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

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  1. MATTER, Or Body, is an impenerrable,
  2. visible, and passire substance, excendins inte
  3. Lenorh, Breaach, and Thickne(s. This, wher
  4. consider d in che General, remains the lame in
  5. all the varions Morions, Configurations, anc
  6. Chanses oS Natural Bodies, beins capable 0
  7. purrins on allimanner of Forms, and ot morine
  8. accordins to. all manner oF Directions and DC
  9. grees OE Velocier.
  10. The Onamiti OF Matter in anY BodY, is its
  11. Mealiro, arisine trom the joine Consideration o)
  12. the Maenieude and Density ot thar BodY: A5 il
  13. any Body berrice as denso as another, and rate
  14. up evice thespace, twill De Tour rimes 25 sFCac.
  15. Phis Ouanties os Matrer is best discorerable by
  16. TVcishe, co arhich tis alvars proportionable;
  17. 25 the PxCellenc AIT. Y. Nemion, bY most accu
  18. rate Obserrations on Pendulums, Tound rrue by
  19. Experience.
  20. Dr. Woodmardi in his Fissay comards a Narurat
  21. Arst Crearion dirided inco several Rantes, Sets,
  22. OHLHI. LheFigure ot
  23. al Hesene Slcere ot a Coat, is
  24. 10 cassed by the Hcralds, anc
  25. lS born in many Genelemens
  26. scorcheons; as in theFart L
  27. Hluntinsdond, in ihole ot ile
  28. Coniers, ec.
  29. NIAZILLA Superior, ihe Epper Ta bOnC:
  30. This constitures che interior and lateral Parrs oF
  31. ihe Orbir ot the Fire, and comprehends alsothe
  32. Bones oF che Nostrils, Palare, and Opper Rou
  33. Ot Tceth. IE hach, accordins ro Diemerbrock.
  34. Tivelre Bones Belonsins 10 it, dix on cach
  35. Side. The First is called che Os fusale, and is
  36. OE a Triangular Form, and policed arthe fixter
  37. nal Angle ot the ErC. The Sccond is called
  38. the Foramen laerymale, and is a chin pelucid
  39. mall BonC, placed in che Incernal Ansle oF thc
  40. originally and rcally verr different; beins at IIS
  41. Fre, and sires a Passase ro thar Lignor which
  42. makces che Pears. Tis near this Foramen that
  43. the Abscesse, Wrhich the Creeks call SEgilops, anc
  44. ive Fistula lachrimalis, usually happens. The
  45. Thira is 2 chin pellucid Bone, placed Berwvcen
  46. Or Kinds oE Corvuscles: Fhac aII che Corpuscles che civo former, and ichin the Orbic oF che
  47. avhich arc oF the lame Rind Or Set, asrec in
  48. every chins, and are most exactly litce unto one
  49. Ere, and wrhich is continued wich che funsous
  50. Bones oF the Nostrils. The Fourrh is a large
  51. anocher in aIl respects. Buc thole that are of Bone, constituring the grearest parr of rhe Chcck
  52. different Kinds, difter trom one another every
  53. ar, a5 vell in Matrer Or Substance, in Specificke
  54. Gravity, in Pardness, in Flexibiliey, and in sere
  55. eal Ochex ays, as in Bignes and Figure. And
  56. happen all che Variecies ol che Bodies Formed
  57. Out oF them ;. and all cheir Difterences in Co-
  58. and Palare, and receivins into it the pPeK
  59. Tecth by their proxer Caverns: Ic hath an emi-
  60. ment Conspicuous Foramen, or Hole, placed
  61. undex the Orbir oF the Fre, and cransmictins
  62. and Combinations Ol these Corpulcles rogether,
  63. 10 chic Face a Branch ot rhe Third Pair oE
  64. Nerres. Ic hath also another Foramen ac the
  65. hinder pare oF the Dentes incisorii; and TteH
  66. there 5o up cvo Foraminas, ich 2 Bony PaF-
  67. Tour and ourrard Appearance, in Fast, in cition becween them, one cocach Nostril. The
  68. Smell, in FPardness, in Specisick Grarier, and Fitch is a chin, hard, small, oblons Bonc, ap-
  69. in all orher Respects.
  70. MALTER in Dccd, and Malter os Record,
  71. are Terms in Law, wrhich arc Caid 10 difter
  72. thus: Macrer in Deed Ecems to benochine else
  73. bur a Fruch e0 be proved, cho not by any Re-
  74. cord; and Matter of Recora is that vrhich may
  75. be proved by some Record. For Example: II
  76. a Man be sucd ro ani Fxisent, during the Time
  77. he as in che RingS Wars; chis is Matter in
  78. proachins eo a square Fisure; and chis, wich
  79. irs Parrner on the other side, constirres che
  80. Bridse, or procuberant Bone oF the Nole. Tne
  81. Sixth Bone forms, wich its Fellor, the Bony
  82. Part oF the Palare, or R0OF oF the Mouth. Fal-
  83. lopius, Columbus, and some ochers, add to these
  84. aThirreench Bone, which cher call Vomer, and
  85. place ic beteen the Palare and Os spheroides:
  86. Oced, and nOc Matrer of Record: And therefore
  87. hre thac will alledse chis For himselt, must
  88. and will hare ic likre a kind of septum, t0 divide
  89. the Lower Parrs oF che Nosrils. And Vesalius
  90. reckons the ruo ossa sponsiosa amons these Bones
  91. come betore the scire facias, betore Execurion oF the Superior Maxilla.
  92. be ararded against him; For atter thac, nochins
  93. vill serre but Matter of Record; thar is, lome
  94. Firror in the Process appearins upon Record.
  95. NIATES on Board a Ship, are a kind oF broad
  96. Thick ClOutS, ore out of Spun Varn, Sinnet,
  97. Or Thrums; and are used ro preserre che Main
  98. and Forerards From galling against the MastS aF
  99. the Tres, and ac the Cunnel of che LOOF; al50
  100. ther serre 10 keep the Cler ot the sail from
  101. vallins chere; a5 also 10 lare the Clews oF the
  102. MAXIELA Inserior, is che Lorver Or MOv2-
  103. ble sar: This concains all the Lover Fecch.
  104. Ic hach eo Processes on cach side; ot Whict,
  105. che Foremost is chiin and larse, and ends in 2
  106. Vind of Poine, to wrhich the Tendon ol the Pem-
  107. Porat Muscle is sirmly senic, and chis is called
  108. Corona: The ocher is obtuse, and lies more Back-
  109. ards, and is join dby a C artilase roche NVeck;
  110. and ies Parr, by Whichit adheres, ther call Con-
  111. dylus.. Trhach Four Foraminas desisned tO trAHI-
  112. Fore lail from doine (0 at che Beak-head and mit the atorelaid Proceses.
  113. BolFIpTIE.
  114. MLOHCES, inC Jun Kipenels OF any
  115. Fruic; and by AnalosY, che Arrival OF an)
  116. thins eo ies just Derree ot Pertection.
  117. MATDRATIOH, is che Action O Grovine
  118. Ripe, Or elie Pendeney oF any Fruirs corarc
  119. MLAXIMIS and Minimis. The Machemati
  120. cians call thar Method wrherebr a Problem 15
  121. relolved, wrhich requires che sreatest Or leaA
  122. Ouancier atrainable in chat Cale, Methodus de
  123. Maximis C5 Minimis.
  124. nam S Cetale s Bictohare Mathematique
  125. he Marquis dPospitat tiis Analyse des Enfint
  126. Mere
  127. Macurier oe Rixenets.
  128. O IS Sec Hon. Faber, at Fnd oF his Sy-
  129. nopsis ometrica, Wrhere rou ate a Great Va
  130. Lces et obeis oc this kind. See al(o 02a

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