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

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  1. M A
  2. the First. The Reason wty it is termed Magna (turn or contorm it seltrothe other, (0 a5 cither OF
  3. Charta. Was cirher Forthar it contain d the Sum them ould do ro the Parth; and char atter
  4. OF all the Liberries OF Fingland, Or else because cher hare (o contormed or cuned themselres
  5. there was anorher Charrer, called Charta de Fo-
  6. ther endearour ro approach to join cach orher
  7. resta, establistid with ic, which was the less oF) bur il placed in a contraty Position, cher avoid
  8. the trvo; or because ir contained more thanma-
  9. ny ocher Charters, ox more chan chat oF RIHB
  10. cack Orher.
  11. 5. IF d Magnet be cut chroush che AXis, ihC
  12. Henry the First, Ox OFthe Grent and rematkable Parrs ox Segments ol the Stone which belore
  13. Solemnier in the denouncins Lx communication,
  14. vvere ioined, ill nor aroid and AY cact on
  15. and diretul Anathemas against the Intringers ot (cher.
  16. Ic. Fsolinstred FellS us, Thac Kins Zohn, r0 ap-
  17. S. TEche Maenet De cuE by 2 Section perpen-
  18. pease his Barons, rielded to LaWs or Arricles oF dicular co irs AXis, the tvo Poines whiehi betore
  19. Gorernment, much like co chis Great Charter:
  20. avere conjoined, will become contrary Poles, one
  21. Dur vre hare nou no anciencer Larr vricren chan in onc, che ocher in the orhet SegmenE.
  22. this, Which waschoughero Be lo beneficial eo hc
  23. Subject, and 2 Lar ot (0 grear liquier, in co-
  24. 7. Tron receires rirtue from the Magnet by
  25. application ro ic, or barels trom an approactu
  26. Parison of chose Wrhich vere formerir in ule, chac near it, cho it do nocrouch ic; and the Tron re
  27. King Fenry For che grantins oF ir, had che tifteenth
  28. Pennr ot all ce Moreable C00ds, ofboch Tempo-
  29. litys and spirituality.
  30. MAGHESTA Opalina, is akind OF CrocuS Me-
  31. Fallorum, Ox Livet oF Antimony, Buc oF 2 Red-
  32. dex or more Opaline Colour than the common
  33. Orie. Tis made aCTer FhC COMIION ManNeF WitH
  34. ceires chis Vircue rariouur, accordins to the
  35. PaTES OF the Sione is made co touch, or made
  36. approach 1O.
  37. 8. Hf an Oblono piece dE tron be any hou ap.
  38. plied EorheStone, it receires Virrue From il on-
  39. IY a5 r0 its lenech.
  40. 9. The Masnet loses none or is omn Virue
  41. Cqual PatES OF Antimony, Salt- perer, and Sea Salt by communicatine any ro che Tron, and chie
  42. decrepitated. Fis lels Fmerick chan the com- Virtue ic can communicate co tron rers spcedilr:
  43. mon one, because the sea Saltfixes some of the chothe lonserthe Tron touches or joinsthe Stone,
  44. Actire Sulphurs ot rhe antimons and lockschem che lonser will irs communicared Vircue hold;
  45. and a better Magnet will communieare more ot
  46. NAONIE E OE Loadstone, iS a Fossite apprOACH. it and GooneF, than one not (0 s0od.
  47. inq ro che Nature ot Tron Oar, and endoved
  48. With the Property OF Accracting Tron, and oF borM
  49. Pointins ic selt, and also enablins 2 Necdle
  50. 10. Thac Sccel receires Vircue From the Mag-
  51. net berter chan Trot.
  52. IF. A Necase rouche by a Magnet, Will tuen
  53. touche upon ic, and chen poised, co poine comards its Fnds che lame var covards che Poles of che
  54. the Poles of the WOrId.
  55. MIAONET. Scurmius in his Fpistola Tnvitato-
  56. ria Dat. Altorf. 2682. OBTerVES FhaL thC AE-
  57. tractire Oualiey oF the Magnet hach been takten
  58. norice oF berond all Fistorr. Buc chac ic wac
  59. Our Conneryman Rocer Bacon, Who Ars dis-
  60. Corered the Verricity oF it, Or is Properry ot
  61. pointins tomards che Pole, and chis about 400
  62. NNorId, 25 the Magnet Wwill do it.
  63. 12. Thac neicher Loadtone nor Necales
  64. touche by ic, do contorm cheir Poles exactir 10
  65. thole oF che Worid, bur hare ulually fome Va-
  66. riarion From them: And ehis Variarion is difte-
  67. rene in divers Places, and ac divers Limes, in
  68. the lame Place.
  69. 13. Thac a Loadstone Will eatre ux much
  70. Pears since. The Tralians Arst discorered rhaE more Tron when armed Or CappF, than ic Can
  71. ic ould communicare this Vertue t0 Scect or
  72. Tron. The rarious Declination oF che Necale,
  73. alone: And char cho an Tron Rins or R ey Be
  74. Cuspended by rhe Loadstone, ret the Magnerical
  75. ainder ditserent Meridians, as frst discorered Particles do noc hinder char Rins or Kex From
  76. by Sebastian Cabort; and irs inclination to the
  77. nearer Pole by our Counerrman Robert Norman.
  78. The Variation of the Declination, (O FhaL rIS nOE
  79. alvars the lame in one and the lame place, he
  80. oblerres, as raken notice ot bur a lew Vears
  81. betore, by Hevelius, Auzout, Pecit, Volekame.
  82. and orhers.
  83. The Propercies, or Phaenomena os ehis Wondersur
  84. Stonc, as they have been discovered by Gilbere
  85. Kircher, Cabeus, D. Carrez and others, ar
  86. rhese.
  87. T. That in every Magnet there are cvo Poles
  88. one pointins Norch che ochen Souch; and il a
  89. Scone be cut or broken into nerer (o many pic
  90. ces, there are these ervo Poles in cach piece.
  91. e. Lhac chele Poles in divers Paris oP rhe
  92. Clobe, are dirersr inclined rowards rhe Farrhs
  93. Centre.
  94. 3. Lhac thele Poles, tho contrari t0 OHIC alo
  95. curmins cound aus was cicher 10 che ristic or
  96. lett.
  97. 14. THat the FOrCC OF a Londstone may Be
  98. rariousty encrealed or lessened, by cherarious ap
  99. plication or Tron or, anocher Loadstone to it.
  100. 15. Thac a ATOnS Magnet, at the least di-
  101. Aance From a lesser Or a Wveaket, Cannot draW 10
  102. it a piece oF Tron adherins actually to uch lesser
  103. Or wealcer Stone; buc il ic come to rouch ic, ii
  104. can draw ic trom che orher: Bur a Wveaker Mas.
  105. net, or eren a lirele piece OF TrOn, can draW 2-
  106. ay or sepatate a piece oF Tron conriguous 1o a
  107. Greater or Aronger Loadstone.
  108. 15. Thac in oux NTOrch paFES OFThe WVOrId, chC
  109. South Pole ot a Loadstone will raise up more L
  110. ron chan che Norch Pole.
  111. 17. Thac a Plate oF Tron only, buE nO Other
  112. Body interposed, can impede the Operation ot
  113. the Loadstone, eithet as to ies ACractire Or Di.
  114. rective Onalier. NP. Boyl Found ic true in Clas-
  115. Les Sealed ITermericaly; and la(s is a Bodr 25
  116. ther, do help mutually covard ctie Masnet S AC. imperrious as mostate, 10 anr F Muria.
  117. craction and Suspention ot Lron.
  118. 78. Tharthe Porver or Virrue oF a Loadstone
  119. +. HC rvo Maguets are Spherical, one will mas be impaired by ly ins lons in 2 wone po.
  120. Aure

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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/806933011:0490?run=74