And on this occaſion I remember, that
whereas it appears by our fifth Experi
ment, That the Aërial Corpuſcles (ex
cept perhaps ſome that are extraordinari
ly fine) will not paſſe thorow the Pores
of a Lambs Bladder, yet Particles of Wa
ter will, as we have long ſince obſerv'd,
and as may be eaſily try'd, by very cloſe
ly tying a little Alcalizate Salt (we uſ'd
the Calx of Tartar, made with Nitre)
in a fine Bladder, and dipping the lower
end of the Bladder in Water; for if you
hold it there for a competent while, you
will finde that there will ſtrain thorow the
Pores of the Bladder Water enough to
diſſolve the Salt into a Liquor.
whereas it appears by our fifth Experi
ment, That the Aërial Corpuſcles (ex
cept perhaps ſome that are extraordinari
ly fine) will not paſſe thorow the Pores
of a Lambs Bladder, yet Particles of Wa
ter will, as we have long ſince obſerv'd,
and as may be eaſily try'd, by very cloſe
ly tying a little Alcalizate Salt (we uſ'd
the Calx of Tartar, made with Nitre)
in a fine Bladder, and dipping the lower
end of the Bladder in Water; for if you
hold it there for a competent while, you
will finde that there will ſtrain thorow the
Pores of the Bladder Water enough to
diſſolve the Salt into a Liquor.
But I ſee I am ſlipt into a Digreſſion,
wherefore I will not examine, whether,
the Experiment I have related, proceed
ed from hence, That the ſpringy Texture
of the Corpuſcles of the Air, makes
them leſs apt to yield and accommodate
themſelves eaſily to the narrow Pores of
Bodies, then the more flexible Particles
of Water; or whether it may more pro
babiy be aſcrib'd to ſome other Cauſe.
Nor will I ſtay to conſider how far we may
hence be aſſiſted to gheſs at the cauſe of
the aſcenſion of Water in the ſlender
wherefore I will not examine, whether,
the Experiment I have related, proceed
ed from hence, That the ſpringy Texture
of the Corpuſcles of the Air, makes
them leſs apt to yield and accommodate
themſelves eaſily to the narrow Pores of
Bodies, then the more flexible Particles
of Water; or whether it may more pro
babiy be aſcrib'd to ſome other Cauſe.
Nor will I ſtay to conſider how far we may
hence be aſſiſted to gheſs at the cauſe of
the aſcenſion of Water in the ſlender