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

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  1. NE F
  2. ocher chan a Tablc of Longicudes, ansiverins ro der thac, and sublimare ic again, and a Third
  3. each Minure ot Lacicude on che Rhumb Linc, rime, il sou nould hare it very whice: Thus
  4. makins an Ansle of 45 Degrees with theMc.
  5. ridian: Wheretore che Meridian Line is no
  6. ortier than a Scale oF Losarichmick TansenES,
  7. oF che hale Complemenes oE the Lacicudes
  8. Whence he deduces rhe folloins
  9. COROLL ARIP S.
  10. P. Becaule thar in erery Point of any Rhuml
  11. Fine, cie Ditterence ot Laricude is tothe DC-
  12. Parcure a5 che Radius 10 the Tangent ot the
  13. Angle thac Rhumb Line malces wrich cheMeri-
  14. dian; and those equal Departures are every
  15. evhere ro the Disserence ol Lonsitude, a5 the
  16. Radius co the Secant ot the Lacirude: IF FOl-
  17. Jows, thac the Disterences of Lonsitude are on
  18. any Rhumb, Logarichms oF the lame Tangents,
  19. but of a disserent Species; beins proportioned
  20. Wone drocter, a5 are the Pansents oF che AN-
  21. eles made ich che Meridian.
  22. e2. Flence any Scale et Logarichmick Fan-
  23. genes is a Table oE cheDiterences ot Lonsitude,
  24. is che stronges Poison, perhaps in NVaLuTC; COr
  25. rected inco a verr genele and uletul Medicine.
  26. by addins more Mercurr to it. The Realon ot
  27. irhich scems ro be, Phac by chese Neu Subli-
  28. marions, the Corrodins Acids oE the Sublimare
  29. have cheir Poins broken, and perhaps lome ot
  30. them loaded ith che Addlition ot more Mercu-
  31. er, and (0 cane aet wich the Came deleterious
  32. Force a5 ther did betore.
  33. MERCDRIOS Vitae. Sec Algorot.
  34. MERCDRY. Accordins cOM. Castini, che
  35. Grearest Distance ot Mercury trom the Farth is
  36. 32704, the mean Distance 22000, and the least
  37. Dittance +r296 Semi diameters oF ihe PartH:
  38. Theretore his mean Distance will be aboue
  39. 88000000 Englim Miles; and the Diameter ot
  40. Mercury i53 OF the Diamerer oF the Farch, anc
  41. theretore che Globe oE Mercury must bc 3 ot
  42. thac ot the Barrh.
  43. NIr. AZout pretends EO PFOVe, That tho Mer-
  44. cury be l0 near che Sun, the Lighe chere is nOt
  45. capable oE burnins any Objects. BurME. Nem
  46. ton makces che Tleat oF Mercury (0 great, 25 10
  47. ro several Lacicudes; uxon some decerminare
  48. be Seren times as much as theElear ot our Sum
  49. Rhumb ox ocher: Anci Theretore, as che Tan- mer Sun; Which he found by Experiments de
  50. Bent of the Angle oF Such Rhumb, 10 che Tan-
  51. setieoF any orher Phumb; (o the Ditterences ot
  52. Etie Losarithms ot any tvo Tangenes, to the
  53. Ditterence oF Longitude on the proposed Rhumb,
  54. intercepted becwrcen the truo Lacicudes, ot whole
  55. hals Complemenes vou rook che Losarictm
  56. TAnGENES.
  57. NERCATORS Sailins, is the AI OF findins
  58. on a Plare the Notion ot a Strip uxon any al
  59. signedy made by che Phermolcope, is enonghro
  60. make Wacer Boil. And cheretore it Bodies
  61. Will noc be chere entindled by such a Degrec ot
  62. Hlear, ic must be because their Degree oF Den-
  63. suy is proxortionably grearer chan char ot such
  64. Kinds ot Bodies on our Karch: Wheretore to bC
  65. sure chis Pierr Planet is uninhabicable by such
  66. Creatures as lire on our Farrt.
  67. Capr. TTalley, in his Obserration oE Mercurs
  68. signd Courle, etue in Longicude, Lacicude, and seen inihe Sun, 1. D. 1677, aESc. TTdlena, Caich,
  69. Distance; the Meridians being all parallel, and
  70. the ParallelS oF Laricude Scrair Lines. Ine WV ay
  71. to do this, rou have betore in MercatorS Chart.
  72. MERCDRY, accordins torhe Chrmists; is
  73. the Third oF cheir ssypostatical Principles; and
  74. is the same wwirh wrhat we cal Spiric; wotich
  75. sec.
  76. MERCVRTES of Metals, are Things muct
  77. bonsted os by che Chrmists; bur they deliver
  78. the Processes oF makins them (o obscurely, thac
  79. ave have just Reason ro beliere they had nc
  80. Mind ro be disproved by beine understood.
  81. TetMI. Da un us CaPretH, thac he Merred
  82. a certain Chrmist oF his Acquaintance a WV 2Y
  83. to deaw a true Runnins Nercury, Or Onick
  84. Elver, rom Antimons; and thac it succceded
  85. vell.
  86. Thacchis Planer may be seen Nine times in the
  87. Sun, near the ACcendins Node, A. D. 1710, 1723,
  88. 1736, 1743, 1756, 1769, 1776, 1782, 1789, ir
  89. October; and Four rimes near che ocher Node
  90. in the MOntH OF April; A, D, 1707, 1753, 27867
  91. 2799; all wichin this Century.
  92. Dr. Grecory, in his Compararive AAtronomy,
  93. aE rhe End OF his Astron. Phys. C Geom. Flementa
  94. considers wrhat Phaenomena in theFlcarens vould
  95. appearro an Eye placed inchis PlanetMercury, viz
  96. P. Thac the Dinmerer ot che sun seen From
  97. thence, would be creble oF whar it is seen From
  98. the Farrh, Decause chac Planet is chrice as near
  99. to it as ve are; and consequenty the sun s
  100. Diste to an Fye there, Will be Seven times as
  101. Ercat 25 Wtrat ic appears to us; and all ortier
  102. thines considered, the Liche and Ilear in Ier-
  103. cury viil be sepcuple ot ours, ae some rimes
  104. Mercurus from the Sun; For his Orbie is the most
  105. Excentrick oF any oF the Planets.
  106. 2. The Grariey oF Mercury cowards che Sun
  107. will be Seven times grearer chan in the BarI.
  108. The Densiey oF Mercury, and consequeney che
  109. as che Craries oF che Planet rowards the Sun ?
  110. Buc horvever, in Prop. 43. Lib. 3. Schol. he
  111. Meirs 2 Way eo guels Aanalogically ac ic. Ar.d
  112. O donbr this Planet is much denser chan xtC
  113. Larch, becaule ot che Orer. proporrion ot Hedb
  114. Elins avas all chacis nor Wtuce, and chen pon) chere.
  115. MLEHCORIS Dulcis, Or Siveer Sublimate
  116. OF Nercury, by the Chymicts Pomerimes called Bur these Onaliries will De much intended ane
  117. Aquila alba, is hus made. Sixreen Ounces oF remisted, accordins ro the diverse Distance ot
  118. Sublimare Corrolire beins porderd in a Ctalo,
  119. Ot MMarble Morrar, (for ic must nerer be done
  120. in 2 ACCaMe OnC) IS muxed by SCEC ana HILISC
  121. wich JWelre Ounces of Mercury revired NOI
  122. Cinnabat, Ces pure Mercurr:) Lhe MixcuseIs
  123. de Mercury dilappear; rhien tis puc into 2) irs Centre, cannor (o accurarelr be decermined,
  124. Matraso, cvo Thirds, oF irhich remain cmiper:
  125. LHC Vesset is heared in Sand, genely ac Arst,
  126. Dut atcermard che Fire is encrealed ro the Third
  127. Oestec. In jour or sive ITours the Sublimare
  128. sirred abour rich a Wooden Pestle, riII all the Crarier of Bodies placed on irs Surtace, rowards
  129. Wii Rick 10 che Top and Neck ot the C la(s:

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