1being barely agitated, diſperſ'd, and con
ſequently otherways rang'd, exhibite a
colour, if we were not unwilling to rob
our Collection of Experiments concern
ing Colours.
ſequently otherways rang'd, exhibite a
colour, if we were not unwilling to rob
our Collection of Experiments concern
ing Colours.
But, My Lord, I foreſee You may
make ſome Objections againſt our pro
poſed gheſs, which perhaps I ſhall ſcarce
be able to anſwer, eſpecially, if You in
ſiſt upon having me render a Reaſon why
our Phænomenon appears not conſtant
ly.
make ſome Objections againſt our pro
poſed gheſs, which perhaps I ſhall ſcarce
be able to anſwer, eſpecially, if You in
ſiſt upon having me render a Reaſon why
our Phænomenon appears not conſtant
ly.
I might indeed anſwer, that probably
it would do ſo, if inſtead of our great
Receiver we uſe ſuch a ſmall Viol as we
have lately mention'd, wherein the Diſſi
lition of the Air being much greater, is
like to be the more conſpicuous: Since I
remember not that we ever made our try
al with ſuch ſmall Veſſels, without find
ing the expected whiteneſs to appear. But
it would remain to be explicated, why in
our great Receiver the Phænomenon ſhould
ſometimes be ſeen, and oftentimes not ap
pear. And though that Conjecture which
we laſt made ſhould not be rejected, yet if
we were further preſſ'd to aſſign a reaſon
why the Air ſhould abound with ſuch Par
ticles, as we there ſuppoſe, more at one
it would do ſo, if inſtead of our great
Receiver we uſe ſuch a ſmall Viol as we
have lately mention'd, wherein the Diſſi
lition of the Air being much greater, is
like to be the more conſpicuous: Since I
remember not that we ever made our try
al with ſuch ſmall Veſſels, without find
ing the expected whiteneſs to appear. But
it would remain to be explicated, why in
our great Receiver the Phænomenon ſhould
ſometimes be ſeen, and oftentimes not ap
pear. And though that Conjecture which
we laſt made ſhould not be rejected, yet if
we were further preſſ'd to aſſign a reaſon
why the Air ſhould abound with ſuch Par
ticles, as we there ſuppoſe, more at one