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

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  1. sed with a5 Great a WVeighE OF PreNure OF Water,
  2. a5 iF ic vere a Cylindricat Vessel aSO) PFTK ot the
  3. tame Base arid Atcicude, wich che unequally Ma
  4. Ded Tube.
  5. Drav che Lines as vou sec in che Fioure, se
  6. MaII Q V reprelent a Coluirin ot Wacer in thelav.
  7. poled rruly Cplindrical Vessel; harins the Diame-
  8. cer ot ics Bale double 10 Mhac ot R L, B M, Or
  9. C
  10. Then will ehe Column oF Water B N, BearinE
  11. uxon the Aem (NI N) OF the Libra L N; Whole
  12. FTypomochlion is imagined eo bC AEMI, BC a COUN-
  13. cer-Ballance tOthe COIUMN OF WV AFeF R NI, WhieM
  14. is Kept donntrom alcendins anr hisher by che Mde
  15. OF thie Vesset P D, just a5 the WeighE AE Z, ac ctie
  16. end X, oF che Libra F X, whose Hrponochilion is
  17. ac Y, is ballanced by che Side oF che Vesset P D
  18. Which hinders che Arm P Y trom ascendins. No
  19. F Y beins == Z X, the eishe sustained by chc
  20. sypomochlion at T, is double ro chac acZ; Wrhere-
  21. Fore che subjacent Poine M, Or chatpare OF rhe BOF-
  22. rom ot the Vessel L. NV, must be charged wich dou-
  23. ble rhe weighe oF the Column oF WVater B N; OF
  24. hich isall onc, Will be pressed wichche weighe of
  25. ihre Column oF WVacer R N, Which may be supDO.
  26. Ted ro reach quire up eo che FOP.
  27. LetuS ThenFaKe A N L K E D, as equiraleHETO
  28. such a Column, chen Wwill chac Wacer be a Ballance
  29. on the FIypomochlion L, 1o che Wacer leanins on
  30. the orher Arm of the Libra KL, and Kepr down
  31. by ehe side of the Vessel KE F; and consequenty,
  32. the Parr of che Boccom IE N, Wil Custain a Pret
  33. Ture equal ro rhac ot che Column OF Warer CL N;
  34. For chis, by che abore mentioned way ot arguins.
  35. is che lame a5 chac oE che Wacer contained in che
  36. Space ANK D B.
  37. And chus, on che orher side, ic may be proved,
  38. Tharche remainins parr oFthe Borom N FI, is
  39. pressed uxon by che WVater ANHI F C, equiva
  40. sene eo che Weishe oE che Column OF Water IH,
  41. reachins uprorhe Top.
  42. From wrhence ic Follons plaintz, Thacche Wa
  43. rer in ehe Tube BD R HI FC, presses or gravi
  44. caces on che Bocrom equally wich che eistie ot che
  45. Cxlindrical Column QT FTK, havins an equa
  46. Base With IF.
  47. AII wtich Nechod oF Arsuins, will be clear e.
  48. noush ro one char considers cis che Properry oF al
  49. Fluids, From the knovn Laws oF Fydrostaticks, re
  50. have cheir intinicely small Columns, ot which ches
  51. consist, r0 be every where a BalaHCC 1O OnC anO
  52. cher.
  53. e A Bd DBX VH
  54. That a Body immersed in a Fluid, sustains a lateral
  55. Pressure from the Fluid; which also encreaseth as
  56. ibe Body is placed deeper beneath the Sursace os et
  57. Eluid.
  58. near thie BOrrOm; Thac the lOrveF ParE L C, may
  59. verr nearty makre à Righe Angle wichche ocher
  60. PAEF F F. Dipthis Pipe or Sypton in Oil OF Lur-
  61. penrine, and cake up abour 3 or a Inches ot ic in
  62. he Pipe, Which voû may kecp chere by aprlvins
  63. rour Finserroche upper Oritice.
  64. This done, move che Syphon into a GlaIS OF
  65. Water, and place ie L0 chere, thac the longer Les
  66. max sand perpendicularty co ies Surtace, and rhat
  67. phe ochex lomer Les may be (0 lac beloi ite du
  68. eu vi de na imra
  69. FaCC OFTC Water, 25 That thC appet surtace of ché
  70. OH LR tBC LOnGeF L CB, BC BIE a AMLLC HIGHOT LITaL
  71. FhaE OF the WVacer in the GlaIS: For chen it vou
  72. remore rour Finger Fromche Top, che Oil in che
  73. Tube will rery licele, il ic all, chanse ies Scarion;
  74. Which es plaintr, chacchere is a lateral Presture
  75. asainst che Oil ax chelorver Orisice C, Which hin-
  76. ders ies rumnins our, cho pressed by che Cplinder
  77. ot dil concained inche Perpendicular LCs. And 25
  78. il yon raise che Pipe ux higher (Kcepine ic Aill in
  79. its perpendicular Posture) che Oil wwill drop oue, (0
  80. is vou snk ie lorver che Wacer will sec in atC
  81. and Force che Oil aIl ont oF rhar Les CP, and raise
  82. ehe Oilproporrionabls in che perpendicular one Fi P
  83. Nay, il von cheust it lo enough, che Wacer wrill
  84. rise up into che longer Lez, and bear the Oil above
  85. ic; Wtich last Circumstance proves, HaL WVaceK
  86. hach a lareral Pressure against ic selF, 25 great as HC
  87. Perpendicular one From abore, sinee rhat only can
  88. Torce ine ater up into che Perpendicular L ex.
  89. I allo sceepine the Tube ac che Pame Depch, vou
  90. curn ihe Tlorizontal Les here and chere, or place
  91. its Orifice C, in any pare of che Imaginary Plaim
  92. FG, che Oil will keep irs former Rarion in the
  93. Lube, and neicher rise nor s, WMCN; Thac
  94. chis laceral Presture is equabte aet al
  95. elaces or Parrs of a Vessel oF Nater, ac che Pame
  96. distance FrOM itS Surtace.
  97. Our Noble Ruchor contnis che Tcuh oE ctiis
  98. Fakre a Dendes CTals-Fube, ane Let AL DC Dent le

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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/806933011:0409?run=74