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Experiment 

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Experiment 

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Experiment 

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I Southern-Wind relaxeth the v/ater fomewhat; As no Water Boiling is fo clear 

 I as Cold Water. 



TO Ire burneth Wood, making it fir ft Luminous 5 Then Black and Brittle ; And 

 tartly? Broken and Incinerate : Scalding water doth none of thefe. The Caufe 

 is, for that by Fire, the Spirit of the Body is firft Refined , and then Emitted - y 

 Whereof the Refining-, or Attenuation caufc th the Light^And the Emijs'ion, 

 firft, the Fragility, and after the Dijjoiution into djhes : Neither doth any o- 

 ther Body enter : But in Water the Spirit of the Body is not Refined fo much • 

 And befides Part of the entreth-, Which doth increafe the Spirited 

 in a degree cxtin^uifh it .'Therefore wee fee that Hot water will quench 

 Fire And,again, we fee that in Bodies wherein the Water doth not much 

 enter, but only the Heat paffeth. Hot Water worketh the Effe&s of Fire : As 

 in Eggs Boiled and Roafled, (into wnich the Water entreth not at all, there is 

 fcarce difference to be difecrned j But in Fruit , audf/^,whereintothe 

 water entreth, in feme Part 3 there is much more difference. 



THc Bottome of a Veffel of BoilingWater, (as hath been obferved ,) is not 

 very much Heated, So as men may put their hand under the Vefjel,and 

 remove it. TheCaufeis, for that the Moifiure of Water , as it quencheth 

 Coals, where it entreth ; So it doth aliay Heat 3 where it toucheth : And 

 therefore note well 5 that Moifiure, although it doth not pafs thorow Bodies, 

 without Communication of fome Subfiance , As Heat and Cold doe 5 ) yet it 

 worketh manifeft Effects ; not by Entrance of the Body, but by Qualifying 

 of the Heat, and Cold : As we fee in this Infiance : And we fee likewife, 

 that the Water of Things difiilled in Water, (which they call the Bath) differ- 

 eth not much from the water of Things difiilledby Fire : We fee alfo, that 

 Pewter-Difhes, with Water in them,will not Melt eafily ; But without ? -,they 

 will-,Nay, we fee more, that Butter, or 0//,which in themfelves are Inflam- 

 mable, yet by the Vertue of their Moifiure, will do the ilke. 



\"T hath been noted by the Ancients, \k\at it is dangerous to Pick ones Ear? 

 1 whileft he Taveneth. The Caufe is, iqr that in Taming, the Inner Parch- 

 ment of the Ear is extended, by the Drawing in of the Spirit and Breath 5 For 

 in Tavrning, and 5^zV^both J the Spirit is firft ftrongly Drawn inland then 

 ft rongly Expelled. 



|T hath been obferved by the Ancients , that Sneezing doth ceafe the Hic- 

 ccugh.Tbe Caufe is , for that the Motion of the Hiccough is a lifting up of 

 ihc Stomach;which Sneezing doth fomewhat deprefs,and divert the Motion 

 another way. For firft we fee,that the Hiccough cometh of Fulnefi? of Meat, 

 (efpecially in Children,) which caufeth an Extcnfion of the Stomach : Wee 

 fee alfo,it is caufed by Acide Meats, or Drinks , which is by the Pricking of 

 the Stomach : And this Motion is ceafed either by Diver fion. Or by Detention 

 of the Spirits : Diver fion, as in Sneezing • Detention, as we fee Holding of the 

 Breath,doth help femewhat to ceafe the Hiccough : And putting a man into 

 an Earneft Study doth the like;.- As is commonly ufed : And Vinegar put to 

 the Noflhrils, or Gargarized, doth it alfo For that it is Afiringent , and in- 

 hibiteth the Motion of the Spirit. 



^poking againft the Sun, doth induce Sneezing, The Caufe is, not the 

 Heating of the Nofthrils ; For then the holding up of the Nofihrils againft 



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