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

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  2. or Sceeridge, in order ro clear the Decks wtien, rained in eie Nerres, agiraced ad imperium A-
  3. an Enemy boards che Ship; cher are Fastned nimae; or by che Consruction oE the Venous
  4. and eraversed by a Pivele, wotrich is pur into a
  5. Scock.
  6. NOSCTE, the chies Instrumene of Volun-
  7. cary Morion in an Animal Body. The PArES OL
  8. a Muscle are Three; iis Fead, Bell, and Fail.
  9. The Fead OE a Muscle is ies Beginning; and 25
  10. it evere the Centre oF is Norion; and chis is
  11. alvars fixed ro the most Aable ParT. The BCIIy
  12. ot a Muscle is is Midale Parr, wrhich is cumid,
  13. ox extended, in all Muscular Morion. The Tait
  14. is the ocher Find ox Fixeream, Which is Factened
  15. into the Pare to be mored.
  16. Nuscular Mtotion, or wtich way the Belly oF
  17. 2 MTulcle comes ro be svelled, and consequendr
  18. iES Fxtreams BTOUBHE neareF Logether, in order
  19. co more che Part required, is a VerY GrCAL My
  20. Ducts, there becomes a Repletion ot their
  21. Cells, Whereby elie Lenocti oE che Fibrillae i5
  22. contracted.
  23. DE. Cbirac PrOseHOF OF MLedicinC AE MOnF-
  24. pellier, suppoles, and chinks HC CaN PrOvC it ana
  25. Irticallr, Phac ereer Muscle beino composed ot
  26. a rast Mulcieude ot Fibres, like Threads, Fold-
  27. ed up all cogetter ithin one Skin Ox Mem-
  28. vranc, and everr Fibre havins irs proxer Vein-
  29. Arter, and Nerre, it hach allo trom Space t0
  30. Space sereral lirele Cariries Or Pores which are
  31. ot an oblons Form, when che Muscle is Mack,
  32. or Raccid; bur ehie Blood circularine chrouetr
  33. the Muscle, is continualle deposins into chose
  34. Pores a Sulphureons Recrement, aboundins witH
  35. Alkali Sales, Wrhich meerins ich che Spiries chat
  36. Aery; as indeed mans ocher Thines are in an Aou allo by che Nerres inco thole oval POres,
  37. Fluman Body, vhich is fearsully and mondersully
  38. made. There hare Been many (Iypotheses 10
  39. Solve this, which, Whecher arisfactory OF nOL,
  40. must be letr 10 erery ones fudoment ro deter-
  41. mine.
  42. Dr. WVillis Suppoles che Animal Spiries; broush
  43. by che Nerres, to be lodged in ihe Tendons ol
  44. che Musoles, and rharmeetins wich ocher Accire
  45. Particles broughr from the Blood, ther make an
  46. Esfervescence; by which the carnous Fibres of the
  47. Musele arc agicated, suf d, and velled, and
  48. (0 the whole Muscle is contracted in ies Lensth.
  49. Steno imagines the carnous Fibres oF the MuI
  50. cles, 25 allo the opposite Tendons, to bc in their
  51. Constructure like eo Parallelozrams; by an AI-
  52. ceration oF ihe Angles oF which, the Muscle is
  53. contracted, and che Fead and Pail broughE
  54. near together: And this he chinks may bc donc
  55. vithout che Accestion OF an; NVCW MaETCT.
  56. DF. Mlayo FalIS nearty in vrich DF. Willis his
  57. Notion: Ile chinks the Contraction oF theMuI.
  58. cleis made by an Fffervescence, aritins From che
  59. Mixture oE the Sulphurous Saline Parricles ot
  60. the Blood, vich che Nitro-aerious ones broughe
  61. by the Nerres, Which blons ux and distends che
  62. Selly oF the Muscle.
  63. L. Du Verney Fancies chis Lnue May
  64. be made wwithout Fermentation, by the Anima
  65. Spiriis, and a fuice from che Arteries, rumnine
  66. into che Tendons and carnous Fibres, and (0
  67. extendins themselres, as Ropes and Carsgut
  68. Arings ivell in moist WVcacher.
  69. DF. Croon suppoles erery carnous Fibre r0 bC
  70. made up oF (mall Globules or Bladders, all open-
  71. cheir Nirro-aerial Particles termene in a most vi
  72. olent manner wich che Saline ones oF this SuI
  73. phurcous Recrement, and cherebr distend ctie
  74. Pores (0, 25 10 makre them charse cheir lone
  75. Oral Figure into a round orie; and thus the MuI
  76. dle must be contracted.
  77. MOSCLE Vein. This Vein is Two Fold,
  78. the Superior and che Inferior. The Former ari-
  79. ses trom the Muscles oF the Neck, and the L aF-
  80. ter from the upper Muscles oF the BreaHtS; and
  81. this Cometimes opens into che Externat Jusu-
  82. lar.
  83. NIOSCDTDIS Scapidis, is a Muscle oF the
  84. Far, Wrhich lies hid in a Bonr Pipe, excaratec
  85. in che Os Perrosum, alinost ac ihe BOtrOm oF the
  86. Timpanum, wvhience it talces ies Origin. IEs Bel
  87. Ir is bis and Resty, and suddenly formine a ve-
  88. ry chin Pendon, wrhich descends to irs Insertion
  89. ac the Fread oF the scapes: When this acs
  90. it drarvs che Scapes upwards, t0 the Foramen
  91. Ovale.
  92. MOSCOLOS Nautieus. Sec Tibialis Posti-
  93. Cu
  94. NVSICK is one oF the Seren Sciences, com-
  95. monty called Liberal, and comprehended also
  96. actions che Mathematical; as tavins For its Ob
  97. icet Discreet Duantity OF Number, DUE ROE CON
  98. Sidering ic in the ABSraCt, like Arithmeticke, bue
  99. wich relarion to Time and Sound, in ordex eo
  100. take a delighrtul Llarmonz.
  101. This Science is alto Theorical, which exami-
  102. nech che Nacure and Properries of Concords
  103. arid Discords, explaining the Proportions be
  104. coscen them br Numbers: And Practical, Whick
  105. ceacheth nor ontr Composicion, that is to lay,
  106. etie manner oF Composins aII POTES OF TUnCS OE
  107. AIrS; bur also the Aet oF Cingins wichthe Voice,
  108. Or plarins upon Musical Instruments.
  109. MISKLE P-Bastets, in Fortiscation, are BaS-
  110. Kers oE abouc a Foor and half hish, and 8 Or 10
  111. Inches Diameter ac the Borrom, and a Full FOOL
  112. at the cop: They are filled wich Farrh, and are
  113. Pet on lorr Parapets or Breast- Works, or on Tuch
  114. 25 arc beaten domn, thac the Muskercers may
  115. vich e mpha and Blood, are lec and torced sire betreen them at che Fnemy, and vet be to-
  116. Oe che Tiells led, Caled bs ihe Liguot con
  117. lerably well secured against cheir Fire.
  118. MOTE. (A Term in L aW) A Prisoner is said
  119. costand Mure, When he retules ro plead eo an
  120. Indictmene.
  121. NDTOLE, in Archirecture, is a kind oF
  122. Square Moditon, sec undes che Comice o che
  123. Borict
  124. ins one inte anvenet, uo whie e nactous
  125. Fuice, and ee or evo onet ne alset delir LI-
  126. quOES CHCTIMO, d0, by means Ot IHC MacuTaL
  127. hich meaus the wtrole Bodr ot the Muscle bC-
  128. Flear, makce an Fbullicion or Littervescence; by
  129. comes cauu anuls Lensch contraclea, .
  130. Boremt lakres che Fibres ot a Mulclero contiit
  131. Ot a MMaer ters Rhombs Or Lozenges, wtole
  132. Areas are capable ot beins entarsed Or COntra-
  133. Moo o et ellem, ad Imperium animae.
  134. The Accurate MI. Comper scems eo chinte rhC
  135. Blood eobe the erue Pondus, by wrhich che Action
  136. ot a Muicle is compoled; and chat cither by a
  137. Turgelcence besun in the Parieres ot the C ells
  138. cted, accordins as the nerrous Juice, together

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