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

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  1. etsampires, and orher marine tlants. Lloe Co
  2. tam common sea Salis, Which is att ee With che
  3. Fossit, in such plency, a5 not only co be plainty
  4. distinguised on che Palate, buc may be dravn
  5. They urtio are converlane in Agriculture, wvilt
  6. Cally subscribe co chis. Ther are vell avare
  7. chac be cheix carth nerer (o rich, 10 800d, and 50
  8. Ac For che Production oF Corn Or orher Vecetables
  9. licele ill come oc ic, unsels ehie Paris of ic be se
  10. parate d and loole. Tis on chis accoune cher be-
  11. Ko ches pains thes do in Culture ot ic; in Die
  12. sins, Plomins, TTarromins, and brealciris oF che
  13. clodded lumps oE Farth. Tis the lame raz chac
  14. Sea Salt, Nicer, and octiex Salis, prOmOtC Ves et a
  15. tion.
  16. Jam Porrr T cannor subseribe 1o che Opinion ot
  17. thole Learned Gentlemen, Wrho imagine Nitre 1OO
  18. essential eo Planes; and chac nochine in the Veceta
  19. Forth ot them in considerable Omantier; nay, chere ble IEinsdom is cransacted wirhour ic. By all ehic
  20. rane nor thole, who attirm, There are Plants Prials Lhare been able ro makre, the chins is quire
  21. Found, chac wrill viela Nitre, and ocher Mincrat Ochervise; and ertien contisuous ro the Plane, id
  22. Sales; OE which, indecd, Lam noc (0 tar lacistr d, racher destrors, than nouristes ic. Buc chis Nitre
  23. chac L can depend on che chins, and cheresore sire and ocher sales cerraints do; cher loosen che Parrh
  24. chis orls as an fsint tor Fnguirr.
  25. F050 on Wirh che Vegetable Marrer, hou ap
  26. and hom much disposed chis, beins (o very fine and
  27. light, is t0 actend Wacer in all ies Motions, and
  28. Follon ic into cach oF its Recesses, is manifest, no
  29. e lontce Mlances abore alleazea, bul Malis
  30. others. Percolate it wvich aH ese Case Mtagitable
  31. Filer ic wich nerer (o mans Fiaratons, sel tothe
  32. Terrestrial Marrer will remain. IIs Cile, etic
  33. Eluid will be thinner every time than ocher, ard
  34. more dilengaged ot the Lala MatteE; DuE neve
  35. wholly free and clear. L Han Mred WVacer chro
  36. leverat Steers ot chick l’aper, alu alcet cnal, Tn1O
  37. verr Ciole tine Clorh tvetre cntes coubiea; nay, J
  38. have done this over and orei, and rer a considera-
  39. and separare the concrered Parrs oF ic, by chac
  40. means turins and dispolins them to be altumed by
  41. the Wacer, and carried up inco Seed Or Plant, For
  42. ies Formation and Auement.
  43. TherE is no Man buE must observe, hon apE
  44. all TOrIS OF Sales are co be ivrovehr uxon bY Moi-
  45. sture; hou casily cher liguare and run wich it
  46. and wrhen chese are dravn of, and have deser-
  47. red che Lumps wherewich chey vere incorporated
  48. chole must moulder immediarelr, and fall’afunder
  49. ot course. The hardest Scone ve meer wich, it ir
  50. happen as frequentlr ic does, io hare any TOrE OF
  51. Sali incermixe wich che Sand oF which ic consilts.
  52. uponbeins expoledro an humid air, in a Mhorrtime
  53. dissolres and crumbles all ro pieces, andmuch more
  54. vill clodded Farrh or Clar, which is noc oF neaF
  55. ble Ouancier oEchis Macrer discorer d ic Felt in etie l (0 compaet and (0 solid a Consticurion as Stone is.
  56. Nacer atcer 2II. Noir, it ic chus passes Interstices (Thelame ar likerrise is Time serriceable in chis
  57. thar are (0 very (mail and sine alons ich che WN 2-
  58. Atair. The Iusbandmen Cay of ic, Thac ic docs
  59. rer, tis the dels sranse ic Mould artend ic in ies nor Fatren, buc only Mellons Cround. By Wrhick
  60. palsase chronghrhe Ducts and Vensels oE Ptans.
  61. Tis cruc, Alerins and diltillins ol Walel, l
  62. CCps a ITakCS IC GUI LOmC OL IHC FAKLHY Matter
  63. ic ivas before impregnated ithal; bur chen, chac
  64. ivhrich constinues wich che Wacer alces M, ls fine
  65. and liglr, and such consequener asis in a peculiar
  66. filigue.
  67. thes mean, Thac it does noc contain any chins in
  68. ir selF chacis of che Came nature wich che Vesetablo
  69. Mould, Ox aFord any Marrer fir For che Formation
  70. oEPlants, bucmeerly fotrens and relaxesthe Farrh,
  71. by chac means rendrins it more capable ot entrins
  72. the Sceds and Vesetables ser in ir, in order to cheir
  73. Nouristimene, chan ochervise ic vould hare been
  74. The Properties oF Lime are well lnomn, and hou
  75. apE ris ro be pur into Ferment and Commotion by
  76. Water: NTor, can sucti Commotion ever happen
  77. Wrhen Lime is mixed wich Parth, hoverer hara
  78. or clodded rhar may be, wichour openins and
  79. loosenins oF ir.
  80. 4. Tbe Plant is more or less Noutssu anu su aMeM
  81. eect ett eu e e seto
  82. Senle. And che Bodies in che Cavities os che orter
  83. Tubes, char hadcheir lorver ends immersed in W a
  84. tet, Woteteu saffron. Cochinci, u. Idct Been in.
  85. im nele rinced wich Tellom, Lulple, al
  86. TF. I may De permiced ro locu abrond a Wvhile.
  87. Eorards out Shores and Parrs wichin che Veree o
  88. the sea, chese will presenc us wich a larse Scenc ot
  89. Plants, char alons Wwichthe Vegerable, rakce ux into
  90. ehem meer Mineral Master allo in great abundtance:
  91. Such are our Sea Purstain, che sereral lore ot alsa s,
  92. manner se sol ene Cronch and oumene
  93. Vesccables. And chis is the cale ot Rain- Water
  94. The Ouantitr oF Terrestrial Matter it Dears up inte
  95. CC Lmosphere, IS nO great: bur thac whien i
  96. does bcat up, is maintr ot chac liol anu oi Ve
  97. Secable Maltet, anset chac lo fercus cnetred
  98. al secuce ole Corpucles, au Wenter the
  99. Tubules and Vessels oE Plants. On Wvtich acCoM
  100. cis, chac chis Warer is (0 rery Ferrile and Pro
  101. Thereason votr in ehis Proposition L Cay only ot
  102. dFreat pare oEthe Terrestrial Marrer thac is mixed
  103. with the WVatex, alcends up vich ic into the Plant,
  104. IS, because alL OF IE CAHHOE. The Minerat MatTCF
  105. is a great deal of ic nor onty srols and ponderous,
  106. buc scabrous and inslexible; and (o nor disposed id
  107. enter che Pores oF che ROOTS. And a grear many
  108. oF che simple Vegetable Particles by degrees unite,
  109. and form Tome of them (malI Clods Or Moleculae:
  110. such as chose mention d in HI, R, and L, Aictcino
  111. ro the Fixtremities of the RoOrS Of thole PlanES.
  112. Ochers oF em intangled in a looser manner, and
  113. torm che Nubecula, and sreen Bodies (o commonly
  114. obserred in RagnanE WVaEeF. Thele, wvhen FHUS
  115. conjoin d, arc r0o big ro enter elie Pores, or alcend
  116. up ihe Vessets oF Planis, urhrich cinsls ches B
  117. hrave done.
  118. contains a creater or smaliet Lantil) Propet
  119. Terrestrt Lut .
  120. The ctuth Ot hIS Propostor 1 10 ericenes aH.
  121. cernible chroush che whole process ot chese Prials,
  122. thac P chink no doubr can be made OF it.
  123. The Minc in che Cla(sC, was ol muchchelame
  124. Bulke and Weishe wrich chole in A and B: Buc chC
  125. racet in Wrhica iat WaS, OCIIE River Nater
  126. Which ras apparenels Rored more copiousty rich
  127. Celtcltat Mallet, Ekan ihC OpEIS O Lam N2
  128. ter wrherem cher Hood, vere; ic had chriven al
  129. almost double che Bulk char euher ot them hac,
  130. and vich a sets expence oF Wacer 100. S0 like
  131. vite, ihe Mint in L. in wtiole Wacer was dii-
  132. torreu a Mau Juancus et s0od larden Mould.
  133. cho. ic hact che dilacrancase 1o be lets ohem sice

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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/806933011:0885?run=74