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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. doch ac anochier rime. See Tracts about sea-hich Forricellius atcerivards pursued and impro
  2. redu ich sibce Sagaciey; invenrins, a5 a tar-
  3. cher proot oE che Nocion oi che Graviry ot che
  4. Air, Thac which ve call che Torricellian Fxperi
  5. NI. Bopte Found a L amb s Bladder conrainine
  6. aboue Z oF a Piur, and blonn ux, and WeIl driec
  7. 1o lose abour a Grain and s wrtien ic as pricke.
  8. aud ehe Ait let OuE.
  9. AIso, char a Lambs Bladaer beins conncerpoi
  10. zed in a nice pair os Scales in che Receiver, on
  11. che Aies beine drann oue, did manifestly pre-
  12. ponderare; bur when the excernal Air as lec in
  13. asain, che Scales rerurned ro cheir former Lqui
  14. librium.
  15. An Aolipile well beared, and rtien havins irs
  16. Which che hole beins opened, the Air vas heard
  17. plainty eo rust in wich a Whistlins noile, and
  18. chen che Aolipile beins weiehi d again, it vas
  19. manitesly heavier than it as betore.
  20. The Maedebursick Fngine being weighed wten
  21. Full oF Air, and afcerwares beins again weighec
  22. Wohen evas ell exhausted, was tound eo weie
  23. an encire Ounce and 23 less chan ic did betore.
  24. And MP. Boyle Found by accurate Experiments.
  25. Wrhen tull oF Air, chan atter ic was exhausted.
  26. Eletound al(o thac
  27. A CtaIS Bubble a5 bis as an FlenS F9B, harine
  28. as much Rir as could be driven our by Flear, hact
  29. then its Scem nimbly sealed up. and then beins
  30. lete leisurely co cool (for chere is great danger ot
  31. cheir breakins) was put into a nice Balance, and
  32. then che Scales evere equipoized: Atrer ehe seal-
  33. ed end beins varily broken of, the Air Was heard
  34. eo rumt in wich a Wwhistline Noise, and chen che
  35. Scale in which che Buble wras did manitestly pre.
  36. Elling ie with Wacer, ic as found eo hold g0c
  37. Grains oF chac Liquor; (0 thar allowins For = 0f
  38. the Caviry ot che Bubblesbeins Alled ivich Air
  39. ertich perhaps mighe weigh aboue a Grain, the
  40. Proportion oF NaFeF EO Air appears in WeighErC
  41. be abour 905 toone, and roundly ic may be sur.
  42. Posed, a5 1000r0 one, becaule ris nor possible
  43. Dut thac lome Air must remain in che Bubble
  44. more than is non accounced for-
  45. MP. Bople found by repeared Lxperimehes, thar
  46. the eiptur oF Air rO Water is a5 100O1OI.
  47. NIr. TTalley, in Philos.. Frans. NV. 18E, (2y5
  48. Thac che Specisick Grarier oF the Air, near che
  49. Parchs Surtace co thar of Wacer, ac severalery.
  50. alS, Wa5 25 +10 840, 25 1 10 852, and 2S Y EC
  51. 860; che Mercury Aandins ac alI chole rimes a-
  52. and consequenely che sir raretied wwhen aIl chese
  53. ivere ery d, ic may rirhour sensible Prrour in
  54. round Numbers, De Caid, char che Barometer
  55. Aanding ac 30 tnches, and in a mean ectare ot
  56. Flear and Cold, che Specifick Craviiy oF the sir
  57. tOTater, I5 25 F 10800: Wheretore, since MerCU-
  58. ey 10 Wacer i5 a5 13= 1O I, Nercury will berC
  59. ATES WEIOFIT. The Weighe oFche Air waS. Rir 25 10800 1O F, and a Cytinder oF Air O
  60. rable Rarefaction os tho Aer. Ana iu CLE Lal sil.
  61. aore he relIS US, LMal He B) nooe
  62. exPerimenes, chac che Caue Guanens et HII, b7
  63. onlx harins che Pressure of che demosphere caken ment.
  64. ot in The Pa LSCC, at WMCHOUL aly
  65. sidvencicious Flear eo enerease irs Sprins, voulo
  66. polsels abore 13000 ciries ies narural Space Or
  67. Vimentions.
  68. Dr. Crezory in his Astron. P. 40T. Tews, cha
  69. it Air expand ic selF accordins r0 MIr. Borl 5 ob
  70. terved Law; viz. That the Spaces into which et
  71. may be compressed are alvays reciprocally proportio
  72. nal to ehe compressins weicht: lhen a Clobet
  73. Air ot che Diameter oE ore Inch, il raretied (0
  74. a5 laccordins eo char Rule) ic must be ac chedi
  75. Farch) ill HII all che Planerary RegiOnS ad La
  76. a5, and much bezond, che Sphere et Saturn.
  77. And che Breac Dilatation and Compression OF AII
  78. may De easily enoush conceired, wichour chelncer
  79. vention oE ans subrilematrer, il re imagine cach
  80. proper elastick Parriele of Air 1o be like a livele
  81. Sprins ot a Warch coiled ux round, or mound up
  82. likce a piece of Ribband: For, it you allon fur-
  83. cher, that these Parricles hare alo 2 C ircular
  84. Roll, Coil, Or Lamina ill endeavour r0 recede
  85. trom che Axis OF its Nocion, and chis mOre Or
  86. less accordins ro the Velocier ot their Morion
  87. by erhich means chey will acquire a Springinels
  88. outward like a Warch Sprins, and wvill endea-
  89. vour coAy or unwind chemselres oue ro cheir FuII
  90. Lenech, buc chac chey are hindered by ocher Tuch
  91. Parricles on every side: And cheretore chese F.
  92. lastick Parrieles in che lorver Parrs oF the AEmO.
  93. sphere will alvars be Hepe bene or wound up, by
  94. rhe weighe of the whole ot che Air; buc it ac any
  95. eime cher can ser rid ot chis weishe and external ponderare by near ZoFa Crain. And afcer chis
  96. pressure, cher will readily by cheir natural Sprine
  97. evolre chemselres and extend cheir ROII, Or cir
  98. cles ro rastly larger Dimensions. And chis maz
  99. De the realon ot the Tumescence ot a Bladder
  100. noc apparencly blonn our, in che exhaulted Re.
  101. ceiver; ot a Full. bionn one (it dry) breatcine
  102. chere, and ot che breakins ot lquare figured Vi-
  103. als, when AOpE well, and che Air EHOUS
  104. draon oA trom chem.
  105. And cis equally calie ro conceire, that a BrCaI
  106. Dilararion or Rarefaction of dir may be produced
  107. by Flcac; For che Rapid Morion ol the Caloritick
  108. Parricles must necds (o move the Aereal ones,
  109. and by thac means may make them more endea
  110. vour ro recedetromche Axis oF cheir Motion, and
  111. consequently more unwind or unrollthemselves
  112. must more chrust, by this encreased Sprins, aII
  113. ocher Bodies trom them, and separare chemtetres
  114. From one anocter
  115. MP. Boyle in his Dilconele against Linus Mews
  116. thac che Strenerhs required to compress air, are in
  117. Reciprocal Proporrion (nearly) to the Spaces com-
  118. prehendine the same Portion of Air–
  119. Arst discovered by che great Galtileus; Who find- 10800 Inches or 900 Feet, is equal ro an Inch oE
  120. ins char Wacer by pumpins could be raised no Mercury; Wheretore, il che dir vere chroveh
  121. Norion ot an infinire fuga vacui vould nor do in mosphere ould be no more chan 5 Miles and
  122. tance oE the Farchs Semi-diamerer (From che lirrle hole lope, as cooled and weiphed; atcer
  123. Mocion round cheir omn Axes, che Parrs os each chac a (mall Receirer iveioh d 35 Grains more
  124. Wheretore cher must cake up more space, and bouc 292; bac becaule tas Summer Weacher
  125. hipher chan 24 or 35 Feer, concluded, rharthe out of an equal Densiey, the FseiphE OF the AF.
  126. ehis Case; and cheretore happily fell on chinkcins one Tench of a Mile, and in che Alcent oE everr
  127. ot he Couneer. Balance oE rhe Airs Weist 900 Feer teom ihe Farrtis Surtace, che Mercur

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