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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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SPRINOS and Fountains. Concernins che) we ulually (peak) in like tranner as by au Alem-
Origin ot thele, chere is much Dispure, especially
ot fuch as are found on che cops ol high Moun
FaiHS.
Some, ad Dr. HOOk, DF. PlOrt, ard many OrterS
chink chac cher arise trom the Sea-arer percolared
Chronoh che Bovsels oP che Parch, wrhich by char
means being deprived ot ies Salc, is rendred muct
Lishiter chan betore, and (0 is capable ot Rilins ux
coche heiphe e commoniy find Sprinss at, 25 W a
ter Lises in a Filere, or in verr (mall Tubes
580.
And DI. Hlook hach a precy Experiment aboue
chis, in luS MioroEr. p. 25.
But L CanHOE seC how by this Fypochesis, sux
Posins che Craries ot che Whole Aunosphere coutd
bc caken oH, Wacer can rile abore 34 Or 35 F002
abore thelerel ofthe Ocean.
The Learned CapE. Falley suxposes them 10 bC
cauled trom che Vapours exhaled by the Sun our ot
the Sea, 500. OF which, sec an Accoune under the
Word Vapour
The Ingenious Dr. Woodmard, in his Nacurat
Elistory ot che Larch suppoles, Phac the Great A.
byIS OF Wacers, placed in che Borvels oF the Farth,
is che Randins Fund and Prompruar which sup
plies Wacer roche Surtace oE the Farrh, and furni
Rain.
For he aNerrs, Thar there is a nearly uniform,
and constant Fire or Flear, disseminared chro our
the Bodr ot ehie Farch, and especialr in rhe In
ferior parrs ofic: The Boctomsof the deeper Mines
beins verr Culter, and rhe stone and Creschere be-
ins verr sensibly hoc cren in Wincer. Thac rie
Ehis Subrerraneous FTeac Which craporares and ele
vaces the Warers of che AbyIS, buoyins ic ux indit.
ferenely on all Sides, and torards all parrs ot the
Surtace oF che ClobC.
Thatchis risins Vapour, er Wacer, perrades noc
onty the Fissures and Incerrals of che Strata, Bueche
very Bodies oFche Strata chemselres, permeatins che
Incerstices oFrhe Sand, Parrh, Or OcherMatter, WHere.
oE ther consist; vea, eren che most firm and dense
Marble and Sand- Stone; For thele sire admission
to ir, cho in lesser Ouantier, and are alvars tound
Pacurared wich ic; wrhich is che reaton chac ches
are Potrer, and can be cuc muchmore casil when
they are first taken out oF che Farrh, than chey can
afterwards, Wrhen they have lain Come time expo.
Sed cothe Rir, and wotien chat FTumidity is cvaxo-
rated.
This Vavour he aleris to procced directI7 up 10-
wardsthe Surtace ot rhe Olobe, on all sides, untels
wvhen impeded aud direrred by the Incerposirion of
Scrata OF Marble, the denser TOrrs OF StonC, Or O.
ther like Macrer, ertich is so close and compact
thac it can adinic ic only in a smaller Ouantir, avd
Ehis very NOWlY 10O.
And Wrhett IE IS thus incercepled M Les LaMase
ehe Vapour, Wwhich CANHOE penetrate the Stratum
dircctIY, will some of ic olide alone the lorver
Surface oF the Stratum, permearins the FIorizon.
cal Incerral, erhich is becrise char and the HeXL
Stratum lyins underneathic; the rett vill pals che
Incerstices oF che Mals ot the subjacene Strata
wrtiecher cher be of laxer Sconc, ot Sand, Marte
ex che likre, Wrich a Direction parallel to the sice OF
those Strata, eill ic arrires at cheir perpendicular
InterVaIS.
And wrhen che Nacer is once come rothese Inter-
vals, in case ehe strara, Whereby the ascending Va-
bick, happen to be raised abore the Levet oF che
Farrhs Surtace; 25 those Strata alWaYS aIC, WIICIC.
dikervise sor abore the laid Level, Rows forch ot
thole Incerrals or Apertures; and it chere be ne
Obstacle withour, Forms Brooks and Rivers. Bur
trtiere che strata, erhich (o condense il, are nor
hisherchanche mean Surtace of che Carch, it Ata8
vares at the Apertures, and ontys forms standins
Sprines.
the AByIS, be continual, and neariY the lame at al
Sealons, and alike to all parrs ot che Globe, ver
When iE arrIVCS aE OF neaE The Surface Os the Lart
Where the Fleac (the Agent wrhich craporates anc
DearS IF UP) iS not so constant and UHIFOrm, a5 ic
thac residene wichin che Globe, ou lo uoscctor
cissitudes and Alterations, being ac certain Scasons
sreater chan at orhers; being also greater in Come
Climares and ParEs oF che Parrh chan in Otters: L
thence happens chac che Ouancier oF Water at the
Surface of the Carth, tho PenE up From the AByP
Wrich an almost constane equalier, is varions and un
certain, as is che Hlearthere ac some scasons, and ir
Some Couneries, the Surtace aboundins, and beins
even dromn d rich che Plener ol ic, che Springe
Full, and the Riverstigh: AC otber Seasons, ad it
other Couneries, both Sprinss and Rivers may be
exceedinslon, and Cometimes rorallr fail.
Wrhen the Feat in the exteriOr parES OF the
Farch, and inthe Ambiene Air, is a5 incense 25 chac
in the incerior parts oF ic, then all Chac Water Which
passes che Strata directly, mouneins up in separare
Parcels, or in Form ot Vapour, docs noc Aop a
the Surtace, becaule the Flearthere, is equal borh
in Ouantier and Porver to That underneath, Wrhich
broushr it out oF the ABY(S.
ThisFlear cherefore ralesi Hete, anid bears it up.
parr oF ic immediately out ac che Surtace of rhe
Farch; the restchro che Tubes and Vessels oF che
Vegerables which grow thereon, LTerbS, Shrubs
and Trees, and alons with ir a Porr of Vesetarire
Terrestrial Marcer, Wrtich ic deraches From out the
uppermost scratum whereinthese are placed; this
UE depoles inthem for their Nurriment, as ir passes
thro em, and issuins out ac their Tops and fixtre
miries, it marches Aill on, and is elerared up inte
the Armosphere, t0 such an heistu, chat the TPeat
there beine less, it becomes condensed, unites ane
combines into (mall MaeS, OF DEOpS, and aF
lengih falls donn again in Rain, Dem, Pail, Ox
Snom.
And For the OrHer parE OF the Warer Which vras
condented at the Surtace of the Farth, and sCnE FOKFI
collectirels into standins Sprinss and Rivers; this
alto sustains a Diminution trom the Fleat abore.
beins craporated more or lels in proporrion rO che
grearer or lesser Incenseness of the Lleat, auu ie
Srearer or lesser Exrent oF rhe Surtace ot che Narer
lo Tene Forrh.
And as chese Fraxorations are et sometimes grea-
ter, accordins ro the grearer Lleac of the Sun, 10
vohere ever ther alI Ca aML LII LLaHI, IIS WW MMUCH
asthe suns Porver is then luperior to IIS LoWvetI
tallies much clsctet and taller chac ac ochet
pout was colleced und condented ino Wacer, (25 )civres.
OF Mountains do consist; then che Water, beine
Hle adaS, That tho THI SUPPI) OL Wacer trom
superior in Ouancus Wo the Rain of colder Scalons.
Those Seasons: Lhis is apparene in our Northetn
Clime, Wherece Sos Loets eet rets sica
buc sel our Rains in fune, Fuly, and Ausust, are
much sreacer than thole of the colder Monchs, che
Drops larses, and consequently hearier, ana