Century I. 



if any of thofe veflels were Empty. Trie therefore a fmall Bladder hung in ; 

 Snow 5 And the like in Nitre And the like in Quick- fiver : And if you find 

 the Bladders fallen, or fhrunk you may be fure the Air is condenfed by 

 the Cold of thofe Bodies 5 As it would be in a Cave under Earth. 



It is reported of very good credit, that in the Eafl- Indies, if you fet a Tub 78 

 of Water open in a Roome where Cloves are kept, it will be drawn drie in 

 24 houres-, Though it ftand at fome diftance from the Cloves . In the Coun- 

 try, they ufe many times, in deceit, when their Wooll is new morn, to fet 

 fome Pailesof Water by, in the fame Roome ; to encreafe the weight of the 

 Wooll. But it may be, that the Heat of the Wooll-, remaining from the body 

 of the Sheep • or the Heat gathered by the lying clofe of the Wooil, helpeth 

 to draw the watry Vapour ;But that is nothing to the Verfion. 



It is reported alfo credibly, that Wooll new fhorn, being laid cafually 19 

 upon a Veffe 11 of Verjuyce, after fome time, had drunk up a great part of the 

 Verjuyce, though the Yeflell were whole without any Flaw, and had not the 

 Bung-hole open. In this Inftance, there is(upon the by)to be noted, the Per- 

 colation, or Suing of the Ver]uyce through the wood For Ver]uyce of it felf 

 would never have palled thorow the wood : So as, it feemeth, it muft be 

 firft in a kind of Vapour,before it pafs. 



It is efpecially to be noted, that the Caufe, that doth facilitate the Vet- So 

 (ion of Air into Water, when the Air is not in grofs, but fubtilly mingled 

 with T angible Bodies, is, (as hath been partly touched before) for that T m- 

 gible Bodies have an Antipathy with Air- 7 and if they find any Liquid Body, 

 that is more denie, near them, they will draw it : And after they have drawn 

 it s they ^.#11 condenfe it more, and in effect incorporate it For we fee that a 

 Sfunge,0T Wooll,ox Sugar, or a Woollen-cloth, being put but in part,in Water, 

 or Wine, will draw the Liquor higher,and beyond the place : where the Water 

 or Wine cometh. We fee alfo, thziWood, Lute-f rings, and the like, do 

 fw ell in moift Seafons : As appeareth by the Breaking 01 the Strings, the Hard 

 T timing of the Pegs, and the Hard drawing forth of Bones, and Opening of 

 Wainfcot doores ^ which is a kind of Infufion : And is much like to an Infufi- 

 on in Water, which will make W ood to Swell : As we fee in the Filling of 

 the Chops of Bowles, by laying them in Water. But for that part of thefe 

 Experiments, which concerneth Attraction, we will referve it to the proper 

 Title of Attraction. 



There is alfo a Verfion of Air into Water, feen in the Sweating of Marbles, 8i 

 and other Stones. And o£ Wainfcot before and in moift weathenThis muft be, 

 either by fome Moifture the Body yeeldeth Or elfe by the Moift Air 

 thickned againft the hard body. But it is plain,that it is the latter For that 

 we fee Wood painted with Oyl Colour, will fooner gather drops in a moift 

 Night, than WW alone: which is caufed by the Smoothnefs and Clofe- 

 nefs-, which letteth in no part of the Vapour, and fo turneth it back, and 

 thickneth it into Dew. We fee alfo, that Breathing upon a Glajs, or 

 Smooth body giveth a Dew 5 And in Frofly Mornings (fuch as we call Rime 

 frofts) you mall find drops of Dew upon the Infide of Glafs-windowes 

 And the Frofl it felf upon the ground, is but a Verfion, or Condenfation,oi the 

 Moift vapours of the Night, into a watry fubftance : Bewes likewife, and 

 Rain, are but the Returns of Moift vapours Condenfed The Dew, by the 

 Cold only of the Suns departure, which is the gentler Cold Raines, by the 

 of that, which they call the Middle Region of the Air-, which is the 

 more violent Cold. 



It is very probable (as hath been touched) that that, which Will turn 



Water 



