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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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Mens FTands, wirhour such help. Such a5 War- the RCGUTAtOF trOM SOU) TUIM WIIM a GFCAE FOrCO
litce Engines, Fngines ro raise WVater, Cranes,
d
And here L chink it proper eo sire the Reader a
Delcriprion oF uvo vers usetul Engines, Which
are the Invention oF one ot oux own Nation,
Capc. Thomas Savery, a Centleman verr striltul in all
Things oF rhis NatuTC.
The Airst is an Engine r0 Ro Strips, Oe BOatS
ac Sea, or in a River, When chere is a Mark Calm,
ex very licrle Wind.
throushche Sceam-Pipe O, T, into the Receirer P, 1
A Description oF chis, the Inventor publimed in Sccam-Pipe O; L; lo that no more Sceam can ve
che Vear, 1698. Wwich his ansivers ro che Objecti
ons railed against it by ME. Dummer, and Ochers:
And the Thoushris sonacural, and the manner ot
ies rortins (o plain and easie, char ris an amazine
chins to one, chat chere is no more ule made ol
FTC Srs a Wheel co the Drum-head oE the Cap-
Aan, whose Tecch tum a Frundle head, chroush
erhich is run an Iron-bar thar reaches clear a- Crols,
and soes through the Sides of the Stip; and on its
Ends wichour Board, ac a conveniene distance
From the Ships Sides are Fastened 2 Drum heads
like char on che Capstan, in which are Acced ro
take out ae pleature, 6 or 8 Paddles; and at rhe
ourermost Finds oF the Padales, is Fastned an Tron
Piri Wwich an Ilcad to ir; by which means, and by
chehelp o( a Cord, cakins an hale curn round a
bout all chele Pins, borh che Paddles may be sinifi-
ed, or strain d and Arenschened (0, char cher MalI
all rork proporrionably; and also chePadalesmay
Wrich a Luf Tackle, beche more handily and casils
listed in ind our, in order to be Ecred into, OF ta
ken out of che, Drum heads oF the Bar. Sec the
Fioure annexed.
Non here il che Nen will bur worte, is chere
be enoush os them, and che Padales De made pro.
portionablr larse, accordins ro che Number oF the
Nen thac can be brouxhero work ac ihe Capstan:
Peannot sec bur chat the Aingine will girethe Vesse
Frectrer War chan any Oars can do, ork d by che
Tame, or a tar grearer Number ot Hlands: Asthe
Experimenes char hare been cried, do abundanctys
Thew, accordins ro che best Intormarion L can get
OF che Matter.
The orher Fingine is For LatI Malelos The
Force ofFire; in which he hach Bewed as prear
Ingenuier, depth oF Thoughe, and true Mecha
niek Still, 25 ever discorered ic selF in any desien
oFchis Nature.
come into ic, bur rou Wrill open it a Was into , 2
and by chac means AIl che Reccirer P, 2 Wwich che
Sceam, a5 the ocher wasbetore. WesIs
licrle room, and consequenely pretinsburrerr licte
(iF ac a) On ine VaIM, Ot CTack H, L, Al The BOr-
tom of the Reccirer P, L. There is nochine chere
to counterballance the Pressure oF the Armolphere
che Suckins. Pipe, L, Wheretore ic will be presses
up, and ascend inco and AIl the Reccirer P, T, dri,
vine up betore it a5 ic rises, che Clack or Valve
R, 3, ertrich atterwards Fallins donn again anc
Mutrins close, hinders the Delcent ot the Watet
chac var.
Then (che Receiver P2, beins in elie mean
time empried of ies Air) rura the Flandle ot che
Regularot en fou, and ehe torce ot ihe Sredm
face ot the Wacer contained in the Receiver PI,
in che Recetret, Wnen cne l Wul necessarils
drire up throuet the Passase C, R L, C C, into
cheReceirer P 2, filled wich, and empried oF Wa-
dririns all the Air betore ic, and Forcins iE up into
ee Force Pipechroush the ClackR, F, 25 Yd
perceire by che Noile and Raclins oF che Clack.
And wrhren all che Air is chus driven out, the Re.
Cerver P, 1, ill be reer much heared by che
Sceam: WVhen rou find chac ic is chrouphly empri-
ca and is srovon very hoc, as vou may boch sec
and fecl. Phen pull che Flandle ot che Reoularor
cowards rou, by which means vou ill Kop che
ins, let Lomo cold tater be poured on ihe Recei-
rer L, l, es men means ihe Sream There betrs
Coocu, ana cortcensed and contracted into a vers
On the Surtace oF the WVacer in the lOrer PaKE OF
comins som che Boyler, ill all be upon che sur-
Where it Pdritaces Or presles hard upon ic, and silt
encreales is Sprins or Elasticier, ciIl ic comes 1d
orer-ballance or exceed the WeishE oF rhe WVarer
che Force PipeS, andac last discharse it our at che
Top, a5 voû sec in cheFigure.
Alter the very lame manner, tho alcernately, is
ter; and by ThIS ILICanS a CoMMaM Sceam is KCPE,
COnFINVAHS FUHHINO OUE aE Che LOD Ot tHC FOTCC.
Pipe S, and lo the WVacer is raised verr Cas HOII
the Borrom oE thie Minc, C9c. Wothe Place where
it is designed ro be discharsed.
Chly I Mould add, Thac atter che Ensine begiS
eoWork, and the Wacer is risen into, and hach AI-
led the Force. Pipe S, then it Alls che lirle Cilterni
X, and by thac means fecds che Pipe Y Y, wtich
hecalls the Condensins-Pipe, because Warer is col
rered donn From chence to cool the Receirer
Scthe Figure.)
Copper, wtich he calls Boylers; che one a larse
BOrom; but N reaches only halt ivay donn che
OcacBoyler
Wvtrc Colvers Wacertiom che Lorce-lipe into L
as folloms
The Descripcion of ehis Fngine
A, denores eo Furnaces, whole Fire placesar
B, 1, 2. Ind cheir Funnel, or Chimmer C
In thele rvo Furnaces are placed ewo Vesselso
Wrhien chroushily heared by che sceam, in ordex re
make them sucke (25 FIS WHAH) Callea) the Wace
out ot the WelI, ux into  acccier
Also a litle abore chac C ille foes the Pipe P.
Lhele Bosteis hare caca a Cnceipe, ad Er anc
By chele Pipes belore the Ensine can worke, vou
must Arst AII che small Boyler quire FuII, and che
Sreac Borler crvo chirds tuIl of Wacer. Thenligti
s.IC LHIC dC B L, and make che WVacer in L boil, by
the lesler Boyler, which is there placea IO FePTCMII
the orcarer Boyter L, Wenthe nalet  l Dzl
ot dons chis, curn the Cock l, L0 Thal eC CaI
be no Communicarion becween theForce-PipeS.
aud che lesser Boyler D; and purtins un L se Fire
ac B2, che. Wacer chere will orom pretents sl
and wtrer ic boils, ies oun Sceam which hach se
VenE OUE, prestin on ies Surtace, will force the
NVacer ux the Dixe EI, cheough KE, into THC GFCAL
ertich means the Sceam ot ir beins quire contined, lBoyter L, and (0 lons ill ic run eill chie Surtale 
must necas be Wosdertall compreced, and chere-
fore ill on che openins ot a s lor i lb ulle
che Wacer in the BOyICF D, SeTTO
25 L, che orher a smaller a5D.
eo be almost consumed. No when chere is nece
NI; ot which C goes wichin eishr Inches of che
Clc Boccom ot ihe lipe EI: ana ThenEnC ScCa
oue, siohich is dere by cutmine Z che tlardlle ot arel Wauer vill tun ropches, auel by ics noise ane
cactir