1000000031

:rcd,

lu rning lhe h:lndlc, guides

the threads; fubili–

tUI(S

n.:w on!.!s, ""hen ;loy ol'

lhcln

brcf\k,

or ;¡,ny of Ihe

b~ lls

ar.:

wOllLld

out

Orcnglheos thenl, whert'

necdrAry,

add:ng

0Ih.:r5;

and takcs away

lhe

b:·dls

wound uut,

lh.lt

h.,ving betn

pien:e,l ,

al e

full

of wdtcr.

In this m-toncr,

(\Va

·rli.ms

\ViII fPlil and reel thrcé

pOllnds 01'

(ilk

in a

day

which

done with

gre.l.Icr

d.f.

r a1ch Ihfl n lS

m.lde:

lhe

fpinni¡g-whecl

dill.tff.

In–

dee~,

alllilks

cannol

be fpun and reded

afler thls

m tOner

cither

rc"ron

(he balls h.n'c becn ped or;ned

tht: filk

WQrms

lhc01felves ;

bec;¡ufe t!ley

are

d('ublc.

or 100

wca k

ueclr

Ihe water; or br:callfe

¡hey

are

co,¡,rre,

6c.

Of all there together, they m ,kc • particular kind of Glk,

c.llled floretta

which being carded, or c\'cn

[pun on

lhe

d ¡!lafr, or the wheel, in the cOM.lition

comes from

lhe

ball, mak<s a tolerable filk.

As ro (he balls, aher opcn1ng

thcm

with [e¡{f.lrs, and

uki ng OUl the ¡o(céis

(whi.

h He of (ome ure for rhe

fecdingof pou luy,) they are lIeeped threc

fuur

d3y$

troughs. the waler whereof is ehanged e\'ery day

prevent

l heir fli nk,ng . W nen th,y are \Vell (oCtened by this feour·

in~,

and c1l!a red of lhat gummy malter the worm had

Jioed che infide wilhal, and wlllch renders it impenetra–

ble {o tlJe W.Her, and even

air ¡{felf. they_boíl them

h.dC

an hour in a Iye of ¡ fhes, very tlear and well HralOed ;

and after wafhing lhem out in rhe river, and drying them

the fu n, lhey card aod fpin lhem

lhe wheel,

oc.

~md

thus mttke another kind of floreu a, fomewhat inferior

to the forOler.

the fp;nning .nd rc'eling of raw filks off the ball.,

I ueh " they are brought from

lt.ly

and the L evant, the

fjrn is chicRy performed

lhe fpinning-wheel; aod the

laner, either on hand_reels, or on reels mounled on ma–

chines, which ferve

red ftveral n(ains at lhe fame time.

See RE EL.

A, tO the milling, they uCc • mili eompoCed of feveral

pieces, which may mili (\YO or Ihree hund red bobbins at

o nce, and nuke them ioto as m,ln)' Oodns.

For the dying offilk, fee OvtNO.

SILPHIUM. in hOtBny, a genu, of the fyngenefia polyg.nlia

neccfTaria clars. The rccepucle is paleaceousj

ho:s no

parpus; the ealix confins ofthree " ..Ives;

~nd

the radius of

the corolla is

di~diated.

T here are

CiJo(

fpecies, Done of

theOl ailtives of Dritain.

SILVER . S.e CHEMtSTRY, p. 79,

'30.

SILVERING, the eOl'ering of any thing lI'ith fi lver. l t i.

ufual tO filver Olctals. \Vood, p"'per,

&c.

wlllch is per–

formed either with fire, oil, or liz\!. l\1etal-gilders Glver

by lile Cire; painttr_g:lders all theother W3yS .

T o filver copp" or b,.f.:

Cle.nfe the metal with

2quafonis, by wa!hing it lightly, and immedialely lhrow_

¡og it inro fai r waler ; or

heating it red hOI, and

fcouring it wilh fal e and rartar, and f..ir water, with a

fmall wire_brulh.

:2 .

D ilTolvc fome fil Ter in aquafortis,

in • bro. d-bottomed glaf,

vdfd,

or of glazed e."h, then

evaponte away lhe aquafortis over

chaffing-difh of

co.. ls.

PUl

~ve

or lix times irs qlJantiry of w:n cr,

or as much as will be necc{fary

di{folve il perfec!tly, on

Ihe rc:maining dry c..lx: c,,;a porate lhis water with Ihe

like helt: lhcn pUl more frdh waler. aodevaporate aCilin,

anci. if oeed be, the third lime, making the lire towuds

1he falter eod fo Oron,C, 2S

leave the ealx perfcCtly

,dIf, which, i( your filver i, good, will be o( • pure

white. 4 . T ..ke of Ihis nlx,

cOOlmon.f.lt

cryn.ll

(¡¡nar, of each

~t ke

qU.-In¡iIY or bulk

and mixioGwell

¡he

whule compulltlon, p,Ul lhe

mel.d

inlo

f~ir

water

ann take or the f..

powd"r with your

"'el

f1ngcrs, anj

rub it \.Vell on. lill y/JU find every

IlIdl:

c",vity ol" the nle–

t,,1

fufficie.ody filvl"Ted OHr.

you \voJuld hHe it

~ich ly

d.,ne. yuu mutl rub on more

the powder; anJ

lO Ihe JdH pl.lcC

w ..

¡h

lhe

fjlvcred m:!t.d

.lÍr

WJter.

aoJ rul> It h.4fd wlth

¡(

dry

doth .

StLVERt.O

ofClpffiJ.

See FO LtA "NO

ofLooking-gI4/ú.

SIf\fl -\ , 1I11..·IVloNKf.Y. Inz;)ology, :lgcnljc;ofqlladruped5

btlooging

10 dIe

ulder

0'-

prlnl :lles. 'rht"y

h .lve

four forc–

teclh

each

j.t\\.,

pl.tcco oear eadl other ; lhe dOz- Ieeth

are folit ;u

and

leR10te :

30(1

lhe grinders are obtufe.

There

~rc

f" .cles : Of (hele, thrce,

(Ji: .

the falyn15 ,

fyl\'anus,

and

10UU::',

h.iY

no tatl. Other three of

th~m ,

viz.

Ihe neLlll..'lh m:l .. ('e<ba, Ólnd fphinx, haf'e fh nt latls.

The other

'27

h,t·ye long lails

'f!a:

rpecdic ditlnélions are

t ..

kcn

(rom Ihe: collJur, aod otller clTcumrt.oce!.-The

munkey-ktnd ;:lre rem

kable !or aCt:tvíly, a low fpecies

of cunning, and

Id~dl{y

imitating ,he iléllons of men

and olher anlOl ,Is . The: f...gae,IY ..nd ducdj·y o( rt,e

fi.

Olla are fo \Vdl known that

H 13

needlr:fs tO (peod time

in givlOg tnnances uf cither

SI~llLE,

SlM I LI T UDE ,

In rheloric, a. comparifon of

two things,

which thnugh

ddfaeol in olher refpeth,

yet

agree in Come onc. The dLffcrence belween a fimlle and

comparifon, is faLd tQ.3..onfill in-thh,

rh~t

Ihe fi mile pro.

perly-bdongs

u,halcver we e,tll ¡he qUQJlty of rhe: thjng.

and the: comparifon

th~

qu,\nw

SIMONICAL, " 'ppli<d

.ny perfon guihy of fimooy.

Ste

SIMONY.

SI MONIANS, in ehu rch-hiJ\ory. •

rdl

of .neieo' here–

ti-s, fo

call~d

from thtir founder Slmon Mallus or lhe

Ol ~gICI,tn.-

Th: here6t:s

Simon Magus

w~re

princi–

p..lly hls pretending tO be the great power of Cod, and

thinking (hal Ihe glfu of Ihe H uly Gholt wece venal, and

purcha(ed wlth money. He tS fald

have inveot–

ed Ihe lEons, which were fo many per(ons

whom

Ibe Godhc:ad

wa3

compofed. HI3 concubl ne Helen, he

ealled the firfl 'inteJl'gence, , nd mother of aJl thing•.

and fomclimes ht called her MlOerva, and himfdf J upi:

ter. Slmon

~13gus

gained a greal many profdytes, who

paid himfeJf and his coocubine divine wodhtp; Ihefe were

Ihe earliefl herelics, and thofe: that SI J ohn, St Peter, aod

Sr Pdul, in their epittles, (o often warn the Chriltiaol

.gainfl.

SIMONY, in eeeler..flie.1 I.w, , he e,ime ofbuying or feJl–

ing fpirilual

~ifs

or preferments. lo lhe anclcnt Chri·

fiian church. lhis erime was alway' thuughl

be com·

mittcd when men eilher ocrered or receivld mooey for or–

dinations. The apoHolieal eanons

J~y

a doublt' punLfh.

ment both of depofitioo and exc.,;,mmunicatíon on fuch

of the clergy as were found guilty of it. Thi, was rhe

6rfl fo" of fim ony, and tha< which

w.,

mol! properly fo

call~d

; 2nd

IRis Ihe aocienu reduced the exaCtlng of

any rewarct

fOl

adminiflering fhe euch;arifl or bapfLfm. or

for any rpilituol) offices. A CcconJ fon of fimony con·

liCled

buying the fpirilual prcfermenu of Ih!: ehurch :

this was punilhed with depofition in any hdhop. who pro·

moted 2ny cJlUrch-officer for ¡he f.. ke of Jucre

and (he

pcrCons fu promoted we,c

be degraded from fhelr of–

fic<.

the l."" o( J uftioi. o. ever)'

c1<(\0¡ "'..,

de-

r or"