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ter will increafe his Power of Bearing ; as we fee Broine, when it Is Sa J : e- 

 nough,will bear a E^g*. And I remember well a Pbyfician,ift$t ufed 

 fome Mineral #4fibs for the Gout,&cc And the .ft/d^ when it was pur into the 

 - Bath,could not get down fb eafily,as in Ordinary Water, But « feemei h, 

 ! the Weight of the Jg*ick-jiher,mQre than the Weight of a Sfofc^doth not corri- 



> penfe the Weight of a Sfo#*imore than the Weight of the Aqua form, 



' T Et.there be a Body of Un-equal weights, (As of HWandEW, or Bone 

 \ and Z/^i^ii you throw it from you with the Light- End forward , it v^ilJ 

 j turne, and th« mightier End will recover to be forwards j llnleffethe 

 1 Bed) be Over-long. The Caufe is, for that the more D«»f<? hath a more 



> Violent Preffure of the Parts,from the firft Impdjion^ Which is the Caufe 

 i (though heretofore not found-out , as hath been often laid,) of all^iolent 

 I Motions: And when the Hinder Part moveth fwifter, (for that it lefie endu- 

 i; reth Prejjure of Parts, ) than the Forward Part can make way for it ,. it muft 

 ! needs be,that the Body turn over .-For (turned) it can more calily draw for- 

 ward the Lighter V&n.Gattil&M noteth it weil,That if anOpen Tnugh,^r\\ete- 



j in Water is, be driven fafter then the Water can follow, the Water gathqfetH 

 \ upon an heap,towards the Hinder End, where the Moticn beganjWhich he 

 j fuppoieth, (hoi ding confidently the Motion of the Earth,) tobetne Caufe 

 \ of die Ebbing and Flowing of the Gceany Becaufe the Earth over-runneth tn§ 

 j water. Which T'kov^though it be faife,yet the firft Experiment is true As 

 I for the Inequality of the Prejjure of Parts , i t appeareth manifestly in this, 

 j That if you take a Body oiStone'ot iron , and another of Wood, of the fame 

 I Magnitude^ndShape^ndthrow hem with equal Force , you cannot pof- 

 J fibly throw the Wood,(o farre,as the $tone,ot Iron. 



JT is certain, (as it hath beert formerly, in part touched,) that Water may 

 be the Medium of Sounds J& you dafh a Stone againrt a Sto\e in the Bottome 

 of the Water,h maketh a Sound. So along Pole (truck upon Gravel , in the 

 Boitome of the Water, maketh a Sound. Nay, if you fhould think that the 

 Sound cometh up by the Poland not by the Water, ^om (hall find that a An- 

 chor let down by a Rope, maketh a Sound - 7 And yet the Rope h no Solid Body, 

 whereby the Sound can afcendi, 



^LL ObisBs of the Senfes, which are very Offensive, doe caufe the Spirits to 

 I retire; And upon their Flight, 'the Parts are (in fome degree) defti tutc-, 

 .And fo there is induced in them a Trepidation and Honour* For Sounds \ 

 we fee that the Grating of a Saw, or any very Harfb Noife\ will fet the T ?eth 

 on edge 3 and make ail the Body Shiver. For Taps we fee, that in the Ta- 

 lc ; ng of a PotioK&r Pills, the Head,md the i\fo£,fhake. For (V/Vua the 

 Jike Effecl: followeth 5 wiiich is leffe perceif ed,becaufc there is a Remedy 

 at hand, by Stopping of the Nofe : But in Horfes,thkt can ufe no fuch Help, 

 we fee the fmell of a Carrion, especially of a Dea( Horfe , maketh them fly 

 away,and take on,almoft as if they were Mad. For Feeling, if you come 

 out of the Sunne^ fuddeniy, into a Shade, there followeth a Chilnejf or Shive- 

 ring in all the And even in Sight, which hath (in effect) no Odious 06- 

 J^Commjng into Sudden Iterfca^induceth an Offer to Shiver, 



HjpHerc Is, in the City otTicinum in Itdy,a Church* that hath Wincowes 

 I oncly from above.:{t is in Length an Hundred Feet,in Breadth Twen- 

 ty Teet, and in Height neer Fifty , Having a Door in the Middeft, It re- 

 ported! 



t-iy'i'gojvn- 

 c\nal bodusin 

 the v4irc. 



Expsrimenr I 

 Solitary cou- | 

 chsn?, water; , j 

 that it may be [ 

 the Medium o\ I 

 Sounds, ■ 



79z r 



%pctkneht 

 Solitary of the 

 Flight oil. ic 

 Spiriti upon 

 Odious cbjffts. 



793 



f Experiment 

 |Solirray tou- 

 ; chingthc 



[Super- Re f exit 

 I oaoi Lccho's. 



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