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

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1. dard for one Cubick Inch.
2. e consider etiar erery Body eished in Wacer
3. Joles chere (0 much oFis weiphe as eHe Water 2
4. mounes ces whichis equalto charbodr in bulk; on
5. in ocher ords, Thac ic veishs lels in Warei, chas
6. in Air, by che weiehe ot as much NVacer as is equa
7. 1d che Body in bulk, whicti is che F’undamenta
8. Theorem oF all FIrdrostarieks, and is Machema
9. ricalli demonstrared by Archimedes, and PtiyA
10. calls by MI. Bosten in his Hydrostatieal Para
11. Loxes.
12. And since dllo, a5 is betore acclateu a Cubick
13. Inch oF Nacer iveishs exactir 256 Grains, wha
14. crer Body loles in Water just char Cum (oF its For
15. mer Weighe in Air) must necds be in Solid Contene
16. equat 10 a Cubick Incti; For the Decremenir o
17. irs wreiphe is equal co the weighit ot as muchi WV a
18. cer as is bulk cakes up, (by che universal Iticorem
19. and chacis toundro be in Wweiphe 256 Cr. Which
20. is exactly equal ro one Cubiek Inch; cheretore
21. he ComenE OF chac Body is just so much.
22. DSF S
23. This is more exact than anx Mensurarion car
24. befor snall Bodies; ris rery expedirions, and maz
25. be of 500d use (besides its Curio(icy) in a Breat ma-
26. ny cales, as is obrious r0 any chinkeins Per
27. (0n.
28. Ba L. Xactnets bY 2 Y00d Wortman, Z192:
29. eiptied in AII:
30. E. A piecc OF L ead just : an Ouncescomate
31. ic sink) veiehed
32. 8. TheLead in WVater weiphed
33. Wrtich Subiracted trom 240, the Leads
34. 240
35. 20
36. veixtic in Air, letr For is Specitick ( 020
37. weighe in WVacer
38. 4. The ABerebate OF ihie Wood ane L eadi s
39. eiphe in Rir was
40. 433
41. 5. The eiehr ol ihe Aesregace in Waces 162
42. Was
43. 6. Wrhick, Subrraeted siomi che veiehe ot G271
44. che ABBrCBate in AIr 433 5, letr
45. 7. The Specitick weighe oF the Lead in
46. NVacer (viZ. 20) beins Subrracted frotm
47. votich last remainder I lett FOr 1he ( 251
48. weishe oFche Cube in Water.
49. Which last Number wanes buc + CF. and a = 0l
50. 256, che Scandard before-mentioned, viz. OF che
51. weighe in Crains of a Colid Inch oF Water.
52. CASF 2
53. OF = Ounce 16 Crains, rou may conclude chac ctie
54. Secaule ehis last Procels hach Lomethins oF dist
55. Cuus ut ius (especiallr ro a rouns FIydrostaririan)
56. Will lubjoin che followins Example, wtich wil
57. letre noc onlr eo enlighren chis, buc many ortier
58. Rules oEchis nature.
59. Exan
60. . A Cube oF Oak etich vas made virhi
61. solid Concent ot thac Body is just one Cubic Inch:
62. and it it lose bur L OF = OF s OF chac number ot
63. Grains, the Conrent is , 7, Or J oF a Cubick Trch
64. 50 on ihc ortier Side, iE iC sere nre chan 256 er
65. 25 2, 3, Or 4 cimes c letic; irs Colid Content
66. ill be accordinglr 2, 3, or 4 Cubick Inches. The
67. like is erue ot all ortier proxortional Decrements o
68. the Bodies weishr, CPa t 236, olat
69. The reaton oF chis Procets is clear enoupti, il
70. VI. Po find the solid Content of a Bodr lighter chan
71. Watet, its wee aum.
72. Itis exporme o lare en caes
73. injured by ihe Contact ot the. Water, Weioh che
74. Body in Air; and chen cate a piece oF L Cad, Or
75. Tome such heary Metal, and ot a known and even
76. weighe, (25 suppose a Penny- weiphe or FlaIEa
77. Penny-eiohe, (3c, 10 aroid Fractions) and capa
78. ble ot snking vour Body in Wacer. Weigh vour
79. Lead in Water, and Suberact chat weishe srom its
80. eishr in dir, and keep cheremainder as the Spe
81. citiek veishe ot rour peece ot Lead in Water
82. This done, fasten pour Lead ich HTorlehair to
83. che Body vou intend eo meature; and weighine
84. che AgGresare also in Warer, Subrract ihis last
85. cirher beins disolred by WVacer, or else admicrins
86. ic r00 much into ies POres, vou mar ule CI Ot
87. Turpentine instead of WVacer; onty instead oF che
88. Scandard 256 Grains for a Cubiek Inch, vou must
89. Ule 22T, FOP FhaE MT. Boyle Found a C ubick Inch ot
90. OF chac Oil to eigh; and cheretore procced alto-
91. Becher as in che last Cale, only ule Oil instead ot
92. Wacer, and diride the eighe ot jour Solid in
93. Oil oF Turpenrinc, by 22c, and che Ouoriene will
94. sire the Contents oF it in Cubick Inches Or parrs of
95. an Trich.
96. Tou may also in some cales, havins siest tound
97. the weiphe oF che Body vou ould examine in Rir,
98. over lay ir carefully wvich a Coat oF BCeS. WAX, 10
99. keep it trom beins injured by che Water, and
100. havins then tound the weislic ot che Bces axused
101. Weiohe trom chat just non found in Air, and che ro cover ic, (Which is caslr done by eighins che
102. difference ill be ihe Specisick eighe of the said Bodr again when corcred, and then trom char
103. Aeoregate in Warer; and laslr subtract trom ic eishe Subtractins che weishr ot che naked Body
104. che Specitick weighe ot che Lead alone in Water,
105. and ehe remainder is che meighe ot the lighe Body
106. rou incended romeature, or ro tindchesolid Contene
107. betore found) sink it in Wacer wich a piece ot Leac
108. as betore tauxhr; and observine che weighe oF che
109. Aperexate, chen proceed wich cheremamins part
110. ot; Wrhich is easilr done brche Procels in checlose olche Experiment, 25 is Calc 1.
111. ot the sch Experimene: For chis last found weiohe
112. bcins dirided by 256, Or by us Elalt, 13 C9c. WH
113. 2ca
114. ordinely sire rou che Bodrs Solid Concene in
115. enrire, halt, or quarrersos Cubiek tnches.
116. Wrherichere is danger oE injurine che Body by its
117. C. When che Body eo be measured will nor Be

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