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enclose_v air_n will_v suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v thrust_v inward_a a_o good_a way_n though_o it_o will_v quick_o when_o permit_v fly_v out_o again_o the_o hardness_n of_o a_o well-blown_a bladder_n proceed_v not_o from_o want_n of_o the_o room_n requisite_a to_o the_o session_n of_o the_o aerial_a corpuscle_n but_o to_o the_o motion_n of_o restitution_n natural_a to_o they_o when_o like_o a_o innumerable_a company_n of_o little_a bow_n or_o spring_n be_v bend_v by_o the_o force_n that_o compress_n the_o side_n of_o the_o bladder_n they_o do_v as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v take_v off_o stretch_v themselves_o out_o again_o some_o one_o way_n some_o another_o as_o far_o as_o be_v permit_v they_o by_o the_o imprison_a bladder_n which_o they_o thus_o every_o way_n keep_v strong_o distend_v but_o this_o have_v of_o vacant_a space_n or_o some_o yield_a matter_n about_o the_o corpuscle_n of_o a_o fluid_a body_n seem_v requisite_a to_o its_o be_v so_o but_o as_o what_o in_o a_o school-term_n 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either_o crumble_v into_o yet_o small_a part_n or_o squeeze_v into_o any_o figure_n as_o occasion_n require_v that_o they_o may_v incessant_o change_v place_n among_o themselves_o and_o thereby_o constitute_v a_o most_o fluid_a body_n without_o any_o vacuity_n receptacle_n or_o yield_a matter_n about_o they_o unless_o perhaps_o it_o be_v about_o the_o exterior_a part_n of_o those_o of_o they_o that_o from_o time_n to_o time_n happen_v to_o be_v the_o superficial_a corpuscle_n of_o this_o thin_a liquor_n but_o though_o we_o have_v say_v that_o this_o may_v be_v question_v without_o absurdity_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o so_o much_o concern_v we_o in_o this_o place_n to_o examine_v whether_o the_o affirmative_a may_v be_v rational_o maintain_v as_o to_o proceed_v to_o consider_v what_o be_v far_o requisite_a to_o that_o state_n of_o matter_n we_o be_v now_o treat_v of_o especial_o the_o qualification_n yet_o unmentioned_a seem_n to_o be_v the_o principal_a of_o all_o sect_n fourteen_o for_o the_o three_o and_o chief_a condition_n of_o a_o fluid_a body_n be_v that_o the_o particle_n it_o consist_v of_o be_v agitate_a various_o and_o apart_z whether_o by_o their_o own_o innate_a and_o inherent_a motion_n or_o by_o some_o thin_a substance_n that_o tumble_v they_o about_o in_o its_o passage_n through_o they_o for_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o main_a difference_n betwixt_o solid_a ice_n and_o fluid_a water_n that_o in_o the_o one_o the_o part_n whether_o by_o any_o new_o acquire_v texture_n or_o for_o want_n of_o sufficient_a heat_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o motion_n be_v at_o rest_n against_o one_o another_o resist_v those_o endeavour_n of_o our_o finger_n to_o displace_v they_o to_o which_o in_o the_o other_o the_o part_n be_v already_o in_o motion_n easy_o give_v way_n for_o whereas_o in_o the_o ice_n every_o part_n actual_o at_o rest_n must_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n continue_v so_o till_o it_o be_v put_v out_o of_o it_o by_o a_o external_a force_n capable_a to_o surmount_v its_o resistance_n to_o a_o change_n of_o its_o present_a state_n in_o water_n each_o corpuscle_n be_v actual_o though_o but_o slow_o move_v we_o need_v not_o begin_v or_o produce_v a_o new_a motion_n in_o it_o but_o only_a bias_n or_o direct_v that_o which_o it_o have_v already_o which_o many_o familiar_a instance_n manifest_a to_o be_v a_o much_o easy_a task_n from_o this_o agitation_n of_o the_o small_a part_n of_o liquor_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o these_o little_a body_n to_o continue_v their_o motion_n do_v almost_o incessant_o change_v place_n and_o glide_v sometime_o over_o sometime_o under_o and_o sometime_o by_o the_o side_n of_o one_o another_o hence_o also_o may_v be_v render_v a_o reason_n of_o the_o softness_n of_o fluid_a body_n that_o be_v their_o yield_n to_o the_o touch_n for_o the_o particle_n that_o compose_v they_o be_v small_a incoherent_a and_o various_o move_v it_o can_v be_v no_o difficult_a matter_n as_o we_o late_o intimate_v to_o thrust_v 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it_o touch_v for_o sometime_o the_o little_a eminency_n and_o pore_n of_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o dry_a body_n on_o or_o against_o which_o the_o liquor_n flow_v be_v of_o such_o magnitude_n and_o figure_n that_o the_o particle_n of_o the_o liquor_n find_v admittance_n into_o those_o pore_n and_o be_v detain_v there_o by_o which_o mean_n they_o usual_o soften_v it_o and_o sometime_o the_o pore_n and_o asperity_n of_o the_o dry_a body_n surface_n be_v so_o incommensurate_a in_o bigness_n &_o figure_n to_o the_o particle_n of_o the_o liquor_n that_o they_o glide_v over_o the_o surface_n without_o stick_v or_o adhere_v firm_o to_o any_o part_n of_o it_o this_o may_v be_v exemplify_v in_o quicksilver_n which_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o humid_a body_n in_o respect_n of_o our_o hand_n or_o clothes_n or_o of_o almost_o all_o other_o body_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o who_o surface_n it_o will_v roll_n without_o leave_v any_o of_o its_o particle_n lodge_v in_o their_o pore_n or_o fasten_v 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consist_v be_v but_o a_o imaginary_a thing_n and_o but_o precarious_o assert_v since_o by_o our_o own_o confession_n they_o be_v so_o small_a that_o the_o particle_n themselves_o and_o more_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o motion_n be_v imperceptible_a by_o sense_n which_o represent_v water_n for_o example_n to_o we_o as_o one_o continue_a body_n who_o part_n be_v at_o perfect_a rest_n if_o this_o i_o say_v be_v urge_v against_o our_o doctrine_n we_o shall_v not_o deny_v the_o objection_n to_o be_v plausible_a but_o must_v not_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v unaswerable_a for_o of_o the_o seem_a continuity_n of_o water_n and_o other_o liquor_n this_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n that_o the_o particle_n whereof_o the_o liquor_n consist_v be_v too_o small_a to_o be_v visible_a and_o be_v not_o only_o voluble_a but_o in_o actual_a motion_n the_o pore_n or_o vacant_a space_n intercept_v between_o they_o must_v also_o be_v too_o little_a to_o be_v discern_v by_o the_o eye_n and_o consequent_o the_o body_n must_v appear_v a_o uninterrupted_a or_o continue_a one_o not_o to_o mention_v that_o be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o liquor_n less_o minute_n their_o shift_a of_o place_n will_v hardly_o be_v perceive_v by_o the_o eye_n each_o displace_v corpuscle_n be_v immediate_o succeed_v by_o another_o like_o it_o it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o heap_n of_o grain_n of_o nitre_n though_o upon_o its_o effusion_n out_o of_o the_o vessel_n it_o somewhat_o emulate_v a_o fluid_a body_n do_v yet_o when_o it_o rest_v in_o the_o vessel_n appear_v to_o be_v but_o a_o aggregate_v of_o many_o little_a incoherent_a body_n heap_v up_o together_o because_o the_o interval_n or_o hole_n leave_v between_o they_o be_v great_a enough_o to_o affect_v the_o sense_n but_o if_o the_o same_o salt_n be_v reduce_v into_o a_o alchoole_n as_o the_o chemist_n speak_v or_o impalpable_a powder_n the_o particle_n and_o intercept_a space_n bâ—ing_v then_o extreme_o lessen_v the_o body_n they_o make_v up_o will_n much_o 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