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

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  1. TastIy. Sec OH correspondene Langenr. Lines up.
  2. on che Cielins, and makre like HTour-Poines, dravr
  3. the HTour-Lines, vou necd noc bloc our che lqui
  4. noctial Tangent, it beins pleasant ro sec hou The
  5. Sun Will g0 in chac L inc all Day, When ic is in rHC
  6. Equinoctial. Besides, the Equinoctial. Point vil
  7. cellrou on char Day Whecher joux Glass lic Flori
  8. roncally, wtich is lome hac disticule ochervile 10
  9. determine. Or uxon any Day rou may Calculare
  10. the Surs Meridian Alrirude, and sec Whecher is
  11. Falls just apon char Point in che Meridian ac 123
  12. Clock
  13. This Dyalis nochine bur an Florizontal Inverr
  14. ed, the Centre irhereot is in che dir Wwithout, ex
  15. cexe rou make a Norch Dral, and chen ic ill bc
  16. uxon the Cielinz, wtrich ron must And by ies di-
  17. Rance trom che Eguinoctial. Point, and let thar
  18. CenErC GOVeEN VOuF Tangents. The ground ot chis
  19. Dyalis, char che angles os Restection are equal to
  20. the ancles of Incidence
  21. Somerimes, instead ot rvo Tangents, vou maz
  22. use ruo Circles, especially when the Centre ot che
  23. Dral is upon che Cielins, or when jour Clals is
  24. near che Window-Cielins, chen the Equinoctial
  25. Poine will be upon thac Cielins, and vou may pro-
  26. ject che HIourLines upon che Chamber Cietins
  27. Or the WVails, by one Thred exrended over che
  28. FTOur.Lines, and another Thred rouchine thar, anc
  29. extended trom the Equinoctia l- Point, or any Poine
  30. in cheimaginaey Axis ro che Cielins or Wall.
  31. REELECTINIC Telescope. Sec Felescope
  32. RFFLEXION oFthe Moon, is (accordine r
  33. Bullialdus) her 3d inequalier oF Morion: This Tycho
  34. calls by che name oF her Variarion, Which sec.
  35. REELOX os the Sea, is the Ebbing oF the Wa
  36. ter ost From che Store, as its comine on upon it
  37. Or Tide of Flood, is called the Plux ot che Sea. Sec
  38. Tide.
  39. REFRACTED Anele, in OptickS, is the Angle
  40. contained betmen the retracted Ray and che Per
  41. Dendicular.
  42. REERACTED Dyals, may be made thus; SricK
  43. up a Pin, or altisn any Point in any Concare BoWI
  44. and make char che Centre of the Llorizoncal Dy 21.
  45. astignins the Meridian. L inc on che edges ot the
  46. Bowl, andtakino away che FTorizontal Dyal, ele-
  47. vare a String or Thred from che end ot the said
  48. Pinfatned cherero over the Meridian Line, equal
  49. co the Fleration oF the Pole. or Lacitude oF che
  50. Place; then wich a Candle, or it vou brins che
  51. Thred ro rhe Shade upon any FTour-Point formerty
  52. maxked out on the edzes of the BoWI, at the lame
  53. rime che Stade in the Bowl is the HOur
  54. Line.
  55. And if the BOI Be FuIl OF WVater, or any ocher
  56. Liquor, vou may deaw the FTour Lines, Which
  57. vill never Mew che erue ITour, untels Ailled wirt
  58. the Caid Liquor again.
  59. RFFRACTION, in general, is che Incurratior
  60. Or chanse ot Derermination in che Body mored
  61. wtrich happens to ic, Whil iE enFeFS OF PenerratCS
  62. any Medium.
  63. Liehe from that righe Line which it vould have
  64. Passed on in, trad noc the densier ot the Mecium
  65. turned ic antue.
  66. MIE. Nemton Found chac che RayS oF Liste are
  67. Incurvated ox Retracted in cheir Morion wtieneres
  68. ther come near the cdpes ol anr Bodr, cho ic be
  69. noc Diaphanous. Sec Lighr
  70. And he thinks Chat thC FrrOYS OF Retraction in
  71. Oprick Glasses mighe be corrected it rvo Spherica
  72. Classes vere combined togerher with WVarer in
  73. cluded betweenthem. And such Colastes he judge
  74. preterrable ro Elliprical or Eyperbolical ones
  75. because (besides char cher con be more casilu
  76. Ground) cher do more accurarely retract che Pen
  77. cils oF Rays posrred withour the Axis ot che
  78. OtalS.
  79. Dr. WVallis in Philos. Frans. NV. 187, Taich, Thar
  80. tho Retraction by Vapours near the Loriron, ma
  81. makre a chins appear Bigher, yer ic cannor make ir
  82. appear broader; Wwhereas in Retraction by Clas
  83. ses, the chino is appareney entarged cvery
  84. Wwar.
  85. Retraction in Fluids arises, is noc calie to deter.
  86. mine, cho ic vould be ot grear Adrancage is in
  87. could be discorered: Pure clear Warer, ot allFlu
  88. ds, retracts rhe Rays oF Lighe che least; and il
  89. ic be impregnared ich Sales, ic encreales che RC.
  90. Fraction in proporrion roche Ouanciry and Weiphe
  91. OF the Sales dissolved in ir.
  92. The Aquae Styciae, Or Corrosire Menstruums
  93. Tuch a5 Aqua Fortis, Xc. Which are Sale dissolvea
  94. and rendred Corrolire bsese riolence ot chetire
  95. do vet MC More HCACCME SM LaS WC
  96. pentine, wtich is lo lighe and fine a Fluid, a510
  97. be generally called, an Ptherial Oil; Why chele,
  98. Far, Mould Produce lo ereat d cestee ot Retracti
  99. On, a5 ris hnomn cher do, is a chins oF ereat disr
  100. culty ro accoune For, and Wvell delerres a Farthet
  101. Fnesitter io.
  102. Fore he will appear Oral. And tor ele Laie tea
  103. From whence ic is, thac the diverse Porver of
  104. necd nol De ondred ac, Decause thele arc muct
  105. denser and heavier Fluids chan che FoMHIeL. BuF
  106. xhen votr in such lighE FnC LTUIUS dS SPITI ot
  107. Nine and ocher Ardent Spiries; in Oil OF TUF
  108. Dr. Grecory inhis Astronomr, very vell acccuns
  109. For the ral Figures which che Sun near che HIOri-
  110. zan (especiallr in high Laricudes) is Pomerimes
  111. Peen co pur on trom Retraction. For havins be-
  112. Fore demonitrared, lhar because of the F arrtiS AF-
  113. mosphere all Bodies near the Hlorizon, will appCat
  114. Comechins hixhet in the Vertical Circle Tan isey
  115. really are, and chis the more, the nearer they are
  116. tothe Horizon: Ile Mews chac che upper Marsit
  117. Of enC Suus Diste beins raised a licele more chan ir
  118. oughero be, alu ne lovet e a sleat ane,
  119. he Suns rerticat Diamerer ill Seem eo be con-
  120. eracted, bur the Florizontal one will nor, and chere.
  121. In Biopichs, il ls the variarion ot a Ray ot
  122. DF. Fsook discorered by Experimene, Thac che
  123. Sines oF the Angles ot Incidence ot che Rays oF
  124. TOn, IC OTerred DICAnCC OF EVO FIX d STAES, IS
  125. Tensibly sels (Wwhen mealured by an Instrumenr) it
  126. thes are in the same Verrical Circle, altet oe O
  127. them near e Hlorizon, chan when etes bochhare
  128. a considerable Alriude.
  129. Afrer this he Mewshow coderermine rhe duan-
  130. ciry of che Retraction in any siven degree ot AIi
  131. tude, and co makre a T able oFiC; THuS.
  132. Let lame Fix d Scac haring no sensible Parallax,
  133. and much elerated abore the Hloriron be cholen.
  134. Wrhole Place he Mes hou ro derermine at P. 164
  135. Prop. 26, by Obserrations made when che Scar is
  136. (0 high as ro hare no sensible Retraction. Ther
  137. let the Time be noced when ihiis Scar hach any
  138. knovn Alticude, (a5 raken by an Instrumene) and
  139. Calcularion made For therrue Alcicude, (accordine
  140. co che scars hnown Place) che Excels ot the ob-
  141. Secthe Pretace to Micrographia, Where his Instru.
  142. mencis described, by whict he made ic Dileo
  143. serred Asciucle abore bis ie che Reteaction.
  144. Licheare proporrionable rothe sines oF Retraction.

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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/806933011:0704?run=74