id ffim
of! a larger fikeji Containing §imih/iHë^ /fit/he finaller Tube.
i s 'to % annex'd to-'the end of a- Trabea'i j thebppofite end of
Which iS-ballanced: by a Weight, or R&èMuci
Wo in çMqmBbrm; fa that thefmMleft fcreffuifc^ntehe
Superficies20J the • Mercury, côntaiffdûtî the; larger Tubè,
inwhichthe fln^li Qne is immlers>!dj .>depfeflesfist jotbwfce it
feuftueeeffarily followsias Û^xMercury in the fmalfer Tube
afcendsy tthe largermuft fubiicfe and alter theEquilibrium)
Were the preffure upon the Superficies ôf S^MmcwtyTàmâ
tain’cHn the.Difh,. The cofttraryoefewhich is*Matter, of
FaiSt * Eat* lis the Mercury in the fmaH Tuto <alperife£the
Ballancqrifesat.the Janie Timejhwhich it .could not poffibly
doÿiWère the prehure upon'the!jShperfioiÿslrf*-the Quick-
J@ ^ 3£& m m di n; ; ^e huf o hdi f f e r e nt Bhænû-s
menon .muffneceffarily have foll.qwff -
I Befides it. is evident^. thatda MercuriàlTjube,, imniers’d in
a Cup, containing Qmçhfiheru, ffqes- nof eônfidfer'ablÿïafcend
fp high in the Tube^ as the QtnchfibsrbWiZ Tube of the
^ne Length and Qiainetpr,0Jufpend'eJiirtl the Mir: [The
Reafonis, the y lir contain’d in the.J^p of tsS&X-ûbe', has
o^aly that
and not that- contain’d in the Difh, which.doübtle^’I-muff
clog its Spring, orElafticity,:; ; Vs ; d :h.fft - v- --
yT o thefe may be addeefa ThirddExperiment, afid thatjs,
LetTwa'TMcr of equal"Si-ze0and Diameter be: immers’d
i ÿ w o gups containing.: gMnyfftfiple
T^\e, the other in the form of ‘a RicortfpHj ar*the]TQproS
this laft 'the -^^^yafcends confiderably• higher than in
ttefprn^r^theReafon;is,pùin^;heça}ifethe Elaftkitiyijof
thp ^ > in fhe Bicornu, is double yjto.fha^! in tfie. Angle Tube.
îÿçw were the Afeent:of the; M $rwry occafion’d by the
preflhre of the oircuuiambientv^r, upon the Superficies
qfvfhe; Quichjilver, contain’d in? the T)i|hi aits Afcent in
the.jTwp diffèrent Tubes,^wou’d ,tys. the fame; the contrary
of'which is. Matter 9® .ÿafh h Any of the Curious
tnay anyjDay fee thefe,. and; many other Obferyations at
\JL A N C M m m E, IGHBSHIR E, Sch hr)
th&librelaid Gentlemans Houffeo I?nou’d,wifh theGen-
tlimhny ?Mfifis; Hmgenidus ^xpeiiMientSs - by a# Afien# of
W k fiim fcmight fireebiye his due
Honour^ iQn that our Modern Virtue]^ becaufe the No-
tioii wdii d noL-buBupoli fbMd Reafbn¥deavbur
-tosex^lidb it; The moft material Argument «gainft it is,
f hat n# ®l^ddei:ssbarty’d up;t&. the Tosps-bf Mountains; but
fhpppBfe^ tto Air to be Thinner at: - the Bottom o f the
Mountain, thanAf generally isjat the Top, and confequent-
ly thCSikinf^yPthe Affhot lb dog’dy which! am pofitive
is true,* that Objection *vanifhes^> wherefore-1'fhall not ex-
patiate!furthei£On‘!tMs Topick, but| lcaye pyery Man>4so
hi&bw^n Cohjelture. -
■Ml which list accMni£!dsf(kiiWzXa:& remm^hkli fm their
kuw&Mheir FluMuad^R^qxljilsSritml
, d W i h ^ e M e n ^ m g M
ii*fMeyi?hrougbx&^ 'Borttes .j ^uhterrmneomiEruptions ^
anifrthe ?k6ftiftemarhtfblei Riye|pg»kdEbnd|i[ > in
A 'S^thefej Counties: are TmoreSfubje^: tbsuMains, - than
nfome iof the more Inland Oneli itheplikd^ife afford
ul-greater Vasrietf: of iWfters, than ^ahy On&>i:or indeed^
than iall the Countiesr in EnglandD The -irfoft Rema^kible
areE%ftiier Ronds, which thdy Vu^rly caM'Misers, Rivers^
or- Springs. The molt > & ited JRonds are only: Two; and
both of- them bill’d by the Name* M',&Murfan-Meer: The
Largefifiof which us new Dreiffd by that InjeniousfGpn^
tleman, anehGenerous Undertaker; ThowascMeetwood of
the: Bank, Efijp and willy no doubt, turn to his. extraordinary
Advantage iK Bart of it being a fat, muddy. Soil, and
containing a great Quantity of dMarle:s Its CSroumference
is* about Eighteen Miles, its Diameter. Two el Jin-it were
F found