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

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  2. as the heiphe ot ehie Mercury, it is evident, char by ) beine bene inwards trom sL comardsC; che heiphe
  3. the help oE che Curre oF the syperbola and its A- oF the Air, necd nor be (o great as it they vene
  4. symprore che Caid Expansions may be expounded Araie; and havine trom che Angle P CS caten
  5. eo any giren heiphe ot che Meroury.
  6. FOr by the 65ch Prop. Lib. 2. Conic. Mydorgit
  7. the Rectanoles ABCL, AROF, AL DF, XC.
  8. are alvays equal, and consequencly che Sides C B,
  9. K, LD, _C. are reciprocalIY, as the Sides AB
  10. R, AL, _C. IFchen cheLines AB, AR. AL,
  11. be suxpoled equal to che heiphes of che Mercury
  12. or elie Pressures ot che atmosphere, the Lines CB,
  13. KC, L. D, ansiverins chereto, will be 25 che FX
  14. pansions ot the sir under chose Pressures, or rhe
  15. Bulks char the Pame quantity ol stir will cccupy:
  16. wrhich Expansions beins rahen infinirely many
  17. the double Refraction oF che FTorizontal Ray, ehc
  18. halF of the Remainder will be 82 deg. circiter.
  19. irtose secant, beins rorrr, ic Follons, chac as
  20. 1000OFOEFI, (0 che Semi diamerer ofche Parrh
  21. suxpoled 4000miles t0 44, 4 miles, wrhich will Bc
  22. the heiphe of che wwhole Air, it the Places F, S.
  23. whose visible Portion of che Atmosphere L RZ II.
  24. and SIF K B just touch one che oiher, bc 18 de-
  25. orces asunder.
  26. Ac chis Fleiohe che Air is expanded into above
  27. 3000 rimes the Space ic occupies here; and Wc
  28. have (een che Experience ot Condensine ic into
  29. and intinicely licrle, (accordins ro che Mechod the 6och parr ot che lame Space; lo char il
  30. oF Indirisibles) cheir summ ill sire the Spaces oF Mould scem, chac che sir is a Substance capable
  31. dir becween the sereral heiphes ot che Barometer
  32. ot beins compressd into rhe 18000Oth parE Ot
  33. viz. the Summ oF all che Lines berween C B and thac Space ic vould nacurally cake up, wtien frec
  34. XG, or che Area C B R C, will be proporrion
  35. ed co rtre Diltance or Space intercepred berween
  36. he Levels ot ro places in che Sir wohere che
  37. trom Precture.
  38. ATMOSPHIERE et Consistent Bodies: The F7O.
  39. Mercury ould Rand ac the heighes represented nourable. NIC. Boyle hach Wricren a smalL FNay
  40. by che Lines AB, AR; (0 then the Spaces oF on chis Subject, in which tre proves, that very
  41. air anserins eo equal Parrs of Mercury in the Ba- many, ind cherelore probably all solid, firm
  42. rometer, are a5 the ArCAS CBR 6, GRL D,
  43. and consistent Bodies (1. c. Such a5 are nor Fluid)
  44. DFF M, XC. Bur chese Area sare proporrionare have ac lome cerrain rimes lat leaH) estuvia ob
  45. eo the Locarithms et che Numbers exprestins che Parcicles ot Macrer which exhale from them: FOr
  46. Rationes OF AK tD AB, OF AL 1O AK, OF AM he found, thac many such Bodies woald in a lierle
  47. co AL, _c. a5 Wwas demonstrared by Gregory cime be very sen sibls diminiited in WVeiohr: ThaL
  48. Sc. Vincent; (0 rhen by che common Table oF Lo- lome Electrical Bodies, a5 Amber and Clals, Wvoula
  49. earithms, che heighe of any Place in the Armo exerE that Proxerry, uniformly al round chem
  50. sphere, havins any assiened Fleighe ot che Mercury, when they vere heared; Wtrich cher usually ex
  51. may most casilys be found; for the Line C B in hibic uxon Rubbins Or ChaFinS; viz. THaE OF
  52. ehe Erperbola, Whereot che Areas Desien rhe Ta- Aerractins (mal. Bodies ro chem: Phar Clals.
  53. Bular Locarithms, beins 0,0144765; will be a5 Scones, and hard Mecals vould, on beins rubb a
  54. 3, 5144765, cochedisterence ot the Locarithm oF 30, one 2gainst anocher srongly emic, noc only sen.
  55. Se hny orher lesser Number, (0 90O Feet, Or ThC sible, buc even offensire Odours, Cc.
  56. Space ansiverins ro an Inch oF Mercury, il che
  57. sir ivere equally prest wvich 30 Tuches oF Mercury,
  58. and every where alike, r0 the Fleighe of he Ba-
  59. rometer in the sir, wohere it will stand ae che les-
  60. ATOME, is such a very (naII Particle OF NTAE
  61. Eer, thac ie cannor Phylcally be cur or dividee into
  62. lesser Parrs: Fpicurus and his Sect of Philolophers.
  63. Arst called the Componene Principles of aII Bodies.
  64. ser Number et Inches: And by che Converse oE irhich cher supposed eo be intinitelr smalt and
  65. ehis Proporrion may che heiphr of che Mercury be hard, by chis Name oF Aoms. Thele Atoms may
  66. Found, havins che Alcirude ot che Place siven.
  67. be suppoled ro have thele Inleparable Properries
  68. Opon chele Suppolirions rwill appear, chat ac r. Thac chey are all ot che lame Nacure, Syb
  69. ihe heiphe of ar miles, the dir is so raritied, a5 r0 Bance, or Marrer; For all Marrer abstracted trom
  70. cakre up 3000 rimes che Space ir occupies here, Form is che lame. 2. Thar chey have all some
  71. and ac 53 miles hiph, ir vould be expanded a. Mapnieude or Quanciey; For they are noc Indi-
  72. Bore 300000rimes; bur ris probable rhac che ut- visible Poines, bur Phylcal Bodies ot lome (thoust
  73. most porver ot irs Sprins cannor exerr ic self 10 (mali) dererminare Bulk. 3. They have allo al
  74. lo preac an lxcension, and chac no part ol the A1- of them lome decerminare Lisure or Shrape. Anc
  75. mosphere reaches abore 45 miles trom the Surtace 4. They must have also, cach oF them. lome reat
  76. Ot ihe Farch
  77. Graviei or Weiehr. To chele Sextus Fmpiricus
  78. This is furchex consirmed trom the Observari. adds artirriae or Reniteney, bur this rarher may
  79. ons oF che Crepusculum, which is obserred com- be supvoled ro beche Consequence of their beinz
  80. monly ro bexin and end nhen the sun is 1B De- Solid and insectile, which chey arc a5 chey are
  81. frees below the Horizon; tor lupponns che dir
  82. to rellect Lighr trom is most raritied Parts, and
  83. Atoms.
  84. The Original Oualicies ot Atoms ean only be
  85. chac as lons as che sun illuminares any ot irs Aroms, cheir size and cheir Figure, and chele caken toge.
  86. they are visible ro an Fye nor intercepred by che cher makce their Form.
  87. Luericy ot che Farch; ic ill tollour, chac the
  88. Proporrion of the heistic oE the whole sir, eo the
  89. Sehidiamerer of the Farrh, is much about, a5 1
  90. ATONN, is a Faimness, Insirmiry, or desect of
  91. StrengTH.
  92. ATRA Bilis, is supposed eo be a kind oF a Sul.
  93. 2d96, Or a5 che Excels ot rhe secant ot abour 8: phureous Terrene and Adust Salc, Wrhich bcins
  94. Decrees ro che Radius. For il E, the Eye oF the bred in che Body (lome will necds have ic in rhe
  95. Olerver, Sa place where che sun sers ac the end Splcen) is circulared about in che Blood, and by
  96. ot Twiliphe in L, and che Ark LC S, Or LC A. chac means makes an undue Fermencarion in iE
  97. DC LOUI L s, the FxceIs oF ihe Secant oF and is the occation ot Melancholy and orher Cuct
  98. tais chcreot LC f, ould be che sciphr os che lite Diltempers.
  99. Air, viz. 6TI: Buc che Beam of etie Sun AS FI,
  100. ATREOS, is one whole Fundament, Oe Privy
  101. ana che visuat Ray LH d0 each oE chem Cutter ParES are nor pertorared.
  102. ATH
  103. a Retraction t mbur 3 33 o Whereby

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