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Show 0/ Fermentation. Chap. IV. (Limp. IV. 0f Fermentation. 31 34Body, confilting of mol't minute "and lubtile parts, which being in Ref. petual Motion ( cauled by the pulles of Heat). do‘render it fluide, as havmg inward Recelles by fubterrancous Fires, into the Atmofphxre, making great a,i-:ations of the Air (fomewhat relembling the waves of Water) which trial ing Appulfes fucceflively one upon the neck ofanother, do caufe a con- tinuedK‘MOtinn, as long as the extraordinary Effiuvia ( breathed out of the an open Compage, whofe parts are moll: readily leveted one from another, Earth ) do lalt. As to the nature of Air, if it be confidered, as divefied of all exrraneous Pai‘thlCS, the Emanations of Coelellialand fublunary Beings, it .15 avfimple "‘1, by llteams ifluing out of the Earth, and other fublunary Bodies; 1t hath alh) an expanfive difpolition, as compoled of elallic Particles, and is often tondcnfed, as compi'cfled by the weight of incumbent Bodies, which being taken off, the Air enjoyeth its freedom, by enlarging 1t felf by a kind of Spring, unto its natural expanfion. And is very light in its own nature, and groweth more ponderous by the conltant eflluxes of other Bodies, which perpetually vent themfelves into the Air, rendring it more weighty , whofe upper Region preffing down the lower, and at lull making the furfaces of inferior Bodies, as "f \Vater, Mercury, and other fluides, unequal, by railing them up many degrees in Cylinders, above their natural Sphcere. 1,, "W Learned Mr. Hook maketh Air 3. Tinfiure or Solution of Terrellrial {L‘riiicthi and Aqueous Bodies dilfolved into it, and agitated by it, )ul't as Cochcnele iiiiili'aclcilfcr is nothing but fome fine diffoluble parts of that Concrete, licked up or dif- ifm Bodies folv‘d by that fluide Water, and from this Notion this curious Author con‘fl'md ""° cciveth an Account may be intelligibly given of the Condenfation and Rarefaélion of Air. This opinion, though it is mol't ingenious, and full of probability, yet it may feem fomewhat ihort of Truth, in that it fuppofieth the [Ether ( excluding Air ) to be a fluide medium in which all other Bodies do move and fwim. And apprehendeth Air to be meerly a Tiifliire and Compolition of other Bodies, to which I cannot fully fubfcribe; becaufe I humbly con- ceire that Air is not only a Compage made up of extraneous parts, but illuiliffwn is in its, own Nature precifely taken, an entire, fimple, and fluide Body, rmpicflau compoled of mol't numerous fubtile elal'tic parts, and is not only impregmay. mated with sethereal Particles, but alfo with fruitful Emiflions, flowing out of various fublunary Bodies. And Air ( according to my apprehenlion) is adil'tinél Subl'tance from rEthet, as having apeculiar Efleiice in the Creation of the Univerfe, and was not conliituted originally of various Pteams, or of a faline Subltance, diflblred by the agil and fluide tether, but in its firl't principle is a homogeneous Body, confil'ting of many minute linlilar parts, and afterwards advanced with divers Caelel'tial Emanations, and tinged with different efHuvia, rem mum proceeding from Mineral, Vegetable, and animal Bodies, which being he{Ijfl‘fflf‘afld terogencous, do aifeét .it with Fermentative Difpolitions. :iiiifihlus ‘ Metals and Minerals being of a Compaét Subl'tance, do emit fewer effluEli‘ihiséim- may then ~ vegetables, in refpeét their Pores are more minute, and thzrrcbli: their Bodies more dry; but becaule thefe folid Subllances, are alfo im- pregnated with volatil Particles of Salt, Sulphur, Bitumen and the like, they breath out many eflluxes into the Air, by Which it is made more aflive, and fit for Fermentation, as conlilling of heterogenous Elements Airimvthh So that the Air is a vehicle of infinite eflluvia of various tempers exhailHifVJtiUHS led out of the Earth, fome Wan-y, others Fiery, and Sulphureous , and iltams, fame "flagging" Saline; fome proceeding from common Salt, Alum, Nitre, and others, v. gum ‘, ‘ ‘ ' W3, mm, liom Vitriol and Armoniac, which are exhaled by the Sun out of the Earth "E near the Surface, and others more violently emitted out of its Bowels, and inward 'lhefe Various Emiliions raifed out of the Earth, and flowing fmm dif. Steamiarifin‘ the ferent VVatry, Saline, and Sulphureous Elements, do in all probability, pro- outof Ethh.andMi"duce the various Meteors, loinetimes leated and floating in the Air; hence mad: "mime ufdiflcmife variety of Winds, and the different feafons of Heat and Cold, Rain, {gigglgd Snow, Hail, Dews and Frol't, which make divers impreflions upon Vege~ overlie?!" tables and Animals. $23,158?" So that the innumerable company of fieams, fwimming in the Air, breathed out of the Earth, andMinerals ( aéled with quick Motions ) confillingT of innumerable minute Bodies, of diff'erent Natures, Shapes and Si« its, hurried with moft impetuous Motions, do hereby give the Air 3 Fer- menting difpofition. Having given you a glimpfe of the {teams arifing out of Minerals, infeéling the body of Air, and therein contributing: to Fermentation, I will now ( God willing) fpeak fomewhat of the efHuxes of Vegetables, how ;l‘;:‘:f:;:' they infpire the Air, and impart to it a fermentative ingeny, wherein three file-s afiffltht: confiderables feem at the firlt light to prefent themfelves, the l'truélure of religclrir‘abv: Vegetables, the various Liquors, nourilhing and reviving them, do fend out ""1"" conlltant lleams into the Air, and the circulation and motion of thefe different juices, to and from their Centre, from the more inward to the ambient parts, by whofe Pores the feveral eliluvia are breathed out into the Atmofphaere. As to the {tincture of Vegetables, they are a curious contexture, made up mum" of Bark, Wood and Pith. The Bark again is compofed, ofa thin outward :Cjnto‘Cfiif, vclament, fomewhat refembling the thin skin, covering a more thick fpongy iiiaéi‘va fubftance, not altogether unlike the parenchyma, of the skin of Animals. mm. 2" The thin Coat every way encircleth the Bark, and a woody futhance is Them, made up of innumerable minute filaments, running the whole length of Ven 5:35:25? getables, and is of a clofe Compage, pinked with numerous minute Pores, Egnmmisnutc receiving alimentary Liquor and Air, affected with fruitful l'teams. inferfperfed Under this thin Coat is lodged a more loofe fubliancc, formed of many $3,322; finall Fibres pafling in crooked Lines, making various Arches, occafioned "mm by their frequent inofculations, wherein they often meet, and part again, having divers Areas of divers Figures and Sizes, interfpei‘fed with fevetal Cells ( having Inlets one into another) filled wirh Smear nutritiur, as fo‘ many Cilterns of it derived into the extremity of Network-veflels, chiefly compofing the more fpongy part of the Bark, which hath divers inferti- ons, pailing horizontally, through the body of the Wood, and terminating into the Pith. The woody fubflance of Vegetables, is framed of molt numerous fmall Wood; Tubes, fo clofely cemented together, that they feem to make one entire $223353" ltxbilaiice, fometimes modelled into an orbicular Figure, and in trunks of fmallwbcs Trees, and llalks of Plants, into various round and angular Bodies. Thefe manifold concave Cylinders do chiefly run the Whole length of rthap-‘VCAC The Wood and fometimc tranlvcrfely in annular Figures. and other times in £513,533?" 3 ) y Diametral Rays, pafs from the circumference to the center ; belide thele Sap- ffiaflffi'L leus in the body of the Wood, may be difcovered in every Rind, ma- sures, arm-'1 Diamctrii . ., ‘ ' ‘ "Y filly Vefiels, which being fometimes radiated, do run In Diaimtral Rays, rays. etWixt the Pith and Bark. The |
