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

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  1. votich reduced backrards to Pounds, Stillingo and, OF che ero Follomins, the LA is MIr. Collins, che
  2. Pence, makes 12l. 185, 10= d.
  3. REDOPLIEAIIVE Proposirions, are luch Wvhere
  4. in the subject is repeated: THuS, Men, 25 Nen
  5. are Rational; HinsS, a5 Kings, are subject to none
  6. but Ooc.
  7. RE- FNTRINO angle, a rerm in Forification
  8. Sec Anele.
  9. RE LNTRY, in Law, signities che retuminz
  10. and recalcins char Possession Which we had lacelr
  11. forsone: AS IF I make a Lease ot L and or Penc
  12. Ment, L do TheresOrC FOreSO ItC POseHion; and il
  13. do condition with che Lessce, Thac For non pay-
  14. ment of rhe R ent ac the DaY, it Mall be la ful FOr
  15. me eo Reenter; chis is as tuch as it l condirionec
  16. otake 2gain the Lands, C9c. into my own Flarids,
  17. and to recorer chePollestion by my oun lact,
  18. withoue che actistance oE Fudse, or ocher Pro.
  19. cels.
  20. REFF, a cerm in Plarigation: Wrhen chere is
  21. Great Cale ot Wind, ches commonly roll ux pare
  22. ot thic Sail Below, thac by chac means ic may bc-
  23. come the narroeE, and so nor draw Po much Wind.
  24. Anai chis contractine or ratins ux he sail, they
  25. call a Reef Or Reefine the Sail; and when ic is done,
  26. Ther Cay the Sail is Reefed.
  27. AIIO, Woten a FOP-Mast is Spruns, ac they call
  28. It, 2. c. cracke or almost broken in the C ap, chey
  29. cut OH the lorver piece thac was near broken oAt
  30. and ferting the orher parr, non much Morter, in
  31. ihe Step again, cher Call ic a Reest TOP- Mast.
  32. RFEVE, is to pur a Ropechrough a BIOck; and
  33. 2o pult a Rope out ot a Block is called Vnreere.
  34. 1n8:
  35. qu.
  36. REFLECTION, in general, is che reprels Or
  37. reruen thac happens ro a morins Body, because ob
  38. che meerine of anorher Body, wrhich it cannor pe-
  39. nerrate. Thus che material RayS OF LigHE arC re
  40. Aected rarions From such. Bodies as chey cannoc
  41. Dals chroust.
  42. REFLEOTTON, in MetaphysictS, MIP. Lock de-
  43. 2d Di. Clarts.
  44. elic Wrindoir, Wherero placethe Restectins blass
  45. fines ro be, Thar Norice which the Mind rakes ot
  46. its own Operations, and che Manner ot them; by
  47. realon whrereot there come to De Ideas ot those O.
  48. perations in the Onderstandins.
  49. REFL FOTIOH ofthC Rays of LishE. AIT. YsaaC
  50. Nemton, Anding by Fxperimene chat Lighe Was an
  51. Fecerogeneons Body, consistins oF a Nixture ot
  52. differeney retrarisible RarS; and consequentr
  53. concludins no Farther Improvement conld vell be
  54. made in Optical Instrumenes in the Dioptrick way,
  55. he cool Reftections into Considerarion, and relIS us,
  56. chat by chCir help, Optick Instrumenes mighe Be
  57. Beonghe to any dezrec os Perfection, il we could bur
  58. sind a restectins Substance etich vould Polim 25
  59. Finely as Clals, reflect as much Lighe as Clalstrans-
  60. mis, and be formed into a Pacabolical Fi
  61. Bure.
  62. An Experiment oF which he made inthe Kind oE
  63. a Cacoperick Telescope, (Wtrich I hare scen ac
  64. Grestam Collesc) and by Wwhich, cho nor abore
  65. EOFootlon, he conld (he Caith) discetn che Tori
  66. al Sacellites, and the Phales OE Venus. Phil. Frans.
  67. N. 8c
  68. PFELEOTED Ray, OP Ray of Restection, is ThaL
  69. as near che Cielins as vou can conrenienelr, pro.
  70. vided ic be nor lo near a5 hal IhC CBIL OL LI
  71. Tnches oEctie Ciclino, ac leas oF chat Cieline irticte
  72. belones ro the Windoir ic sels; then from chac
  73. Point crair a crue Meridian uxon a plane FTOri-
  74. Zoncally placed against rhe determined Point in chC
  75. cedus Me TeCtShC SAMS Rays to the roP oF 2
  76. Windo, and eothar Meridian, sic an Florizoncal
  77. Dval; buc invere ic P0, thac rhe Axis Or Seyle may
  78. poine donnvard, aud be under elie Florizontal
  79. Planc, accordins ro etie Eleration oF etic Pole,
  80. RLFLEOTINCS, Or Restexive Dyals, are made
  81. Dy L HIle Piece OF LOOKInG- Ma(S-Plate, duly pla
  82. Windon will Badon etie Clals wrten che SuH IS
  83. higt in Summer; luppole withim abou 1001 1a
  84. Whereby che Refection is made uxonche Surtace ot
  85. reflectins BodY.
  86. erhichi Serle must be placed rruly allo in the Plane
  87. OF the Meridian; chen by etie help oF a. Thread
  88. runming From che Centre alone che scyles find
  89. Where thac Scyle ould cut rhe FlOOr, Ox any ocher
  90. Place, il it vere produced, and drire a Nail into
  91. thar Poine, and fatten allo a Thred chere lons e
  92. nough to be extended ro any parr oE the Ciel
  93. Ceiling, C9c. Where the DYal is drawn. This Clals
  94. 2
  95. in5.
  96. Fasten also anoxtier lons Thred ro the Centre ot
  97. the FTorizontal Dyal, Wtrich ler ie it be exrended
  98. Horizontallr, asthe Plane will direct, and exact1)
  99. over every Hour line in order, whils in che meai
  100. time rou extend che Thred which as Fastned 1o
  101. the Nail in che Serle, 1o the Cielins, bur (0 25 il
  102. mar touchi the ocher Horizontal Phred: Then
  103. marke chac Point in rhe Cielins irhich che extended
  104. Thred touchect, ard make more luch MartES
  105. whereby eo draw the LTour-Lines upon the Ciel
  106. ins; and do chis in like manner For the rest of the
  107. TTOurS, FTaIEFTOurS, and Ouarters,
  108. Then take all avay, and place rour Glats Io-
  109. rizontallr; and because jour Gla(S hath some
  110. Thicknels, place it a lirele under the dererminee
  111. Poinx, rhat che Cenere oF che Gtass may De jure in
  112. the imaginaer Axis, wtich goes ro the Nail; FOF
  113. Whereloerer ron place ir, in thac ic will g0 erue.
  114. Bur becaule ic mar be troublelome ro place an
  115. TTorizontal Dyal Fast enough and exactlr, 25 al0
  116. o End che Point arhere che Nail is tobe driren,
  117. will sew vou anocher Herhod, which may bC
  118. more casily practiled.
  119. l First, Dram an FTorixontal Dral uxon che backe
  120. OE Tome Table or Floor, and draw a Meridian
  121. apon he Bay.board oF the Window, by a Fhrec
  122. et perpendicular black Linc, passine chrough the
  123. Point Wvhere rou incend rour Restectins Class Mal
  124. be, and by a Plum b. L ine cranstare it From che B2y.
  125. board 1o che Cieling. Take chenearek distance
  126. betmeen che Glals and che Cielins; wich chis di
  127. Rance come ro the FTorizontal Dral, and set one
  128. end oE ic on chat part of che Axis Wvtere che ocher
  129. vill just couchche Meridian; chac. Poinc in the AXis
  130. mas be called che Glals Poinr; trom Wrhich exect
  131. 2 Perpendicular; and wrhere it curs the Meridian;
  132. matie a Point, which will De che Eyuinoctial Point
  133. trom Wrhich also creet a Perpendicular, wrtrich will
  134. De a Fangent; chen ac lome distance on which side
  135. OE the Lquinoctial Poine rou And most conveniene
  136. crect anocher Fansent chere, tuvo Fangents wrill cue
  137. The FTOur-Lines in POimrS, Wtieh may De called the
  138. FTour-Points.
  139. Then tam a CC MCTa. POInES
  140. and the Eguinoctial-Point, and exrend ic trom che
  141. Glassromardche Meridian, and where ic rouchect,
  142. ees
  143. Monta DC 2S ThI 25 CAH West be sround. POr the
  144. Matit Et lte ns alete acc mans Mectiodo.. ) chac is che Siguinoctial. Poine uvon che Cielis
  145. La1.
  146. First, derermine itie most convenient Poine in

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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/806933011:0703?run=74