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

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  1. XF
  2. licele resemble a Ship, he Arted a Wooden. Dech,
  3. vich a Mast, (90. c0ic; and chen he sunte it by
  4. Ballasting ic wich Sand, and made ic deam as inuch
  5. NVacer (as the Seamen (ay) as he chouehe tic: Then
  6. did heby accurare Marts distinsui how hish che
  7. Wacer inche containins Clals did rile on che Sides
  8. ot che Vessel: This done, he rook che Tumbler
  9. Out, wiped ic der, and weished ic; and chen fourd
  10. a Ouancies ot Wacer exactls equalro chat weishic;
  11. Which Wacer irtien pur inco he broad Cilals, rose
  12. up co chose Marhs exactly, Which he had betore
  13. observed che Tumblet had Faised rhe Water 10.
  14. PARABOX IV.
  15. 7)at 10 Account for the raisinq of Water in Pumps
  16. _cC. there needs onty the competent Weicht ef an
  17. External Fluid.
  18. Take up in a Aender Class- Tube, abour an Ineh
  19. in heieht oF any deepir ringed Liquor (such a5 an
  20. Intuson of Brazil-wood and Cocheniel, 69c. ii
  21. WVacer (For else che Phaenomena illnoc be conspi
  22. cuous) and chen soppins che upper end wich rour
  23. Finger, place ir in a Class Vessel Alled wich che lame
  24. Tinged Liguor, and chac (0 low, thac che upper
  25. Surtace oF che Liquor in che Tube, be at least an
  26. Inch below chac ot che Liguor of the Vesel: Then
  27. Pour on Oyl oF Turpencine For abouc 3 Or 4 Tnches
  28. heiohe abore the WVacer in the Vessel; and vou
  29. ill sec, on the remoral OF VouF Finger From che
  30. Top oF che Tube, char the Tinsed Warer will be
  31. raised ox impelled upward, near ashigh asthe Sur-
  32. Face of the Oil.
  33. Non here no abhorrence of a Vacuum can be
  34. precended, as the Cause ot che alcene oF che WVAFCT.
  35. For che Tube is Full oF Air, and che External Aie
  36. hach a tree ingrels inco ic: Buc che plain Reason id
  37. This, Thac chere beins a grearer Presture made by
  38. ehe Oil and WVacer rogether, on chelmaginary Plane
  39. char passes by che lorver Orifice of the Tube wirh-
  40. oux the Tube, chan wichin ic, (For wirhinchere is a Cufticient Onantier of WVater well ringed wich Bea
  41. Presture only oF an Tnch oF Warer, and oF a Co- Zil, (3c. Then tr 10 ic a Cover OE C orki, chro
  42. Iun OF Air) che ParrS OF the Wacer ar the BOrtOm
  43. irtich bore wich a rec. hOE Caper LETOH, sever aI
  44. ofthe Pipe, must be chrust upvards into ic, rill ir round Floles, ro admit Tubes of different Bipnesses
  45. rise so hioh, as eo sain an Equilibrium wich che DxSires. L et chese Tubes sand nearir upriphr in
  46. rest.
  47. che Vesset, and reach all wich cheir lorver Oritices
  48. And rhis ill CasilY ACCOHNE FOr FHC A(CENEOF che below he Surtace OEthe Water: Then ac an LOle
  49. Nracer in the Pumps.
  50. purposely letrtorie, pour insenely by a Gla(S Fun-
  51. Wrhere the external Rix prestins erery where on nel, 2 800d Ouanciry oF Oil oF Furpentine; and
  52. the Surtace ot the Water in the Well, buE nOc on rou will plaintr sec chetinged Waterrile equally,
  53. chac wichin che Pump. Decause ris raten oR by j (i. e. to equalheishes) in allihe Tubes, tho ot very
  54. che Sucker; Wwhich is cheretore wich Potr Leather, disterent Bores and Si2es.
  55. C8c. made stanch on purpole.
  56. On cheraisins cheretore of the Sucker, che W a-
  57. rex must follon ic (it the Pump be g00d) because
  58. che eishe oF che whole Armosphere presses on che
  59. Surface oF the Wacer in che WVelI, (bur nOT ac aII
  60. richin che Body oF che Pump) and (0 raises or FOr-
  61. ces ic up into che Carier oF che Pump. And chac
  62. chis Presture oF che Air is che C ause oF the WVarerS
  63. rile, is more chan probable, because no Pump can
  64. erer raise Wacer abore 33 or 34 Foor; Which is
  65. Found ro be exactly agrecable ro the diserenE G,Fa-
  66. viries oF Rir and Wacer, allowine For che grea
  67. heiphe oC che Armosphere: Of which more else
  68. here.
  69. The ReaCon oE wtich will chus appear.
  70. LCC F F represent the Surlace oE che NV ater it
  71. che Vessel; when che Oyl cotries co be poured ux-
  72. on ic, noc beins oFa Nature se co minele Or incor-
  73. porare wich ic, ir will svim ac che Pop, and wictr
  74. an equal Grariey, prels uxon all Parrs ot che Sur-
  75. Face oF che Wacer, and consequently will raise oy
  76. prelsup the Wacer in che Tubes, eill ic comeneAF
  77. ro the lame heistr in them, 25 che Oil is ac in the
  78. Class, 20 brins che Liquors r0 a Ballance. BuF
  79. chere isno realon why che Water Bould be railed
  80. to a greacer heighe in any one Tabe, than in ano-
  81. cher: Because che Oil presses uniformly and equa
  82. IV on all parrs of the Surtace of the W’acer; and
  83. consequenly can Force ux the Wacer no histier in
  84. ie taralett cabe crae ipn se preatet; oi tronlis
  85. A R A
  86. That ehe Pressure os an External Fluid, is able eo
  87. Kecep an Heteroseneous Liquor suspended at the same
  88. heistot in severat Pipes, thó they be os different
  89. Diameters.
  90. Fate d pretty wide mouchd G’ als, (25 in Fiz. 5
  91. annex d) ot a convenient depth, and puE inTO IL a

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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/806933011:0405?run=74