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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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all che small Rirulets thac FaII into the Sea,
ahich, ocherise L Hnow noc hou 10 allon
FOr.
Td Caleulate che Water OF the Thames, L aC-
Tume that ac Rinsston-bridze, Wrhere ehe Flood ne-
ver reaches, and che Water alvays runs donn,
che Breadch oF the Channel i5 100 Tards, and its
Depthchree, it beins reduced eo an lgualier; (in
boru rohich suxposihons Lam ture Lratie voicti che
most.)
Eence rhe Prosl oF the Water in this Place, is
300 Square Tards: This Mulciplied by 48 Miles,
Certrich P allorr che Water to run in 24 LTOUrS, a1
cvo Miles an TTOur) Ox 84480 Tards, sires
25344000 Cubick. Vards oF Water ro De cracua
Led every Day: Thac 15, 20300000 FOHS per
Diem: And L doube Hoc but in che FxceIS OF ny
Meatures oF ihe Channel oF the River, Lhare
made more chan Tusficient Allovance For hic WVa-
cers oF rhe Brent, the Wandel, che Lea, and Dar
vent, wtrichare all orch Norice, chac Fall intorhe
Thames below Rineston.
Now, it cach oF che aforelaid nine Rivers vield
ren times as much Water as the Thames docti, WwiII
Follow, chat cach oF them vield but 203 Milsions
OE Pons per Diem, and the wrtrole nine but 1827
Miltions oF JonS in a Day; Which is buc liicle
more chan ore chird oF What IS proved to bC FaI
sed in Vapor out oE che Mediterranean in LWelre
IJours time.
Non what becomes oF this Vapout woten caised,
and hou ic comes to pals thac the Current alvaYs
sers in at the Mouth oF che Screishes oF Cibralter,
is incended, wich leare, For a Farcher Fnnterrain-
mene ot chis Flonourable Company.
:Inche mean time, it is néedtul ro Adverrise
the Reader, Thac in matine che Fxperiment here-
in mentioned, the Water used, had been Salted
coche Came Degree as is the common Sea- WV a-
cer, by the Solution oE abour a Forrieth ParE OF
SalI.
TheOuantity oF Vapors aravn by any determi-
nate Lleat Trom anz Ouantitr oF Water in 2 deter
minare Time, is alvars proporrionable co che Sur-
face oF that Water: So chac trom a double Sur-
face, chere ill be raised a double Ouantier ot Va-
pour, tiom a eriple surtace a criple Quanciry.
30.
For che Manner hon, and the Realon vohry Va-
POES; Ias Warm Wacex Wwill hosd more Cal dittol
ved in it chan cold); Wvhich on che Absence oF che
And in EuS Cale he COMICeS; there could BC
no Diverser DE Neather, Other than Periodican
every Zeat alike, the Mixture of all Perrestrious
Saline, and Hleteroseneous Vapors Deins here ex-
cluded; Which he judses eo be When rariousse
comporinded and driren by Winds, the C aules oF
chose rarious dealons an Catises et treactter
Wrhich ire nov find.
But il instead ot an Farch corered all over wich
Wacer, vou suppose che Sea incerspersed about
Wide and spacious Tracts ot Land, and also divi-
ded by high Ridxes oF Hountains, such a5 che
Byrenean, the Alps, and che Apennine in Lurope:
Taurus, Caucasus, Imaus, ecc. in Asa: NOure AL-
las, atid che Mountains os the Noon in africa: And
the Andes and Apalarean Mouncains in america.
cach oF wvtrich tar Curpass the ulual HleiphE tO
rtich ehe Aqueous. Vapors oF themlelres ascend;
and on the Tops ot wtich, the HIH. L 10 cold
and rarihed, a5 eo retam buc a imall part ot
rhiose Vapors whrich are brouptic chicher bY _C
Winds.
These. Vapors therelore chusrailed trom che Sea
and by che Winds carried over the Low-L andsto
chose Ridges oF Mountains, are chere compellec
by che Scream OF MhC AIE, tO moune with it ux E0
Blectins donn brche Cranmies ot che stones; and
Pare et the Vapor entrins inco rhe Caverns or che
FTiIIS, ThC WVaTeK THCTCOF BAcheTS a5 in an RIer-
bick in che Basons oF Stone wrtrich ic finds; and
these beins once Fuil, the epus C Watei
runs donnac che lomest place ot che Balon, and
breakins our by chesides of cheFtills, Forms Sinsle
Sprines.
Many of which runnins donn by che Valleys.
nel From Large Rivers
And in ehis Theory, the Puchor Caith, he was
contirmed by Expeltence, ac Sc. Felena; wrhere
residirs a ake Celeltral Oblerrations, the Placo
the Sty as clear, thes nouia coret eres halt
pors are raised by Flear, Mr. Ttalley sires che quarcer ot an Four che Object. Clalles of his Pele.
tolloine ACCOUnE.
Fe hach sreved, That iC an ATOM OF WVacer
be expanded into a Stell or Bubble, wrhole Dia-
meter Mall be ten rimes as great as betore, fuch an
Acom Will be Specitically lighcer chan Rir, and
scopes, and vec his laper sorat il Wouia acay
bear Ink eo vrire hus Oblerratios. Losop
Transactions, N. 192.
AbyIs et Wacer in che Borvels ot che Larch tobe
illrise so long as char Flacus or arm Spirit wrhich che Prompruarr Fcom whence che Wacer ol Sprinss
srst separate d ic From the Ma(S OE Water, Mall COn-
rinue to distend it ro che same degrec. But then
thac Warmch declinins, andche Rir growing cooler,
and Rivers is chietty deduced. Sec Springs.
and ichal Sxccitically lighrer; chese Vapors will hach publunec  elle enes matique c
scop ac a cerrain Rexion ot rhe Air, or else de-
Scend.
Et cheretore it Mould be luppoled, Hal eraporsin general, is chatche Fierr or Athercat
Vaxorsac Nishc, vould be dischars ed in Dews
cheir Pops, Where che Water preleney precipitates
OF GUES, BCLWCH INC HLIOGeS OI CIIC LHIIIS, aua AI
ter unitirs, Form Litrle Rivulets, Or Brooks; and
many ol chese meerins again in a common Chan-
beins about 800 Xards abore che Surtace ot the
Sea, chere as crery Wighe such a Condensarion
Or rather Precipiration oF che Vapors, a5 chac, ch0
LHC Caed DE. Woodmard Cuppoles the GreAE
H.L. Lombere, in Pome Fxperimenes wrhich he
de Phisique, For the Month OE May, 1693. ayS
THdt the most probable Cause of che Elerarion ot
Wrtiole Fdch evere corered wich racer, and chat
oundic, ehis learned Person chinks, Phac che HU
WId be imoreonared with a cerrain Ovantiry ot Specifically lighrer than dir, will eise in ie, eill L
Queons Vapors, which it ould recain in Le litre come ro lueh an heiphe, as chatihe Rit is thero Ot
Sales dissolred in WVacer  and CHaE ehC SUIn EI IS
Macrer Ars purs che Cmall Parricles oE che WVater
ehe Sun as no ould make his Diurnal Course inro an Agicarion, and chen minsles ir selF ith ic
vrtrich Mixture is wrhac ve call Vapors; this beine
the Pame Relacire Grarier rich se CelE, and chere
mosphiere vould suttain a sreatet PFOPOrtIOM Ot Va. Oltet Caules, US CI IS BLCB, atie C
Da rime armins eHis AIr, ChaE ParE OF The AE (le Will sivim aboue, eill by che Mocien oF Winds, o