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Show 0f the ‘Rurc and Deufe pm: oft/J2 5800/}, Chap. I. 7796 improhululuy of u Vucuumiu reference to Quit); Chap. 1. mem than Gold, and by confequence one part of Matter,f0unded in Air, is Matter, as taking up more or lefs place,by virtue of greater or lefs dimenfions. Becaufc the (Ram, formalin or Effence of (luantity, is founded in extenfion, encircled with thoufand parts of a Vacuum: whence may be inferred, that this which is to have one part feared without another; and as matter is capable fuppolition is repugnant to the Phoenomena of Air, which according to this of greater or lcller extenfion, it is in reference to place, and fo hath an "mm of appellati‘ffi of Rarityand Denfity : And the parts of Humane Body adefied proportion can neither be conceived as a body continued, of aggregate innumerablc minute bodies, floating in 3 Vacuum, by reafoii of the Vafi inter- QWM‘TJ'" . . ir worn ii‘fiixiijticagrc with Rarlty, as Spirituous Subliai'ices, Liquors, and the like, are f0 deno- pofition of empty fpaces, which are two thoufand of 3 Vacuum, in reference hindsrisfrii to one part of Matter contained in Air, which would (asI humbly con- iiiigfsiiiiiii: whcninuth minated, that in reference to much quantity, . lodged in a finall compafs of ngfinlsa Matter , but how this is accomplilhed is very difficult to be apprehended, wheiiiiiii 2132:; ther the parts of the Body being rare, as a little Matter havmg great dimenm, lions, and thereupon lodged ina large place, do fo furnilh all that place ( circumfcribed with fuch a furface) that they do fill every minute particle of that place, and that m fpace of it, though never {0 little, but is accommo- Rm BOW donotizuplyn XSZiZ‘QYihSi‘y ;§{,:"3;‘;t§,° dated with fome fmall portion of Matter ‘, or whether the parts of place are not every where fo furnilhed with. Matter, but that fome void places may b9 left not interfperfed with the minute parts of Matter, and then it may be conceived upon this fuppofition of empty fpaces; that thofe bodies are maf'ters of the greatelt Rarity, whofe parts of Matter are molt difunited, and inter- ;figfigimcr‘ mingled with the largeli empty (paces. 1 ' This opinion of learned GaflEudur, is incumbred with great difficulties, as fuppofing :1 Vacuum, which is of as little llfC, as being, and is vulgarly defined a disfurnifhed Interval, or more plainly a fpace without a body , a Mathematical Body exilting without a Phyfical, which is fo near an abfltacted notion , that its being is objeé‘tively in the iinderftanditig , and hath no elfence in the nature of things. tion in the Underlianding, than to apprehend a body divelied of all kind of Extenfion, which feemeth morerepugnant to Reafon, than thefe empty Dimenfions, which are only entities in our Conception, fliould exift in the nature of things, and eflentially confiitute Rarity: And therefore famous Vuubclmout doth affert this naked place, as difpoiled of Corporeity, to be a real entity exiliing in Nature, which heentitleth Maguale, ( a great word and Epgmgzgrks nothing elfeiand maketh it neither Subftance, not Accident, but a third inblianccand order of Entities; becaufe if it {hould be confiituted in the firlt rank of """d‘fa'mt things, as a being fubfifting of itfelf, it mun: participate of the nature of a Sbmgt'ct"::‘ body invel‘ted with Dimcnfions, filling up this imaginary Vacuity: And if tt. ithe placed in the fccond degree of Entities as an accident, it muli be fuppo- fed to exil't of it fclf without the fupport ofa fubjeéi, which is contrary to its confiitution in Nature: or if this naked Interval be ranked in a third degree of being, this Renowned Author muft aflign what it is, which is yet undetermined, or elfe he mufi give me leave to tell him, that his Vacuum was in his myrfiifliii Head only; and f0 ends the Difpute. 32:13:13. Another difficulty perplexing this opinion,is afligned by profound Doéior Glyflim, That one part of Matter contained in Air, is accompanied With two thoufand of :1 Vacuum, which is inconfiftent with the @bwuomena obfervablc in Air. The antecedent feemeth to be thus illufirated, that Gold ma be equally expanded to the rarity of Air, which is evident in Aura fulmiuZufe and confequently Air may be reduced to the denfity of Gold or at leali body of equal rarity with Air may be f0 Condenfed: in this ieduflion 2; the rare body being reduced to the denfity of Gold, is confined to a fphere tWO thoufand degrees narrower, than it had before, and this may be evinced ( if occafion ferveth) by. divers experiments of Rarefafiion and Condenfation, wherefore Air according to this opinion, hath two thoufand parts more of a Vatuuu: r, "mm" l" 21:35:33?) finallquanrili ° Am ciftc‘tedwith a like Network compofed of many lnterf‘tices, running between the Filaments : And, as Iconceive, all thefe fuppofitions do oppofe the fP/Joenameua of Air. For if it be apprehended, that the empty fpace be feared within the limits of Air, either as Hony in the Cells of a Comb, or Air in the Cavities of a Spunge, it will not contain above twenty or thirty times as much Vacuum as matter of Air, becaufe the Comb being melted into folid Wax, doth contain about the twentieth part of the Dimenfions, making up the body_of the Honys Comb, and a Spunge cannot be fqueefed by the greatefi violence into the twentieth part of its Expanfion: And then I pray confider what proportion the twentieth part holdeth to that of two thoufand Again, to obviate this difficulty, Air may be thought to be a huge Mafs Air Cénnénbe ' It is more eafle to conceive the three Dimenfions to have an abftraéied no~ : ceive not at all anfwer one great defign of Nature in reference to refpiration of Animals . and vegetation of . Plants, which could not be . fupported with ‘ _ . . . f0 finall proportion of Aer, as this opinion fuppofeth. Again, this learned Author aliirmeth, That thefe numerous empty fpaces encompafling a ver fmall quantity of Airy NIatter, muft be conceived either to be lodged like Hony in Cells of a Comb, or Air in the Cavities or Pores of a Sponge, or of thin Bubbles, filled with empty Spaces, and not with Air, and then I 55321225" conceive this phancy is like it. felf, nothing but a Bubble 3 for who can ap- fiff‘mgm prehend theft: Bubbles, which are nothing but void Spaces, can impart any 5PM"- Extenfion or Repletion? And who can underf'tand Bubbles, made up of emptinefs capable of Diftenfion? And if thefe Bubbles be any thing, they be expanfions of thin bodies, and this Hypothefis of a Vacuum falleth upon a fuppofition 3 thcfe Bubbles big with a Vacuum to be fubtle bodies, they will run counter to all the other (Pba'uoumm of Air. For through this bubbling 58%,??? cloudy Mafs, the Rays of Light cannot be freely difl'hfed, and will give a fuftd tliroug‘h check to the more free motion of bodies, which will be more nimbly celebra- 22%;:55152‘5 ted in the more thin and pliable fubfiauce of Air 3 and moreover, this bub- 33,333,?" hling Compage being various in Rarity and Dcnlity, will make many diffe- 3655:3121}: tent unkindly Refractions, and fo pervert the order of Vifion, of which make vdnlt‘fhldA one Inliance may be given in froth, which is nothing but an innumerable ihicrilciiilrim‘ company of Bubbles, made of Air, encircled with many fine watry invefii~ figmfi tures, which being of different fubflance, cafi; a lhadow, and obfcure the refemblance of Vifible Objeéis, which fpeaketh the unreafonablenefs of the fuppofition of a Vacuum, as framed of Bubbles fwimming up and down the Air, and therefore to make good the continuity of it, blended with fo many empty Spaces, it may be thought fomewhat probable by them to contrive a Netw0rk pol'ture of parts, not to be formed according to a plain only, but every way according to a retiform contexture; and that the compage of 213321qu in Air {hould be compofed of Minute Filaments, in whofe interftices two thou- fgoil its clafand parts of void Spaces to one of Matter mufi be included,with this fuppofi- iifidfiiiya tionthat the Filaments of Air may _be invigorated with an elaliick quality.' It er "-‘Ewhen "0 POW. con. being mol‘t certainly true, that if Air be overmuch confined by fame ambient giifi‘t'tiir'fo' I>ody behind the fphear of its proper rarity, it will when fer. at liberty, Exams nimbly recoil with akind of fpring to its natural Expanfion; and {0 this Re- found in A". " ' ' fiflance |