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

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1. afforded the grearest parr OF, iF nor all che MatreF, IVou ill find in a Discourse oF his Read Before thC
2. with ertich cher are Nourished, and by wtrich
3. thes grou and encrease in Bignels. This Opinion,
4. Counrenanced by very srear Names, chac Learnec
5. and Ingenious Nacuralist DF. John Woodmard, AU
6. rhox OF che Natural TTistory of the Farrh, thouslE
7. very ell worch catrins inco serious Lxamina-
8. tior.
9. And in che sirst place, he caretulls Fxamin d a
10. POrIS OF Wacer, and found, rhat che clearest fineA
11. Sprins. Wacer wrhich he could ans where meet ich
12. exhibired even ro the natied Eye, sreac Numbers
13. Ol exceedina (ralI Terrestrial Parricles, and thar
14. all ocher Crasser acers had chese in ver much
15. srearer Quancier; and also, chat chey ivere oF 3
16. much larser Bulk
17. Fle Found ehis Terrestrial Marrer contained in
18. all NVacer, eo bc ot crvo kinds: The one property
19. a Vezetable Matrer, buc consisting ot very different
20. Parricles; Pome oF wrhich are proper For the Nou
21. ristimene oF some kinds oF PlarES; others for dif.
22. Ferent POrrs, (9c. The ocher kind of Farchy Mat-
23. ter, he found ro be purely ot a Mineral Nature:
24. and rhis also was ot rery rarious and disserent
25. Kincs.
26. Fullr.
27. Royal Sociers, and publistid in cheir Transactions,
28. NV. 253
29. Dhich Experiments, becaule cher are done ictr
30. an uncommon Care and Fxactnels, are a lufficient
31. number oE chem, and are follow d by verr Ingeni-
32. ous Restexions, serrins to explicare many Disticu
33. eies in Philo(ophy, and co set the Whole AAair OF
34. Vegerarion in a verr 800d Liotu; P. Mall sire che
35. Reader a5 Folloveth
36. A. D, 269Y, T chose (Caith he) Severat Class
37. Viols, that vere ill, as near aspossible, of che lame
38. Cape and bigness. AErex Lhad puT WhaF Nater P
39. choushe sic into every one oE them, and caten an
40. ACCOnnE OF the Weieht oF ic, L Araind and cy
41. over che Orifice ot cach Viol, a peice oF Parch.
42. mene, havins, an Hole in che midale oE it, larse
43. enouoh to admit the srem oF the Plant Ide
44. siend c0 set in che Viol, ivichout continins or
45. Arairnins ic, (0 25 ro impede its growth. MIY in
46. cenrion in chis, was ro prevene che enclosed Water
47. From craporatins or aCcendins any ocher was,
48. chan only chrough che Plancro be sec cherein.
49. Then P made choice of sereral Spriss oF Mint
50. and Orher Plants FHAE WerC, 25 near 25 l conld pOI-
51. Ably judse, alike Frectr, Cound, and livelr. Flav-
52. inscakenthe Weighe oF cach, L placed ic in a Viol
53. ordered as abore; and as the Plane imbibed and
54. drew oAche Water, Prook care ro add more oF chc
55. Came From time ro time, Keepins an accoune oF che
56. Weishe oF all P added. Pach oF the Cilases vere for
57. betterdistinction, and chemore casie keepine a Regi
58. Her oF all che Circumstances, nored with a differene
59. NTarH OF L etTeF, A, B, C, C9C. ane aII set in a FOW
60. in the lame Window, in such manner, chaE aII
61. mighe parcakce alike ot sir. Lieht, and Sun. Thus
62. cher continued from Fuly che Zoch, co October Sch.
63. Wrhich vas just 77 Days. Then Prook chem out
64. veigbid che Water in cach Viol, and che Plane litce
65. ise, addins co its weighe chac of aIl che Lcaves
66. The Parriculars are 25 follOW5.
67. A. Common Spear Minc, sec in Sprins. Water.
68. THC FOrMEF COrE OF Vesetable Farthy Mattet
69. abounes plenritulls in all Waters; buc For che Mi-
70. neral, ris tound monls in Sprins- WateF, HeXE IO
71. chac, in River-acer, and least oF all in Rain-Wwa
72. ter; cho even chere it is also ro betound plenri
73. This Fact (he Paith) any one may discorer, b
74. only Keeping WVacer For a competene Time wich-
75. out stirrins ic, in a clear Cla(s- riol, close AOPE, 1O
76. Heep out Dust, (00. For then he will obserre, Thac
77. chese very (inalI Ferrestrial Parricles, Which betore
78. avere scarcely visible singly, vill non combine to-
79. Gecher into larser and more conspicuous Masses,
80. eetich, by degrees, will join cogether, and form
81. Clonds as it ere in rhe Water, Wrhich vill gro
82. continual accestion oF ne Matrer. And if thc And laAIY, I compured hon much cach Plane had
83. Farchy Macrer in che Water, be chiesr oFcheVe- Pained, and hou much WVater vas spenE uPOn iL
84. setable, kind, ic ill curm the Water oreen, che
85. ulual Colour of Vegetables; and chis will gro
86. eceper and deeper Colourd, bur will noc precipi-
87. tate torhe Borrom oF the OlaIS, a5 the Mineral
88. Marrer Will, il there be ans considerable Ouantits,
89. by reason oF is much sreater Spccisick Graritr. 27 Grains; Wwhen raken our, October SIh, 42 GF.
90. Thac there is in all Water, a considerable Ouantiey Weishe 15 Grains.
91. OF Farchy Matrer: And in order ro derermine wvhe-
92. chexthe Veseration oF Plants was chietr orvins r0 chese 77 DaYS, amOunES 1O 2558 Cr. C onsequencly
93. Bare WaTeF, OF nOF Pathex tO the Perrestrial Matrer the weishe ot che Wacer caken up, Was 1702
94. cherein contained, he made, wich very srear AC- cimes as much a5 che Planr had for in veistico
95. curaes and Care, ihe EoWB Peo, d5
96. dails more and more Opacous and Thick, by che chac had Fallen of durins the rime ir Aood chus
97. Lhc llanc eiphid, ihen puc in fuls 20. Tute
98. IHe ohole Ouanrier ol Warer expended durine
99. On che nhole cheretore he concludes, rerr justly, Sochar in chis space oF 77 DaY5, ic had gain d in
100. A. Commone

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