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

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  1. sy D) ChIS means most
  2. easils Colred, and Wichour ic hardly explicable.
  3. Supposins cheretore such a Circulation as above
  4. eis to De considered, thad
  5. CNorchward oF che
  6. Tnaian Ocean, there is everr where Land ichin
  7. cheusual limirs oF ehe Lacieude OF 30, viz. Arabia
  8. Persa, India, Xc. Which For the Tame reason, astHe
  9. Mediterranean Parrs OE Africa, are subject ro unsut
  10. Ferable Flears, When che Sun is torhe NorrI, pal
  11. sing nearIY Verrical; but yet are remperate enoust
  12. Wrhen the sun is remored rowards itre orher Tro
  13. picke, because oF a Ridse oF Mountains at some di
  14. sance evichin che Land, Paid to be frequency in
  15. Nintet corer dwith Snou, over Which chie Air 2
  16. ic passes, must necds be much chilled.
  17. Flence ic comesto pass, rhatthe Air comins ac
  18. cordins corhe seneral Rule, out of rhe NVorrt- F al
  19. in the Indian Seas, is Lometimes horrer, sometimes
  20. colder, than chac evtich by chis Circulation is re
  21. turn d out of che Souch.WVest, and by consequence
  22. lometimes the under Current, or Wind, is Fron
  23. che North. Past, Lometimes trom the Souch
  24. NVest
  25. Thac chis has no ocher Caure, lo cscde from che
  26. Limes Wherein chese WIas sec in, viz. in April.
  27. Wrlics ehe sun begms lo liaem chole Countries rc
  28. the NoTM, ehe South. Nest Monsoons begins, anc
  29. blos curins the Llcarstill October; wtien the sui
  30. beins secred, and allchinss gromine cooler Norh-
  31. vard, ard ehe Fleat encreas l0 ile Souch, the
  32. Nos. Last enter and blo al ese tullercll Apri
  33. aam. And ic is undoubieass sen en lame Prin-
  34. ciple Malcothe Souchrard. Ot e L quator II PaI
  35. OF the haran Ocean, the HNOIC-Mek trinds luc
  36. cecd thie South. Bast, Wehee Sun cuts near che
  37. Tropick of Capricorn.
  38. BuE in EhIS LaLECF OCCUES a DHNCuLEY, noc well tO
  39. be accbunced for, which 15, wns chis Charise oF
  40. ehe Monsoons, LSuld De any HICTC M ThiS Ocean
  41. chan in che Came Lacirudes in the Fthiopick, Wvhere
  42. there is nochins mOre CCMaM La a ca
  43. Wind all the YCar.
  44. Tis Ukerile rers hard co concerre Whs elle e-
  45. mits of che Trade Wind Mould be fixt abour the
  46. Thirrierh Degrecot Laricude all round che Globe:
  47. and thac cher Mouid (0 seldom FranSgrelS Ox Fal
  48. Mort et chole Bounds; as allo thar in che indian
  49. Sea, ontr che Norchen pare Mould be subject 10
  50. the changaore Monsoons, and in ThC SOMHCLM MCrC
  51. hould De a constant South P afF.
  52. Iluis Accouneof Wind is trom che LCatne
  53. eain FTallerS Dilcourse on this Subjell. Lhosopis
  54. Frans. N. 183
  55. E F F. OPO is a crooked Tron, Fastened in M
  56. char che Thumb Rickins in the Angle P, thC rest
  57. oF the Fingers may acract the Learer L, and se
  58. force che Plus PP P uperards. Buc the use oF che
  59. Cuerarure is, Thac ehe one end O mixhe be ap
  60. plicd coche Shouider, if ic be thoughe tc t0 aim aE
  61. any mark
  62. TT, is a Rectangle oF Tron, encompassins che
  63. LCarer L L, and che Tron O PO, 1o keepFhe Le2
  64. vex in chac Posture which che presene Scheme holds
  65. Forch; For ocherwise, the Dlug F E P vouid be
  66. chrust out tar aWay, whilst e inerude che Air inco
  67. the GIobC A A.
  68. TI, is an FIliprick hole in thC APPeK parE OE che
  69. Globe verr wvell Cue ich a Valre, openinq in-
  70. vardlr, whose use is ro sire libeter ot Inspection
  71. and ot amiendins whac is amils. For the Valve
  72. mas be dramn chroush the hole, by realon oF ils
  73. Esliprick Figure.
  74. SS, is a metalline Plate eransrerAy placed above
  75. ehe hole PI, and pertorated wo rrantmit the Screw V
  76. by irtiose help etie Valre Murrins, ehe hole LI is
  77. sustained, and is applied clolety ro che hole.
  78. C, is an hole in che inferior pare oF che Tube
  79. CC, by Which che Airenters into the Tube, whils
  80. che Plus D is brouxhe r0 rhe lowest parr oE che
  81. Tube
  82. The Air is chrust into ehis Fingine after this man.
  83. ner: The crooked end oFthe Plus DD is pressed
  84. uxon wich the Foor, thac ic mayne sir from che
  85. Ground; and che Fingine being lifred upvard rit
  86. the upper pare ot che Plus befound belo thehole
  87. Q; Then che Air cnerins chroush che forelaid hole,
  88. doch wholly Aill che TubeCC
  89. Then che Fnoine beins Torcibly depressd, che
  90. Air concained in the Tube CC, opens the ValveF
  91. and isthrust intoche Clobe A A; Whence it CannOT
  92. return, because che Valres preleney Aop the pal
  93. sage; and chus by iterared turns, we may condense
  94. chie Air in che Globe, uneil che force ot its Sprins
  95. cannoc be overcome by our Screngeh.
  96. Nou ro discharge che Rir, (0 condensed, the
  97. Plus D D is irholly co be dravn out, and a Bullet
  98. ot Lead to be pur into rhe borom of the Tube CC
  99. then by means of the Lcaver I. L L, the PIUS FFF
  100. is ro be impelled upvard, as betoremention d, and
  101. then che Exrremiey ot che Tron WVrre opens che
  102. Valre B, and che Air Breakins OuF ThereFrOM, ex-
  103. Pels che Leaden Bullet chroust che Tube C C wirhi
  104. creac riolence.
  105. Noce, Thacbetore che Plus D D is apain pric in-
  106. eo che Tube C C for che compresion of che Air,
  107. aboue half an Ounce of Wacer is to be poured into
  108. che forelaid Tube. For by chis means no Air ac aII
  109. can elcape out by the Plus; and moreorer, that
  110. Wracer Eillins exactly che upper part ot che Tube
  111. CC, ill cause that the Wwhole compressed Air
  112. will be incruded wichin che Carier A A, and (0 che
  113. Condensation will be pertected much looner than
  114. it ac erery turn parr of the compressed Air did re-
  115. main belor che Valre F. Scerhe Fisure (ollol.
  116. 1nb
  117. PBanomenom A Ihe Mo
  118. WVIND GVN. OF chis Instrumene MeC alC
  119. Tereral Descriptions extant, bur che tollowins ol
  120. Ar Papins is in all respects the best. (Sec Conri-
  121. nuation oLMIr. BoylS Physico Mechanteal LPments
  122. VarE 2. Tconi(. 2. F1G. 4.)
  123. AA, is a Copper Clobe, hollo wichin; BB, l
  124. a Tube, Fastned ro rhar GlobC. Pis a Valve open-
  125. Ins inwaralr, and Muctins che Globe BB; Cr i5
  126. che Sprins depressins che forelaid ratte. L Is
  127. a Onomch attixed ro che Globe A A, aet LIIdKIMS
  128. TaAt ehe Sprins 6.
  129. CC, is a Tube ofTron, Fastned to che Tube BB
  130. and the Clobe A A. DD is a Plus exactis adap
  131. ced ro chetorelaid Tube. PP L is anocher l8,
  132. Acced also eo che Tube BB wich an Tron WVyre,
  133. reachins almost ro che Valre F. R is che Protu,
  134. berance oF che Tube CC, Lomewhat hollowed 2
  135. bore ro receire che end oF thC TTONL L; and L 1
  136. is a crooked Tron, moreable aboue LHC LALCIMIE
  137. i ei ottal te tone a tatet 10 h uB che llat

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