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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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Minuces che Pclipse lasteco
Strins, because the Vibrations beins by cha
neans Rorver, they may be the more distincti
connced. IF ac suck a time rou are furnistred
vich 2 500d Foot Rule, you may let VOuE Pen
dulum be just 39, 2, and then cach Vibration vil
be a Second: Buc il ron are destiture oF SucH
an Adrantase, vou may a5 betore, hans up 3
Pendulum ac a vencure, and by another Scrins
Or Lome luch Was; takins lis exaet Lenoch, vou
mazkeep ic by vous wichche Number oE aIl the
Vibrations, and compure the Time atcerwards at
Tour Leisure.
dulum ol anx tnovn Lensth, (25 suppole a Lard)
Accordins to these Principles and Lxperiments on
Pendulums, it mill nor be difsicult to estimate
dbcolb ide lbptio  i cbes  bibus e Etb )alt d) c
Distance that any Sbip at Sea, or that any Forr
is off, by the Lime beteen sectns We Flas 
the Ponder, and Beartne IBe Lepoit ) ise Cod
Or ihe Distance that any Thunder Cloud
6). ec.
FOx MIP. Nemton hach Loune chac 2 Sounel
mores 968 Fcer in a Second ot Pimc.
Tis aerted also by Mr. Fusens, and now sc.
nerally aereed co, Thar a heavy Body descends
in the sirst Second oF Time atcer ies beginnins 10
Fall, very near 16 Fcet.
An F. xample ro fina the Dexth of a. WVell, may
serre For all.
Suppole rou hans ux 2 More Pendulum, ihae
Wwill Vibrate Ouarrer Seconds, (the ay 1o finc
its Leneth hath already been Bewn) and letine
Edthe Stone andthie Pendulum rosecher, rou find
the Pendulum hach made 16 sinsle Vibrations Be-
and ser it a Vibrarine littevise, (0 thac borh the fore rou hear the noise of the Stones Fall intorhe
Pendulums mas svins rogecher; to effect wrhicti,
Von must lec che Pendulum rou hans up g0 avay
just whenthe orher rou vould meature is begin
WVacer. Then since 16 Ouatrers ot a Second,
are equal 10 + Seconds, il rou acconne the AC.
celeration of the Descene of heary Bodies 10
nins co malce any Vibrarion: This done, Hay Be cirher 25 the Sgnares ot che Times, or 25 the
till the Pendulum vou huns uP, hach made a
encrease oF the odd Numbers, cither var vill
Competene Number o Vibrarions sas suppole sire rou che Number 256 sor che Dexrh oF che
abOuE 50OF 60;) and let a C OrFC(PONdeNE COUNE WV elI
tio mans Vibrations che Pendulum, whose
lenerh is soughr, made in the same cime: And
For since, a5 it is elsewhere Mewn, 2 Body
descends 16 Fecrin the Frst Second ot Time, in
ter us suppose, hat Thar tade 10 Vibrarions che Fourth Second ic will descend 16 rimes 16
irhile rour Scrins and Plummet made 60; since Feer; For the Times beins s and 4, the Descent
as ras Caid betore, The Pensths of Pendulums
are ro each other as the Squares os their Vibrations:
will be 25 cheir Squares; thar i5, 25 1 10, 163
Wrheretore Mulriplrins 16bY 16, Y0u havC, 256,
IF vou diride 3600 (the Square oF 60) by 100, the Depth oF the W elI.
(the Square oF [0) the Ouorient rillbe 36, ivhich
Or, il accordins t0 Calileuss Way, voi ac
ivill sier vou chac che Scrins soushe iras 36 conne 16 Fcet For the ArA Second, and, then 3
times as long as hac wtich rou huns up ; i. e.
vas in lensth 36 Tards, OF LOB FoOL.
Ana uus Tou maz casily tina heheighe ot any
times 16 For che next Second, 5 rimes 16 For the
third Sccond, and 7 times 16 For che Fourth Sc-
cond; al chele Numbers added cogerher, vilt
Church or Thearre, by means ot a Branch Can matce 256, the Depth as betore.
alestick whlen hanes trom the Llo. LOl I vou
Indecd Some Abatement nust be alloved For
hane up a Scrins and Plummet oP a Tard lons, the Time the Noise oF the Stones fall into the
Cuppose, (or oF any knonn lensch) and make Wacer cakres ro reach the Par. Wheretore since
this Candlestick and jour Pendulum Degin to) a Sound mores 968 Feet in Second, and 256 is
Ewins boch cobeisser (Which is casily donc By the a licle more than? oF thac Number, a licele more
help oE a Correspondent:) The Vibrarions chac than ? oF 16 Foor must be talcen our oF the FOr-
he Candlestick akes, trhile vour Pendulum mer tound Depth256. So charthe Depth oF thc
iates ani Comperene NTumber, Wwill casils help
ron rothe Lensch OF. che String, Or Wiro, hac
holds the Canalestick, and consequenty the
heighr of the Church will betnovnlikevile.
Well may rounaly beaccounred 250 Feer.
Buc in che orher Llcimations oc the ale
oF a Cloud, Strip, Ox FOrE, phere necds no (UCH
As in the forrier F Xample, Suppose che Cans Allorvance; and the bare Multiplication oF968
dlesticke made ro Vibrarions, hile vour P’endu br che Number os Seconds betveen che Flac
tum oF 2 Zard made 603 Thenic is 36 Tards, Or and che Reporr, will sire the Distance oF che
LOB FOOE ErOM CHIC CCHEC OL HISC LALMIHCMLCR W
ENC CHA OL LHC LLOBL DE WIFC LAE HOIAS LL WO CHC
Cloud or Strip From che OBserrer.
THaE NVigHE, (viZ. Aprit 12.) on wtrict oux
LooF; to wrhich agdirs Thie heioht ot che Cerre lare Mlighey Monarch Kins William as Duricd,
ere oF the Canalestick abore the Ground, vou
have che votrole hetett of che Churet.
ve counced ottentimes vers Accurarely, That thC
isi Dikcance becireen secirs ihe Flact, auid treatine
P R O BL F M IV
Ors, during the whose MMHe et Mervarion, by
N. D. Zivill Be BeK 10 usC a PretHy IOH
P R OBL. F. MI III.
20 find ihe Lenzth of any Strins which Batl
Weizhe hansins at it, mithout cominz to mea
sure it; or mithout matins use os any duaurant
or such likee Instruments, to take Feiehes.
Let the Strins and Weighe annex d be made
to swins; and ac che same rime hang up a Pen
Stone into the Wraier from the bus. Ot IBC