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

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  1. PARALTFL Sphere, is ivtiere ehie Poles are in (Annalle connd the Sun (wirtioue the Diurnat
  2. the Zenirh and Hladie, arid ehe Equator in elie
  3. Hlorizon, Which is the case of Tuch (it any suchr
  4. There bC) Who live directly under che Norch and
  5. Souch Pole.
  6. The Consequences oF this Position are, THaL
  7. the Parallels ot che Suns Declination ill al(obe
  8. Parallels oF his Altitude.
  9. Mocion) it mores only accordins to is Centre ot
  10. Grarier; and cach Poine and Line in ir Kecpsal
  11. arsche Cae Lnse. Let s AS DCBIICB
  12. round chis (intrich as eo chat Morion is suppolea
  13. immoreable) cannor chanse the Posirion ot it
  14. The Trhabitants can sec only such Stars as are (ars Parallet Eo it self.
  15. on their side che Figuinoctial; and ches must
  16. PARALIPSIS (a Figure in Rhetorick) is a pre
  17. have six Months DaY, and six Monchs concinual cended desire in us oF omitrins wrhat ive lay; 2
  18. ighe every Pear; and che Sun can never be it one ould Car, Pam willins to forset the Wront
  19. hrigher wich them chan 23 Degrees 30 Minures, that my Enemy has done me: I vil not speake os
  20. ertich is noc (0 hieh as he is wich us in Fe-
  21. bruaru.
  22. PARALLEE Ruler, is an Instrument made ot
  23. BraIS, Sccel, Or Wood, todram Lines Parallelro
  24. cach other; ot great ule in Forrificarion, Archi-
  25. recture, and many other parrs ot. the Mathema-
  26. ticks.
  27. PARALLELS o Altitude, Or Almacanters,
  28. are Circles Parallel ro the Llorizon, imagined to
  29. PaIs chro every Degrec and Minure oF che Me-
  30. ridian, becveen the Florizon and Zenich, havins
  31. cheir Poles in che Zenich. And on the Globes
  32. thelc are described by che Diritions on the Oua-
  33. drant of altitude, in its Motion about the Body
  34. ot che Clobe, When ris screred rothe Lench
  35. OF any Place.
  36. PARALLELS of Latirude, on the Terrestial
  37. Globes, are che same virh Parallels of Declination
  38. on thie Celestiat. Buc che
  39. PARALLEES os Latitude on che Celestial
  40. Globes, are (mall Circles Parallel ro the Fclipricte
  41. imagined ro pass thro every Deoree and Minure
  42. et the Colures, and are represented chere by che
  43. Dirisions of the Onadrant of Alsitude, In LES MO-
  44. tion round the Globe, when ic is screr d over
  45. che Poles of the Eclipricle.
  46. PARALLELS of Declination, are Circles Pa
  47. rallet rothe Equinoctial, imagined ro pass chro
  48. everr Degrec and Minure oF che Meridians, DC.
  49. ercen the squinoctial, and cach Pole of the
  50. Vorid.
  51. PARALLEL RayS, in Opticks, are those that
  52. Keep an equal Distance trom che visible Object
  53. corhe Fiyes etich is suppoled to be infinitely re-
  54. more trom che Object.
  55. PARALLEL elanes, are those Planes which
  56. have aIl The Perpendiculars dravon berwixe them
  57. equal. to cach ottier: Thacis, Wrhen cher are e
  58. very where equally distant.
  59. PALALLEL Circles, On the Clobes, thelame
  60. Wshche Cesser Circles.
  61. PARALLELS alIO On the Terrestrial Globe,
  62. the Injurus that T hare Tecctoea sto Bs ML.
  63. Lined Ouadrilareral Fisure, Wrhole Oppolite
  64. Sides are Parallet. Z0 End ins Superticial Con
  65. renE: Sec Area
  66. Squares, and Lectaneles, may be thus cons
  67. ceivedo
  68. are Circles drann chro the midale ot every Cli- a Morion alivars Parallel ro ic selt ses IC I
  69. mate, dividins them into rrro halres, which are j ruarion: And as it Moresthus, alvays Keeps its
  70. called Parallels.
  71. PARALLELISM oE the FarthS Aris, is the mored donnso lo, as Mal l Is qu et Il Sollen
  72. Farchs keepins irs Axis in its Annual Reroluri-
  73. wichin che Lcss oF theatisle, and is come tolic
  74. on round che Sun, in a Polirion alivars Parallet in the Siruarion P B: Tis plain, this Line A V,
  75. Eo iEs (elF, which ic doch nearty buc nor exactly;
  76. For tho che Difference De insensible in one YCar
  77. wil by is Morion domatas an describec
  78. the Ouadrilareral Figure AD BF. AIIC ds HB
  79. Or. Gresory in his. Astronomy Cairt, Ie becomes its Descene, che Line AD continually curs che
  80. sensible enough in many YCaES.
  81. This Parallelism he Mews ro De the necelsary
  82. relult ot the tvo Norions oF the Fartt, char is
  83. round ies Axis, and its Annual one, and thac
  84. rhere necds nothird Motion be feigned ro explain
  85. it de accoume soc ic. Loc 30 che taciti moves
  86. alls decreale, aschole et che latrec te lb do.
  87. creaseo
  88. those Lines; the Diurnal Rerolution ot etie L artt
  89. andtheretore Il M DC atWassclame, 2. c. al
  90. PARALLELOCKAM in Geometry; is a llighe
  91. The Formation, or Generation os al Paralle loeraM
  92. Id Kiehe Line, as A D, havins one OF itS Fnds
  93. et Points in the Top (Or Verrex A) oFche Angle
  94. E A B, be Lapocu 1o more donnvards, wict
  95. Paid end A I the Line AH; eIl at laIt I DC
  96. Line AB, Co ir Will describe allo on cach side ot
  97. AB che uvo equal Priangles A D B and A F B
  98. The Parts ot che Former oF wtich, do concinu.

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