1Glaſſes too cloſe ſtopp'd, fill'd with Wa
ter or aqueous Liquors, but by Inſtances
as much more conſiderable as leſs obvi
ous. For I remember, that an Ingenious
Stone-cutter not long ſince complain'd to
me, That ſometimes, through the negli
gence of Servants, the Rain being ſuffer
ed to ſoak into Marble Stones, the ſuper
vening violent Froſts would burſt the
Stones, to the Profeſſors no ſmall dam
age. And I remember another Trades
man, in whoſe Houſe I had Lodgings, was
laſt Winter complaining, that even Im
plements made of Bell-metal, being care
leſly expoſ'd to the wet, have been broken
and ſpoil'd by the Water, which, having
gotten into the little Cavities and Cran
nies of the Metal, was there afterwards
frozen and expanded into Ice. And to
theſe Relations, we can adde one of the
formerly mention'd Cabæus's, whereby
they not onely may be confirm'd, but are
ſurpaſſ'd: For he tells us, That he ſaw a
huge Veſſel of exceeding hard Marble,
ſplit aſunder by congel'd Water, whoſe
Rarefaction, ſays our Author, prov'd ſo
vehement, that the hardneſs of the Stone
yielded to it; and ſo a Veſſel was broken,
which would not have been ſo by 100
ter or aqueous Liquors, but by Inſtances
as much more conſiderable as leſs obvi
ous. For I remember, that an Ingenious
Stone-cutter not long ſince complain'd to
me, That ſometimes, through the negli
gence of Servants, the Rain being ſuffer
ed to ſoak into Marble Stones, the ſuper
vening violent Froſts would burſt the
Stones, to the Profeſſors no ſmall dam
age. And I remember another Trades
man, in whoſe Houſe I had Lodgings, was
laſt Winter complaining, that even Im
plements made of Bell-metal, being care
leſly expoſ'd to the wet, have been broken
and ſpoil'd by the Water, which, having
gotten into the little Cavities and Cran
nies of the Metal, was there afterwards
frozen and expanded into Ice. And to
theſe Relations, we can adde one of the
formerly mention'd Cabæus's, whereby
they not onely may be confirm'd, but are
ſurpaſſ'd: For he tells us, That he ſaw a
huge Veſſel of exceeding hard Marble,
ſplit aſunder by congel'd Water, whoſe
Rarefaction, ſays our Author, prov'd ſo
vehement, that the hardneſs of the Stone
yielded to it; and ſo a Veſſel was broken,
which would not have been ſo by 100