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

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  1. N FI
  2. + L L.
  3. 3. Ic doth nor ver appear by. Obserrarions, Or Frearens, on which ther are supposed to rurn
  4. Wrhether Mercury revoire round his AXIS, Or
  5. nor and, consequens Whac che Lensih ot his
  6. Daris; buc tis probable he hach such a Morion
  7. 25 Wvell 25 the octier Planeis, bur his Tear is
  8. scarce equal t0 a Ouarter oE OurS. WVhatVa
  9. rietr oF Scalons and Weather Mercury is subject
  10. to, is uncertain; because the Inclinarion ot his
  11. Axis, on which he rerolres abour himselt, 10
  12. ihe Plane oE the Orbic, Which he describes roune
  13. the Sun, IS UnkNOWH.
  14. 4. 20 an PyC placed in Mercury, and lootins
  15. towards the Sum, the Solar Spors (iF aE any
  16. time such chere arc) will appear to craverse his
  17. Disk Lometimes in a Righe Linc, trom FaA 10
  18. Nest; and Cometimes their Path will appear
  19. Elliprical, bendins sometimes one ay, anc
  20. Cometimes anocher. And the irhole Varierr ot
  21. chis Appearance will be absolved in a YCar
  22. Fime, in Which the Path Of che Solar SpOES Ni
  23. appear ro betrvice Rectilinear: Bur indced rho
  24. Pach oF chele Spors ill be almost continual
  25. ly in a Rishe Line, Decause Mercurysnerex muc
  26. declines From che Plane oF the SunSEqUaTOF.
  27. 5. Theother Fire Planers beins abore Met
  28. cury, cheir Phaenomena rill De much the same 2
  29. 20 an Fre ac the Farth: So thar Venus and ous
  30. Farch, wvhen in Opposition to the Sun, i
  31. ine wich a full Orb, and consequener aFOrC
  32. a Grear Lish to this Planet at NigHE. BUE the
  33. Superior Planets ill nor attord him (o much
  34. Listc a5 Ther do us.
  35. 6. Jhedus al he other Planets Llalls, and
  36. the Phaenomena Ot Comets are toune the same
  37. round.
  38. On the Terrestrial Globes there are Wsua lIY 36
  39. Meridians dran, one chroush ererr TenthDe-
  40. OTCC OE the EGLaTOE, Ox throngh every TentM
  41. Desree Ot Longitude.
  42. The Dses os chis Circle, ate,
  43. T. To set the Globesro any parricular Lacitude.
  44. 2. FoTew the Suns Or a Scars Declination.
  45. Righe Ascension, Or Greacest Alricude, Cdc.
  46. PROBE EM.
  47. F0 find the Suns Meridian Alricude or Deprecion
  48. at Nicht by the Globes.
  49. Brine che Suns Place to the Meridian abore
  50. the Florizon, For his Noon-Alticude; wetrich Will
  51. ew theDegrees of ir, counced from ehe FTori
  52. ZOn. FOF his Midniche Depresson Below Ehe
  53. Norrh Poine oF che Forizon, vou must bririe
  54. the opposire Point to che suns present Place,
  55. as belore to the Meridian; and che Desrees
  56. chere intercepred beroeen chac Poine and he
  57. FTorizon, arc his Midnighe Depression.
  58. MERIDIAN Linc, on a DYal, is 2 RighELine
  59. arisins trom che incersection os che eridian o
  60. the Place wwith the Plane of che DYaI. THis is
  61. che Line ot 12 a Clock, and trom heucerhie D;
  62. visien oF che Four. Lines begitis.
  63. Fo diam a Frue Meridian Lihe upon at
  64. Forizontal Plane
  65. Firs, Cet a plain chick Board, ot 2 Foer
  66. Nar in Mercury, and atter the lame manner, and Square, or more; chen upon one ot the ldse.
  67. ill appear as thes uto us on the FarrM.
  68. OF COrneIS, 25 near a5 may bC, tasten a Aron
  69. MERIDIAN, is a great Circle passins chrough Tron Pin, about 10 OF +F Tuches lons, and makie
  70. the Poles of the Tona, and Boch Zehith and Na-
  71. dir, crossech che Fquinoctial ac Righe Angles.
  72. and dirideth the Sphere inco ro equat PaFES,
  73. one Last, che ocher West; and has iis Poles in
  74. the Past and W est Poines oF che LTorizon. Tis
  75. Calld Meridian, becaule wrten the Sum cometh
  76. to the South Parr of chis Circle, ris then Meri
  77. dies, Mid day, or Fich noon; and then the Sun
  78. hath his sreacest Alcicude For thacDay, wrhich
  79. cherefore is called che Meridian Alritude.
  80. Thele Meridians are rarious, and change ac
  81. cording co the L ongitudes oF Places; Cotharther
  82. ic (0 Fast, chac ic Will nor Make, or rield in che
  83. least: Je marters nor whecherir be perpendicular
  84. DF nCL.
  85. Sec chis Board horironcallr in vour Carden.
  86. Wrich Farch orSand upon cheCround, or et seprtiere
  87. abour3 a Clock; (the best Time is, When che
  88. Sun is near che Solice, suxpole abourthe jortr
  89. OF June) see wohere the Head oF chis Tron Dim
  90. Cirtich must be Marp ac the cop) siveth its Stra-
  91. dor upon che Board, mark châc Place: Then
  92. takie a Wooden Ruler, Marp also at one end
  93. and lay ic lo upon che Charp end of che TronPin
  94. may besaid ro be insinite in NFumber, For thac aIL thar the Marp end of the Ruler may touch the
  95. PlaCeS FrOm FastTO W CIEMaDEMICH SCreTaL Meri
  96. Marh; chen carrrins it Ready, makce the Segmeri
  97. dians: But there is (or sould bC) one Fix d, ot a Circle comards the Norh. Come again
  98. atich is called the First Meridian.
  99. MMERIDIAN On the Globe Or Sphere, IS rep
  100. abour 3 a Cloek in the Atrernoon, and mark
  101. Where the Stradon oE thecop ot rhe Tron Pim i5
  102. sented by the Brazen Circle, in Which the Clobe in chat Segment aeain. Then draw à Linefrom
  103. hanss and TUrnS. LIS airicea IHEO FOUT9OS,
  104. Ox 360 Degrees, Beginnins at the Fquinoctial.
  105. On ic, each as from the Equinoctial, on the
  106. thosetruo MarkS, Which ill be Past and W eA
  107. and che Perpendicular t0 char Linc will bc. 2
  108. Meridian; and if rou halre char linc, che Per
  109. Celestiat Globes, is connced the South and PTorth pendicular wilt so chrous the Centre, of che
  110. Declination oF thC Sun OE STaES: And on che (Whole Circle: FOF that Segment is part ot the
  111. Terrestial Globe, che Laticude oF Places Norch Basis oF a Conc, Whose Verrex is che Lop oF rHC
  112. Or Souch. Wtich is all one wvith che Elevarion Tron Pin.
  113. Or Heient O the. Pole abore thellorizon; and
  114. Buc because che sun may be under a Cloue,
  115. EhC COPLEMENEOF MHC LALIIHdC OI FOLCS HCISHE wrhen rou come ac 3 a Clock, rou may malie
  116. is equal torhe Fleighe oF ihe Equinoctial above
  117. he Llorizon
  118. There are ervo Poines of this Circle, potich
  119. are called che Poles of the Worid; and a Dia-
  120. chree or tour more Sesmenes, and use rhem, ad
  121. rou used chis.
  122. This Mechod mould be very exact, is che
  123. Sun mored as the Fixed Scars do; buc, because
  124. metet continued from thence throush e Lentre the, Sun hath a prover Morion, 25 a Planer
  125. ee crties ctotris rocalea ne paces itel gario choe mol le lope ieontore atoi vedie

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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/806933011:0520?run=74