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FITDROORAPTY, is an Ar erhich ceachech, Considerinschis, ICaY, Thac Noble Auchor re
hou ro describe and meature the Sea; sirins an duced che chiefest oF che Hydrostarical Theorems
AcconnE oF ies Tides, Connter. Pides, Foundinzs,
BayS, Culphs, Crccks, (90. A5 al(O the ROCKS,
Stelves, Sands, Strallons, Promontories, ITar-
bours, Distance From one Port ro anocher, and 0.
chex chines remarkable on che CoaAs.
EIXDROMANOY, a precended Divinarion b7
Warer.
EEDROMEL, Mead, is a Decoction OF N 2
cer and Lloney.
AIYDROMPTTALOM, is a Protuberance 0
the Navel, proccedins trom Wacery Hlumours in
the Abdomen. Blanchard.
FIYDROPFIOBIA, is a Distemper hiphly Con
vulsire, accompanied wich Furr, and cunnins ot
al chines chac are Liquids and Splendid; Pome
times wich a Dclirium, a Fcarer, and ocher Symp.
eoms, noc wichour sreac danger ot Lite, procced
inz FrOM: the Bire oF a Mad D08, Or a Contasion
analagous toit.
In Philosoph. Fransact. N. 147. There is an TN
stance oF one havins chis Disease occasioned by che
Bire oF a Mad D03.
TITDKOPICA, are Mealemes thac expet he
Wacery Fltitibur in a DroPsC.
FIXDROPS, IS d Scaxaon OF ehC Wacery FI
mour in che Habic ot che Boc), Or lome Carier 0
ic: And ic is cither General, 25 an Anasorca, an
ascites; co which, some add a Tumpany, buc ill
Or Parricular, contined EO OnC PaTE, 25 2 DFOPSI
in che Head, Breacts, Fland, F0Or, (9c. Blan
chard.
LIYDROPS ad Matulam, che same wieh Di
betes.
AITDROSTALLCLO IS ThAE PArE OF Static
Which selates ro che Grarities and Equilibria O
Liguors, ae alto comprehendsthe Arr oF weiel
ins Bodies in WVacer, or Pome ocher prover Liguo
chereby ro estimare their Specitick Cirariey, andL
deduce rhence many ocher uletul TheoreS.
And ibis, (25 is obserrec oy ne Fonourab
MHF. BBylC) is a Pare oF Philolophy wrtrich oughe re
De looke upon as. the most lngemous ot any: TH
Lheorems and Problems ot chis Art, beines hand.
Tome Productions of Rcalon, and attordine Disco
inco che followins Paradoxes; Which vou will sec
he made clearly our bs Experimenc, and sensible
PFOOE.
Tho belore he comes co them, he Thinks Fit 20
premise chele Zhin s5 25 Postulate Or Lemmata.
1. Thatis a Dipe, Or Tube, open ac boch ends,
and placed Perpendiculartr to che Florizon, have
reries; noc onsy pleasins, buc allo surprisins and
Wondertul: Nar, verr mans ot che most tamiliar,
ies lorver Orisice under Wacer, chere will palS am
Imaginaer Plane or Surtace parallel, asto Sense, 10
the upper Surtace of the WVacer, which Mall touctr
chatloiver Orifice ot che Tubc.
2. Thac each pare oF ehis Surtace or Plane, rvila
be alikre pressed (iF ac 2I1) by the weight oF thePer
pendiculariy incumbene WVacer, Wrhich cannor but
be granced, since ihe Tarer beins supposed an
Flomogenous Fluid oF equal Crrarier cvery Wherc,
and equally hieh abore che atorelaid Plain, there
can no reason be altisned woty anx one pare ot ic
Mould bemore or sels pressedrban any ocHer.
3. Thac tho in ehiis casc che Liquor will kcer
ies former Position, rec if any one part oF it comes
to have a preater weighe incumbene on it chan 2
nocher, chen chac pare will be displaced and de-
pressed; as is the case wrhen a Scone or other B0dy
Specitically heavier chan Wacer, siriks donn in ic
and rends ro the Borrom
For in Whar part Poerer ofche Wacer che Sione
iS, thac pare being more pressed uxon chan rhe
rest, must vield and sive may to che Morion ot
che sione domnvard, rill ic come ro che BOT.
com.
And on the orhier Fland, il any parc oF chis ima
ginary Surtace be lels pressed upon chanall cherest
Emust, by etie sreacer pressure oF. che rest, bC
impelled uxvards, rill ic have an ticistu equiralen
coballance che Pressure made on che orher ParIS OE
che Wacer; Wvhich laccer pare will appear hiehils
reatonable and prancable by ans Arcerrire Con.
iderer.
And ies Truch in Fact, he prores by chis
Experimene.
TF a Imall Tube, opest A BOTH FHaS, DC BCtC OK
placed perpendicularty a licele benearh the Surtace
oF che Water, in any Vessel; (Nore, Tis best to use
one of Glass, that the Lxperiment may bethe more visi-
blc;) then willche Wacerrise inche Tube as hist
and a licle hipher, (For a Realon Wrhich vou ill
snd siren hereatrer) chan che Surtace of chie Waret
withour: Bur il vou senely pour Oyl oF Turpen
cine, or any orher Liquor which vill noc mix victu
Nacer, upon has, contained in ehe Vessel; vou
will sec, chac as che Oil sros higher andhigheron
che Surtace ot the NVater, and presses consequentiy
more and more upon ic, (0 will the Water rile
wichin che Oritice oFche Tube, and descend again
proxortionably 25 rou rake oN ihe Oil; wtict
Plainls PrOres, Thac cheveishe ot che Oil prestine
more on ihe Surtace oF che Wacer wichoue che
Tube, chan che bare Rir only can do wichin ie
Forces up rhe Wacer Po hieh in the Tube, eill chc
Cylinder oF NVacer wichinche Tube, dorh as mucte
Gravitare on CHaE parF OF che WVacer under che Ori-
fice oFThe Tube, as che Air, Oil and Wacertose.
ahiec do on all ehe octeto niehoneic.
A
P AF
a5 Wvellas most obcrule Phanomena ot Nature, ca
Adrdly ever De chrouxhily underttood wichour II
drostatical Principles. Tis an ArE aISO nOE On
delietutulls Specularire, bur Lractically usetul;
may be oE che hishelt imporcallce lo Thippins an
lavisation, eo chole chac deal in Salc- Works, an
Lothose Whose Businels tis eo enquire inco the Cra
Mcles and Magnicudes ot lome Bodies; the exac
Knomledse ot wtich Wo verr much conduce e
Their Incerest. Buc ot rhe grear DPetulnels oF eti
AEE. Sec more under Specifick Bravity.
And char Admirable Cencleman, the FOnOUTa
ble Mr. R. Boyle, considerins char all Perlons are
Hoc acquainced wich, and cannoc seaus digest ri
Sid Machemarical Demonstrarions, chac it mighe be
Ot greac adrancase ro prove rhe lruch ot luch ule
tnl Propositions as chole given us by HIydrostatica
NVricers, in a Sensible and Phiysical Way: A5 al
Thac Come ThingS BetOre PALHIHB TOF receive
Lruchs, would chen be dicoretca od palpabl
Errors, a5 Wellas many Noble anid setul Discori
ries, ehis way communicared corhe Wortd