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

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  1. vich C. D. bCaaca ce tallo ad
  2. into Fire; and beins made a DCICHBCHC, DC LHO
  3. ved alone the Dirigent C D, eill ic come ac lat
  4. cothe Lind ot ic, and Aand in che Postion BD
  5. the Rectanele A D Wvill by ehis means be divi
  6. ded into as manr livele Rectangles as the Onites
  7. boch in the Describent and Dirigene Line wil
  8. produce, by beins mulciplied one by anocher,
  9. Thac i5 15; For 3 cimes 5 i5 15. And chis is
  10. erhac is called à Rectanele made betmeen any
  11. vo Lines, or the Product arisins trom che
  12. Paris ol che one mulciplied by che Parrs ol ce
  13. ocher.
  14. And ehiis B utually in ihe Larin Pons C
  15. criple ro a Prramid oF che lame Base and Hleighe
  16. as is demonstrated under Proportion of Solids:
  17. wrhict sec.
  18. PARALLFLOPLEDRON, a Word used D
  19. Tome Ceometricians For an impertect Parallelo
  20. eram, or kind oE Traperium, havins unequa
  21. angles and Sides, ver nor all so, in regard cha
  22. aE Least lome of them ansiver one to anocher
  23. observins a cerrain Regularier and Proporrior
  24. OF Parallels; (0 char cher, do noc extend se
  25. largely as Traperiums, wrhich are any Trregula
  26. Four sided Fisures; neverthelels, like them, they
  27. are capable os beins rariousty diversity d.
  28. PARALOOISM, is a prerended Demonstra
  29. tion or Mechod ot Arguins, buc Wrhich is in re
  30. PAKHLAIO che casser, 15 an entire L O(5O1
  31. roluntary Morion, or Sense, or boch, cither in
  32. all che Body, Or only in Lome PAKE. IF Comes
  33. by cicher an Obstruction, Obscission, Concusion
  34. Or pressing of the Nerres, or by an Indisposition
  35. or ill Contormits oE che Muscles. Blanchard
  36. PARAMESIS, is che nexr Finger ro chC
  37. Midele one, called ihe Rins. Fnger.
  38. PARAMETER, by ComC, as Mydorgius and
  39. Oihers, called the Latus Rectum OF, a Parabola-
  40. 15 a Third Proporrional to the Abscissa and any
  41. Ordinate: S0 Fhat che Square ot the Ordinare is
  42. alvars equal co che Rectansle under che Para-
  43. meter and Abscissa. See che Demonttrarion un
  44. dex Parabola.
  45. This WVord Parameter, OE Latus Rectum, 1S
  46. also used a5 ro the Ellipse and CIrperbola; buc
  47. in chole ic hach anocher Proporrion, as you will
  48. Pressd by the Verb aucere, wotrich senities ro And under those Words.
  49. lead oe suide alone. As, for Instance, IF the
  50. Line A C vere eo multiply C D, cher vould,
  51. Car in that Languase, Duc A C in CD; thac
  52. 15, sec vour Line A C pespendicular 20 C D
  53. and then Keeping ir alvays in that Posrion, lead
  54. or guide ic alons rill ir comestothe EndotCD
  55. and ic wvill by ies Morion have formed che
  56. Rectangle AD: and by iEs ThECC PAFES, the
  57. 25 licrle ones wichin ic. And cheretore in La-
  58. in Machematical Books the Product vould. bc
  59. chus expressed, AC ducta in C D = 15.
  60. And trom hence ris plain, charche Produet ot
  61. anx cvo Numbers is equal to a Rectangular Pe
  62. rallelorram, miade out oF the Musriplicand and che
  63. Multiplicator, or out oF the cvo Factors, ascher
  64. are called by Lome Wrirers; thac is, a Rectan
  65. sle ivhose cro Sides are divided into as man
  66. Pacis as chere qre Dnices in Boch Lacto1o.n
  67. PALALLLLOORAM, is also an Instmimene
  68. Made OF Eve Rulers OF BTaIS Or Wood, wich
  69. Sockersto Aide or set to anr Proporrion, used ro
  70. entarge or diministr anx Map or Draushie, cither
  71. an Forrification, Building, or Survering, 590.
  72. PARALLELOORAM Protractor, is 2 Semi-
  73. circle oE BraIS, With tour Rulers, in form of a
  74. PARAMOONT, in our LaW, Signites the
  75. Supream Lord of che Fec: For chere may bc 2
  76. Tenant ro a Lord, chat holderh over ot anocher
  77. Lord; the Former ot which is called Lord Mesne
  78. and che second Lord Paramount. And a Lor
  79. Paramount consistech onlr in Comparison, a5 one
  80. Nan may be great, beins compared ro a less
  81. and licole, beins compared vrich a greater. S0
  82. thac none simply scemeth eo De Lord Paramount
  83. buc onty che Kins, who is Patron Paramount 10
  84. all ihe Benetices in England.
  85. PARAPEI, in Forrisication, is an Flevariom
  86. OE Farch and Stone uxon che Rampare, behinc
  87. irhich ihe Soldiers Hand secure From ehe Fne-
  88. mies Creac and Sinall Shor, and where the C an-
  89. non is planted For the Detence ot the. FOWn OB
  90. FOrrre(s. Lverr Parapet havins its Embrasures
  91. and Mertons, is about, six Foor high on che side
  92. oF the Place; and Erom Four ro Fire on thaero-
  93. rard che Counerr. So thac this Disference ol
  94. Hciohes Forms a kind os Glacis abore, tron
  95. Wrhence che Mustreceers mountins etie Banquet
  96. OE che Parapet, may casils sire into the MOaLS,
  97. or ac least uxon the Counterscarp. Ir OughE al
  98. (0r0 DC From r8 t0 20 Foor chick, is made ot
  99. Parrh; ard trom S eo 8 iF oF Stone. ThC FarEII
  100. is much berter chan Scone, because Sione Wvill
  101. Paralleloeram, made to move ro an Angle; one Ay ro pieces wrhen barrered, and do mischiel.
  102. OE wrhich Rulers is an Index, which Merrs on
  103. the Semi-circle the Ouanciy oF any inard Or
  104. ourward Angle.
  105. PAKALLLLOPTPED, is a Solid Fivure COn-
  106. cained under Six Parallelosrams, che Oppotites
  107. oE ertrichare equal and parallel; or ris a Prism.
  108. This Word Parapet is also sivenro any Line
  109. thar corers Men From che hinemies Fire: S0
  110. chere are Paraxets oF Barrels, OE Cabions, OF
  111. Bago filled wwich Barct, (90.
  112. PARAPFANALIA, Ors accordirie ro the Ci-
  113. vil Lar, Paraphernalia, are those G0ods erhich
  114. A Y
  115. Nie
  116. H IIC LIne A C, Randine ae Righe Ansle
  117. alics Lanacous and False.
  118. potiose Bale is a Pacalletoram. Lo s atato) a Wiles vetales her Dover oc Gointure, is allet

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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/806933011:0604?run=74