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is colder than Oyl, becaufe ithath a quicker Spirit; for all Oyl, though it | 
hath the tangible parts better digefted than Water, yet hathita duller Spirit: 
So Sow is colder than Water, becaufe it hath more Spirit within it : So | 
we fee that Sal: put to /ce (as in the producing of the Artificial Jee) encréa-} 
feth the adtivity of cold : So fome Infeda which have Spirit of Life, as ‘ 
Snakes and Silkworms, are tothetouch,Cold. So Quick-filver isthe coldeftof } 
Metals, becaufe itis fulleftof Spirit. eee ek 
74. , The fixth caufe of Cold is, the chafling and driving away of Spirits, 
fuch as have fome degree of Heat ; for the banifhing of the Heat mutt | 
needs leave any Body cold: This wefeein the operation of Opinm, and Sia- | 
pefattives upon the Spirits of Living Creatures; andit were not amifs totry | 
Opium by la) ing it upon the top of a Weather-Glaf, to fee whether it will | 
contra& the Air; but I doubt it will not fuceed : For befides that, the ver-| 
tue of Opium will hardly penetrate thorow fuch abody as Glafs, 1 conccive 
that Opium, and the like, makethe Spirits fie rather by Malignity, than by |~ 
Cold. eee , | oe ee 
7. Seventhly, the fame effe& muft follow upon the exhaling or drawing 
out of the warm Spirits, chat doth upon the flight of the Spirits. There 1s | 
an opinion, thatthe Moonis Magnetical of Heat, as the Sunisof Cold and | 
Moitture : It were not amifs therefore totry it with warm waters ; the one 
expofed to the Beams of the Moon, the other with fome skreen betwixt} 
the Beams of the Moon and the Water : As we ufe tothe Sun for fhade, | 
and to fee whether the former will cool fooner. And it were alfogood | 
to enquire, what other means there may be, to draw forth the Exile heat 4 
which is in the Air; for that may be a fecret of great power to predic 
cold Weather. “i 
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Experiments E have formerly fet down the Means of turning Air into Water, in hi 
nts the Eixperiment27. But becaufe itis C4¥agnale Nature, and tendeth to | 
Fete nd the fubduing of a very great effe&, and is alfo of manifold ufe: We wil] 
Tranfautation| adde {ome inftances in Confort that give light thereunto. Pat 9 
of the Air in 
to Water. 
76. It is teported by fume of the Ancients, that Sailers have ufed every | 
night, to hang Fleeces of Wool onthe fides of their ships, the Wool to- | 
wards the Water; and that they have crufhed frefh water out of them, in f 
the Morning, for their ufe.. And thus much wehave tried, that a quantity | 
of Wool tied loofe together, being let down intoa deep Well ; and {_ 
hanging in the middle, fome three Fathom fromthe Water fora night, in} 
the Winter time, increafed in weight, (as I now remember) toa fifth| 
Part. : ; ms | 
77. It is reported by one of the Ancients, that in Lydia, near Pergamus, | 
there were certain Workmen in time of Wars, fled into Caves; and the } 
Mouth of the Caves being flopped by the Enemies, they were famifhed. | 
But long time after, the dead Bodies were found, andfome Veflels which | 
they hadcarriedwiththem, and the Veffels full of Water; and that Wa- |” 
ter thicker, and more towards |!ce,than common Water; whichis anotable | 
inftance of Condenfation and Induration by Burial under Earth (in Caves) for | 
long time ; and of Verfion alfo (as it fhould feem) of the Air into Water; |” 
if any of thofe Veffelswereemptv. Try therefore a {mall Bladder hung in | 
Snow, and the like in Nizre, and thelike in Quick-filver: And if you finde | 
the Bladders faln or fhrunk, you may be fure the Air is condenfed bythe | 
Cold of thofe Bodies, as it would be in a Cave under Earth. 8 a 
