1the Neighboring ſide of the Receiver, it
not onely dafh'd it ſelf to pieces, but
crack'd the very Receiver in many places,
with a great noiſe that much ſurpriſed all
that were in the Room. But it ſeem'd
that in ſo little a Receiver, the Air about
the Viol being ſuddenly drawn out, the
Air Impriſon'd in the Veſſel, having on
it the whole preſſure of the Atmoſphere
(to which by the Pipe open at both ends,
It and the Water were expoſ'd) and not
having on the other ſide the wonted preſ
ſure of the Ambient Air to ballance that
other preſſure, the reſiſtance of the Glaſs
was finally ſurmounted, and the Viol once
beginning to break where it was weakeſt,
the external Air might ruſh in with vio
lence enough to throw the crack'd parcel
ſo forcibly againſt the Neighboring ſide
of the Receiver, as to break that too.
not onely dafh'd it ſelf to pieces, but
crack'd the very Receiver in many places,
with a great noiſe that much ſurpriſed all
that were in the Room. But it ſeem'd
that in ſo little a Receiver, the Air about
the Viol being ſuddenly drawn out, the
Air Impriſon'd in the Veſſel, having on
it the whole preſſure of the Atmoſphere
(to which by the Pipe open at both ends,
It and the Water were expoſ'd) and not
having on the other ſide the wonted preſ
ſure of the Ambient Air to ballance that
other preſſure, the reſiſtance of the Glaſs
was finally ſurmounted, and the Viol once
beginning to break where it was weakeſt,
the external Air might ruſh in with vio
lence enough to throw the crack'd parcel
ſo forcibly againſt the Neighboring ſide
of the Receiver, as to break that too.
And this may be preſumed ſufficient to
verifie what we delivered in that part of
our Appendix to the firſt Experiment,
where we mention'd the almoſt equal
preſſure of the Air on either ſide of a
thin Glaſs Veſſel, as the cauſe of its not
being broken by the forcible Spring of
the contain'd Air. But yet that it be not
ſuſpected that chance had an intereſt in ſo
verifie what we delivered in that part of
our Appendix to the firſt Experiment,
where we mention'd the almoſt equal
preſſure of the Air on either ſide of a
thin Glaſs Veſſel, as the cauſe of its not
being broken by the forcible Spring of
the contain'd Air. But yet that it be not
ſuſpected that chance had an intereſt in ſo
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