The Air being ſparingly let into the
Receiver, the great bubbles formerly
mention'd as incumbent upon one ano
ther, in that Glaſs that contain'd the Spi
rit of Urine, were by orderly degrees
leſſen'd, till at length they wholly ſubſi
ded, notwithſtanding the receſs of ſo ma
ny bubbles as broke on the top of the
Spirit of Urine, during all the time of the
Experiment; yet it ſcarcely appear'd at all
to be ſunk below the mark: Nor did the
mixture of Spirit of Wine and Water
conſiderably ſubſide. But that is no
thing to what we obſerv'd in the Spirit
of Wine, for not onely it conſpicuouſly
expanded it ſelf in the Neck of the
Veſſel that contain'd it, notwithſtand
ing the largeneſs of it; and that the
bubbles were about to break at the
top of it almoſt aſſoon as they arriv'd
there: but upon the re-admiſſion of
the external Air, the Spirit of Wine
retain'd its newly acquired expanſion.
And though we let it alone for near
an hour together, in expectation that it
might ſubſide; yet when we took it
out, we found it ſtill ſwell'd between a
quarter and half an Inch above the
mark; and although it was not eaſily
Receiver, the great bubbles formerly
mention'd as incumbent upon one ano
ther, in that Glaſs that contain'd the Spi
rit of Urine, were by orderly degrees
leſſen'd, till at length they wholly ſubſi
ded, notwithſtanding the receſs of ſo ma
ny bubbles as broke on the top of the
Spirit of Urine, during all the time of the
Experiment; yet it ſcarcely appear'd at all
to be ſunk below the mark: Nor did the
mixture of Spirit of Wine and Water
conſiderably ſubſide. But that is no
thing to what we obſerv'd in the Spirit
of Wine, for not onely it conſpicuouſly
expanded it ſelf in the Neck of the
Veſſel that contain'd it, notwithſtand
ing the largeneſs of it; and that the
bubbles were about to break at the
top of it almoſt aſſoon as they arriv'd
there: but upon the re-admiſſion of
the external Air, the Spirit of Wine
retain'd its newly acquired expanſion.
And though we let it alone for near
an hour together, in expectation that it
might ſubſide; yet when we took it
out, we found it ſtill ſwell'd between a
quarter and half an Inch above the
mark; and although it was not eaſily
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