1in the Viol ſhrinking into a very nar
row compaſs, the Glaſs did, as we expe
cted, fall down to the bottom of the
Jar.
row compaſs, the Glaſs did, as we expe
cted, fall down to the bottom of the
Jar.
But being deſirous before we proceed
ed to any new. Experiment, to try once
more whether the little Glaſs that had
the weight in it might not alſo be raiſ'd.
After we had ſuffer'd the Engine to re
main cloſ'd as it was, for five or ſix
hours, the Pump was again ply'd with
ſo much obſtinacy, that not onely a
bout the upper part of the Jar there ap
pear'd a good number of bubbles (but
very much ſmaller then thoſe we ſaw
the firſt time) but afterwards there
came from the bottom of the Jar, bub
bles about the bigneſs of ſmal Peas: which
the Pump being ſtill kept going, fol
low'd one another, to the number of forty,
coming from the ſtopp'd Violl; whoſe
mouth, it ſeems, had not been ſhut ſo
ſtrongly and cloſely, but that the included
Air, dilating it ſelf by its own ſpring, made
itſelf ſome little paſſage betwixt the Wall
and the Glaſs, and got away in theſe bub
bles; after which, the unſtopp'd Glaſs be
gan to float again, the Air ſhut up in it
ed to any new. Experiment, to try once
more whether the little Glaſs that had
the weight in it might not alſo be raiſ'd.
After we had ſuffer'd the Engine to re
main cloſ'd as it was, for five or ſix
hours, the Pump was again ply'd with
ſo much obſtinacy, that not onely a
bout the upper part of the Jar there ap
pear'd a good number of bubbles (but
very much ſmaller then thoſe we ſaw
the firſt time) but afterwards there
came from the bottom of the Jar, bub
bles about the bigneſs of ſmal Peas: which
the Pump being ſtill kept going, fol
low'd one another, to the number of forty,
coming from the ſtopp'd Violl; whoſe
mouth, it ſeems, had not been ſhut ſo
ſtrongly and cloſely, but that the included
Air, dilating it ſelf by its own ſpring, made
itſelf ſome little paſſage betwixt the Wall
and the Glaſs, and got away in theſe bub
bles; after which, the unſtopp'd Glaſs be
gan to float again, the Air ſhut up in it