Lingua Britannica Reformata; Or, a New English Dictionary, Under the Following Titles, Viz. I. Universal; ... VIII. Philosophical; ... to Which Is Prefix'd, an Introduction, Containing a Physico-Grammatical Essay on the Propriety and Rationale of the Engli (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1749 Excerpt: ...the earth through the planet, and continued as far as the fixed stars. LINE of the apparent p/ace of a plains, is a right line, drawn from the eye of the spectator through the phtnet, and continued as far as the fixed stars. LINE ofdirection of the earth's axis (In the Pythagorean system of Astronomy) is the line connecting the two poles of the ecliptic, and of the equinoctial, when they are projected 'on the plane of the former. LINE of the section (in Perspective) is the intersection or contact of the plane to be projected with the glaft, or diaphanous body. LINE of lines (on the Sector) is a scale of equal p3rts on each leg, and running from the centre. This is divided into loo equal parts, and sometimes into more, when the instrument is large. LINE of numbers. See Gunter's tine. LINE of the apsides (in the old Astronomy) is a line passing through the centre of the world, and of the excentric; and whose two ends are, one the apogaeum, the other the perigarum of rhe planet. LINE of the greatest, or least longitude of a planet, is that part of the line of the apsides reaching from the centre of the world to the apogaeum or perigaeam of the planet. LINE of mean longitude, is one drawn through the centre of the world at right angles, to the line of the apsides, and is there a new' diameter of the excentric, or deferent; and its extreme points arc called the mean longitude. LINE of mean nation es the sun (in the old Astronomy) is a right line drawn from the centre of the world, as sir as the zodiac pf the primum mobile; and parallel to a right line drawn from the centre of the excentric to the centre of the fun j which latter line, they call also the line of the mean motion of the sun in the excintric, to distinguish it from the former j which it the .