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exhaustion_n of_o the_o air_n do_v not_o so_o ascend_v of_o its_o own_o accord_n but_o be_v violent_o draw_v or_o lift_v upward_o by_o that_o rarefy_a air_n contract_v itself_o for_o as_o water_n do_v suffer_v some_o compression_n as_o appear_v by_o experience_n so_o here_o also_o it_o suffer_v some_o distension_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v clear_o manifest_a why_o these_o bubble_n shall_v arise_v rather_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o vessel_n then_o from_o the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o water_n for_o when_o that_o vehement_a suction_n do_v endeavour_v to_o elevate_v the_o water_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o vial_n there_o arise_v there_o a_o certain_a subtle_a matter_n which_o be_v turn_v into_o bubble_n do_v so_o ascend_v as_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o 15._o chapter_n and_o the_o 4._o experiment_n p._n 84._o certum_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o that_o opinion_n be_v sufficient_o refute_v by_o this_o single_a experiment_n p._n 85._o necesse_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o that_o stone_n can_v not_o otherwise_o descend_v then_o by_o leave_v behind_o it_o such_o a_o thin_a substance_n as_o be_v leave_v by_o quicksilver_n or_o water_n descend_v in_o like_a manner_n p._n 86._o unde_fw-la etc._n etc._n whence_o i_o plain_o conceive_v that_o if_o two_o perfectlypolished_a marble_n be_v so_o join_v that_o no_o air_n at_o all_o be_v leave_v between_o they_o they_o can_v not_o be_v draw_v asunder_o by_o all_o the_o power_n of_o man._n ibid._n uti_fw-la etiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o also_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o example_n the_o author_n there_o bring_v of_o a_o brass_n plate_n stick_v so_o close_o to_o a_o marble_n table_n that_o by_o a_o lusty_a youth_n who_o boast_v of_o his_o own_o strength_n it_o can_v not_o be_v lift_v off_o by_o a_o ring_n fix_v to_o its_o centre_n p._n 87._o eodem_fw-la etc._n etc._n almost_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o we_o see_v in_o cupping-glass_n apply_v to_o a_o patient_n back_o 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body_n p._n 90._o atque_fw-la hinc_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o thence_o also_o arise_v those_o vehement_a convulsion_n which_o the_o author_n there_o mention_n certain_a small_a bird_n to_o have_v endure_v before_o their_o death_n p._n 92._o in_o mala_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o a_o bad_a cause_n they_o can_v do_v no_o other_o but_o who_o compel_v they_o to_o undertake_v a_o bad_a cause_n a_o summary_n of_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n part_n i._n wherein_o the_o adversary_n objection_n against_o the_o elaterist_n be_v examine_v chap._n 1._o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o write_n pag._n 1._o franciscus_n linus_n his_o civility_n in_o writing_n oblige_v the_o author_n to_o the_o like_a p._n 2._o book_n concern_v the_o torrecellian_a experiment_n wherewith_o the_o author_n be_v former_o unacquainted_a ibid._n the_o inconvenience_n of_o linus_n principle_n ibid._n the_o division_n of_o the_o ensue_a treatise_n into_o three_o part_n chap._n 2._o a_o repetition_n of_o the_o adversary_n opinion_n and_o argument_n his_o argument_n against_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o air_n examine_v p._n 4._o a_o experiment_n of_o he_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o external_a air_n can_v keep_v up_o twenty_o inch_n of_o quicksilver_n from_o descend_v in_o a_o tube_n twenty_o inch_n long_o ibid._n the_o author_n answer_n and_o reconciliation_n of_o the_o experiment_n to_o his_o own_o hypothesis_n p._n 5._o and_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o experiment_n of_o the_o author_n wherein_o only_a water_n be_v employ_v instead_o of_o quicksilver_n without_o other_o alteration_n of_o the_o adversary_n experiment_n it_o agree_v well_o with_o and_o confirm_v the_o author_n hypothesis_n and_o his_o explication_n of_o the_o mention_a experiment_n ibid._n that_o water_n have_v no_o spring_n at_o all_o or_o a_o very_a weak_a one_o p._n 6._o the_o second_o argument_n examine_v ibid._n whether_o the_o same_o quantity_n of_o air_n can_v adequate_o fill_v a_o great_a space_n p._n 7._o the_o conceivableness_n of_o both_o hypothesis_n compare_v ibid._n chap._n 3._o another_o argument_n of_o the_o adversary_n from_o a_o experiment_n wherein_o the_o mercury_n sink_v draw_v the_o finger_n into_o the_o tube_n examine_v q._n whether_o the_o mercury_n place_v in_o its_o own_o station_n be_v uphold_v by_o the_o external_a air_n or_o suspend_v there_o by_o a_o internal_a cord_n p._n 7_o 8._o chap._n 4._o a_o repetition_n of_o franciscus_n linus_n his_o principal_a experiment_n wherein_o in_o a_o tube_n of_o twenty_o inch_n long_o the_o finger_n on_o the_o top_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v strong_o draw_v and_o suck_v into_o the_o tube_n p._n 9_o the_o experiment_n explicate_v without_o the_o assistance_n of_o suction_n by_o the_o pressure_n of_o the_o external_a air_n upon_o the_o outside_n of_o the_o finger_n thrust_v not_o suck_v in_o p._n 10._o franciscus_n linus_n his_o argumentation_n consider_v p._n 11._o chap._n 5._o the_o examiner_n last_o experiment_n consider_v in_o which_o 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p._n 16._o that_o the_o spring_n of_o the_o air_n may_v have_v some_o advantage_n in_o point_n of_o force_n above_o the_o weight_n of_o it_o p._n 17._o that_o it_o be_v unintelligible_a how_o the_o same_o air_n can_v adequate_o fill_v more_o space_n at_o one_o time_n then_o at_o another_o p._n 18._o part_n ii_o wherein_o the_o adversary_n funicular_a hypothesis_n be_v examine_v chap._n 1._o wherein_o what_o be_v allege_v to_o prove_v the_o funiculus_fw-la be_v consider_v and_o some_o difficulty_n be_v propose_v against_o the_o hypothesis_n the_o nature_n of_o this_o suppose_a funiculus_fw-la describe_v p._n 19_o that_o according_a to_o the_o adversary_n opinion_n this_o funiculus_fw-la be_v produce_v by_o nature_n only_o to_o hinder_v a_o vacuum_n p._n 20_o 21._o the_o adversary_n proof_n that_o there_o be_v no_o vacuum_n examine_v p._n 21_o 22._o that_o where_o no_o sensible_a part_n be_v unenlightned_n the_o place_n may_v not_o be_v full_a of_o light_n p._n 22._o the_o same_o true_a 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