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

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  1. Ther vicld a licele il chrust evich joux Finger
  2. and more here and there: AC the beginning oF chc
  3. Colon there is a Flesty and Circular Valre, beside
  4. several octiers in thac Cur
  5. The Ose oFchem iS 10 AOD ThC Meat a li
  6. hac ir may be cheberrer termented, che Chyse di-
  7. Atribured, adjacene Parrs be cheristed wich Hea
  8. arid lasIr, Thacic ascends or returns noc again.
  9. VALVOLA Conniventes. See Conniventes.
  10. VANE. Those Sighes which are made eo mor
  11. and ide unon Cross. staves, Fore staves, Davis dua
  12. drants, ecc. che Seamen call Vanes.
  13. VAN-GDARD, a Millitary Term, sgnityir
  14. che trst Line ot an Aemy dravn ux in Barcalia
  15. This is the lame wich che Fronc ot an Army, anc
  16. sires che hrst Charse upon the lnemy
  17. VAPORARTOMI, is when che PatIenECIS (02
  18. thac he receires the Vapors chrouoh an HTole, un
  19. dex which cherc is placed a Por full oF oppotite auc
  20. boilins hoc lnoredients, wtuch coolins, trem Mat
  21. ter is added.
  22. VAEOROSOM Balneum. Sec Balneum Va
  23. poris.
  24. VAPODRS, in a Medical Senle, is non a day
  25. uled For the Dilease called orhervile Fsysterick, Or
  26. ypochondriack Fits, Or Melancholy. Buethe most
  27. common senle of the Word, is For Wacey Fixhala
  28. tions raised ux cirher by che Fleac ot the sun, che
  29. Subrerraneal, or any ortier accidencal Heat, Fire
  30. C
  31. MIr. Falles in Philosophical Transactions, N. 18C
  32. sires an Pstimare ot che Ouanciey oF Vapour
  33. caised out of che Sea by che Warmch oF ch
  34. Sun, by an Experimene as Follows.
  35. Werock a Pan (Caich he) abour + Inches deex
  36. and7 or 9 Tnches in Diamerer, in wtich ve pla-
  37. ced a Thermometer, and by means oF a Pan ol
  38. Coals, We brouptr che Wacer ro the lame Desree
  39. oF Fleat wwhich is obserred ro be that ot our Rir in
  40. che horest summers; che Thermomerer nicely
  41. MewwingIF.
  42. Then We altixed che Pan ot. Water WH the
  43. Thermometer in it, to oncend of the Beam oF che
  44. Scales, and exactiy connerpoised ic wich Weishc.
  45. in the orher Scale: And by che application OE re
  46. noral oF the Pan oF Coals, ve tound ic very ea
  47. eo maincain the Wacer in the lame precile Degrec
  48. oF Fleat.
  49. Doins chus, we found che Weishe ol ie Wa-
  50. ter sensibly ro decrease; and ac the end oF 2 Flours
  51. we obserred, Thacthere wanced halt an Ounce ot
  52. Troy, aII BuF 7 GrainS, OF 233 Grains OF Warer
  53. which in chac Time had gone of in Vapour, cho
  54. one could harals perceire ic ro (moak, and che
  55. Wacer Was nor sensibly arm.
  56. This Suancier in C0 Morr a rime, lecmed verz
  57. considerable, beins licele lels chan 6 Ounces in 2
  58. Inches Diameter.
  59. Non che Arca oF the Circle, whole Diamerer ic
  60. 72 Inches, is 49 Square Tuches; by wtich diri
  61. dins che Ouauriey oF Wacer craporared, viz
  62. OF an Inch, che Ouore 2:3E, OF 53, Mews, cha
  63. the Thickness oF the WVater craporaced, was the
  64. sCey chird parE OE an InCH; DuE We will suppose
  65. ic orty che sixriech parr, sor thetacilirs ot Calcula-
  66. tion.
  67. IE cheretore Water as warm as che Air in Sum-
  68. mer, exhales the thickene(s oF a sixrieth parr of an
  69. Ineh in rvo FTdUrS, From irs whole Surtace, ir
  70. 12 FTours ic will exhale che i oF an Inch; Wrhich
  71. Ouantier will be found abundanr sufficiene rc
  72. serve for all che Rains, Springs and Dews, and ac.
  73. coune for che Caspian Seas beins alvars ac a sand
  74. neicher astins nor over Rowins; as likemise (o
  75. the Currenc Caid 10 set alivars in, ac che
  76. Screighes of Gibralter, chough chole Mediterra
  77. nean seas receive lo many, and so considerable
  78. Rivers.
  79. Yo estimate che Ouamticy ot Narer arisine in
  80. Vapour out oF the Sea, L chink I OuehEtO COn
  81. sider it only for che rime che sun is up; For thar
  82. the Dews recurn in the Nighe, as nuch il nO
  83. more Vapours chan are chen emitted; and in Sum-
  84. mer che Days beins longer chan Tivelre Hours
  85. ehis Fxcels is ballanced by the meaker Action ol
  86. The Sun, especially when Risins, betore the Wace
  87. be warmed: 50 chac it Y allou , oF an Inch
  88. oF the Surtace ot che Sea, to be railed per Diem
  89. in Vapours, ic may nor be an improbable Con
  90. jecture.
  91. Sponthis Supposirion, every ten Square Tnches
  92. OF the Surtace oF the Wacer, vields in Vapour per
  93. Diem, 2 Cube Inch oF W acer; and cach Square
  94. Foorhalf a Winc pine; everr Space ot tour F001
  95. Square, a Callon; a Mtile Square, 69r4 TOns:
  96. a Square Degree, suppoled oF 69 Enslist Miles
  97. Will craxorate 33 Millions oF Fons: And il che
  98. Mediterranean be estimated at 40 Pegrees lono
  99. and tour broad, Allorances being made For the
  100. Places wrhere ir is broader, by chole wohere ic is
  101. narrorver; (and I am Ture, L guess ac the least
  102. there will be 160 Square Degrees oF Sca; and
  103. consequenty, che wrtiole Medicerranean must lose
  104. in Vapour, in a Summers Day, ac least 5280
  105. Millions oF Tons. And chis Ouancier of Vapor
  106. choush verr sreat, is as licele as che Remains
  107. another Cause, which cannor be reduced ro Rulc
  108. Cmean ehe, Winds, Whereby the Surtace of the
  109. WVacer is lick d ux Comerimes faster chan ic Exhales
  110. by che Heat of che Sun; as is well knomntochose
  111. thac have considered chose Derins Winds which
  112. Dlon Cometimes
  113. Fo estimate che Ouaurity oF Wacer che Medi-
  114. terranean sea receires trom the Rivers that FaII
  115. into ic, is a very hard Pask, unless one had che
  116. Opporcunier eo meature cheir Channels and Velo-
  117. cier; and cherefore e can only do ir by allovine
  118. more than enough: Thac is, by assumine thele
  119. Rivers grearer chan in all probabilies cher be, and
  120. then comparins che Ouancier oF Wacer voided by
  121. che Thames, wich chac oE chose Rivers wtiole Wa
  122. Rivers: LAC (BerUS, IHC LBOnC, IHC L.Ber, IHCL0,
  123. he Danube, che Neister, thie Borythenes, the Panais
  124. FD reduce cheretore rhis FxPerimenELO an ex
  125. 2ec Calcillus, and eo decermine the chicknels oF That
  126. Stin of Wacer, which had (o craporaced, Pactume
  127. che Experimene alledged by Dr. Fdmard Bernard.
  128. eo hare been made in che Oxford Society, viz
  129. THaE a CuDC-FOOE (Enslist) OF Water, weiotis
  130. exactiy 76 Pounds Froy. This divided by 1728
  131. che NTumber oF Inches in a Foor, will sire 253
  132. Grains, Or halE an Ounee, 13 = Crains, For che
  133. Weiolc oF a Cube Inch oF Wacer; Wheretore he
  134. Ncielic OC 233 Crains 15 21i, Oc 35 Paro ot 38,
  135. OE a Cube IncH OF Warer.
  136. and che Nile, di the relt beims oL no Preat No,
  137. and ches Quancier of Wacer inconsiderable.
  138. Thele nine Rivers, e supore Cdest O1
  139. ters ve delire compute.
  140. The Mediterranean receires chese considerable
  141. them to bring donn ten times as much WVater 2e
  142. leat ae naces. De ld eonutletene viet atequue
  143. the River OF Thames; noc chac any oF ihem are ()

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