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

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  1. ngerher wicti etie incumbene Air, bc equal 10 12 ] deptessins or elevalins Lleuors conrainidin Tubes,
  2. Ouncesneartr. (Llar nearly, For any one will per-
  3. ceire Froni Prop. 5. thac ic wone be exactlr (0;
  4. trom whicti Pressure C must bc enrirely, trced,
  5. Wvtich inas be done by che Fland, or by 12 Oun
  6. ces in chescale P.
  7. Nou let, us suppose a Ounces raten out ot che
  8. Scale P, then there will remain onty 8, Wwhich can-
  9. hor be a Ballance For 12: Pheretore the TubeDC
  10. vill sinte donn. into che StagnANE MerCUrY, (the
  11. Prelture downvards uxon C beins greater, by 4
  12. Ounces, chen thie Prellure ans where else on che
  13. by Barely pucins che Tube into Warer; and chere
  14. tore ic tollons, che Presture wichin is lessend:
  15. Surtace oFthe Stagnane Mercury) eill che included FTo ihis can be, is non ro be accounced tor.
  16. Mercurr veish onty 6 Ounces.
  17. Buc here it may seem AransC, Wvhy 8 Ounces in
  18. the Scale P, can buoy up che Tube equal 10 2
  19. Ounces, added to the Weishe of the incumbene
  20. Air equat r0 10 Ounces: Buc che realon of this is
  21. evidene, For che Pressure upvards in C, i5 4 Oun-
  22. ces greater chan any where else; or Which is che
  23. Tame chiins, 4 OF chose 12 Ounces (che weiphe oF
  24. che Tube and incumbene Air) will nOE be per
  25. ceir d by reason of che contrars rendener ot che
  26. Nercurr uxvards acC, P0 chac chere will remain
  27. onty 8 Ourices, equal roche Weiphr of thePondus
  28. nP
  29. Dur is instead oF a Ounces, che whole Pondus
  30. trad been caken our of the ScaleP, C ould chen
  31. tiare a freater Pressure uxon ic chan ic is able rO
  32. bear, and consequemly ill sire var, and susset
  33. che Tube and Mercury t0 sink quire donn coctie
  34. Borrom oF ehe Vesset.
  35. HF instead oF 4 Ounces, 2 onty had Been raken
  36. out ofche Scale P, there Will remain 10 Ounces
  37. uetich ill cake oA 10 OF chc 12 Ounces (thC
  38. Weieheos che Tube and Air osecher) and there.
  39. mainins 2 Ounces willprels upon C, wtich, wict
  40. B Ounces oF Merener, Will make 10; (0 chacche
  41. Mercury in che Tube in this case, will weigh E
  42. Ounces, asbetore it weighed on1y 6; 1. c. the Tube
  43. vill alcend rill che Mercury wichin ic weieh 2
  44. Ounces more then betore
  45. EF2 Ounces more be addedto P, che Tube will
  46. tise uneil che Mercurs in ic reiph 2 Ounces more
  47. ihen betore, i. c. 10; buc il ans more Weighe bc
  48. added co P, che Tube ill bc elerared our oF che
  49. Mercury.
  50. From the Forefolns Cieies, twill be no dithi
  51. cult maccer ro accoune For chac Experiment oF Wa
  52. cer risine higher in very narro Tubes, etian che
  53. Sartace ol the Wacer in which cher are immersd;
  54. for it vou rake a very dender Tube, open at boch
  55. ends, and pur one end in a Vessel ot Water, the
  56. NVacer wichin ehe Tube will De Found somechine
  57. abore the Lerel of the Wacer wichour, more anc
  58. inore proportionably co the smalnels ot che Tube,
  59. in whichthe Eexperimeneis made.
  60. Sect. 85. rells us, Lhiat he chinks chis Phaenomenon
  61. inay be ehus accounced For: Ile Fancies, rhat che
  62. Particles ot Air cannor more (0 bristely in Pender
  63. Cipes, as in larger, and consequenty are hinder d Globules. Bur ris quire anorher ching in che Re
  64. trom exercilns a Force susticient to deprels the WV 2-
  65. cer.
  66. periment wlel Meteuer, he vou d hare Found che
  67. ny one char contidess ce mus, sor Lnonaer Wnat chis, excecus ine selles et erlobules intiltins upOn
  68. hrec Motion ot che Parrictes et At have 1o donl chac; lo chac ihe Liguer victiouc, must subside 2
  69. ehis is cerrainly che eftect ot Crarier, whole Action
  70. is Rectilineat, bur chis Rectilinear Precture is no
  71. more lnder d in imall. Pubes chan in larger.
  72. And cheretore the Reason wtiy Warer in (naII
  73. Lubes riles tixher chan che Lerel ol the Surtace
  74. vithoue, accordins eo FIydroctarical Principles, must
  75. be cither because ihie Prelture richouris encreascd
  76. or che Preluse michin che Lube diminished; buc
  77. the Prellule wichour doës norleem to be encrealed
  78. oboc
  79. Lexthere bea small Cxlindrical Tube ab c d im.
  80. mersed in the Surtace ot ihe Warered; upon wwhict
  81. Surtace, let che Cylinder ot Air ef g hlikevise insist:
  82. Then ler us suppose, thac uxon the Diamerer ot cach
  83. Tube can stand a certain determinate Number oF
  84. Parricles oF AIr, viz. 8, Or let 8 Particles oF AIr
  85. placed in a Righr-line be equal ro the Larirude ot
  86. Boch Lubes. Llas, Ic can seldom, nay, L beliere
  87. ic can never Happen, rhac che eishe cun De intro-
  88. micced in The Cariey ot che TuBC, FOr the uovee
  89. Edges otthe Tube willincercepeche krst and ciehe,
  90. SO Fhat On) lIX Can Fall uxon the Wacer, and che
  91. Tame W hold erue ol any ocher Series of Globules.
  92. Whose ino excream Parricles will alvars fall uxon
  93. che Bhks OE che Tube: Hlence it is, chac che
  94. Wotiole Round of Globules insistinq uxon che Edges
  95. olthe Tube, togecher wich a m and bn, wwtich
  96. Rohant, ee Pareet his PhyACkS, Cap. 22. cher perpendiculartr insist upon, gravicate only up.
  97. Tho au Bulcus Geneleman made che Tame Fx-
  98. onthe Fdses bthe Tube, and never come coche
  99. Wacer gr, Wel 1s only gravicaced upon by
  100. Cylinder ot HII, Wvtose Diameret consists ot li
  101. rial Cylinder ef s h, Taken in anY paTE OF the Sur-
  102. Face Wichour, Where the excream Globules arenOL
  103. incercepced by the Sides ot the Cylinder se and eB
  104. WIIICI alE Pures imaginary, bue act Frcely uxor
  105. o ere alled ipon hen rhe Fluid W sthiB,
  106. quire COnTParY Ffect, and char te Mercury in rhe subjected Liquor; consequencty che Fluid
  107. (maI Tubess cepen vetonne mereurs nou.
  108. Besides, his Solurion will appear precarions ro a- by ho miuch the series of Clobles insisting upon
  109. eate

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