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

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  1. SPRINOS and Fountains. Concernins che) we ulually (peak) in like tranner as by au Alem-
  2. Origin ot thele, chere is much Dispure, especially
  3. ot fuch as are found on che cops ol high Moun
  4. FaiHS.
  5. Some, ad Dr. HOOk, DF. PlOrt, ard many OrterS
  6. chink chac cher arise trom the Sea-arer percolared
  7. Chronoh che Bovsels oP che Parch, wrhich by char
  8. means being deprived ot ies Salc, is rendred muct
  9. Lishiter chan betore, and (0 is capable ot Rilins ux
  10. coche heiphe e commoniy find Sprinss at, 25 W a
  11. ter Lises in a Filere, or in verr (mall Tubes
  12. 580.
  13. And DI. Hlook hach a precy Experiment aboue
  14. chis, in luS MioroEr. p. 25.
  15. But L CanHOE seC how by this Fypochesis, sux
  16. Posins che Craries ot che Whole Aunosphere coutd
  17. bc caken oH, Wacer can rile abore 34 Or 35 F002
  18. abore thelerel ofthe Ocean.
  19. The Learned CapE. Falley suxposes them 10 bC
  20. cauled trom che Vapours exhaled by the Sun our ot
  21. the Sea, 500. OF which, sec an Accoune under the
  22. Word Vapour
  23. The Ingenious Dr. Woodmard, in his Nacurat
  24. Elistory ot che Larch suppoles, Phac the Great A.
  25. byIS OF Wacers, placed in che Borvels oF the Farth,
  26. is che Randins Fund and Prompruar which sup
  27. plies Wacer roche Surtace oE the Farrh, and furni
  28. Rain.
  29. For he aNerrs, Thar there is a nearly uniform,
  30. and constant Fire or Flear, disseminared chro our
  31. the Bodr ot ehie Farch, and especialr in rhe In
  32. ferior parrs ofic: The Boctomsof the deeper Mines
  33. beins verr Culter, and rhe stone and Creschere be-
  34. ins verr sensibly hoc cren in Wincer. Thac rie
  35. Ehis Subrerraneous FTeac Which craporares and ele
  36. vaces the Warers of che AbyIS, buoyins ic ux indit.
  37. ferenely on all Sides, and torards all parrs ot the
  38. Surtace oF che ClobC.
  39. Thatchis risins Vapour, er Wacer, perrades noc
  40. onty the Fissures and Incerrals of che Strata, Bueche
  41. very Bodies oFche Strata chemselres, permeatins che
  42. Incerstices oFrhe Sand, Parrh, Or OcherMatter, WHere.
  43. oE ther consist; vea, eren che most firm and dense
  44. Marble and Sand- Stone; For thele sire admission
  45. to ir, cho in lesser Ouantier, and are alvars tound
  46. Pacurared wich ic; wrhich is che reaton chac ches
  47. are Potrer, and can be cuc muchmore casil when
  48. they are first taken out oF che Farrh, than chey can
  49. afterwards, Wrhen they have lain Come time expo.
  50. Sed cothe Rir, and wotien chat FTumidity is cvaxo-
  51. rated.
  52. This Vavour he aleris to procced directI7 up 10-
  53. wardsthe Surtace ot rhe Olobe, on all sides, untels
  54. wvhen impeded aud direrred by the Incerposirion of
  55. Scrata OF Marble, the denser TOrrs OF StonC, Or O.
  56. ther like Macrer, ertich is so close and compact
  57. thac it can adinic ic only in a smaller Ouantir, avd
  58. Ehis very NOWlY 10O.
  59. And Wrhett IE IS thus incercepled M Les LaMase
  60. ehe Vapour, Wwhich CANHOE penetrate the Stratum
  61. dircctIY, will some of ic olide alone the lorver
  62. Surface oF the Stratum, permearins the FIorizon.
  63. cal Incerral, erhich is becrise char and the HeXL
  64. Stratum lyins underneathic; the rett vill pals che
  65. Incerstices oF che Mals ot the subjacene Strata
  66. wrtiecher cher be of laxer Sconc, ot Sand, Marte
  67. ex che likre, Wrich a Direction parallel to the sice OF
  68. those Strata, eill ic arrires at cheir perpendicular
  69. InterVaIS.
  70. And wrhen che Nacer is once come rothese Inter-
  71. vals, in case ehe strara, Whereby the ascending Va-
  72. bick, happen to be raised abore the Levet oF che
  73. Farrhs Surtace; 25 those Strata alWaYS aIC, WIICIC.
  74. dikervise sor abore the laid Level, Rows forch ot
  75. thole Incerrals or Apertures; and it chere be ne
  76. Obstacle withour, Forms Brooks and Rivers. Bur
  77. trtiere che strata, erhich (o condense il, are nor
  78. hisherchanche mean Surtace of che Carch, it Ata8
  79. vares at the Apertures, and ontys forms standins
  80. Sprines.
  81. the AByIS, be continual, and neariY the lame at al
  82. Sealons, and alike to all parrs ot che Globe, ver
  83. When iE arrIVCS aE OF neaE The Surface Os the Lart
  84. Where the Fleac (the Agent wrhich craporates anc
  85. DearS IF UP) iS not so constant and UHIFOrm, a5 ic
  86. thac residene wichin che Globe, ou lo uoscctor
  87. cissitudes and Alterations, being ac certain Scasons
  88. sreater chan at orhers; being also greater in Come
  89. Climares and ParEs oF che Parrh chan in Otters: L
  90. thence happens chac che Ouancier oF Water at the
  91. Surface of the Carth, tho PenE up From the AByP
  92. Wrich an almost constane equalier, is varions and un
  93. certain, as is che Hlearthere ac some scasons, and ir
  94. Some Couneries, the Surtace aboundins, and beins
  95. even dromn d rich che Plener ol ic, che Springe
  96. Full, and the Riverstigh: AC otber Seasons, ad it
  97. other Couneries, both Sprinss and Rivers may be
  98. exceedinslon, and Cometimes rorallr fail.
  99. Wrhen the Feat in the exteriOr parES OF the
  100. Farch, and inthe Ambiene Air, is a5 incense 25 chac
  101. in the incerior parts oF ic, then all Chac Water Which
  102. passes che Strata directly, mouneins up in separare
  103. Parcels, or in Form ot Vapour, docs noc Aop a
  104. the Surtace, becaule the Flearthere, is equal borh
  105. in Ouantier and Porver to That underneath, Wrhich
  106. broushr it out oF the ABY(S.
  107. ThisFlear cherefore ralesi Hete, anid bears it up.
  108. parr oF ic immediately out ac che Surtace of rhe
  109. Farch; the restchro che Tubes and Vessels oF che
  110. Vegerables which grow thereon, LTerbS, Shrubs
  111. and Trees, and alons with ir a Porr of Vesetarire
  112. Terrestrial Marcer, Wrtich ic deraches From out the
  113. uppermost scratum whereinthese are placed; this
  114. UE depoles inthem for their Nurriment, as ir passes
  115. thro em, and issuins out ac their Tops and fixtre
  116. miries, it marches Aill on, and is elerared up inte
  117. the Armosphere, t0 such an heistu, chat the TPeat
  118. there beine less, it becomes condensed, unites ane
  119. combines into (mall MaeS, OF DEOpS, and aF
  120. lengih falls donn again in Rain, Dem, Pail, Ox
  121. Snom.
  122. And For the OrHer parE OF the Warer Which vras
  123. condented at the Surtace of the Farth, and sCnE FOKFI
  124. collectirels into standins Sprinss and Rivers; this
  125. alto sustains a Diminution trom the Fleat abore.
  126. beins craporated more or lels in proporrion rO che
  127. grearer or lesser Incenseness of the Lleat, auu ie
  128. Srearer or lesser Exrent oF rhe Surtace ot che Narer
  129. lo Tene Forrh.
  130. And as chese Fraxorations are et sometimes grea-
  131. ter, accordins ro the grearer Lleac of the Sun, 10
  132. vohere ever ther alI Ca aML LII LLaHI, IIS WW MMUCH
  133. asthe suns Porver is then luperior to IIS LoWvetI
  134. tallies much clsctet and taller chac ac ochet
  135. pout was colleced und condented ino Wacer, (25 )civres.
  136. OF Mountains do consist; then che Water, beine
  137. Hle adaS, That tho THI SUPPI) OL Wacer trom
  138. superior in Ouancus Wo the Rain of colder Scalons.
  139. Those Seasons: Lhis is apparene in our Northetn
  140. Clime, Wherece Sos Loets eet rets sica
  141. buc sel our Rains in fune, Fuly, and Ausust, are
  142. much sreacer than thole of the colder Monchs, che
  143. Drops larses, and consequently hearier, ana

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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/806933011:0774?run=74