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

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  1. I. WVich MIE. Des Cartes, and Dr. FIo0k, he oblerVC
  2. Tharmany parts hereotare oFa Regular Figure; For
  3. the most part being as ir evere lomans licele Rowels
  4. Or Scars ot6 Points; beins perfect anderansparen
  5. Ice, as any one may sec npon a P00l, or Vessel o
  6. Wacer; upon cach os Wwhich 6 Points, are set orher
  7. collaceral Poines, and chole alivars ac che lam
  8. Ansles, as ase rhie imain Poines chemiselves.
  9. 2. Amonest etiele Regular Figures, cho mans
  10. ot them are larse and fair; vec trom chele rakins
  11. oux Ars Tem, many octers, alike Regular, Du
  12. Fac less, may litemise be discorered.
  13. 3. Arhonss ctiele, nor onir Regular, buE en
  14. Parrs oF Sno, looting Nill more warily, we Mal
  15. perceire, thac there arc divers ochers indeed irre
  16. Gular, Wrhich ver are chiesy the broken Poinrs
  17. Parcels, and Frasments oF rhie Regular OnCS.
  18. 4. That Belides the broken paris, there are
  19. (ome others hich seem ro have lost etrelr Regulari
  20. er, nor (0 much in beins broken, 25 by variou
  21. Winds, sirst senely Thawd, and chen Froze ince
  22. diucle irresular Clumpers again.
  23. FTOIH lotience the ere Norion, and exCCIMal
  24. NTatuTE OF Snow, Secmeth tO apPCAF, viZ. That
  25. nOt OnIY lome seu pars oF Snom, buc orisinalIY
  26. theprhole Bodr ot ic, or ot a snovr Cloud, is an
  27. infinice Mass ot Icicles regularty Rgured; nOTone
  28. Parricle chereot, I Cay, originally, not one oF 10
  29. many Millions, being inderermined, ox irregular
  30. Thac is eo Par, a Cloud ot Vapours beine sacher-
  31. cd into DropS, the Caid Drops Forchivith de
  32. scend; uxon which Delcent, mectins wich a Poti
  33. Freering Wind, Or at least pasting chro a Colder
  34. Region of the Air, cach Drop is immediar Froze
  35. into an Scicle, Mhoorins ic self forrh into severat
  36. Points or Stiriae, on each FTand Fromward its C en
  37. rer: Bur Aill continuine cheir descent, and meer
  38. ins rich some sprinklins and incermixins Cales oF
  39. Warmer Air, or in cheir continual Morion and
  40. Wattase to and Fro, rouchins upon cach orter;
  41. Tome are a sicele chaw d, blunced, frosted, clump.
  42. erd, orhers broken, bur che most hanked anc
  43. cluns in sereral Parcels rogecter, wotich we cal
  44. FlankS OF Snon.
  45. Trbeins Hnonn whac Snon is, ve understand
  46. wotr, choughiescem co be Potr, ret ciscruls hard
  47. Decause erue Ice, the inseparable proverty whereot
  48. isto be hard; scemins only ro be Potr, becaule up.
  49. on che Arst couch ot che Finger, uxon any oF irs
  50. Charp Edges or Poinis, cher instaneli chaw; Or o.
  51. chervise chey vould pierce our Fingers as so mans
  52. LANCCLS.
  53. Wrur adAHI thonch Snow be erue la, and 10
  54. hard and dense a BodY, rer very lighe; because ot
  55. the extream chinnels ot cach Icicle in comparison ot
  56. ies breath. For (0 Gold, Wwhich chough oF all B0
  57. dies it bethemostponderous, vet being bearen into
  58. Leares, rides upon cheleast breath of dir; and (0
  59. in all ocher Bodies, Where chere is bur licele Matter
  60. concained ichin larse Dinto al fbs
  61. no ocher Cale.
  62. et uS nexr enquire inO iS Essential Nature.
  63. Non comalie a fudement oF chis, is by consider.
  64. ins, wal e Senerat Le et onon io, alla Co1
  65. A5Tor chie Lisure ol snov, tis seneralls or
  66. be lcen ot more than 6 Poines; buc it lo, chett
  67. OF8 Or 10 but 12. Ot M sC SNOOIS, do 10ma
  68. OF by OnCCL THOIC HOBIS, as EHC AXIC-FTCC, anc
  69. cles, jorned rosecher as chie cuo Whecls. Or MC
  70. Tame Flexasonal Figure, and ot the same usua
  71. breadch; bur continued in chickness and protundi-
  72. 1. Allchele are rare, the tist described beins che
  73. general Figure.
  74. AS For The Consiguration oE ortier Bodies We
  75. Mall And, thac there arc dirers which have lome
  76. less, others a more near resemblance chererO. Ni
  77. tre is formed as is commonty bnomn in lons Cy
  78. lindrical Mhoors, 25 alto all Lixivial Salrs For che
  79. most pare relemblins, tho noc perfectir, the se
  80. veral Poines oF each Scarer Sciele oF Snom. Saltos
  81. Fares-horn, Sal Mamoniack, and Poric ortier vola
  82. ile Sals, besides cheir main and longer MOOIS
  83. have ochers Morter Branched OuF FrOM Them; re-
  84. semblins as chole che main, s0 chesethe Collaterat
  85. Poines oF the snom, buc che Icicles ot Drine are
  86. Rill more near: For in Salt os FTarts-horn, altho
  87. the Collaceral Moors sand at acure Anoles wirtr
  88. the Main, yet not by pairs ac equal heighe: And
  89. in Sal armoniack, alctio cher stand Diametricallis
  90. oppolite, or ac equal heighe; rer withalac righe
  91. nor acure Angles: Whereas in che lcicles ot Drine
  92. cher Rand ar equal Fleishes, and ar acure Ansleo
  93. boch; in boch, likre ihole ot Snom. And ic is ob-
  94. serrable, chac che Contigurarion oE Feathers is like
  95. wvise che Pame. The reason whereot is, because
  96. Fols harins no Organs For Fracuarion oF Vrinc
  97. the Trinous Parrs of cheir Blood are cracuated by
  98. che Flabir or Skin, where cher produce and nou
  99. rim Peachers.
  100. From Wtence it Mould secm, That every DrOP
  101. ot Rain atoresaid, containins in ic selE some Spiri-
  102. tuous Parricles, (25 trom the heistr ro which chey
  103. are adranced, the prolitick Vertue ot Rain, and its
  104. casie tendenes ro Purretaction, above ocher Wa-
  105. xer, iS argie LHC) 40) aa MCCtNS Wich OrherS
  106. in cheir Bescent, ot 2 Saline, and chac parclr Ni
  107. Frous bur chieAy Vrinous, or ot an acido-alino
  108. Tlature; che laid Spiritous Parrs are apprehiended
  109. By them, and wirh those the WVacry; and (o the
  110. wrhole Drop is sxd, Yer nor into auy indiserent
  111. and irregular Mape, depriving cheir Spiricuous
  112. varts oF cheir Mocion in an instant; bur accordine
  113. he specitlen Lralule, Ot determinare portibilies e
  114. che Saline Parrs, as che lculer, ris thus figured in-
  115. Ehus much Cor che tinvernat Nacure ol Snon
  116. parins che Tame wrich such Regular Ligures aS WC
  117. Tee in atrets cnet oes, i cal Witere we see l
  118. likee Contigurations, we may beliere chere is etie
  119. likce Subject wherein, or the like FHicienE mberebs
  120. bor chole and chele are made.
  121. viz. That which is abore described: Rarelr ot dis-
  122. Ferent ones, Which may be reduced chieAr 10 rvO
  123. General Circulars and Hlexasonals, cicher Simple
  124. Or Compounded rosether, more rarely, cither 0
  125. ny Mort, Aender Cylinders, likre chole oF Nirre.
  126. touchino upon ihe Center ot a Pair ot poinced Lci
  127. Cocheness e Spnous, as lie Fenct al
  128. AITO, how ic is Whitc, noc because hard; For
  129. chere are many fote Bodies Whire; but becaule
  130. consistins oF parrs, aUl ot chem sinsls rransparent.
  131. buc being mixed together appear Whice; as the
  132. Lllele Cs oeat unes Conaerea and
  133. cleared, may add a lirele cortat great deal oF LighE
  134. Wrhich ehe Fonourable MIr. Boyle, hath siven eo
  135. che Hacure ot C00, che Aic, andt che Bodies
  136. Cheteu
  137. Bodies, Whether lotc ot Hald.
  138. Parrs oF Froch, Olass, Lce, aud orher rransparen
  139. I a MIEEIC Star.

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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/806933011:0746?run=74