1alter the diſpoſition of their inſenſible
parts, as to become a white and conſiſtent
Body. And this happens not as in the
precipitation of Benjamin, and ſome o
ther Reſinous Bodies, which being diſ
ſolv'd in Spirit of Wine, may, by the effu
ſion of fair Water, be turn'd into a ſeem
ingly Milky ſubſtance. For this white
neſs belongs not to the whole Liquor, but
to the Corpuſcles of the diſſolv'd Gum,
which after a while ſubſiding leave the Li
quor tranſparent, themſelves onely re
maining white: Whereas in our caſe, 'tis
from the vary'd texture of the whole for
merly tranſparent fluid Body, and not
from this or that part that this whiteneſſe
reſults: For the Body is white thorowout,
and will long continue ſo; and yet may,
in proceſs of time, without any addition,
be totally reduc'd into a tranſparent Bo
dy as before.
parts, as to become a white and conſiſtent
Body. And this happens not as in the
precipitation of Benjamin, and ſome o
ther Reſinous Bodies, which being diſ
ſolv'd in Spirit of Wine, may, by the effu
ſion of fair Water, be turn'd into a ſeem
ingly Milky ſubſtance. For this white
neſs belongs not to the whole Liquor, but
to the Corpuſcles of the diſſolv'd Gum,
which after a while ſubſiding leave the Li
quor tranſparent, themſelves onely re
maining white: Whereas in our caſe, 'tis
from the vary'd texture of the whole for
merly tranſparent fluid Body, and not
from this or that part that this whiteneſſe
reſults: For the Body is white thorowout,
and will long continue ſo; and yet may,
in proceſs of time, without any addition,
be totally reduc'd into a tranſparent Bo
dy as before.
But beſides the Conjecture inſiſted on
all this while, we grounded another upon
the following Obſervation, which was,
That having convey'd ſome ſmoke into
our Receiver plac'd againſt a Window, we
obſerv'd, that upon the exſuction of the
Air, the Corpuſcles that were ſwimming
in it, did manifeſtly enough make the Re-
all this while, we grounded another upon
the following Obſervation, which was,
That having convey'd ſome ſmoke into
our Receiver plac'd againſt a Window, we
obſerv'd, that upon the exſuction of the
Air, the Corpuſcles that were ſwimming
in it, did manifeſtly enough make the Re-