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,n, Ir it is owin.~ tO a f¡¡uh in ,he C'onn nl19ion o( ,he
chimncy ¡lrelr, it \... dl fmvke .,lllIon ContillluJly efpccially
in cal.n wealh~r .
2d, .If il doe!! not (nHlkc in e.llm wcather. or naly when
the winJ COm ...s IrOI11 fome pMl lculu qu,trtcr, :.nl1 can Ihen
be (ured by opc!nlng (... me duor or windl.>w, Ihe h.ult m~ y
be lookcd for in Ihe dlflflbutlon of lhe doors or \Y1'HI0\\'5 oC
lhe houfe. T he only cale in "..flleh Ihere is a cidlicuh y la
diflinguilh \1. helher it is owing 10 Ihe (~ult of lhe dllnll1ey
or the hvure. is \\I hen H proceeds (rom toO mu..:h clof, neis
of rhe "p,¡,rtmenl BUI IhlS mAy be e'ctfily known by trylng
il in a calm : lor ir tI proceeds (rVOl IhlS caufe. ,here: wdl
be no fmoke in a perrell calm, .f ,he doors ...re Jefe open j
whereas, if ,he nefeét proceeds (rom a (auh in the chi mney
¡tfelf, it will (lilJ continue to fmoke wheo calul, ev<n when
the doors ;lre open.
, d, When the í'inoke is occafioned by external cauCes,
thefe caD be generally (ceo ; but it may he hke·.vire known
by lbis, that il defceods in fudden pufI's witb grc¡1.t vlolence
al times, even when the doors and windo'Ns :tre not aher·
ed. By :HteoJing to theCe (ew rules wn h car~, thae will
be Iinle d. nger of millaking the eaur. from whenee Ihis
dirorder proeeed••
Wc Ihall conclude theCe obrervations with a. (cw remarks
on fome part!cular ca fes which can hardly be rcduced lO any
of th. foregoing head, . And,In, lt (ometime5 happens. that the (me,ke is prevented
from ctfcending wió (ree:dom, by a (m;¡1I p.trt of (he
top of the chimoey bloke do,vo . fo as {hu (ome pctrlS of it
remdin higher lhan ol hers, which in lome m:,afure reduces
il to the Hale or a chimney at Ihe fide o( a highcr ooe. To
prey<ol (hIS, it i5 ~Iways proper (O h<l\'e the tOP of (he ehim·
ney 6nlfhed wlth nones nc.uly CUt, and firmJy buill. le is
DOt t I) be doub1<!d but that thoCe things wlllch are pl ... ced
upon Pdn icular chimneys with a view tO cu re thern of [moke,
do orten , from the famt e,tUre, hun the neighbouring cIJim·
neys built in lhe fdme wal!.
2d , A chamber is lomctime, 611ed with Cm()ke, when a
fire is klOdJed in a neighbour:og chl:nney, ,tnd none iD ir,
ahhough lhere is no appearance or fmoke \\'htn it hHS a tire
burniog in in own gr.tle. This rometiJl1C:s proc~ed
from a Cmall hole brc:a king througi. the thln pdrtltioo ,har
d;vices the two chimoeys (rom ('Ine another : aod as [moke
i. a w;ighly body, whieh " only buo) ed up by Ihe walln
atr w11lch p.dres throu:;h the tire when it penetrales ¡oro
the cold ch,mney it n;uurally CubfiJes, afl d cOOl~S clown lO
the eh.:'Olber with wbich th~ eh:mney commullie.ltes. \<,hen
there IS no fi re to carry i1 off. 13tH Ihis d, fC:,lfe is gt ne·
r produccd by dIe (mehe en1ering al ,he :llp 01 Ihe
~llImnty, 3nJ ddct r,<.Jtng d,,\\n\v:uds : If Ih is ls 1he cafe,
If may be cured, on m¡:¡ n ~' occ~f,jons, ~.)' 1!: lIing ,1 prclty h'gh
llone ¡:¡1 the wp or I h~ \hitno!'y. as a d,\ifi,lo la:¡w(:en edch
t wo: but the: furdl method . in ..!I cafd , 1'$ ro 113.\'e !-l (moke–
bo.trd exaélly lI u t'd inlo 'he ch;Oln~y :t bo\'c Ihe gritle, wlllch
00 all occafions drcfh,.:all ) prevenls ir.
3d , l · fp:qu"ntly h;,ppem, Ih,u:l chiOlnr)' ducs not c.1rry
off th~ fmoke well Al 'J:h .!n Ihe li I! 1\ kind l~c\ alt¡'()u~~h
lhele IS nrJt ~~e r'11ollldl l'~nd(;l1C\ '0 It :1: OI!I~r tn'lIb. T r,ls
proCt"t'«1!. 1ft.'"' ,,,. n~r. o\Vn( :.i ,,; lhc ch:tl!¡:cy; 'or ",,11: 11
the fir w le¡ klUdl 1, 'h~ whol,· tub~:.. til :e:J v·ith c.:o!d lir, as
WCiJ!!.1Y 'I!o lh n' tile :tpplrtrl'ot; "I nd Lt..'inr. (' (I·.jjlht, dhy
th-: h r'.' ~r 11.1(' '1 q '}rn; it endt.. .. · UIS tv •• :CcnJ upw.u '!, bt!t
belng p;" t In uy 10, ndrrVwnc[s of the tu',o, anu r rd[ou uy
Ihe coltl mn of ((lid :ti r above ji , ir i5 fome time herOie it Crtn
wholly o,vercome lh:\t refiHí!.ncc, and fome of it IS fnrt:ed
into thc chambcr, till by J egrccs the w1",le c.himncy is heat·
('eJ, ;tnd thl'n it \'cnlS quite well . Ir rhc rmo~e producen by
this me·lm is not n:ry troubldorre, it m:\y be borne wilh ;
but ILit be eX1remdy di(agreable, it m"y be cured by h,l–
ving a Ltrge n¡ ...et o( milled iron, large enough lO H;lCh be–
t wecn the I \,VO fietes of (he nrc pla,'e, ;,¡nd as det·p as (O
reach from lhe m;tude to the gr¡.tte, Or luwer, which m'gh(
by aCl contri\,;tncc be hung up e Ihe fire al rll ...t time
tO aét in lome m<:..¡(ore tl.S a 11JJ1) ;IJIIIJ:J. 1'llls would
quick ly make lhe ¡¡ re buro, alll cOlrry ur lhc fmok l! entirely.
Afler thal is cffeé\ed, it might then be removed, till 2nolher
occafioD.
SMO LENSKO. the capital of. provinee o( Ihe fame
in ~1uC.::ovy, fj:ualed on the confines of Poland : In E .
long 330, .nd N . lal. 56°.
S~1U Gl. LERS, in J.w, Ihofe perron, who eoriceal or
ruo prohl blted goods, or goods that have lIOl pctid his
\\aJ elly'. eullonl'.
SMUT, io hulb.\ndry, a diCeare in corn, when the Rrains,
inrlead of bcing filled wtth Bour, are fu ll o( a Iltnking
black powder.
T here are tWO remedies for the fmuI, recommendcd by
writers on hulbandry ; vjz. llee::ping {he (ecd in fal t bllne,
and ehanging Ihe feed.
A, to the lIe<ping o( reed, when wbeat i, inlended foc
drilJing, it rT'ufl he foaked in a brine 0 1 pure: [¡dI, di!Iol.
ved in water. fince urine is found (Obe hlghly p:-cjuJlcla l.
The moH ex pedilioWi way Lf bri01ng whedt lor drilling,
is 10 lay i1 in a heap. and it with a lirong brinc:
fpnnklcd on it, fljn ing jt up wi lh :\ 01O\'tl, 1hAt 11 m<l.y
be Al! equ,dly brined, or \\'cHed wnn it i ;sftc:r lhlS. fift
on (ame fine lime .dl over the lurf<!.ce, :tnd (II r it up, fti ll
fi (ttng 0 0 more In the fame rnanner tall the whole is JuH–
ed \Vid) the li Ol~: it \Vdl then be [oon dry enough 10 be
drilled WilhoUl ranhcr t,uuble. lt muU b~, qu,ck lime,
in its full fl rength, that is ufed on Ihis occarion .
The b:e"d OIade al frnuuy coro, is vtry pernicious,
aétinc as <1. narcotic, and occ"Jioning nOl only Oecpincrs,
but ver ' lbOtS, ;lnd c\'<:n eonvullitlns
SMYRNA, a eily and port-Io"n of Ali..ic Turky, filu.–
ted no ;, b ,y of lhe A rchIPI·l;tgo. in the province uf I oni~, in
L drer J\(i¡:¡, 100 miles north ol R hooc:s and 200 m lles near–
Iylt;Ulh of ConH,;lltlflOI1Ic : E. long. 2¡o, N )¡:t. 3¡o 30'.
SMY RN IUM , in bOlóny. a g<nu, of Ihe . digy_
Old cI;lls. '1 he rrun is oHon ó ' ;\nd llnatt:d j and the pe.
tals are lhílfp·roinl(·o, ano C:Hin..ned. Th~re are :ive
(I'ecit's, only (mc of 1I1~'m, vi::. . the o!ufatrcm, or alt"x~
an(lns, :\ O.tllVC v r' Brirain.
SN :\FFLE. in Ihe llIaocge, is a very Oc-nd('r bit moUth,
Wllhou ( 3ny branches. much u:r(i. in EnglanJ; the \rue
brutl ..s being rd~rvecl rur the (.,:n·iee of war.
SN ...\ IL, in zoolor,y. St'c L Il'.lAX.
SN J\ KE, In z:)ol.)CY' Sc:e I\N G U I S ,
SNAKI! ROOT, 10 Ollt,lny. S~e P OL \'0 .\ 1..1\.
~;~ .\ K¡; \V Li-. O, in I)OI<lILY. St.:! P 0 1..\'C P,,"UM .
SN¡\l'D I(AGüH, in uOI, ny . Se< AllTIRaHIN UM.
SNEEZL (j, ... convulfi\'t.: OImion () r Ihe:: muleleS of Ihe
hrt::all \\ herthy Iht.: alt is c:xptl tc:.t [roOl {he Ilo[e with
mutO" Vdlenl<:nl e .Ind nu:le
S:l<ezing i$ caulcd by the irritation of the ul'pcr me:l~ ~
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