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

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1. OFWater in the MOrter LeBF; and an Inch oF W a
2. ter ot the Came Dimentions beins hearier chan an
3. Inch oF Oil, the Tendeney or Morion ol che WV 2.
4. ter must be From Pcorards ; noc from C 10.
5. wards F; and consequener che Syphon will vorte
6. Or rum chac way.
7. The Applicacion or chis tixperimene, co che Soluri-
8. on oFrhe Morion oE Wacer chrO CraneS Or Sy.
9. Phons, is very caste.
10. For When once a Syphon by Suction, OE Orher-
11. wise, is Alled wirh the Liguor eis eocransmie, il
12. the Lcgs oF ic bc noc abore 34 or 35 Voor in lengch,
13. and one ot chem be longer chan che ocher, the Li
14. quor must continue to run chro ic, as long as chere
15. is any corise in ic, or thac the Syphon hold RancH.
16. For since che Pressure or Weigtic oF che Incumbent
17. Annolphere, is capable oF raisins Water in Pipes
18. (Where ic cannorcome 10 pre(s) torhe heishc ot34
19. Or 35 Feet, 25 our Noble Virtuolo prores in his
20. PhysicoMechanical Fxperiments; and here beino
21. manifestly no gravication ofthe Air on the Wacer
22. includled in che Syphon, 25 lons a5 the Syphon is
23. riehre and stanch, the NVacer must continue co keeo
24. runnins, because the difference oF the Presture ot
25. the Rir, on the lorver Vessel oF Warer, and on che
26. uxper, being noching near so considerable as the
27. difterence between che weishe oF the Naier in che
28. longer Lcg ot che Syphon, and chat in the MOrter,
29. ehe Fendeney or Morion must be out ot cheMOrter
30. intothe larger.
31. Bur ehen is nerer so lirle an Fole be made in
32. the Crane or Syphon, or any Leale be there, che
33. WVater can no longer rum, Decause the AirnON ComeS
34. co prels on che Wacer wichin che Syption, as weII
35. 25 on chac withour ic, and consequenely uA hin-
36. der irs course ot runnins.
37. P AR ADOX XI.
38. That a Solid Body, as Ponderous as anx lnomn, iho
39. EXpCTIIMCHE, Thal IHC Nacer runsthro che Legs ot
40. the Syption, cho che Air comins donn by L R,
41. hath a Frec Communication wich them boch, (0
42. thac here no fus acui can be precended as che
43. ehie Wacer Which rends donnvardsin the Les fi, 15
44. es ailo tonsec by an tuch chan he oitee colum
45. Nou ris plain, in this ingeniousy concrived
46. Cause OF che racets LuMMIHB. Bur chac ris plainly
47. Oil OE Tuspentine, on MC SUrtace OF ThC WVaceE
48. Occasionce os the Cretture ot che (lighrer Fluid
49. in che Tubel, till ietorce llap Mo the emper Les
50. Otche inserred Syphon, as high as K, and chen ir
51. descends donn into che lorver Vessel or Tube II,
52. chro che ocher longer Leg oF the Syphon. Indeed
53. the Oil WII graritare on ehe surtace oF the WVacer,
54. in boch ete Tubes L ane LL, aie enete beins a
55. lonser Columnot O oret HI, chan chere is over I
56. by abour an lnch in lensel, che Prelture ill bc
57. freater on the Surrace ot elle Water in LI, by the
58. veiohrot an Inch oF OyI ot Turpentine. Burthen
59. ic most be considerea, thal euse Column OF WVater
60. IYD
61. on the Surface of theWrater, it will sint by ils omn
62. Neisht; yet if it be placed n a sreatet Deptr
63. thanthat of 20 times its omn LBKCS, Will not
64. sinke, is its Descent benot assisted by the voiebt os
65. the Incumbent Water.
66. wohich descends in che Les Cr, tho resisted in its
67. sietion by che veieht ot an Trchot Oil, more chan

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