Volume 2

Lexicon technicum; or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences / [John Harris].

  • John Harris
Date:
1708-1710
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Credit: Lexicon technicum; or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences / [John Harris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - * —-~ -» • ' ^ .. 1 *111 1,1 1—* ' In omui Solutione per Menftruum particula filvendse magts attrahuntur apariibits Menfirui otrfni^rmentattone eft Acidum fupprejfum rpsod coagulat prrscipitando. ' ' Ol m cum nimis rhagn* mole phlegmatis intime mxtumffit Salinum quiddam 0 ftc Acetum af . j- ptiamTartcin feu Terra a drni ft a babifda eft ratio. C°nMercurius attrahitur id eft corroditur ab Acidis 6 ft cut pondere Ob ft niB tones tollit it a vi at- traduce Adda inf ' g,* tac\le flevatur caloretpHa ejus pakicuU ultima Compofitionis ftuni u,ft in parti'culis Vaporis, flnidor^- rarefa- 3°rZ*a cmprmi non potefi TJ partic*!* jamjam fe tangmt Et fi fetangerentparti- . A Lmorimi pote ft. quta tpjt*s particula nondum fe tangunt } Aer evader et m if Jms (Ce?rd U-4■ *• Trinc■ m°w- Marmor. °J j Laiet fe mutuo trahentes; minimaritm ftttmma vocentur prim* Compofi- • fmmarum fumma fecunfe Compofitionis, &c. poteJhAra Regia poros pervadere, <jm parttculas ultima: Compofitionis inteftZtRtalurtrmmalios illos pervadere vel (l awpartes prim* & fecund* Compofitionis ft I ft ■ r£ret jiurum vel Fluidum, vel] altem magts malleabde. Si Aurum fermenteftcere iflffinaUud fuodvis corpus pojfet transformari. . ■ rJjft r dtas eft vel foUm defeftus ftntditatis, quae fit a eft in part turn parvitate & feparabilitate (smlLe partes ultima Components) vel defers lubrkitati, feu Uvioris partes unius fnpra alias Undd it oleum Terebinths capiti fuo Mortuo redditum fit tenax ■ Ratio cur Chart a Oleo in unBa Tranfttum Oleo non Aqua concedat eft quia Aqua Oleo non mift- afoquid dijjblvunty id faciunt, quia partem Hi fihenda in- cludrnt vndtq; utpot^Majorem quad.bet Acdt part mm. -- ■ .. • ■ ' ■ : 1 ■ ■ J ‘ !“ * ' ‘ r • ■ ■. Some Thoughts about the N a t u r e of Acids; By Sir Isaac Newton. r-rn H E Particles of Acids are of a Si.2e grqffer than thofe of Water, and therefpie 1 left volatile: but much (mailer than thofe of Earth, ^nd therefore.much left £ >J U„ ,i,„, Thpv are endued with a great Attractive Force ; in which Force fii? ■* 'AViivItv^confifts ^ and thereby alfo they affeift and ftimulate the Organ of Tafte,- LnTdffft TucrBodiesasAey J come at' They are of a middle Nature between ?Jr4Tprreftrial Bodies, and attradl the Particles of both. WK ,hftdATtraaive Force they get about the Particles of Bodies, whether they be rBy ilallfck or ftony Nature' and adhere to them moft clofely on all fides ; fo that IX foie be farmed from them by DiftiUation or Sublimation. When they StraAed and gather’d together about the Particles of Bodies, they raife, disjoyn are attra & another; that is, they dilTolve thofe Bodies. anBvftthdrAttra£tivc Force alfo, by which they ruflr towards the Particles of Bodies, tneir -f excite Heat; and they fliake afunder fome Particles, fo Xon and all violent Fermentation ; and in all Fermentation there is. an Acid latent or g^Xa^gW«e?Xch as they d° ^e Particles of Bodies, occafion tXhedSX p«®sAieadily mingle with Water, or fwim or float in k, af¬ ter the manner of Salts, ■. tlje porce 0f Gravity, attrading Water more And as.this lighter Bodies, caufes thofe lighter Bodies to afeend in the Wa- ftrongly 1 upWardf from the Earth : So the Particles of Salts, by . attracting the aI?a,t0 mutually avoid and recede from one another as far .as they can, ,and lo ^ \m dr if •A fVimn&hout the whole Vaster. , af TTCpiicles of Sal Mali, do conf.ft of Earthy and Aeid united together, after the The 1 artic. ^ haye great an jVttradive Force, that they can t be fame manner . . fhey ,j0 aif0 precipitate the Particles of Metals feparated from the Salt by i ire, tney F r dilfolv’d
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