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... glass 104 Of the two kinds of pneumaticals in bodies . 115 Of concretion and dissolution of bodies ..... 115 Of bodies hard and soft ..... 115 Of prohibition of putrefaction , and the long conservation of bodies ...... Of abundance of ...
... glass 104 Of the two kinds of pneumaticals in bodies . 115 Of concretion and dissolution of bodies ..... 115 Of bodies hard and soft ..... 115 Of prohibition of putrefaction , and the long conservation of bodies ...... Of abundance of ...
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... glass , or sugar , it breaketh not only where the immediate force is ; but breaketh all about into shivers and fitters ; the motion , upon the pressure , searching all ways , and breaking where it findeth the body weakest . 11. The ...
... glass , or sugar , it breaketh not only where the immediate force is ; but breaketh all about into shivers and fitters ; the motion , upon the pressure , searching all ways , and breaking where it findeth the body weakest . 11. The ...
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... glass be water pure , the lower water coloured , or contrariwise , there followeth no mo- tion at all . But it hath been tried , that though the mixture of wine and water , in the lower glass , be three parts water and but one wine ...
... glass be water pure , the lower water coloured , or contrariwise , there followeth no mo- tion at all . But it hath been tried , that though the mixture of wine and water , in the lower glass , be three parts water and but one wine ...
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... glasses of spittle that children make of rushes ; and in castles of bub- bles , which they make by blowing into water ... glass ; whereby it is a degree nearer to water . We see it also in the generation of springs , which the ancients ...
... glasses of spittle that children make of rushes ; and in castles of bub- bles , which they make by blowing into water ... glass ; whereby it is a degree nearer to water . We see it also in the generation of springs , which the ancients ...
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... glass , to see whether it will contract the air ; but I doubt it will not succeed ; for besides that the virtue of opium will hardly penetrate through such a body as glass , I conceive that opium , and the like , make the spirits fly ...
... glass , to see whether it will contract the air ; but I doubt it will not succeed ; for besides that the virtue of opium will hardly penetrate through such a body as glass , I conceive that opium , and the like , make the spirits fly ...
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