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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	2,483	5	9.5484	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05657	The mysteryes of nature, and art conteined in foure severall tretises, the first of water workes the second of fyer workes, the third of drawing, colouring, painting, and engrauing, the fourth of divers experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly collected, and partly of the authors peculiar practice, and invention by I.B.	Bate, John.	1634 (1634)	STC 1577.5; ESTC S122341	64,824	187

THE MYSTERYES OF NATVRE AND ART Conteined in foure severall Tretises The first of water workes The second of FYer workes The third of Drawing Colouring Painting and Engrauing The fourth of divers Experiments as wel serviceable as delightful partly Collected and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice and Invention by J. B ●●●nted at London for Ralph Mab and are to be sold by Iohn Iackson 〈◊〉 Francis Church at the Kings armes in Cheapeside 1634. TO THE READER COurteous Reader this ensuing Treatise hath lien by mee a long time penned but in a confused and undigested manner as I gathered it practised or found it out by industry and experience It was not in my minde to have as yet exposed it to the publique view but being sollicited by the intreaties of some and those not a few to impart to each particular person what his Genius most affected I was enforced as well for the satisfying of their requests as for the avoydance of many inconveniences to dispose in some order such Experiments as for the present I was content to impart Expect no elegancy of phrase for my time would not afford that nor indeed my selfe to be the transcriber I endeavored as much as I could to write in plaine termes that in regard of the easinesse thereof it might suit with the meanest capacity The whole book consisteth of foure parts The first whereof treateth of VVater-workes The second of Fire-workes The third of Drawing Painting Graving and Etching The fourth and last part treateth of severall Experiments as well serviceable as delightfull which because they are confusedly intermixed I have entituled them Extravagants Now my chiefest ayme and end being the generall good I could wish a generall acceptance but that is too uncertaine to expect I will content my selfe that I am already certaine that these my first and weak endeavours will finde acceptance with some and I hope also with all honest and indifferent Readers as for others hap as hap may me it is not to be doubted but that I shall scape as well as many my betters have done before me Farewell Your Wellwiller J. B. To my friend the Authour upon his Mysteries of Nature and Art VVHen I scan over with a busy eye The timely fruits of thy vast industry Observing how thou searchest out the heart Of Knowledge through th' untrodden pathes of Art How easily thy active minde discries Natures obscure and hidden rarities No greater wonder than thy selfe I finde The chiefest rarity's thy active minde Which so fore-runs thy age Thy forward spring Buds forth betimes and thou art publishing Ev'n in the morning of thy day so soone What others are to learne till th' afternoone Now since thy first attempts expos'd thou hast To publick censure and the Dy is cast Doubt not of good successe the early rose Thou knowst is snatcht at ev'n before it blowes Climbe higher yet let thy quick-sighted eyes Venture againe for new discoveries Nor be thou mizer-like so envious As to detaine what ere thou find'st from us No make the world thy debtor be thou still As open-handed to impart thy skill As now thou art and may thy teeming braine Bring often forth such lusty Births againe R. O. Of Water-works IT hath been an old saying amongst Philosophers and experience doth prove it to be true Non datur vacuum that is to say Nature will not admit of any vacuity or emptinesse For some one or other of the Elements but especially Ayre and Water doe insert themselves into all manner of concavities or hollownesses in or upon the earth whether they are such as are formed either by Art or Nature For the one it is so obvious and manifest as that it needs not any proofe at all As for the other I shall make it manifest unto you by easie demonstration Let there be gotten a large vessell of glasse or other having besides the mouth another hole though but a little one at the top poure water into the vessell by a tunnell thrust into the mouth of it and you shall finde that as the water runneth into the vessell a winde will come forth of the little hole sufficient to blow out a candle being held over it This proveth that before the water was poured into the vessell though to our sight it appeared to bee empty it was full of ayre which forced out of the vessell as the water ran in and the reason hereof is because the water is by nature of a massie subtill substance and the ayre of a windy light evaporative nature The knowledge of this with the rarifaction of inclosed ayre is the ground and foundation of divers excellent experiments not unworthy the knowledge of any ingenious Artist whatsoever The order of the things contayned in the first booke EXperiments of drawing water by the Crane Experiments of drawing water by Engins Experiments of forcing water by ayre compressed Experiments of forcing water by Engins Experiments of producing sounds by ayre and water Experiments of producing sounds by evaporation of water by fire Experiments of producing sounds by Engins Experiments of motions by evaporating water Experiments of motions by rarifying ayre Of VVater-workes To draw water by a Crane TAke any vessell of what bignes you please fill it with water then take a Crane that is a crooked hollow Cane one end wherof let be somewhat longer then the other put the shorter end of it into the vessell of water and let the longer end hang out of the vessell unto which longer end put your mouth and draw in your breath and the water will follow then withdraw your mouth and you shall see the water runne so long till it come equall to that end of the Cane which is within the vessell Another TAke a deepe vessell having two loopes on one of the sides fill it nigh full with water then take a hollow Cane like unto the aforesayd but let there bee fastned unto the shorter end a wooden dish put the longer end heereof through the loopes on the side and that end that hath the dish fastned unto it into the vessell of water with your mouth as you did in the former draw out the ayre and you shall see that as the water runneth out the Crane will sinke lower and lower and so will continue running untill the vessell bee drawen empty How to make a conceited pot which being filled with water will of it selfe run all out but not being filled will not run out MAke or cause a pot to bee made of what fashion best liketh your mind and make a large hollow cane to stand up in the midst thereof having at the bottome 2 or 3 small holes let the top of this cane be close then make a hole in the bottome of the vessell and put up a little cane hollow at both ends into the other cane so that the one end therof may almost touch the top of the great cane and it is done Note that if you put into this vessel