FOU 
the fuperftruéture, but that this may often happen may be 
eafily fhewn, es it is the weight ouly that is in quettio 
and not the pane ; aa oe that a foundation, 
wa!l two feet thick, and 
i me th icknels o widation is 
equ aad capable of fup wall four feet ‘thick, and 
t high, becaufe a ane xs os are alike in both 
"’herefore the above ca alculation, leaving out the 
degree = ook of ground, will give the breadth of the 
foundati the required wall, equal to the breadth of 
the infilting wall eee bee the height of the required 
anaes to ie os the height of the required w 
ultiplied be adel th, and “aivide d by its cies. 
ca would be ne cafe in a wall of 26% feet in height ; for 
40 _ 
It is evident, if the height of the wall 
be is than 262 feet, that the breadth ne the foundation 
will! be lefs chan that of the wall itfelf. 
cafe with refpeét to the rule, of the ae a et ee 
can be no oa hie if hs wall itfelf is conftructed accord- 
ing to reafon, - is, proportionate its thickel to its 
height, the leme thing will not obtain; it is only a pre 
polterous thick nels that occalions the csc of the cir- 
cumftance. The rule only gives the perpendicular prefiure, 
and fuppofe the thicknefs were out of all 
eas 
pa 
> 
oO 
the preffure of heavy winds. 
i under the article 
Founpamion is alfo ufed ‘figuratively for the eftablifh- 
ment of a city, e senben or the like, 
The Romans reel oned their years from the foundation 
of Rome, ab urbe condi ie 3 which we fome times exprefs 
ab U. C. Ct Sabie fia ke e 745 years from the Liracltes 
paffing out of Egy rot, to the foundation of Rome. 
Founpation alfo denotes a donatio on, or legacy, either 
in money, or lands, for the maintenance and fupport of 
fome community, “Tefpital, fchool, le€ture, or other wor 
of piety. 
Among the order of Auguftines, there is a foundatioa 
for the marrying of poor maids 3 ; and another for the fur- 
nifhing of truffes to poor people ‘who have ruptures, or her- 
ni uA 
e founding and building of a college or hofpital, is 
cle Somat quafi fundatio, or fundamenti locatio. Co. 
Lit. The king only can found a college ; bat there 
ed oS a aa in ig founded by others, 
204. ee 
FOUNDAY, i in Metal rey ® a aia fed by the workers 
at the iron mine es of England, for the 
{pace of fix ee i ny ees nS contrive to make 
determinate quautity of i a, fo that they count their work 
by thefe foundays or wee 
» he who i a foundation, or who founds 
and endows a cha rch, = ool, religious houfe, or other 
work of charity and pie 
The fonnders of pala may preferve to themfelves 
the right of patronage, or pr refentation to the living. The 
eta of all sa one la inthe ricteft and original fenfe, 
r he onl 
s the king alone, for 
Dyer, 
f.Y} 
FOU 
incipiens, or the -incorpor pares in which fenfe the king is 
the general founder ef all colleges and hofpitals ; ; the other 
— ee pia or the ae ot it's in which fenfe the 
fir i e revenues is the fo undation, and he who 
gives them is in law the founders and it is in this laft fenfe 
at we oeccily call a man ie ounder of lege or 
hofpita eae 33:) ; ben if the king and a — eo 
fon join in vars ing a 
the ices of it. If it 
inguifition, eke was the 
a ge, it fhall be intended it was the cine ; 
; who has power 
anew church, &c. Moor 28 
S 
Founs ER Is allo an ely that ee or cafts metals into 
various ate for div ufes; as guns, bells, flatues, 
bombs, types or printing ca acters ; and other {mall works, 
as candletticks, 
he word in this ere is formed of the French fordre, 
to melt or fufe. In the Roman law they are cailed /a- 
tUATIU. ‘ 
From the Pee ent productions, or works of the founders, 
they are ae Sauaiean » as founders of fmalk 
n-fou 
re 
= 
works; _ bell-founder s3  letter-founders 3 
figure nee &ce. acer iv each, fee ander 
Founpeey. 
in Glafs -making, is a term appropriated to the 
green-g volats Mea and is the perfon there, who in the 
fame office in the white-glafs-making is called the con- 
cialor. 
Founper’s Furnace. See Furnace. 
Founpers, Moulds of. See Mourns. 
Founpers’s Prefs. See Press. 
Founpgr, in the Sea Language. A fhip is faid to’ 
founder at om when by an ae inary leak, or a great 
ea breaking in upon her, fhe is fo filled with water, that 
fhe cannot be freed of it, nor is ai. to fwim under it, bat. 
inks with the weight thereof, 
FOU? ERING, inthe #Lan Ss : diforder in horfes,- 
whereof there are two kinds, vix. in the feet, and in the 
chett. 
ING in ihe Feet, arifes from hard riding, fevere 
aio, nae heats, fudden colds, &c. which in flame the 
blood, and, as the farriers term it, melt the greafe, and 
make it defcend downward to the feet, and there fettle ; 
which caufes fuch a numbnefs and prickin in the hoof, 
that the horfe has no fenfe of fecling in it, being hardly 
able to fland; or, when he does, fhaking and trembl: ng as 
if he had =n ag 
horfe may Tikes wife be feundered by wearing ftraight 
fhoes, fad OA tr dla upon hard ground. 
tr wn when he is arden on his fore-feet, 
and nee his hind feet » by his treading firmly on his hind- 
aring a. other; or his going crouching or 
crippling on his buttocks. 
sao aie though rarely, he is foundered #) his hi 
feet, and n s fore; which is known by his feeming 
— bebind ; ad refting, as much as poflible, on the 
The ccna methods of curing this diftempet are, firk 
by paring all the horfe’s foles fo thin, that t 
be feen ; then bleeding him well at the toes ; aie g the 
as boilin ng hot as may be; which is to be renew oa once in 
two days, ee a oe together ; Hae which he is to have 
. ae exercile. 
after he is pared thin, and let blood at the toes, his 
has are to be ftopped with cows’ dung, Hidiease. © tar, 
and 
