1nature of the Air) We think it not unfit
to make a brief mention of ſome of the
particulars which at preſent occur to our
thoughts in favor of either part of the
Queſtion.
to make a brief mention of ſome of the
particulars which at preſent occur to our
thoughts in favor of either part of the
Queſtion.
Firſt then, divers Naturaliſts eſteem the
Air (as well as other Elements) to be in
generable and incorruptible. And reaſons
plauſible enough may be drawn to coun
tenance this Opinion from the conſidera
tion of that permanency that ought to
belong to the corporeal Principles of o
ther Bodies.
Air (as well as other Elements) to be in
generable and incorruptible. And reaſons
plauſible enough may be drawn to coun
tenance this Opinion from the conſidera
tion of that permanency that ought to
belong to the corporeal Principles of o
ther Bodies.
Next, Experience may be pleaded to
the ſame purpoſe, for I have read of ſome
who have in vain attempted to turn Air
into Water, or VVater into Air.
the ſame purpoſe, for I have read of ſome
who have in vain attempted to turn Air
into Water, or VVater into Air.
The diligent Schottus tells us, That a
mongſt the other rarities to be met with
in that great Repoſitory of them, the
Muſæum Kercherianum, there is a round
Glaſs with a tapering Neck near half full
(as one may gueſs by the Scheme he an
nexes) of ordinary Spring-water, which
having been Hermetically ſhut up there
by Clavius the famous Geometrician,
The included water is to this day pre
ſerv'd, not onely clear and pure, as if
it were but newly put in: But (as it ſeems)
mongſt the other rarities to be met with
in that great Repoſitory of them, the
Muſæum Kercherianum, there is a round
Glaſs with a tapering Neck near half full
(as one may gueſs by the Scheme he an
nexes) of ordinary Spring-water, which
having been Hermetically ſhut up there
by Clavius the famous Geometrician,
The included water is to this day pre
ſerv'd, not onely clear and pure, as if
it were but newly put in: But (as it ſeems)