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

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  1. Mr. Anderions Table of the Names, Diameters, Chases, Requisite.
  2. Ot
  3. der, COrMParatIVO FOrCeS, and GFCaTCA RanGCS, 10 Fie MICIS S LDa
  4. tion, of Pen several Peices of Canon, Fxperimentally and ub cols
  5. demonstratedo
  6. Names of the Pieces
  7. A FaICC
  8. A
  9. 2 A Falcone
  10. POM.
  11. LenBth 1Diamet I Requi.
  12. OF the
  13. Chase
  14. OF thc
  15. BOrC.
  16. TitC
  17. POI
  18. O
  19. Grea- Compa
  20. VC
  21. 2
  22. RarSC
  23. eet
  24. Inches.
  25. 1B.
  26. et ala
  27. 3.
  28. 9 AWVie CaO
  29. 10 A Carmon ROY a
  30. The Sirenoth and Serriceablenels oF a Piece) And his Schollar Torricellius, in his 2d Bo0K
  31. ot Ordnance, consilts rery much in the Thick-
  32. nels oF the Metal, especially abour is Chamber
  33. and Brecch, and chis is called ius Fortification.
  34. And ot chis chere are chree deprees boch for
  35. Cannons and Culrerinss.
  36. P. Such as are ordinarilys Forritied, are called
  37. Lecitimate Pieces.
  38. 2. Those wohose Forrisicacion is lettened, are
  39. Called Bastard Pieces.
  40. 3. There are Lome that are doubly Forrited,
  41. wrtrich are called Double. Forritied or Excraordi-
  42. nary Pieces.
  43. The Forrisication oF a Cun is reckoned From
  44. the Thicknels oF the Metal ac the Touch.hole, ad
  45. ehe Frunnions and ac the Muzale, in Proporrion
  46. cothe Diamerer of the BOrC.
  47. The Doublyfortified Pieces, are a tull Diame-
  48. De Moru Projectorum, brings the FTorizontal Kan
  49. ses cothe Table oE Sines, and che greares Alri
  50. cudes ro che Vetled Sines: Thac i5, he prores
  51. That all Ranses on the Plane of the Trorizon, are
  52. in Proporrion to one another, as the Sines of the
  53. Double aneles os the Flevation os their Lines es
  54. Direction. And forthe Time of the Continuance
  55. oE any Shoc abore che FTorizon, he Mews in
  56. Prop. 18. Book 2. Thacas Radius is to the grea-
  57. rest Duration (i. e. When che Elerarion ot che
  58. Piece is gr deorces, or When it Rands Perpendi-
  59. Cular) : : S0 is the Sine oF any ortier Elevarion
  60. oE rhe Cun, coche Time oF the Ranse oF chat
  61. SHOE.
  62. Aftex cis, one Robert Anderson, Dy Frade 2
  63. Nearer, bur peculiarty stiltul boch in the Appli-
  64. carion ot Mathematicks co chis Nlatter, anet also
  65. cex of che Bore in Thichnels ar the Touch. hole, prodisious Industrious and Accurare inmatine
  66. oFic at che Trunnions, ac 2, ac their MurZIC.
  67. The Lessened Cannons have but = Or ZZ OF che
  68. Trials ich boch Cruns and Morrars, wrhich hae
  69. procured to be cast and ficted ac his oun charse
  70. Diamerer oF cheir Bore, in chicknels ac the This Man, I CaY, in the Year2674. publimed a
  71. Touch. hole, 2 ac che Frunnions, and = s ac che Book of the Cenuine D se and Fffects of the Cun
  72. MuzEle.
  73. cogether ich Tables of the Alcicudes of Proje
  74. All the Double fortifred Culverings, and all les- ctions abore the Forizon, dtc. Calculared by
  75. Per Pieces of char kind, have a Diameter and )
  76. ac the Touchhole =S. ac che Trumnions, and E=
  77. ac che Muzule: Andche Ordinarr P’orrihied Cul
  78. verines are every ar as your Double Forritied
  79. Cannon: And che Lessened Culverings are as
  80. che Ordinarr Cannons, in, aIl respects.
  81. Mr. Screet; in which, in 50 Propositions he
  82. eWS.
  83. I. Flonr Crom any Shot oF L Breat Cun o
  84. any Plece, homsoerer made, ro tnd che greatest
  85. Random ot chat Peice: And also ro strike any
  86. The Ordinary Fortifred Cannons hare 3 ac the Place uxon cicher Ascents or Delcenes wichin ehie
  87. Touchhole, s’arthe Trunnions, and Jac the Reach oF the Peice.
  88. Mu22lC.
  89. 2. Ile Mervs che Relarions oF all Cuns OF hC
  90. The Famous Calileus as che sirst, wrho pro- Tame sind amons chemselres; and chence che
  91. ved the Line of a Bullet to be in che Curre of a Dimensions and Requisite Ponder ot any Peice
  92. Parabola (Abstractins from the Line os impulse
  93. and the Resistance of the Medium, 25 L judsc) 25
  94. witha Ranse ansiverable ro any Degree beins
  95. siren: FIe sires Rules ro find che Requisire
  96. rou mas sind in his Fourth Dialosue; Wrhere al Powder ot any orher Piece, and ro Arikee any
  97. lo he sires a Table of FTorizontal Rases. Discorsi Place ac demand wirhin Reach, its Dimensi
  98. Dimostrazioni Machematiche, P. 280, 281.
  99. ons beins allo siren.
  100. 3. tle
  101. 3
  102. 6G
  103. 3387
  104. 3298
  105. 6 AL
  106. A Culrerin
  107. 8 A Demi-C

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