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An admirable and moft forcible 

 way to drive up water by 9 fire, not 

 by drawing or fucking it upwards, 

 for that muft be as the Philofopher 

 calleth it, Infra 1 fph&ram acthitatis, 

 which is but at fuch a diftance. 

 But this way hath no Bounder, if 

 the Veflels be ftrong enough ; for I 

 have taken a piece of a whole Can 

 non, whereof the end was burft, 

 and filled it three quarters full of 

 water, 2 Hopping and fcruing up the 3 

 broken end ; as alfo the Touch-hole ; 

 and making a conftant fire under it, 

 within 24. hours it burft and made 

 a great crack : So that having a 4 

 way to make my Veflels, fo that 

 they are ftrengthened by the force 

 within them, and the one to fill 

 after the other. 5 I have feen the 

 water run 6 like a conftant Fountaine- 

 ftream forty foot 7 high ; one Veflel 

 of water rarified by fire driveth 8 up 

 forty of cold water. And a man 

 that tends the work is but to turn 

 two Cocks, that one Veflel of wa- 



9 with for by. l &quot; Intra&quot; in printed edition, 1663. But &quot; Infra&quot; in MS. and P. 



2 of water omitted. MS. and P. 3 that- for the. 4 found a. 



5 other, have seen. P. 6 to run. 7 feet. P. 8 driving 40 of. 



