tion having added , that the little Ghfs-In{lrti«ienti mentt- 
on d in the Me , is fuch an one , as you may find defcribed 
in my Frdiminaries to the Hijlo j ef C0U , fave that part of 
this was a little bending inward at the Bafif , that it may 
fometimes ftand hy it [elf ^ and f( mecimes receive a fmall 
body into the dimfU at lis Ba(is : Hivmg , I fay , premifed 
this , and > that as Shining Wc^i did not feel at all warm to 
me 5 fo I alfo found Shining Ft(h pdpably cold , I fhall con- 
clude your trouble with the premifed Note , which (peaks 
lh(i$: 
[ I put upon a large piece of Wood , which was partly ftii- 
ning , and , as near as I could , upon one of the moft lumi- 
nous parts of it , one of thofe ihermfcofes , that I make with 
a pendulous drop of Water. But as I had formerly try'd , that 
by laying the tip of my Nofe or Finger upon it , when ic 
flione vividly enough , to enable me to difcern both the one 
and the other , at the time of contaft I could not perceive 
the leaft of heat , but rather an aftual coldnefs 5 fo by this 
Trial I could not fatisfie my felf , that it did vifibly raife the 
pendulous drop 5 though the Inftrument were fo tender, 
that by approaching one Finger near it, yet without actual- 
ly touching of it , it would manifeftly be impelled up, and 
tipon the removal of my Finger , would prefcntly defcend 
again..] 
And I remember , that having put fuch an Inftrument up- 
on a shining Fijh 9 that was pretty large , I could not thereby 
perceive , that it had any degree of heat , but rather the con- 
trary. For , having divers times taken afF the Glafs , to apply 
it with the more advantage to feveral parts of the Lumimus 
Fifl) 5 I divers times (for I remember not, whether 'twere al- 
wayes) took notice, that upon the removal of- the Glafs into 
the Air 3 the pendulous drop would manifeftly rife a little, and 
fiibfide again when the Glafs was applied to the Fifti. But 
whether this part of the Experiment will hold in all tempera- 
tures of the Air , I had not opportunity to try. 
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