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

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  1. Tercexred Becweenchem, ill be likevise Infinire;, Deins obserred in a deep Valler, co pals near ctie
  2. DuE ac che Pamme time will be Intinicely lels chan Bron oF an Lill, are alivars more Retracted chan
  3. ehac Space wthich is intercepted bereen ero Inf. is chere vere no suchi FTill; or the Observations
  4. nire Lines chac are inclined, iho wich nerer (o evere made on chie Pop chereot; a5 if che Rays ol
  5. Srall an Angle; for char in che onc case che siven Lishr eere bene donn inro a Curre, by paitins
  6. finire Distance oF che Parallel Lines, diminithres che near che Surtace oF chie Mountain.
  7. Intiniiy in one Degree ot Dimension; Whereas il
  8. a Sector, chere is Intinier in. boch Dimensions; and
  9. consequeney che. Ouancicies are che one Intiniret)
  10. INEL EZION POINT oF any Curc, in Geo-
  11. metry, sienities che Poine ox Piace Wrhere the Cuere
  12. begins ro bend back again a contrary vay: AS FOF
  13. Breacer chan che ocher, and chere is no Proporrion Inltance.
  14. Decveen Fhem.
  15. Fromche same Consideration, arile thechiree se
  16. veral SFCCLS OF Infinice Space e SIIiEy, 25 has
  17. been La Tot d Lalanelepipid or 2 Cylinder In-
  18. sinicely lons, is sreater chan any Linure Magnitude
  19. tion greac loerer; and all such Solids supposed 10
  20. be fermed on siren Bales, are as thole Bales, it
  21. Proportion eo one anocher: Bur il chesechree DI
  22. mentions are antins, as in the Space intercepted
  23. berween cuo parallet Plains Intinitely excended,
  24. and ae a s Danee, or ivich Intinire Lenect
  25. and Breadch wich a tinire chicknels; aII such Solids
  26. haiI BC as ee slrentinire Distances one roanocher:
  27. buc these Ouanciries, cho insnitely grearer chan
  28. che orher, are ver Intinicely lels chan any ot chole
  29. Wrhereit all che chree Dumensions are Intinice. Suet
  30. arc ie Spdebs intercepred berween emo inclinea
  31. Planes Insinitels extended; the Space intercepted
  32. by che Surtace ot a Cone, or che Side oF a Pvramid
  33. likerrise infinicelr continued, 69c. oF aH wtrich,
  34. norwichstandins che Propotrions one io anothet,
  35. and eothe rast ABYISOF TnEnite Space, (Wwhereinis
  36. ehe Locus of all chings catare or ean be; ortothe
  37. Solid of Infinire Lengchs Breadch and Thictenels
  38. cakren all. mAnner OF ways) are easily asignablem
  39. For che Space becween civo Planes, is co chewhole
  40. as che Arsle oF chole Planes Eo che 360DeBiees0
  41. a LIcle
  42. A5 for Cones and Prramids ihier, are as che
  43. care and paruly Conrei towards auy Righe Liries
  44. Spherical Surface intercepred br, chem, is eo the
  45. Surtace oF che Sphere; andrheretore Cones are 25
  46. the Versed Sines oF hält eticir Angles r0 che Diame.
  47. cer ot the Circle. Thele chree Pores oF Infinite
  48. Ouancitu; are analasous io a Line, Surtace, and
  49. Solid, and atcer ehie lame manner cannor be compa
  50. red, or have no Proporrion che oneto che ortier.
  51. Belides chele, chere are also sereral orher SpC.
  52. When a Curre. Line, 25 A F R, is parciy Con-
  53. a5 AB; Or towards a tixc, Poinr chen che Poine
  54. cies ot infinite Ovantiei, arisinq from che Contem.
  55. F, wrhich divides che Concare trom che Cor-
  56. vex parE, and consequeny is ac che beginning DE
  57. one, and end of the orher, is called rhe Poirir ol
  58. Infection, 25 lons as che Curre beins continued in
  59. F, Kceps its Course che lame; bur ris calld ehe
  60. Poinr ot Retrosression, wtien ic inftects bacte asain
  61. cowards rhar Parr or Side troim whence it cook ils
  62. Oiginal. Sec chenext Firure save one.
  63. Desore the Theory os chis Inclection and Retrogrection
  64. eE Curres can be understood, a certain Principle
  65. must be explaind, which, is this, as Communicesed
  66. by Mr. Diccori.
  67. Whatsoerer Finire Ouanrics (or il ic be aFluxi-
  68. on ris all one) soes on corrinually increasine or de-
  69. creasins; it cannor chanse trom a Polcire roaNe
  70. sacire Exprection, or from a Negarire ro a Poh.
  71. tire one, vichour Arst becominu equal eo an Infi-
  72. nice or eo Nochins: Ic is equalro Nochins il ic docs
  73. concitiually decreale, and equal ro an Intinire il ic
  74. does continually increale.
  75. Toillustrate chis, lec chere be rvo Circles roucti-
  76. ins ene anocher in che Poine F, cheir Diameters
  77. A F and L I, lving in onc and cho same Righe.
  78. Line. et A F or F Lbe = a. Let che Distance
  79. becreen che Excremitr A and any Ordinare in ei
  80. cher of che Circles be == r0 x perperuallr. Icon-
  81. sider nou whac will beche Exprestions ot che Lines
  82. intercepred berveen F the Poine et contaet ot the
  83. Circles; such as are che Lines LB and L L inter:
  84. cepred bermeen E and che Ordinares C B and GF.
  85. Tis cerrain cherefore, Thac cakins a Point, 25 B.
  86. any wrhere becween A and L, thac chen che FX-
  87. prestion oF che incercepred B F is d = X; bUE Fa
  88. kins a Poine as F, berireen P and L, che Exprection
  89. leares c0 che Speculation oF che Lcarned Mache. oF che intercepred E F, Mall bC X = d. FOF AB, OL
  90. plation ot Curres, and cheir Alymproces, Wwhichhe
  91. MaLLCLANS
  92. INFIMITE SERIES. Sec Series.
  93. NETMTTIVE MOOD, in Crammar, is wwhen
  94. culat Person, or Number.
  95. INFLAMMATIO. Sec Phlegmone
  96. TNELATION, is che Diltentation OF a PAH
  97. FrO LTALULCNE MaLTCF.
  98. NFLFOTION (in OprickS) is a Mulriplicare
  99. cies oE ihe Bod7, bul chis in che middle ot il
  100. bictin.
  101. Verb is uled (0 as ro decermine neither any parri
  102. Refraction of che Rays oF Lighe, caused by the un-
  103. equal Densier et als Medium Wherebr che Motioi
  104. or Progress otche las is hindred trom goins on in
  105. a Rism Line, and is Inflected or DeRected by
  106. Curre, Laich the Ingenious Dr. PI00k, Wvho Artt
  107. cook norice os lroperer in his Micopraph), P. L1).
  108. And chis he Caich, differs boch from Refection and
  109. Retraction, Wvtich are boch made ac ehe SuperH
  110. NII. Nemron, a5 voui vill sind under che Word
  111. Liehc, discorered also by plain Experimene, chis A F beins caten Por x indisserenily, the Values ot
  112. Infection ot che Rays oF Lishe; and Mr. De la che intercepred Lines will appear wirh ehis chanse
  113. Aire lanh hetouna, LhdC the Bealtio et the olato et dIBI.

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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/806933011:0441?run=74