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

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  1. eMTH, Or Vertex, is the Point in che Fea-
  2. vens, riphe over ones Flcad, being necessarily
  3. 90 Deorees distane trom the Llorizon
  4. ZELTITEI Distance, is the Complement of the
  5. Sun, or Scars Meridian Altitude, or whac the MC.
  6. ridian Alritude Wans OE 9O DCOrCCS.
  7. ZERNA. Sec Lichen
  8. ZETETICK Method in Mathemaricks, is che
  9. Analytick, or Algebraick war, Whereby che Na-
  10. ture and Reason of che Phins is primarily Invecti-
  11. saced and discorered.
  12. Z. FDOMIA, is a Figure in Grammar, wwhen an
  13. Adjectire, or Verb, agrecins wich a nearer Word,
  14. is alo by way ot Supplement reterred tO One Ore
  15. remote. Thuslairh Terence, Vtinem aut hic surdus,
  16. aut haec muta facta fit.
  17. ZOCCO. Sec Plinthus.
  18. times, precer neat. Fach Sion is dirided into 30
  19. Deerces, (0 char che Whole makes 360: And chey
  20. besinto reckon ac the Fastern Incerfection oF rhie
  21. Eiguinoctial and Eeliprick, or ac the Vernal Equi
  22. nox, where cher place che Arst Poinc ot Aries; 30-
  23. ins on chence tO Faurus, Gemini, Cancer, _cC. 2nC
  24. When rou coune chus Formard on accordins co che
  25. ulual Order and Course ot che Siens, chey callic
  26. in consequentia, bur il rou conne backmards trom
  27. Faurus c0 Aries eC. they Cay, ris in Antecedentia.
  28. Origine vaschis.
  29. Ths Ancient Astronomers obserred the SUM sII
  30. his (apPATeNE) Annual Norion co describe alvay:
  31. one and che lame Line or Track in che Ilcavens
  32. North or che Sourh, as ant ie OHet LSaneES, They
  33. ZOETF, is a Square Member in Archirecture, Found, did more or less. And because ther obser-
  34. beins loer than ies Breadth, which serres ro sup-
  35. porr a Pillar, or any orher pare ol a Buildins, in-
  36. Aead oF a Basc, Plinch, Or Pedestal.
  37. Continued Zocle, is a kind of continued Pede-
  38. Stal, on wetrich a Scructure is railed, buc hach no
  39. Bale, or CorniM.
  40. ZODTRCK, is a Great Circle ot che Sphere,
  41. diridins ic into rro equal Parrs, curtins che A qua-
  42. ved che Sun co Chiftas ic ivere backards, chro aIl
  43. the Parts oF chis Circle or Parh, (0 chac in his
  44. Whole Vears Course, he vould Rile, Cmnalus
  45. and sec wich everr Poine ot ic: Phey diltinoui-
  46. Med rhe Fixed Scars which appeared in or nearchis
  47. Circle inco r2 Constellations or Divitions, Wrhicta
  48. chey called Siens, Because they Were MarKSEO di
  49. Ringuist wvhereaboue the sun was. These Signe
  50. tor in the Fast and Wek Poins oF che Llorizon. Ic cher painced ulually in che form ot Animals, and
  51. curs the Hlorizon and Rquinoctial obliquetr; ma-
  52. thence came the Word Zodiack; and the very mid-
  53. king rich che former, an Anele equal ro che Sun sl dle Linc oF ic is called the Peliprick, because che
  54. Grearest Meridian Alcicude in any Larieude; and
  55. Eelipses only happen wrtien rhe Moon also is in
  56. ich che Eguinoctial, an Angle oF 23030 Mlinures, chac Linc
  57. urtrich is che Suns grearest Declination.
  58. This is a Broad Circle, and chro che midale ot
  59. ic is deavn a Linc, called che Fcliprick, OrVia so-
  60. lis, the may otrhe sun, because chic Sun never de-
  61. viaces trom ic, in his Annual Morion; as che Pla-
  62. ners do aH more or less, (Whence it hach its
  63. Breacth.)
  64. The Zodiack, in che Globe, is marke d wich che
  65. Characters oF che Tvelre Siens, and in ir is found
  66. out the suns Place, wtrich is under nhat Star or
  67. Constellation he appears to be at Noon.
  68. By chis are derermined the FOuF OLarEerS OF the
  69. Tear; and accordinsly ir is dirided into 4 ParIS,
  70. and as the sun sees on here, he hath more or lels
  71. Declination, Norch and South.
  72. AlIO From ehis Circle, the Laricudes ot che Pla-
  73. necs and sixed Scarsare accounced, trom che Fclip-
  74. rick toards its POles.
  75. Andthose Poles are 23 Dcerces 30 Minures di
  76. stanc Fr. ImThe Poles of the WVorid, Or oF the L. quino-
  77. Atiat; and by. cheir Morions are the Polar Circles
  78. described.
  79. ZODIACK oF che Comers, Cassini hach obles
  80. ved a cerrain lract in the Hlearens, Wichin Whole
  81. Bounds (by many Obserracions) he hach found
  82. most Comets, tho nor aIl, cotccp. Thishe makie.
  83. 25 broad a5 che orher Zodiack, and markes ic wicti
  84. Siens or Constellarions like chac, wtrich are anri-
  85. nous, eccasus, Andromeda, Faurus, Orion the leset
  86. D08. Fydra, che Centaure, Scorpion, and sasit.
  87. tary.
  88. ZONE, in Geograptr, is a Space containcd be-
  89. commoniy reckond, viz. Lvo Frozen, tvo lem
  90. perate, and one Burnine Zonc.
  91. The Frozen Zones, are thole Parrs oF the Globe
  92. comprehended Bcheess The POlc MMMR LOLAL CH-
  93. cle; theretore one must be towards the Norch
  94. ehe orher cowards che South: The Frozen, OF Fris
  95. Horrh Polar Cirele, and the North Pole, contains
  96. Parr ot istand, and Normay, Lapland, Finmare, Sa-
  97. mojeda, Nova-Zembla, Creentand, and some ortrer
  98. In these Poles all che Circles ot Longitude which ard che Souch, Tins berween che Souch Polar
  99. are dravn chro che Zodiock, dorerminare, (25 the
  100. Meridians and LTour Circles do in the Poles oF che
  101. Circle, andthe Souch Pole, isnoc vet knon whe-
  102. cher ic contains Landor Water.
  103. The Temperate Zones are one on the Norrh side
  104. Ot the Equaror berween the Arriek Circle, and che
  105. IHc Breadrh of chis CMle, Or rarher Zone in Troxick ot Cancer; anocher on the souch side be-
  106. te FlCarens, is 20 Sesrees, lor berond 10 DC- eveen che Propick ot Capricorn, and the Ancarich
  107. orees Lcteus et 1bDexllesSouth, che Lacicude Circle.
  108. e leems co hare been diridea into 12 PaTES, SPACC Ot LAHH, CaC LICM MMCH The tno TrO.
  109. rick, nere happens ro be 12 Lumarions: Or itic alia LoPerries ot mmtal Boales, Iles ds Bealls
  110. Moon undet en es and Phales, 12.) Bircs, F es. Intects, 60.
  111. The Reason ot the a et us ee, and icc
  112. and never eo deriace trom this Pach cirher ro che
  113. cween rro Parallels; OFthese Zones thereare Five
  114. sid Zonc, rorvards che Norch, Wyine Becween the
  115. PaTES OF NortH CMCa. LIC LIId Zone, 10.
  116. Lorrid Zone, Or Burnins Lone, CtaS aIl TMat
  117. Dick.
  118. ZOOORAPHY, is a Descriprion oE the Nature
  119. ZOOTOUY
  120. NVorid) and as the Azimuch Circles do, in ehC Z C
  121. ch and Nadir
  122. OF no Plaret ever reactes.
  123. ehich chey call Signs) Oceduse while che Sun in 2
  124. LCdt LMIIC IS FunnIHB M che Zodiack OP Feliv.

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