i68 



3\£aturall Hiftory: 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Force of Ima- 

 gination, Imi- 

 r«ri»g that of 

 the Senfe. 



795 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Prefer- 

 ■vation of Bo- 

 dies. 



79 6 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Growth, or 

 Multiplying of 

 Me tails. 



797 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Drowning of 

 the more Safe ' 

 Metal in the 

 more Precious, 



79* 



portcth the Voice, twelve or thirteen times, if you ftand by the Clofe End- 

 wal,over againft the Door. The Eccho fadeth,and dyeth by little and little,as 

 the Eccho at Font-Charenton,doth.And theVoice foundeth 5 as if it came from 

 above the Door. And if you ftand at the Lower End,ot on either Side of the 

 Door, the Eccho holdeth ; But if you ftand in the Door, or in the Middefi juft 

 over againft the Pooy 3 not.Note,that all Eccho % found better againft old walls, 

 than New$ Becaufe they are more Dry and hollow. 



HTHofe Effecls,which are wrought by the Per cuff ion of the Senfe, and by 

 Things in FaB, are produced likewife in fome degree, by the Imaginati- 

 on- Therefore if a Man fee another eat Sour or Acide Things, which fet the 

 Teeth on edge,this C$/<?# tainteth the Imagination. So that he that feeth the 

 Thing done by another, hath his own T eeth alfo fet on edge. So if a Man fee 

 another turn fwiftly,and long*, Or. if he look upon wheels that turne, Him- 

 felfe waxeth furn-fick. So it a Man be upon an High P/^without Raits t or 

 good Hold, except he be ufed to it , he is Ready to Fall : For Imagining 

 a F^//,it putreth his Spirits into the very ABion ol a Fall. So Many upon the 

 Seeing of others Bleed,ov Strangled,^ Torturedjihemiclves are ready to faint, 

 as if they Bled,oi were in Strife. 



'J'Ake a Stock-GiUj-Flower , and tie it gently upon a Sticke , and put them 

 both into a Stoop-GlaJJe, full of £)uick-filver, fo that the Flower be cove- 

 red ; Then lay a little Weight upon the Top of the Glafe, that may keep the 

 Stick down *, And look upon them after four or five dayes*, And you fhall 

 find the Flower Frefh, and the Stalk Harder,and letfeFlexiMe, than it was. 

 If you compare it with another Flower, gathered at the fame time, it will 

 be the more manifeft. This fheweth that Bodies doe preierve excellently 

 in jguick-filver-, and not preferve only,but, by the Coldnefje of the ^uick-fl- 

 ver ^Indurate-, For the Frefhnefi of the Floater , may be meerly Conservation-, 

 (which is the more to be obferved , becaufe the guick-filver prelTeth the 

 Flower s ) But, the StiffeneJJe of the Stalk, canno t be without Induration, from 

 the Cold (as it fecmeth,) of the guick-filver. 



It is reported by fome of the Ancients , that in Cyprus,thete is a Kindoi I- 

 ron, that being cut into Little Pieces,and put into the Ground, if it be well 

 TOera^willincreafe into Greater P^fs.This is certaine,and known of Old; 

 That Lead will multiply ,and Increafe*, As hath been feen in Old S tatua's of 

 Stone,xvhich hath been put in Cellars The Feet of them being bound with 

 Leaden bands-, Where(after a time)there appeared,that the LeWdidfwell; 

 Infomuch as it hanged upon the fone like Warts. 



jCall drowning of Metals, when that the Bafer Metal, is fo incorporat with 

 the more Rich, as it can by no Means be feparated againe: which is a 

 kind of Ve y/zo^though Falfe. As if Silver fhould be in infeparably incorpo- 

 rated with Gold:Or Copper-and Lead,xv\th Silver. The Ancient EleBrum had 

 in it a fifth of Silver to the Gold 5 And made a Compound Metal, as fir, for 

 mod ufes,as Gold • and more Refplendent*. and more Qualified in fome 

 other Properties*, But then that was eafily Seperated.This to doe privily, 

 or to make the Compound pafle for the Rich Metal Simple, is an Adulteration, 

 or Counterfeiting : But if it be done avowedly, and without Difguizing , it 

 may be a great S aving of the Richer Metal. I remember to have heard of 

 aManskiifullin^fta/j, that a Fifteenth Part of Silver, incorporat with 



Gold, 



