362. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Nitre. 
363. 
Experiment 
Solitary» 
rouching 
Congealing of 
‘Air. 
364. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Congealing of 
Water into 
Chry fiat. 
365. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
‘touching 
Preferving of 
'Rofe Leavesy 
both in Colour 
and Smell. 
| perfe@, but their colour {reth fora year at leaft. Note, that nothing doth} | 
| Radicall Moifture along with it when it {elf goeth forth. And there 
ot Note, that-thefe Rofes when you take them from the drying, have 
=) wet ee sad a! —_— , 
t ¥ 
f * 3 
_. Natural Hiftory ; an 
SOE ETT A I SCTE ES EF CSET CNG EP TE aT oe TT ; : =< < = - - i 
under Stone, which flamenot out, but Oyl being poured upon them; they |) 
flame out: The caufe whereof is, for that it feemeth the Fire is fo choaked, ; 
as not ableto remove the Stone, it is heat rather than fame, which never-| 
thelefsis fufficientthe enflame to Oyl. . shaeee nee a 
T is reported, that in fome Lakes the Water is fo Nitrous, as if foul | 
Lorca! be put into it, it fcoureth them of it felf: And if they ftay any | 
whit long they moulder away. And the fcouring Vertue of Nitre is the |” 
more to be noted, becaufe it isa Body cold ; and wefee warm Water } 
fcoureth better than cold. But thecaule is, forthatit hath a fubtal Spirit, | 
which fevercthand divideth any thing thatisfoul, and vifcous, and fticketh f 
upona Body. . | Pia) ob aaa 
Ake aBladder, the greateft you canget; fullitfullof Wind, andtye | 
it about the Neck with a Silk thred waxed ; and upon that likewife i 
Wax very clofe; fo that whenthe Neck of the Bladderdrieth, ‘no Air may | 
poflibly getinnor out. Men bury itchree or four foot under the Earth, in | 
a Vault, or ina Confervatory of Snow,the Snow being macehollow about | 
theBladder; and after fome fortnights di'tance, fee whether the i ladder } 
befhrunk: Forif icbe, then it is plain, .that the coldnefs of the Earth or} 
Snow, hath condenfed the Air, and brought it adegree nearer to Water : | 
Which is an Experiment of great confequence. 
4 
q 
ff is.areport of fome good credit, that in deep Caves thereare Penfile } 
Chryftal, and degrees of Chryftal that drop from above, and in} 
fome other (though more rarely) that rife from below. Which though | 
it be chiefly the work of cold, yet it may be, that Water that paffeth } 
thorow the Earth. gathereth a Nature more clammy, and fitter to con-} 
geal, and become folid chan Water otf itfelf. Therefore tryal would be} 
made to lay aheapof Earth ingreat Frofts, upon ahollow Veflel, put- 
ting a Canvafe between, that itfalleth not in; and pour Water upon it, } 
in fuch quantity as will be fure to foak thorow, and fee whether it | 
will not. make an harder Ice in the bottom of the Veflel, and lefs apt to} 
diffolve than ordinarily. I fuppofe alfo, that if youmake the Earth nar- | 
rower at the bottom than at the top, in fafhion of Sugar Loaf reverfed, | 
it will help the Experiment. For it will make the Ice, where it} 
iffueth, lefsin bulk ; and evermore fmallnefs of quantity is a help to} 
Verfion. if icf . a 
fais ‘Damask Rofes and pull them, then dry them upon thetop of | 
an Houle, upon a Lead or Tarras in the hot Sun, in a clear:day, | 
between the hours (onely) of Twelve and two oc thereabouts. Them} 
put them into a fweet dry Earthen Bottle or a Glafs with narrow 
mouths, ftuffing them clofe together, but without bruifing: Stop the) 
Bottle or Glafs clofe, and thefe Rofes will retain, not onely thes fmell) 
fo rauchdeftroy any Plant, or other Body, either by Putrefaction, or Aree | 
fattion, as the Adventitious —Moifture, which hangeth loofe in the Body, 
af itbe not drawn out. For it betrayeth and tolleth forth the Innate 
in Living Creatures , moderate. fweat doth preferve the Juyce of the B 
