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

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  1. all che small Rirulets thac FaII into the Sea,
  2. ahich, ocherise L Hnow noc hou 10 allon
  3. FOr.
  4. Td Caleulate che Water OF the Thames, L aC-
  5. Tume that ac Rinsston-bridze, Wrhere ehe Flood ne-
  6. ver reaches, and che Water alvays runs donn,
  7. che Breadch oF the Channel i5 100 Tards, and its
  8. Depthchree, it beins reduced eo an lgualier; (in
  9. boru rohich suxposihons Lam ture Lratie voicti che
  10. most.)
  11. Eence rhe Prosl oF the Water in this Place, is
  12. 300 Square Tards: This Mulciplied by 48 Miles,
  13. Certrich P allorr che Water to run in 24 LTOUrS, a1
  14. cvo Miles an TTOur) Ox 84480 Tards, sires
  15. 25344000 Cubick. Vards oF Water ro De cracua
  16. Led every Day: Thac 15, 20300000 FOHS per
  17. Diem: And L doube Hoc but in che FxceIS OF ny
  18. Meatures oF ihe Channel oF the River, Lhare
  19. made more chan Tusficient Allovance For hic WVa-
  20. cers oF rhe Brent, the Wandel, che Lea, and Dar
  21. vent, wtrichare all orch Norice, chac Fall intorhe
  22. Thames below Rineston.
  23. Now, it cach oF che aforelaid nine Rivers vield
  24. ren times as much Water as the Thames docti, WwiII
  25. Follow, chat cach oF them vield but 203 Milsions
  26. OE Pons per Diem, and the wrtrole nine but 1827
  27. Miltions oF JonS in a Day; Which is buc liicle
  28. more chan ore chird oF What IS proved to bC FaI
  29. sed in Vapor out oE che Mediterranean in LWelre
  30. IJours time.
  31. Non what becomes oF this Vapout woten caised,
  32. and hou ic comes to pals thac the Current alvaYs
  33. sers in at the Mouth oF che Screishes oF Cibralter,
  34. is incended, wich leare, For a Farcher Fnnterrain-
  35. mene ot chis Flonourable Company.
  36. :Inche mean time, it is néedtul ro Adverrise
  37. the Reader, Thac in matine che Fxperiment here-
  38. in mentioned, the Water used, had been Salted
  39. coche Came Degree as is the common Sea- WV a-
  40. cer, by the Solution oE abour a Forrieth ParE OF
  41. SalI.
  42. TheOuantity oF Vapors aravn by any determi-
  43. nate Lleat Trom anz Ouantitr oF Water in 2 deter
  44. minare Time, is alvars proporrionable co che Sur-
  45. face oF that Water: So chac trom a double Sur-
  46. face, chere ill be raised a double Ouantier ot Va-
  47. pour, tiom a eriple surtace a criple Quanciry.
  48. 30.
  49. For che Manner hon, and the Realon vohry Va-
  50. POES; Ias Warm Wacex Wwill hosd more Cal dittol
  51. ved in it chan cold); Wvhich on che Absence oF che
  52. And in EuS Cale he COMICeS; there could BC
  53. no Diverser DE Neather, Other than Periodican
  54. every Zeat alike, the Mixture of all Perrestrious
  55. Saline, and Hleteroseneous Vapors Deins here ex-
  56. cluded; Which he judses eo be When rariousse
  57. comporinded and driren by Winds, the C aules oF
  58. chose rarious dealons an Catises et treactter
  59. Wrhich ire nov find.
  60. But il instead ot an Farch corered all over wich
  61. Wacer, vou suppose che Sea incerspersed about
  62. Wide and spacious Tracts ot Land, and also divi-
  63. ded by high Ridxes oF Hountains, such a5 che
  64. Byrenean, the Alps, and che Apennine in Lurope:
  65. Taurus, Caucasus, Imaus, ecc. in Asa: NOure AL-
  66. las, atid che Mountains os the Noon in africa: And
  67. the Andes and Apalarean Mouncains in america.
  68. cach oF wvtrich tar Curpass the ulual HleiphE tO
  69. rtich ehe Aqueous. Vapors oF themlelres ascend;
  70. and on the Tops ot wtich, the HIH. L 10 cold
  71. and rarihed, a5 eo retam buc a imall part ot
  72. rhiose Vapors whrich are brouptic chicher bY _C
  73. Winds.
  74. These. Vapors therelore chusrailed trom che Sea
  75. and by che Winds carried over the Low-L andsto
  76. chose Ridges oF Mountains, are chere compellec
  77. by che Scream OF MhC AIE, tO moune with it ux E0
  78. Blectins donn brche Cranmies ot che stones; and
  79. Pare et the Vapor entrins inco rhe Caverns or che
  80. FTiIIS, ThC WVaTeK THCTCOF BAcheTS a5 in an RIer-
  81. bick in che Basons oF Stone wrtrich ic finds; and
  82. these beins once Fuil, the epus C Watei
  83. runs donnac che lomest place ot che Balon, and
  84. breakins our by chesides of cheFtills, Forms Sinsle
  85. Sprines.
  86. Many of which runnins donn by che Valleys.
  87. nel From Large Rivers
  88. And in ehis Theory, the Puchor Caith, he was
  89. contirmed by Expeltence, ac Sc. Felena; wrhere
  90. residirs a ake Celeltral Oblerrations, the Placo
  91. the Sty as clear, thes nouia coret eres halt
  92. pors are raised by Flear, Mr. Ttalley sires che quarcer ot an Four che Object. Clalles of his Pele.
  93. tolloine ACCOUnE.
  94. Fe hach sreved, That iC an ATOM OF WVacer
  95. be expanded into a Stell or Bubble, wrhole Dia-
  96. meter Mall be ten rimes as great as betore, fuch an
  97. Acom Will be Specitically lighcer chan Rir, and
  98. scopes, and vec his laper sorat il Wouia acay
  99. bear Ink eo vrire hus Oblerratios. Losop
  100. Transactions, N. 192.
  101. AbyIs et Wacer in che Borvels ot che Larch tobe
  102. illrise so long as char Flacus or arm Spirit wrhich che Prompruarr Fcom whence che Wacer ol Sprinss
  103. srst separate d ic From the Ma(S OE Water, Mall COn-
  104. rinue to distend it ro che same degrec. But then
  105. thac Warmch declinins, andche Rir growing cooler,
  106. and Rivers is chietty deduced. Sec Springs.
  107. and ichal Sxccitically lighrer; chese Vapors will hach publunec elle enes matique c
  108. scop ac a cerrain Rexion ot rhe Air, or else de-
  109. Scend.
  110. Et cheretore it Mould be luppoled, Hal eraporsin general, is chatche Fierr or Athercat
  111. Vaxorsac Nishc, vould be dischars ed in Dews
  112. cheir Pops, Where che Water preleney precipitates
  113. OF GUES, BCLWCH INC HLIOGeS OI CIIC LHIIIS, aua AI
  114. ter unitirs, Form Litrle Rivulets, Or Brooks; and
  115. many ol chese meerins again in a common Chan-
  116. beins about 800 Xards abore che Surtace ot the
  117. Sea, chere as crery Wighe such a Condensarion
  118. Or rather Precipiration oF che Vapors, a5 chac, ch0
  119. LHC Caed DE. Woodmard Cuppoles the GreAE
  120. H.L. Lombere, in Pome Fxperimenes wrhich he
  121. de Phisique, For the Month OE May, 1693. ayS
  122. THdt the most probable Cause of che Elerarion ot
  123. Wrtiole Fdch evere corered wich racer, and chat
  124. oundic, ehis learned Person chinks, Phac che HU
  125. WId be imoreonared with a cerrain Ovantiry ot Specifically lighrer than dir, will eise in ie, eill L
  126. Queons Vapors, which it ould recain in Le litre come ro lueh an heiphe, as chatihe Rit is thero Ot
  127. Sales dissolred in WVacer and CHaE ehC SUIn EI IS
  128. Macrer Ars purs che Cmall Parricles oE che WVater
  129. ehe Sun as no ould make his Diurnal Course inro an Agicarion, and chen minsles ir selF ith ic
  130. vrtrich Mixture is wrhac ve call Vapors; this beine
  131. the Pame Relacire Grarier rich se CelE, and chere
  132. mosphiere vould suttain a sreatet PFOPOrtIOM Ot Va. Oltet Caules, US CI IS BLCB, atie C
  133. Da rime armins eHis AIr, ChaE ParE OF The AE (le Will sivim aboue, eill by che Mocien oF Winds, o

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