1there had in readineſs a round and hollow
Veſſel of Pewter, great enough to con
tain two pounds of Water, and exactly
cloſe every where, but at one little hole
where it was to be fill'd; then partly by
ſucking out the Air, and partly by inject
ing Water with a Syringe, it was (not
without ſome difficulty) fill'd up to the
top; and that hole being plac'd directly
upwards, there was a little more Water
leiſurely forc'd in by the Syringe. Upon
which, though the Veſſel were permitted
to reſt, and the hole kept in its former po
ſture, yet the compreſſ'd Water leiſurely
ſwell'd above the Orifice of the hole, and
divers drops ran over along the ſides of the
Veſſel. After this, we cauſ'd a skilful Pew
terer (who had made the Globe) to cloſe
it up in our preſence with Soder ſo exqui
ſitely, that none ſuſpected there was any
thing left in it beſides Water. And laſt
ly, the Veſſel thus ſoder'd up, was wari
ly and often ſtruck in divers places with a
Wooden Mallet, and thereby was mani
feſtly compreſſ d, whereby the incloſed
Water was crouded into leſs room then it
had before: And thereupon when we took
a Needle, and with it and the Mallet per
forated the Veſſel, and drew out the
Veſſel of Pewter, great enough to con
tain two pounds of Water, and exactly
cloſe every where, but at one little hole
where it was to be fill'd; then partly by
ſucking out the Air, and partly by inject
ing Water with a Syringe, it was (not
without ſome difficulty) fill'd up to the
top; and that hole being plac'd directly
upwards, there was a little more Water
leiſurely forc'd in by the Syringe. Upon
which, though the Veſſel were permitted
to reſt, and the hole kept in its former po
ſture, yet the compreſſ'd Water leiſurely
ſwell'd above the Orifice of the hole, and
divers drops ran over along the ſides of the
Veſſel. After this, we cauſ'd a skilful Pew
terer (who had made the Globe) to cloſe
it up in our preſence with Soder ſo exqui
ſitely, that none ſuſpected there was any
thing left in it beſides Water. And laſt
ly, the Veſſel thus ſoder'd up, was wari
ly and often ſtruck in divers places with a
Wooden Mallet, and thereby was mani
feſtly compreſſ d, whereby the incloſed
Water was crouded into leſs room then it
had before: And thereupon when we took
a Needle, and with it and the Mallet per
forated the Veſſel, and drew out the