1to inſtance in our newly mention'd Ex
periment, aſſoon as the Valve was de
preſs'd by the weight we hung at it,
ſhould the Air ſo impetuouſly and copi
ouſly ruſh into the cavity of the Receiver;
if there were before no vacant room there
to receive it? and if there were, then all the
while the Valve kept out the Air, thoſe
litle ſpaces in the Receiver, which the
corpuſcles of that Air afterwards fill'd,
may be concluded to have remain'd em
pty. So that the ſeeming violence,
imploy'd by Nature on the occaſion of
the evacuating of the Veſſel, ſeems to
have come too late to hinder the making
of Vacuities in the Receiver, and only
to have, aſſoon as we permitted, fill'd
up with Air thoſe that were already
made.
periment, aſſoon as the Valve was de
preſs'd by the weight we hung at it,
ſhould the Air ſo impetuouſly and copi
ouſly ruſh into the cavity of the Receiver;
if there were before no vacant room there
to receive it? and if there were, then all the
while the Valve kept out the Air, thoſe
litle ſpaces in the Receiver, which the
corpuſcles of that Air afterwards fill'd,
may be concluded to have remain'd em
pty. So that the ſeeming violence,
imploy'd by Nature on the occaſion of
the evacuating of the Veſſel, ſeems to
have come too late to hinder the making
of Vacuities in the Receiver, and only
to have, aſſoon as we permitted, fill'd
up with Air thoſe that were already
made.
And as for the Care of the Publique
Good of the Univerſe aſcrib'd to dead
and ſtupid Bodies, wee ſhall only de
mand, why in our 19th Experiment, upon
the Exſuction of the ambient Air, the
Water deſerted the upper half of the
Glaſs-Tube; and did not aſcend to fill
it up, till the external Air was let in upon
it: whereas by its eaſy and ſudden regai
ning that upper part of the Tube, it
Good of the Univerſe aſcrib'd to dead
and ſtupid Bodies, wee ſhall only de
mand, why in our 19th Experiment, upon
the Exſuction of the ambient Air, the
Water deſerted the upper half of the
Glaſs-Tube; and did not aſcend to fill
it up, till the external Air was let in upon
it: whereas by its eaſy and ſudden regai
ning that upper part of the Tube, it