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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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etsampires, and orher marine tlants. Lloe Co
tam common sea Salis, Which is att ee With che
Fossit, in such plency, a5 not only co be plainty
distinguised on che Palate, buc may be dravn
They urtio are converlane in Agriculture, wvilt
Cally subscribe co chis. Ther are vell avare
chac be cheix carth nerer (o rich, 10 800d, and 50
Ac For che Production oF Corn Or orher Vecetables
licele ill come oc ic, unsels ehie Paris of ic be se
parate d and loole. Tis on chis accoune cher be-
Ko ches pains thes do in Culture ot ic; in Die
sins, Plomins, TTarromins, and brealciris oF che
clodded lumps oE Farth. Tis the lame raz chac
Sea Salt, Nicer, and octiex Salis, prOmOtC Ves et a
tion.
Jam Porrr T cannor subseribe 1o che Opinion ot
thole Learned Gentlemen, Wrho imagine Nitre 1OO
essential eo Planes; and chac nochine in the Veceta
Forth ot them in considerable Omantier; nay, chere ble IEinsdom is cransacted wirhour ic. By all ehic
rane nor thole, who attirm, There are Plants Prials Lhare been able ro makre, the chins is quire
Found, chac wrill viela Nitre, and ocher Mincrat Ochervise; and ertien contisuous ro the Plane, id
Sales; OE which, indecd, Lam noc (0 tar lacistr d, racher destrors, than nouristes ic. Buc chis Nitre
chac L can depend on che chins, and cheresore sire  and ocher sales cerraints do; cher loosen che Parrh
chis orls as an fsint tor Fnguirr.
F050 on Wirh che Vegetable Marrer, hou ap
and hom much disposed chis, beins (o very fine and
light, is t0 actend Wacer in all ies Motions, and
Follon ic into cach oF its Recesses, is manifest, no
e lontce Mlances abore alleazea, bul Malis
others. Percolate it wvich aH ese Case Mtagitable
Filer ic wich nerer (o mans Fiaratons, sel tothe
Terrestrial Marrer will remain. IIs Cile, etic
Eluid will be thinner every time than ocher, ard
more dilengaged ot the Lala MatteE; DuE neve
wholly free and clear. L Han Mred WVacer chro
leverat Steers ot chick l’aper, alu alcet cnal, Tn1O
verr Ciole tine Clorh tvetre cntes coubiea; nay, J
have done this over and orei, and rer a considera-
and separare the concrered Parrs oF ic, by chac
means turins and dispolins them to be altumed by
the Wacer, and carried up inco Seed Or Plant, For
ies Formation and Auement.
TherE is no Man buE must observe, hon apE
all TOrIS OF Sales are co be ivrovehr uxon bY Moi-
sture; hou casily cher liguare and run wich it 
and wrhen chese are dravn of, and have deser-
red che Lumps wherewich chey vere incorporated
chole must moulder immediarelr, and fall’afunder
ot course. The hardest Scone ve meer wich, it ir
happen as frequentlr ic does, io hare any TOrE OF
Sali incermixe wich che Sand oF which ic consilts.
uponbeins expoledro an humid air, in a Mhorrtime
dissolres and crumbles all ro pieces, andmuch more
vill clodded Farrh or Clar, which is noc oF neaF
ble Ouancier oEchis Macrer discorer d ic Felt in etie l (0 compaet and (0 solid a Consticurion as Stone is.
Nacer atcer 2II. Noir, it ic chus passes Interstices (Thelame ar likerrise is Time serriceable in chis
thar are (0 very (mail and sine alons ich che WN 2-
Atair. The Iusbandmen Cay of ic, Thac ic docs
rer, tis the dels sranse ic Mould artend ic in ies nor Fatren, buc only Mellons Cround. By Wrhick
palsase chronghrhe Ducts and Vensels oE Ptans.
Tis cruc, Alerins and diltillins ol Walel, l
CCps a ITakCS IC GUI LOmC OL IHC FAKLHY Matter
ic ivas before impregnated ithal; bur chen, chac
ivhrich constinues wich che Wacer alces M, ls fine
and liglr, and such consequener asis in a peculiar
filigue.
thes mean, Thac it does noc contain any chins in
ir selF chacis of che Came nature wich che Vesetablo
Mould, Ox aFord any Marrer fir For che Formation
oEPlants, bucmeerly fotrens and relaxesthe Farrh,
by chac means rendrins it more capable ot entrins
the Sceds and Vesetables ser in ir, in order to cheir
Nouristimene, chan ochervise ic vould hare been
The Properties oF Lime are well lnomn, and hou
apE ris ro be pur into Ferment and Commotion by
Water: NTor, can sucti Commotion ever happen
Wrhen Lime is mixed wich Parth, hoverer hara
or clodded rhar may be, wichour openins and
loosenins oF ir.
4. Tbe Plant is more or less Noutssu anu su aMeM
eect ett eu   e e seto
Senle. And che Bodies in che Cavities os che orter
Tubes, char hadcheir lorver ends immersed in W a
tet, Woteteu saffron. Cochinci, u. Idct Been in.
im nele rinced wich Tellom, Lulple, al
TF. I may De permiced ro locu abrond a Wvhile.
Eorards out Shores and Parrs wichin che Veree o
the sea, chese will presenc us wich a larse Scenc ot
Plants, char alons Wwichthe Vegerable, rakce ux into
ehem meer Mineral Master allo in great abundtance:
Such are our Sea Purstain, che sereral lore ot alsa s,
manner se sol ene Cronch and oumene
Vesccables. And chis is the cale ot Rain- Water
The Ouantitr oF Terrestrial Matter it Dears up inte
CC Lmosphere, IS nO great: bur thac whien i
does bcat up, is maintr ot chac liol anu oi Ve
Secable Maltet, anset chac lo fercus cnetred
al secuce ole Corpucles, au  Wenter the
Tubules and Vessels oE Plants. On Wvtich acCoM
cis, chac chis Warer is (0 rery Ferrile and Pro
Thereason votr in ehis Proposition L Cay only ot
dFreat pare oEthe Terrestrial Marrer thac is mixed
with the WVatex, alcends up vich ic into the Plant,
IS, because alL OF IE CAHHOE. The Minerat MatTCF
is a great deal of ic nor onty srols and ponderous,
buc scabrous and inslexible; and (o nor disposed id
enter che Pores oF che ROOTS. And a grear many
oF che simple Vegetable Particles by degrees unite,
and form Tome of them (malI Clods Or Moleculae:
such as chose mention d in HI, R, and L, Aictcino
ro the Fixtremities of the RoOrS Of thole PlanES.
Ochers oF em intangled in a looser manner, and
torm che Nubecula, and sreen Bodies (o commonly
obserred in RagnanE WVaEeF. Thele, wvhen FHUS
conjoin d, arc r0o big ro enter elie Pores, or alcend
up ihe Vessets oF Planis, urhrich cinsls ches B
hrave done.
contains a creater or smaliet Lantil)  Propet
Terrestrt Lut .
The ctuth Ot hIS Propostor 1 10 ericenes aH.
cernible chroush che whole process ot chese Prials,
thac P chink no doubr can be made OF it.
The Minc in che Cla(sC, was ol muchchelame
Bulke and Weishe wrich chole in A and B: Buc chC
racet in Wrhica iat WaS, OCIIE River Nater
Which ras apparenels Rored more copiousty rich
Celtcltat Mallet, Ekan ihC OpEIS O Lam N2
ter wrherem cher Hood, vere; ic had chriven al
almost double che Bulk char euher ot them hac,
and vich a sets expence oF Wacer 100. S0 like
vite, ihe Mint in L. in wtiole Wacer was dii-
torreu a Mau Juancus et s0od larden Mould.
cho. ic hact che dilacrancase 1o be lets ohem sice