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farther, Co I do not pretend to trace what o^ 
ther Effeds thefe kinds of Waters may haVc^ 
by redifying in other Refpeds the Blood and 
Spirits, or by ftrengthening the too relaxed 
Fibres of the Stomach and other parts of the 
Body : For cateris paribus more Air will arife 
from the digefting Ailments in a relaxed State 
of the Stomach, than when in a healthy firm 
State ; it more vigoroufly embraces its Contents, 
in the fame manner as fermenting Liquors emit 
more Air in open Veflels, than when clofe 
confined. 
Experiment It 
I . A Florence Flask being filled with Ale, and 
Xjl its Nofe inverted into a fmall Veffel 
full of the fame Liquor 5 when about two cu- 
bic Inches of Air were rifen out of the Ale to 
the top of the inverted Flask, I poured that 
Air up into another inverted Flask full of Wa- 
ter : In ten Hours the greatefl: part of this Air 
had either loft its Elafticity or was in part ab- 
forbed by the Water, of which little remain- 
ed the next Day. 
2. Hence we fee that while Air is rifing 
from Ale and other fermenting Liquors, fome 
