1almoſt with Quick-ſilver, and faſtning a
mark over againſt the middle of the pro
tuberant Superficies as near as our Eyes
could judge, we found that the Quick
ſilver alone weighed 299 1/32 Grains: Then
the Quick-ſilver being pour'd out, and
the ſame Glaſs being fill'd as full of com
mon Water, we found the Liquor to
weigh 21 7/8 Grains. Whereby it appear'd
that the weight of Water to Quick
ſilver, is as one to (13 19/28): Though our Il
luſtrious Verulam (queſtionleſs not for
want of Judgement or Care, but of ex
act Inſtruments) makes the proportion
betwixt thoſe two Liquors to be greater
then of 1 to 17. And to adde, that up
on the by, ſince Quick-ſilver and well
rectified Spirit of Wine, are (how juſtly
I ſay not) accounted, the one the hea
vieſt, and the other the lighteſt of Li
quors; we thought to fill in the ſame
Glaſs, and with the ſame Scales to ob
ſerve the difference betwixt them, which
we found to be as of 1 to (16 641/1084); where
by it appear'd, That the difference be
twixt Spirit of Wine, that may be made
to burn all away, (ſuch as was ours) and
common Water, is as betwixt 1 and (1 44/171)
mark over againſt the middle of the pro
tuberant Superficies as near as our Eyes
could judge, we found that the Quick
ſilver alone weighed 299 1/32 Grains: Then
the Quick-ſilver being pour'd out, and
the ſame Glaſs being fill'd as full of com
mon Water, we found the Liquor to
weigh 21 7/8 Grains. Whereby it appear'd
that the weight of Water to Quick
ſilver, is as one to (13 19/28): Though our Il
luſtrious Verulam (queſtionleſs not for
want of Judgement or Care, but of ex
act Inſtruments) makes the proportion
betwixt thoſe two Liquors to be greater
then of 1 to 17. And to adde, that up
on the by, ſince Quick-ſilver and well
rectified Spirit of Wine, are (how juſtly
I ſay not) accounted, the one the hea
vieſt, and the other the lighteſt of Li
quors; we thought to fill in the ſame
Glaſs, and with the ſame Scales to ob
ſerve the difference betwixt them, which
we found to be as of 1 to (16 641/1084); where
by it appear'd, That the difference be
twixt Spirit of Wine, that may be made
to burn all away, (ſuch as was ours) and
common Water, is as betwixt 1 and (1 44/171)