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the heavenly Bodies is reckonedEcliptic is the Middle of

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The Zodiac, which is a broad / 1 s ^Zone , encompassing the Sphere to ^grees on each Side the 'Ecliptic ; s° C% ffrom the Figures of the severalor Cmjlellations of the Sighs , with wh 1 ^^,,adorned and embellished. This Zone c 0 iprehends within it the Paths or Os' 3all the Planets . ^

The Meridian is a great Cff c ^ eing through the Poles, and cutting ^EquinoSlial at Right Angles; so call d> ^cause when the Sun is upon any M eslit makes the Meridles, Mid-Day, or y ^to all Places under it. Of these there 15

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Meridian*

A lip

turns, aslflwhich are engraven the Degrees ofbeginning and proceeding each vaf ^the Equinoctial to the Poles.

Circle the Sphere is suspended; and ^moveable within the Horizon, the f-f!may be elevated or reSlifed for the ^of any Place. . A

The Horizon is that broad 11Frame, or Circle, which contains the * r j r ,Machine, moveable every way whk JlJ Jt

The Generalwhich the whole Sphere