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

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  1. This Engine is much becrer than any WV ind Cuns
  2. ticherto mentioned in PrinE.
  3. I. Becaule Char sceins ore onty Valre serres
  4. BOth For lertino in, and discharoina FortH OE che
  5. Air, it is less subject ro be spoiled or impaired,
  6. chan is clvo Valves vere uled tor chac purpole.
  7. 2. FF anY disordex happen in Othex GunS, ChC Fn-
  8. WIITD. Taughes a Sea term, implrine a5 muchu
  9. aS SEIH II ese Maul; For chey Cay a chingis Taughe
  10. wrhen ic is Stif. Phustoo much Risgins, aIl his
  11. Ropes, or any thins carchins or holding Wind a
  12. lotE, is said to hold a Strip Wind. taushe; by wrhict
  13. ther mean, chac se Aoopsroo much in her Sailins
  14. in a LCiH Ciale et Wind. 50 allo, wrhen a Strir
  15. Rides in a mam screls ot Wind and Weacher, chei
  16. Arike doron her Topmass, and brins her Yarc
  17. donn alonest Strip, wrhich elle vould hold coc
  18. much Wind, Or bC WVind taught.
  19. NINDINO Fackic- Blocks; (0 the Seamen cal
  20. chose doubre Blocks, ich chree Shivers in eact
  21. Which are seized Fak r0 che end oF a (mall Cable
  22. ertrich is broughe abouc che Ilead oF che MaA, anc
  23. (0 Terres instead oF a Pendane. Thisharh a Cuy
  24. broughe to ic from che Foremast. Into che Blocki
  25. reered a FTamlar, which is alloreered chrough an-
  26. orher double Block, harins a Scrap ac tte end ot
  27. ic, which beins puc chrousti che Pye oFche Slinge
  28. is locked into ic wich a Fidd, in order to hoise in
  29. 600d5. The Fall oF this Fackled is recved into
  30. the Snatch Block, and (0 is broughe co the C apstan,
  31. Whereby che Coods arc Heared.
  32. WNTNDLASS, in a Ship, is a piece ot Timber
  33. havins six or eishe Squares, and is fx d abafr the
  34. Scern alofr, wrhere chie Cables come in from che
  35. one Side oFche Strip ro che ocher, uled nou in (mal
  36. Strips only, and in che Flemist Strips, Wvhich are
  37. highely Mannd: Buc ehis Winalass will purchase
  38. more by much chan anx Capstan in che veighine
  39. OF an Anchor, and withour anr danger to chose
  40. chac heare, because cher heare here about wich
  41. Fland (pikes put into che hole ac cirtier end oF rhC
  42. WVinalass; oF which, tho one ould happen 10
  43. break, vet would cheWindlass paul oFic setF, wich-
  44. out any furcter danger.
  45. WVINC: The Romans called by rhe Name oF
  46. ala, ihe Wings, Tuo Bodies oF Men intheir Ar-
  47. my, one on che Ristr, and che ocher on che LeFE,
  48. consicting cach oF 400 HTorse, and 4200 Foor ulual-
  49. lr, and beins Whollr made up ot Confederate
  50. Proops. Thele vere designd ro cover the Roman
  51. ArmY, 25 che WVings oF a Bird corer ies Bod). The
  52. Troops inchese Winsscher call Alares, and Alares
  53. Copiae; and ve ac this Dar dictinguistr Our AF
  54. mies inco che main BodY, and che Rishe and L ete
  55. WVing5.
  56. NVTNOS, in Forrilication, are the large Sides oF
  57. FTOrn-ivOrHS, CroWn- WOrKS, Tenailles, and che
  58. litce Out Works; chac is 1o Cay, the Ramparts and
  59. Farapers, rich wrhich cher are bounded on che
  60. Riglit and Letc, From their Gorge to their Front
  61. gine remains uselels, bur here by the Filliprick hole, These Wings or Sides are capable of beins Flanté a
  62. a Htan mas tatce oucthe Sprins and the Valre, and cicher wich che Body oF the Place, il ther Rand
  63. (o mend wharsoever is amils.
  64. 3. In other Cuns, che Valres Beins corered wich
  65. Leather, vere put in betore the fingine Was on
  66. nOc t00 Far distane; or wich certain RedtOurS, OF
  67. ich a Fraverse made in cheir Dirch.
  68. WVIITER Solstice. Sec Solstice.
  69. WVITHERNAM, is che catins or drivins ol a
  70. erery side Mur, and cheretore Silver Solder could Distress to a FTold, Or out oF che Conner, (0 thac
  71. noc be used in cemencins che Parrs, bur only L cad- the Sheriff cannoc upon Replerin malce delivery
  72. Solder; by wrhich che dir, beins much compressd,
  73. thereot ro che Parey distrained: In wrhich casc, e
  74. conld by no means be restrained: Bur here all Vrir OF Withernam is directed r0 the ShCrIH FOL
  75. chinos are well cemented wich Silver Solder, with-
  76. out danger of Burmins, in regard the Valre corerd
  77. ich Leacher is pur in atcerrard chroughi che Lillip.
  78. rick hole LL.
  79. 4. Bur chis Engine is chieAy co BC preterred be-
  80. Core orhers on this accounr, because e immir se-
  81. veral Bodies intoche Receirer, chrovon the Ellip.
  82. the calrins oF 25 manr oF his BeaAs thac did chus
  83. untawfully distrain, or as much C00ds of his into
  84. his keepins, uneil he hach made deliverance
  85. OF. the Arse Distre(s. AIIO, iC the BeaAts bC in a
  86. Forrler or Castle, the Sherisi may catre wich him
  87. the Porver oF the Conner, and beac doonche
  88. Castle.
  89. Wichernam, in Tome Scatutes, scems alIOrO SiZ
  90. riek hole, and so mate many Pxxerimenis in hishly nitie an untarsul Disress made bx him chac has no
  91. compressd Air.
  92. 1LLL
  93. riehic 20 Distrain.

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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/806933011:0933?run=74