Century VIIL nd : hae [ 167 | 
{Water will increate his power of bearings as we fee Broyn, when it ig fale 
| enough, will bear an Egg. And] remember Wella Payfitian, that ufed to 
Veive fome M neral Baths forthe Gout &c. And the Body when ir was pur | 
I inco the Bitn, could nor get down fo eafily as in ordinary Water. Buric feem- 
| eth, the weight of the Quickfilver, more then the weight of a Stone, doth 
J} not compente the weight of aStone, more then the weight of the Agua-fortie. 
Pw Ectherebe a Body of unequal weight, (as of Wood and Lead, or Bone 
| By and Lead;) it youthrowit from you with thelight end forward, it will 
iturn, and the weightierend will recover to be forwards, unlefs the Body be 
Jover-long, The caufeis, forthat the more Denfe Body hath a more violent 
J preffure of the parts fromthe firft impulfion; whichis the caufe (chough 
+ heretofore not found out, as hath’been often fiid) of all Violent’ Motions : 
{And when the hinder pare moveth {wifter (for thar it lefs endureth preffure of 
| parts) then the forward part can make way for it, icmuft needs be that the 
| Bodyturn over; for (turned) it can more eafily draw forward the lighter part. 
| Galilews noteth it well, Thatif anopen Trough, wherein Water is, be driven 
Vfafter then the Water can follow, the Water garhereth upon an heap to- 
: wardsthe hinderend, where the motion began ; which he fuppofeth (hold- 
‘Jing confidently the motion of the Earth) to be the caufe of the Ebbing and 
| Flowing of the Ocean, becanf:the Earth over-runneththe Water. Which 
}Theory though it be falfe, yet the firk Experiment istrue+ as for the inequa- 
‘Jiity of the prcflure of parts, itappeareth manifeftly in this, That if you'take 
abody of Stone or Iron, and-another of Wood, of the famemagnitude and 
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791. | 
Experiment | 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Flying of un- 
equal Bodies 
in the its 
fhape, and throw them with’ equal force, you cannot poflibly throw the | 
Wood fo faras the Stone orlrons — ‘ hoy 
¥T iscertain (as ichath been formerly in part touched) that Water may be | 
Bt the (Medium of Sounds. 1f youdafh a Stone againft aStone inthebottom 
Jof the Water, irmakesa Sound; fo along Pole ftruck upon Gravel, inthe 
} bottom of the Water, maketh a Sound. Nay; if you fhould think thatthe 
Sound cometh upby the Pole; and not by the Water, you fhall findethat an 
Anchor let down by aRope maketh aSonnd; and yetthe Ropeis no folid 
| Body; whereby the Sound canafeend. - yo fay er 4 
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79%. 
‘Experiment 
‘Solirary, 
touching 
Water, thatit 
imay be the 
‘Medium of 
Soundz. ° 
4 . 
LI objeéts of the Senfes which are very offenfive, do'caufe the Spirits 
toretire; andupontheir flight, the parts are (in fome degree) deftirute, 
Jand fo there is induced in them atrepidation and horror. For Sounds, ‘we 
|fee, thatthe grating of a Saw, or any very harfh noife, will fet the Teeth on 
Jedge, and make all the Body fhiver. For Taftes, we fee, that in the taking of 
}a Potion, or Pills, the Head and the Neck fhake. For odious fmells, the like 
|effe& followeth, which is lefs perceived, becaufe there is a remedy at hand, 
| by topping of the Nofe. Butin Horfes; thatcan ufe no fuch help, we fee 
{the fmell of aCatrion, efpecially of adead Horfe, maketh them flieaway, | 
{and take on almoft; as if they were mad, For Feeling, if you comeourof the | 
)Sun fuddenly into a fhade, there followeth a chilnefs or fhivering in all the 
|Body. And even in Sight, which hath (ineffe&) no odious objeé, coming in- 
0 fudden darknefs, induceth an offer to fhiver. ere) 
7930.0: 
Experiment 
Solitary.s 
of the Flight 
of the Spirits 
upon odious 
Objeés. 
Ts 
 794- 
Experiment 
Solitsty, 
touching the 
Super- Reflexi- 
on ‘of Echoes, 
{Pt Here is in the City of Zicinwm in Lraly, a Church that hath Windows 
| & onely from above; itis in Lengch an hundred Feet, in Bredth twenty 
| Peet, and in |Height near fifty, having a Door in the midft. It reporteth, 
7 ; _ the 
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