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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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L2
A Imall Class- Bubble X, OF the Figure M the
Scheme annexed, wirh a very sender ACCM dric
Poured in ae rhe upper Orisce os che open PIBE F F
eilt ic recea e a ebe ee doluoe totu in
che Cald Lube, che Bubble L would Prctens pt
to the Borrom of rhc Vessel, and chere COMLHGC 15
lons as che Walet Was concnued al tHe lame heigHr
in che Tube L. L, (che reason ot wrhich, rou have
alreads in Experiment 2. Paradox 2.) Now chis
Co mahie le sum ete le les sict the Dritice F,
ot che opett LudC.
Proves, chac che Presture oE che Water contained in
ihe Tube f. f, aoo only adtel ne Lals et IC
Wacer imneca osacee d  vuc also chose
thatare remore trom ic, nar, and above ic; since
ic could force the Wacer inco che Bubble X, and
P AR ADO + VII
That Water may be made to depress a Body liehrer
chan i Se, ao loci do to vubs it uf.
evide mouchd Clals Vessel, near tilled wvich WVater
and etere lese to AOat at the Sartace oF tMaE LiguOK
Thena Cover or Scopple ot Cork, Was well fitea
eo rhe Mouch oE che Glals, and was chrus hard in-
Eoic; alter which rhere was an FTole burne (wich a
hor Tron) chro che midale oF che Cork, into which
ivas pur a lons Render Ctals-Pipe, reactiins a 800d
vay inco che Class, and Randins perpendiculariy
roctre Surtace OL IHC LOrk.
AIO in auvet part et  soppse, Wus anocter
SmaII ITole buene, and inro rhac Was Aicced anocher
Sinall Cla(5-Tube, wrtich lar Ropins, buc rer reach.
ed a precry may donn below the Cork.
A Pender Ctats Sypton E F C H, Whose Mor:
tex LCs C II, as abour 3 or 4 Tnches lons, and
turn d up 25 near a5 cousd be parallet ro che longer
F F, as dipe in Oil oF Turpentine, eill che Oil Hl
led che Morier Les, and role 10 an equal heietir in
the longer.
Then the Orifice F Deins Rope with The Fincer,
the Pipe as mored inco a Glals Vesset ot fair
THE RSPET OTHICC OI CHIS LIOPIHS LIDC Was WeH WVaceF, and sunk down chere rill the Surtace os
RopE Wrichi Cemene: Wich che Came Maccer alto
that Liguor mas about an Inch abore the Surtace
overe aIl the junctures Bermeen che Cork and che oE the Oil in the Sypton: And then che Finoer De-
ClaIS, and berween the Tubes and the Cork care. ins removed trom the Fop, ele Oil in The POrrer
TuIIY AODE.
Les as immediarelr driren donnvards about an
ququs chac the Bubble L mighe ger 25 tar a5 ic  more, eill at lalt che Cil as driven out ot tMaL
oula trom che Pixc; and chien more Waies beinsLes gulle, anu ie Walee tollonie i u 
e
50 vell poised, as that ic could just Roat in che WV 2
cer, and no more, being provided, was puc into a
This all done, the Vessel as inclined severat Tnch; and 25 the Tube as sunk loiver, muct