192 _ —— Ndbaral Fifeory ; 
alike uncovit; as it is ever.in motion-of. Nexe ; Bee as I have fee fe 
| Glafs, being’ held by the hand, hath lifted up the Bafon, andalb:- Ther 
of Nexe did-foclafp the bottom of the Bafon. Thar Experiment, When 
Bafon was lifted up, was made with Oy]; and not with Water. Neve: 
this thisistrue; that atthe very firft fecting of the Month of the Glafs 
the bottom of the Bafon, jt draweth up the Watera little; and chen ttar de 
at aftay, almoftrillthe Candles going out, as was faid. This-may fhew for 
Actractionat firft; bur bE this we will {peak more; when we handle ge 
ons by Heat. 3! ona) + 
fb 4 GE i i eee 
Experiments | F the Power of the, ahi gts) and what more fectict, tes 5e 
eens O they have, befides thé two manifeft influences of Heat and Light, .w 
V Influences of | (hall f{peak, when we handle Experiments touching the Celeffial Bodies : Mear 
jthe ao — I -while, we will give fome Directions for more certain Trydls of the Vertue 
| ~ {and Influences of the Moon; which is ourneareft Neighbor, roast 
The Influences of the Moon (moft. obferved) are four; the draw. 
forth of Heat; the Inducing of Putrefaction; the increafeof Moiftares th 
exciting of the Motions of Spirits. nt, . ie 
890. » For the drawing forthof Heat, y we have ae preferibed to tal 
Water warm, and. to fet part of ir againit the Moon-beams, ond patel 
with a Skreen between; and tofee whether that which ftandeth expoled t 
the Beams will not cool fooner. But becaufe this is but a fmall interpofi tion, 
(though inthe Sun we fee afmall fhade doth much): it were good to tr 
when the Moon fhineth; and when the Moon fhineth nor at all; and» ith 
Water warm in a Glafs-botrle as well as ina Dith, and with Cinders, . 
| with Iron redshor, &c, 
| 89te. |. For the inducing of- Putrefacion, it were good totry it ‘with Flefh or 
7 Fith expofed to the Moon-beams, and again expofed to the Air’ when the 
Moon fhineth nor, forthe liketime, to fee whether will corrupt foorsers} 
{and try it alfo withCapon;or fome other fowl laid abroad, to {ee whethe, it 
-} will mattifie.and become,tenderfooner. Try it alfo with dead Flies or dem ; 
| Worms, having a little Water cat upon them, tofee whether will putre fie 
}fooner..:Try it allo with an Apple or Orenge, having holes made in’ their 
tops, to fee whether will rot or mould fooner, , Try it.alfo,with Hettand| 
Cheefe, having Wine. pur into it, whether it will breed. Mites foongguel or} 
| greater. 
892. $ | © Forthe increafe of hoi. the opinion received i is, that Seeds w 
Sasa’ grow foonelt, and: Hair, and.Nails,, and Hedges, and Herbs, cut, 8c. will 
~ bgrow fooneft, if they be fet or: cut-in‘theincreafe of the Moon; Altos 
>> | Brains in Rabits, Wood-cocks, Calves, &c. are fullett in the, Full of it 
sc) Moon 3..and fo of Matrow in the Bones, and fo of Oyfters. and, Cockle = 
“=. | which of all the reft are the.eafieft tried, if youhavethemin Pits. anil i 
$93. |. Take fome Seeds, or Roots, (as Onions, é&c.) and fet fome of themim 
{mediately afterthe Change, and others of the fame kindeimmediatel 
{the Full:;Lerc them be as. like as.¢an.be, the Earchal(o thefame.as: 
{may be; ‘and therefore beft in Pots. Let the Pots, alfotand wheren: 
or Sunmay come tothem, ' Jett the difference of the, Weather confounc 
| Experiment, “And. then fee jin what, time. che Seeds: fet, . in the.incteate - 
| Moon,.cometo aicertain briedtsinad how they differ. from thofe thai 
jane decreafe of: eh: Meaneo ou Nord W. onolsd ora omit Chanda 
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