Qenturj 1 V. 
monlyagainfl theRayesof the Snnne. They hauea fqoljjli Tradition 
in Mapicke, that if a Cbamdion be burnt vpon the Top ofa Houle,ic will 
raife a rcmpeft. Supponng(according to theuvvainc Drescues 
j pathies )-becau(e he nourifheth with Aire, fajsjBady Ihoiuild-haiie great 1 
vertue to make Impreflion vpon the Aire, 
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95 
I T is reported by one of the Ancients $ tflafc imPart of Media', there are 
Eruptions of Flames out of Plaines • And that thole Flames aw cleere- 
and call not forth lireh Smoake, and Allies, audDummicej as Mounl 
taine Flamesdoffbo Rcafon(no doubt)is,b£caw!£ thcLlameis. not pent, 
as it is in Akountaines^md;Earthquakes whichf:aft ; Ffee.There be alfo 
fome Blind Fires,vndcx which flame not hutjbut. t>/^bfeing pow. 
red vpon them, they flame out. The Caufe whereof is, forthat’itfee- 1 
meth, the Fire is fochoaked,as not able to remoue the Stoiie,icis Heap 
rather than Flame 5 Which neuetfh’elefle is fulhcient to Eoflamc the 
Oile. 
bn 1 -■idirn^n i v >'U 
r T is reported, that in fome Lakes y the water h fo Nitrous, as if Foule 
iCloathes be put into it, itfeoureththem of itfelfe : And if they flay 
any whit long, they moulder away, And the Scouring Vertue ot Nitre 
is the more to be noted,becaufe it is a Body Cold And wee fee warme 
Water Icoureth better than Cold.B ut the Caufe is,for that it hath a Sub- 
till Spirit,which feuereth and diuideth any thing that is foule,and Vif- 
cous,and fticketh vpon a Body. 
T Ake a Bladder, the greateft you can get. Till it full of Wind, and 
tye it about the Necke with a hike thred waxed * And vpon that 
put likewife Wax very clofe 5 So that when the Necke of the Bladder 
drieth, no Aire may poflibly get in, or out. 'Then bury it three or foure 
foot vnder the Earth, in a Vault, or in a Conferuatary of Snow, the Snow 
being made hollow about the B ladder • And after fome Forthnights 
diftance,fee whether the Bladderbe flirunke:For if it be,then it is plain 
that the Coldnejje of the Earth, or Sn.ow, hathCondenfed the Aire, and 
brought it a Degree nearer to water : Which is an Experiment of great 
Confequencei 
I T is a report of fome good credit, that in Deepe Caues, there are Pen - 
file Cryfiall, and Decrees of C ryfiall that drop from aboue. ; And in 
fome other, (though more 'rarely) that rife from below. Which though 
it be chiefly the workc of Cold, yet it may bee, that Water, that paf- 
feth thorow the Earth, gathereth a Nature more clammy,and fitter to 
Congeale, and become Solid, than Water of itfelfe. Therefore Trial! 
would be made,to lay a Heape ofEarth,in great Frofts,vpon a Hollow 
Veflell, putting a Canuafe betweene, that it falleth notin And powre 
Water vpon it,in fuch Quantity, as will be fure to foake thorow. And 
fee whether it will not make an harderlce in the bottome of theVefleJ, 
n „... .. I 5 and 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Subtler- 
tanyVbeb 
•3 W mW 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Nitre, 
% 6 z 
Experiment 
Solitary tou- 
ching Covgea- 
lingoiAire, 
3*3 
Experiment 
Solitaiy cou¬ 
ching lwsta¬ 
ling ot Water 
into Ctyfiati. 
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