Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey.

  • Nathan Bailey
Date:
1730
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Credit: Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A. for Afabick B. Britifh. C. Country Word. C. Ur. Wcllh. Ch. Chaldee. C. L. Civil Law. C. T. Chymical Term. Dan. Danifh. Du. Dutch. P.orFr. French. F. L. Foreft Law. F. of L. French of Latin Gr. Greek. Si. Hebrew. H. P. Hunting Phrafe. H. T. Hunting Term. Ital. Italian X. Latin. L. P. Law Phrafe. L T. Law Term. M. P. Military Phrafe. M. T. Military Term. N. C. North Country. O. Old Word. O, C. Old Chara&er. O. F, Old French. O. L. Old Latin. O P. Old Phrafe. O R. Old Record. O. s. Old Statute. P. T. Phyfical Term. P. W. Poetical Word. Sax. Saxon. Sc. Scotch. S. L. Statute Law. Span. Spanifh. S. P. Sea Phrafe. S. T. Sea Term. .S'. IV. Scripture Word. Syr. Syriack Teut. Tcutonick or Antieat. German. Quzedam Errata IN Adenography, for treaty read treatife. In na¬ tural Agents after the word produce add one fort of effeft with an incapacity to produce. In Alfet after tryal of dele an. In An at as is inftead of our read or. In Anemoscope after Air add or wind. IuAngi* na inftead of [with Surgeons] read [of eiyyjxr Gr. to ftrangle or fuffocate]. In Anno Domini inftead of from the date read in the date. In Antacida leave out the word like. For Antipasis read Antifpafs. In Apodioxis leave out any. For Theatrical Arith* metick read theorical. For numerous Arithmetics read numeral. In Dyadic Arith metick leave out de¬ cade. In Assembles for Line is being leave out is. For Audiendo and determinando read terminando. In Anec¬ dote add [of dcvixloT^- not publifhed] In Apology [i’XeKoyta. of iiroKoylu read or d.TrotoyU/uM I refute or gainfay] an excufe or defence, a difcourfe or writing in de¬ fence of a perfon. For Conspitratione readconfpira- tione. In the Dedication in Page 2 line 19 for never read ever. Thefe errors arc what, for want of opportunity before the publication, I have obfcrv’d, but doubt not but that there are many more (as in a work of this bulk and variety, may xeafonably be expe&ed-) which, however I hope, are nei¬ ther fo many nor fb great, but that the candid reader, as they occur, will be able to correft, and impute rather to the precipitancy of the prefs, than to the negligence of the author. The conftruGion and ufe of Nepiers Bones happening to be omitted in their proper place, it is inferred, here. They are rods, Plates, or Lamella of <wcod, metal, pafie- hoard, or other matter of an oblong form (as in the ta¬ bic) and each divided into 9 little fquares; each of which is refolved into two tables diagonally. In thefe little fquares are written the numbers of the mul¬ tiplication table , in fuch order as that the units, or right hand figures, are found in the right hand triangle, and the tens on the left hand figures in the left hand triangle; fee the table. The ule of them in multiplication. To multiply any given number by another; difpofe the Lamella in fuch order, tnat the top figures may exhibit the multiplicand, and then join the Lamella of units on the left hand, in which feek the right hand figure of the multiplicator; and write out the other numbers which correfpond to it in the fquares of the other Lamella, add¬ ing the feveral numbers which occur in the fame Rhumb together and their fums. And after the fame manner write out the other numbers which correfpond to the other figures of the multiplicator; and difpofe them under one another as in the common Multiplication; and then add the feveral Numbers into one fum. Typographica. As for Example, If 6125 is to be multiply’d by 356, having tabulated the multiplicator, tfie feveral produ&s thereof into each figure of the multiplier you are directed to by the Index ; which being added together (refpeQ: being had to the due placing their fum) is 21519788, which is the produ& of 6123 by 356. 61.23 $56 36738 30615 18369 2179788 The Ufe of Nepiers Bones in Divifion. Difpofe the Lamella fo that the uppermoft Figures may exhibit the divifor, to thefe join the lamella of units on the left hand. Defcend under the divifor till you come to tliofc figures of the dividend, wherein it is nift required how oft the divifor is found, or at leaft the next left num¬ ber, which is to be fubtradled from thedividend, and write down the number correfponding to this in the place of u- nits for a quotient. Determine the other parts of the quo¬ tient after the fame manner, and the divifion will be com- pleated. As for Example, Thus, if 2179788 is to be divided by 6123, it will give in the Quotient 356, Having difpos'd the Lamella, or tabulated the divifor 6123, I fee that 6123 cannot be had in 2179 ; therefore I take 5 places, and on the rods finding a number that is e- qual, or next lefs to 21797, which is 18369, t^hatis, 3 times the divifor ; fet 3 in the quotient, and lubtrafl: 18369 from the figures above, and there refts 3428 ; to which add 8, the next figure of the dividend, and feek again on the rods for it, or the next lefs, which being found to be J times, fet 7 in the quotient, and fubtraS 30615 from 34288, and there refts 3673 ; to which add 8 the laft figure in the di¬ vidend, and finding it to be 6 times the divifor, fet 6 in the quotient. 6125)2179788(356 • • • 18369 34288 3061 j 36738 36738 weoQO