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

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  1. 60, ard ElIC GMOLICHC NSH DC M LNIBELO
  2. Minuces che Pclipse lasteco
  3. Strins, because the Vibrations beins by cha
  4. neans Rorver, they may be the more distincti
  5. connced. IF ac suck a time rou are furnistred
  6. vich 2 500d Foot Rule, you may let VOuE Pen
  7. dulum be just 39, 2, and then cach Vibration vil
  8. be a Second: Buc il ron are destiture oF SucH
  9. an Adrantase, vou may a5 betore, hans up 3
  10. Pendulum ac a vencure, and by another Scrins
  11. Or Lome luch Was; takins lis exaet Lenoch, vou
  12. mazkeep ic by vous wichche Number oE aIl the
  13. Vibrations, and compure the Time atcerwards at
  14. Tour Leisure.
  15. dulum ol anx tnovn Lensth, (25 suppole a Lard)
  16. Accordins to these Principles and Lxperiments on
  17. Pendulums, it mill nor be difsicult to estimate
  18. dbcolb ide lbptio i cbes bibus e Etb )alt d) c
  19. Distance that any Sbip at Sea, or that any Forr
  20. is off, by the Lime beteen sectns We Flas
  21. the Ponder, and Beartne IBe Lepoit ) ise Cod
  22. Or ihe Distance that any Thunder Cloud
  23. 6). ec.
  24. FOx MIP. Nemton hach Loune chac 2 Sounel
  25. mores 968 Fcer in a Second ot Pimc.
  26. Tis aerted also by Mr. Fusens, and now sc.
  27. nerally aereed co, Thar a heavy Body descends
  28. in the sirst Second oF Time atcer ies beginnins 10
  29. Fall, very near 16 Fcet.
  30. An F. xample ro fina the Dexth of a. WVell, may
  31. serre For all.
  32. Suppole rou hans ux 2 More Pendulum, ihae
  33. Wwill Vibrate Ouarrer Seconds, (the ay 1o finc
  34. its Leneth hath already been Bewn) and letine
  35. Edthe Stone andthie Pendulum rosecher, rou find
  36. the Pendulum hach made 16 sinsle Vibrations Be-
  37. and ser it a Vibrarine littevise, (0 thac borh the fore rou hear the noise of the Stones Fall intorhe
  38. Pendulums mas svins rogecher; to effect wrhicti,
  39. Von must lec che Pendulum rou hans up g0 avay
  40. just whenthe orher rou vould meature is begin
  41. WVacer. Then since 16 Ouatrers ot a Second,
  42. are equal 10 + Seconds, il rou acconne the AC.
  43. celeration of the Descene of heary Bodies 10
  44. nins co malce any Vibrarion: This done, Hay Be cirher 25 the Sgnares ot che Times, or 25 the
  45. till the Pendulum vou huns uP, hach made a
  46. encrease oF the odd Numbers, cither var vill
  47. Competene Number o Vibrarions sas suppole sire rou che Number 256 sor che Dexrh oF che
  48. abOuE 50OF 60;) and let a C OrFC(PONdeNE COUNE WV elI
  49. tio mans Vibrations che Pendulum, whose
  50. lenerh is soughr, made in the same cime: And
  51. For since, a5 it is elsewhere Mewn, 2 Body
  52. descends 16 Fecrin the Frst Second ot Time, in
  53. ter us suppose, hat Thar tade 10 Vibrarions che Fourth Second ic will descend 16 rimes 16
  54. irhile rour Scrins and Plummet made 60; since Feer; For the Times beins s and 4, the Descent
  55. as ras Caid betore, The Pensths of Pendulums
  56. are ro each other as the Squares os their Vibrations:
  57. will be 25 cheir Squares; thar i5, 25 1 10, 163
  58. Wrheretore Mulriplrins 16bY 16, Y0u havC, 256,
  59. IF vou diride 3600 (the Square oF 60) by 100, the Depth oF the W elI.
  60. (the Square oF [0) the Ouorient rillbe 36, ivhich
  61. Or, il accordins t0 Calileuss Way, voi ac
  62. ivill sier vou chac che Scrins soushe iras 36 conne 16 Fcet For the ArA Second, and, then 3
  63. times as long as hac wtich rou huns up ; i. e.
  64. vas in lensth 36 Tards, OF LOB FoOL.
  65. Ana uus Tou maz casily tina heheighe ot any
  66. times 16 For che next Second, 5 rimes 16 For the
  67. third Sccond, and 7 times 16 For che Fourth Sc-
  68. cond; al chele Numbers added cogerher, vilt
  69. Church or Thearre, by means ot a Branch Can matce 256, the Depth as betore.
  70. alestick whlen hanes trom the Llo. LOl I vou
  71. Indecd Some Abatement nust be alloved For
  72. hane up a Scrins and Plummet oP a Tard lons, the Time the Noise oF the Stones fall into the
  73. Cuppose, (or oF any knonn lensch) and make Wacer cakres ro reach the Par. Wheretore since
  74. this Candlestick and jour Pendulum Degin to) a Sound mores 968 Feet in Second, and 256 is
  75. Ewins boch cobeisser (Which is casily donc By the a licle more than? oF thac Number, a licele more
  76. help oE a Correspondent:) The Vibrarions chac than ? oF 16 Foor must be talcen our oF the FOr-
  77. he Candlestick akes, trhile vour Pendulum mer tound Depth256. So charthe Depth oF thc
  78. iates ani Comperene NTumber, Wwill casils help
  79. ron rothe Lensch OF. che String, Or Wiro, hac
  80. holds the Canalestick, and consequenty the
  81. heighr of the Church will betnovnlikevile.
  82. Well may rounaly beaccounred 250 Feer.
  83. Buc in che orher Llcimations oc the ale
  84. oF a Cloud, Strip, Ox FOrE, phere necds no (UCH
  85. As in the forrier F Xample, Suppose che Cans Allorvance; and the bare Multiplication oF968
  86. dlesticke made ro Vibrarions, hile vour P’endu br che Number os Seconds betveen che Flac
  87. tum oF 2 Zard made 603 Thenic is 36 Tards, Or and che Reporr, will sire the Distance oF che
  88. LOB FOOE ErOM CHIC CCHEC OL HISC LALMIHCMLCR W
  89. ENC CHA OL LHC LLOBL DE WIFC LAE HOIAS LL WO CHC
  90. Cloud or Strip From che OBserrer.
  91. THaE NVigHE, (viZ. Aprit 12.) on wtrict oux
  92. LooF; to wrhich agdirs Thie heioht ot che Cerre lare Mlighey Monarch Kins William as Duricd,
  93. ere oF the Canalestick abore the Ground, vou
  94. have che votrole hetett of che Churet.
  95. ve counced ottentimes vers Accurarely, That thC
  96. isi Dikcance becireen secirs ihe Flact, auid treatine
  97. P R O BL F M IV
  98. Ors, during the whose MMHe et Mervarion, by
  99. N. D. Zivill Be BeK 10 usC a PretHy IOH
  100. P R OBL. F. MI III.
  101. 20 find ihe Lenzth of any Strins which Batl
  102. Weizhe hansins at it, mithout cominz to mea
  103. sure it; or mithout matins use os any duaurant
  104. or such likee Instruments, to take Feiehes.
  105. Let the Strins and Weighe annex d be made
  106. to swins; and ac che same rime hang up a Pen
  107. Stone into the Wraier from the bus. Ot IBC

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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/806933011:0612?run=74