1Yoke of Oxen drawing it ſeveral ways. I
know, My Lord, that to ſolve this Pro
blem, it will be ſaid, That Congelation
does not (as is commonly, but erroneouſly
preſum'd) reduce water into leſs room
then it poſſeſſ'd before, but rather makes
it take up more. And I have elſewhere
prov'd by particular Experiments, That
whether or no Ice may be truly ſaid to be
Water rarefi'd (for that ſeems queſtion
able) it may be ſaid to take up more room
then the Water did before Glaciation.
But though we grant that freezing makes
Water ſwell, yet, how Cold (which in
Weather-Glaſſes manifeſtly condences
the Air) ſhould expand either the Water,
or the intercepted Air ſo forcibly, as to
perform ſuch things as we have newly re
lated, will yet remain a Problem.
know, My Lord, that to ſolve this Pro
blem, it will be ſaid, That Congelation
does not (as is commonly, but erroneouſly
preſum'd) reduce water into leſs room
then it poſſeſſ'd before, but rather makes
it take up more. And I have elſewhere
prov'd by particular Experiments, That
whether or no Ice may be truly ſaid to be
Water rarefi'd (for that ſeems queſtion
able) it may be ſaid to take up more room
then the Water did before Glaciation.
But though we grant that freezing makes
Water ſwell, yet, how Cold (which in
Weather-Glaſſes manifeſtly condences
the Air) ſhould expand either the Water,
or the intercepted Air ſo forcibly, as to
perform ſuch things as we have newly re
lated, will yet remain a Problem.
In . 4.
WE took an Oval Glaſs, clear and
(leaſt it ſhould break) pretty
ſtrong, with a ſhort Neck at the obtuſer
end, through this Neck, we thruſt almoſt
to the bottom, a Pipe of Glaſs, which was
cloſely Cemented to the newly mention'd
Neck, the upper part of which Pipe,
was drawn in ſome places more ſlender
(leaſt it ſhould break) pretty
ſtrong, with a ſhort Neck at the obtuſer
end, through this Neck, we thruſt almoſt
to the bottom, a Pipe of Glaſs, which was
cloſely Cemented to the newly mention'd
Neck, the upper part of which Pipe,
was drawn in ſome places more ſlender
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