. Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . «V/j/. s. C L O [ 73 ] C L O 8) 48 ( 6. 6) 78 (t3. 6) 60 {10. 6) 48 (8. Ciocfc. ftriking-wlied, anddetcnt-whecl, which move round—V— in this proportion : the count-wheel commonly goesround once in 12 or 24hours ; the dctcnt-whecl movesround every ftroke the clock Itrikes, or Ibmetimcs butonce in two ftrokes : wherefore it follows, that, many pins as are in the pin-wheel, fo many tu
. Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . «V/j/. s. C L O [ 73 ] C L O 8) 48 ( 6. 6) 78 (t3. 6) 60 {10. 6) 48 (8. Ciocfc. ftriking-wlied, anddetcnt-whecl, which move round—V— in this proportion : the count-wheel commonly goesround once in 12 or 24hours ; the dctcnt-whecl movesround every ftroke the clock Itrikes, or Ibmetimcs butonce in two ftrokes : wherefore it follows, that, many pins as are in the pin-wheel, fo many turnshath the deteut-whecl in one turn of the pin-wheel;or, which is the fame, the pins of the pin-wheel arethe quotients of that wheel divided by the pinion ofthe detent-wheel. But if the detent-wheel move butonce round in two ftrokes of the clock, then the laidquotient is but half the number of pins. 3. As manyturns of the pin-wheel as are required to perform tiieflrokes of 12 hours (which are 78), fo many turns mullthe pinion of report have to turn round the count-wheelonce : or thus, the quotient of 78, divided by the num-ber of flriking-pins, ihall be the quotient for the pi-nion of report and the count-wh
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