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I. Lorche Reason OF that Experiment, Char il
tro Pieces oF a Stick oF ihe lame bignels, Out o
unequal lenoch, 25O P, and R, are permitced
corise trom the Bocrom oF a Vessel oF Walel ac
che lame rime, the lonsest ill come sirst coche
For, Wtich must be because ihe Columns t Na-
cer Wllich prels neainst cheloiver ends ot bolu, be
rnS equa buFFhaE MOrex WrhiCsPetes on the ux-
Per endot ene senget fece, ll musc de lels pressee
donnvaras llan ehie ottier, alid (0 by che senerat
Pretture uxvards, will rise Pastest.
2. From hence we may exsils conceire one Rea.
COn, (TOr L asserr not Thac tis che only onc) hy very
minure Corpuseles cirher hipher ox heavier in Spe-
cie chais che Liquor cher are mingled vich, may
BC Kept there a rood while wichour emergins coche
FoP, Or precipicarine r0 che BOrtom: For their
chicknels beins indehinirely made (mall, the Disie-
rence beceen the evo Columns betorementioned,
will bel0 c00; and consequens ellher oE rhem
cari very licrle over-Ballance che orher.
3. Ne may From hence accouiC TOF the Ouanti-
EY OF THaE PAEE OL anY FIOAHIHS BOG, Wch is bC.
neath the Surtace oF ihe alet, Which is alvays
in Bulk equal to asmuch Water as the Wole Plbatine
Body doth meish. For chis Floacins Body dochby
IIS lorver Parr press on the Tubjacent Parts ot ehie
Imaginars Surtace et ee tralet H, just a5
St dortinow sink by no grearer a degreeot Cravicy,
ehian chat by wrhict ie Curmonnes a Juantier oF WV a-
cer equal to ic in Bulte: And cheretore it mill lose
in the Water juse as much of the meishe it vould have
in ihe Air, es so much Water as is equal to it in
Bulke, is meiehed in the sir also, voul d amount 10;
urtrich is a Phytical Demonstrarion of che Grand
Theorem of Hydrostaticls, trst pur in a clear Lighe
by our Noble Aurhor ME. Boyle.
The Pressure ot Water also against che lorver
Parrs oF any immersed BodY, is contirmed by ac-
cendins ro che Reason eter ans Body lishter in Spe-
cie than Wacer, doch emerse out ot ic; whichis
this: That there is a Breater Pressure or Weighcon
erery orher Part of che Imaginary Surtace oF the
NVateK (25 Suppose F K in FiG. Y.) chan chere is On
eliat, on Which the emergins or risins Body leans,
and conseguenty ro produce an Fquilibrium in rHC.
Fluid, che Parts immediarely uneler rhe Rising BO-
dy Being pressed By the rest every var, must con-
cintally force it upevards, eill ic actain che upper
much as the Columns oF WVarer io che Alrirude A 3
Surtace oFrhe Wacer. For the emergins Bodr is Or BW, d0 on all orher PartS: That is, just 25
continuallr pressed upon by cro Columns oF. W a
Tet; one bearins against ies upper, and the other
against ies lover ParrS, ehie lerigrh ot borh wvtich
Columns beinss ro be accounced From the TOpOF
ehie Wacer; char Which presses on che lover Part
will bertie longer by che chickre(s oF che alcendins
Body; and consequeney over ballance ic by che
muchasthe Wacer would do if it eere in che space
Which che Parrimmersed cakes up; Or 25 mucha5
a Ouantier oF WVacer equal in Bulk eo che immer-
Sed Parr vould do.
And From hence ris clear, that rhe weiehe ol
thac migher Strip ehe Royal Soveraign, IS thC TaME
Wich chac oF (0 much Wacer, 25 is in Bulk equal10
vocioHE OF as much WVacer as WillSiIlthe Space ThaE the immex (ed PAYE OF HeF, DE IO ThaE parE OF her
Bod cakes up. Wheretore the grearer dispariir
there is berween che Specitick Graricies oF Water,
Fult ivtich is inderneach the Surtace oF thie Sea
Vhich APertiOn NIF. Boyle Found accurarely exou∞M
and ehe emetgins Body, and che larger ihe Particles rohold erue by chetollovins Experiment.
are charemerse, the swilter ill cher ascend.
A broad Mallon Vessel: ot Clals being near Alled
And ehis will help us 10 accouno tor chiese  wich Water, he placed Aoacins in ic a 6lals. Tum
uine
btet, ot ori Bintine. Chito. abia ro mate M.
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