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

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  1. he erodicat Pimes os the dalellires os SaTUr, ac.
  2. cordins t0 Mr. Cactini, are os ihe
  3. is almost 30 of ours, buc che lensch ot his DaY 15
  4. vec uncerra oecaue c et us lerol
  5. judges cherare noclonger chan ne Dass I fupiter.
  6. Thac great Actronomer luppoled che AXis ot Sa-
  7. turn eo De Perpenacutat W etre Plane OL hiS RI,
  8. and ot che Orbus ot ehe saletles. At (0, chen
  9. and Lleat ill be chere 90 times lels. SaturnS YCaF
  10. ay5.
  11. FIOurS. MInuTeS.
  12. round tus AAIS iS nOE Vec KnOWM: BuL IMI. Lens
  13. First
  14. Second
  15. Thied
  16. Fourrh
  17. Fitch
  18. 00
  19. SATVRN: The Proponion OE che BodY OL
  20. Saturn eo our Earch, is aS abOuL 3OFOI.
  21. The Periodical Time oF SaturnS Rerolution a-
  22. there will be che lame Polition ot che lquator ana
  23. Poles, (aS ED FHC FIXE SCaES) ad ele l OU
  24. bour che Sun, is in che space oF 30 Years or 10950 OF ehis Plater; and as great a diversiey of Sum-
  25. D2γ5.
  26. The Semidiameter OF Saturns Orbic, is almost
  27. ten times as great as chac ot che Magnus Orbis, and
  28. theretore is ot Englim Miles, 946969690.
  29. Accordins cOWF. Cassini, SatunS greatest Di-
  30. Rance From che FartH i5 244330, his mean Di-
  31. Aance 210000, and his Least Distance 175670 Sc-
  32. midiamerers ot che Larth.
  33. MIr. Ffugens Found che Inclination oF che Rins oF
  34. Saturn co che Feliprick, to bc an Ansle OF 3L DC-
  35. SICeS.
  36. all, and che lonsest C are a). Aa
  37. the eruo Frigid Zones. ill be each ot them 62 gF.
  38. broad, at least r0 rimes a5 large as che Whole SUIE-
  39. MIE. AZOut aNerES, Thac the remore Distance OE FaCC OF OuF Farth. Lhe Lve thus placcd, Will DC
  40. Satun From che sun doch noc hinder buc chac there
  41. is Lighr enoush ro see clear chere, and more chan
  42. in our Farth in Cloudy Weather.
  43. In an Obserration wtrich Cassini made Zune 19
  44. 1692, OF a precile Conjunction becween a Fixt
  45. able to alce hote et ee lcaltels bul fuptet,
  46. which will appear alass l accals ene a
  47. and never ro DC HOM MM abOrC 57 SI. LHC Ld-
  48. rallax ot chesun in Saturn; is bul 9, ald hete-
  49. tore Insensible; bur che Parallaxes bL all uIS MOOHIS
  50. Scar, and one ot saturns Sarellites, he laich, Phac or Sarellices, are very considerable, and cheretore
  51. THac wvich his 39 Foor Clals, he could plainly sec
  52. the Madon oE SaturnSCilobe to be in pare oralupon
  53. che hinder part ofhis Rins. Jhe Diameter ol Sa-
  54. run ac cherime ot this Obserrarion, appeared 10
  55. be 15 Seconds.
  56. The Diamerer oF Saturn to rhac oF his Rins is
  57. 254109.
  58. And che Diameter oF che Rins (een trom che
  59. Sun, would be buc 501. and cheretore the Diame.
  60. ter oF Saturn Peen trom chence would DC bUE TFI.
  61. as ME. Flamstead Found by meaturins ic. BuE MF.
  62. cheir Distarces trom him will be casils computa-
  63. blC.
  64. Buc irtac an Fye placed in Saturn would most
  65. admire, is che Ring oE chac Planer; the only chins
  66. e
  67. 2Ib. 4. P. 586, dIa ateT MIII CaPL. LLalley IN HIIS
  68. ales Variacion, Pbil. Trans. N 195, do suppose
  69. our Barth may De Comspered ot sevetat Crusts ot
  70. Shells one wichin anditet, an cetat locac
  71. Nemron chinks ic oustr rarher to be accounred buc ocher. And il (0, then ris possible che lins ot Sa-
  72. 25 10 Or 9. because he suppoles che Globe ot cun may be che fragmene or remaining Ruins of
  73. Saturn eo be a licele dilared by che unequal RC.
  74. Fransibilir oF LignE.
  75. his Formerty exterior SHell, ihe ret ol lntieh is
  76. Capr. Halley, in his Pxetace 1o the Catalogue nec. And il Saturn ever tad such a Stell round
  77. oF the Souchern ScarS, Cays, IIe Found Saturn t0
  78. more Porver chan che Altronomical Pables repre.
  79. Pene him.
  80. The Vistance oF Satun From the Sun, is abour
  81. Forimes a5 ercar a5 thar ot our Farch tromhum;
  82. and cheretore chac Planer will noc hare above the
  83. 10och parr ot che Intuence, ot che sun which wve
  84. hare; and consequenetr cannor be Flabicable by
  85. Tuch Creatures as Lire on our Globe, untels chere
  86. ic, its Diameter vould chen have appeared as bis
  87. E0 an Frc ac the Sut, 25 lal C fapiter doch nO,
  88. be some untenoun vas ot communicatins FICat 10 rhere is à Z oHe oF almost 53 broad toward cithet
  89. him.
  90. Dr. Gresory, in his Astronomy, makes che Semi-
  91. diameter oF ehe Rine oF Saturn to thar oF the Pla-
  92. nec, 25 22 10 r. and che Incerstice berween rhe and fouech; ane Wwhen he is come wichin one De-
  93. Planet aril che Ring, is che Breadch of che sree of the Pble, even the fitth Sarellite CannOr be
  94. Rins.
  95. Hon he Rins oF saturn will appear in all parrs neicher, Sun, MoOn, or any Planee, Will be chere
  96. oE che Orbir oF the Planet, r0 an Pye placed ae the
  97. EUn, OF AE thC Parrh, the Came LCarried AArONO
  98. mer ens in his estron. Phy. C5 Ceometr. Lib. IV.
  99. PrOP. 69, 70.
  100. TE an FyC vere placed in Saturn, the Diamerer the Equator, nor any onc ofthe Satellites; becaule
  101. oFthe Sun vould appear 10 rimes lesschan ic doch che Rins will alvars hide chem; and chen at chie
  102. eous almost; und conteguents, his Dist, Lieticl Eguinores it cannoi lee chedun; and il it vete ans
  103. WHere
  104. Ldrch: Lhe lame Lose stat aa CHC FIAL STaES
  105. will appear co Rile and Sec atter che Came man-
  106. ner, in che lame Lacicudes. There is a vast Ine-
  107. qualier in che Lensch ot che Day in sereral parts
  108. mer and inter; Which depends on che Ouarciry
  109. OE che Trictnarion oF che Plane oF the RquatOr, 10
  110. che Plare oF the Orbit oF Saturn round che SuM;
  111. ertich Fusens makes to be 31 P egr. wrtrich is al-
  112. most; more chan in our l’arth; wtere vet che
  113. differences and raltets ot Scalons and Weacher are
  114. very sentible. For in Saturn, in che Lacitude oF
  115. 50 DCgr. the longest Day will hare no Nighe ac
  116. OE chat nature chat is discorered in any ot thePla-
  117. Enguier into ille Causes ot Variarion olche lec.
  118. HetS. Tho. Repler inhis Epirome astron. Copern.
  119. broken ana tasten domnupon ihe boas o cPla-
  120. Sinice chC burward Mlarsin oF che Rine is distane
  121. From Saturi L = OF SaturnS Semidiameter, this Can-
  122. noc be seen al ise distance of 64 Degr. trom sa-
  123. turns Lqua (in whose Planethe Rins is placea)
  124. Theretore a Spectaror placed in a LatituIdC HISHCL
  125. chan chat, can never sec the Rins at all; lO CnaL
  126. Pole, 10 utiom chis famous Rins cal Heret apal.
  127. And 25 che SDeclaror Mali more nearer rhe Pole,
  128. Airstone, chenthe second Sacellice, nel ie cta
  129. scen, untels by Betraction; and inthe We-CC,
  130. visible, uittets perhaps a Comet.
  131. Htthe Eye be suppoled ro beplaced in che Equa-
  132. cor Saturn, Or in che Zone nearly adjoinins, ic
  133. can never sec those Scars chat are in OF Very neax
  134. Wrhen seen From chence.

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