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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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Lead oF 4 = Pounds Weighe, Was oF a Conicat
Form, (but is no uled ot a Globous) LF Inches
lono, wich che Charper end dononards, 1 15 ac
che Borom, in Diameter: And in chose Experi-
menes made in che Thames, in che Depth OF 19
Hoor Water, chere passed beceen che immertion
and Fmertion of the Globc, 6 Scconds of an LTour:
and in the DCpEH OF FO FCOT Water, thero passea
 Ox chereabours: From mans oF wehieh kind ot
Experiments, it will likelz nor be hard eo find out
a Method to calculare wrtar Depthis eo be inclu-
ded trom any rime oF che like Globes Cay under
Nater.
AS For instance: HF in the Depth oF20 Farhom,
mealured by the Line, the Clobe cars under Wa-
Ter, 15 Seconds; then if ehe BaII Aay 700 Sc
conds, che Depth ot the Sea is 933 Farhom and
2 FoOE, it che BaII be tound eo move equal Spaces
in equal Times.
Rrud nou lm mentionino chie way oF tnding che
Depth of the Sea, ir may be, of Vle ro Mew rou
hour rou may set Warer Fromthence, Wwhich hali
noc communicate as it comes up wich any of ih
NVarex abOre ic.
Fo setchup WWator from ans Depih of the Sea.
Tex there De made a Square Wooden Bucket, 2
reprelenced by che Fisure C; Whose BOctOm R P
are ro be (0 concrived, thac che Weighe A do sink
the Tron B, (to wrhich che Bucket C, is Fastned b)
the civo Flandles DD, on che Ends of which, are
che moreable Bocroms or Valres FP) and irhere
by draws donn che Bucket: The Relistance oF che
Wacer Kecps up the Bucker in the Posture C;
Wherebr che Water hach a clear thoroush palsase
aIl che time ir is descending; Whereas, a5 loon ac
che Bucker is pulled uprards by che Line F, thC
Rehistance oF the Water ro thac Morion, bears che
Bueker downvards, and keeps ic in che Polture Cr;
Whereby che included WVater is preserrod trom 50.
ins out, and che Ambient Water KepE FrOm ger
rins in.
I
Byche Aarantase oF chis, or  nC Vesset, cho
mates.
wich BodY; IE is chien called Lixtension, LO ThaL LX
sxaee isplam mas be conlidered wihour it. 50
several Degrees of Saliness oF Sea-water, may b0
known, accordins i s lcalsels ro the TOp Or
Borrom; Or racher che Consticurion ot the Sea-
water in the sererat Dexrhs ot sererat Cli-
SODTH Direct Dyals. Sec Prime Verricas.
SODTHERN Siens. Sec Austrat Siens.
SONNE, is a Term uled in che Exchequer;
Where Estreats that Somne not, are lueH a5 the
Sheriff by hes Industey CanHOE SCF, dile LCSthet
Somne, al luch as he mas sather.
SPACE, It considered, barelr in Lensch, bechel
any esso Betmes, is che Pame ldca chal We have oE
Distance; buc iF it be considered in Lensch, Breadeh
and Thicknets, ic is properts calsea Capacur:
And wrhen contiderd berween che Lxenties ot
Matrer, ertrich nills che CapdcH) et space, wich
Tomethine, SoHd, Tansiblc, duct Moreable, or
tension is an Idea belongins e0 Body onty; bur
ThaF