1receive it. As ſoon as the neck had reach'd
the bottom of the Liquor it was dipp'd
into, there appear'd at the upper part
(which was before the bottom) of the
Viol a bubble, of about the bigneſs of
a Pea, which ſeem'd rather to conſiſt of
ſmall and recent bubbles, produc'd by the
action of the diſſolving Liquor upon the
Iron, then any parcel of the external Air
that might be ſuſpected to have got in
upon the inverſion of the Glaſs, eſpeci
ally ſince we gave time to thoſe little
Particles of Air which were carried down
with the Nails into the Liquor to fly up
again. But whence this firſt bubble was
produced, is not ſo material to our Expe
riment, in regard it was ſo ſmall: For
ſoon after we perceiv'd the bubbles
produced by the action of the Men
ſtruum, upon the Metal aſcending co
piouſly to the bubble already named, and
breaking into it, did ſoon exceedingly in
creaſe it, and by degrees depreſs the wa
ter lower and lower, till at length the ſub
ſtance contain'd in theſe bubbles poſſeſſed
the whole cavity of the Glaſs Viol, and
almoſt of its Neck too, reaching much
lower in the Neck then the ſurface of the
ambient Liquor, wherewith the open
mouth'd Glaſs was by this means almoſt
the bottom of the Liquor it was dipp'd
into, there appear'd at the upper part
(which was before the bottom) of the
Viol a bubble, of about the bigneſs of
a Pea, which ſeem'd rather to conſiſt of
ſmall and recent bubbles, produc'd by the
action of the diſſolving Liquor upon the
Iron, then any parcel of the external Air
that might be ſuſpected to have got in
upon the inverſion of the Glaſs, eſpeci
ally ſince we gave time to thoſe little
Particles of Air which were carried down
with the Nails into the Liquor to fly up
again. But whence this firſt bubble was
produced, is not ſo material to our Expe
riment, in regard it was ſo ſmall: For
ſoon after we perceiv'd the bubbles
produced by the action of the Men
ſtruum, upon the Metal aſcending co
piouſly to the bubble already named, and
breaking into it, did ſoon exceedingly in
creaſe it, and by degrees depreſs the wa
ter lower and lower, till at length the ſub
ſtance contain'd in theſe bubbles poſſeſſed
the whole cavity of the Glaſs Viol, and
almoſt of its Neck too, reaching much
lower in the Neck then the ſurface of the
ambient Liquor, wherewith the open
mouth'd Glaſs was by this means almoſt
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