1next Morning, and found the Bladder
fallen yet lower. As if the very ſubſtance
of it, had imbibed ſome of the moiſture
wherewith the Air (the Seaſon being ve
ry rainy) did then abound: As Lute
ſtrings, which are made likewiſe of the
Membranous parts of Guts, ſtrongly
wreath'd, are known to ſwell ſo much,
oftentimes as to break in rainy and wet
weather. Which conjecture is the more to
beregarded, becauſe congruouſly unto it
one of the company having a little warm'd
the Bladder, found it then lighter then
the oppoſite weight. But this muſt be
look'd upon as a bare conjecture, till we
can gain time to make further tryals about
it. In the mean while we ſhall adde, that
without removing the Scales or the Co
ver of the Receiver, we again cauſ'd the
Air to be drawn out (the weather conti
ing very moiſt) but found not any manifeſt
alteration in the ballance; whether be
cauſe the Æquilibrium was too far loſt to
let a ſmall change appear, we determine
not.
fallen yet lower. As if the very ſubſtance
of it, had imbibed ſome of the moiſture
wherewith the Air (the Seaſon being ve
ry rainy) did then abound: As Lute
ſtrings, which are made likewiſe of the
Membranous parts of Guts, ſtrongly
wreath'd, are known to ſwell ſo much,
oftentimes as to break in rainy and wet
weather. Which conjecture is the more to
beregarded, becauſe congruouſly unto it
one of the company having a little warm'd
the Bladder, found it then lighter then
the oppoſite weight. But this muſt be
look'd upon as a bare conjecture, till we
can gain time to make further tryals about
it. In the mean while we ſhall adde, that
without removing the Scales or the Co
ver of the Receiver, we again cauſ'd the
Air to be drawn out (the weather conti
ing very moiſt) but found not any manifeſt
alteration in the ballance; whether be
cauſe the Æquilibrium was too far loſt to
let a ſmall change appear, we determine
not.
But to make the Experiment with a
Body leſs apt to be altered by the tempe
rature of the Air, then was the Bladder;
we brought the Scales again to an Æqui-
Body leſs apt to be altered by the tempe
rature of the Air, then was the Bladder;
we brought the Scales again to an Æqui-