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

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  1. This is probably chac wvhich caules the GrOWEH
  2. and Fncreale oF all Bodies; buc irhere ic abounds
  3. most, chole Bodies do Poonest corrupr, Decaule ot
  4. ies rapid motion. This appears in Vegetable and
  5. Animal Bodies, wrhich rield che grearest Ouantier ot
  6. Spirit; Wrhereas most Minerals, as havins buc 2
  7. Cinall proporrion of Spirit in chem, are almost in-
  8. corrupriblc.
  9. This Principle is neret deavn pure, any more
  10. chan theochers; and wrhen ic comes over involved
  11. in alirele Oil, tis called an Ardene Spirit, Tuch 25 Spi-
  12. ric of Winc; Which cheretore Mhonld rather be
  13. called an Lixalced Oil; and when ic hach in it
  14. a lictle volarile Salc dissolred, ris called a Volatile
  15. Spirit, 25 che Spirit oF Hlarcorn, Vrinc, (9c. TF
  16. it be impregnated ich Acid Salis, its rolatilirs is
  17. hen check d, and ris called an Acid or Fixt Spirit,
  18. ad Spirie oF Salc, Vicriol, Allum, ac. Wwhich truly
  19. are only an Acid Sale dissolred and pur into Fution
  20. by a Rron Fire.
  21. SPTRTI of Niter is chus drawn: Mix one pare
  22. OF Salt perex wich chree times a5 much POtTCrS-
  23. carth dried; put chis Mixture into a larse Farrhen
  24. RecorE, and set ic in a close Reverberatory Firc;
  25. distil of che Phleem wvich a (mall Fire in abOur 4
  26. Ox s Fours, and When no more Drops will comc,
  27. Tute on a verr large Recciver, and encrease rhC
  28. Fire gradually 10 che 2d degrec, lome more vola-
  29. eile Spiries will come our in whice Clouds: I cep
  30. the Fire chus abour tvo FTours, and then encreale
  31. ic tothe orcarest violence rou ean sire il, the Va-
  32. pours will come Red; conrinue che Fire rill ne
  33. more red Fumes come; in T4 TTour the Opera-
  34. tion will be orer. IFyou uled 2 Pounds oF Nirre,
  35. rou rill deaw + Pound T4 Ounces oF Phlesm and
  36. Spirir together. The Vesels had need be larse,
  37. and ? oF che Retore letr emper, else there will bC
  38. danger of breakins all co pieces, the Spirits come
  39. Forch wich char violence.
  40. This Spirit is che best Agua- Fortis, and is chieA)
  41. used For Solurion oF MeralS. Buc Wvhen dulcitied,
  42. is a g00d Medicine Inwardly in mans cases.
  43. SPTRIT of Salt, is. made by dryins and pour.
  44. derins che Salc, and chen mixing of ic wich chrice
  45. irs weiehe ot Porers Farch pondred: A Palte is
  46. made oF chese erro wich a licele Rain-Water, and
  47. then the Paste is made inro licrle Balls or Pellet
  48. about as big a5 NTucs. A larse Farchen RetOrE OL
  49. Ctals one coated, hath one chird oF ic filled virt
  50. these, and beins placed in a Rererberarors Fire
  51. hath a larse Receirer ficred ro ir. The Junctures
  52. must not be Lured ac first, buc a very moderate
  53. Fire uled For a time, 10 distil out aII che Wacer:
  54. Bur as soon as ron sec some licele wrhire Clonde
  55. appear, chror out the insipid Liguor in the Re.
  56. ceiver, and Luce ic vell ro the Retore. Then en
  57. crease che Fire By degrees to che highest, and sc
  58. SPTRIL os Sulphur, commonly calld Oil oE
  59. Sulphur, by Campanam. (From the Vessels form be.
  60. inslike a Gta(S Bell, in ertrich ic is ulually Deavri
  61. EE IE CONTIHUC F2 OF 15 LSOUIS, O rill no more
  62. is only che acid Part ot Sulphur curned into a Li
  63. quox by che means ot Fire. Lemery ules 2 grear
  64. Gla(s Punnel For ehis Operation; Which leemsto
  65. be the best war of drawins chis Spiric, vid. P. 445
  66. last Edition. Some make ule ot Salc- peter in che
  67. drawins oF Spiric ot Sulphur, buc chat is not a 80o
  68. Practice, because rhe Nirre alters Pomechins oF thC
  69. mixture oF che Spirir.
  70. SPTRTIS in an Animal Body, vere reckond ot
  71. chrec (OrIS; che Animal Spiries in che Brain, che
  72. Vical in cheHeare, che Nacural in che Liver: BuF
  73. lare Auchors distinsuith em onty ineo rvo kinds:
  74. the Animal in che Brain, che Viral and Nacural
  75. (Wrtrich are acconnred the Came) in the mals ot
  76. Blood. The Animal Spirits are a very chin Li
  77. quor, which distillins from the Blood in che out-
  78. vard or Corrical Substance ofche Brain, areby en
  79. proper Ferment et the Brain exalred into Spiric.
  80. andchence chroush che Medullar Substance oF itic
  81. Brain, che Corpus Callosum, and Medulla Oblongata,
  82. are derired into the Nerres and Spinat MarroW
  83. and in them pertorm all che Actions ot sense and
  84. Motion.
  85. The Viral or Natural Spirits are the subrilest
  86. Pars oE the Blood which actuare and termene ils
  87. and make ic Ac For Nouristiment.
  88. SPLANCHINTCA, are Medicines properasainst
  89. Dilcases oFthe Intectines.
  90. SPLEN, sive Lien, the Splcen, is a Receptacte
  91. for che Calc and carchy Fxcrements oF the Blood,
  92. chacchere, by che aristance ot che Animal Spirits
  93. ic may be volaciliz d, and returnins a5ain into che
  94. Blood, may concur ro is Farther Fermentation
  95. TheSpleen consists of a great number of litele Blad-
  96. ders, betreen erhich che Glandules are scacrered
  97. up and down, and supplr che place of Veins. The
  98. Spleen has likervise an Artery, Nerres. and Lym-
  99. phatick Vesels, Arst discorerd By Fr. Ruisch, lay
  100. Blanchard. Buc rou will find a much berrer ACcOunE
  101. oF ic in Gibsons Anacomy, p. 106.
  102. SPLEHTA, are Bolsters made oF Linnen, chree
  103. Four, or sire times doubled, eren to che thicknels
  104. OF ihe Spleen: Ther are used upon Wounds,
  105. VIcers, and Fractures. The Figure is chrectola,
  106. accordins ro the manner ot Application. viz. ab
  107. lenoch, obliquelr, Or tranverAY: Ther are called
  108. also Plumaceoli, ad Plagulae. Blanchard.
  109. SPLEMIATICK Arcery, is laid by lome ro bC
  110. the srearest branch ot the Caeliaca, whence ib
  111. 30es 10 the Spleen, and cherein ends.
  112. SPLENII Musculi, arise parly from the sive
  113. lorver Vertebrae OF the Neck; and parely fromthe
  114. Poines of Are oF the upper Vertebrae oF the Tho-
  115. rax: TheFibres oF chese Musclesrena obliquely.
  116. and are Factened co the hinder parr oF thellead
  117. The usc oF em is to dea che FTead backward.
  118. IE hath is Name from its Fisure, beins Pomechins
  119. Litse EO an OZ S SpICen.
  120. Spliced, Wvhen che ends of tuvo pieces beins untwi-
  121. other by 2 Fidd. AIO wten an Fiye is to be made
  122. Csouas appear; whest ul Peracion is ended, vou
  123. I find the Spirie of Salc in the lccettet Some,
  124. recme this Spirir afreratus a euubice, b)
  125. drawing of some ot the weaker Spiric IM a sele
  126. Sandheat, and then wrhac remals Is rers B
  127. et a vello colour, and rerr weistur.
  128. IF equat parrs ot this acid Spirit and Spirit O
  129. Nine are mixed rogether, and digested IF aboud
  130. Or 4 DayS, ris called spirit of ou dulci
  131. Spirit oF Salc will dissolre Leat Gold, and wili
  132. precipitare wrhac aqua Forris hach dissolved. Which
  133. Mens hon very differentr formed and figured che
  134. Poines and Pores ot Acid Menstruums may be, anc
  135. trequently arc.
  136. es ae drawa o ee co e C vF ROPCS
  137. Strands. and this is called a splice
  138. copieces, itS SplII.
  139. SPOLTATION, is 2 VVrir chac lies For one In
  140. cumbene asainst anocher, u a1) Cale Wvhere che
  141. SPLICE: at Sea ther lar a Cable or Rope is
  142. Aed, che several Scrands die nouse o one an
  143. ac the enc et a seope, iC ends of the Strands are
  144. SPLII; the Seamen Cay irhen a Sail is blown
  145. Rietu ot che Patronase cometh por in Debace: A
  146. fred.

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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/806933011:0771?run=74