1time been communicated or propagated
through both the Glaſſes, and the inter
val betwixt them to the Impriſon'd Air,
did ſo rarifie that, as to inable it, by preſ
ſing upon the ſubjacent Water, to impel
that in the Pipe very many times as far as
it had fallen downwards upon the Exſucti
on of the Air.
through both the Glaſſes, and the inter
val betwixt them to the Impriſon'd Air,
did ſo rarifie that, as to inable it, by preſ
ſing upon the ſubjacent Water, to impel
that in the Pipe very many times as far as
it had fallen downwards upon the Exſucti
on of the Air.
Yet ſhall not we conclude, that in the
cavity of the Receiver the cold was great
er after the Exſuction of the Air then be
fore.
cavity of the Receiver the cold was great
er after the Exſuction of the Air then be
fore.
For if it be demanded what then could
cauſe the fore-mention'd ſubſiding of the
Water? it may be anſwered, That pro
bably it was the reaching of the Glaſs
Egge, which, upon the Exſuction of the
ambient Air, was unable to reſiſt alto
gether as much as formerly the preſſure of
the included Air, and of the Atmoſphere,
which by the intervenſion of the Water,
preſſ'd upon its concave ſurface: Which
ſeem'd probable, as well by what was a
bove deliver'd, in the Experiment about
the breaking of the Glaſs by the force of
the Atmoſphere; as by this notable Cir
cumſtance (which we divers times ob
ſerv'd) That when by drawing the Air out
of the Receiver, the Water in the Pipe
cauſe the fore-mention'd ſubſiding of the
Water? it may be anſwered, That pro
bably it was the reaching of the Glaſs
Egge, which, upon the Exſuction of the
ambient Air, was unable to reſiſt alto
gether as much as formerly the preſſure of
the included Air, and of the Atmoſphere,
which by the intervenſion of the Water,
preſſ'd upon its concave ſurface: Which
ſeem'd probable, as well by what was a
bove deliver'd, in the Experiment about
the breaking of the Glaſs by the force of
the Atmoſphere; as by this notable Cir
cumſtance (which we divers times ob
ſerv'd) That when by drawing the Air out
of the Receiver, the Water in the Pipe
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