140, 
63-2. 
Experiment: ’ 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Different 
clearnefs of the 
| Sea. 
683. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
rouching the 
Different 
Fleats of Fire 
and Boiling 
Water. 
| 
68 Ae 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Qualification 
of Fleat by 
Moifiuro. 
685. 
Experiment 
Solitary; 
tuoching 
686. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
FHiccough, 
| the motion of the Spirit. tae 
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Natural Hiflory 5 
He Sea is clearer when the North-wind bloweth, then when the South-|~ 
wind. The cauleis, for that Saltwater hath a little Oylinefsin the Suctace | 
thereof, ‘as appeareth in veryhot days: And again, for thar the Sou rern- | 
| wind relaxeth the Water fomewhat; as no Water boyling, is fo clear as cold | 
Water. ay] my mete anne rid | 
gle burneth Wood, making it firft Luminous, then black and brittle, and} 
laftly, broken andincinerate; fcalding Water’ doth none of thefe. The} 
caufe is, for that by Fire the Spirit of the Body is firlt refined, and then emit-} 
ted; whercof the refining or attenuation Caufeth the light, and the emiffion; | 
Grftthe fragility, and afcer the diffolution into Afhes, neither doth anyother | 
Body enitér. But in Water, the Spirit of the Body is not refined fo much} } 
and befides, part of the Watcr entreth, which dothincreafe the Spirit, and 1 
in adegree cxtinguifh ir; therefore we fee that hot Water willquench Fire. | 
And again, we fee that in Bodies whercin the Water doth not much enter, | 
but onely the heat paffeth, hot Water worketh the effeéts of Fire: As in \ 
Eggsboiled and roa(ted, (into which the Warer entreth not atall) there is} 
fcarce difference tobe difcerned ; but in Fruit and Flefh, whereinto the Wa. | 
ter entrethin fome part, there is much more difference. 
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r 
He bottom of a Veffel of boyling Water (as hath been obferved) is not | 
T very much heated, fo as men. may put their hand under the Veflel, and i 
removeit. The canfe is, for that the moifture of Water, as it quencheth | 
Coals where it entreth, fo it doth allay heat where it toucheth. And there. | 
fore note Well, that moifture, although it doth not pafs through Bodies with- | 
out Communication of fome fubftance (as heat and cold do) yet it worketh | 
manifeft cffefs; not by entrance of the Body, but by qualifying of the heat | 
and cold, as we fee in this inftance. And wefee likcwife, that the water of | 
things diftilledin water, (which they call the Bath) differeth not much from | 
the waicr of things diftilled by Fire. We fee alfo, that Pewter-Difhes with | 
Water in them will not melt eafily, but without it they will, Nay, we fee} 
more, that Butter or Oy}, which in them(clves are inflamable, yet by the vir- | 
tue of their moifture will do the like. | Be. 
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a hath been noted by the Ancients, that it is dangerous to pick ones Ear} 
whileft he Yawneth. Thecaufeis, for that in Yawning, the inner Parch-| 
ment of the Ear isextended by the drawing in of the Spirit and Breaths for| 
in Yawning and Sighing both, the Spirit is firft ftrongly drawn in, and then } 
ftrongly expelled. : BIG oe hy Se 
eo 9 { 
T hath been obferved bythe Ancients, that Sneezing doth ceafe the H 
cough, Thecaufeis, for that the Motion of the Hiccough is a liftingup 
theStomach; which Sneezing doth fomewhat deprefs, and divert the moti. | 
on another way. For firft, we fee that the Hiccough cometh of fulnefs of 
Meat, (efpecially in Children) which caufeth an extenfion of the Sromac nh: 
We lee allo, it is caufed by acide Meats or Drinks, whichis by the pricking 
of the Stomach. Andthis motionis ceafed, either by Diverfion,orby Deten 
tion of theSpirits: * Diverfion, asinSneezing; Detention, as we feehol 
of the Breath doth help fomewhat toceafe the Hiccough, and putting 
intoan carne’ ftudy doththe like, asis commonly ufed; And Vinegar pt 
| the Noftrils cr Gargarized doth it alfos for tharitis Aftringent, and in 
