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

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  1. That as ehie Waret resident in chie Abyss, i5 in aII
  2. Parrs oF ir, Aored wirh a considerable quanciir oF
  3. Fleac, and more especially in thole where chele ex-
  4. traordinarr Asgresations oF ihis Fire happen, (0
  5. likrevise is the Wacer Wtick is thus Forced out ot
  6. ic; insomuch, thac when chrovn Forch, and mixed
  7. Wwich the WVaters OF Wells, OE Sprines, OE Rivers,
  8. and the sen; ic renders them verr sensibly hor.
  9. Thacir is ulually expelled forth in vast Onanri
  10. cies, and rith erear Impecuosier; insomuch chac
  11. it hach been seen to spour out oF deep Wells, and
  12. Ay Forth at the rops of them, uxon the Face oF che
  13. Cround; Wich like Rapidier comes ic our of thie
  14. Sources ot Rivers, Allins chem (0 oF a ludden, 25
  15. to makee etiem run over rlieir Banks, and orerAow
  16. thieir Neizhbourins Terricories, withour (o much 25
  17. one drop ot Rain Fallins inco them, or auy orher
  18. concurrent Water ro raile and aumentthem.
  19. Thacit spers out of the Chasins, opened by che
  20. Farthiquatce in great abundance; mountins up in
  21. inigher Screams co an incredible heighu in che AI,
  22. and chis ottentimes ac mans Miles Distance From
  23. any Sea.
  24. Thacir litevise Aies Forrh oF che Volcanos in val
  25. Fleods, and with mondertul Violence: Thac cis
  26. Forced chroush rhe FTiarus S, ac the Borrom of the
  27. Sea, Wvicti such Vehemence, thât ic purs the Sea
  28. immediately into the most horrible Dilorder and
  29. Perturbacion imaginable, eren when there is nOL
  30. the leas breath oF Wind Sirrins, but aIl rill chen
  31. calm and still; makins ic rase and roae rith a
  32. most hideous and amazins Noise, raisins irs Surtace
  33. into Prodisious Nares, and coltins and roulins
  34. chem abour in a very stranse and turious manner;
  35. overlettins Shrips in cheFlarbours, and sintins them
  36. eothe bocom, wich mans orler like Outrages.
  37. That eis retunde d our oF chese Fiarussin suel
  38. Ouanier al(o, chat it makes a vast Addition to the
  39. Wracer of che Sea; raisins ir mans Fachoms higher
  40. than evet ic Aoirs in che highest Tides, (0 as tOpOUr
  41. ic Forch far berond iis ulual Bounds, and matce it
  42. overmhelm che adjacene Counery; by chis means
  43. ruinins and destrorins Lowns and Cicies, drovn
  44. ins boch Men and Caule; breakins che C ables ot
  45. Stiips, drivins ehem trom cheir Anchors, bearins
  46. them alons ich che Inundarion sereral Miles up
  47. into che Counery, and chere rumnins chemaground;
  48. Srandins Wrhales likevise, and other great Fistres
  49. and learins chem, ac is Recurn, uxon dey
  50. Land.
  51. LMal thele Phaenomena are noc new, or peculiat
  52. ro the Farthquakres which hare happen d’in our
  53. Times, buc hare been obserred in all Ages, ana
  54. particularly chese exorbirane Commorions oF the
  55. They likerise belieredu chac he harins a fult
  56. Sway and Command over the Water, had PONC
  57. ro silland compole ic, as Wrell as to more and disturb
  58. it; and thefarch, by incans ol ic; and cheretore
  59. chey also sarehim che Name OF A00LN, OV The
  60. istablister; under which Name several Temple
  61. vere consecrared to him, and Sacrifices loHered
  62. Wvhenerer an Farchquake happend, ro pacitierand
  63. appease hims requettins châc he vrould allari che
  64. Commorions oF the. Water, secure che Foundari
  65. ons of che Parch, and puc an end to rhe Parrb.
  66. quare.
  67. Thac the Fire ir selF, wrtri hibeins chus aetn
  68. bled and pene up, is che causoloF all chese PerTuT
  69. barions, makes irs own ar al(o Forch, by whae
  70. Passases loerer ic can ser vene; chrough che Spira-
  71. cles oF the next Vulcano s, chrough che Cracks and
  72. Openings of the Farth abore mentioned, chroust
  73. the Apertures oF Springs, especially cholec orthe
  74. Thermae, Or any octer way charir can cither tindo
  75. makre; and beinsthus discharsed, the Parthqualee
  76. ceaseth, eill the Cause recurns again, and a fresti
  77. Collection ot chis Fire commirs the lame Oucrages
  78. a5 belores
  79. Thac chete is Cometimes in Commotion, a Por.
  80. tion of the AbyIS OF that vas FXFeHE, a5 c0 Make
  81. che Farch incumbent uxon it, for (o very larse:
  82. part of the Globe rosether, thac the Shock is fetr
  83. ihe lame Minure precisely, in Couneries thacrare
  84. mans Flundreds oF Miles distanttrom cach ortier:
  85. and ehis, crentho cher happen eo be parred by ché
  86. Sea Wyins becwixe chem; there manes nor Instan.
  87. ces of suchan Dniversal Concussion ot che irhole
  88. Globe, as must necds imply an Agiration of he
  89. Wvhole AbyIS.
  90. morions in all parrs oF ic, and cheretore no Corn
  91. ery can be wholly exempred trom the EHects ot
  92. thiem; vet chele Lfects are no Where very remarte
  93. able, nor are chere ulually any great Damases done
  94. by Farthquates, excepe onty in rhole Couneries
  95. wrtich are Mouncainous, and consequently Sconr.
  96. and Cavernous underneach, alte ceclans micle
  97. the Disposition oF che Scrata is TucH, That Mole la
  98. rerns open inco che AbyIS, and (0 treely admil aMC
  99. entertain the Fire, Whien asembline cherein, is
  100. Course chat ray irhiere it tinds the readiest Recex-
  101. sides, chac thole parrs of ehie Parth which abound
  102. With Strata OF Stone, AMaIBIE, WTAKIS IHCIIIOH
  103. ges oppoliion L AIL ML MIOSC TUTTOIIS
  104. Mlacrer, wtrich more lasily sire way, and Mate
  105. noc (0 grear Relictance; an L Vene obserrabie nOI
  106. only in chis, Bue aIl OFheF XpIOSONS WVhaTOVeT.
  107. cural Cumporrder, wrtrch calLInS FITC UPON CIS AI-
  108. remibIr, and appFOACHOL IIS OCCALONISCILAL MUMMHE-
  109. ins Noise, char Subrertanea lhunder, ertich is
  110. heard rumbline I CMC BOWCIS OI IC LaEEH aMIHIIS
  111. Farchquates, ale D) IHC Altistance or ies explosire
  112. Cometimes co make miserable Llarock and Destru-
  113. Ction.
  114. Wateros che Olobc.
  115. Lhis ve mas learn abundancy From ie LsIto
  116. ries ot Leet Les; and trras for chis realor
  117. hac Ma) O un Anciens concluded ristuly e
  118. noust, ial Ther vere cauled by che impulses anc
  119. Fluctualioet aler in cheBowels ot che Farch;
  120. Thac choush che HosDeHabie 1ochele Com
  121. the Cause oF the Shock, le naturally Recrins IIs
  122. tion, Which es coatas mose Caverns, chis beme
  123. indeed much che Cause oF Damps in Mines. BC.
  124. Mhacrered, and lustet Huch more by ic than thole
  125. irhich consist ot Crarel, Sand, and the litre laxet
  126. But abore all, those Couneries Which vield great
  127. injured and incommoded DY Farthquakes; those
  128. Minerals comsticurins in the Parrt, a kind oF Na-
  129. Aore Ot Sulphur and Pirre, are by Far the most
  130. aud theretote ees trequelsels called Neptune
  131. =a10Bcor 25 aI(O, FvoOIZBCV EvoSIaiC, anc
  132. Tvanioeezains; by all which LPichers chey denorea
  133. his Pover oE Makins che FarrH.
  134. They supposed chac he prelided over all. Ware
  135. irhraceter, 25 well chat wictun che Liarcti, 25 ehic
  136. Sea, and the rest upon ic; and char the karch vas
  137. supporred by Wacer, ues Foundarions beins laid Porrer, rendersrtho Shock much greater, (0 a5
  138. chereon; on irhich acconne ic vas rhac they bc-
  139. Aou d upon him hac Coenomen Pasiion O, Ox Sup-
  140. Ana eis tor chis Kcalon, thac Traly, Sicili, ana
  141. cdlicus aud lome pante o cjece inve beca soron
  142. rorrer os rhe Farrh, and hac OL O∞463. 10176, O1
  143. edisaimm et ss teitin

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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/806933011:0276?run=74