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[[left margin]] [[hebrew, ילל, yalel, means howl]] [[/margin]]
the Act of Howling, [[underline]] Amos [[/underline]] V.8. because Beasts then begin to [[right margin]] 66 [[//right margin]] Howl.
Job. XLI. 31. [[underline]] He maketh the Deep to boil like apot; he maketh the Sea like apot of ointment.[[/underline]] This seems to intimate that the Cause of the Tides were like that of boiling water but just lukewarm under an exhausted receiver. V. Job. XXXVIII. 14. XXVI. 7. The earth hangeth upon nothing.
Octob [[superscript]] r [[/superscript]]. 2. [[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]] at noon W.J. & myself weighed a Receiver 20 inches long & 4 or 5 in Diameter with a brass plate and cock cemented to the open end, all which were = [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] 1 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]] Averd. or 1 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]] 1 [[superscript]] Oz. [[/superscript]] 15 [[superscript]] Pwt [[/superscript]]... 0 [[superscript]] Gr. [[/superscript]] Troy, then filling it with common water, the weight was = 3 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]] Averd. or 3 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]].. 0 [[superscript]] Oz. [[/superscript]]..4 [[superscript]] Pwt. [[/superscript]] 8 1/2 [[superscript]] Gr. [[/superscript]] Troy. whence the weight of the water alone was = 2 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]] Aver. or 1 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]] 10 [[superscript]] Oz [[/superscript]] 9 [[superscript]] Pwt [[/superscript]] 8 1/2 [[superscript]] Gr. [[/superscript]] Troy (i.e. by allowing 7008 Gr. Troy for 1 [[superscript]] lt [[/superscript]]] Aver'd.) = 24800 1/2 Gr. the water measured 996,25884 Solid inches. Next it was emptied, well cleansed, & cooled, hung to the center [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] bottom of a Scale (which scales would easily turn with 1/4 of a Gr.) nicely ballanced in the other, taken off again & the air exhausted, till the mercurial gauge stood at 28 1/2 inches, and then weighing it again, 26 Grains was lost, but turning the Cock to let in the Air, it then weighed as before. the second trial lost 27 Gr. a third 28, a fourth 27, a fifth 27: so that 27 seems to be the mean & true number, with which the proportion of Water to Air is as 918,6 [[underline]] ferè [[/underline]] to 1. but if 28 be taken, then the Ratio will be as 885,43 to 1. The same experimt. was twice repeated with the mercurial gage raised half way, or 14 1/4 inches, the receiver then weigh'd 11 Gr. lighter than before exhausting; but upon turning the Cock & letting in the Air, it weighed 2 Gr. heavier the first time, and 3 1/2 the second. With 3/4 of the gage = 21 3/8 inches exhausted, it required 23 Gr. to be added to preserve the same weight as before exhausting, but taking away these same 23 Gr. and letting in the Air, it required 2 Gr. to be added for the same weight; With 1/4 of the gage = 7 1/8 inches, 5 Gr. was taken away, Upon letting in the Air, it weigh'd 1/2 Gr. lighter than when full of air. The whole repeated will stand thus
[[Table: three columns, separated in transcription by / between each]]
[[column titles]] Inches, height of the gage / Weight lost by exhausting / Weight gain'd again by letting in the Air [[/titles]]
all = 28 1/2 / 26 Gr. / 26 Gr.
- / 27 / 27
- / 28 / 28
- / 27 / 27
- / 27 / 27
1/2 = 14 1/4 / 11 / 13
- / 11 / 14 1/2
3/4 = 21 3/8 / 23 / 21
1/4 = 7 1/8 / 5 / 5 1/2
[[/table]]
It was sometimes, tho' not always, found, that it weighed heavier immediately after letting in the Air, than it did 8 or 9 minutes after, therefore at each new weighing after letting in the Air, it remained sometime in equilibro, before theTranscription Notes:
Oz = ounce, Pwt = pennyweight, Gr = grain.
Lt = lb t pounds troy
Averd. = avoirdupois, another weight system
