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"aring up every tiling in its course; at the samerip 1 '" 131 ' 1 !” 1 S fell from the dark cloud directly on the spot, ren-• rill g it one of the most awfully sublime and beautiful sights Ibeheld. The pla cc where 1 was standing, which was the topw , me hill about a mile from Oxford, on the road toward Farnham, ir? s c i u >te tree from the rain, or any effects of the storm. Shortly jer the water-spout began, we perceived another a little more :

to the west, but it never took any oilier form than that which itfirst assumed,, and which was exactly like the commencement ofthe former marked a in the cut. For two or three days both be-fore and after the appearance of this remarkable phaenomeiion,there had been very heavy thunder-storms attended with immensetorrents of rain, so that during the five days [ was from home itthundered daily,'attended with the most vivid and almost inces-sant lightning and copious rain [ ever before experienced in Eng-land. This by shewing the stale of the atmosphere at the time,which was highly electrified, points out the cause of the appear-ance of this very rare and interesting phienomenonin this country.”

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. WATERFORD, a county of Ireland , 46 miles long and 25 i!)r oa<l ; bounded on the S. by St. George’s Channel. It is a fine :Country, verv pleasant and rich.

Waterford, a city and sea-port of Ireland , in the aboveCounty, § miles N. of St. George’s Channel, 26 S. of Kilkenny ,Sl 'd 75 S. W. of Dublin . Lon. 6. 54. \V. Lat. 52. IS. N.

. *' ATKRINC, the same with Irrigation, is chietiy used of3, \V HUSBASDRY.

'Vateking, in the manufactures, is to give a lustre to stuffs,c - by wetting them lightly with gum-water, and then passing‘cm through the press or’calender whether hot or cold.

“ ATKR-LODGED, (he state of a ship when, by receivingb?!" eat 'l I,:i, ility of water into the hold, by leaking, &c. she hasl ’ co ">e heavy upon the sea, so as to yield without resistance toVtr y wave rushing over her decks. As, in this dangerous situa-u °“> Ihe centre of gravity is no longer fixed, but fluctuating,t ^ s Dbili(y of (he ship is utterly lost; she is therefore almost ti>ov ^, c Dprived of the use of her sails, which would operate tore eiSe(: her, or press her head under water. Hence there is -no,i_ ou , rc “ f° r the crew, but to free her by the pumps, or to aban-1°^ he , r a? soon as possihie. :

as _ 1 *’-RWORKS, ore such machines, structures, or engines,powe 6 :lt * e f° r the conveyance of waters or by the force andWanuf i w;it ' er ’ to answer certain usuful purposes in various arts andactures. Under the name waterworks may be comprehended

almost every hydraulic structure or contrivance ; such as, canals,conduits, locks, mills, water-engines, Ac. Bui they mav beconveniently arranged under two general heads, lkt, Workswhich have "for their object the conducting, raising,, or otherwisemanaging, of water; and 2ndly, woiks which derive their efficacyfrom the impulse or other action of water. The first class com-prehends the methods of simply conducting water in aqueducts orin pipes for the supply of domestic consumption, or the workingof machinery : It comprehends also the methods of procuringthe supplies necessary lor these purposes, by means of pipes, orother engines. It likewise comprehends the subsequent manage-ment of the waiter thus conducted, whether in order to make theproper distribution of it according to the demand, or to employit for the purpose of navigation, by lockage, or other contri-vances. For an account of these sec Canal, Hydrostatics,Mechanics, Pneumatics, Pump , &c. In addition to whathas been advanced in those articles on this subject we shall quotethe practical improvements and inventions of the Count de Thi-ville, and which their author affirms, give a summary, conciseand satisfactory view of the application of the numerous theoriesof other authors, to water-works, along with his own discoveriesin that branch of science. The ingenious author declares his in-vention to consist in the application ot certain hvdrostatical prin-ciples not at all or but little known till now, which, contrary tothe Jaws of statics in solid bodies, give to incomprehensible thuds

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