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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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as the heiphe ot ehie Mercury, it is evident, char by ) beine bene inwards trom sL comardsC; che heiphe
the help oE che Curre oF the syperbola and its A- oF the Air, necd nor be (o great as it they vene
symprore che Caid Expansions may be expounded Araie; and havine trom che Angle P CS caten
eo any giren heiphe ot che Meroury.
FOr by the 65ch Prop. Lib. 2. Conic. Mydorgit
the Rectanoles ABCL, AROF, AL DF, XC.
are alvays equal, and consequencly che Sides C B,
K, LD, _C. are reciprocalIY, as the Sides AB
R, AL, _C. IFchen cheLines AB, AR. AL,
be suxpoled equal to che heiphes of che Mercury
or elie Pressures ot che atmosphere, the Lines CB,
KC, L. D, ansiverins chereto, will be 25 che FX
pansions ot the sir under chose Pressures, or rhe
Bulks char the Pame quantity ol stir will cccupy:
wrhich Expansions beins rahen infinirely many
the double Refraction oF che FTorizontal Ray, ehc
halF of the Remainder will be 82 deg. circiter.
irtose secant, beins rorrr, ic Follons, chac as
1000OFOEFI, (0 che Semi diamerer ofche Parrh
suxpoled 4000miles t0 44, 4 miles, wrhich will Bc
the heiphe of che wwhole Air, it the Places F, S.
whose visible Portion of che Atmosphere L RZ II.
and SIF K B just touch one che oiher, bc 18 de-
orces asunder.
Ac chis Fleiohe che Air is expanded into above
3000 rimes the Space ic occupies here; and Wc
have (een che Experience ot Condensine ic into
and intinicely licrle, (accordins ro che Mechod the 6och parr ot che lame Space; lo char il
oF Indirisibles) cheir summ ill sire the Spaces oF Mould scem, chac che sir is a Substance capable
dir becween the sereral heiphes ot che Barometer
ot beins compressd into rhe 18000Oth parE Ot
viz. the Summ oF all che Lines berween C B and thac Space ic vould nacurally cake up, wtien frec
XG, or che Area C B R C, will be proporrion
ed co rtre Diltance or Space intercepred berween
he Levels ot ro places in che Sir wohere che
trom Precture.
ATMOSPHIERE et Consistent Bodies: The F7O.
Mercury ould Rand ac the heighes represented nourable. NIC. Boyle hach Wricren a smalL FNay
by che Lines AB, AR; (0 then the Spaces oF on chis Subject, in which tre proves, that very
air anserins eo equal Parrs of Mercury in the Ba- many, ind cherelore probably all solid, firm
rometer, are a5 the ArCAS CBR 6, GRL D,
and consistent Bodies (1. c. Such a5 are nor Fluid)
DFF M, XC. Bur chese Area sare proporrionare have ac lome cerrain rimes lat leaH) estuvia ob
eo the Locarithms et che Numbers exprestins che Parcicles ot Macrer which exhale from them: FOr
Rationes OF AK tD AB, OF AL 1O AK, OF AM he found, thac many such Bodies woald in a lierle
co AL, _c. a5 Wwas demonstrared by Gregory cime be very sen sibls diminiited in WVeiohr: ThaL
Sc. Vincent; (0 rhen by che common Table oF Lo- lome Electrical Bodies, a5 Amber and Clals, Wvoula
earithms, che heighe of any Place in the Armo exerE that Proxerry, uniformly al round chem
sphere, havins any assiened Fleighe ot che Mercury, when they vere heared; Wtrich cher usually ex
may most casilys be found; for the Line C B in hibic uxon Rubbins Or ChaFinS; viz. THaE OF
ehe Erperbola, Whereot che Areas Desien rhe Ta- Aerractins (mal. Bodies ro chem: Phar Clals.
Bular Locarithms, beins 0,0144765; will be a5 Scones, and hard Mecals vould, on beins rubb a
3, 5144765, cochedisterence ot the Locarithm oF 30, one 2gainst anocher srongly emic, noc only sen.
Se hny orher lesser Number, (0 90O Feet, Or ThC sible, buc even offensire Odours, Cc.
Space ansiverins ro an Inch oF Mercury, il che
sir ivere equally prest wvich 30 Tuches oF Mercury,
and every where alike, r0 the Fleighe of he Ba-
rometer in the sir, wohere it will stand ae che les-
ATOME, is such a very (naII Particle OF NTAE
Eer, thac ie cannor Phylcally be cur or dividee into
lesser Parrs: Fpicurus and his Sect of Philolophers.
Arst called the Componene Principles of aII Bodies.
ser Number et Inches: And by che Converse oE irhich cher supposed eo be intinitelr smalt and
ehis Proporrion may che heiphr of che Mercury be hard, by chis Name oF Aoms. Thele Atoms may
Found, havins che Alcirude ot che Place siven.
be suppoled ro have thele  Inleparable Properries
Opon chele Suppolirions rwill appear, chat ac r. Thac chey are all ot che lame Nacure, Syb
ihe heiphe of ar miles, the dir is so raritied, a5 r0 Bance, or Marrer; For all Marrer abstracted trom
cakre up 3000 rimes che Space ir occupies here, Form is che lame. 2. Thar chey have all some
and ac 53 miles hiph, ir vould be expanded a. Mapnieude or Quanciey; For they are noc Indi-
Bore 300000rimes; bur ris probable rhac che ut- visible Poines, bur Phylcal Bodies ot lome (thoust
most porver ot irs Sprins cannor exerr ic self 10 (mali) dererminare Bulk. 3. They have allo al
lo preac an lxcension, and chac no part ol the A1- of them lome decerminare Lisure or Shrape. Anc
mosphere reaches abore 45 miles trom the Surtace 4. They must have also, cach oF them. lome reat
Ot ihe Farch
Graviei or Weiehr. To chele Sextus Fmpiricus
This is furchex consirmed trom the Observari. adds artirriae or Reniteney, bur this rarher may
ons oF che Crepusculum, which is obserred com- be supvoled ro beche Consequence of their beinz
monly ro bexin and end nhen the sun is 1B De- Solid and insectile, which chey arc a5 chey are
frees below the Horizon; tor lupponns che dir
to rellect Lighr trom is most raritied Parts, and
Atoms.
The Original Oualicies ot Atoms ean only be
chac as lons as che sun illuminares any ot irs Aroms, cheir size and cheir Figure, and chele caken toge.
they are visible ro an Fye nor intercepred by che cher makce their Form.
Luericy ot che Farch; ic ill tollour, chac the
Proporrion of the heistic oE the whole sir, eo the
Sehidiamerer of the Farrh, is much about, a5 1
ATONN, is a Faimness, Insirmiry, or desect of
StrengTH.
ATRA Bilis, is supposed eo be a kind oF a Sul.
2d96, Or a5 che Excels ot rhe secant ot abour 8: phureous Terrene and Adust Salc, Wrhich bcins
Decrees ro che Radius. For il E, the Eye oF the bred in che Body (lome will necds have ic in rhe
Olerver, Sa place where che sun sers ac the end Splcen) is circulared about in che Blood, and by
ot Twiliphe in L, and che Ark LC S, Or LC A. chac means makes an undue Fermencarion in iE
DC LOUI L s, the FxceIs oF ihe Secant oF and is the occation ot Melancholy and orher Cuct
tais chcreot LC f, ould be che sciphr os che lite Diltempers.
Air, viz. 6TI: Buc che Beam of etie Sun AS FI,
ATREOS, is one whole Fundament, Oe Privy
ana che visuat Ray LH d0 each oE chem Cutter ParES are nor pertorared.
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a Retraction t mbur 3 33 o Whereby