zi6 
Statural! Hijiorj: 
o, 
1 
crementitiom Mo f tire, which licth in the Flefh: All which helpe AJs'imt- 
lation. Frictions alfo doe more Fill , and lmpinguate the Body, than Exer- 
cife. The Caufe is, for that in Frictions, the Inward Pans are at reft - 
Which in Exercife are beaten(many times)too much:And for the fame 
Reafon, (as we haue noted heretofore) Gaily-Slants are Fat and Flejhie, 
becaufe they ftirre the Limmes more, and the Inward Parts Idle. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Glebes 
appearing Flat 
at TXjfkace. 
878. 
A JLL Globes afar off appeare Flat. The Caufe is,for that Dfance be- 
X*. ing a Secundary Obiett of sight , is not otherwife difeerned,than by 
more or lefleZ./g^r- which Disparity when it cannot be difeerned,all fee- 
meth One : As it is (generally) in Obiefts not diftin&ly difeerned ; For 
fo Letters , if they be fo farre off, as they cannot be difeerned, fhew but 
as a Dmkijh Paper: And all Engrauhgs and Emboffings, (a farre off) ap¬ 
peare Platne . 
Experiment 
Solitary tou- 
chmgSbadowcs. 
87 9 
'~T“ t He Vtntojl Parts of Shadow es feeme euer to Tremble . The Caufe is, 
1. for that the little Moats ^ which we fee in the Sun,d oe euer Stirre, 
though there be no wind- A nd therefore thofe Mouing, in the Meeting 
of iht Light and the shadow 3 from the Light to the Shadow , and from 
the Shadow to the Lights doe fhew the Shadow to Moue, becaufe the 
Medium Moueth. 
j Experiment 
' Solitary tou- 
I chingtheKow- 
J Zing and 
1 tying of cbeScaj 
880 
O Hallow and Narrow Seas,, breake more than Dcepe and Large. The 
•3 Caufe is, for that the Impuljion being the fame in Both-Where there 
is greater guantitie ofomer, and likewife Space Enough-there the wa- 
m-Rowlcth and Moueth, both more Slowly, and with a Sloper Rife, 
and Fall : But where there is lefle water, and leffe Space, and the water 
dafheth more agaihft the Rottome, there it moueth more S wifely,and 
more inprecipice-, For in the breaking of the wanes there is euer a Precipice . 
Experiment 
Solitary tou- 
1 ching thcD/i/- 1 
co* won of Salt- 
Water. 
88l 
|i: ' 
1 
J T hath beene obferved by the Ancients , that Salt water Boyled , or 
j l. Boyled and Cooled agai^is more Potable , than of it felfe Raw: And 
yet the Tajleof Salt in D filiations by FzVf,rifeth not - For the D filled 
water will be Frejjj. The Caufe may be, for that the Salt Part of the Wa¬ 
ter, doth partly rife inro a Kinde of Scumme on the Top - And partly go- 
cth into a Sediment in the Bottome: And fo is rather a Separation, than 
an Euaporation. But it is too grofte to rife into a Vapour : And fo is a Bit¬ 
ter Tajte likewife • Eor Simple D filled waters , of 'wormnvood, and the 
like, are not Bitter. * 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Re¬ 
turn of Salt- 
ncfleinPitsvp 
on theSta- 
Sfore. 
88i 
f T hath beene fet downe before, that Pits vpon the Sea-Shore, turne 
JLinto Frejh water by Percolation of the Salt through the Sand: But it is 
further noted, by forae of the Ancients, that in fome Places of Ajfricke, 
after a time, the Water in fuch Pits will become Brackijh againe. The 
Caufe is, for that after a time, the very Sands, thorow which the Salt¬ 
water paffeth, become Salt- 3 And fo the Strainer it felfe is tinned with 
Salt . 
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