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

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  1. melt, (as ic ill soon do) into a sine round lighr, or by looting chro a Imall HTole in apiece
  2. foriger than rillit come in ies round Ficure, lest
  3. charRoundness exactlr, bur Practice ill loon
  4. learn rou theknack ofic; chey must be cleansed
  5. Ot Paper, discern che Animalcula vrhichi nere in
  6. it, excecdingly magnitrd; and ostentimes
  7. Wvhen thic drop oF rtie Fluid ias round and velt
  8. detined, very distinct and plain.
  9. In N. 232. MIr. Cray gires a Furctiex Improre
  10. alcervards by rubbins chem a while on Pote Lea menc ot his W’ater Microscopé.
  11. cher. Pbilos. Fransact. IV. 141.
  12. Those Microscopes that are malle vich sinele
  13. Conrex Crlasses, must hare the Object placed in
  14. One Fccus OF the Otals, (Or rather a licle nearer)
  15. arid che Ere must be in ihe orher Focus on EIIEO
  16. Ther side.
  17. are ell made, do magnitie exccedinsy: Such
  18. arc oux very Famous Mr. Mellen SCilasses, Wtich
  19. A Descriprion of NIr. Marealls Double
  20. MlicrolcoDe.
  21. This MctoICoDe consists os Tbree Classes.
  22. B. I che Corer, or Lid, 1o keex out Dult Tcomi
  23. the LrC- StalSH.
  24. X. Ischic PlacC For ihe Fye.
  25. IV. A Scren Where che LYeClass lies.
  26. A. 1. A Serew Wherertie Midale-Class lies.
  27. 1. 2: THC DFaW.
  28. C. The Object Class six d in a BraIS BUION
  29. to scre on Or OHt, 25 occation Perres.
  30. Z. Thie Lrame or Balis on vohich ehe Miero-
  31. Scope lCandS HFIHI.
  32. L. ACinall Dratree in the Frame ox Basis, wirtr
  33. a Ledge, or Till in it, havins Six Parririons
  34. tohold (0mans several Object-Clalles, one
  35. magnitrins more chan anocher, and fix d in
  36. BraIS Cells ready r0 screW On aE C, ane
  37. marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Thele Parritions
  38. are allo marked
  39. 2n 3, 4, 5, 6. The orher part oErtie Drarver
  40. serres to hold the Object- plate (2). A pair
  41. oF small DipperS (B), rorake up, or handle
  42. any Object conreniently. Anocher Object.
  43. place (d), havins one side Whire, and che
  44. Ocher Black, 20 Ex vour Objects uxon, a5
  45. Black upon Whire, and Whire Objects on
  46. Wohole Body ol elle ntoscopeis moreables
  47. Choldins che Microscope) is continued.
  48. turnins oF erhich Nuc L, (the CollarG. bC.
  49. ing ArH AX d co the Pillar by chC SCTCW FY)
  50. etic Mlicroscope is rais d up ox dovn on che
  51. Pillar, and made rO come neareF, OF 90
  52. Farctier trom rhie Object: And Whichis al
  53. the Micros cope Is aass Repepespendicular
  54. to chac point ot che Object, over which il
  55. ras Arsc placed; (0 tharhere is nor the In-
  56. convenience which occurs in orter Classes.
  57. oF otren lolins che ligtt ot che Object, by
  58. ceruue ie clle tiere et toner
  59. The FyC-Gla(S H.
  60. The Midalc. LaBS A.
  61. And ihe Object Cla(sC.
  62. Black.
  63. T. MI. A BFaIS BalI and MCLRCL, M Wtrich the
  64. Po asto lic in ary Polirion For the Lighr.
  65. K. O. A Square BralS Pillar on which che MI
  66. croscoprabe ux alu corn, by meane
  67. of chic Collar F, inco which che ArM D.
  68. C. Anocher BtaIS Collar Didins ux and donin
  69. On che Pillax K. O. havins a small Screw IL
  70. by irtrich it is; 2s occalion serres, txd Fast
  71. to he laid Pillat, al dH) AICIBHE.
  72. T. A larse Braissut, in Wr CcC I a LC
  73. male Sctew, Auced 10 ihe Male SCFeW F
  74. irhich is fix d in the Collar F: By che
  75. Globule: Nou must hold ic in che Flame nO
  76. rou burn ic: The onty disficuler is in sirins it
  77. Thele kind of Microscopes, Wenesle Craltes
  78. lbeliere, are the best of any in the World OE
  79. this kind: And such are thore OF MIE. Lemen-
  80. hoeck et Delsi in Folland, by wrtich (o man
  81. Blea Discoreries hare been made.
  82. Bulthere is morerhan one great inconvenience
  83. in chele Glasses, viz. T0 magnitie muctu, the
  84. Object must be (0 near, thac ic muse almost
  85. couch che Cilals; tis a ress eee
  86. Object erue ro the Glass, and wrhen Acred c0 fIX
  87. ic l0; and buc a very small part of ctic Object
  88. can be scen at a rime. Bucchen ches beins con-
  89. criredro Calts inthe Packet, are very reads,
  90. and rill de et rast ule on mans Occalions.
  91. LHC Bett Classes oF chis kind chac eres Llaw
  92. are made by the abore mentioned MV. Mellens.
  93. eoho formerly lired in Abchurch- Lane.
  94. In Philos. Transact. IV. 42. IS an accoune OF 2
  95. Microscope ot Fustach. Divini, (wtrich is alio rrea-
  96. red oF DY Taber in his OptiCKS (PrOP. 40.) and
  97. Which LPare in lome meature experimentea ny
  98. SelF 10 be a verr 800d Method ot disposins ThC
  99. Glares. Hle ules, instead oF a common aoUBIC
  100. Corre Lyc olats, tro Plano CMirek Mes,
  101. wtrich arc (0 placed as eo touch one anochet M
  102. the midale ot their Conrex surtace. By WH
  103. means i Clals ill cake in more ot als escll
  104. will sepreleme ic Aac and noc crooked, and vill
  105. mascutie 2I50 (25 chey call IE) verr MMCH. LIIIS
  106. Claishad four sereral Lenochs (made by DraWVS)
  107. ac ce least Lenorh, Wrhich was 16 Tuches, ic
  108. magintied Lines Ar cimes bisget chan cher ap-
  109. pear loe nared fire; ac ilse second Lensth90
  110. rimes; ac che chird Lenoch ex rimes; ac Ehc
  111. fouech Lengch 143.
  112. AS tothe Method ot matrins che Tame Clals
  113. magnitie differentr, at differene Lengchs;
  114. NIr. Marstal hach broughe ir to bear verr ellin
  115. tis Imail Pochet Microscopes; and chis ltake t0
  116. De 2 800d Improrement, wrhich he hach added
  117. co the Classes or Campani, which are made alues
  118. thatmanner, but wich onty one Destle oF Mag-
  119. nitvins wrich one and che lame Cla(s.
  120. In Philos. Fransact. DI. 22Y. There is an AC.
  121. ConnE oF several Microlcopical FZperiments, by
  122. Oe MIF. Stephen Gray; Where he speales ot ma-
  123. Kinq Microscopes ich a Globule oF Wacer onIY,
  124. Duc inro an LIole made in a (mall Brals Plate.
  125. Wtich I my selt have otcen eried; and vell se
  126. noc tor che cremblins Morion ot e el
  127. vould do rerr wei
  128. Ee saich also, Thac by applrins a linall Glo-
  129. bule oF Pepper WVarer, (9c. to his bare Pye, (1. c.
  130. br sixins ic on the Surtace oF his Fye) he could,
  131. in a dactered R0Om, bY C andle Lishl, or HoOn.
  132. (0 a VerY OrCAE AaVAHILaGCS CHC HAL BF

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