202168Natural Hiſtory;
the voice twelve or thirteen times.
If you ſtand by the cloſe end-wall over
againſt the Door, the Echo fadeth and dieth by little and little, as the Echo
at Pont-Charenton doth, and the voice ſoundeth as if it came from above the
Door; and if you ſtand at the lower end, or on either ſide of the Door, the
Fcho holdeth; but if you ſtand in the Door, or in the midſt juſt over againſt
the Door, not. Note, that all Echoes ſound better againſt old Walls then
new, becauſe they are more dry and hollow.
againſt the Door, the Echo fadeth and dieth by little and little, as the Echo
at Pont-Charenton doth, and the voice ſoundeth as if it came from above the
Door; and if you ſtand at the lower end, or on either ſide of the Door, the
Fcho holdeth; but if you ſtand in the Door, or in the midſt juſt over againſt
the Door, not. Note, that all Echoes ſound better againſt old Walls then
new, becauſe they are more dry and hollow.
THoſe effects which are wrought by the percuſſion of the Senſe, and by
11795.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
force of Imagi-
nation, Imi-
tating that of
the Senſe. things in Fact, are produced likewiſe in ſome degree by the Imagina-
tion: Thereſore if a man ſee another eat ſour or acide things, which ſet the
Teeth on edge, this object tainteth the Imagination; ſo that he that ſeeth
the thing done by another hath his own Teeth alſo ſet on edge. So if a man
ſee another turn ſwiftly and long, or if he look upon Wheels that turn, him-
ſelf waxeth Turn-ſick. So if a man be upon a high place, without Rails, or
good hold, except he be uſed to it, he is ready to fall; for imagining a fall,
it putteth his ſpirits into the very action of a fall. So many upon the ſeeing
of others Bleed, or Strangled, or Tortured, themſelves are ready to faint,
as if they bled, or were in ſtrife.
11795.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
force of Imagi-
nation, Imi-
tating that of
the Senſe. things in Fact, are produced likewiſe in ſome degree by the Imagina-
tion: Thereſore if a man ſee another eat ſour or acide things, which ſet the
Teeth on edge, this object tainteth the Imagination; ſo that he that ſeeth
the thing done by another hath his own Teeth alſo ſet on edge. So if a man
ſee another turn ſwiftly and long, or if he look upon Wheels that turn, him-
ſelf waxeth Turn-ſick. So if a man be upon a high place, without Rails, or
good hold, except he be uſed to it, he is ready to fall; for imagining a fall,
it putteth his ſpirits into the very action of a fall. So many upon the ſeeing
of others Bleed, or Strangled, or Tortured, themſelves are ready to faint,
as if they bled, or were in ſtrife.
TAke a Stock-Gilliflower, and tie it gently upon a ſtick, and put them both
22796.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Preſervation
of Bodies. both into a Stoop-glaſs full of Quick-ſilver, ſo that the Flower be
covered; then lay a little weight upon the top of the Glaſs, that may keep
the ſtick down; and look upon them after four or five days, and you ſhall
finde the Flower freſh, and the Stalk harder and leſs flexible then it was.
If you compare it with another Flower, gathered at the ſame time, it will
be the more manifeſt. This ſheweth, that Bodies do preſerve excellently in
Quick-ſilver; and not preſerve onely, but by the coldneſs of the Quick-ſilver,
indurate. For the freſhneſs of the Flower may be meerly Conſervation,
(which is the more to be obſerved, becauſe the Quick-ſilver preſſeth the Flower)
but the ſtifneſs of the Stalk cannot be without Induration from the cold (as
it ſeemeth) of the Quick-ſilver.
22796.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Preſervation
of Bodies. both into a Stoop-glaſs full of Quick-ſilver, ſo that the Flower be
covered; then lay a little weight upon the top of the Glaſs, that may keep
the ſtick down; and look upon them after four or five days, and you ſhall
finde the Flower freſh, and the Stalk harder and leſs flexible then it was.
If you compare it with another Flower, gathered at the ſame time, it will
be the more manifeſt. This ſheweth, that Bodies do preſerve excellently in
Quick-ſilver; and not preſerve onely, but by the coldneſs of the Quick-ſilver,
indurate. For the freſhneſs of the Flower may be meerly Conſervation,
(which is the more to be obſerved, becauſe the Quick-ſilver preſſeth the Flower)
but the ſtifneſs of the Stalk cannot be without Induration from the cold (as
it ſeemeth) of the Quick-ſilver.
IT is reported by ſome of the Ancients, That in Cyprus there is a kinde of
33797.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Growth or
Multiplying
of Metals. Iron, that being cut into little pieces, and put into the ground, if it be well
watered, will encreaſe into greater pieces. This is certain, and known of old,
that Lead will multiply and encreaſe; as hath been ſeen in old Statues of
Stone, which have been put in Cellars, the Feet of them being bound with
Leaden bands; where (after a time) there appeared, that the Lead did ſwell,
inſomuch, as it hanged upon the Stone like Warts.
33797.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Growth or
Multiplying
of Metals. Iron, that being cut into little pieces, and put into the ground, if it be well
watered, will encreaſe into greater pieces. This is certain, and known of old,
that Lead will multiply and encreaſe; as hath been ſeen in old Statues of
Stone, which have been put in Cellars, the Feet of them being bound with
Leaden bands; where (after a time) there appeared, that the Lead did ſwell,
inſomuch, as it hanged upon the Stone like Warts.
ICall that drowning of Metals, when the baſer Metal is ſo incorporate
44798.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Drowning of
the more Baſe
Metal, in the
more Precious. with the more rich, as it can by no means be ſeparated again; which is a
kinde of Verſion, though falſe; as if Silver ſhould be inſeparably incorpo-
rated with Gold, or Copper and Lead with Silver. The Ancient Electrum had
in it a fifth of Silver to the Gold, and made a Compound Metal, as fit for
moſt uſes as Gold, and more reſplendent, and more qualified in ſome
other properties; but then that was eaſily ſeparated. This to do privily,
or to make the Compound paſs for the rich Metal ſimple, is an adulteration
or counterfeiting; but if it be done avowedly and without diſguifing, it
may be a great ſaving of the richer Metal. I remember to have heard of
a man skilful in Metals, that a fifteenth part of Silver incorporate with
44798.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Drowning of
the more Baſe
Metal, in the
more Precious. with the more rich, as it can by no means be ſeparated again; which is a
kinde of Verſion, though falſe; as if Silver ſhould be inſeparably incorpo-
rated with Gold, or Copper and Lead with Silver. The Ancient Electrum had
in it a fifth of Silver to the Gold, and made a Compound Metal, as fit for
moſt uſes as Gold, and more reſplendent, and more qualified in ſome
other properties; but then that was eaſily ſeparated. This to do privily,
or to make the Compound paſs for the rich Metal ſimple, is an adulteration
or counterfeiting; but if it be done avowedly and without diſguifing, it
may be a great ſaving of the richer Metal. I remember to have heard of
a man skilful in Metals, that a fifteenth part of Silver incorporate with
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