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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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Filt a deex Ctalo Vettet, oE abouE 2 Or Z Fect
in lensth, (a larse Fube, sealed at the end, Wwill de
very vel1) wich Vacer, as in che Fisuro. IEchen
2lictlo. Cylinder or Cube oF solid Braso, 25 F, bC
any where placed, cicter at the Surtace, Midale
ot corvards che Borrom of che Vestet, Rill it muse
sinktoche Bortom; Because the compound Column
OF Warer and BcalS cogecher, (Wrhich BcaIS is 2l.
most 9 times as heary as common WV ater) wwill
gravicare or press more chan ans Column oF W a
Tex onty ot che lame Lensth and Diameter, and
consequency che Brals will displace che Water un-
dex iE, and snk lover and lower eill it comero che
Borom; and ehis is the case ol a Stone, Or any
orher hearr Body, (5c. Buc vet il pou suppose
chis piece oF Brals placed on thie imaBinarr Sur-
tace L. M, abore o times iis depth, under Water,
and chac it vere possible ro keep oH the Pressure ot
he Water perpendiculartr incumbene upon it; ic is
nor realonable 1o suppose, Thac che Brals Moula
sinte, ac all, buc be suxporred and buoved up there.
For che Brals can in chis case charse che Wacer un-
der ic ac F, Wwich no more chian jult its ovn propet
and absolure eiphe: Wrhereas all che octer parIS
oF the Surtace L. MI, are charsed or pressed upon,
by Columns ot Wacer, which suppotins rhem co be
ot che same Diameter wich the piece oF BFaIS, arC
sinoly hearier chan che Brals, because cher arc 2
bore o rimes as lons as che Brass is chick; and
cheretore cher presins or gravicarins more on che
L MI, ehan che Brass doch, must keep che BraIS su-
spended; which cannor sink, becaule ic cannot re-
niore a weishic oF Wacer heavier chan ic selS. Anc
trom che lame Principles ris plain, trom Realon, that
iF: The BraIS be placed vet lorver, and che Presture
ot the incumbent WVacet be, asbetore, caken oH; in-
Aead ot sntrino, ic must needs rise; and be Forci-
bly lisced upvare. This also must be ihe Case ot
a Piece oF a Gold, il ic evere placed in these Cir-
cumstances, in a Vessel OF WVaceF, Where he Per-
pendicularly incumbene Presture was KepE OH, and
itie Gold abore 19 rimes ies omn chickenels in che
Liguor.
To matre good which probable Reasonins by LX.
perimene, our Auctior procceded chus.
A larse deex Class Vessel as provided, ot the
Fixure annexed, wtich wvas silled wwith Naternear
coche TOp, 4S 1O Z Y: Then ac che BortOm oF a
Clals Tube open ac borh ends, chere was by
so0d Cement Fastened a Beals Valre, into which
vas curned and Acred a piece ot solid Br2(5 F F
trich cho ic ould Aop the Valre exactIy, vould
vec casily Fallour, it nor suspended or supporred by
any chins; corhe upper side ot chis Brals Piece R F,
lec chere by a Butron Fastened, Wherebr ic may, by
20 luppore ie, since choc is preater etian ile Weiste
oF the Bra(S. Bur is rou raise the Tube ux 10.
Wards he Top of che Water, che BraIS weiphe0
ver-ballancins cherc, che Presture oF che WVacer up
ward, ic will Coon, il noc held by che Scrine. Nip
ouc ot che Valre, and Fall doun, and chie Water
willimmediacelr rise in che Tube.
And il instead ot raisins che Tube up tovards
the Surtace of che Warer X Y, Von Mould AnK iI
donn much deeper toard che Boccom; vou will
sind chac chis BraIS Stopple wwhich will Fall DuE RCa
dils in che former Scation, will non supporra con-
Ciderable eveishe (25 L) Fastened c0 it, by a BOr
commade on the under Surtace oEic; bue chac on
MCanS OF a Scrins comins up chrough che Pipe che raisins oF che Tube upvard, chis addiiona
PO, be deawnup close, (0 25 10 Aop the Valve.
Alchinos beinsthus Acced, it von sink the Tube
wich ies Valre and Brals Scopple, and by cheScrine
kecp che Scopple Fast in, till che BralS De abOuE
cimes is chicknels beneath che Surtace ofthe WV 2-
cer in the Cla(s Vessel, vou will And, cho vou l00-
sen che Scring, thac the BraIS Scopple will nOE FalL
out; because che Valre beins clole, and etre Sides
ot che Clals Tube noc capable ot beine permeared
byche Wacer, chere can no more oL thac Liguor
prets upon che Brals Scopple perpendicularis; but
uharever Presture ir suctains, is from etie Tenden-
ex oEme Wacer uxvards, ustrich must needs serre
veishe ill make che Scopple drop oue much
Coonex than betore: As suppole when the Lube is
raised only to the HeigHE OF 3 Or 4 Inches, (9C.
Which Experimenes do abundaneu contirim che
Tructi oF ihis Paradox; and no doubr can be
made, but char il a Gold Scopple had been uled
instead ot a Brass ono, and che Pube ler donn inco
che Vessel, rill che Gold had been abore 19 rimes
is chicknels under Warer, eren chat Ponderous
Vecal would have ehiere remain d wirtiouc hrit
ins.