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

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1. 2. A lecond Cause is the uncertain extalation) an, on chis Gidethe 3STh degree OF North. Laticude
2. and Precipicarion of Vapours, lodging in che AIc,
3. che Westerly and Soutis mesterly Winds blon alinoc
4. Whereby ic comes to be ac one cime much more alwazs. Trade; (o char whenerer here rhe Winc
5. erouded chan ac anorher, and conlequenely hea- comes up ac Fast and North-Fast, eis Cure rO bC
6. vier; bur chole larrer in a grear meature depend checkd by a contrary Calc, as loon as ic reaches
7. uxon the former. Now from chese Principles, he che Ocean; Wheretore accordins co wtar is made
8. explicates che several Phaenomena oF che Baro- our in the Second Remark, the sir must necds be
9. meter.
10. heaped over ehis istand; and consequencty che
11. P. Urhy in Calm WNeacher, che Air beine inelined Mercury must Mand hish, 25 osien 25 ihese Winds
12. Eo Fam, the Mercury is commonty lom:
13. blon. This holds eruc in ehis Counery, bur is nor
14. Thac ihe Mercurys being lo, is an Indication a general Rule Por orhers; wvhere che Winds arc
15. OF Rain, becaule the sir beine lighe, che Vapours under disserent Circumtances; and he hinselt
16. are no longer supporced chereby, as beins become
17. specitically heavier chan che Medium Wvherein chey
18. Aeaced; lo chac chey descend rowards che Parrh,
19. and in cheir Fall meetins wich ocher Agueous Par.
20. ricles, chey incorporare cogecher, and torm sitile
21. drops oE Rain; bue che Mercury S beinS AE On
22. cime lover chan at anocher, is the ettect ot LWO
23. concrary Winds bloming trom che place Wwhere che
24. Baromoter Rands; Whereby che sir ot char place
25. is carried boch rass trom ic, and consequenily
26. ehe Incumbene Cylinder oF Air is diminithed, and
27. hach Comerimes seen che Mercury here a5 low 25 2c
28. Prches upon an Casterty Wind, bur. rhen ic blew ex
29. ceeding hard, and (0 comres to Be accounred FOr
30. by whac mas oblerred uxon the chird Remark.
31. 5. WB. in calm frosty Weather ehe Mercury
32. Generally stands high:
33. The cause thereot is, ThaE it seldom FreezeS
34. buc wvhen che W inds come ouc ot che Northern and
35. North. Fastern Ouarrers, OF at least, untess chose
36. Winds blow ac no Great distance oH, For the Nor.
37. thern Parrs oFGermanr, Denmarke. Siveden, Normay
38. accordinsly che Mercury sirLS; a5 For instance, it and all Thac tract (tom whence North-F asterr
39. in the erman Scean ie Moula blo 2 6alC ol
40. Westerly Wind, and ac rhe same rime an Pasterty
41. Wind in the MB Sea; Or it in France it Moald blow
42. 2 Southeris Wind, and in Scocland a Northern, i
43. must bC Stanced me, chac chac parr ot che Atmo-
44. spdere svendane over England, vould chereby
45. be exhauea and artenuated, and che Mercurs
46. vould lubu, altet the Vapours Wilch betore
47. Roared in thole parrs ot che sir of equal Graviry
48. ich checcletres, vould sink eo che Larcti.
49. 2. WVoy, in serene, 500d, serrled Weather the Me-
50. cury Is generallo bigh: Thac che preater heiphe bt
51. the Barometer, is occationed by rvo contrary
52. Wrinds blowine comards che Place ot Observacion
53. Winds coine, are luibject co almost continuat
54. Frolt alI che Wincer; and chereby che lover sir
55. s
56. is very much condensed, and in rhac Hace ic
57. brouxhe hirherwards by chose Winds, and beine
58. accumulared by che Opposition oF che Westert
59. Wind blowins in che Ocean, che Mercury muR
60. necds be prest to a morethan ordinary heiphe, and
61. 25 a concurrine cause; the Mrinking oF the lover
62. Parrs ot the sir inco lesser room by cold, must
63. needs cause a delcent ol the upper Parrs ot rhe A1.
64. mosphere, ro reduce the Cariry made by chis Con-
65. traction eo an Equilibrium.
66. 6. Troy, ascer very ereat Storins of Wind, when
67. the Nercury has been very lom, Et generally rises a-
68. whereby che sir oE ocher Places is brouglit chicher, sain very fast
69. and accumutaced; lo chac che Incumbent CfIn
70. This he cells vou, he has frequeney obserred
71. der oF dir being encreased borh in Fleighe and and once found ir rilen an Inch and a halF in lese
72. Weiehe, The Mercury prested chereby, mute Mells
73. rise and ltand high; 25 lons as the Wines conti-
74. nue s0 loblo; and chen che sir beins lpcenical-
75. chaM SiX LIOUES, after a lone continced Storm ot
76. Souch: WVest Wind. This scemsro be occasioned by
77. che ludden accestion ot nem sir to supply the great
78. Iy hearier, che Vapours are berrer kepe sulpend- Fracnarion erhich Tuch concinued Scorms make
79. ed, (o char chey hare no Inclination ro precipirare, chereot in chole places wrhere cher happen, and b
80. che Recoil ot the sir, atter the lorce ceales char
81. impelled ic; and che realon why rhe Mercury riles
82. (0 fast, is, becaule the sir beins very much ra
83. risied berond irs mean Densry, che neighbourins
84. sir runs in the more (witely eo bring it t0 an C
85. quilibrium; a5 We lec Wacer runs che faster For
86. havins a prear Decliviry
87. 9. WBy. in more Norcherly Places the Variations
88. of the Baromerex are creater than in more Sou-
89. cherly:
90. The Fruch oF ehe matter OE fact is proved Frorr
91. Observacions made ar Clermont and Paris, compa
92. nOt come in (0 Fast 25 t0 supply che Fracuarion red wich ochers made ac Scockholm, as may be lcer
93. necessarily De acrennared when and where the Paid libre des Liguers. The Reason seems 10 be, that etie
94. miore Northersy Parrs have ulually greater Scorms oE
95. ehe Northerty Winds brins che Condensed and
96. Pole, and char again beins check d Hy a Southert
97. ind, ac no ereat distance, and lo heaped, mus
98. ot necessiry make che Mercury in luets ease Aand
99. histier on the orter extream
100. 8. o neut he Egunoetial, as at Barbado
101. and St. Ielena, ibere is verys little or no Variation
102. and FalI donn in Drops, wtrich is le realon ofche
103. serene bd Weacher wwtrict allends rhe Breater
104. heiehes et che Mercury.
105. 3. WVoy, upon very creat Winds or Storms. soue
106. accompanied mith no Rain, the Mercury sintes lomest
107. s auu with relation to ebe Point os ist Coipass upo3
108. hich the Wind blors.
109. This is caused by che very rapid Morion oF che
110. Sirinthele Scorms; For rhe Praet or Region of che
111. Farchs Surtace wherein chese WindsraGC, HOE CX
112. cendins all round che Globe; chac Scagnane sir.
113. wtich is sest behind, as likrewise on che Cdes, Cal-
114. Winas comtinue eo blo, and that more or lels ac.
115. 25 IC 15, may in all probabilies cake oH lome part
116. ot the perpendicular Pretture chereot; and che Ponderous sir trom che Neishibourhood ot cho
117. Brear ABllation oF is Parricles, is che reaton Wohy
118. the V’apours are distipaced, and do nor condemte
119. into Drops, 10 as totorm Rain, ocherwise che n2
120. Cara Consequence ot the sirs Rarefaction.
121. 4. WVoy, caereris paribus; ihe Mercury stand
122. hishest upon an Casterty or North. F. asterty Wind.
123. made DV 1 lwite a Currenc, (0 char che sir must in che Appendix 10 Mr. PascalS BOOK. De l’Lqui
124. cordins co cheir Violence. Add ro itich, chac Wind chan che more Southerly, wtrereby che Mer
125. ehe FTorizoneal Morion oF. the sir, beins (0 quick curr Mould sink lorver in chac exrream; and chen
126. Ehis tvorere becauite hac in be Alantiet deea ses ehe tteissties ie aometer

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