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

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  1. YE
  2. Filt a deex Ctalo Vettet, oE abouE 2 Or Z Fect
  3. in lensth, (a larse Fube, sealed at the end, Wwill de
  4. very vel1) wich Vacer, as in che Fisuro. IEchen
  5. 2lictlo. Cylinder or Cube oF solid Braso, 25 F, bC
  6. any where placed, cicter at the Surtace, Midale
  7. ot corvards che Borrom of che Vestet, Rill it muse
  8. sinktoche Bortom; Because the compound Column
  9. OF Warer and BcalS cogecher, (Wrhich BcaIS is 2l.
  10. most 9 times as heary as common WV ater) wwill
  11. gravicare or press more chan ans Column oF W a
  12. Tex onty ot che lame Lensth and Diameter, and
  13. consequency che Brals will displace che Water un-
  14. dex iE, and snk lover and lower eill it comero che
  15. Borom; and ehis is the case ol a Stone, Or any
  16. orher hearr Body, (5c. Buc vet il pou suppose
  17. chis piece oF Brals placed on thie imaBinarr Sur-
  18. tace L. M, abore o times iis depth, under Water,
  19. and chac it vere possible ro keep oH the Pressure ot
  20. he Water perpendiculartr incumbene upon it; ic is
  21. nor realonable 1o suppose, Thac che Brals Moula
  22. sinte, ac all, buc be suxporred and buoved up there.
  23. For che Brals can in chis case charse che Wacer un-
  24. der ic ac F, Wwich no more chian jult its ovn propet
  25. and absolure eiphe: Wrhereas all che octer parIS
  26. oF the Surtace L. MI, are charsed or pressed upon,
  27. by Columns ot Wacer, which suppotins rhem co be
  28. ot che same Diameter wich the piece oF BFaIS, arC
  29. sinoly hearier chan che Brals, because cher arc 2
  30. bore o rimes as lons as che Brass is chick; and
  31. cheretore cher presins or gravicarins more on che
  32. L MI, ehan che Brass doch, must keep che BraIS su-
  33. spended; which cannor sink, becaule ic cannot re-
  34. niore a weishic oF Wacer heavier chan ic selS. Anc
  35. trom che lame Principles ris plain, trom Realon, that
  36. iF: The BraIS be placed vet lorver, and che Presture
  37. ot the incumbent WVacet be, asbetore, caken oH; in-
  38. Aead ot sntrino, ic must needs rise; and be Forci-
  39. bly lisced upvare. This also must be ihe Case ot
  40. a Piece oF a Gold, il ic evere placed in these Cir-
  41. cumstances, in a Vessel OF WVaceF, Where he Per-
  42. pendicularly incumbene Presture was KepE OH, and
  43. itie Gold abore 19 rimes ies omn chickenels in che
  44. Liguor.
  45. To matre good which probable Reasonins by LX.
  46. perimene, our Auctior procceded chus.
  47. A larse deex Class Vessel as provided, ot the
  48. Fixure annexed, wtich wvas silled wwith Naternear
  49. coche TOp, 4S 1O Z Y: Then ac che BortOm oF a
  50. Clals Tube open ac borh ends, chere was by
  51. so0d Cement Fastened a Beals Valre, into which
  52. vas curned and Acred a piece ot solid Br2(5 F F
  53. trich cho ic ould Aop the Valre exactIy, vould
  54. vec casily Fallour, it nor suspended or supporred by
  55. any chins; corhe upper side ot chis Brals Piece R F,
  56. lec chere by a Butron Fastened, Wherebr ic may, by
  57. 20 luppore ie, since choc is preater etian ile Weiste
  58. oF the Bra(S. Bur is rou raise the Tube ux 10.
  59. Wards he Top of che Water, che BraIS weiphe0
  60. ver-ballancins cherc, che Presture oF che WVacer up
  61. ward, ic will Coon, il noc held by che Scrine. Nip
  62. ouc ot che Valre, and Fall doun, and chie Water
  63. willimmediacelr rise in che Tube.
  64. And il instead ot raisins che Tube up tovards
  65. the Surtace of che Warer X Y, Von Mould AnK iI
  66. donn much deeper toard che Boccom; vou will
  67. sind chac chis BraIS Stopple wwhich will Fall DuE RCa
  68. dils in che former Scation, will non supporra con-
  69. Ciderable eveishe (25 L) Fastened c0 it, by a BOr
  70. commade on the under Surtace oEic; bue chac on
  71. MCanS OF a Scrins comins up chrough che Pipe che raisins oF che Tube upvard, chis addiiona
  72. PO, be deawnup close, (0 25 10 Aop the Valve.
  73. Alchinos beinsthus Acced, it von sink the Tube
  74. wich ies Valre and Brals Scopple, and by cheScrine
  75. kecp che Scopple Fast in, till che BralS De abOuE
  76. cimes is chicknels beneath che Surtace ofthe WV 2-
  77. cer in the Cla(s Vessel, vou will And, cho vou l00-
  78. sen che Scring, thac the BraIS Scopple will nOE FalL
  79. out; because che Valre beins clole, and etre Sides
  80. ot che Clals Tube noc capable ot beine permeared
  81. byche Wacer, chere can no more oL thac Liguor
  82. prets upon che Brals Scopple perpendicularis; but
  83. uharever Presture ir suctains, is from etie Tenden-
  84. ex oEme Wacer uxvards, ustrich must needs serre
  85. veishe ill make che Scopple drop oue much
  86. Coonex than betore: As suppole when the Lube is
  87. raised only to the HeigHE OF 3 Or 4 Inches, (9C.
  88. Which Experimenes do abundaneu contirim che
  89. Tructi oF ihis Paradox; and no doubr can be
  90. made, but char il a Gold Scopple had been uled
  91. instead ot a Brass ono, and che Pube ler donn inco
  92. che Vessel, rill che Gold had been abore 19 rimes
  93. is chicknels under Warer, eren chat Ponderous
  94. Vecal would have ehiere remain d wirtiouc hrit
  95. ins.

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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/806933011:0413?run=74