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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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That as ehie Waret resident in chie Abyss, i5 in aII
Parrs oF ir, Aored wirh a considerable quanciir oF
Fleac, and more especially in thole where chele ex-
traordinarr Asgresations oF ihis Fire happen, (0
likrevise is the Wacer Wtick is thus Forced out ot
ic; insomuch, thac when chrovn Forch, and mixed
Wwich the WVaters OF Wells, OE Sprines, OE Rivers,
and the sen; ic renders them verr sensibly hor.
Thacir is ulually expelled forth in vast Onanri
cies, and rith erear Impecuosier; insomuch chac
it hach been seen to spour out oF deep Wells, and
Ay Forth at the rops of them, uxon the Face oF che
Cround; Wich like Rapidier comes ic our of thie
Sources ot Rivers, Allins chem (0 oF a ludden, 25
to makee etiem run over rlieir Banks, and orerAow
thieir Neizhbourins Terricories, withour (o much 25
one drop ot Rain Fallins inco them, or auy orher
concurrent Water ro raile and aumentthem.
Thacit spers out of the Chasins, opened by che
Farthiquatce in great abundance; mountins up in
inigher Screams co an incredible heighu in che AI,
and chis ottentimes ac mans Miles Distance From
any Sea.
Thacir litevise Aies Forrh oF che Volcanos in val
Fleods, and with mondertul Violence: Thac cis
Forced chroush rhe FTiarus S, ac the Borrom of the
Sea, Wvicti such Vehemence, thât ic purs the Sea
immediately into the most horrible Dilorder and
Perturbacion imaginable, eren when there is nOL
the leas breath oF Wind Sirrins, but aIl rill chen
calm and still; makins ic rase and roae rith a
most hideous and amazins Noise, raisins irs Surtace
into Prodisious Nares, and coltins and roulins
chem abour in a very stranse and turious manner;
overlettins Shrips in cheFlarbours, and sintins them
eothe bocom, wich mans orler like Outrages.
That eis retunde d our oF chese Fiarussin suel
Ouanier al(o, chat it makes a vast Addition to the
Wracer of che Sea; raisins ir mans Fachoms higher
than evet ic Aoirs in che highest Tides, (0 as tOpOUr
ic Forch far berond iis ulual Bounds, and matce it
overmhelm che adjacene Counery; by chis means
ruinins and destrorins Lowns and Cicies, drovn
ins boch Men and Caule; breakins che C ables ot
Stiips, drivins ehem trom cheir Anchors, bearins
them alons ich che Inundarion sereral Miles up
into che Counery, and chere rumnins chemaground;
Srandins Wrhales likevise, and other great Fistres
and learins chem, ac is Recurn, uxon dey
Land.
LMal thele Phaenomena are noc new, or peculiat
ro the Farthquakres which hare happen d’in our
Times, buc hare been obserred in all Ages, ana
particularly chese exorbirane Commorions oF the
They likerise belieredu chac he harins a fult
Sway and Command over the Water, had PONC
ro silland compole ic, as Wrell as to more and disturb
it; and thefarch, by incans ol ic; and cheretore
chey also sarehim che Name OF A00LN, OV The
istablister; under which Name several Temple
vere consecrared to him, and Sacrifices loHered
Wvhenerer an Farchquake happend, ro pacitierand
appease hims requettins châc he vrould allari che
Commorions oF the. Water, secure che Foundari
ons of che Parch, and puc an end to rhe Parrb.
quare.
Thac the Fire ir selF, wrtri hibeins chus aetn
bled and pene up, is che causoloF all chese PerTuT
barions, makes irs own ar al(o Forch, by whae
Passases loerer ic can ser vene; chrough che Spira-
cles oF the next Vulcano s, chrough che Cracks and
Openings of the Farth abore mentioned, chroust
the Apertures oF Springs, especially cholec orthe
Thermae, Or any octer way charir can cither tindo
makre; and beinsthus discharsed, the Parthqualee
ceaseth, eill the Cause recurns again, and a fresti
Collection ot chis Fire commirs the lame Oucrages
a5 belores
Thac chete is Cometimes in Commotion, a Por.
tion of the AbyIS OF that vas FXFeHE, a5 c0 Make
che Farch incumbent uxon it, for (o very larse:
part of the Globe rosether, thac the Shock is fetr
ihe lame Minure precisely, in Couneries thacrare
mans Flundreds oF Miles distanttrom cach ortier:
and ehis, crentho cher happen eo be parred by ché
Sea Wyins becwixe chem; there manes nor Instan.
ces of suchan Dniversal Concussion ot che irhole
Globe, as must necds imply an Agiration of he
Wvhole AbyIS.
morions in all parrs oF ic, and cheretore no Corn
ery can be wholly exempred trom the EHects ot
thiem; vet chele Lfects are no Where very remarte
able, nor are chere ulually any great Damases done
by Farthquates, excepe onty in rhole Couneries
wrtich are Mouncainous, and consequently Sconr.
and Cavernous underneach, alte ceclans micle
the Disposition oF che Scrata is TucH, That Mole la
rerns open inco che AbyIS, and (0 treely admil aMC
entertain the Fire, Whien asembline cherein, is
Course chat ray irhiere it tinds the readiest Recex-
sides, chac thole parrs of ehie Parth which abound
With Strata OF Stone, AMaIBIE, WTAKIS IHCIIIOH
ges oppoliion  L AIL ML MIOSC TUTTOIIS
Mlacrer, wtrich more lasily sire way, and Mate
noc (0 grear Relictance; an L Vene obserrabie nOI
only in chis, Bue aIl OFheF XpIOSONS WVhaTOVeT.
cural Cumporrder, wrtrch calLInS FITC UPON CIS AI-
remibIr, and appFOACHOL IIS OCCALONISCILAL MUMMHE-
ins Noise, char Subrertanea lhunder, ertich is
heard rumbline I CMC BOWCIS OI IC LaEEH aMIHIIS
Farchquates, ale D) IHC Altistance or ies explosire
Cometimes co make miserable Llarock and Destru-
Ction.
Wateros che Olobc.
Lhis ve mas learn abundancy From ie LsIto
ries ot Leet Les; and trras for chis realor
hac Ma) O un Anciens concluded ristuly e
noust, ial Ther vere cauled by che impulses anc
Fluctualioet aler in cheBowels ot che Farch;
Thac choush che HosDeHabie 1ochele Com
the Cause oF the Shock, le naturally Recrins IIs
tion, Which es coatas mose Caverns, chis beme
indeed much che Cause oF Damps in Mines. BC.
Mhacrered, and lustet Huch more by ic than thole
irhich consist ot Crarel, Sand, and the litre laxet
But abore all, those Couneries Which vield great
injured and incommoded DY Farthquakes; those
Minerals comsticurins in the Parrt, a kind oF Na-
Aore Ot Sulphur and Pirre, are by Far the most
aud theretote ees trequelsels called Neptune
=a10Bcor 25 aI(O, FvoOIZBCV EvoSIaiC, anc
Tvanioeezains; by all which LPichers chey denorea
his Pover oE Makins che FarrH.
They supposed chac he prelided over all. Ware
irhraceter, 25 well chat wictun che Liarcti, 25 ehic
Sea, and the rest upon ic; and char the karch vas
supporred by Wacer, ues Foundarions beins laid Porrer, rendersrtho Shock much greater, (0 a5
chereon; on irhich acconne ic vas rhac they bc-
Aou d upon him hac Coenomen Pasiion O, Ox Sup-
Ana eis tor chis Kcalon, thac Traly, Sicili, ana
cdlicus aud lome pante o cjece inve beca soron
rorrer os rhe Farrh, and hac OL O∞463. 10176, O1
edisaimm et ss teitin