1That they aſcended with a very notable
celerity: Next, That being arriv'd at the
top, they made no ſtay there, and yet,
notwithſtanding the great thinneſs and
ſpitituouſneſs of the Liquor, did, before
they broke, lift up the upper ſurface of
it, and for a moment or two form thereof
a thin film or skin which appear'd protu
berant above the reſt of the ſuperficies
like a ſmall Hemiſphere. Thirdly, That
they aſcended ſtraight up, whereas thoſe
produc'd at the lower part of the Veſſel,
containing the mixture of the Water and
Spirit of Wine, aſcended with a waver
ing or wrigling motion, whereby they
deſcrib'd an indented Line. Laſtly, It
was obſervable in the Spirit of Wine (and
we took notice of the like in the Oyl of
Turpentine lately mention'd) that not
onely the bubbles ſeem'd to riſe from cer
tain determinate places at the bottom of
the Glaſs, but that in their aſcenſion they
kept an almoſt equal diſtance from each
other, and follow'd one another in a cer
tain order, whereby they ſeem'd part of
ſmall Bracelets, conſiſting of equally lit
tle incontiguous Beads: the lower end of
each Bracelet, being as it were, faſten'd to
a certain point at the bottom of the Glaſs.
celerity: Next, That being arriv'd at the
top, they made no ſtay there, and yet,
notwithſtanding the great thinneſs and
ſpitituouſneſs of the Liquor, did, before
they broke, lift up the upper ſurface of
it, and for a moment or two form thereof
a thin film or skin which appear'd protu
berant above the reſt of the ſuperficies
like a ſmall Hemiſphere. Thirdly, That
they aſcended ſtraight up, whereas thoſe
produc'd at the lower part of the Veſſel,
containing the mixture of the Water and
Spirit of Wine, aſcended with a waver
ing or wrigling motion, whereby they
deſcrib'd an indented Line. Laſtly, It
was obſervable in the Spirit of Wine (and
we took notice of the like in the Oyl of
Turpentine lately mention'd) that not
onely the bubbles ſeem'd to riſe from cer
tain determinate places at the bottom of
the Glaſs, but that in their aſcenſion they
kept an almoſt equal diſtance from each
other, and follow'd one another in a cer
tain order, whereby they ſeem'd part of
ſmall Bracelets, conſiſting of equally lit
tle incontiguous Beads: the lower end of
each Bracelet, being as it were, faſten'd to
a certain point at the bottom of the Glaſs.
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