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

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  1. Al(0 an Arch oF 2. Circle vell Gradeared may
  2. be sered (0 25 chac che Tongue oF the Bale
  3. all Pay Ereely by ic, and chere Mew hC CHaNSC
  4. ot rhe Graviey oF che Armosphere, o scheretore in Philos. Transact. N. 185. The Doctoi
  5. dicion eF any nem Weighes at alI.
  6. WHIEEL BAROMEIFR, is a Concrirance fol
  7. caule alto its veri dibieule ro aajuse he Balt atis
  8. Thread, (9C. aria chac ThC LMLEPUIEnE IS VerY aP
  9. lobe out of order, (50. Tis non out _t _IC. AHC
  10. sires us anocher Contrivance (Which lic cale
  11. chouetir ot in che lcar 1668,) oy puceine Sipiric ot
  12. Winc, or some ocher Liquor chac vill nor lrceze
  13. uxon che Nercury s Which evas desipned ro rile n5
  14. the Mercury FalIS, and Fail as ic rises. And b
  15. ehis means he could, he Cairh, enlarge the Dirisi
  16. Oms as iuch as he p’ealed.
  17. NIALIME BATOMETER, is an InHrUMenE
  18. concrired by Dr. Hook. For che ule ot those chZC
  19. vould make a Philolophical Paperimene ac SCi.
  20. FOr ele Morcuriat Barometer reguirins 2 per
  21. Dendicular polture, and che Ouick silrer vibracins
  22. cherelore uncapable ot beine mace ac Sea, (Th0
  23. Wherein che Policion ot che Instrumene Was nor se
  24. Ir is abour 40Years since, chac che Thermome-
  25. oF Wine (ErR brouhe into Fnsland our ot Icaly b
  26. Sir Roberi Souchmell) 25 a prover Scandard oF etic
  27. thac Acherial Spirit beins allot the lenovn Liquors
  28. especially wich a moderare depree ot cirtier LeaF
  29. Or Cold
  30. ehe applyins. oF an Index 1o any Common Baroscop
  31. hecher it CaIS DC O a MSC La, Or have
  32. round Boll.head ac the cop; ad by che means
  33. chereot, este variarion of ihe Alciiude Of rhe Mer-
  34. curial Cylinder, Which ac mostis hardly 3 Inches,
  35. may de made as distinguistable, 25 it ic everc:
  36. Foor, or 3 Zards, or as much more as is desired.
  37. Fhis WVheel-Parometer was invenced by Dr. 1500le
  38. he Manner Whereot is visible in che Figure
  39. where L C reprelents che Lube, e sde
  40. cirher Blunc or vich a Hend, as A B C (by which cherein vich ereat violence uxon any Agication, id
  41. latrer Shrape, more Room is alioved for auy se
  42. mainder os Rir, r0 expand the BCHeF.) This is (ic hach larely been concrived ro be made porcable,
  43. ro be Alled wich Ouick-hlver, aud inverred as com. 10 ic remain d co Aind our some ocher Principle
  44. monis, and puc inco a Vessel ot Srapnant Mercury
  45. mace atrer the tachion et PR, chac is, havins ies indispenlably necessary: L’or chis che aborenamed
  46. Sides abour 3 Or 4 lnches high, and che Cariry otPerson invenred. Is Delcriprion and D ses theIn-
  47. ic equally bis boch abore and belo; and il ic genious C apr. TFalley in Philos. Trans. PN. 269.
  48. can De (besides char part, wrhich is Alled by che sires as Tollons
  49. end oF the Merourial Tube, chac Cands in ic) ot
  50. equal Capacies rich che hollon of che Cane a. ters of Rohert de Fluctibus depending on che Dila-
  51. bontB; For chen the Ouiek silver risins as much in ration and Concraction ot included Aix by Hleai
  52. Chehollon ot B, as ic descends at B, che difference and Cold, hare been diluled, upon discorerr thac
  53. OErhe Feishr in che Receiver P, will be just halt rhe AirsPretture is unequal; chac lnequalicy mix
  54. cheusual difference. And il che Reccirins Vessel ins ic selt wich che Pfects ot che Warmeh of che
  55. X have a bisper Cariir, the difference vill Be Rir in thac Instrumenr; and instead thereot wac
  56. sels; bur it sels, the difference will be grearer: substiture d che sealed Thermometer including Spirir
  57. Buc, Whecher the difference be made hereby bi8.
  58. per or lels, ris no greac marcer, since by the con-
  59. crivance of che Wtheel and Index, che least Variari- Temper ot che Rir in Relarion eo Hearand Cold
  60. on may be made as lensible as is desired, by dimi
  61. nistins chebignels of the Cylinder F, and sensch- che most suscepeible oF Dilaracion and Conrractior
  62. ening che Index FG, accotums to rhe Proporrie
  63. requitire.
  64. Nom chis beins allo das a Scandard, and che
  65. Thermometer thar includes the Air being pradua-
  66. ced vich ehe Came Divisiens, 10 as ac ehe rime
  67. When the Air vas ineluded eo agree wich the Spi-
  68. rit-Thermometer in aIl degrees ot Ilear and Cold.
  69. noceing ac che Came rime che precile heighe ot rhe
  70. Mercurys in che commion Baromerers; ic Will rea
  71. dily be understood, rhac Wwheresoever chese enc
  72. Thermometers Mall agrec, che Prelture ol IIC B
  73. is the lame ic Was, irtien the Air vas includea anc
  74. che Instrumene graduaced, cal sI n the Air
  75. Thermometer che Liguor
  76. on the Spirit Ca(s, IL 13
  77. Wten the Instrumene Was graduared. And or
  78. the contrary, it is 10b
  79. the Air is (0 much ligtirer, and che Ouick-silve
  80. d hipher chan rhe Di
  81. vitions martced thereon, correspondine wirh chas
  82. n Indication chac chere:
  83. Grearer Pressure ot che Air ar chac citme, rhan
  84. cluded, wwhen che AIr
  85. Gla(S Rands lover than che Spirir, viz. thar wwher
  86. in che ordinary Baromerers lover chan ac che Caid
  87. cime ot Crlacuacion
  88. And che SpACCS. anLIVeFINS WO. AB LBCM OF Mer
  89. cury vill bemore or lels; accor ro che Onan
  90. cey ot Air lo included, aie sse MaInels ot ch.
  91. Clato Lave in wohich etie ensuor eles and Falis
  92. and may be augmented a l
  93. ander chac ot che Specisk Cravicy ot the Ligior
  94. any Provorrion
  95. OF che Thermometer to Mercury, 10 25 t0 hare
  96. Buc chis WVoec
  97. ter noc anlverine Fully
  98. the desgned Exactness, because the Mercury is
  99. apc ro Rick aboue the sides ot ehe ClalS, and vould
  100. cold us, Thar che risins et sis Aorec
  101. eite and tall by Leaps, and all ac once; aud be sarc Neachee glles Poul, aae u sallents peoi
  102. Foor or more for an Inch oE Mercury, Wrtich is
  103. anocher prear Convenience
  104. nehese parrs ofttie Norid, lone Fxperience has
  105. tt te

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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/806933011:0107?run=74