1any moment that our Obſervations were
made in the midſt of Winter, whereas his
were perhaps made in ſome warmer time
of the Year. But I think it were not a
miſs that, by the method formerly pro
poſ'd, the gravity of the Air were ob
ſerv'd both in ſeveral Countries, and in
the ſame Country, in the ſeveral Seaſons
of the Year and differing Temperatures of
the Weather. And I would give ſome
thing of value to know the weight of ſuch
an Æolipile as ours full of air in the midſt
of Winter in Nova Zembla, if that be
true which we formerly took notice of,
namely, That the Hollanders, who Win
tered there, found that Air ſo thick that
their Clock would not go.
made in the midſt of Winter, whereas his
were perhaps made in ſome warmer time
of the Year. But I think it were not a
miſs that, by the method formerly pro
poſ'd, the gravity of the Air were ob
ſerv'd both in ſeveral Countries, and in
the ſame Country, in the ſeveral Seaſons
of the Year and differing Temperatures of
the Weather. And I would give ſome
thing of value to know the weight of ſuch
an Æolipile as ours full of air in the midſt
of Winter in Nova Zembla, if that be
true which we formerly took notice of,
namely, That the Hollanders, who Win
tered there, found that Air ſo thick that
their Clock would not go.
If Your Lordſhip ſhould now ask me,
if I could not by the help of theſe, and
our other Obſervations, decide the Con
troverſies of our Modern Mathematici
ans about the height of the Air or Atmo
ſphere, by determining how high it doth
indeed reach: I ſhould anſwer, That
though it ſeems eaſie enough to ſhew that
divers Famous and Applauded Writers
have been miſtaken in aſſigning the heigth
of the Atmoſphere: Yet it ſeems very
difficult preciſely to define of what height
if I could not by the help of theſe, and
our other Obſervations, decide the Con
troverſies of our Modern Mathematici
ans about the height of the Air or Atmo
ſphere, by determining how high it doth
indeed reach: I ſhould anſwer, That
though it ſeems eaſie enough to ſhew that
divers Famous and Applauded Writers
have been miſtaken in aſſigning the heigth
of the Atmoſphere: Yet it ſeems very
difficult preciſely to define of what height