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

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  1. sereral Kinds, in ordet to get Liptir arid Informa
  2. eion irhrae hastned or rerarded; promored or im-
  3. Peded Vezetation.
  4. The Class P, Fde Parte Conduit Water: In ChI
  5. PAixed a Glas Tube oF ren Inches lons, the borc
  6. about one six of an Inch in Diamerer, Alled wietr
  7. verr sine and erhire Sand, which LKepefrom Fal-
  8. lins donnout of che Tube intotheViol, by crine
  9. a chin piece oF Silk over thar end ofche Tube thal
  10. ivas dovnvards. Ipon immersion ot the lorves
  11. Find oF it into rhe Wacer, this by licele and lictle al-
  12. cended quite ro the upper Oritice of che Tube:
  13. and ret in all che 56 Days wrhich it sood thus, 2
  14. very inconsiderable Ouancitr oE Water had sonc
  15. OH, 2iz. Tcarcelr 20 Grains, tho the Sand con-
  16. rinved moist upro che rop, rill che verr last. The
  17. Nacer had imparred a green Tincture ro che Sand
  18. quite eo the very cop ot thie Tube: And in che
  19. Viol, it had precipirared a greenis Sediment, mixt
  20. vich black. Forhe Borrom and Sides of che Lube,
  21. a5 ar as tvas immersed in the Wacer, adhered
  22. pretr much ot che green Substance delcribed a
  23. Bore. Ocher-likre Tubes L Alled WithCorton, Lint, Pith
  24. of Elder, and several orher porous Vezerable Sub-
  25. stances; Cerrins some ofthemin clear Water, orters
  26. in WVacer rinsed wich Saffron, Cochinele, ec. And
  27. Sereral ocher Prials vere made, in order to sire a
  28. Mechanical Representation oF the Morion and Di-
  29. sribution oF che Juices in Planes; and of some
  30. Ocher Phenomena obserrable in Vegeration.
  31. Sererat Blants beine allo Pet in che ViolsO, R, S.
  32. C3C. Ordered in lite manner asthole abore, in Octo-
  33. ber, and thetollomins colder Monchs; chese chrove
  34. noc near s0 much, nor did che Wacer ascend in
  35. nieh che Ouantitr it did in che horter Scalons, in
  36. which che besore recired Trials veremade.
  37. Some Rehexions upon che ForegOInE FxPerimenIS.
  38. I. In the Plants of the same Lind, ihe less they are
  39. in Bulle, the simaller the Ouantity of the Fluid Mass
  40. in rhich they are sec, is drann oss; the Dispen-
  41. dium of it, rohere the Massis of equat Thicknes.
  42. beine preity neariy proporrion d 10 the Bulle os the
  43. Plant.
  44. 2. The much sreater part of the Fluid Mass that i
  45. Pores os themi and exhales ux into 1b6 Atmo
  46. Thac the Wacer in chese Experimenes ascended
  47. onty chroush che Vetels oC chele Planis, is cer-
  48. cain.
  49. Ihe Ctasses F and C, chac had no PlanIS in
  50. them, cho disposed in lite manner as che relt, re-
  51. maind at the end oF the Experimene, as ac Arst
  52. and none oF ehie Watet vas gone of: And chac che
  53. Prearest parr oE ic Aies o_ Trom che Plane inco che
  54. Arinolphere, is a5 cerrain.
  55. The lcas proportion OF the Water expended.
  56. as rothe Augment oF tho PlanE, 25 46 OF 5OtOI
  57. And in lome, etie weighe oF che WVater dravon OA
  58. W2S 100, 200, naY, in one abore 700 times a5
  59. much a5 che Plane had receired oF Addirion.
  60. This (0 continual an emition and decachment
  61. OF Water, in lo great pleney, From the parrs oF che
  62. Planes, aFtords us a manifest Realon, Wvhy Coun
  63. aries chat abound ich Trees and che larger Vege
  64. cables especiallr, Bould. De very obnoxious ce
  65. Damps, sreat Elumidier in che Air, and more tre
  66. quent Rains, than ochers chat are more open ariit
  67. Prec. The great Moisture in che Air, was a migh
  68. ey Inconrenience and Annorance ro chole who srst
  69. serled in America, Wrhich ac thar Time was much
  70. orerorovn wich Woods and Crores. Buc asthele
  71. vere Burne and Destror d, 1o make Way FOF FIa
  72. bications and Culture of che Farth, the Rir mend
  73. ed and cleared up apace, changins inco a Feniper
  74. much more serene and der than betore. Nordoes
  75. ehis Flumidiey 50 of pure and alone, bur usually
  76. bears Forth with ic mans parrs oF the lame nature
  77. wich chole whereot che Plant, chroueh irhich il
  78. passes, consists. The Crasser indeed are not (o casily
  79. born up into the Aemolphere; but are usuallr de
  80. Policed on che Surtace ot Leaves, Flovers, and
  81. other paris of the Plants. Flence come our Man-
  82. nas, Our tonies, and octier Cummous Exsudations
  83. Ot Vegetables.
  84. But che finer and lishter Paris are wich greater
  85. ease senr up intothe Armosphere.
  86. Thence ther are conveyd ro our Organs ot
  87. ThuS, Thar in the Glass marked A, wvhich Smell. by che air wve deaw in Respiration, and are
  88. Wveiohd only 27 Cr. dtew OH bUF 2558 Cr. OF the
  89. Eluid: And chat in B, Which weiohd onY 28
  90. Eook up buc 3004 Gr. Whereas chac in II, which
  91. veistd 127 Gr. SpenE 14F90 Cr. OF che Liquid
  92. Mass.
  93. The TVacer seems ro ascend up ihe VesetsbF
  94. Plealane, or ossentire, beneficent or injurious r0 us.
  95. accordins ro the nature oF che Planes trom Whence
  96. ctier arile.
  97. And since these ove cheir Rise 1o che Water
  98. iat ascends out of the Farth chroughche Bodiesol
  99. Planes, we cannor be tar ro scek For the Cause wtrys
  100. cher are more numerous in the Air, and e find a
  101. Greater Ouancier oF Odours exhalins trom Vegera
  102. bles, in warm, humid Scalons, than in any orhers
  103. thus drann off and converd into the Plant, doc
  104. not seitle or abide there; but passes throuch the
  105. SC16.
  106. Planes, in much the Pame manner 25 uP 2 Filtre;
  107. and eis no steac ronder, ac en La1SeL PIlEre
  108. Thousd araW OHmore Warer, Mah che leter; Or
  109. thac a llane cMar has more and salset essels, Mould Whacloerer.
  110. cake ux d SHlarer Ihare Ot The LIUI WeH IL is
  111. NoF a0Lnore chIS a5 a Lhins vers contaclabie
  112. I IL lest, bur chiesy in regard eo What L am about
  113. sCXC eet. And chacic mas belech, chacin my
  114. mith Water, ascends ux into the Plant, as vell as
  115. theWWater.
  116. lec, Tnan one rhat has terver and smallet es Cal. 3. A great part of the Terrestrial Marter that is mixet
  117. ortier Collacions ot Thimeo, L made due allovane
  118. There was much more Ferrestrial Matrer at che
  119. ena Ot MC LXPermene in ese nacet et ene easses
  120. thachad Plants.
  121. F and C, chachad no Plants in them, chan inthose
  122. Jhe Carden Nould dissolred in che Glases
  123. aldt en lras contiderabls diministred, and cas-
  124. ried OH; Mas, IC Letrestratae resctable Matter
  125. Tor chis duletence.
  126. WdhbOca up in ihC Lubes tlled Wien Sand, Colion
  127. XC. in châr Ouantiry, 25 10 be crident eren 10
  128. Sense

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