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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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This is probably chac wvhich caules the GrOWEH
and Fncreale oF all Bodies; buc irhere ic abounds
most, chole Bodies do Poonest corrupr, Decaule ot
ies rapid motion. This appears in Vegetable and
Animal Bodies, wrhich rield che grearest Ouantier ot
Spirit; Wrhereas most Minerals, as havins buc 2
Cinall proporrion of Spirit in chem, are almost in-
corrupriblc.
This Principle is neret deavn pure, any more
chan theochers; and wrhen ic comes over involved
in alirele Oil, tis called an Ardene Spirit, Tuch 25 Spi-
ric of Winc; Which cheretore Mhonld rather be
called an Lixalced Oil; and when ic hach in it
a lictle volarile Salc dissolred, ris called a Volatile
Spirit, 25 che Spirit oF Hlarcorn, Vrinc, (9c. TF
it be impregnated ich Acid Salis, its rolatilirs is
hen check d, and ris called an Acid or Fixt Spirit,
ad Spirie oF Salc, Vicriol, Allum, ac. Wwhich truly
are only an Acid Sale dissolred and pur into Fution
by a Rron Fire.
SPTRTI of Niter is chus drawn: Mix one pare
OF Salt perex wich chree times a5 much POtTCrS-
carth dried; put chis Mixture into a larse Farrhen
RecorE, and set ic in a close Reverberatory Firc;
distil of che Phleem wvich a (mall Fire in abOur 4
Ox s Fours, and When no more Drops will comc,
Tute on a verr large Recciver, and encrease rhC
Fire gradually 10 che 2d degrec, lome more vola-
eile Spiries will come our in whice Clouds: I cep
the Fire chus abour tvo FTours, and then encreale
ic tothe orcarest violence rou ean sire il, the Va-
pours will come Red; conrinue che Fire rill ne
more red Fumes come; in T4 TTour the Opera-
tion will be orer. IFyou uled 2 Pounds oF Nirre,
rou rill deaw + Pound T4 Ounces oF Phlesm and
Spirir together. The Vesels had need be larse,
and ? oF che Retore letr emper, else there will bC
danger of breakins all co pieces, the Spirits come
Forch wich char violence.
This Spirit is che best Agua- Fortis, and is chieA)
used For Solurion oF MeralS. Buc Wvhen dulcitied,
is a g00d Medicine Inwardly in mans cases.
SPTRIT of Salt, is. made by dryins and pour.
derins che Salc, and chen mixing of ic wich chrice
irs weiehe ot Porers Farch pondred: A Palte is
made oF chese erro wich a licele Rain-Water, and
then the Paste is made inro licrle Balls or Pellet
about as big a5 NTucs. A larse Farchen RetOrE OL
Ctals one coated, hath one chird oF ic filled virt
these, and beins placed in a Rererberarors Fire
hath a larse Receirer ficred ro ir. The Junctures
must not be Lured ac first, buc a very moderate
Fire uled For a time, 10 distil out aII che Wacer:
Bur as soon as ron sec some licele wrhire Clonde
appear, chror out the insipid Liguor in the Re.
ceiver, and Luce ic vell ro the Retore. Then en
crease che Fire By degrees to che highest, and sc
SPTRIL os Sulphur, commonly calld Oil oE
Sulphur, by Campanam. (From the Vessels form be.
inslike a Gta(S Bell, in ertrich ic is ulually Deavri
EE IE CONTIHUC F2 OF 15 LSOUIS, O rill no more
is only che acid Part ot Sulphur curned into a Li
quox by che means ot Fire. Lemery ules 2 grear
Gla(s Punnel For ehis Operation; Which leemsto
be the best war of drawins chis Spiric, vid. P. 445
last Edition. Some make ule ot Salc- peter in che
drawins oF Spiric ot Sulphur, buc chat is not a 80o
Practice, because rhe Nirre alters Pomechins oF thC
mixture oF che Spirir.
SPTRTIS in an Animal Body, vere reckond ot
chrec (OrIS; che Animal Spiries in che Brain, che
Vical in cheHeare, che Nacural in che Liver: BuF
lare Auchors distinsuith em onty ineo rvo kinds:
the Animal in che Brain, che Viral and Nacural
(Wrtrich are acconnred the Came) in the mals ot
Blood. The Animal Spirits are a very chin Li
quor, which distillins from the Blood in che out-
vard or Corrical Substance ofche Brain, areby en
proper Ferment et the Brain exalred into Spiric.
andchence chroush che Medullar Substance oF itic
Brain, che Corpus Callosum, and Medulla Oblongata,
are derired into the Nerres and Spinat MarroW
and in them pertorm all che Actions ot sense and
Motion.
The Viral or Natural Spirits are the subrilest
Pars oE the Blood which actuare and termene ils
and make ic Ac For Nouristiment.
SPLANCHINTCA, are Medicines properasainst
Dilcases oFthe Intectines.
SPLEN, sive Lien, the Splcen, is a Receptacte
for che Calc and carchy Fxcrements oF the Blood,
chacchere, by che aristance ot che Animal Spirits
ic may be volaciliz d, and returnins a5ain into che
Blood, may concur ro is Farther Fermentation
TheSpleen consists of a great number of litele Blad-
ders, betreen erhich che Glandules are scacrered
up and down, and supplr che place of Veins. The
Spleen has likervise an Artery, Nerres. and Lym-
phatick Vesels, Arst discorerd By Fr. Ruisch, lay
Blanchard. Buc rou will find a much berrer ACcOunE
oF ic in Gibsons Anacomy, p. 106.
SPLEHTA, are Bolsters made oF Linnen, chree
Four, or sire times doubled, eren to che thicknels
OF ihe Spleen: Ther are used upon Wounds,
VIcers, and Fractures. The Figure is chrectola,
accordins ro the manner ot Application. viz. ab
lenoch, obliquelr, Or tranverAY: Ther are called
also Plumaceoli, ad Plagulae. Blanchard.
SPLEMIATICK Arcery, is laid by lome ro bC
the srearest branch ot the Caeliaca, whence ib
30es 10 the Spleen, and cherein ends.
SPLENII Musculi, arise parly from the sive
lorver Vertebrae OF the Neck; and parely fromthe
Poines of Are oF the upper Vertebrae oF the Tho-
rax: TheFibres oF chese Musclesrena obliquely.
and are Factened co the hinder parr oF thellead
The usc oF em is to dea che FTead backward.
IE hath is Name from its Fisure, beins Pomechins
Litse EO an OZ S SpICen.
Spliced, Wvhen che ends of tuvo pieces beins untwi-
other by 2 Fidd. AIO wten an Fiye is to be made
Csouas appear; whest ul Peracion is ended, vou
I find the Spirie of Salc in the lccettet Some,
recme this Spirir afreratus a euubice, b)
drawing of some ot the weaker Spiric IM a sele
Sandheat, and then wrhac remals Is rers B
et a vello colour, and rerr weistur.
IF equat parrs ot this acid Spirit and Spirit O
Nine are mixed rogether, and digested IF aboud
 Or 4 DayS, ris called spirit of ou dulci
Spirit oF Salc will dissolre Leat Gold, and wili
precipitare wrhac aqua Forris hach dissolved. Which
Mens hon very differentr formed and figured che
Poines and Pores ot Acid Menstruums may be, anc
trequently arc.
es ae drawa o ee co e C vF ROPCS
Strands. and this is called a splice
copieces, itS SplII.
SPOLTATION, is 2 VVrir chac lies For one In
cumbene asainst anocher, u a1) Cale Wvhere che
SPLICE: at Sea ther lar a Cable or Rope is
Aed, che several Scrands die nouse o one an
ac the enc et a seope, iC ends of the Strands are
SPLII; the Seamen Cay irhen a Sail is blown
Rietu ot che Patronase cometh por in Debace: A
fred.