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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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sereral Kinds, in ordet to get Liptir arid Informa
eion irhrae hastned or rerarded; promored or im-
Peded Vezetation.
The Class P, Fde Parte Conduit Water: In ChI
PAixed a Glas Tube oF ren Inches lons, the borc
about one six of an Inch in Diamerer, Alled wietr
verr sine and erhire Sand, which LKepefrom Fal-
lins donnout of che Tube intotheViol, by crine
a chin piece oF Silk over thar end ofche Tube thal
ivas dovnvards. Ipon immersion ot the lorves
Find oF it into rhe Wacer, this by licele and lictle al-
cended quite ro the upper Oritice of che Tube:
and ret in all che 56 Days wrhich it sood thus, 2
very inconsiderable Ouancitr oE Water had sonc
OH, 2iz. Tcarcelr 20 Grains, tho the Sand con-
rinved moist upro che rop, rill che verr last. The
Nacer had imparred a green Tincture ro che Sand
quite eo the very cop ot thie Tube: And in che
Viol, it had precipirared a greenis Sediment, mixt
vich black. Forhe Borrom and Sides of che Lube,
a5 ar as tvas immersed in the Wacer, adhered
pretr much ot che green Substance delcribed a
Bore. Ocher-likre Tubes L Alled WithCorton, Lint, Pith
of Elder, and several orher porous Vezerable Sub-
stances; Cerrins some ofthemin clear Water, orters
in WVacer rinsed wich Saffron, Cochinele, ec. And
Sereral ocher Prials vere made, in order to sire a
Mechanical Representation oF the Morion and Di-
sribution oF che Juices in Planes; and of some
Ocher Phenomena obserrable in Vegeration.
Sererat Blants beine allo Pet in che ViolsO, R, S.
C3C. Ordered in lite manner asthole abore, in Octo-
ber, and thetollomins colder Monchs; chese chrove
noc near s0 much, nor did che Wacer ascend in
nieh che Ouantitr it did in che horter Scalons, in
which che besore recired Trials veremade.
Some Rehexions upon che ForegOInE FxPerimenIS.
I. In the Plants of the same Lind, ihe less they are
in Bulle, the simaller the Ouantity of the Fluid Mass
in rhich they are sec, is drann oss; the Dispen-
dium of it, rohere the Massis of equat Thicknes.
beine preity neariy proporrion d 10 the Bulle os the
Plant.
2. The much sreater part of the Fluid Mass that i
Pores os themi and exhales ux into 1b6 Atmo
Thac the Wacer in chese Experimenes ascended
onty chroush che Vetels oC chele Planis, is cer-
cain.
Ihe Ctasses F and C, chac had no PlanIS in
them, cho disposed in lite manner as che relt, re-
maind at the end oF the Experimene, as ac Arst
and none oF ehie Watet vas gone of: And chac che
Prearest parr oE ic Aies o_ Trom che Plane inco che
Arinolphere, is a5 cerrain.
The lcas proportion OF the Water expended.
as rothe Augment oF tho PlanE, 25 46 OF 5OtOI
And in lome, etie weighe oF che WVater dravon OA
W2S 100, 200, naY, in one abore 700 times a5
much a5 che Plane had receired oF Addirion.
This (0 continual an emition and decachment
OF Water, in lo great pleney, From the parrs oF che
Planes, aFtords us a manifest Realon, Wvhy Coun
aries chat abound ich Trees and che larger Vege
cables especiallr, Bould. De very obnoxious ce
Damps, sreat Elumidier in che Air, and more tre
quent Rains, than ochers chat are more open ariit
Prec. The great Moisture in che Air, was a migh
ey Inconrenience and Annorance ro chole who srst
serled in America, Wrhich ac thar Time was much
orerorovn wich Woods and Crores. Buc asthele
vere Burne and Destror d, 1o make Way FOF FIa
bications and Culture of che Farth, the Rir mend
ed and cleared up apace, changins inco a Feniper
much more serene and der than betore. Nordoes
ehis Flumidiey 50 of pure and alone, bur usually
bears Forth with ic mans parrs oF the lame nature
wich chole whereot che Plant, chroueh irhich il
passes, consists. The Crasser indeed are not (o casily
born up into the Aemolphere; but are usuallr de
Policed on che Surtace ot Leaves, Flovers, and
other paris of the Plants. Flence come our Man-
nas, Our tonies, and octier Cummous Exsudations
Ot Vegetables.
But che finer and lishter Paris are wich greater
ease senr up intothe Armosphere.
Thence ther are conveyd ro our Organs ot
ThuS, Thar in the Glass marked A, wvhich Smell. by che air wve deaw in Respiration, and are
Wveiohd only 27 Cr. dtew OH bUF 2558 Cr. OF the
Eluid: And chat in B, Which weiohd onY 28 
Eook up buc 3004 Gr. Whereas chac in II, which
veistd 127 Gr. SpenE 14F90 Cr. OF che Liquid
Mass.
The TVacer seems ro ascend up ihe VesetsbF
Plealane, or ossentire, beneficent or injurious r0 us.
accordins ro the nature oF che Planes trom Whence
ctier arile.
And since these ove cheir Rise 1o che Water
iat ascends out of the Farth chroughche Bodiesol
Planes, we cannor be tar ro scek For the Cause wtrys
cher are more numerous in the Air, and e find a
Greater Ouancier oF Odours exhalins trom Vegera
bles, in warm, humid Scalons, than in any orhers
thus drann off and converd into the Plant, doc
not seitle or abide there; but passes throuch the
SC16.
Planes, in much the Pame manner 25 uP 2 Filtre;
and eis no steac ronder, ac en La1SeL PIlEre
Thousd araW OHmore Warer, Mah che leter; Or
thac a llane cMar has more and salset essels, Mould Whacloerer.
cake ux d SHlarer Ihare Ot The LIUI  WeH IL is
NoF a0Lnore chIS a5 a Lhins vers contaclabie
I IL lest, bur chiesy in regard eo What L am about
sCXC eet. And chacic mas belech, chacin my
mith Water, ascends ux into the Plant, as vell as
theWWater.
lec, Tnan one rhat has terver and smallet es Cal. 3. A great part of the Terrestrial Marter that is mixet
ortier Collacions ot Thimeo, L made due allovane
There was much more Ferrestrial Matrer at che
ena Ot MC LXPermene in ese nacet et ene easses
thachad Plants.
F and C, chachad no Plants in them, chan inthose
Jhe Carden Nould dissolred in che Glases
 aldt en lras contiderabls diministred, and cas-
ried OH; Mas, IC Letrestratae resctable Matter
Tor chis duletence.
WdhbOca up in ihC Lubes tlled Wien Sand, Colion
XC. in châr Ouantiry, 25 10 be crident eren 10
Sense