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

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  1. Ere OE The Farch abbu 603. oF rhe FarrhiS Semi-) is MoOred upon. Ther donc Cay a Stip is
  2. roseconds, and iEs apparenEdiameteF aE a meaM
  3. distance trom che Farch, L mabie 32 minures.
  4. 25 scconds.
  5. The Amosphere oF ihe FarcH, by dispersine
  6. and retractins che Suns Lighe, casts a Shacton as
  7. is it vere an Opake Body, at least ro the heighe
  8. OF 40 or 50 Geographical Miles (by a Ccoora
  9. phical Mile, Imean che lixriech parr ot a Dc.
  10. erec ot a great Circle, on the Parchs Surtace.
  11. This Shado Fallins uxon che Pioon in a Lunar
  12. Fclixse, makes the FarchS Strado De chelarger
  13. Or broader. And ro cach Mile oF che Rarttis
  14. Aemosphere, is correspondent a Second in the
  15. Mcons Disk, (o that The Semi-diameter of che
  16. Farchs Strado projected upon the Disk of the
  17. Moon, is to be encrealed abour 50 seconds: Or
  18. eotrich is all onc, in a Lunar Belipse, the IIori
  19. zontal Parallax ot the Noon is to bc encrealed
  20. in the RatIO et abOUE 70τ069.
  21. Thus Farche Theory ofchis Incomparable Ma
  22. chematician. And it ve had mans Places oF the
  23. Moon accurarels obletred, especially abour her
  24. Ouadratures, and these well compared wich her
  25. Places ac che same tinte Calculated accordins 10
  26. this Theory; ir would then appear wheches
  27. chere ret remain any ocher sensible Eguations
  28. wotich when accounred for, mighr serre 1o im
  29. prore and entarse chis Theorr.
  30. Dr. b, 3. . Lem. Phys. C Geor
  31. Anchors oF a Ship (0, a5 is best and (atest For her
  32. Riding. There are sereral wazs oE Moorine 2
  33. Shrip. Sometimes chey Moor Ber a Thwart, b7
  34. laving one Anchor on one side ot a River, and
  35. anocher rishr against ic on the ocher side; in Or
  36. dex to makie boch che Cables bear rogether, 2c
  37. aveil ac Tide oE Ebb, 25 ac Flood.
  38. Tdmore Alonest, is to lay one Anetter Lstc in
  39. the midele ot the Scream, and anocher right 2
  40. tread oF che Strip, Wrhich is done erhon they are
  41. in danger ot dririns a Moar; For by chis means
  42. boch her Anchors do bear rogether, and (0 will
  43. Pare het Latis on cicher Shont.
  44. Yo Ioor Vater-sbot, Is E0 Moor a Strip in che
  45. midale becween che EWO FOrMeF WaYS, Quarter-
  46. ins 25 it vere, neither acrols the Tide, nOr 2-
  47. Moored, untets Me hare aE least EVO ANCHOrS
  48. out; exceptin one Cale, and chac is, wvhen tho
  49. the hare but one Anchor out, vet chere is 3
  50. Fraruser astroar; and chen ther Cay Me is NIOOT-
  51. ed wich her Llcad ro the Stoac.
  52. MOORSTIEAD, isthe IlCadOE a C OpPeF, OP
  53. Glas. Still, Or Alembick, Wvhich is luced on 10
  54. the Body, or Cucurbit; and hath a Beak, Nose.
  55. or Pipe, 10 sec che raised Spiric run domn into
  56. thC Receirer.
  57. NOOT, is a cerm well understood in che tnns
  58. OF COuTE, ro be thac Fixercile or Arguing ot Ca
  59. les, which rouns Scudents pertorm at appointed
  60. rimes, the berrer to enable them for Practice.
  61. and Detence oF Clients Causes. In che Inns ot
  62. Conrr, there is a Bayliff, Or Surveror of the Moots
  63. rearly cholen by che Bench, to appoine che
  64. Noor.men For che Inns oE Chancery, and to kcer
  65. account ot pertormance ot Exerciles, both there
  66. and in the Fouse.
  67. MOOT.MESI, are those chac argue Readers
  68. Cases (Or MOOr-C aseS) in the Houles ot Chan-
  69. cery, boch in Term-rime, and also in Vaca-
  70. TIOAS.
  71. NIORAL Ouantity. Sec Ouantity.
  72. NIORATDR, Or Demoratur in Lese, Signities
  73. 25 much as Ise demurs, because the Parry goes
  74. noc formard in Pleadins, bur retts upon che
  75. Judoment oFche Courr in che Poine, who delibe-
  76. rate, and calre rime ro argue and adrise chere-
  77. UpOn.
  78. MORBOS Resius, che Pame hat teterus.
  79. NIORTAR-PIECE, is a kind of rery MOKE
  80. Piece ot Cannon, or Ordnance, chick ard vide,
  81. proper for che dischargins ot Bombs, Carcasses.
  82. Scones, (9c. Ic is ulually mounred on a Carri-
  83. 28c, the Whcels Whereot arc verr lorr. MI. An
  84. aerson, in his Book oF che Cun, Cairh, That 30
  85. Or 80 Decrees ot Lleration, is the bek For ren
  86. drins Morrars serviceable, 10 cast Shells into
  87. TOWNS, FOrES, (9C. And he Paich, Thar is MOr-
  88. car pieces ivere all, as cher oustir to be, exactly
  89. Similar, and cheir Requisires ot Porrder 25 che
  90. Cubes ot the Diameters of cheir sereral BOres;
  91. and if also their Strells, Bombs, C arcasses, (90
  92. vere Similar, chen comparine litre wich like,
  93. their Ranges upon the Plane oE che Floriron un-
  94. der the lame degree of Elerarion, vould be c-
  95. qual; and consequener one Piece being vell
  96. prored, chac is, che Range ot the Granado,
  97. Bomb, Carcals, (5c. beins tound r0 any deoree
  98. ot Fleration, the whole Wori ol the MOrTar-
  99. lonsst ic, buc becreen boch. WVhen a Strip comes picce ould become very casie and exact: But
  100. into a Place of Ridins, the Master and hisMates Tince Morrars are nor thus Similar, there is re-
  101. obserre on whar Poinc ot che Compals che Wind Guired che Range oF che Piece ar any convenient
  102. is litceliest ro endanger the Strip, and there ther degrec ot Fleration, With its requisite DE PO
  103. lay our an Anchor; and chis is called Moorine der; and then vou must work by che la
  104. for Fast, North, ec. accordins 10 che Poine Be bles.
  105. aLAeTCIS.
  106. The Suris Forironral Parallax L matie 20 be
  107. Pa5. 336.
  108. MOOR at Sea, signilies che lavins out che

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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/806933011:0542?run=74