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

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  1. Secondly, Tharchis C ause is nor very disticuleto
  2. be found. Lverr one knows, chat Bodies wich
  3. Sprines hare (o much more force, a5 they arc
  4. more RiH, and rhac cher are s0 much che BIOTC
  5. RiH a5 cheir Pores are lelS: bur irs che Properry ot
  6. Coldro restrictche Pores: And durins che Fear, che
  7. Pores are more open, because ehie subele Matrer
  8. which passes alvays chroush chem, beims chien in
  9. a more violent Mocion, hach the more Force 10 ex-
  10. cendthemand keepthem open; Whereas in che Win
  11. rer cheir Morion beins much Aackened, all etie B0.
  12. dies shuc themselres up, and their Pores are Arai
  13. rened. Hlence ir comes, that in che Wincer, che
  14. Bodies oF Animals cranspire much less chan in ano.
  15. Ther Scalon. Since chenthe Cold locks up cheleaA
  16. Parrs of rhe grols Air, and makes them sels pliable
  17. and more HiH, because ic Arairens che POres; ve
  18. must Cay also, chac ic augmenes che Force of cheit
  19. Springs, che Sprines becomins more violent, ac.
  20. cordins as che Body becomesmore Hif.
  21. Thus, durine che Winrer, che Sprines os Ai
  22. Wwhich are dispersed in che Wacer, harins conside
  23. rably more force, cher must unbend chemletres
  24. litrle, and 25 chey unbend, cher prets against onc
  25. anocher che small pars oC Wacer wtiieh chey hiolc
  26. Muc uP.
  27. This beins suxposed, cheres nochins in Lce, bu
  28. Erharmax be explain d naturally enoust.
  29. r. The Water a5 ic Freezes, ougte to make
  30. hard Body, because then irs Parrs beins presed onc
  31. asainst anocher, chey embarrass one anocher mutu
  32. ally, and (0 lose all che Morion cher Mad.
  33. and larse in ihe Ice, must al(o make ir AppCaF EO
  34. 2. The Water as ic Freeres, oughr t0 become
  35. more lighe; For cho ils Paris be more press d chan
  36. be more irhire, and by consequence less transpa-
  37. they vere belore, vet che Mals beins compoled et
  38. he Parrs oF che Water chus press d, and of Air di
  39. laced, ougherobemore large, and by consequene
  40. more lighe, chan ic was when chie W’acer was li
  41. quid.
  42. Waret larser.
  43. retit.
  44. 6. The Bodies must inuchi les cranspire chirolixh
  45. the Ice, chan chrough the Water, Becauleche PAxTS
  46. oF the Frozen Wacer, are in effect more pressu
  47. chancher vere betore, and 1o leare a lets tree Pal-
  48. lase ro forcisn Bodies.
  49. 7. Thie Water trom wohich cheres abundance oE
  50. Air dravn by means of che Pneumarick fingine
  51. must also Freeze wich lels difficuler; oF wwhich a
  52. able Man cold our Auchor; hehadmadeche Fxpe
  53. riteHE.
  54. 8. The Spirit oE Wine, Brandy, and ortier Li
  55. quors ot che same POEE, cannor Precze ac all, Or ac
  56. least rarely; For cheir Parrs beins in a BFeaE MOri-
  57. on, as appearsbr che Fraporation made oF em; il
  58. Follos, charche Air dispersedincothe Parrs ofchole
  59. Liquors, is much more subile, and by conse-
  60. quence harh lels oF a Sprins, chan chac wtich is di-
  61. spersed in che Parrs ot common Water, since che
  62. Sprins oE che Air is principallys in iS srOIs PAHES.
  63. 9. Oit, FaE, and ocher viscons Liguors, must
  64. conseal more easils chan Wacer Freeres, becaule
  65. cheir Pares beins improper for Morion, do speedily
  66. embarra(s one anoctier; bur those Liquors wwhen
  67. cher conseal cannor become lo hard as Ice, nor di-
  68. late themlelres in the (ame ManneF; FOr tho they
  69. contain amone cheir Papes a freater quantier ot Air
  70. than WVaret does, vet chat Air is more subile, hacti
  71. less Sprins, and easilys mates irs way chiroust chc
  72. Pores oF chole Liguors.
  73. 10. Ouick. Silver cannor Freere, because it does
  74. noc contain a greac enoush quancier of grols Air:
  75. ies Parrs allo aremuch potistid, and cher can casii
  76. Dide onc asainst anocher, withouc embar. aNInS OL
  77. Roppins one anoche.
  78. 1I. Accordms as che Cola stos Mote. Mal
  79. the Sprines oF rhe Rir dispered in che lce, oughie
  80. to have more force ro repel ihe Parrs oF che Frozen
  81. Nacer; and rhe Bulk composed ol che Air anc
  82. Frozen Wacer, must necds prow larser and larger.
  83. Lhus hach been prored in che followins manner.
  84. They slld wich Wacer, an hollon Tron-Bullet,
  85. Wohich had ahole ofchree or Four Lines Diameter:
  86. the Wacer beins Frozen in chac Bullet, and norbe.
  87. ins Arons enoush ro break ic, the Sce issued at the
  88. hole, and formd a sorr of a Scalk or Lec- sickle,
  89. Which lenschened accordins as the Cold increaled,
  90. and srew rothelensch ot a Finser; chis Scalk be-
  91. ins broke, andche Bullet expoled co rtie Airdurins
  92. 2 very cold Wiphe, ic made a new Scalk, Duc nOL
  93. (0 lons as cheformer, che lces pinnins ic setF, it we
  94. may be allowed soro speatt, as ic passed chrough che
  95. hole oF che Bullet; 25 Gold and ottex Mineralo
  96. do, br paltins chroueh rhe Wire draivers Instru-
  97. ICHIS.
  98. 3. Frozen Water takres ux a greater space Fhan
  99. bhien eras liquid, because the Sprinss oF Air dil
  100. verled in che Wacer, by unbendins chemselres.
  101. do oblise che Wacer co rile in che Vossel wrhiet
  102. Concald it. Iriscrue, chacche external Air prel
  103. les allo ttie Surtace oF the Warer, and. makes ar
  104. effore lo repel ic; bur this external air beins treer
  105. and As licrle Springs lels bended, because chey un
  106. bendedchemselres, accordins as che Cold lock d ux
  107. cheneislibourins Bodies: Ic hach lel Letce Cai
  108. chac Wollich is cuc up in che tacet, Mole Sprine
  109. eannor unbend, bur by makine ehie BuIK OF ch
  110. 4. IF von Buc ux 2 Vesset Fult OE NVacer in the
  111. Eneumarick Machine, ihe Air dispersed in the WV a-
  112. cer, dilaces ic selF in an extraordinary manner, wvhen
  113. cher pumpetie Rir oF che Machine, vec the Wate
  114. Freezes not, because che external Surtace oF che
  115. Wracer beins no morepress d, IHC AAH WMIICH IL COH
  116. rains, mayby unbencinss ictet, clabe rs, ade
  117. 3. Froren Water must alvars Be lesS transpa-
  118. renechan che same NVater Wvhen it is siquid, because
  119. che Bubbles of Air irtich are insensible in the WV a
  120. 12. In che Flyporhetis here laid donrn, che Spi
  121. cies ol Niere may also contribure ro form rhe sce; in
  122. as much as by joinins chemselres ro che(mall parrs
  123. realies ic docs.
  124. ot che Air dispele e talet, es osote W-
  125. eer byrealon et cheie simalueto, beins more tentibre
  126. vards rendrins cheluoe itt and intlexible, and
  127. co ausmett. he lorce el no dbriieo.
  128. TCTNIOORAPEI

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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/806933011:0433?run=74