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

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  1. the Threads M A, and NVP sustainins che
  2. WeioHtS A and P; and let the FOrceS OF thC
  3. Wcishus For che movins oF che Wheel be requi
  4. rcd.
  5. Thro rhe Centre O, draw E OE Perpendi.
  6. cular to the Threads, chen wich the longer Ra-
  7. Hlence ris plain, chac che Weishe p lying on
  8. thole trvo Oblique Planes, is in the Nature oF 2
  9. Nedse wwichin che Parrs oF a Cloven BOdY; and
  10. consequendy che Forcesot che Wedge and Bcetlo
  11. mas trom hence al(o DC KnOWn.
  12. For ihe Force wich which che Weietr p pres-
  13. dius OL, describe a Cirele currins the Threads ses the Plane pC, is ro the force wich whichei
  14. in D and I.: Draw DO, and Parallelto ic AC;
  15. dra also the Perpendicular DC: Becaule it
  16. ther by ies ovn Cravity, Or by the stroak ot che
  17. Bectle ic is impelled accordins ro che Line H,
  18. aEECES nOF Whether the Points oF the Threads in that Planc, :: 25 p N, is 10 p HI, and tothe
  19. IE, L, D, DC AXCd OF nOF rO the Plane oF the
  20. Wrhec, since the Weighe will weigh che lame as
  21. it they vere suspended by the Poines R and L
  22. Force wich which ic presses che orhex Plane pC
  23. :: 25 p N. NFI.
  24. And since che Screrr is norhins but a Nedee
  25. Or D andL: For che whole Pover olche Weiphe forced by a Lcarer, its Poer or Force may by
  26. A is expresed by che Line DA: And this Dia-
  27. Sonal is relolvable into rhe tvo Forces, DC’and
  28. this Mechod be ealily calculated.
  29. AC, (bY Cor. 2.) Now AC beins Parallel rO
  30. DO, and dramine the Radius DO directly
  31. Trom the Centre lignities nochins torards turn-
  32. ins the Whecl. Bur the othex Force DC drav-
  33. ing the Radius DO Perpendiculary; doch che
  34. Came 25 il ic drew the Radius OL Perpendicu-
  35. larly donnvards, ForOD ==OL: Thacis, il
  36. dortr what che Weishr P doch. Now, let che
  37. NVciohEP, be in the same Proportion tO A: : 25
  38. Wheretore (adds che ExcellenE Author: ) This
  39. Corollarr is of most Fxrensire VSc, since all MC-
  40. Chanicks depend upon ic.
  41. MECFTANICK Pomers, (a5 chey call them
  42. are Six, viz. The Ballance, the Leaver, the
  43. MBeel, the Pulley, the Wedee, and the Screm;
  44. co lome or ocher ot wtich, the force oF aIl Me-
  45. chanical Invemtions, must neceltarils be redu-
  46. ced. Scc thole mords.
  47. MECTTANTCAL Philosophy, is che lame wict
  48. DC is IO D A: Thac is, by ReasOn OF the Simi- the Corpuscular, Which endeavours to explicate
  49. lax Friangles AD C and DOK; :: 25O R is the Phenomena of Nature From Mechanicat Prin-
  50. EOOD, Or 1OOL. Then LCay the Wtcel can- ciples; i. e. From the Motion, Rest, Figure, Post
  51. noc more at all, because the Weistus A and P,
  52. are reciprocally as cheir Radii OK and OL. pla-
  53. ced in ihe Came Righe Line; and cheretore
  54. chere rill be an Equilibrium. Which isthelcnonn
  55. PrOperEY OF the Ballance, Lever, Wheel, Wind
  56. lace, ec. Buc if che. Weiohes be in ariy othet
  57. Ratio huc chis, otRO +0 OL, che Whcet will
  58. tion, Magnitude, _cc. OF the Minure P’arricles ot
  59. Matrer. And chese Principles are Trequeny
  60. Called
  61. MECTTAMTCAT Causes: And allo che
  62. MEC LLAMTCAL affections oF Macter.
  63. MIECTAMTCAL Solurion OE a Problem in
  64. Mathemaricks, is cither wrhen che Thins is done
  65. tum thac ar, in wrhich che Proportion ex by repeated Trrals, or When che Lines made ule
  66. ceeds.
  67. Lecchere be anocher W eiehE P = 20 che Lor -
  68. mer Weighe P, which let be partly suspended by
  69. the Thread NP, and parrly Puctained by theTn-
  70. clincd Plane PG: T0 wtich Plane draw. LTN
  71. Perpendicular, and HI p, Perpendicular 10 chie
  72. FTorizon. No ris plain, by Cor. L. Thacil che
  73. Tendener oF the Weighe dononwards DC ex
  74. ot co Tolre ic are noc rruls Geomerrical. Thus
  75. the Method oF Nicomedes, Fratosthenes, Pappus
  76. and Vieta. For tnains uvo mean Proporrionals;
  77. and chac of Nicodemus and Dinostratus, For divi-
  78. dins an Angle into any Parrs altigned, by means
  79. ot che Duadratix, is Mechanical: Because the
  80. Former is done by repeared Tryals, and the lat-
  81. cer by che means oF a Curre chat is noc crulys
  82. pounded by che Line FIP, it is chen ResoL- Geomerrical.
  83. rable inro the Porces PN and FINI.
  84. EOp be drann Perpendicular to the Threac
  85. NTP, (0 aStO Cur the Plane pG, in 2 Line ParaL-
  86. tel tothe Florizon: And it che Weiohep be sup-
  87. MIECOHIOM, properiy is an Opiate, ox che
  88. condensed Juice of Poppies. AIO ThCRXCremenES
  89. OF a Farus, wrhich Aick 10 the Incestines atter
  90. the Birch, are improperir (0 calld, trom che
  91. Poled e0 lic ouly on che tvo Planes pO, and Blacknels ot cheir Colour, likce ro chat Ot POPP)
  92. DC, the Weighe ill press chele Planes Perpen-
  93. diculartr wich the Forces PHI, and HINI: Thac
  94. is, ic Will press che Plane PC, Writh WV P; and
  95. xhe PlanC pG, WITH FT NI.
  96. Wheretore, is p be supposed 1o be taken
  97. avar, (o char ihe Weishe p may Arerch the
  98. Tuice.
  99. The Opium which ve have in Ensland, France
  100. Xc. is only a Meconium made by expreming che
  101. Suice oF che Oriental Poppies, which is chickenea
  102. à licele by Fraporation, and chen evrape up in
  103. Lcares to be (old here: Buc the Turks, Xc. Keer
  104. Thread N P; ehen because che Thread the Pears of their Poppies, Ox the erue Opium iO
  105. non sustaininsche Weishe, supplies che Place ot
  106. che Plane P, the Thread Will be Atrerch d by
  107. the Force WP, Whichbetore presse d on the Plarie
  108. eciete roil he in Eguitibrio, ad aa one Mas
  109. DOM EY
  110. themlelres, and ill noc rend them abroad.
  111. MEDALS, are Pieces oF Metal like Moner
  112. Stamp d or Coincdupon Pome FXtraordinary Oc
  113. casion, to perpetuare the Memorr ot lome oreat
  114. and Fminent Person, or ot lome considerable Vi
  115. Aaer, or orher Publick Berretic t0 a Nlarion, Ot
  116. People.
  117. Ther divide Medals inco Ancient and Modern;
  118. and the accounr Ancient, aII such a5 avere Coin
  119. ed becrrcen the Third and Ninch Ase oF Christ.
  120. Me Motera ace sict ae have been made midit
  121. this Lact 3 Ox 400 TCa1S.
  122. Wheretore che Tension ot chis Oblique Scrins.
  123. eo elte Lestion ot che ortier Perpendicular one
  124. AIP:: 15 25 PN istoPFI
  125. And conseguentiy, if the Weiohe p, Bc ro che
  126. WelsA:: in a Rario, compoundedot che rect-
  127. procal albes ee Least Diltances ot che Lhreacs
  128. AM, aiset DL, From the Centre ot che Whecl,
  129. and oF the direet Ratio OF P HI, 1O pVI, che

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