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

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  1. PYTHAGOREAN System, is che Came wichche
  2. Copernicat oul is l0 called, as bems maincained
  3. by eythazoras and his Follorvers, and theretore is
  4. the most ancient ot any. In this che Sun is suxpo-
  5. Sed at rest in the Cenere oF our System oF Planets
  6. and the Barch ro be carried round him annually in
  7. Frack or Path between Venus and Mars. Y Mal
  8. only add here an aCCOnnE hOW
  9. The Phaenomena OF DaY and Niotu, and the vi-
  10. cissitudes ot Sealons are accounred for, accordins t0
  11. ehie Prchagorean System, where the Farth mOres
  12. round che Sun.
  13. Tec Y6) i seprelent che Farchs Amal
  14. Orbit Round the Sun aF O Jhe Plane ot wrhich
  15. OEthe Farrh, CeH WIThe LarthS LquacOF apPeaN
  16. Coincidene ith the Celestial Rquinoctial; and
  17. Will che sun appear to be just in the midale be-
  18. tcen chero Poles, and ro lend tus Lishr equallr
  19. cowards borhofchem, and 25 tar as borh of them,
  20. (For the Sun alivars Illuminates onc halt ot ehie
  21. GIObC) WVheretore as char Hleminuce e il t
  22. T NVL C P) ehich is non curned corrards him, is
  23. Enlishened, Co che ocher (behind) is non supposed
  24. 1obe in Darknels. And becaulethe Barth rerolves
  25. round is Axis NVS in 24 FTours, which Axis is non
  26. at Righr Ansles ich che Line YC) un connect
  27. ins the Centres ofche Larch and Sun. Lvery Point
  28. Orbic it Intinitels produced amons the Fixr Scars, OFthe Equator C, and of the Tropicks I C and
  29. Wils describe chat Circle wtrich ve calt the Ficlip-
  30. tick. In chis Orbir, sec ene Lacu de suppeled ro
  31. OP, and oF aIl ocher Parallels ro the Equator, will
  32. bca5 much in the Lighe as inthe Dark in every Di-
  33. move trom YFO S 2OH, Coc. and let che Farth urnal Revolurion; and consequentr che Dars and
  34. De Reprelented by che Epicicles NAAESN, in
  35. Which NY and S arc rhe Norch and Souch POles,
  36. and the Line NS Latcus axls alivars Kceping
  37. Parallel eo ic SelF; aiet LL M eguacot, hose
  38. Niehrs will be Equal, ac chac Time, all over che
  39. HaFEB.
  40. Orbitrorrares ne ac n, este Plane ot the l’erre-
  41. Plane is inclined ro the Feliprick ich an Ansle oF strial Equator will be then no more diiet ro the
  42. 23 301, Which is che Complement ol 66 30
  43. che Anole That the FarFHS AXis (perpendicular 10
  44. the Plane of the P quator) matces wirh cheEclip-
  45. tick.
  46. Sun, bui will subside rormardsthe South, and chere-
  47. Fore ehc Sun will appear ro go as much covard che
  48. Torth Pole, and as ic vvere trom the sequaror inche
  49. tleaven; For che Farth beins apparencly ac Kett
  50. Suppole en the Farth in (chen will the Su ies Lquator isl be lo roo, and conlequenty chc
  51. appeax lo De I V, che hiest Lome ot is Annual Celestial Riquinoetial ill appear ro chanse fcom
  52. Dubie) ane che Larch (o curnins ic sete 10 chc. Suricoxoluion by a diurnal Morion, ane che sui will
  53. chac che Axis ol ies morion may be Perpendicular
  54. ExFCaI
  55. t0a Line drann trom the Center OFthe Sun Eochar
  56. Buc asthe Farth mores Further on inthe Annuad

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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/806933011:0677?run=74