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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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OFWater in the MOrter LeBF; and an Inch oF W a
ter ot the Came Dimentions beins hearier chan an
Inch oF Oil, the Tendeney or Morion ol che WV 2.
ter must be From Pcorards ; noc from C 10.
wards F; and consequener che Syphon will vorte
Or rum chac way.
The Applicacion or chis tixperimene, co che Soluri-
on oFrhe Morion oE Wacer chrO CraneS Or Sy.
Phons, is very caste.
For When once a Syphon by Suction, OE Orher-
wise, is Alled wirh the Liguor eis eocransmie, il
the Lcgs oF ic bc noc abore 34 or 35 Voor in lengch,
and one ot chem be longer chan che ocher, the Li
quor must continue to run chro ic, as long as chere
is any corise in ic, or thac the Syphon hold RancH.
For since che Pressure or Weigtic oF che Incumbent
Annolphere, is capable oF raisins Water in Pipes
(Where ic cannorcome 10 pre(s) torhe heishc ot34
Or 35 Feet, 25 our Noble Virtuolo prores in his
PhysicoMechanical Fxperiments; and here beino
manifestly no gravication ofthe Air on the Wacer
includled in che Syphon, 25 lons a5 the Syphon is
riehre and stanch, the NVacer must continue co keeo
runnins, because the difference oF the Presture ot
the Rir, on the lorver Vessel oF Warer, and on che
uxper, being noching near so considerable as the
difterence between che weishe oF the Naier in che
longer Lcg ot che Syphon, and chat in the MOrter,
ehe Fendeney or Morion must be out ot cheMOrter
intothe larger.
Bur ehen is nerer so lirle an Fole be made in
the Crane or Syphon, or any Leale be there, che
WVater can no longer rum, Decause the AirnON ComeS
co prels on che Wacer wichin che Syption, as weII
25 on chac withour ic, and consequenely uA hin-
der irs course ot runnins.
P AR ADOX XI.
That a Solid Body, as Ponderous as anx lnomn, iho
EXpCTIIMCHE, Thal IHC Nacer runsthro che Legs ot
the Syption, cho che Air comins donn by L R,
hath a Frec Communication wich them boch, (0
thac here no fus acui can be precended as che
ehie Wacer Which rends donnvardsin the Les fi, 15
es ailo tonsec by an tuch chan he oitee colum
Nou ris plain, in this ingeniousy concrived
Cause OF che racets LuMMIHB. Bur chac ris plainly
Oil OE Tuspentine, on MC SUrtace OF ThC WVaceE
Occasionce os the Cretture ot che (lighrer Fluid
in che Tubel, till ietorce llap Mo the emper Les
Otche inserred Syphon, as high as K, and chen ir
descends donn into che lorver Vessel or Tube II,
chro che ocher longer Leg oF the Syphon. Indeed
the Oil WII graritare on ehe surtace oF the WVacer,
in boch ete Tubes L ane LL, aie enete beins a
lonser Columnot O oret HI, chan chere is over I
by abour an lnch in lensel, che Prelture ill bc
freater on the Surrace ot elle Water in LI, by the
veiohrot an Inch oF OyI ot Turpentine. Burthen
ic most be considerea, thal euse Column OF WVater
IYD
on the Surface of theWrater, it will sint by ils omn
Neisht; yet if it be placed n a sreatet Deptr
thanthat of 20 times its omn LBKCS, Will not
sinke, is its Descent benot assisted by the voiebt os
the Incumbent Water.
wohich descends in che Les Cr, tho resisted in its
sietion by che veieht ot an Trchot Oil, more chan