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P A

v.'ill be

f\!t

rieht.

and God's

attriblllCS

of wifdom, juflicc,

.nd goodner" fully vi"Jlea:':d. We flu ll ollly .dd, tha[

h;'\d the vinn(}us and

confcicntiolls

pan of mJl1kind no

hnp::s o" a

rUlure (131(,

III(, y

wouht be of all meo

"lOa

m\fcrahle:

bUI

as this

1$

ab!ulmcly

iOC09fiHcO[ wilh

Ihe

nlor<ll charaét:er of

lhe

D.:ity,

lhe

cert<ilolnty of fuch a

nate

is clear

tO

a dcmonllration.

SOUNO,

a

Gl1lple

perceplion,

or idea,

communiC3tcd 10

the roul,

by

mcans of

lhe car,

whieh is the

primary or–

gan of hear ing. Sce

ANATO!l-1Y,

p. -29 5. and

P NEU–

MATIC ', p.

,88.

S OUNQ,

in ccography, denotes in general any

fl,rdCht,

or

¡n let. of

Ihe

fca,

bt!t Wel'n tWO

heacl-Iands

However,

lhe "¡¡me:

found

is given.

by

way of emmence, to lhe (lrelght

betWlen

Sweoen

aod

Denm.Hk,

jUlOlng

Ihe

Gerrnan

oeean

to the I:hltic, being

;¡iJOut

four miles overo

SOUNDING . in n.vig_lion, i. ,he

"ymg

[he deplh of [he

water, antl the quali ly of [he botlom, either

by

ao

¡nch

or

th ~ee-qu

..rter rope, with a de:ep fea -Iead at the end of

it.

Sec

NAVICATI ON' .

SOUP, a kind of po" oge alade of bread and brolh, or lhe

juice of ftefh, or (ome other malters, ufuaJly {erved at

th'e beginning of a meaJ.

SOURIS, in [he manege. is a cartilage in [he noarils of a

horre, by meaos of whlch he (nons.

SOUTH, one of [he rour cardinal poinu from whieh [he

winds hJow. Sce

NA~ lC.&TJ OH ,

and

P.LUMATI CS .

SOUTHAM, • mark« to"'n o( Warwicklhire, ficu>[cdfe–

ven miles fou th·eaU of Warwick.

SOUTHAMPTON, • borough .nd port towo of H amp_

fhire,

~Iuatcd

on a

b.ty

of the Englifh chaDnel, twc:l-re

mi le. fou,h wea

01

W'ioeheacr.

lt

fcnd. [wo membcrs [O

parlhmenr.

SOUTH ERN.WOOD , in honny. S.. A .THtlSlA .

SOUTHMOU L T ON, • m2fke'·town of DevonChire, fi[u–

ated twenly-toor miles nonh .wefl of Exeter.

SOU THPETHE RTON , • markec· tQwn of Somerfc,Chire,

fituat cd twen[y' [wo miles fOUlh o(Well•.

SOUTHWARK, a bo,ough of Su"y, and a fubu,b to

London with whic.h it has a communieation

by

¡

magni–

' cenl b,idge.

It

i. /i[naced on the fOUlh fide of :he

Thames , and {eods

[\VO

membcrs to parlíamenr.

SOUTHWELL. • roa,ke[.town of Noltinghamlhire, /i[U–

ated eight miles north-eafi of Nottingham.

SOUTH'WOULD, a port·[own of Suffolk. G[ua"d on a

bay of the Gernun Sea, fony_two miles eafi of Bury,.

SOUVIGNY, ••own of Franec, in ,he provinee of Lyo·

nois, :ilnd tcrritory of Bourbonois, fituat<td fifty miles

fO. lh.eaa

01

Bourge•.

SOW, in zoology . See Su,.

Sow, in the iron·works, the Dame of the block or lump of

met~1

they work

al

onCe in t he iron fumace.

SOWING, in agrieultu,c. See ACRlCULTUkE .

P 59.

SPAW,

a

town o( G e,many . in the ci,de of Weftphali. ,

aDd bifhopric of Liege, Gtuatcd fc:ventcC'o miJe, fouth

caCl of Licge, famolfs for

ils

mineral watcrs

CY(f

(jnce

the titlle of the Roman"

"f

which there. uc Hill grcat

quantitics fc,nt abroad to all paru of Europe.

Sp.w "'aters 2fe the ligh[ea .nd moa fublile of

.11

lhe mineral waters. One very rcmarkable virtlle o( Ihis

water is, thu it gready relieves

iD

all d¡forders of the

kidnc}'s, uretcr" and bladder, whether occa{ioned

by

lIoDe,

gral'(d, or ulccrations ,

lt

polfdres, befidc, all the vir-

V OL.

lll.

N °. ?4'

~

.

s

P A

tues

oC

che othcr miner 1 waters , ;¡nJ is oí lhe

~re3tcn

fcrvlcl! in cdulcorating Ih;¡rp, ..nei di\ idlog vifeuo\ls hu –

m Jurs, and removing

.11

rll fe ..fes

;¡r;fillg

frur.1 lhefe

c:lu{es, by difpofing thcm to pafs

(;fr

I,.,y

pr Clp..

r ( mur.c–

tOnu.

SPACE i. dcr.ned by

MI"

L o[ke to he a C:mple id<.

wluch we

aHaio bOlh

by

OUf

(jght

anJ

loueh;

the medc. s

whtreo( are dJflaner, capaci ty, ( xtenlion, dur:...tion,

6,'.

See

MF.TAPH YS I CS.

S'A CE , in geoml!try, denotes the arca or any figu re, or

that which 6115 the ioterval or dlllanec bét

Wrcn

tI.e line:s

th:H telminate

iL

SPAGlIUC A'T. a nam<giveo by,u lhnrs lo [ha< rpccie.

of chemiary \vhich works

on

the

metd.ls

, and is cn'p:oyed

in the feareh of lhe philofopher's Hone

SPABI'(;

horremen in lhe:

Orco", ...

n army. chiefly ralred

in

AfiA ,

"f he great ureng,h of the grlnd rC'lgntors ... rmy

cpnfi(ls

in

the j.oliz3ries who are lhe: foot,

and

lhe

(P.l.hl'

S,

who are lhe horle.

SPA IN. ind"dlng PJnug.I, i•• la'ge p<ninfula of

Eu_

rope, I)ing be:tween

t O

Q

welt

and

30

can longitude, aud

b-.:tween

30°

and 44

Q

nonn latilude, being auout fe \'en

hundred mlles in length (rom catl tO

~en,

and abo'H I¡ve

hundred in brt!éldth from nonh to {outh:

it

is bOI,nded

by [he bay of Bifeay, on .he nonh; by lh. P )'f<neall

mountains, which feparate it from France, on the north–

call; by [he Mediterr.oc.n fea,

00'

,he (ou[h eaH; .nd

by rhe Atlaotic·oce:iln, on the wdl.

N~'W

SrA

J

N.

Sce

~Ih. x

I

CO.

SPAL.'\TRO , • ei[y and port.town of D . lmatia, fi

wa.ed

on [he gulph of Veniec: E. long.

'7°45',

N . lat.

43·

t6'.

SPALDING, a markct·[own of' L in<olnlhire, fiwated

under lhe meridiaD of LondoD, thirty miles

fouth.e~n

of

Lineoln.

SPAÑ,. meafu,e taken from the fpace bet\Veen the [humb's

end and Ihe tip of Ihe Jinle finger, whenboth are flrctch–

ed out. The {pan is cflimated

at

threc band's breadlhs.

or nine ¡nches.

SP.~N DAW,

a 'own of

Gcrm.ny

, in the ei,ele of Upprr

Saxony, and Ma'qui(.[e of B,andcnbu'g, (¡[u2tcd

00

,he

r¡ver Havel, eight miles nonh -wefl of Berlin.

SPAN IEL, in zoology. Se< CA. " .

SPAR, in natu,.1 hiHory, a ciar, o( folfi ls, not infl.mnt.ble

nor foJubJe in water; whenpure, il i, ptIJueid and eolour–

Icfs, and emulating (he appeu anee of cry(hl,

bUl

want–

ing its di{}inguifhing charaélcrs; com pofcd of plaoe and

equ¡¡,ble plates,

Dot

f1t'xile nor elaOic, nO[ giving 6re

with tleel, readily ealcining in a

rmilll

6re, and (ermem–

ing violendy wi[h aeld" . nd wholly foluble in [h<m.

T hc:

(P:ilrS,

in general, are found in the filfures of

flones, and aboul mines. n erl)yfh¡re _ffords enough of

them

10

fupply the whoJe world ; :ilnd the Germao mines

afTvrd yet ).HgCr quanlities..

SPARADRAPUM. in pha,maey,

óc.

fort of ee,e·do[h,

called :il1{o tela Guaheri, ¡he form whcreof is dltC:(ted

35

follow•. T .kc of lhe di.p.lma plailte" .nd diaeh) Ion

\1

ilh

the gums, eadl one pound; cerufs, hal-f a pounc:l ; rOOe

of Ofl' finely powder<d, an ounee .nd

3

h.lf

. lInx [hJe

together; .1 nd whilfl they are iD fufion, dip thCOl in fofc

worn·out linen_rags. fo that Ihey may be eovcrcd

Uilh

the plaitler on (aeh fidc; Ihen take lhem

OUt,

fprcad

thcm, and let tbem dry; and ímoothe the fUl'f

:l.cC

!s with

7 R

t