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

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  1. ic vere a Conrex-sla(s, in che Fioie OF a dark I that part oF irs Fund which is lorvermost, or niot-
  2. Chavibes i l n K, and chac defis che distinet Bale est che Center oF che Farth, perceires TMat ParE OE
  3. Ot chis Clal5.
  4. Whatis here Paid oF the Poine b, and iES Repre.
  5. sentation ac e, may be undetstood oF all the ortier
  6. Poines in the Obicet, 25 oF a and e, and cheir RC.
  7. prelentations ac f and d. For accordins tO
  8. NII. NemtonS Belt Lyporhelis OF LigHE, C2CH Ra
  9. hach irs Innare Colour and 1o will reprelent il
  10. nohiece ic fallo.
  11. 2. A5 in a darte Chamber chat has a Ltole Currii
  12. Med Wich a Conrex-glals, if che Paper thac isto re
  13. SIe, Chatine LSC IM Ihe FOIES, SecereS AN IM
  14. Pulse or Scroke by che Prorrution Lorralus ele
  15. Luminous Axis a of, trom che Poine ot the Ob.
  16. ject a; must nor che visire Faculty be necellarilz
  17. directed hereby ro consider this Scroke, as comine
  18. tromthe TOD a, Pathet CMaH trOm the BOttOII I, alte
  19. ceirethe Imase inche distinet Base, De cirher nigher Nan Standins on his Hlead: l’or here, cho che
  20. co, or Farcher from che Cla(s, than irs due distance, uxper Parrs ot Objects are painted on the upper
  21. che Peprelentation chereon is contuled: For rhen parts ot the Frc, vet che Objects are judsed to be
  22. che Radious Peneils do nor exaetly determine wirh Erect. And fromthis Posture of a Mtan, theRea-
  23. their Apices on the Paper; buc chose from onc son appears, why we have uled che Words farthest
  24. Point are mixe and contuled wich chole From the from, and nighest to the Centre of the F arth, xatter
  25. adjaCeHE POInLS: S0 in the C alc OF Plain Vision, ris
  26. than upper aud lover. For in ehis Posture, because
  27. requisire chat the Pencils Mould exactlr determine che upper Parrs ol the Objects are painced on chat
  28. theix Apices at def, on chie Rerina, Or else Vision parr oF che Fye nishest che Farch, (cho really che
  29. is nor distinct.
  30. it Mould hare a Pouer ot adaprins ic selt in lome
  31. Nhac 25 Lala oE erect alu Rcoeise, idas dec
  32. meature to nighr and distant Objects, For ther re- dersood ot sinister and Dexter.
  33. quire ditterent Conformation ot the tive, becaule
  34. the Rars proccedins From che Luminous Poinrs ot
  35. nioh Objects, do more direrge thian those From
  36. more remore Objects: Bur Whether this Variers
  37. ot Contormarion consilts in che Crystaliines ap-
  38. proachins nisher ro, or removins Farcher From che
  39. Retina: Or in the Crystallines assuming a disterent
  40. Convexier, lometimes greater, Lometimes lelS, ac
  41. cordins a5 is requisire, is lelr to che Scrutiny ot 0
  42. thers; and particularty che Curious Anacomicts.
  43. This only may be Paid, Thar cither oF chese NC
  44. thods, will serre co explain che rarious Phaenomena
  45. of the Fyc: And thac boch chele maz actend cact
  46. Ocher, viz. a lels Conrex-Crystalline requires an
  47. Flonsation of the Fye, and a more Convex-C ry.
  48. Palline requires a Morrnins thereot; a5 a more RaL
  49. Conrex Object-slals, Or ot a larger Sphere, re-
  50. quires a longer Tube; and onc Protuberant, buls
  51. ins, or ot a smaller sphiere, reguires a Mortex
  52. Fube.
  53. gecher, on the Pusil in s h, (0 charthe lire is pla-
  54. ced inche Point oF the srearest Contusion: BuE by
  55. means of the Flumours and Coats thereot, cach
  56. Conc ot Rays is Separated, and broughe by ic selt
  57. toderermine ses propes font on the Rerina, chere
  58. paintins distinctr the Virid Reprelentation Or ie
  59. Object, whieh Represemrarion is chere perceirea
  60. crodins u ide Pole o ot he Crritalline, o
  61. Cla(5.
  62. vins rhe Reprelemrariom ot a paIE oOt an Obj eet On
  63. ced on the Fund ot the lire inverted, and yet che
  64. Sensitire laculer judging che Object Lrect, IC Fol-
  65. Iows, Thac when the Image oF an Frect Object io
  66. Painced on thefund ot the liye Lirect, che sene
  67. judges char Object robe Inverted.
  68. Luus, Che Lenocm or the Objeet ac, 15 Cllimracea
  69. by che Anole a0c, f0 d, and chis is called che
  70. Optick Ansle.
  71. instead ot rhe CitalS ac d (F15. 2.) and a bc, Or ef 8
  72. vere Objects, the Eye would perceire chem ot e.
  73. qual bixness.
  74. the Object as uppermoll, or tarthelttrom the C en
  75. ere oF the Farrh: In ansiver to this, let us ima
  76. consequers suoia De anccteu 10 conclude sche
  77. Representation oCthe FOp =
  78. Theretore ve may be latissteu os suponnz à
  79. upper Lart ot the Lyc) thes ale Jucged ro be tar-
  80. hest remored trom che Parth.
  81. Theretore Lrature has loconcrir aHe LGC, Lhat
  82. 3. D) We Former Figure e perccive he Rays
  83. From each Poine oF the Object, are all contuted to-
  84. Os dle densitive doul
  85. 4. Weare likervise ro obserre, Thaxthe R exre
  86. sentation ot ulse Obsect abc, on thie Fund ot che
  87. Eye sea receu. tor (0 likewile ir i on the
  88. Paper in2 Dark Room; there beins no orher Waz
  89. Let CC Radions COnes 1O enter M YC, Or che
  90. dark Chamber, buc by cheir AXIS a0, b o, c0
  91. But hou il comes t0 p2IS, thar che Fye recei
  92. 5. The Imase of an Frect Object beins represen-
  93. 6. The Magnitude ot an Object, is estimared
  94. Os ceAnole ihe Obicce Tubrenas betoce lae ese
  95. WVhence ic Follows, char it the Fire ivere placec

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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/806933011:0899?run=74