1terly unable to break one ſomewhat thic
ker, within whoſe cavity it was impri
ſon'd; whereas Air pent up and agitated
by heat is able to perform ſo much more
conſiderable effects, that (not to mention
thoſe of Rarefaction that are more obvi
ous) the Learned Jeſuit Cabæus (he that
writ of the Load-ſtone) relates, That he
ſaw a Marble Pillar (ſo vaſt, that three
men together with diſplay'd arms could
not imbrace it, and that 1000 Yoke of
Oxen drawing it ſeveral ways with all
their ſtrength, could not have torn it
aſſunder) quite broken off in the midſt,
by reaſon of ſome Wood, which hap
pening to be burnt juſt by the Pillar, the
heat proceeding from the neighboring
Fire, ſo rarified ſome Air or Spirituous
Matter which was ſhut up in the cavities
of the Marble, that it broke through the
ſolid Body of the Stone to obtain room
to expand it ſelf.
ker, within whoſe cavity it was impri
ſon'd; whereas Air pent up and agitated
by heat is able to perform ſo much more
conſiderable effects, that (not to mention
thoſe of Rarefaction that are more obvi
ous) the Learned Jeſuit Cabæus (he that
writ of the Load-ſtone) relates, That he
ſaw a Marble Pillar (ſo vaſt, that three
men together with diſplay'd arms could
not imbrace it, and that 1000 Yoke of
Oxen drawing it ſeveral ways with all
their ſtrength, could not have torn it
aſſunder) quite broken off in the midſt,
by reaſon of ſome Wood, which hap
pening to be burnt juſt by the Pillar, the
heat proceeding from the neighboring
Fire, ſo rarified ſome Air or Spirituous
Matter which was ſhut up in the cavities
of the Marble, that it broke through the
ſolid Body of the Stone to obtain room
to expand it ſelf.
: Nicoi:
Cab: lib: 4.
Meteo A
Cab: lib: 4.
Meteo A
I remember I have taken notice that
probably the reaſon why the included Air
did not break the hermetically ſeal'd Bub
bles that remain'd intire in our emptyed
Receiver, was, That the Air, being ſome
what rarefied by the Flame imploy'd to
cloſe the Glaſs, its Spring, upon the re-
probably the reaſon why the included Air
did not break the hermetically ſeal'd Bub
bles that remain'd intire in our emptyed
Receiver, was, That the Air, being ſome
what rarefied by the Flame imploy'd to
cloſe the Glaſs, its Spring, upon the re-