1to keep a Cylinder of water of above
a Foot in height from falling to the bot
tom of the Tube, may well enough be
ſuppoſ'd capable of keeping ſo broad a flat
Marble from deſcending. And though this
may ſeem a ſtrange proof of the ſtrength of
the ſpring of Air, ev'n when rarified, yet it
will ſcarce ſeem incredible to him that has
obſerv'd how exceeding ſtrong a coheſion
may be made betwixt broad Bodies, one
ly by their immediate touching one ano
ther. A notable inſtance of which, I
have met with in this ſhort Narrative of
the Learned Zucchius. Fuveni (ſays he)
lacertorum ſuorum robur: jactanti propo
ſita ſemel eſt lamina ærea, per anſam in
medio extantem apprehenſam elevanda è
tabula marmorea, cui optime congruebat:
qui primo tanquam rem ludicr am puero
committendam contempſit: tum inſtanti
bus amicis manum utrámque admovens,
cum luctatus diu hærentem non removiſſet,
excuſavit impotentiam, objecta perigrini
& potentiſsimi glutinis interpoſitione, quo
fortiſsime copulante nequiret divelli; do
nec vidit ab alio per tabulam facilimè lami
nam deduci, & ad extrema product am, &
actam in tranſverſum inàe deportari. But
that we may learn from our own Engine,
a Foot in height from falling to the bot
tom of the Tube, may well enough be
ſuppoſ'd capable of keeping ſo broad a flat
Marble from deſcending. And though this
may ſeem a ſtrange proof of the ſtrength of
the ſpring of Air, ev'n when rarified, yet it
will ſcarce ſeem incredible to him that has
obſerv'd how exceeding ſtrong a coheſion
may be made betwixt broad Bodies, one
ly by their immediate touching one ano
ther. A notable inſtance of which, I
have met with in this ſhort Narrative of
the Learned Zucchius. Fuveni (ſays he)
lacertorum ſuorum robur: jactanti propo
ſita ſemel eſt lamina ærea, per anſam in
medio extantem apprehenſam elevanda è
tabula marmorea, cui optime congruebat:
qui primo tanquam rem ludicr am puero
committendam contempſit: tum inſtanti
bus amicis manum utrámque admovens,
cum luctatus diu hærentem non removiſſet,
excuſavit impotentiam, objecta perigrini
& potentiſsimi glutinis interpoſitione, quo
fortiſsime copulante nequiret divelli; do
nec vidit ab alio per tabulam facilimè lami
nam deduci, & ad extrema product am, &
actam in tranſverſum inàe deportari. But
that we may learn from our own Engine,
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