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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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dard for one Cubick Inch.
e consider etiar erery Body eished in Wacer
Joles chere (0 much oFis weiphe as eHe Water 2
mounes ces whichis equalto charbodr in bulk; on
in ocher ords, Thac ic veishs lels in Warei, chas
in Air, by che weiehe ot as much NVacer as is equa
1d che Body in bulk, whicti is che F’undamenta
Theorem oF all FIrdrostarieks, and is Machema
ricalli demonstrared by Archimedes, and PtiyA
calls by MI. Bosten in his Hydrostatieal Para
Loxes.
And since dllo, a5 is betore acclateu a Cubick
Inch oF Nacer iveishs exactir 256 Grains, wha
crer Body loles in Water just char Cum (oF its For
mer Weighe in Air) must necds be in Solid Contene
equat 10 a Cubick Incti; For the Decremenir o
irs wreiphe is equal co the weighit ot as muchi WV a
cer as is bulk cakes up, (by che universal Iticorem
and chacis toundro be in Wweiphe 256 Cr. Which
is exactly equal ro one Cubiek Inch; cheretore
he ComenE OF chac Body is just so much.
DSF S
This is more exact than anx Mensurarion car
befor snall Bodies; ris rery expedirions, and maz
be of 500d use (besides its Curio(icy) in a Breat ma-
ny cales, as is obrious r0 any chinkeins Per
(0n.
Ba L. Xactnets bY 2 Y00d Wortman, Z192:
eiptied in AII:
E. A piecc OF L ead just : an Ouncescomate
ic sink) veiehed
8. TheLead in WVater weiphed
Wrtich Subiracted trom 240, the Leads
240
20
veixtic in Air, letr For is Specitick ( 020
weighe in WVacer
4. The ABerebate OF ihie Wood ane L eadi s 
eiphe in Rir was
433
5. The eiehr ol ihe Aesregace in Waces  162
Was
6. Wrhick, Subrraeted siomi che veiehe ot G271
che ABBrCBate in AIr 433 5, letr
7. The Specitick weighe oF the Lead in
NVacer (viZ. 20) beins Subrracted frotm
votich last remainder I lett FOr 1he ( 251
weishe oFche Cube in Water.
Which last Number wanes buc + CF. and a = 0l
256, che Scandard before-mentioned, viz. OF che
weighe in Crains of a Colid Inch oF Water.
CASF 2
OF = Ounce 16 Crains, rou may conclude chac ctie
Secaule ehis last Procels hach Lomethins oF dist
Cuus ut ius (especiallr ro a rouns FIydrostaririan)
Will lubjoin che followins Example, wtich wil
letre noc onlr eo enlighren chis, buc many ortier
Rules oEchis nature.
Exan
. A Cube oF Oak etich vas made virhi
solid Concent ot thac Body is just one Cubic Inch:
and it it lose bur L OF = OF s OF chac number ot
Grains, the Conrent is , 7, Or J oF a Cubick Trch
50 on ihc ortier Side, iE iC sere nre chan 256 er
25 2, 3, Or 4 cimes c letic; irs Colid Content
ill be accordinglr 2, 3, or 4 Cubick Inches. The
like is erue ot all ortier proxortional Decrements o
the Bodies weishr, CPa t 236,  olat
The reaton oF chis Procets is clear enoupti, il
VI. Po find the solid Content of a Bodr lighter chan
Watet,  its wee aum.
Itis exporme o lare en caes
injured by ihe Contact ot the. Water, Weioh che
Body in Air; and chen cate a piece oF L Cad, Or
Tome such heary Metal, and ot a known and even
weighe, (25 suppose a Penny- weiphe or FlaIEa
Penny-eiohe, (3c, 10 aroid Fractions) and capa
ble ot snking vour Body in Wacer. Weigh vour
Lead in Water, and Suberact chat weishe srom its
eishr in dir, and keep cheremainder as the Spe
citiek veishe ot rour peece ot Lead in Water
This done, fasten pour Lead ich HTorlehair to
che Body vou intend eo meature; and weighine
che AgGresare also in Warer, Subrract ihis last
cirher beins disolred by WVacer, or else admicrins
ic r00 much into ies POres, vou mar ule CI Ot
Turpentine instead of WVacer; onty instead oF che
Scandard 256 Grains for a Cubiek Inch, vou must
Ule 22T, FOP FhaE MT. Boyle Found a C ubick Inch ot
OF chac Oil to eigh; and cheretore procced alto-
Becher as in che last Cale, only ule Oil instead ot
Wacer, and diride the eighe ot jour Solid in
Oil oF Turpenrinc, by 22c, and che Ouoriene will
sire the Contents oF it in Cubick Inches Or parrs of
an Trich.
Tou may also in some cales, havins siest tound
the weiphe oF che Body vou ould examine in Rir,
over lay ir carefully wvich a Coat oF BCeS. WAX, 10
keep it trom beins injured by che Water, and
havins then tound the weislic ot che Bces axused
Weiohe trom chat just non found in Air, and che ro cover ic, (Which is caslr done by eighins che
difference ill be ihe Specisick eighe of the said Bodr again when corcred, and then trom char
Aeoregate in Warer; and laslr subtract trom ic  eishe Subtractins che weishr ot che naked Body
che Specitick weighe ot che Lead alone in Water,
and ehe remainder is che meighe ot the lighe Body
rou incended romeature, or ro tindchesolid Contene
betore found) sink it in Wacer wich a piece ot Leac
as betore tauxhr; and observine che weighe oF che
Aperexate, chen proceed wich cheremamins part
ot; Wrhich is easilr done brche Procels in checlose olche Experiment, 25 is Calc 1.
ot the sch Experimene: For chis last found weiohe
bcins dirided by 256, Or by us Elalt, 13 C9c. WH
2ca
ordinely sire rou che Bodrs Solid Concene in
enrire, halt, or quarrersos Cubiek tnches.
Wrherichere is danger oE injurine che Body by its
C. When che Body eo be measured will nor Be