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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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SPRINC os ihC Air, OE iS Flasticat Force, Sec sprels rogerher cither by the Force oFhis FTand, Ox b7
more in sir.
Thac chere is such a Sprine or Flasticier in che
Air, is clear trom che sollomins ExperimeMES.
1. Thac B. adders buc hale blonon up, and ha.
vins cheir NcckS vell cied, did CivelI in the ex
hausted Receiver a5 it blovon to their Full Dimen-
sions; and chac fuil blown Bladders, and even thin
square Cla(s Viols Well Rop d, Will break to pieces
when once the Air is well pump d out ot che Re.
ceirer.
2. A StaIS Syphon, wohole recurved Les WaS
rurnid ux parallel co che upper and longer, arid
was sealeci Flermerically at the end ot che letser
Or Morrer L. C5. lrac a quantier os Onicksilver pour-
ed into ic, and by its beins mored otren up and
dorn, che Rir in the sealed and Torter Les, Was
broughe co chre Came Pemperament oFche FXternal.
Atter chis, more Mercury vas poured in, rill che
Air in the Cealed Les vas compresed into about
halE irs ulual Dimentiens, and then che Mercury
in ehe longer Les Was 29 Tuches higter char hac
in the MOrter: By wtich ic appears plainlr, Thac
che Sprins ot ilie Air in che scaled Les Was (0
Great, 25 e0 equipenderare a Column of Mercury
OF 29 tnches in L ensch. Boyle against Linus.
3. R Viol Eiled to bur a ach part irh Ouick-
Bodies, che Wool vould by its sprinsequally prele
siver, traci a lons and pender slals Pipe Fastened
into irs NCCk, wich Scalins- W aX Or Cemene, whole
Porver Oritice Was a 500d ar under ihe Duick
silver in che Viol; chen havins blonn in a licele
Air, 20 ery Whecher the Viol vere Well AopPd, it
was conreyed inco a lons and Mender Receiver;
and altex elic Air as deawn oH by che Pump, che
Sprins ot che included Air wwichin che Boctle, impel-
2gainst che Tland or Weishr. Rccordins roche
led che Mercury up 10 che Fleishc oF 27 Inches in
chePive, and chere kerr ic suspended; cill upon the re-
admittion oF che dir, ehe Ouicklilver Fell downto irs
tirst stacion in the PipC. ThiS EXPCrimenE MI.
Diyle otren cried, aud wich desired. uccels.
Arid wrten ic vas criea wich a Boule char held
a Cuare, chesprins ol such a Ouantier oF Air was
able coraise che Nercury up 10 29 Inches f. BuL
3d fxiom OE deo Demions Lllnella, Actiont con
nochins cond makee it raile abore che common
FleishE oF the Onicksilrer in the Barolcope.
Weiohe, any parcet of Wool, or such Flastick
trariam semper e3 equalem esse Reactionem.
4. Inco a i Opper Vessel oE a Cxlindrical Mape,
made, chinkes e may conclude the sprins ol che
Airro be Reciprocal r0 is Extension. Mierograph.
eras put almost Wacer enough ro fill ic, and chen
25 immersed into it and kept under Water by 2
WVeioHE, a Equare laIS Viol MaL vould hoid 9
Ox 10 Ounces oF Wacer, and Wwas vell AopVd:
Alier This, MIF. Boyle placed che Copper Vessel in
the Viol brote ic all 2o pieces, cho under Water,
OFthe Nacural Sprir.S OF the Air, Wrhen the wreighe
thac compresles ic; andthe spaces chac the lamC
Dir occupies under differins Prettures, are Recipro-
Cally as Thole Pressures.
The Onanriey oF che dilatation and expansion ot
Air onty by che Operation oF its Spring, Wwichout
irh a great Noile, and made a lcind oE Smoali
Which Experiment proves Boch FhC GFCAE FOrcC
And che Resistance oF ihe Sprins of ihe Airq IS
Found co be neariy equal ro rhe WeighE OE FOrce
tris Pneumatical Enrine, and pumpino up che AIE,
he Found. Thac che Sprins os che Air. included in
Or Mil appear abore the Surlace oF the W ateF
THC ACCUTATE DE. FTooK On Experimenes vel
P. 227.
ary addicional FIcar, Mr. Boyle Found ro be logrear
OF the Aemosphere is remored; and allo chat chc
n
chat a Bubble oF sir included in a proper Cla(5
Pipe almost Ailled vich Water, Was extended ro
2bore 150 times its Former Dimensions; and he
belieres vould hare taken up 200 cimes its Former
room, had thes Tube been lons enoush ro hare
tried the ExperimenE. Nem. Exper. Phys. Mech.
weist ot che Armosphere acts upon Bodies under
Nater; For chac could by ies univertal pressure
Keep che Sprins oF che Air in the Borle bene while
Fe sound also, chat a Cylinder oF Air oF an trck
in Diamerer, and lels chan cvo Tnches in Lensch,
vould, wrhen included in a Bladder, and the
weishe ot the Acniosphere takcen of by Pumpins
by irs bare sprins ontr, raise a weistit of above
ic as under the Surtace ofche Water; buc when
once that, by plyins che Pumo, Was caken of, the
Flasticte Parricles unbene chemselres violener, and
broke ihe Viol. Sec the Experimenet about ebe
Edit. 3. p. 32, 33.
10 Pounds Averdupois.
FeFound also, Thac the Sprins OE a Cylinder ot
Air OF2 Tnches Diamerer, and ofthe Former lenect,
vas in che lame Engine abse toraise ux 42 Pound
Weishc.
WHenCC it appCaES, ThaL FhC FOrCC OF che Sprine
OE disferent Cylinders oF Air is in a duplicate Kario,
co the Diameters of thole Cylinders.
TheSprins os the Air, maxbe explicate d cither by
(upPOHNS the Dir neaE ThC PAETH EO CONMHE OF an
FIcap oF such licele Springr or Flastick Bodies lyine
one upon anocher relemblins chose ot a Fleece ot
NVooI:
Oe else, accordins eo D. Carces his Way, by sup-
POTIS, Thacche Air is nochine bur a Congeries ot
Aexible Parricles oF several kinds oF Figures and
Sizes, Wrhich are raised by Heat inco che Auid and
Cubril Fthereat Matter chac Purrounds the Farrt,
and by che conrinual agiration oE chac Matter,
Whereinthose Particles Crim, are (0 Whirled about,
chac cach Corpuscle endearours to beat oA all
ochers trom comins wichin che licele Sphere requi-
sire rO its Motion abOut irS Omn Center, and (in
cale any, by incrudins inco chac Sphere MalI op-
Pose its Free Roration) t0 drive it aivay.
SPRINO a Mast; Tothe Seamen call ic, wotien
a Mastis onIr crackd, but noc quire broken, in
any part oF her; 25 in, the Pariners, che Trounds,
EcC. then ther Cay, The Mast is Spruns
SPRINC Arbor, in a Warch, is that part in
che midale oi che Sprins BOX Whichche Sprins is
round or curned abour, and eo which it is hooked
ac one end.
SPRINC- BOx, is that Cpsindrical Cale orFrame
thac concains wichin it che Sprins oF a Watch OK
Ocher MOvemenE.
SPRIHIO- Tide, is the increasine highex oF 2
Fide atrer a dead Neipe; this is about 3 Dars be-
Fore che Full Or Chansc OF che MoOn; buL ThCLOD
Pressure of rbe Airs Sprine on Bodies under Warer. lOr highest oF the Spring-Lidc is 3 Dars atrer ehe
The Spi inz of the Air, is equal every where in a
Nacural stare ro the Wveiehr olthe IncumbentArmo.
Full or Chanse; then che Wacer runs highest wictr
che Flood, and lonest wichthetbb, andche Tides
sphere; just as is a Person Mould (gucere or com. ru more Hrons and tvise chanin che Neipes
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