Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, Viz. Numerical, Geometrical, Mechanical, Statical, Astronomical, Horometrical, Cryptographical, Magnetical, Automatical, Chymical, and Historical : Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits, and to Induce Them to Make Further Scrutiny Into These (and the Like) Sublime Sciences, and to Divert Them from Following Such Vices, to which Youth (in this Age) are So Much Inclin'dRichard Baldwin and John Dunton, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, and at the Raven in the Poultrey, 1694 - 408 páginas |
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Página x
... Sign of the Atlas in Cornhill , near the Royal Ex- change , Globe - maker . Mr. Henry Wyn , at the Sugar - loaf in Chancery - Lane , over against the Rolls , Mathematical Inftrument maker . Mr. John Thornton , near Goodman's Tard in the ...
... Sign of the Atlas in Cornhill , near the Royal Ex- change , Globe - maker . Mr. Henry Wyn , at the Sugar - loaf in Chancery - Lane , over against the Rolls , Mathematical Inftrument maker . Mr. John Thornton , near Goodman's Tard in the ...
Página 30
... Signs ; fo performing the Circle of the Year ; there the playful Ram began the Spring Cancer produces the Summer ; Libra inriches it with Autumn ; and Capricorn makes the Winter . Here alfo the Moon changes in the Nones , fhines out ...
... Signs ; fo performing the Circle of the Year ; there the playful Ram began the Spring Cancer produces the Summer ; Libra inriches it with Autumn ; and Capricorn makes the Winter . Here alfo the Moon changes in the Nones , fhines out ...
Página 31
... Sign in which each Planet is every day ; and there be the Statues of the Seven Planets , upon a round Piece of Iron lying flat , fo that every Day that Planet which Denominates the Day , comes forth , the others being all hid ; as upon ...
... Sign in which each Planet is every day ; and there be the Statues of the Seven Planets , upon a round Piece of Iron lying flat , fo that every Day that Planet which Denominates the Day , comes forth , the others being all hid ; as upon ...
Página 1
... advanced among the Twelve Celestial Signs , and in that part of the Zodiack , to which , when the Sun cometh , it makes the Days and Nights of equal Length through- out the whole World . A The I The chief End and Ufe of this Inftrument , ...
... advanced among the Twelve Celestial Signs , and in that part of the Zodiack , to which , when the Sun cometh , it makes the Days and Nights of equal Length through- out the whole World . A The I The chief End and Ufe of this Inftrument , ...
Página 5
... Signs . But through the middle thereof , there is a Line , which is called the Ecliptick Line , or Via Solis , for ... Sign or Point of the Ecliptick , which meet- eth with the Equinoctial Colure , which is in the firft fcruples of v or ...
... Signs . But through the middle thereof , there is a Line , which is called the Ecliptick Line , or Via Solis , for ... Sign or Point of the Ecliptick , which meet- eth with the Equinoctial Colure , which is in the firft fcruples of v or ...
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Afad Afterifm againſt Akrab alfo alſo Angle Arabick Arabs Arabs called Arch Archimedes becauſe Cafe Center CHAP Circle Compaffes confifts Conftellation defcribe Diameter Digit diſtance divided draw the line Earth Eclipfe equal Equation Extreams faid fame fecond feem feen felf fetting one foot feven feveral fhadow fhall fhew fhould fide fignifying Figure firft firſt flain fmall fome fometimes ftand fuch fuppofe given Line Greeks hath Heaven Hour Hour-Line Hyginus Inches Inftrument Jupiter laft Laftly Leffer lefs length likewife meaſure Meridian at Midnight Moon motion multiplied muſt Nekra Number obferve oppofite Perfons Perpendicular Planets Pofitive Point Pole Pound Product Proportion Protractor Ptolomy Quantity Quotient Ras al Ghul Reafon reft reprefent Right Line Root Saturn Semicircle ſhall Square ſtand Stars thefe themſelves thereof theſe thofe thoſe Triangle Troy Weight unto uſe Water Weft Weight whofe
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Página 24 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Página 11 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Página 10 - ... since the same weight which in its fall does turn the wheel, is, by the turning of the wheel, carried up again. Or, if the water, falling upon one wheel, would not be forcible enough for this effect, why then there might be two, or three, or more, according as the length and elevation of the instrument will admit ; by which means the weight of it may be so multiplied in the fall that it shall be...
Página 11 - But on the other side, if all the water falling upon one wheel, would be able to turn it round, then half of it would serve with two wheels ; and the rest may be so disposed of in the fall, as to serve unto some other useful delightful ends. When I first thought of this invention, I could...
Página 9 - Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, 2.
Página 27 - ... equal to the square root of the numerator divided by the square root of the denominator.
Página 31 - ... so that every day the planet that rules the day comes forth, the rest being hid within the frames, till they come out...
Página 60 - B, from B to C, from C to D, from D to E, and from E to A ; and measure the distances AB, BC, CD, DE, and EA.
Página 11 - H, shall consequently give a circular motion to the whole screw : or if this alone should be too weak for the turning of it, then the same water which falls from the wheel H, being received into the other vessel F, may from thence again descend on the wheel I ; by which means the force of it will be doubled *. And...
Página ii - I'll- give you leave to punish me. Thus as soon may the same meat please all palats, as the same sport suit with all dispositions.