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

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  1. And chis is the general Rule ro measure the Artes of
  2. au Oblique Cireles, PrOP. 18. C a(C 3.
  3. For che Angles.
  4. Thar at R, id a Rixtr one, and Co non.
  5. Thac ac V, is che Angle oF etie Suns grearest
  6. Oeclination == 23 Deorees, 30 Minures, and its
  7. Measure is che Ark P. C oF the Limb, bY ProB. 19.
  8. Numb. T.
  9. First, Dtam che Cirele hn B, reprelengne che
  10. Meridian, and then che Diameter h R, Forthe HO.
  11. Fizon oF London: Sec che Poles heighe SI Degrees.
  12. 30 Minures trom R co n che Norch. Pole, and
  13. deaw che ObsCure ATIS, n V Si Then if the
  14. Suns Amplitude be siven, set chac, Suppole 39De
  15. Brees 52 Minures, Ll V 10 Ce, irhich vill si-
  16. The Anele oFche Suns Posirion S, is measured miethe Base B, and sive a Point thro Wohich and
  17. by lavins a Ruler thro 8, che Angular Point, and
  18. chro a and I, ihe Poles of che Circles C V R, and
  19. NY 8 Z, Wrhich will sind che Poines a and L in the
  20. Timb, and che APt a L = 72 Degrees, is the
  21. Mcasure oE che Ansle S required, by Prop. 19.
  22. Numb. 3.
  23. Tou may consider also, che Frianele Z C 8.
  24. ertrere one Angle is ac che Peripherr ot che Primi-
  25. rire Circle, and this will help to Mer che Varie-
  26. ties oF Righr angled Spherick Friangles.
  27. Flere che Anele C is a Righe one, beins made
  28. by an LTour Circle, or che Meridians currine che
  29. LQuatOY; For here C K mar represent che Liqua-
  30. FOF, and lec Z bC the Zenich oE any Place, then
  31. Wwill CS be chic FTour from Noon; CZ will bc
  32. che Lacirude of che Place, and 8 Z, the Comple-
  33. ment of che Suns Feiphr, beins nou supposed r0
  34. be in che Equator. The Ansle Z, will beche
  35. Suns Azimuth trom ehie Souch, the Oblique Circle
  36. Z. S R XV, beins a Verrical one; and the Angle
  37. S, Will bethe Ansle oFche Suns Position. Which
  38. Friansle C 8 Z may be formed, and all irs Side
  39. and Ansles meatured by che Proposions and Rule
  40. checwo ocher siren Poines nand S, a great Circle
  41. masbe dravn, wrhich illForm the Triansle. Buc
  42. iC instead of char, che Angle On R, or the Time
  43. trom Midnighe had been siren, chen you mustrurm
  44. chac Time into Degrees, and by Prop. 15. C ase 2
  45. make a Spherick Angle wich che Limb, oF chac
  46. Number OE Degrées, arche Poinen, and chac wiit
  47. decermine che Point O.
  48. The Ansse On R, is measured by Prop. 19.
  49. Case 2.
  50. Thus also in Oblique ano led Spherick
  51. Triansles, al the Sides and Aneles may
  52. (hy this Method) be measuredus and the
  53. Triancles constructed.
  54. Inche Follomins Obruse angled Spherick Tri
  55. ansle Z NI.
  56. ZVI= ro rhe Complement of the Poles Flera-
  57. tion, = 38 Degrees, 30 Minures.
  58. ON = che Complement of che Suns Oeclina-
  59. tion trom che Lquator L O.
  60. CZ == 46 Derrees 49 Minutes = che Com-
  61. plement ot che Suns Alcicude abore che Hori-
  62. ZOn BR.
  63. ON Z = 30 Degrees, is che HTour trom Noon,
  64. Ox Pen a Clock in the Norning.
  65. 9Z N = 137 Degrees 17 Minures is thesuns
  66. Rmurh From Z. R n, chc Norrh pare OF chC MC-
  67. ridian.
  68. abore delivered..
  69. ASaIn
  70. Ld describe this Triansle.
  71. In c Righeangled Spherick Lriansle, NO R
  72. Rchi Righe Ansle made berween che LIOIIC
  73. IIR and the Meridian n R.
  74. B = Complement oF dS Amplicude = 50DC.
  75. Prees B Minutes.
  76. FI = coche Suns Distance From the Pole above
  77. etie FTorizon hR; or che Complemene ol his DC
  78. clinarion.
  79. P = to the Flerarion oF the Pole, or Latimde
  80. oF che Place.
  81. == ehc Ansleo ine SunS Polition.
  82. n R =20 che LTour Trom Midnietr.
  83. To Construa iha Triansle.
  84. F. Wich 60 Degrees OF a Linc oF Chords, draw
  85. che Primicire Circle Z. R n h; wvhich cross in che
  86. Eenlec mich cmo Diameceto, B R represemins. ihe
  87. Floriron

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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/806933011:0768?run=74