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

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  1. chem, or (0 sredl ait aeldirional Encrease by much
  2. as thole char ere sec in Fune, Fuly, and the FTOE-
  3. cer. Tis plain, Wacer has no porver ot morins ic
  4. selF, or risins co che rast heighe ic docs in the more
  5. all and lotir Plans, (0 tar From chis, thac ic does
  6. noc appear trom ans Discorerr vet made, thac e-
  7. ven its onn Eluidies consists in che inrectine Moci
  8. On OE itS ParIS; Whaterer lome ocherwile verz
  9. learned and knomins Persons max have choustu.
  10. There is no necd ot any chins more for solving all
  11. the Phaenomena oE Fluidiry, than such a Figure anc
  12. Dispolicion OF ParES, 25 Water has. Corpulcles ot
  13. thac matce, and char are aII absolurelr Spherical,
  14. must Aand (o very cieklish and nicels upon cach o.
  15. Bleake and Chill, thac cher raise no regerables ac all.
  16. eo any considerable Size. This we learn Trorri
  17. Orcenland, Crom istand, and ocher Places of like cold
  18. Site and Condition. In these nO Tree CVer apPCarS
  19. and the very Shrubs ther aford, are few, liceles
  20. and lov.
  21. Aeain, Inche warmer Climates, and such 25. do
  22. Furnim Forth Prees, and the larger Vecetables, il
  23. chere happer a Remission, or Diminution ot che
  24. usral Fleat, their Productions ill be impeded Or
  25. diminise d in proporrion.
  26. Our lace colder Summers hare siven us proot
  27. enoush oF chis. For cho the Flear e have had
  28. Was lusticient ro raile che Vesetative Marter into che
  29. cher, a5co be sulceprible os every Impression, and lorver Plants, inro our Corns, our Wrheat, Barler
  30. cho noc perpetually in Morion, vet must be alivays
  31. reads and liable co berur into ir, by any thedigh-
  32. Pease, and che likre; and we have had pleney ot
  33. Scramberries, Rasberries, Currans, Gooleberries.
  34. est corce imaginable. Ir is true, che Parrs ol Fire and che Fruirs OE such ocher Vegetables, a5 are lov
  35. Or Flear are nor capable oE morins chemlelres ans
  36. and near theFarch: Vea, and a moderate Rore ot
  37. more chanchose ol Wacer; burther are more sub. Cherries, Mulberries, Plumbs, Filberts, and some
  38. ril, ligtr, and actire chan chole are, and (o more orhers char prow ac a Comenhat grearer heighe:
  39. easily Dur inco NTOtion.
  40. vet our Apples, our Pears, Walmus, and che Pro
  41. In tine, tis consident, and MLateE OS Fact, Thac ductions oF the raller Frees have Been sever, aric
  42. Flear does operare uxon, and more che Water, in
  43. order ro its carryins on thie Wock ot Veserarion;
  44. bur hon ris agicared ic selE, and wrhen che Morion
  45. First begins, chis is no sir place ro enquire.
  46. Thar che Concourseot Flear in chis Work, isre
  47. ally necessary, appears noc onty trom the Experi
  48. menes betore us, bur Erom all Nature: From out
  49. Fields and Forelts, our Cardens andour Orchards,
  50. ve sec in Autumn, 25 che Suns Pover srows sra
  51. dually less and lels, (0 irs eHeets on Planrsisremit
  52. red, and cheir Vesetation Dackens by licrle and sir-
  53. le.
  54. Ers Caiture is Arst discernible in Frees; chele are
  55. raised highest abore che Farrli, and require a more
  56. incense Hleat ro Elerare the Wacer, charsed with ies
  57. Nouritimene, rorhe Tops and Pxtremiries oFchem:
  58. Io chat For wane of trestr Supporr and Pucriment
  59. thes Med cheir Leares, untels secured by a very
  60. tiem and hards Constirurion indeed, a5 our P ver.
  61. preens are; next che Shrubs part ich cheirs, and
  62. then cheFlerbs and Lorer Pribes; cheficar beine
  63. at lenech noc sufticiene ro supply eren these, tho le
  64. near the Farth, che Fund of cheir Nourimmenc. A5
  65. the Flear returns the Tucccedins Sprins, cher aIl re-
  66. cruit again, and are turnistred wich trem Supplies
  67. and Verdure: Bur sirst chole Which are lorvest anc
  68. nearest the Farth, FTerbs, and they chac require a
  69. leser degree oF LCat ro raise the WVateF WitH IIS
  70. Farchy Charse, into them. Thenthe Strubs and
  71. highex Vegerables in cheir Turns; and lastIY, the
  72. Prees. As the LPeat encreales, it GrOWS 10O pO
  73. extul, anc surales the Macut wich too grearraxidi
  74. Es CrO FneF, and mote render Plans. These
  75. theretore 50 of and decar; and others thac arc
  76. more hardy all visorous, and require a grearer
  77. deoree dleat, luccced in thelrorcet. By wrhich
  78. Mechanism, providene Nature Furnictes us with a
  79. rocIId.
  80. those nor (0 kindlr, (0 chrouehly ripend, and
  81. broughero char Perfection cher ivere in the former
  82. more benion and warm Sealons. The Dart
  83. apple and Pear- treeshave succceded berrer; and in-
  84. decd in Frees of che same Kind, thole char kecp
  85. closestro the Farch, alivays produce che most and
  86. best Fruir. For which realon it is chat the C’ardiners
  87. check and restrain che Growthof their Bertex Fruir-
  88. Trees, and prevent cheir runmins UP EO EOO GrCAE 2
  89. Fleishe: War, even che lorver Pruirs and Creens
  90. have had lome Mare in checommon Calamier, and
  91. Fallen horr Boch in Number and Goodnels of Wwhac
  92. thehorrer and kinder SealOnS LVerC WONETO Me uS.
  93. AStOOur Grapes, Abricors, Peaches, Nectarins.
  94. and Figs, beins transplanted hither our oF hOtteI
  95. Climes, tis the lels vonder re have ot late hac
  96. (0 general a Faiture oF chem
  97. Nor is ic the Sun, or the ordinary Fmission of che
  98. Subrerrarean LPeat OnIY, TMAE PrOMOTeS VesCtation;
  99. bur any ocher indissereney, accordins ro its Porver
  100. and Degrec.
  101. This re are taughr by our Scores, Llor- beds.
  102. and che likce. AII EIcar is oF like kind; and where
  103. ever isthe lame Cause, there will beconstanely che
  104. Tame Efect.
  105. THereS a PrOcedure In EVEEY PaTE OF Nature.
  106. thar is pertectir Regular, and Geomerrical, il we
  107. can bur sind ir our; and the Farrlier our Searches
  108. carry us, the more Mall ve hare occasion eo Ad-
  109. mire chis, and che becrer Twill compentare our In-
  110. duster.
  111. VEIITCLE, in che general, is chac vohich carries
  112. or bears any chins alons; as the Serum, OF Wate.
  113. ry Flumour, ther Cay is che Vehicle which serres
  114. 10 conver the Blood Parricles, and to disperse them
  115. all ores che Bodr: And in Pharmacy, chac l iquic
  116. in wrhich ans Powder, or Tuch libe Medicine is
  117. caken, ther call a prover Vchicle For II.
  118. VETODRS, are CuCH aS ArC (enE BY FHC COUTETO
  119. take Vieu oF any Place in Ouestion, For the Ber-
  120. very rarions and differins Encerrainmene; and
  121. whac is best suired ro each Seaton, all che YCaL
  122. AS the FTCaE OF the sereral SeaIOnS aHOrdS US L
  123. Mterent Face ot Phings, Corhe several aaCI
  124. mates hew differene Scenes ot Lrale, a 110
  125. ductions of the Farth.
  126. The Llorter Couneries, zield ordinarily the lar.
  127. sest and callest Trees, and thole r0o in a much
  128. creater varierr than the colder ever do. Fiven
  129. ehose Plaurs which are common to BOth, aEraIn EO
  130. a much sreater bulk in che Southeen, chan iM MI
  131. ter decition ot ThC LIBHE. LE SIGMIHeS 2HIO IUCH ds
  132. are senc ro viewchole Thac F Noin themselves de man
  133. 10 Locti, Wheches che bC in cruch 10 SCk aS TBC)
  134. Caitior appear, or Whether cher counerseic. This
  135. Word is allo ulcd tor chole rhac are apponted 10
  136. viem an Ofence, 25 a Man murdered, (0c. Eec
  137. Viem.
  138. VEIN, is a Vessel in a LM B0), Madel
  139. cct alet AB The Blooa back asam Leom ihC
  140. Norchem Ctimes; nay, che a 11 10 AMerle.

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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/806933011:0889?run=74