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

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  1. Lead oF 4 = Pounds Weighe, Was oF a Conicat
  2. Form, (but is no uled ot a Globous) LF Inches
  3. lono, wich che Charper end dononards, 1 15 ac
  4. che Borom, in Diameter: And in chose Experi-
  5. menes made in che Thames, in che Depth OF 19
  6. Hoor Water, chere passed beceen che immertion
  7. and Fmertion of the Globc, 6 Scconds of an LTour:
  8. and in the DCpEH OF FO FCOT Water, thero passea
  9. Ox chereabours: From mans oF wehieh kind ot
  10. Experiments, it will likelz nor be hard eo find out
  11. a Method to calculare wrtar Depthis eo be inclu-
  12. ded trom any rime oF che like Globes Cay under
  13. Nater.
  14. AS For instance: HF in the Depth oF20 Farhom,
  15. mealured by the Line, the Clobe cars under Wa-
  16. Ter, 15 Seconds; then if ehe BaII Aay 700 Sc
  17. conds, che Depth ot the Sea is 933 Farhom and
  18. 2 FoOE, it che BaII be tound eo move equal Spaces
  19. in equal Times.
  20. Rrud nou lm mentionino chie way oF tnding che
  21. Depth of the Sea, ir may be, of Vle ro Mew rou
  22. hour rou may set Warer Fromthence, Wwhich hali
  23. noc communicate as it comes up wich any of ih
  24. NVarex abOre ic.
  25. Fo setchup WWator from ans Depih of the Sea.
  26. Tex there De made a Square Wooden Bucket, 2
  27. reprelenced by che Fisure C; Whose BOctOm R P
  28. are ro be (0 concrived, thac che Weighe A do sink
  29. the Tron B, (to wrhich che Bucket C, is Fastned b)
  30. the civo Flandles DD, on che Ends of which, are
  31. che moreable Bocroms or Valres FP) and irhere
  32. by draws donn che Bucket: The Relistance oF che
  33. Wacer Kecps up the Bucker in the Posture C;
  34. Wherebr che Water hach a clear thoroush palsase
  35. aIl che time ir is descending; Whereas, a5 loon ac
  36. che Bucker is pulled uprards by che Line F, thC
  37. Rehistance oF the Water ro thac Morion, bears che
  38. Bueker downvards, and keeps ic in che Polture Cr;
  39. Whereby che included WVater is preserrod trom 50.
  40. ins out, and che Ambient Water KepE FrOm ger
  41. rins in.
  42. I
  43. Byche Aarantase oF chis, or nC Vesset, cho
  44. mates.
  45. wich BodY; IE is chien called Lixtension, LO ThaL LX
  46. sxaee isplam mas be conlidered wihour it. 50
  47. several Degrees of Saliness oF Sea-water, may b0
  48. known, accordins i s lcalsels ro the TOp Or
  49. Borrom; Or racher che Consticurion ot the Sea-
  50. water in the sererat Dexrhs ot sererat Cli-
  51. SODTH Direct Dyals. Sec Prime Verricas.
  52. SODTHERN Siens. Sec Austrat Siens.
  53. SONNE, is a Term uled in che Exchequer;
  54. Where Estreats that Somne not, are lueH a5 the
  55. Sheriff by hes Industey CanHOE SCF, dile LCSthet
  56. Somne, al luch as he mas sather.
  57. SPACE, It considered, barelr in Lensch, bechel
  58. any esso Betmes, is che Pame ldca chal We have oE
  59. Distance; buc iF it be considered in Lensch, Breadeh
  60. and Thicknets, ic is properts calsea Capacur:
  61. And wrhen contiderd berween che Lxenties ot
  62. Matrer, ertrich nills che CapdcH) et space, wich
  63. Tomethine, SoHd, Tansiblc, duct Moreable, or
  64. tension is an Idea belongins e0 Body onty; bur
  65. ThaF

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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/806933011:0750?run=74