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feoo) It isireported of very good credit, thatin the Haf-Indiesif you fet a|. 
}-Tub of Water open inaRoom where Cloves are kept, it will be drawn dry 
Jin Twenty four hours, though it ftand at fome diftanr fromy the Cloves. 
Jin the Countrey, they ufemany times in deceit, when their Wooll isnew 
‘| fhorn, to fet fome Pails of Water by in the fame Room, to encreafe 
the weight of the Wooll : ‘Bat it may be, that the Heat of the Wool re- 
| maining from the Body of the Sheep, or the heat gathered by the lying 
| clofe of the Wool, helpethto draw the watcy vapor; but that is nothing to 
| the Verfion. | } ) 
i Itisreportedalfo credibly, that Wool new fhorn, being laid calually 
F: uponaVeflelof Verjuice, atter fome time hath drunk up agreat part of the 
| Verjuice, though the Veilel were whole without any flay, and hadnot the’ 
| Bung-hole open. | In this inftance there is (upon the by) to benoted, the 
| Percolation or Suing cf the Verjuice thorow the Wood ; for Verjuice of it felf 
| would never have pafled through the Wood: So, asit feemeth, it muft be 
| fisit in akince of vapor before itpafs. 
- It isefpeciallyto benoted, that the caufe that doth facilitate the Ver- 
fionof Air into Water, when the Air is not in grofs, but fubtilly mingles ° 
| with tangible Bodies, is, (at hath been partly touched before) forthattan- | 
| gibleBodies have an antipathy with Air; and if they finde any Liquid Body 
8 Ait ismore denfe nearthem, they willdraw it; and afterthey havedrawn 
fit, they willcondenieitmore, andinefteé incorporateit: For we fee that 
}aSpunge, or Wooll, or Sugar, or a Woollen-cloth, being putbutin part, in 
| Wateror Wine, will drawthe Liquorhigher, and beyond the place, where 
“Tthe Water or Winecometh? Welee alfo, that Wood, Lute-ftrings, andthe like, |, 
|.dofwell in moift feafons; as appeareth bythe breaking of the ttrings, the 
| hard turning of the Pegs, andthe hard drawing forth of Boxes, and opening 
lof Wainfcot doors, whichis a kinde of infufion ; and is much like toanin- 
| fafion in Water, which will make VVood to fwell; as we feein the Alling of 
' | the Chops of Bowls bylayingthem in VVater. But for that part of thele 
| Experimenis, which concerneth Artradion we will referveinto the proper Title 
| of Anrattion. | ; | | 
) Phere isalfoa Verfion of Airinto Water, feeingin the fiweating of Mur- 
bles, and other Stoves; and af VVainicot before, andinmoiftweather. This 
| mutt be, either by fome moifture the Body yieldeth, or elfe by the moift Air 
| thickned againft the hard Body. Butitis plain, thatit isthe Jatrer; for that 
_jwe fee Wood painted with Oyl-colour, will fooner gather drops ina moift 
+ night, than Woodalone; which is caufed by the{moothnefs and clofenefs, 
| which letteth in no part of the vapor, and fo turneth itbackand thickneth 
Vicinto Dew. We feealfo, that breathing uponaGlafs, or {mooth Body, | 
| giveth a Dew and in Frofty mornings (iuch as we call Rime Frofls) you 
| thall Gade drops of Dew upon the infide of Glaf -windows: Andthe Frott | 
§) it felf upon the ground, is but a Verfion or Condenfation of the moift.va- 
jipors of che night,into a watry fubitance: Dewslikewile, and Rain, are but 
| the ceturns of moift vapors condenfed ; the Dew, by the cold onely of 
Ythe Sunsdeparture, which 1s the gentler cold; Rains, by the cold of that | 
24 eth they call che Cwiddle Region of the Air, which is the more violent 
4 Cold: 
| Ie isvery probable (as hath been touched) that thar which will turn 
| Water into Ice, will likewife turn Air fome degree nearer unto Water. 
‘Vtherefore try. the Experiment of the Artificial wurning Water into Ice | 
‘| (whereof we thall fpeak in another place) with Air in place of Water, and 
ab the 
