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

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  2. ing Ark ground roueh, eo make ic sick) che Hole) ur inco rhe Tube CD: Avd chis is s0 cender and
  3. in ; rhen openins thie ITole in B, dran oFE as (nice, char while l as in che Rcom, and lookine
  4. much oE che Mercury oF che C ane B C rill ic wil
  5. run no longer; Which donc, sop Armly che Hole
  6. in B (Which rou may do as yon please, there be
  7. ins no Pressure against y0u) and you vill have
  8. ehe Cylinder A cracuared ot sir for jour purvole
  9. on ic, wrhich was nor abore an Llour, che Mercu
  10. ry alcended near tuo Tuches (For Rain) in the
  11. Aope Tube.
  12. One Breat Adrantage chis may ot managine
  13. 2 Slovins Tube leems ro have aborerhe Common
  14. and the heighe of che Mercury will be a5 utual in One, whieh is, chac che atercury here mores ail
  15. che ordinary Plain and rVheel Barometers.
  16. Then pour into che Cane B C a5 much Spirit 0.
  17. Winc cinged wich Cochinele and Oyl oE Furpen
  18. tinc, equal Parrs oF cach, 25 Mall Hand abore rhe
  19. Surtace ot the Mercury (0 manr Feer a5 vou make
  20. the enlarsed Scale ot vour Barometer, Or 25 is bc-
  21. cogether in a Body, withour breakins or drapoins
  22. a Fail astex ic.
  23. Sec ihe Figure of the Plate belongins to theWord
  24. Air- PumP.
  25. Daroscope Statical: 50 DAr. Boyle CalIS ar In-
  26. Rrument Wxhich he invenecd eo eltimate ihc Va-
  27. erveen che midale ot che Cylinders B and C, and riarions ol che Airs Craviey, and is chus de-
  28. rou will find che Mercury Cinke in che Cane BC
  29. and rise in the Canc AD, in such proporrion, char
  30. cach 13 FOOr OC Oyl and Spirir, will raise che
  31. Meroury 10 Tnches: Then you must pour on, by
  32. scribid.
  33. A verus laree and chin Cla(s Bubble sor it such
  34. an one cannor be procured, 2 or 3 Imaller ones
  35. added rogether may d0) was connrerpoiled in 3
  36. cheCane BC, (omuch Mercury as will AII up the very cender Balance Whiel wouid curn vich che
  37. Oylinders A and B ro such heiphes; considerins 6tch part of a Cirain, and chen ail beins hung ux
  38. ehe present eishir ot che Armosphere, chac che in a Frame, he Found chac as rhe Air siewr lisbrer
  39. Surtace ot che Mercury in borh, may ac the urmost and chinner che Bubble vould prexonderate rery
  40. Cimirs, (rhich hare noc in Ensland, been Found manifestlr; bue wben che dir Brew chicker anc
  41. 20 excecd 30, 6 and 28, 6 Inches) alvays Fallwich. denser, che Scale in which che Weiphis were
  42. in che Bodies ol che Cylinders, and never enter vould sron heavier, and moune ux ihe Bubble.
  43. into the Canes
  44. And ehis Ffect he found mould continue, and an
  45. The Efect oF chis Baroscoxe will be, char irtien Eiver exactly ro che rile and EaIL ot che Mercury
  46. the Armosphere is heary, and che Mercury railed
  47. hioh in cu lindet A, ade LeMe Out OI B, IHC
  48. Spirit of Wine will descend inco che Cylinder B
  49. and che Oyt of Turpentine ill AIl che C anc, (0 a
  50. o make che Parririon ot che tro Liguors near che
  51. Exlinder B. Bur on The ContrarY, Wtien the Ai
  52. is lixheche Nercury will Sink in A, and rise in B
  53. (0 a5 co drive che Spirit of Wine into che C anc
  54. and enc est os urpemm o iet l, le
  55. thac che Section oF thervo Liquors will benear C
  56. and che vallarion oE ite heset ne Mc
  57. Wvil be enlarsed inco almost che lensch oE che
  58. Cane, wichout chac che Couneer-presture From the
  59. in che Common Barometer Or Baroscope.
  60. The Crrounds on which chis Nroble Genelemman
  61. wene in concrivine chis lustrument vere chele;
  62. 1. Ie considered, chac though ac tirst serting of
  63. ic up ihe Bubble and rhe WVeighes Wrould be in
  64. Equilibrio, becaule he caretulls made them (0;
  65. vet che Bulk of che Bubble did excecd rhac os rhe
  66. Mecalline Councerpoise, by near 200 rimes (be it
  67. more or lels accordins r0 the Graviey oF the
  68. Weighes uled) and chieretore he considered,
  69. 2. Thac, accordins ro the Lawsof HIydrosca-
  70. Cticks, wrten ervo Bodies beine ot ihe Pame ab(0.
  71. lure Weighe, bur very differene Bulks, come ro b0
  72. weiphed in anocher Medium, thez can no longer
  73. be eguiponderane: For if the Medium De heavier
  74. or denser, the orearer Body vill be more buoyed
  75. up chere chan ir was betore, end constancty
  76. Wwill abare ot its WVeizhe; buc it the Medium
  77. Mould De lighrer and rarer, the contrary effect
  78. than che Bubble. He considered alEo, chac chis
  79. must be rhe cale os che Air, Wwhole Specifick Gra
  80. viry is continually changins, accordins co the va-
  81. rious FMuria ic receires trom the Perraqueous
  82. Olobe; and consequenelz, rhar ic must needs be
  83. The Torricellian Experimene is made in a Tube now denser, non rarer, and accordingly more o
  84. sels Duoy up che Bubbie.
  85. Oue Auchor BinEs, ehar ehis Instrumene is ca
  86. pable oE several Improvenienes; and thoueh in
  87. nany Cases ehie commion Barsscope be preterrabe
  88. Mercury; and chese may helo us to guels arrhe
  89. Will be more in ihe Cittem, and oness (much is wanrins 1s beins ihe scales 0 an A quili
  90. Liquors will noc be in che least alcered, the TPeigh
  91. and Weiphr oE che Incumbene Cytinder beins al
  92. Wars che larie
  93. The Ingenious Mr. FTautesbee (char invented che
  94. nel Cupping. Classes ichour Fire, no generalls
  95. used: Sec his sir-Pump) Mewed me a Baroscopt
  96. very erear case, and withour brealcins or divi
  97. ding; and ic may very casils be made tor 100 Ol
  98. 200 Lches, iF a Arair (maii chin Clals CiDC Can
  99. De blovon and dravn ot chac lense, anu lat Il
  100. vese as casily manaseable
  101. OF abour 3r Inches in lensch, writh a (mail BaII Or
  102. racher Cylindrical Cariry on theTOB; ac the BOF-
  103. eom ot ehis TubC, aE B, is a very lmall C iltern
  104. Wich Mercury in ic, and communicatins wich chc
  105. Free Air, into which che lover End ot the Tube betore ir, ver this hach seme Adraneages above
  106. AB is Dur; ihen ac a very Acure Anole is che ThaC; 25, 1. Fiac chis is more parable chan che
  107. (malI Tube C D placed wich ils open Oritice in ocher; for many Pertons can more casily get 2
  108. che aforelaid Cistern, and just under the Surtace, pair ot good Scales and a Crtals Bubble, chan chey
  109. ot che Mercury in ic. And chus ntien che Armo- can a Pube aud esercury Fer the common Baro
  110. sphere is high and heavy (chac is in der and fair, scope; and ehis a.(0 is niselt reOre casily FErCa uN
  111. Weacher) che Mercury beins pressed ux inco che (than ThaC. This Staricat Baros cepe is alE0 much
  112. Tube B A, leares bur licrle in the Ciltern, and more casily carried trom Piace r0 Place. This
  113. consequener chere is buc a lierle weishr ot Mercu- Baroscope may De adjustes ro che ordinary one
  114. ey chere co prels any our into rhe Tube CD, and) by findinqu Whar Weiphes arsiver exactly 1o every
  115. consequentty ehen the Mereury Will FaII or dehass quarrer oF an Inchi ot ihe rile and tall ot che
  116. Scend towards C. Bur wrtien in contrary Wea-
  117. ther; the MercurY FaIIS our of the Tube AB chere usual Variacions of che Wearher, by seving hon
  118. ehere che Mercury rose and fell 60 Tnches ich vould follo, and rhe rcishie ould be heavier
  119. ehe Mercury musc alcend surclier oi rum triehet (brium.

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0106?run=74