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

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  1. stile, and Four Lines, are parallel. This chel
  2. tore will be an Llorironcal Dy al 10 chose woholive
  3. under hC Equator Or Line.
  4. In a Direct Dolar Dyal, che Pour Lines must
  5. be dravu al parallet co che Hour Line ot
  6. Tvelre.
  7. The Scyle may Le either a Rrait Pin set ux-
  8. righE, Or a. WVyec made co lie parallet ro thC
  9. Plane, and must Rand over che Hlour Line ot
  10. Tvclre.
  11. The Lenech oErhe Plane may be taten in any
  12. Tnches, or Parrs ot Inches, reckonins che Inch
  13. e be divided ino 10, Or 100 Equal PaIIS.
  14. Then Cor che Heisht os obe Seyte; Cas,
  15. As the FansenE OF the FTOUF-Line 4 Ox S, is
  16. roche Locarictm os cheir Distance from cheMe
  17. ridian in lnches and ParIS,
  18. S0 is he Radius, 2orhe Heixht os cbe S1yle ir
  19. Inches and PAHIS.
  20. Forche Hour- Lines; Ca5,
  21. Asche Kadius is E0 che LoParietm OL he Siyles
  22. Hei ght, in Parts OF Inches.
  23. So is the FAnGCHE OF anY FTour.Line, 10 the
  24. Logarictm of che Distance chereot Fromche Me-
  25. ridiar Linc.
  26. Fxample.
  27. Suppole pour Polar Dlane be 12 Tnches lone
  28. and it be required co put on all che LTour-Linc
  29. trom 7 in che Mormins unto 5 in che AEteF
  30. nOOn.
  31. Elere rou have 5 FTours and 6 Tnches on ei
  32. ther side oF etic Meridian; and betore vou
  33. ork che Operation, the LTours and Inchesmust
  34. be reduced intO DeorCCS OF PatES, allovins FOL
  35. everr Ilour or InchLS Deorees, Or 100 Parts, (0
  36. You I HaVe 75L Desrces and 600 PatS.
  37. Then Sor he Scyles EeiB hE.
  38. F0ihe Ar. C0. OF che Fangent 73 29,42805
  39. =5 FTOurS.
  40. Add che Losarictm ot itie Distance
  41. trom che Meridian 600 POles 52. 77815.
  42. Sum = ehe Logarichm of the Siyles
  43. 2,20620
  44. Feisht, LCF ParIS m
  45. Thac is, + Inch, and sF parrs oF an Inct
  46. For. che Pours Distance from ehe Meridian.
  47. Fothe LOS. OF the Seyles Fei. 16F ptS. 2. 20620
  48. Add che FanS. 15. (For rhe 1A FTOUr) 9. 42805.
  49. Sum = Ractius = Logarictm OF
  50. ihe TTourS Distance = 43 ParIs 5L. 63425C
  51. Aster che Pame manner max ron tind che orhie
  52. Ftours Distanees from ihe Meridian.
  53. Then dra chem in a Table chus
  54. 170
  55. AHB(C5
  56. che Pole
  57. 6. M
  58. 00. 00
  59. 30
  60. 00
  61. Oc
  62. 0
  63. Tansent
  64. Inch. Pacl
  65. 00 0
  66. 00
  67. 00 C
  68. 90. 00 Infinit.
  69. L0 Project ihe Dyal.
  70. First, Drau on che Plane che Meridian Line
  71. A B, which crols at RigHE Angles wich A .
  72. che Equaror: Then trom c, che Incerlection ot
  73. che Meridian and che Pquator, Pet OA thole Parts
  74. Tromthe Table boch ways, and chro thele Points
  75. atar Lines parallet to AB, Cor etie HTour-Linc
  76. OF 12) thosC Mall bC che FTour. Lines required.
  77. POTAR Projection, I5 a R eprelentation oEche
  78. Farch, or oF che Flearens, Projected on che Plane
  79. Ot one ot che Polar Circles.
  80. POLARIEY, is che Propertr OF the Magnet
  81. or ot a piece ot Oblons Tron rouchid bY a N25.
  82. net, 10 point roward che Poles oF the WVorld.
  83. POLE, in Meaturins, is tho same with Perch
  84. Or Rod, Or a5 Lome caIl ir, LugS. By Our Scatute
  85. LaWr, (Ann. 35 FliZ. C ap. 6.) chis Meature is 2
  86. Lenoch oF 16 Feet and an halF, buc ir varies by
  87. che Vlage oFlome Conneries; beins in some Pla
  88. ces oF +8 Feet, Wrhich cher call Woodland Mea-
  89. sure; in Tome places of 2Y Fcet, wwhich is called
  90. Church Measure; (1. e. oF such Lands 25 did or
  91. do belons r0 che Church) and in orhers ot 24
  92. Feet, andthis is called Forrest Measure.
  93. POLE in Machematicks, is a Poinc 90 De
  94. orces distane trom the Planc oF ans Circle, and
  95. in a Linc perpendicularty ercered in irs Centre
  96. erhich Line is called che Axis. And From chis
  97. Polar Point max Circles be described on che
  98. Globe or Sphere, as chey arc on the Plare From
  99. cheir. Centre.

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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/806933011:0641?run=74