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

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  1. Wvhere else placed, it conid nor then sec rhe Rin;
  2. because neicher oEus Faces will chen appede illumi-
  3. taced by the Sun.
  4. The Breadch oF chis Ring eis hard eo decermine
  5. From out Farch, because iEs Lhicknels is (0 (maH;
  6. Buc ME. Fusens mates ic v be about sx bundred
  7. German Miles.
  8. For One haIF OE SaturnS TCar, (∞1Z. 15 ZCarS
  9. OE Ours) onty onc Face oF che Rins vrill Be en-
  10. Sighrened by che Sun: Whenice che Intabicanes
  11. ertrich mar be supposedto Live in char Flemisphere
  12. to Which chis Face oE che Kins is Turned, Or 10
  13. votiom ir is Summer, ill sec thac part oF che Rine
  14. erhich is abore cheir PTorizon, Chinine Faineiy Bi
  15. Dar, (25 our Moon doch whenthe Sun is above
  16. Our FTOrizon) buc brishuer and Aronset by Nighc
  17. a5 our Moon doch in the suns absence: And nF
  18. Tet Sun. Per, the Fastern pare of chis enlighrenee
  19. Arch Will Fall Wvictin che Stradon of Sarurn; Which
  20. Stade Will ascend as Nighe comes on, and 2E Mid-
  21. riche Wwill be at chehiehest; and chen will descend
  22. asaIn EOrardS hC WV CHCEn PaEE OF che Rin9, ac
  23. cordins a5 che Sun comes. more and more, 10 the
  24. Ealevard.
  25. This entighrened Ark will alvars Mew hoW
  26. to describe a Meridian Line; For a Plane perpendi
  27. cular to che Florizon, and palting choroush che
  28. VerteZ OF che ACH, Wvill be in che crue Meri
  29. dia1.
  30. Fo an Fiye placed any vohere ithoue, and au
  31. lels chan 52 distance From the Equator, this en
  32. listirened Ark OF ehe Ring ill appear C’oncave AS
  33. vell as Conrex, like a kind of Furnace or Vaule
  34. riline abore the HIorizon: BUE tO an FYC AE more
  35. than 52I, and lels chan 64 Degrees distant from rhe
  36. Rquator, che hollon or concare Pate Will nOc BC
  37. vilible; buc chere will appear a brishrism Body
  38. arisins as it rere out oF thie Cround, aud contisu
  39. OuSeo che FTOrIZON.
  40. Fior ehe octer halF oF SaturnS Year, While che
  41. Sun declines corvards the depresed P’ole, or durine
  42. ehic r5 Vears Wincer, che Kins ill nor be visible
  43. a5 havine noc that Face Tlluminated wtrich is ob
  44. verted to the Spectators Liye; buc hoverer, vill
  45. render it selt sensible, by corerins trom che Sigtc
  46. SuCH ScarS and ParES OF the FICaVeNS aS arC OpVO
  47. REC EO IC, Or apparency behind it. The Strace ot
  48. ehe Rins also will be extended more ind more ro
  49. Wards the nearer Pole; (0 thac co an Fve placed
  50. ary wvtrere wichin the atorelaid space, the Sun
  51. erhen he accains such a certain Declination, wril
  52. appear to be corered or cclipsed just at WVoor, and
  53. then ATaIE EO CMerSC OUL OF the StracioW. The
  54. next Das, che litre Phenomenon will happen, buc
  55. che Eelipse ill berin Cooner, and will be over la
  56. cer: And chese Meridian Fcliples wvil daisy en-
  57. crease in their durarion, uneil che midale ot Win-
  58. Fer; and chers cher will decreale again gradeallr,
  59. eiII ac last they will come ro nochins again; viz
  60. When ehe sun returnins From che Fropick, hath
  61. che Came Declination as le had when chele Meri-
  62. dional Fclipses began.
  63. And chis vill happen, il(aus ese d placed in
  64. aty Tarience oreater Chan 25 OF 26 DegreeS; BuF
  65. And trom hence ris plain, chac chere is ce
  66. Sreares ditterenee berrreen Summer and WV MMeT M
  67. the CloDe oE Saturn, oF aIL IC Oet FTalIS; ae
  68. this boch on the acconne ot the lons duration ot
  69. Cach, and che great declination of the Sun trom
  70. the Fiquator; and a l(o, by realon oE chese Meridional
  71. Dartenesses in the Wincer, arising frote M MMO
  72. Fcliplins che Sun. Gresor. Astr. Phy. Ceom. Lib. 6.
  73. Prop. 6. p, 480.
  74. SAOSAOE, is a long piece oF Cloch, the sides
  75. Whereot are seved in form of a GuF, a5 large a5
  76. to concaim a Fennis- BaII. Tris dipe in Ditch Or
  77. Tar, and Eilled wich Ponder, on purpose eo serre
  78. 25 2 Train eo set Fire 10 Mines, Fougades, Or
  79. Bomb. Chests. Tuvo oE chele Saucidses are com-
  80. monly applicd t0 everr Minc, r0 chC end chat it
  81. one hould Fais, rlre octer mar take CACCE.
  82. SADCISSOHS, are a TOrE OF FaGGOES made cE
  83. orcat Boushs of Trees bound cogether in he mid
  84. ale and ac Boch ends. Pheir use is ueh che same
  85. virh the Barins Or (maII FagGOES, viz. cd consoli
  86. dare the Way FOr Carriages; to mate Praverses
  87. Or Parapers in Dirches Full oF WVater, (8C.
  88. SAVER default, in LdWr, is Word for Wordco
  89. excuse a Desalt in Courr, comes alterwards ane
  90. alledses a g00d Cause wrty he did ic, 25 Imprison-
  91. mene dc rhe lame rime, or fuch likc.
  92. SEALADOE, is the mountino OF the XV aII OF a
  93. Forrity d Joun or Castle, ich Scalins Lad
  94. derS.
  95. SCALE, in MathemarickS, Agnihes any Mea-
  96. Tures or Numbers Whichare commont uled; Or
  97. the degrees ot anx Aek OF a Circle, or oF lucH
  98. riphe Lines as are divided from thence; such 25
  99. Sines, Tancents, Chords, Secants, ecc. draWn OF
  100. plorred donn upon a Ruler, For ready Dse and
  101. Practice in Geometrical or orher Marhemarical O-
  102. peracions. The sereral kinds ot whieh tollon, 25
  103. T. Scales of Equal Parrs; OF Which, FhaE COm
  104. monir calld, a Plane Scale, is made by dravine
  105. any righe Linc, 25 a Z On Paper, Pastboard, Xc.
  106. Then vich a Pair ot Diridins Compasses run alons
  107. 20 Imall Diritions From a tob; and chen sectins
  108. ot che whole Dirision a b; 25 otten a5 vou pleale,
  109. conasdsche Riehc hand, as vou sec
  110. 10
  111. For then may each oF thele GreaL DirisIOnS FC-
  112. present 10 Miles, as in a Scale oF Miles in a MaP:
  113. and consequenes cach ot che smaller Dirisions one
  114. Mtile: Or the distance a b may be an Tach, and
  115. the sesser Dirisions will De roch parrs of Inehes:
  116. Or che larger Dirisions mas be Leagues at Sea,
  117. (5c. Or, in a word, this Scale may well enough
  118. represent anx Meatures or Numbers whacloerer,
  119. Whole Parts are equal one to anorher. But chis is
  120. more accurately indeed done by a
  121. Dinsonal Scale, Which che larger Dirisions oF,
  122. are commonly ot an Inch, Or OF hals an tueh; and
  123. it in a Lacitude lels chan chis, When the Meridian are made upon eleren Lines, (0 as co include ten
  124. Darkness is ot che greacest durarion, the Sun Wviii
  125. equal Spaces, (a5 in the Figure B) wrhich are aII
  126. suddenly appear just in the Meridian, and then cur ac righe Anglesto che Tranlverle Lines PR.
  127. SraitaY Will bC FCIIICa adIII. LHIC HCKCSaY.
  128. Then P K beine divided into 20 equal PAFES, 25
  129. there ill appear the litce Porr of Lighe, bur ir will alo RI; and from che poines oF Dirition upon
  130. talt lonser; and chis Meridian LishE erill GrOW Ihe Linc PK, eothole on the Line R L, are 10
  131. ill longerand longer in duration, eill Midvinter, Diagonals dravn; the eA beginnins ac P, and
  132. and then (like the Dartenels abore mentioned) it
  133. endins ac the rs Dirision abore R. The Second
  134. nisl be concinualls decrealine, uncil ic quice dilax. lexinrins ac chc 1A Disition above P, aud eneine
  135. Beac.

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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/806933011:0728?run=74