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

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  1. Secondary Prantos.
  2. Cs. Sec the Words
  3. Thacthe Cause oF the Secondary Licht of the
  4. Moon; a5 the) calI it; thac is, the obscure PaKE O)
  5. her, appearins dike kindied AMes, juR DetOrC
  6. and aster the Charise or Nem Moon, is the Suns
  7. Rays reflected From the brighe Flemisphere o
  8. the Farch to rhose dark Parrs oF the Moon, anc
  9. The Plane ot che Moons Orbit is enclined ro
  10. char of the bcliprick, and makes with iE an AN
  11. sle ot abour s degrees. Grez. Astron. And chis
  12. Oeclination raries; and is grearest artien the
  13. Moon is in he Cuadratures, and least viton Me
  14. is in hex Sy2Y 5Y5.
  15. By means ot the Spors in theMoon, (wtich
  16. Fevelius, Grimaldus, and Ricciolus, Sare Names rO
  17. thence 2gain redected ro che FParrh destirure OE che Lunar Cclipses. are moreaccuratels observec
  18. che Suns Lighe; sec proved in Zucchius Philo-
  19. Soph. Optic. Nov. trom p. 247 10 P. 260. And alse
  20. in TacquetS Opera Ceometrica.
  21. ThC E.KCellenE MT. Nemion makes it a PFOPO
  22. sicion ro enquire into che Fisure of che MOOn
  23. and supposins, ic, at ies Arst Original, tohave
  24. been a Fiuid, litce to our Sea, he calculates rhar
  25. the Attraction ot our Farch vould raiseche Wa
  26. ter there tO near 90 FOOchish, 25 the AFTractIOK
  27. oF the Moon raiseth OUF WWaLEK LO LZ FOOL
  28. Whenceche Fioure ot theMoon must be a Sphe
  29. rhoid, Wohose greatest Diamerer extended, tvil
  30. Pals chroush che Cenere of our Farth; and vil
  31. be lonser chan the ocher Diamerer perpendicular
  32. tO it, Or 18O Fcer. And Erom hence ic comes
  33. opals that we sec alvars che same Face oF rho
  34. MoOn: For Bne cannor relt in ans other Polition.
  35. Due ill continually endearour eo contorm her
  36. selF Eo this Situation. Prop. 38. L ib. 3.
  37. The Moonhach proxerly no Atmolphere, luet
  38. as our Farth hach, abounding with Clouds. Winds
  39. Thunder, or Liglining; because her Face al-
  40. rayo (wvhen our dir is clear) appears distinct
  41. arid clear; and by our Pelelcopes we can sec
  42. the Suns Lighe pals regularty and uniformi
  43. From one Mountainons Place to another.
  44. MI. Flamsteed, in Philosoph. Trans. N. 154
  45. Caith, thac the best Pables oF the MoonS MO-
  46. tions do exr r2 Minures, Ox more, in her APP2
  47. rent Place; wrtich causes a Faulc oF TTaIF an
  48. FTour, Or 7 : Degrees ot che Lonsitude of Pla
  49. ces endearoured to be found out by her.
  50. M. Azout lays, chac chis llanetsBrameter ne
  51. ver appeard to him abore 33 min. and never
  52. le(s Ftan 24 HIMILCS 45 ICCBIS.
  53. MIT. NemtOn FCCLONS The MCan BTaCTEE O
  54. the Moon t0 DC 32 minutes 12 Scconds, a5 chC
  55. SunS is 3P minures 27 scconds.
  56. ala Densier oF che Moon he conciudes to be
  57. tO chac oF che Fartl, 259 105 neartr: And Fhac
  58. The NTa(S Or Ouanity OF Macter in the MOOn tO
  59. chat ot elle Parch, 15 a5 1 10 26 BeartY.
  60. Lhe Famons Dr. WVallis aorees With Des Car-
  61. Than FOrmerIY; tD the GreaE AdrancemenE ob
  62. Gcorraphy and Navisation, in Peclins che Lonoi
  63. cudes oF Places: For the Immersions and Emer
  64. sions of chele Spors from the Stracow ot che
  65. Farch, are most nicelr derermined.
  66. Altho the Moons Period round he Larch De
  67. in 27 D2y5, 7 Flours, = oC an Hour, (artrich is
  68. the Periodicat Month) Vet because in the Space
  69. ot a PeriodicalMonth, che Farch also, with ils
  70. Sacellire, the Moon, is moved on amost an en-
  71. rire Sign, in Consequentia; iherelore the POInE
  72. ot che Moons Orbir, in the last Conjunction,
  73. et New Noon, will be soeen t00 Car ro the
  74. Wrestrard: And cheretore the MoOn CannOE
  75. come vet t0 a nem Conjunction wirh thie Sun
  76. but Wans OF ic 2 DarS and S FTours; Wvhich
  77. must be past betore the enrire Lunation will DC
  78. over, and betore che Moon hath exhibired alt
  79. her Phases. These 2 D 275 and 5 FIOurS There-
  80. For: beins added ro the Periodical Moneh, make
  81. the Synodical one, wrhich consists oF 29D275,
  82. 12 Flours, and a OF an FIOUF.
  83. MI. Flamsteed makes che Lunar Periodicat
  84. Month eo bC 27 d275, 7 hourS, 13 minaces, 7 se-
  85. conds; a5, on Enguiry, he asured me.
  86. The ocher Sccondarr Planers move svitret
  87. round cheir Axes than che MoOn; For her (25
  88. theFarchS) uniform Rerolution round her AXIS
  89. is just the Fime ot her Periodical Monch abore
  90. mencioned: Erhich is che ReaTOn chac MC aI
  91. ars obrerts the Tame Face roards us, allou-
  92. ins a litele For chat Morion oF hers Which they
  93. Callher Librarion. Sec Fvection and Libration.
  94. The Axis oF this Morion is alivars parallel ro
  95. ies sels, and therefore cannor be ae Kishe Angles
  96. Woich the Piane of che Moons Orbir, (For This.
  97. by reaton ot the Suns Perrurbation oF her MO-
  98. tion, is conrinually chanoino) but is enclined r0
  99. ic, and is almost ac Rishr Angles with the un-
  100. Chanseabie Plane of the Fcliprick.
  101. Tho the Moon, a5 well as the Parrh, and pro-
  102. bably allche P’anets De of a Figure Oblately Sphe-
  103. roidical, (chac is, havins its Diameter ac rhe F
  104. Quator longer than iES AXIS) Vet the ExCelS OF
  105. MOOn appeaES EO our common Sighe (0 much rhe Equatorial Diametet in her, is lo inconside
  106. bioger Wvhen near che Horizon, chan che dorh
  107. d. tr cs. ld. 161.
  108. rable, char he mas vellenoush pals for a Clobe;
  109. and perhapschis neariy Spherical Fisure oF che
  110. round her Aris: FOr Fupirer, Which moves he
  111. more Oblate chan any orher Planet d
  112. IF any Fiye ivere placed in cheMoon, ic vould
  113. judse chac che Sur, the Farch, and che ocher
  114. PtanEES, EOSCIHCK WTCH IHC HL d OCaTS, dia move
  115. From KAC LO West on the Poles oF che Reliprick
  116. in a Periodical Month, becaule in thac lpace ob
  117. Time, che Hoon curns round her Aris; and
  118. markable and conspicuous; for che Norrta Pole
  119. rould be near a Star oE chetourch Lighe, in rhe
  120. chisd Flexure ot Braco, votica noula be buc
  121. ehres
  122. 12 Seconds inthe Duadra
  123. ertien near the Meridian; tho Me be (near HY)
  124. one Semi caeles e C Las iSHes o us in Moon, may be the retule ot her Nous morion
  125. the Laetet Cale, than in the LOet. M 1o
  126. Lhac ene Trorizontal Moon is capable of being svitcest of anx round its Aris, is oF a Figure
  127. compared mith mans interrenins Obiects, Inter
  128. posed Hlillo Cc. Bur the Meridional Moon hach
  129. iotue o De compared withal; aud theretore
  130. che Distance becreen us and her, is judged 10
  131. Dc Vastly Freater, than when Me is in the L0.
  132. r1ZOr. IIC Cays ic cannor be ac all trom the RC.
  133. traction et Vapours vear che Hlorizon, becaule
  134. ETaL can only encrease che AIitnde oF her, bur chese Poles ot the Ecliprick would De very re
  135. NOE her AZimEH OF BreadEM; For the HTOriZON,
  136. in die ratote, vouel atraso be loct ac eti esi

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