ihe Chanses oF che
  70. Temperature oFrhe Ai mado by Winds, ArOnE OF
  71. weate; cor bY Frosty, Snoy, Or ocher Nea
  72. thCF.
  73. 4.T0 compare che Temperature ot differine
  74. TToules, anid difserins Roomsinche same FToulo:
  75. Which may be oF ereat uleto Tender and Sictety
  76. Pertons; and ro kecp a Chamber, it there beoc
  77. easions constanty eo the lame, or any altigned de
  78. eree oF derness.
  79. FITMEN, Is a circulac FoIdins oE che inner
  80. Membrane oF theVagina; and thisbeins broke (in
  81. primo Coiru) ies Pibres contract in chree or tour
  82. Places, and (0 form the Clandulae Merciformes.
  83. FYOTDES, and by Tome Os Opsloides, Fromit
  84. beins in Figure likee che Letter Y, is a Boneplaced
  85. ac the Basis OF ihe Pongue, upon che Larrux: IC
  86. hach 10 Muscles which Keep it in its place abore
  87. by ils upper Cornua; ris Pastened to che apophyse
  88. Seyloides oF The Temple-Bone, and belo 1o ihc
  89. Wines ofthe Carrilaco Theorides otthe Larynx.
  90. FITOTHITROIDES, are EvO Muscles oF che
  91. Cargnx, proccedins From the InFCriOF PArE OE the
  92. Bone Hyoides, laterally and opposice co the Origina
  93. tion oF the Ceratoelossus.
  94. This pair ot Mulcles delcends aHcct W0 I
  95. lorver part ot che Carrilaro scuriformis; ies se ie
  96. 10 draw rhe L argna upards in an Reure Lonc oC
  97. the Voice; the Canat oF che spera Arteria, beine
  98. alsostreiphened by ic.
  99. FITPA LHIRON IS an Open Valle, M a
  100. Buildins, che inside Whereot ic uncoverd, and ex
  101. posed 1o che Weacher. The Ancienes sare chis
  102. etame ro aIl Temiples Which had no ROOF; ascha
  103. Ot Fupiter Olympius ae Athens, having 20 Columns
  104. in Fronr, as alto ervo Roirs in irs exterior Sides.
  105. and one in the interior.
  106. EIXPALLABC OE Immutation, a Grammarical
  107. Figure, when oF differene Exprections, which sive
  108. che Pame Idea, re makce choice oF chac which is
  109. least uled; or wtien chere is a mutual permutarion
  110. or charse oE Cales: As in this Instance, Dare Clas-
  111. sibus Austros, intlead ot Dare Classes Ausiris.
  112. TIYPFRBALCH, a CTammatical LISure, hetC
  113. there is r00 bold and trequent a cranspolirion Ot
  114. NVords.
  115. IICLaBOLA, in Geometrs; IS a declo a
  116. Conemade by a Plane, (0 chat che Axis oE che
  117. Section inclines. 2o rhe oppolice Les oFche Cone,
  118. 2. Fo discorer in Whac parE. OF DaY Or Nighe which in rhe Parabola is parallel to ic, and in the
  119. the Air hath ies Grearest degrec ot Moisture; and
  120. hon at such times che Baroscope Rands affected;
  121. Elliplis incerlects ir. The Axis oF cheHyperbolical
  122. Section will ineer also wich che oppolice side oF the
  123. Wtrecher near che sea side, che Fbbins indElowins Conc, nhen producedabore the Verrex.
  124. OF che Sea make auy lentible Asteration as lothe
  125. Moicture or Drinels oF che Air; and Wrhecher ac
  126. che Full and Peu Moonsche Armosphere be most
  127. duae are iroil, nece aeretes ae Maetteant or

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