what ea&longs;e a <emph type="italics"/>Vacuum<emph.end type="italics"/> could be made near <lb/>
the confines of the Atmo&longs;phere, where <lb/>
the Air is probably but light in compari<lb/>
&longs;on of what it is here below. </s> <s>But our <lb/>
pre&longs;ent (three and thirtieth) Experiment <lb/>
&longs;eems to manife&longs;t, not onely that the <lb/>
power, exerci&longs;'d by Nature, to &longs;hun or re<lb/>
pleni&longs;h a <emph type="italics"/>Vacuum,<emph.end type="italics"/> is limited, but that it <lb/>
may be determin'd even to Pounds and <lb/>
Ounces: In&longs;omuch that we might &longs;ay, <lb/>
&longs;uch a weight Nature will &longs;u&longs;tain or will <lb/>
lift up to re&longs;i&longs;t a <emph type="italics"/>Vacuum<emph.end type="italics"/> in our Engine; <lb/>
but if an Ounce more be added to that <lb/>
weight, it will &longs;urmount Her &longs;o much <lb/>
magnifi'd dete&longs;tation of Vacuities. </s> <s>And <lb/>
thus, My Lord, our Experiments may <lb/>
not onely an&longs;wer tho&longs;e of the Pleni&longs;ts, <lb/>
but enable us to retort their Arguments <lb/>
again&longs;t them&longs;elves: &longs;ince, if that be true <lb/>
which they alleadge, that, when Water <lb/>
falls not down according to its nature, in <lb/>
a Body wherein no Air can &longs;ucceed to fill <lb/>
up the place it mu&longs;t leave, the &longs;u&longs;pen&longs;i<lb/>
on of the Liquor is made <emph type="italics"/>Ne detur Vacu<lb/>
um,<emph.end type="italics"/> (as they &longs;peak) it will follow, that <lb/>
if the Water can be brought to &longs;ub&longs;ide <lb/>
in &longs;uch a ca&longs;e, that de&longs;erted &longs;pace may be <lb/>
deem'd empty, according to their own <lb/>
Doctrine; e&longs;pecially, &longs;ince Nature (as