Qenturj I. 
are raken forth. So' IpyocraJJe is clarified by mixing with Miike; And bir¬ 
ring ; taboat - And then palling it thorow a Woollen Bag,which they call 
Hippocrates Sleeue: And the Cleaning Nature of the Miike drawerhthe 
Powder of the Spices, and G roller Parts of the Liquor to it • And in the 
| paffagethey fticke vponthe Woolen Bag. 
| The clarifying of water, is an Experiment tending to Health • befides 
! rhe pleafureofthe Eye, when water is Chryftalline. It is effected by caft- 
{ ing in and placing Pebbles, at the Head of a. Current • that the water may 
i ftraine thorow them. 
| It may bee. Percolation doth not onely caufc Clearenelfe and Splen- 
j dor, but SweetncfTe of Sauour • For that alfo followeth, as well as 
; Cleareneffe, when the Finer Parts arefeuered from the GrofTer. So it 
is found, that the Sweats of men that haue much Heat, andexercife 
much, and haue cleane Bodies, and fine Skins, doe Imell fweet • As was 
laid of Alexander j And wee fee commonly, that Gummes hauelweet 
Odours. 
I '" hkcz Glaffe, and put water into it, and wet your Finger, and draw 
it round about the Lip of the Glafle, prelfing it fomewhat hard* 
And after you haue drawneitfome few times about • it will make the 
Water friske and fprinckle vp in a fine Dew. This Inftance doth excel¬ 
lently Demonftrate the Force of Comprepon in a Sollid Body. For 
whenfoevera Sollid Body (as Wood, Stone, Mettall, &c.) isprelfed, 
there is an inward Tumult in the Parts thereof; feeking to deliuer them- 
felues from the Compreffion : And this is the Caufe of all Violent Mo¬ 
tion. Wherein it is ftrange in the higheft Degree, that this CMot'wn 
hathneuer beene obferued, nor inquired : It being of all Motions, the 
moft Common, and the Chiefe Root of all MecbanicaH Operations, j 
This Motion worketh in roundat firft, byway of Proofe, and Search, 
which way to deliuer itlelfe ; And then worketh in progrelfe, where 
it findeth the Deliuerance eaficlt. In Liquors this Motion is vifible: For f 
all Liquors ftrucken make round Circles, and withall Dafh ; but in | 
Solids , (which breakenot) itisfofubtill, as it is inuifible ; But neuer- 
thelefle bewrayeth itlelfe by many Effe<fts • As in this Inflame where¬ 
of wee fpeake. For the Prefjnre of the Finger furthered by the wetting 
(becaufeit Ificketh fo much the better vnto the Lip of the Glaffe) after 
fome continuance, putteth all the fmall Parts of the Glaffe into worker 
that they ftrike the water fharply : from which Per capon that S prink- 1 
lingcommcth. ! 
lfyou ftrike or pierce a Solid Body, that is brittle, as Glaffe, or Sugar, so 
it breaketh not onely, where the immediate force is ; but breaketh all 
about into fhiuers and fitters; The Motion, vpon the Preffure, fearching 1 . 
all wayes - and breaking where it findeth the Body weakeft. | 
The Powder in Shot, being Dilated into fuch a Flame, asendureth not j 
Comprepon 5 Mouethlikewile in round (The Flame being in the Nature j 
ofa Liquid Body:) Sometimes recoiling 5 Sometimes breaking the Piece-, 
v But I; 
8 
Experiments 
in Conforc 
touching MO' 
tion of Bodies 
vpon their 
Vnjj'ure. 
