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can follow,the water gathereth vpon an heapc,towards the Hinder -End, 
where the Motion began ; Which he fuppofeth, (holding confidently 
the Motion of the Earth,) to be the Caufe ot the Ebbing and Flowing of the 
OmztfjBecaufethe Earth ouer-runneth the water. Which Theojyxhough 
it be talle, yet the fi rft Experiment is true. As for the Inequality of the 
| Preffure of Parts jx appeareth manifeflly in this That if you take a Body 
i of Stone, or Iron, and another of Wood, of the fame Magnitude, and Shape, 
: and throw them with cquall Force, you cannot pofiibly throw the 
! wood, fo farre, as the Stone, or iron, 
I T is certaine, (as it hath beene formerly, in parr, touched,) that wa¬ 
ter maybe. the Mediutn of sounds . If youdafha Stone againfi a Stone 
| in the Bottome of the water, it maketh a Sound. So a long Pole ftrucke vp- 
oh Grauell , in th e Bottome ohbeWaiter, maketh a Sound. Nay, if you 
lliould thinke.that tbeSound commeth vpby the Pole , and not by the 
waiter, you fhall findethat an Author, let downeby a Roape, maketh a 
Sound And yet the Roape is no Solid Body, whereby the Sound can 
afeend. 
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A LL Obi efts of theSe^r,which are very offenfiue, do caufe thetyz- 
rits to retirc 5 And vpon their plight, the Parts axe (in fome degree) 
deftitute-And fo there is induced in them ar vepidation andHorrour.Vot 
Sounds,we fee that the Gratingofa Sart,ox any sexy Hayjh Noife,wiWbez 
the Teeth on edge, and make all the Body Shiuer. For Tajles, we fee rhac 
in the Taking of a Potion, or Pits, the Heads nd the Necke fhake. For O- 
diom Smels, the like Effeft followeth, which is lefTe perceiued, becaufe 
there is a Remedy at hand, by Stopping of the Nofe: But in Horfes, that 
can vfe no fuch Helpe,we fee phe Smell of a Carrion,e( pecialiy of a Dead 
Horfe , maketh them flie away,and take on,almofl as if they were Mad. 
For Feeling , if you come out of the Sunnt, fuddenly, into a shade, there 
followeth a ChiineJJ'e, or Shiuering in all the Body. Andeuen in Sight, 
which hath (in effc6t).no Odious ObieB, Comming into Sudden Dark- 
neffe, induceth an Offer to Shiuer ; 
T Here is, in the City of Ticinum, in Italy , a Church , that hath Win- 
dowes only from aboue : It is in Length an Hundred Feet, in 
BreadthTwenty Feet,and in Height neere Fifty* Hailing a DWc in the 
Middcft; It reportetfi therc?Vft,twelue,orthirteene times,ifyou Hand 
by the Clofe End wall, ouer againfi the Doore. The Eccho tadeth and dy- 
edi by little and little,as the Eccho at Pont-charenton doth. And the Coice 
foundeth, as if it came from aboue the Doore. And if you fland at’rhe 
Lower End, or on either Side of the Doore , the Eccho holdeth-But if you 
Band in the iboore, or in the Middefi iuft ouer againfi the Doore, not. 
Note that all Eccho’s found better againfi Old wals , than Blew $ Becaufb 
they are more Dry and Hollow. , , 
S Thofe 
Experiment 
Solitatiy teu- 
rhing Water, 
that it may bee 
the Medium ot 
Sounds. 
19 & 
Experiment 
Solitary of the 
Fl.'sptohhi 
Spirits vpon 0. 
diom ObitCis. 
191 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Sh~ 
pci-KeflcCiian 
of Bub 's. 
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