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

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  1. Ee ordered a Jin er Lacon Vessel ro bemace oF
  2. che adjornins Shape, which hact a 100se BOreom, Ltus Parador, in che Memoirs Machematique C
  3. MII. Varisnon.
  4. de Phosique; A. D. 189L. P. L L. 1o Co latett 6)
  5. IFthere bC rwO LdDeS Ox Vessels, havinq che
  6. same Fseighes and Bales, boch Ailled wicti Water
  7. buconc ot themmade (o caperins upvards, chat it
  8. Mail contain bur 20 Ounces ot Water; Whereas
  9. che orher holds 200; the Bocoms ol chiese rvo
  10. Tubes Mall sustain au equal Pressure oF Water, vi
  11. each ot chem thac ot rhe Weishe oF 200 Ounces
  12. the Ouanriry ot rhe Liquid concained in the grea
  13. tex Tubes
  14. This is undoubred Fact, and agreedupon by allo
  15. cobe true, a5 long a5 che contained Liguor conri
  16. nues Fluid; bur if ic Mould Preere, than it rill by
  17. no meanshold, che lester Ouanriey ot Icc (to be lure)
  18. beins much liglirer chan the greater.
  19. The Reason cheretore ot chis surprisne Phaeno-
  20. menon, scems e0 depend much on the Nature OE
  21. Fluidiey; and accordinsly, Mr. Varignon espoules
  22. che Opinion of rhose wrho alerr, Thacthe 20 Oun
  23. ces oF Water in the Papering, or orhieevise une-
  24. qually formd Tube, as long as the Water conri
  25. nuesliquid, do press and essectively charge rhe Bor
  26. tom of che Vessel, as muctras 200 unces would de
  27. in a uniform Cxlindrical Tutre at etia Cama Ba(C
  28. and Alticucle.
  29. help to lulcain ehe Weighe, anel charche Borrom aloné
  30. Mr. arisnon chinksche Maccer easily Colvable in
  31. ene forpnex ray, chus:
  32. Ochers Car, che Rrained Sides oF etie unequat
  33. Tube, by hindering the risins OE che Wacer, de
  34. is noc charsed with che Whole Prelture, buta 900d
  35. Parc oficis calen oAby che Sides
  36. CD, made OF a AAL PICCE OF HOCC
  37. solt piece os Bladder, and greased on the Wver side
  38. near the Fdses, charlo leanins ontheRim oF Wo0a
  39. CFI, contisuous cveri wrhere co che inside ol che
  40. Laton, it miste casily be lifred oH From il, and
  41. ver lic so close upon ic at ocherrimes, charthe W
  42. ter Mould nor per beccen them. Po che midate
  43. OEthe loose Borom was fasteried a lone A11 B, LMa
  44. came ux phro che Bodr oF chic Pipe AB.
  45. The Instrument chus siced, There Was Wacer
  46. eoure d is et R, Which pressed asaCCHC LaBC BO-
  47. tom C D, and Kepe ic s0 righe donn, MaCHOML-
  48. FeF FaN Our. WVhen che Vessel and Pipe vere Bort
  49. filled wich Wacer, che upper end of cheScrins R l,
  50. uas fastened to the Beam of a 800d pair oF Scales,
  51. and then as much Weishe wvas pur into the oppo-
  52. sre Scale, a5 dia HIIC uP CHC TAHC BOLIOMI L D, ITOIM
  53. cheRim GFI, and (o ler out che Wacee; and chis
  54. WeishHe found ro berery considerably more chan
  55. har vould have serredro lite up as much WVaree
  56. a5 thac Vessel did contain, had ic been in an open
  57. onc et the common Strape: Buche neither cells us
  58. the Mearure oF the Vesset, ihe Lleighr oF the Tube,
  59. d viet
  60. Veheltoc do tituee.
  61. nox the Weighe Which ras required co raise che
  62. Borrom; Which it he had done, crvere very casie e0
  63. a summmmis
  64. Ihe TabE BACFFTR F DB, tavins ilS BOC-
  65. EOm PaTE DK FTF, much larger chan ies upper
  66. dhanke BC FD; L Cap, hach ieo Borcom B Hl dc
  67. have calculared the Ouantier and Weighe oF a C0.
  68. lumn of NVarer, Which Monld hare had the Borrom
  69. Cor ics Bale, and che unired lenpch oC Zube anet

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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/806933011:0408?run=74