1may be thruſt into an 8th, or a yet ſmaller
part of its ordinary extent) it ſeems ne
ceſſary to admit either a notion of conden
ſation & rarefaction that is not intelligi
ble, or that in the capacity of our Recei
ver when preſum'd to be full of Air, there
yet remain'd as much of ſpace as was ta
ken up by all the aërial corpuſcles unpoſ
ſeſſed by the Air. Which ſeemes plainly,
to infer that the Air that ruſh'd into our
empty'd veſſel did not doe it preciſely
to fill up the Vacuities of it, ſince it left ſo
many unfill'd, but rather was thruſt in by
the preſſure of the contiguous Air; which
as it could not, but be always ready to ex
pand it ſelfe, where it found leaſt reſi
ſtance, ſo was it unable to fill the Recei
ver any more, then until the Air within
was reduc'd to the ſame meaſure of Com
pactneſs with that without.
part of its ordinary extent) it ſeems ne
ceſſary to admit either a notion of conden
ſation & rarefaction that is not intelligi
ble, or that in the capacity of our Recei
ver when preſum'd to be full of Air, there
yet remain'd as much of ſpace as was ta
ken up by all the aërial corpuſcles unpoſ
ſeſſed by the Air. Which ſeemes plainly,
to infer that the Air that ruſh'd into our
empty'd veſſel did not doe it preciſely
to fill up the Vacuities of it, ſince it left ſo
many unfill'd, but rather was thruſt in by
the preſſure of the contiguous Air; which
as it could not, but be always ready to ex
pand it ſelfe, where it found leaſt reſi
ſtance, ſo was it unable to fill the Recei
ver any more, then until the Air within
was reduc'd to the ſame meaſure of Com
pactneſs with that without.
We may alſo from our two already of
ten mention'd Experiments further de
duce, that, (ſince Natures hatred of a
Vacuum is but Metaphorical and Ac
cidental, being but a conſequence or re
ſult of the preſſure of the Air and of the
Gravity, and partly alſo of the Fluxility
of ſome other bodies) The power ſhee
makes uſe of to hinder a Vacuum, is not
ten mention'd Experiments further de
duce, that, (ſince Natures hatred of a
Vacuum is but Metaphorical and Ac
cidental, being but a conſequence or re
ſult of the preſſure of the Air and of the
Gravity, and partly alſo of the Fluxility
of ſome other bodies) The power ſhee
makes uſe of to hinder a Vacuum, is not