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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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ngerher wicti etie incumbene Air, bc equal 10 12 ] deptessins or elevalins Lleuors conrainidin Tubes,
Ouncesneartr. (Llar nearly, For any one will per-
ceire Froni Prop. 5. thac ic wone be exactlr (0;
trom whicti Pressure C must bc enrirely, trced,
Wvtich inas be done by che Fland, or by 12 Oun
ces in chescale P.
Nou let, us suppose a Ounces raten out ot che
Scale P, then there will remain onty 8, Wwhich can-
hor be a Ballance For 12: Pheretore the TubeDC
vill sinte donn. into che StagnANE MerCUrY, (the
Prelture downvards uxon C beins greater, by 4
Ounces, chen thie Prellure ans where else on che
by Barely pucins che Tube into Warer; and chere
tore ic tollons, che Presture wichin is lessend:
Surtace oFthe Stagnane Mercury) eill che included FTo ihis can be, is non ro be accounced tor.
Mercurr veish onty 6 Ounces.
Buc here it may seem AransC, Wvhy 8 Ounces in
the Scale P, can buoy up che Tube equal 10 2
Ounces, added to the Weishe of the incumbene
Air equat r0 10 Ounces: Buc che realon of this is
evidene, For che Pressure upvards in C, i5 4 Oun-
ces greater chan any where else; or Which is che
Tame chiins, 4 OF chose 12 Ounces (che weiphe oF
che Tube and incumbene Air) will nOE be per
ceir d by reason of che contrars rendener ot che
Nercurr uxvards acC, P0 chac chere will remain
onty 8 Ourices, equal roche Weiphr of thePondus
nP
Dur is instead oF a Ounces, che whole Pondus
trad been caken our of the ScaleP, C ould chen
tiare a freater Pressure uxon ic chan ic is able rO
bear, and consequemly ill sire var, and susset
che Tube and Mercury t0 sink quire donn coctie
Borrom oF ehe Vesset.
HF instead oF 4 Ounces, 2 onty had Been raken
out ofche Scale P, there Will remain 10 Ounces
uetich ill cake oA 10 OF chc 12 Ounces (thC
Weieheos che Tube and Air osecher) and there.
mainins 2 Ounces willprels upon C, wtich, wict
B Ounces oF Merener, Will make 10; (0 chacche
Mercury in che Tube in this case, will weigh E
Ounces, asbetore it weighed on1y 6; 1. c. the Tube
vill alcend rill che Mercury wichin ic weieh 2
Ounces more then betore
EF2 Ounces more be addedto P, che Tube will
tise uneil che Mercurs in ic reiph 2 Ounces more
ihen betore, i. c. 10; buc il ans more Weighe bc
added co P, che Tube ill bc elerared our oF che
Mercury.
From the Forefolns Cieies, twill be no dithi
cult maccer ro accoune For chac Experiment oF Wa
cer risine higher in very narro Tubes, etian che
Sartace ol the Wacer in which cher are immersd;
for it vou rake a very dender Tube, open at boch
ends, and pur one end in a Vessel ot Water, the
NVacer wichin ehe Tube will De Found somechine
abore the Lerel of the Wacer wichour, more anc
inore proportionably co the smalnels ot che Tube,
in whichthe Eexperimeneis made.
Sect. 85. rells us, Lhiat he chinks chis Phaenomenon
inay be ehus accounced For: Ile Fancies, rhat che
Particles ot Air cannor more (0 bristely in Pender
Cipes, as in larger, and consequenty are hinder d Globules. Bur ris quire anorher ching in che Re
trom exercilns a Force susticient to deprels the WV 2-
cer.
periment wlel Meteuer, he vou d hare Found che
ny one char contidess ce mus, sor Lnonaer Wnat chis, excecus ine selles et erlobules intiltins upOn
hrec Motion ot che Parrictes et At have 1o donl chac; lo chac ihe Liguer victiouc, must subside 2
ehis is cerrainly che eftect ot Crarier, whole Action
is Rectilineat, bur chis Rectilinear Precture is no
more lnder d in imall. Pubes chan in larger.
And cheretore the Reason wtiy Warer in (naII
Lubes riles tixher chan che Lerel ol the Surtace
vithoue, accordins eo FIydroctarical Principles, must
be cither because ihie Prelture richouris encreascd
or che Preluse michin che Lube diminished; buc
the Prellule wichour doës norleem to be encrealed
oboc
Lexthere bea small Cxlindrical Tube ab c d im.
mersed in the Surtace ot ihe Warered; upon wwhict
Surtace, let che Cylinder ot Air ef g hlikevise insist:
Then ler us suppose, thac uxon the Diamerer ot cach
Tube can stand a certain determinate Number oF
Parricles oF AIr, viz. 8, Or let 8 Particles oF AIr
placed in a Righr-line be equal ro the Larirude ot
Boch Lubes. Llas, Ic can seldom, nay, L beliere
ic can never Happen, rhac che eishe cun De intro-
micced in The Cariey ot che TuBC, FOr the uovee
Edges otthe Tube willincercepeche krst and ciehe,
SO Fhat On) lIX Can Fall uxon the Wacer, and che
Tame W hold erue ol any ocher Series of Globules.
Whose ino excream Parricles will alvars fall uxon
che Bhks OE che Tube: Hlence it is, chac che
Wotiole Round of Globules insistinq uxon che Edges
olthe Tube, togecher wich a m and bn, wwtich
Rohant, ee  Pareet his PhyACkS, Cap. 22. cher perpendiculartr insist upon, gravicate only up.
Tho au Bulcus Geneleman made che Tame Fx-
onthe Fdses bthe Tube, and never come coche
Wacer gr, Wel 1s only gravicaced upon by
Cylinder ot HII, Wvtose Diameret consists ot li
rial Cylinder ef s h, Taken in anY paTE OF the Sur-
Face Wichour, Where the excream Globules arenOL
incercepced by the Sides ot the Cylinder se and eB
WIIICI alE Pures imaginary, bue act Frcely uxor
o ere alled ipon hen rhe Fluid W sthiB,
quire COnTParY Ffect, and char te Mercury in rhe subjected Liquor; consequencty che Fluid
(maI Tubess cepen vetonne mereurs nou.
Besides, his Solurion will appear precarions ro a- by ho miuch the series of Clobles insisting upon
eate