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Bxp.XL I tried to produce another Pbammemn^ that would^^ 
not have been unpleafant , by putting together in a fomewhat 
large Veffcl, with other Liquors, two Oils, (whereof one , if 
I m i (lake not, was, froa3r/»;t/>c»//>^^^ which firft, by reafon of 
the Okaginot^ nature wherein they agreed, might exa61y min- 
gle and make a compounded Liquor; and then, by reafonof 
their being one, heavier , and the other lighter in fpecie than 
Water^ might by this Liquor be agamfeparated, and include 
betwiKt tbenv the Liquor that had divided them. But I 
found 5 . th?ft the Oi/x being once united would not be eafily 
parted ^ but according to the Prevalency of the lighter 
or heavier Ingredient, in the mixture , the compounded 
Oil, would almoft totally either emerge to the top of the 
Water^ or lie beneath the bottom of it I fay, almoft totalfy^ 
becaufe fome parts of the Oil, which was not perhaps all uni- 
formly mixr, did not keep in a body with the reft ; but either 
was feparatcd from the Mafs in the form of Globuls , or elfe, 
flicking to the fide of the Glafs , had the other part of its 
[HfcrficieSy which was contiguous to the Water, very varioufly 
figur'dj according as the bulk and degree of Gravity of the 
adhering Oil and other circumftances happen^ ta deter- 
mine. And 'tis chiefly upon the account of this various and 
odd Figuration of our mixture , that I here make mentionof 
this Trial 5 which though it prov'd not fuecefsful tome^, yet 
perhaps may fucceed in the Hands of another, that fliallmakc 
it with more leifure and diligence, than I could afford 
If* 
Thefc are fome of the th^nomtna I obferv'd in Oil of 
"THYp^ntme^ whea 'twas inviron'd only with Fluids ; but, if 
it were permitted to be contiguous to the infide of the Glaft, 
and fo to faften part of its furface to a Solid, the greater 
part of theSurfSce, which renjaia'd expofed to one or both 
of the contiguous Liquors , would, partly by their aftion, 
and partfy by the gravity of the Oil it felf, be put into Figuref 
fp various , and fometimes fo extravagant , that *twa$ much 
more pleafant to behold them , than it would be cafie to de- 
fcribe them ; which therefore I ftall not. here attempt to 
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Whereas. 
