1does not really upon the ceaſing of its un
uſual agitation by little and little relapſe
into water, I ſhould ſtrongly ſuſpect that
'tis poſſible for Water to be eaſily turn'd
into Air. I remember indeed, that we
have formerly taught that there lurks an
interſperſed Air in the pores of ordinary
Water, which may poſſibly be ſtruck out
by the breaking of the Water in its fall
into the Æolian Chamber, (as he calls it.)
But in regard the Scheme ſeems to repre
ſent that Chamber as cloſely ſhut, and
thereby forbids us to ſuppoſe that any Air
is carried into it but what is latitant in the
Water, it will ſcarce ſeem probable to
him who remembers how ſmall a propor
tion of Air, that appear'd to be when its
rarification ſeaſed, which was conceal'd in
the Water we freed from bubbles in our
Receiver, that ſo little Air as is common
ly diſperſ'd through Water, ſhould be a
ble, in ſo little Water as was requiſite for
ſo ſmall a room, to make ſo vehement a
Wind as our Author here tells us of. I
have ſometime therefore ſuſpected, that
in this caſe the Wind may be produc'd by
ſmall particles of the water it ſelf, forci
bly expell'd out of the Chamber into the
Organs. And to the Objection to which
uſual agitation by little and little relapſe
into water, I ſhould ſtrongly ſuſpect that
'tis poſſible for Water to be eaſily turn'd
into Air. I remember indeed, that we
have formerly taught that there lurks an
interſperſed Air in the pores of ordinary
Water, which may poſſibly be ſtruck out
by the breaking of the Water in its fall
into the Æolian Chamber, (as he calls it.)
But in regard the Scheme ſeems to repre
ſent that Chamber as cloſely ſhut, and
thereby forbids us to ſuppoſe that any Air
is carried into it but what is latitant in the
Water, it will ſcarce ſeem probable to
him who remembers how ſmall a propor
tion of Air, that appear'd to be when its
rarification ſeaſed, which was conceal'd in
the Water we freed from bubbles in our
Receiver, that ſo little Air as is common
ly diſperſ'd through Water, ſhould be a
ble, in ſo little Water as was requiſite for
ſo ſmall a room, to make ſo vehement a
Wind as our Author here tells us of. I
have ſometime therefore ſuſpected, that
in this caſe the Wind may be produc'd by
ſmall particles of the water it ſelf, forci
bly expell'd out of the Chamber into the
Organs. And to the Objection to which