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

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  1. oprictes, is choc
  2. erhich passeth chro the Place ot Reftection, and
  3. is alwazs perpendicular co che Plane oF he blalS,
  4. Or Refectins Body
  5. PLANE os Refraction, is a Surtace dravn vilinear Lrajectorr.
  6. chro the Ray and Axis of Incidence.
  7. PLANE Sursaco, is chat which lies eren be-
  8. eveen its boundins Lines; and as a Righe Linc
  9. is che Morrest Excension From one Point to ano-
  10. TheF, (0 a Plane Sursace is che Morrest Extension
  11. From one Line eo another.
  12. PLANE Verrical, IOpricks and Perspectire.
  13. is a Plain Surtace wtich passech alone the Prin-
  14. cipal Ray, and consequeny chro the Fye, and
  15. is perpendicular rorhe Ceomerrical Plane.
  16. PLANELS, are the Frratick OE Wandrinq
  17. Scars, and Wwhich are not likethe Fixed ones al
  18. ars in the lame Position eo one another. NVe
  19. non number che Farth amorie che Primary Pla-
  20. nets, becaule wre know ic mores round rhe Sun,
  21. a5 Saturn, Fupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury
  22. do, and char in a Pach or Circle berween Mars
  23. and Venus. And che Moon is accounced amions
  24. the Secondary Planets, Or Satellires oF che Prima
  25. ry, Cince Me mores round che Farrh, 25 fupiter 5
  26. Four Moons Or Sarellites do round him, and Sa-
  27. cuns Fire round abour him; il Cassinis Fyes
  28. mas becredired. Bur L couldnerer seemy selt, in whiar Sense ris robe understood. For since
  29. Or meet vich any onc else who erer did see any
  30. bur che Fusenian Satellire.
  31. AII che PlanetS, 25 ldt as Wve can find, have,
  32. besides cheir Morion round rhe Sun, which makes
  33. cheir Tear; also a Mocion round chCIE OWN AXCS,
  34. ot chemselres, in as propet a Manner, hare a
  35. contrarr Propension, or vis cemnisusa, an ndea-
  36. vour ot aroiding one an. Phetrue Mean-
  37. Which makes cheir Dar; as the Barchsrevolrins ins cheretore or cus Altempt Ol Lndeavour 10 sel
  38. (0, makes our Dar and Night.
  39. Tis more than probable chac the Diameters ot
  40. all the Planers are longer chan cheir AXeS: WC
  41. Hnow Eis (0 in our Farth; and Mr. Flamstead
  42. anid MIr. Cassini both found ic r0 be C0 in Fupiter.
  43. And cheretore tras a grear Mistate in thelnse
  44. nious DE. Burnet, r0 aNerr, a5 he dorh in his Fsy
  45. pothesis, che Polar Diameter of the Farth 10 Cx
  46. cecdrhe ocher.
  47. HIr. Jaat Lnion alleres Out LateMS Equato.
  48. rial Diameter ro excced the ocher by about
  49. 34 Mtiles: And indecd else the Mocion oF the
  50. Farth vould makre the sea rise (0 high at chc
  51. FguatOF, 25 t0 drovn all che Parrs chereabOuL.
  52. Thar iII Bodies beins purels Lautre, and (0 in-
  53. capable ot alcerins chen otto al
  54. those STaIGHE LineS OF PANGCHMS, IOCICIE CUNS
  55. Body B recains ils Projectile Force alons
  56. ast
  57. PLANE os Reslection, in
  58. Straishr Line in erery Poine oF ils Cor
  59. make che Line oF irs real Morion become a
  60. Benc onc, antet CMaSC Ss Lcat a Cu
  61. Flence mar be learne whar is that Conatus re
  62. cedenat a centro motus in Revolvins Bodies, and
  63. aII Bocles have a vis centripeta, Or Propension
  64. torvaras one another, eis impossible cher Moula
  65. Farcher OH che Cenere ot Morion, is onl chis
  66. in whick eses aleerees otene; do. stilt cend
  67. onvards siene Lae Les ane SCCaM CHCH L1O.
  68. pension ot lnort conatas Thac Lectilineat MO-
  69. rior all che time cher are obliged tomore in
  70. Curres; and consequentr at everr Point ot
  71. cheir Cburle, endearour ro Ay OA by cheir Jan-
  72. Sents. Noir cheParis of the Pangene, eo which
  73. The Learned Mr. Whiston, in his NB
  74. Pheory os the Farth, accounts (fron
  75. the Admirable Ur. Nevrons Princi
  76. ciples) for the Motion and Redobiilio
  77. of the Planets, rhus.
  78. E M M A X
  79. From the unilorm Projectile Norion OE BO.
  80. his Encaro o, Deu laltet ost e e
  81. than thole ot che Curres ro which che Bodies
  82. are actually FOrCCd, an ALeMPE EO 50 on in che
  83. Tangent may be, and is stiled an ALTeMPE EO GO
  84. Farrher oH, or recede trom CMat CenFre; ThO
  85. Or OF persererins in a LLCCIMHCAF MOLON: 30
  86. thactho che vis centripeta, Or Porver ot Gravica
  87. tion, be an Actire and Posirire Force, continu-
  88. ally rener d and imprels d on Bodies; vet che
  89. vis centrisusa, Or conatus recedendi a centro motus,
  90. is noc so, bur the meer Consequence and Retulc
  91. Ot their Tnactirier.
  92. This is evident in Bodies revolvino in Fllipses
  93. about one ot the Foci, in their Delcent torrards
  94. trom no ocher Afection than thac of Inactiritr
  95. oE Atcraction or Crrarcacem ee t
  96. Norion ot allthe Lleareny Bodies dos arile.
  97. Former B trom ies Scraighe Line DC: And by
  98. any Rerolvino Bodr be dilinsaed trom ine
  99. doime lo conernuals; oadle al e ae cle torce rolich recairea ie in 8 C vere, auc
  100. NOL
  101. ic; Where che Tangent beins oblique ro the
  102. IF 2 BodY, 25 B, be moring unitormiY alone
  103. the LIMC C, FrOm DEOC, and anorter Body
  104. A BC PresenC: CHIS lacrer Body A must draw. chc
  105. Radicto, Ot Ctrie srom che Poinc ot Contaet l0
  106. the Ldcus, this verr conatus recedendi a centro
  107. motus carrring ic alone che Tangent, will POr
  108. Fome time makce ir approach nearer rO ThC FOCUS;
  109. tho noc (0 much near a5 b) lo LCt I THC
  110. Ellipsis ic sett.
  111. For let a Sione be ler loole trom the Slins, Or
  112. dies in Straighe Lines, and che univer (al, POrver

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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/806933011:0634?run=74