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

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  1. (the part abddes Suis LLD) bears the same
  2. Proportion to the Gravity of as much Air équal to
  3. it in Bulk:: asthe Weieht os a Ouantiry of Mer-
  4. cury equal in Bulke i ese part immersed; bears 10
  5. the Weicht of the immersed part of ihe Tube toge
  6. ther with the Mercury included C Lo
  7. For elie Air upon che ourside D, oE che FOp OF
  8. ihe Tube DC; is very nearty equaleo che Presure
  9. ot che Air upon the octier Pares ot che Surtace oF
  10. the MercurY A B; bur chis Presture upon the POP
  11. ot the Tube, beins added eo etie Pressure OF che
  12. included Mercurr, rogerher wich etie Weighe ot
  13. he Tube, Will make the Presture upon C, inore
  14. chan double ro che Pressure uxon any ocher Pari
  15. beins ehc effect oF a double Column oF Air oF etie
  16. e.
  17. 25 is equal es etie Exeess of che Pressure upon etié
  18. orhet Paiis abore chac upon C; FoF etié Force up.
  19. ards in C can suctain Pomueh MerCUry, aSIS COn-
  20. rairied in a Tube, Wvhose Alticude is C Y: There:
  21. Fore il chie Alcicude C D be lesorhen C, I; tis plain
  22. che Pressure uiprards at C, Wvill be able to buor
  23. up 25 muchniore weiphr chen D C, 25 D C Wanes
  24. oFCI; char is, so much weistir mar becaken
  25. ouc oE chic Senle P, 20brins il c0 2n L. quilitrium.
  26. For, ehie Pressure ol the Tneumbene Rir upon che
  27. Pares of the Surtace AB, Surroundins C, IS SuNI
  28. ciene to sustain, cither a Column OF RIF OE an equal
  29. Alricude, or a Column oF Mercury oF an equat
  30. veishe wich che former; or a mixe Column inade
  31. up oF em borh, wrtich docs noc exceed the Gra.
  32. virs ot orie oEcheni, bur cannor fustain chem borti
  33. cogecher, or any chins more chian Wrtrar is egual to
  34. Me Crariey ol orie.
  35. Scppose the pari C oF thie Surtace ot ehie Nereii-
  36. ex AB, (FIs. 12.) exposed co che open Nir, etien
  37. chere wvil be sustained a Column of che incuisibete
  38. Ait, equal co ivtratis suctained by everr ortier equal
  39. Part oF che Surtace, but neither MCrCUEY, nOr any
  40. chins elle more Incensirely or Specitically heavier
  41. chan Ric, LOF chac oud destros rhe siquilibrium,
  42. By Prop. 1.
  43. 2. IF, 25 in the Torricellian Lxperimene, etricti
  44. suppose made, che Pressure or the incumbene AiF
  45. be kepetrom actins upon C by I, the Top oF che
  46. Tube CI, Ox any hou else, the Pressure at C up
  47. wards will chen suctain a Columnof Mercurr equa
  48. in Glariry eo a Column of Ait uxon che Pame Base.
  49. but ic ean sustain nochine else; (o chac elie Tube
  50. wich che incumbene Coluinn of Air upon the TOp
  51. oF ic, must be sustained some orher Way, cither by
  52. cheFland, or by an equal Weiphe in che oppol
  53. Scale, (361
  54. 3. IE elie Pressure ot the incumbene Rir Be Kepe
  55. OH, onts in pare; chac is, it chie Pondus in the
  56. Scale P, be lels chen che Graviry oF che Rir restine
  57. uxon che Top oF che Tube, and che Tube ic selF.
  58. then C will Fuctain a Misr Columm, (1. c.) Parcls
  59. DF RIT, parE DF MerCUIEY: Atid che Onantiry OF RIC
  60. sustained by C, is equal co che excelo ot ché
  61. eveigHt oF che incumbene Rir and Tube abore che
  62. Pondus P. Aiid etie Mercury ivictrin che Tube
  63. wanes just so much of che Weisht oF etle Mereury
  64. in che last Ca(c, a5 chat exCelS aIOUHES EO.
  65. 4. IEctic Pondus in the Scale P, De preater thati
  66. the Weiphe oF an incumbene Colutn uxon etie
  67. Top oF the Tube, cosecher ivith che Tube ir selF.
  68. etien ie ivill elerare the Tube out oE the Mer
  69. cury.
  70. This Mactet Wvill Aill be more elear biy etic. Fol
  71. loins Instances.
  72. the Mercury in ebe Tabe C D (Sec Fiz. G.) bc
  73. kept suspended at the alritude C T, yet is the Ae
  74. presate os the Tube and Mercury be lest 1o it sels
  75. 10 descena frecly; it ne sina luo the scaenant
  76. Mercurs s0 far, ti the Grady of DI or DC.
  77. Dianterer ot the Lube, and ee Weighe oF chac
  78. Tube; and consequener, it ihc WVeighe ot ehie
  79. Tube and Incumbene Rir, bC Hor sustained ocher
  80. ivaYS, (by Cor. 3. Prop. 1.) InC Lube will subside
  81. Totat, eill che Parr abore che Surtace bears che
  82. lame Proporrion t0 as much Air equal roir in BuIK
  83. as d Ouancier oF Nercurr equal it Bulk to che
  84. Parl immersed, bears co ille immersed PaF
  85. COROLLARY L
  86. TE Mhe Fube D LBC Kept saspended vich ils end
  87. C just under che Surtacé ot the Mercurr; the
  88. is equal coml Crariey oF a Column oF RIr, insist
  89. ins upon the Top oEche Lube DL, coscctet wictu
  90. the excels of che Grarirs ot che Lube, above a1
  91. equal Porrion ot Air; oi ivhich is nears ene latme
  92. chirs equal eo the Weishe oF che includea Metci
  93. COROLLARY II.
  94. Buc is D C, ihie Altitude oF ehe inverred Tube
  95. be lels then C P (vhere ThC MTUrCUEY, a5 in Z
  96. common Baroineter, won d Rtand, evere ir noc hin
  97. dered) and consequentY, it che RIr press mOre ux
  98. on cheocher Parrs chan the MercuEY DC docsup.
  99. on C; then wvill so much of che veishr ot ché Tube
  100. anid Mercuer be abaced, or so much Weiehe ma
  101. weishe of, or rendener of che Tube doinnivards;
  102. ey D C, rogerter che Coretrientionec P. XCets.
  103. be suxpoled ro be caten our or che Scale P, (F15. 1:
  104. indiriiiiiii
  105. uoae (213. La Clut Palt et ee dullace
  106. AB, upon which the Tube insilts, c0 be (0 larse
  107. 25 chac, beins exposed ro rheopen dir, ic can lu
  108. Iam a Colu et alt et 10 Ounces: Then il che
  109. Forricellian Experimene bemade, and C be detend.
  110. ed trom che Graricarion ot che Air upon ic, them
  111. ill in ies room be suspende a Columin oF Mercu
  112. eY, or any ocher Fluid, irhich does nor exceed 10
  113. Ounces.
  114. Let us imagine che WeipheoF che Tube ro be
  115. cuo curces; alen vil ie l eiebe dt 1 L do
  116. 1dcd

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