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W A T

H and

o e

K W

o n

HH,

(fig .

4.)

T k pi"ot

inthe endorthe verge, eote" into

the hole

,n Ihe potaoce

(tig .

5')

In this figure the pale"e,

2re /t l·nfentcJ

bUI the balance is on the olher Cide of the

plate.

m.1y

be feco

fil! .

ti.

The pivol

of lhe bal:mce

enters ioto a holl:! of .he eock

Be,

(lig 10)

a .perfpea ive

viewof which Isrepre{ented in

(fi~ .

12.)

Thus

lhe L.alance

ros between lhe cock and the

utance

(fig.

5')

as in

killJ

of cage.

1 ·he

aaion of Ihe bab¡nce·whcel u.pon lhe

p"lcttes

(fig.

4.)

is the fame wilh what we tlaye de–

fcribcd with regard

the fame wheel in lhe clock;

in a watch the bal.toce·wht'e1 obliCes 1he balance lO vibr:.ate

b:!ckwards and fo rward hke a peodulum . At each vibra·

tion of Ihe

b~h nce

a palclte allows

tooth of the balance·

wheel to e(cape, fo thlt Ibe quicknefs of the motion of lhe

wheels is enlirely détermined by the quicknefs of rhe vi·

brations of Ihe balance, and thefe vibratioos of Ihe balance

and motion of {he wheels are produeed by the a.. 'lion of Ihe

fprin

But the quicknef, or ilowDefs of the .ibratioos or the

b"l.. nce dc:pend not folcl y upon the aa ion uf d,: &reat

fpring, 9ut chidly opon ¡he ¡1..9:ion of Ihe fpri ng

edll. d the friral fpr ing, (Ii g. .

14 )

r"u".d under the

b;. lan«

aoo rrpref,oleo in perlpd live (r.g.

11 .)

The

exterior end of the fpiral is fixed tO ,he pI.

(tig. '4 ' )

W A T

WATCHJNG,

medicine, i, prodúeed

too gre.. a

determinadon of lhe n(rvous fluid to the organs of the

[eofes; whercby {hefe organs are prepared

receive,

readily, any impreffioD5 from external objetb, which

they propagate

10 '

the brain. lnd furnifh Ihe foul wilh

di"ers occafions of thioking . St'c

MED I C I NE,

157.

WATER, in phyfiology, a fimple fluid, and "'luid body,

reputcd lbe third of the (our

vul~a r

elements. See

C HE·

MIS 'rRY ,

p. 67 . and

}-IV D IlOSTATICS .

H O/y.WATER,

a water prepared every Sunday in lhe R o·

milh church , with divers prayers, exorcifms,

Oc.

ured

the people to croes thernfdves withal

a l

Iheir entri1nce

tO and goin?, out of church; and pretended to hine the

...inuc of wanlinc aw;\y .,.enial {jns, drivin: a"",ay

de"i",

prcJerving (rom thunda, diffolving charms, CecullngJ roOl,

or cur ing di{cafes·,

Oc.

Ivhoy of the reformed lAke Ihl:!

ufe of holy water tOha<e beco borrowed rronl the luHral

water of the "ncieol Romans.

' VATIiIl ORD E. .AL,

'rRIAL,

among . oar aneel1ors, was

of tWO kinds, by ho! and by eold water. Tri. 1 or puro

gatiOD, by boillOg or hOI water, was a vny of provlOg

crimes, by immerging the bod y, or lhe arm , in hot wa ·

ter, with

di 'C'(~rs

religious ceremonies. In {he

jud~lO~nt

boi!ing water, the f¡ccuCed, or he who pcrfonated lile

accc fcct , \Vas

oblig~d

tO rm his oahd arm lotO a n ldron

fu ll of boiling water, and

d raw out a Hone thence plol.·

ctd at a greatc:r or le{s dcplh, accolding

t O

the qu.t1ity

of tlle crime. T his done, d.e arm

WJS

wrarpc.d up. ami

lIu: jurlge

f~l

his fea l

th~

cloth; aod f¡{ Ihe con of

\hr~c:

days the'Y r!:'tu rned to vitw il ; ",IIeo ifit

w~re

found

'J.:l1h·

OUf

;m y fC:lld ,

tlit

accufc.o

w~s

dCCJ.HCd innflccn!.

"r h.:

~obl(:3

r.rC

':u

pe,fon~~I!s pUI ~ed lhcmrdve~ lh~s

0 1

w:tter, :md

th~

populace

cold \VoIttr. The trial ,

o r purgati'..>n, by cold

~:lI Cr.

\Vas

:h u~:

AflerCt ruin pnyt' s

; nd oth..

cc:r..mcnie!, lhe <tccu:..d

\VdS

fy.addlc.:d or

ti..

This pin is applied ne,u t"e

r';H~

(1,

(I~g

TI .)

the

i"te.

rior

~nd

of (he fpin l

i'i

nxed

a peg lo the centre of the'

balance. H C:Dee

the b"l ..oce is turned upon ¡t'elf, lhe

pbues remalOiog immovuble, (he {pring will ex,end ¡tfelf,

~nd

make the

balC!.nc~

perform one rt'volution.

N O\I/,

af·

ter the (pi ral is thus extended, ' if the bll.mce

left to

i&I(, the d.rbcity or the fplral wdl bring uack the balance,

and in this manner

the

al,ero ..

vibrauoDs of the bala¡;¡.ce

are

produced .

In fig .

all the

whe~l,

abo•• deCeribed are reprefeoted

in fueh a manner, that yOIl may eafily perceive at

firlt

fight

how the motion is commuoicau:d from the

barrtl JO

the

balance.

In 6g.

are reprefented the wheels under ,the dial_

pJae~

by which (he hands are moved. The pinion

is ad.

j u!ted ID the rorce or the prolonged pivoI or the wh«1

(lig.

7. )

and is ealled a eannoo pinion. Thi, wjl«1 revolves

in an hour. The ead of the axis of lhe pioion

a ,

upon

whi ch the mioute. h;¡md is fixed, i. fquare; the pinion

( fig.

8. )

is indent ed into the wheel

whieh

carded by'

tht: Plnion

11,

F ig.

is a wheeol hxed "pon a harrel, iAto

lhe cavity of which the pioion

(ti)

enters, and upon which

turos [redy. This wheel ,

(d)

rcvolves iD

J:l

hours,

aDd~

carries ¡Ioog. with it the hour.baod.

W A T

tlp all in a p:lotoon

Oí

lump, and thu!: can ¡oto a river,

Jake, or vetrd of cold water; where if he funk, h.: was·

beld criminal:

he fioated, innocent.

In the Lcyltical

Jaw,

we find meotion made of water

which ferved

prove whether or no a woml\n was an

adulterers; [he formula, as it was perfo rmed by

t.he

prien,

o'. y be (eco io the fifth ehopter or the book or

NUI.b.rs

AT¡

a, among jewelJers, is properly (he colour or lufire

or diamonds and pearls. Th.• term, though Id s prop<rly,

is fometimes ured fOl Ihe hue or colour of other HODes.

VVAT&R...ltall~,

in zoology. See

DYTI SCVS .

ATi

fl · BO~N

in the fea.Janguage. A .!hip ís faid

water.borne, wheA(he is where tllere ¡s

0 0

morl:! water

thao will bard y bear her from the

~round;

ar when Iyiog

even with the ground, fhe

firtl

begins to fioat or fWlm.

WATER COLO Ufl S ,

in p..intlng, are fu eh colours as are

onl y d,luted and mixe-d up wllh gum·wate r, in contrac:!i·

ninll ion to oiLcolours.

k ' GA S G ,

a channel

CUl tO

drain

place

carrying

ofF a nream of water.

'1\'

A T E R LUIS

if "

Ship,

a line whieh

(Hll ingnilh~s

that

p.Ht

of her uodcr water from th,lt aboH , whcn (be is

duly 1.0<0.

r[ "'_M E ~,

3fe (ueh as row in bOll', or ply on the 0 -

1"er Thamcs,

lhe gO\lcrnmenl of whom ,he Jord·mayor

of L ondao, and coun of

al,l~rmen

there, had al \\'ay;

~re¡1.t

power. They

mil

have ,he ..!,pointing of ,heir

("n.:s. ,he tat ing morro lhan whirh

m~";C's

Ihcm hable tO

a hne of

405 .

and h,d f a yeoar's in1pn luOntent.

' VA T ER SHOO T,

youo

fprig whlch

fprin~s

out of lhe

«101

or ftn( k of a Irte

WA TE R S H O T .

in therca.lan~nage.

a fortof, idin,e at an–

cllor,

\lh~n

fhip is O1ooleu ncitJ,cr cror, the liJc-, Dor

rif.h' up

'\f"Ict

d.,wn, bUl 'l1l3rtering uet14'ixI b41th.

' VATEr,- T AB L E,

iu archl1célure, a ron of

l..:Jg~

Jtrt

llonlt