Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            and ſprinkle up in a fine Dew. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s543" xml:space="preserve">This inſtance doth excellently demonſtrate
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            the force of Compreßion in a ſolid Body. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s544" xml:space="preserve">For whenſoever a folid Body (as
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            Wood, Stone, Metal, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s545" xml:space="preserve">c.) </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s546" xml:space="preserve">is preſſed, there is an in ward tumult in the parts
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            thereof, ſeeking to deliver themſelves from the Compreſſion: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s547" xml:space="preserve">And this is
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            the cauſe of all Violent Motion. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s548" xml:space="preserve">Wherein it is ſtrange in the higheſt degree,
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            that this Motion hath never been obſerved, nor enquired; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s549" xml:space="preserve">it being of all
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            Motions, the moſt common, and the chief root of all Mechanical Operations.
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            This Motion worketh in round at firſt, by way of Proof and Search, which
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            way to deliver it ſelf, and then worketh in Progreſs, where it findeth the
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            deliverance eaſieſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s551" xml:space="preserve">In Liquors this Motion is viſible; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s552" xml:space="preserve">for all Liquors ſtruck-
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            en, make round circles, and withal daſh, but in Solids (which break not) it is
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            ſo ſubtile, as it is inviſible; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s553" xml:space="preserve">but nevertheleſs bewrayeth it ſelf by many
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            effects, as in this inſtance whereof we ſpeak. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s554" xml:space="preserve">For the Preſſure of the Finger
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            furthered by the wetting (becauſe it ſticketh ſo much the better unto the
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            Lip of the Glaſs) after ſome continuance, putteth all the ſmall parts of the
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            Glaſs into work, that they ſtrike the Water ſharply; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s555" xml:space="preserve">from which Percußion,
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            that ſprinkling cometh.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s557" xml:space="preserve">If you ſtrike or pierce a Solid Body that is brittle, as Glaſs or Sugar, it
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            breaketh not onely where the immediate force is, but breaketh all about
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            into ſhivers and fitters; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s558" xml:space="preserve">the Motion upon the Preſſure ſearching all ways,
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            and breaking where it findeth the Body weakeſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s560" xml:space="preserve">The Powder in Shot being dilated into ſuch a Flame, as endureth not
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            Compreſſion, moveth likewiſe in round (the Flame being in the nature of
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            a Liquid Body) ſometimes recoyling, ſometimes breaking the Peece, but
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            generally diſcharging the Bullet, becauſe there it findeth eaſieſt deliver-
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            ance.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s562" xml:space="preserve">This Motion upon Preſſure, and the Reciprocal thereof, which is Mo-
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            tion upon Tenſure; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s563" xml:space="preserve">we uſe to call (by one common name) Motion of Liber-
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            ty; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s564" xml:space="preserve">which is, when any Body being forced to a Preternatural Extent or Di-
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            menſion, delivereth and reſtoreth it ſelf to the natural: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s565" xml:space="preserve">As when a blown
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            Bladder (preſſed) riſeth again; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s566" xml:space="preserve">or when Leather or Cloth tentured, ſpring
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            back. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s567" xml:space="preserve">Theſe two Motions (of which there be infinite inſtances) we ſhall
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            handle in due place.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s569" xml:space="preserve">This Motion upon Preſſure is excellently alſo demonſtrated in Sounds:
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            As when one chimeth upon a Bell, it ſoundeth; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s571" xml:space="preserve">but as ſoon as he layeth his
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            hand upon it, the Sonnd ceaſeth: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s572" xml:space="preserve">And ſo, the ſound of a Virginal String, as
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            ſoon as the Quill of the Jack falleth from it, ſtoppeth. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s573" xml:space="preserve">For theſe ſounds are
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            produced by the ſubtile Percuſſion of the Minute parts of the Bell or String
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            upon the Air; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s574" xml:space="preserve">All one, as the Water is cauſed to leap by the ſubtile Percuſſi-
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            on of the Minute parts of the Glaſs upon the Water, whereof we ſpake a lit-
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            tle before in the Ninth Experiment. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s575" xml:space="preserve">For you muſt not take it to be the local
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            ſhaking of the Bell or String that doth it. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s576" xml:space="preserve">As we ſhall fully declare when
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            we come hereafter to handle Sounds
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            .</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s578" xml:space="preserve">TAke a Glaß with a Belly, and a long Neb, fill the Belly (in part) with
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            Water: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s579" xml:space="preserve">Take alſo another Glaß, whereinto put Claret Wïne and Water
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              in Conſort,
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              touching Se-
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              parations of
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              Bodies;
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            mingled. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s580" xml:space="preserve">Reverſe the firſt Glaſs, with the Belly upwards, ſtopping the
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            Neb with your Finger; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s581" xml:space="preserve">then dip the mouth of it within the ſecond Glaſs,
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            and remove your Finger. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s582" xml:space="preserve">Continue it in that poſture for a time, and it
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            will unmingle the Wine from the Water; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s583" xml:space="preserve">the Wine aſcending and ſetling in
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            the top of the upper Glaſs, and the Water deſcending and ſetling in the
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            bottom of the lower Glaſs. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s584" xml:space="preserve">The paſſage is apparent to the Eye; </s>
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