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

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  1. FITDROORAPTY, is an Ar erhich ceachech, Considerinschis, ICaY, Thac Noble Auchor re
  2. hou ro describe and meature the Sea; sirins an duced che chiefest oF che Hydrostarical Theorems
  3. AcconnE oF ies Tides, Connter. Pides, Foundinzs,
  4. BayS, Culphs, Crccks, (90. A5 al(O the ROCKS,
  5. Stelves, Sands, Strallons, Promontories, ITar-
  6. bours, Distance From one Port ro anocher, and 0.
  7. chex chines remarkable on che CoaAs.
  8. EIXDROMANOY, a precended Divinarion b7
  9. Warer.
  10. EEDROMEL, Mead, is a Decoction OF N 2
  11. cer and Lloney.
  12. AIYDROMPTTALOM, is a Protuberance 0
  13. the Navel, proccedins trom Wacery Hlumours in
  14. the Abdomen. Blanchard.
  15. FIYDROPFIOBIA, is a Distemper hiphly Con
  16. vulsire, accompanied wich Furr, and cunnins ot
  17. al chines chac are Liquids and Splendid; Pome
  18. times wich a Dclirium, a Fcarer, and ocher Symp.
  19. eoms, noc wichour sreac danger ot Lite, procced
  20. inz FrOM: the Bire oF a Mad D08, Or a Contasion
  21. analagous toit.
  22. In Philosoph. Fransact. N. 147. There is an TN
  23. stance oF one havins chis Disease occasioned by che
  24. Bire oF a Mad D03.
  25. TITDKOPICA, are Mealemes thac expet he
  26. Wacery Fltitibur in a DroPsC.
  27. FIXDROPS, IS d Scaxaon OF ehC Wacery FI
  28. mour in che Habic ot che Boc), Or lome Carier 0
  29. ic: And ic is cither General, 25 an Anasorca, an
  30. ascites; co which, some add a Tumpany, buc ill
  31. Or Parricular, contined EO OnC PaTE, 25 2 DFOPSI
  32. in che Head, Breacts, Fland, F0Or, (9c. Blan
  33. chard.
  34. LIYDROPS ad Matulam, che same wieh Di
  35. betes.
  36. AITDROSTALLCLO IS ThAE PArE OF Static
  37. Which selates ro che Grarities and Equilibria O
  38. Liguors, ae alto comprehendsthe Arr oF weiel
  39. ins Bodies in WVacer, or Pome ocher prover Liguo
  40. chereby ro estimare their Specitick Cirariey, andL
  41. deduce rhence many ocher uletul TheoreS.
  42. And ibis, (25 is obserrec oy ne Fonourab
  43. MHF. BBylC) is a Pare oF Philolophy wrtrich oughe re
  44. De looke upon as. the most lngemous ot any: TH
  45. Lheorems and Problems ot chis Art, beines hand.
  46. Tome Productions of Rcalon, and attordine Disco
  47. inco che followins Paradoxes; Which vou will sec
  48. he made clearly our bs Experimenc, and sensible
  49. PFOOE.
  50. Tho belore he comes co them, he Thinks Fit 20
  51. premise chele Zhin s5 25 Postulate Or Lemmata.
  52. 1. Thatis a Dipe, Or Tube, open ac boch ends,
  53. and placed Perpendiculartr to che Florizon, have
  54. reries; noc onsy pleasins, buc allo surprisins and
  55. Wondertul: Nar, verr mans ot che most tamiliar,
  56. ies lorver Orisice under Wacer, chere will palS am
  57. Imaginaer Plane or Surtace parallel, asto Sense, 10
  58. the upper Surtace of the WVacer, which Mall touctr
  59. chatloiver Orifice ot che Tubc.
  60. 2. Thac each pare oF ehis Surtace or Plane, rvila
  61. be alikre pressed (iF ac 2I1) by the weight oF thePer
  62. pendiculariy incumbene WVacer, Wrhich cannor but
  63. be granced, since ihe Tarer beins supposed an
  64. Flomogenous Fluid oF equal Crrarier cvery Wherc,
  65. and equally hieh abore che atorelaid Plain, there
  66. can no reason be altisned woty anx one pare ot ic
  67. Mould bemore or sels pressedrban any ocHer.
  68. 3. Thac tho in ehiis casc che Liquor will kcer
  69. ies former Position, rec if any one part oF it comes
  70. to have a preater weighe incumbene on it chan 2
  71. nocher, chen chac pare will be displaced and de-
  72. pressed; as is the case wrhen a Scone or other B0dy
  73. Specitically heavier chan Wacer, siriks donn in ic
  74. and rends ro the Borrom
  75. For in Whar part Poerer ofche Wacer che Sione
  76. iS, thac pare being more pressed uxon chan rhe
  77. rest, must vield and sive may to che Morion ot
  78. che sione domnvard, rill ic come ro che BOT.
  79. com.
  80. And on the orhier Fland, il any parc oF chis ima
  81. ginary Surtace be lels pressed upon chanall cherest
  82. Emust, by etie sreacer pressure oF. che rest, bC
  83. impelled uxvards, rill ic have an ticistu equiralen
  84. coballance che Pressure made on che orher ParIS OE
  85. che Wacer; Wvhich laccer pare will appear hiehils
  86. reatonable and prancable by ans Arcerrire Con.
  87. iderer.
  88. And ies Truch in Fact, he prores by chis
  89. Experimene.
  90. TF a Imall Tube, opest A BOTH FHaS, DC BCtC OK
  91. placed perpendicularty a licele benearh the Surtace
  92. oF che Water, in any Vessel; (Nore, Tis best to use
  93. one of Glass, that the Lxperiment may bethe more visi-
  94. blc;) then willche Wacerrise inche Tube as hist
  95. and a licle hipher, (For a Realon Wrhich vou ill
  96. snd siren hereatrer) chan che Surtace of chie Waret
  97. withour: Bur il vou senely pour Oyl oF Turpen
  98. cine, or any orher Liquor which vill noc mix victu
  99. Nacer, upon has, contained in ehe Vessel; vou
  100. will sec, chac as che Oil sros higher andhigheron
  101. che Surtace ot the NVater, and presses consequentiy
  102. more and more upon ic, (0 will the Water rile
  103. wichin che Oritice oFche Tube, and descend again
  104. proxortionably 25 rou rake oN ihe Oil; wtict
  105. Plainls PrOres, Thac cheveishe ot che Oil prestine
  106. more on ihe Surtace oF che Wacer wichoue che
  107. Tube, chan che bare Rir only can do wichin ie
  108. Forces up rhe Wacer Po hieh in the Tube, eill chc
  109. Cylinder oF NVacer wichinche Tube, dorh as mucte
  110. Gravitare on CHaE parF OF che WVacer under che Ori-
  111. fice oFThe Tube, as che Air, Oil and Wacertose.
  112. ahiec do on all ehe octeto niehoneic.
  113. A
  114. P AF
  115. a5 Wvellas most obcrule Phanomena ot Nature, ca
  116. Adrdly ever De chrouxhily underttood wichour II
  117. drostatical Principles. Tis an ArE aISO nOE On
  118. delietutulls Specularire, bur Lractically usetul;
  119. may be oE che hishelt imporcallce lo Thippins an
  120. lavisation, eo chole chac deal in Salc- Works, an
  121. Lothose Whose Businels tis eo enquire inco the Cra
  122. Mcles and Magnicudes ot lome Bodies; the exac
  123. Knomledse ot wtich Wo verr much conduce e
  124. Their Incerest. Buc ot rhe grear DPetulnels oF eti
  125. AEE. Sec more under Specifick Bravity.
  126. And char Admirable Cencleman, the FOnOUTa
  127. ble Mr. R. Boyle, considerins char all Perlons are
  128. Hoc acquainced wich, and cannoc seaus digest ri
  129. Sid Machemarical Demonstrarions, chac it mighe be
  130. Ot greac adrancase ro prove rhe lruch ot luch ule
  131. tnl Propositions as chole given us by HIydrostatica
  132. NVricers, in a Sensible and Phiysical Way: A5 al
  133. Thac Come ThingS BetOre PALHIHB TOF receive
  134. Lruchs, would chen be dicoretca od palpabl
  135. Errors, a5 Wellas many Noble anid setul Discori
  136. ries, ehis way communicared corhe Wortd

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