2 Of the Phenomena in 



the Opening, as it does when not 

 fevered from the reft of the Appa~ 

 ratus, yet upon Application of Water 

 it works itfelf out by Degrees with a 

 flow Motion, and emerges almoft 

 entirely out of its Cafe. 



pl TV If the lower Extremity of the 

 % i.i outward Cafe be cut off, it diftend* 

 the feeming Ligament below the 

 Cup to an inconceivable Tenuity, 

 breaks it without deranging the Screw,, 

 or caufing any Alteration in the 

 fuperior Part of the Apparatus, and 

 goes out at the Opening. 



In one of thefe Experiments, the 

 %\b. feeming Ligament breaking after 

 Diftenfion, ftruck with fuch Smart- 

 nefs the Side of the inclofing Cafe*, 

 that, tho' cartilaginous, its Extre- 

 mity forced its Way thro" by its Elas- 

 ticity, and retired twifting itfelf again 

 into the Cafe ; which can be account- 

 • ed for no other Way, than by fup- 

 pofmg it extreamly elaftick, and its 

 Force upon this Occafion fomething 

 analogous to that of a Silken Thready 

 which if fuddenly emitted after Dif- 

 tenfion with a certain Direction that 



