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Stars in theConfellation Serfentarius, or Ophiuchus.
Names and Situation of the Stars.
£f! Longitude
North in preced. the Hand HI South and fubfequent North in the preced. Knee ■? South in the preced. Leg Under theSoal of pveced.Foot
Middle in the preced. Leg. ■?
North of thefe
In preceding Heel
In theCubitus of preced. Arm
South in preceding Knee Inl'ormis between the Legs
30 I
Preced. of 2 in fore Shoulder Subfequent
3° Againft the hind Knee In the Toes of the hind Foot
In the Back of the hind Foot
In the Tibia of the hind Leg
40 Bright one inSoalof the Foot
Preced. in Heel of hind Foot
4f In the Middle of the Back
Porter, in the Heel
Preced . of 2 follow, the Foot
In Ophiuchus s Head
In the Cubitus of hind Arm Laft of thofe that fob thcFoot N. of 2 in Pofterior Shoulder
South In the hind Shoulder South in the hind Hand
60 Of Three Inform. C North behind the Pofle-^ Middle rior Shoulder I South North in the Poller. Hand That folio, middle Inform.
North of thofe fol. the Head South and bright, of thofe After 4 Informes 5 Preced. follow. the Should. iSubfeq. MP
27 J8 is 29 10 4 f
r8 20
3 H 18
4 07 r8
23 5-3 0;
3 4° IS
4 21 26
s '9 n
1 'S 38
1 03 21 29 y? 43
3 22 19
4 n ss
6 j8 10
3 3° 2 8
4 17 4f
5 20 02
4 ii 4>
5 38 12
T 18 if 8 02 oy f 41 28
6 J4 17 8 42 16
6 17 51
7 30 12
10 09 14
8 12 21 8 28 oS
8 42 4r i? 39 28 if 28 32 if 43 28
- s sr if
16 12 46
J 6 06 17
ii 48 47
16 34 j-2
17 00 23
17 by 02
17 34 n ■7 43 57
18 31 16
18 01 31
16 If T2
19 00 /7
19 09 46
17 r3 T9
20 46 23
18 05- 32 18 06 yi
20 02 33
21 48 44 21 OO 44
21 22 46
22 18 32
24 31 30 2f 2f 16 2J- 46 01
2f 44 33
2f fl 19
26 09 17
26 27 33
27 09 16
2 7 47 4 1 27 49 43 21 39 29 49
Latitudes
17 17 if B
16 28 20 B 3 00 18 B 1 36 09 B 1 42 3J-A
26 22 14 B
3 16 32 B
r i4 4' B
o 28 40 B 23 3J - 38 B
27 08 34 B 33 00 f2 B 19 34 17B II 2f 27 B
4 28 25- B
26 10 f7 B 23 12 34B
23 11 30 B
30 41 18 B
24 17 04B
2727 47 J 11 38 00 B 29 30 33 B
n 3? 16B
16 22 OI I>
32 32 I6B
31 j-2 2oB
18 28 18 B 36 42 00 B 36 15- 20 B
36 13 3rB
7 14 12B 3 f6 17A 3 24 16A
3 20 08A
3 29 39A
1 oS STA
37 18 fj-B
2 04 47 B 1 42 28A
1 47 38A
4 f4 ? 2A o f 9 rtA 6 34 12A
o f3 48A
27 20 39 B o 31 20 A
38 18A 36 28 22 B
1 28 5TB
3£f3 l6 g 3627 27 B , r i f 23 B 1 44 4;- B 27 c8 00 B
26 01 24 B
26 09 20 B 1 24 08 A
13 42 4J-B
r 28 p b
27 yi 03 B 26 24 31 B 24 47 07 B 15- 18 06B
26 03 f4B
32 11 5"3 B
33 01 2J-B
27 26 14 B 26 44 36 B
3
3 4 S f 6
4 4 S 4
3 S6
I 6 6 6 6
S 6 S &
6 6
4
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6 6
6
? 6
6y
67
67 6
4 6 ?
4 3 4 f 7 6
4*
7 6 7 6
SERPENTARY, a Medicinal Plant, called by the An- cients Pijlolochia, and 7)racunci!lus, and now by the Peo- ple, Snake Root, and Dragons Wort. The Ancients were only acquainted with Two Kinds of this Plant 5 the Great and the Small \ But fince the Difcovery of America, the Bo- tanies have added feveral others ; as, The Serpentary, or Snake Root, of Virginia, that of Canada, and that of Idra- jil. They are all fuppofed to be Alexiphamiicks, or Counter -Poifons ; and as fuch are Ingredients in Treacle. The Great Serf>entar)\ called by the Antients %)racunwi-
his Major, has its Stem very ftreight, fmooth, and mark'd with red Spots, like the Skin of a Serpent; whence, pro- bably, as much as from its Virtues, it is, that it take its Name. Its Root is big, round and white, covered with a thin Skin. The fmaller Stpentary has its Stalk much like that of the larger, only its Leaves are like thole of Ivy; whereas thofe of the larger are folded in one another, af- ter the Manner of Baftard Rhubarb. Its Root is round and bulbous. The Serpentary of Virginia, called alio Vi- leria, ^Dittany, Snake Root, and Contrayerva of Virginia^ has its Leaves green and large, almoft in Figure of a Heart; its Fruit round, and its Root, which is of a very Strong Aromatick Smell, has, at Bottom, an infinite Number of long fmall Filaments, representing a Kind of Beard. 'Twas firft brought into Europe from Virginia by the Englift, where 'tis efteemed a fovereign Antidote againft the Bite of the Rattle Snake. We are told by Travellers, That this Serpentary does not only cure the Bite of the Rattle Snake, but that that Animal flies the Smell thereof: For which Realbn the Indian, and other Travellers, always carry it with them on the End of a Staff, to prefent towards the Snake, when, by Chance, they meet it;.
SERPENTINE VERSES, are fuch as begin and end with the fame Word ; as,
Anibo fiorentes <ctatibus, Arcades Amid.
SERPENTINE, in Chymiftry, a Worm, or Pipe of Copper, or Pewter, twifted into a Spiral, and alcending from the Bottom of the Alembick to the Capital, and fer- ving as a Refrigeratory in the Diftillation of Brandy and other Liquors. See Refrigeratory.
SERPENTINE MARBLE, or Stone, a Kind of Mar- ble called by the Ancients Ophites, from the Greek Op/ f> Serpent, as being Ipeckled like a Serpent's Skin. The Ground is biackiih, but covered with green and yellowifh Stains, Streaks, &c. exceeding hard, precious and an- tique. The Scarceneis of the Serpentine makes, that 'tis only ufed by Way of Incruftation. The largeft Pieces we know of, are forne Tables in the Compartiments of the Attic of the Pantheon ; and Two Columns in the Church. St. Zaimnce in Ltichist at Rome. There is alio a foft Kind of Serpentine brought from Germany, ufed to make VefTels of, but not in Building.
SERPIGO, in Medicine, a kind of Herpes, popularly call'd a Tetter or Rwg-ivorm. It confifts ofa Number of very fmall Puftules, riling clofe to each other, fometimes in a circular Form, with great Pain and Itching. It never comes to Digeftion, and is not cur'd without Difficulty. For after it appears to have been quite extinguifh'd, it frequently breaks forth again at certain Seafons of the Year. The common People ufe to anoint it with Ink: But where the Difeafe is fix'd, fome Univerfals Should be firft applied. See Lichen.
SERRATUS, in Anatomy, a Name given to feveral Mufcles, from their Refemblance in Shape, to a Smv. Such are the
S-E,RR\TvsA?ztia!S Minor, which arifeth thin and flefhy from the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth fuperior Ribs, and afcending obliquely, is inferted Flefhy into the ^Pro- ceffus Coracoides of the Scapula, which it draws forward. It alfo helps in Refpiration.
Serratus Anticus Major, comes from the whole Bafts of the Scapula, and is inferted into the /even true Ribs, and firft of the falfe Ribs, by fb many diftincT: Portions, reprefenting the Teeth of a Saw.
Serratus 'Pop icus Superior, arifeth by a broad and thin Tendon, from the Two inferior Spines of the Verte- hr<? of the Neck, and the Three fuperior of the Back, and growing flefhy, is inferted into the Secend, Third, and Fourth Ribs, by fb many diftin£t. Indentations. Thefe Two help to draw the Ribs upwards, and bring them to Right Angles with the Vertebra ; and, confequently, make the Cavity of the Thorax wider and fhorter.
Serratus 'Pofticm Inferior, arifes by a broad and thin Tendon, from the Three interior Spines of the Vertebra of the Back, and from the two Superior of the Loins ; its Fibres, afcending obliquely, grow flefhy, and are inferted by four Indentations, into the Four laft Ribs.
SERVANT, a Term of Relation, Signifying a Perfon who owes and pays a limitted Obedience for a certain Time, to another, in Quality of Mafter. See Slave. The Ro?nanS, befides their Slaves, whom they aifo call'd Servi ; had an- other kind of Servants, whom they call'd Nexi & Addffit who were fuch as being in Debt, were delivered up to their Creditors by the Prxtor, to work out their Debt; a" er which they were again at Liberty. The Pope, out of his wonderful Humility, calls himfelf in his Bulls, The <' e "' vant of the Servants of God. Servus Servorum i)ei. The firft who ufed the Appellation, as tDiacorws tells us, were
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