&longs;hip, in the fir&longs;t place, with the Hint I <lb/>
had of the Engine I am to entertain you <lb/>
of. </s> <s>You may be plea&longs;'d to remember, <lb/>
that a while before our &longs;eparation in <emph type="italics"/>Eng<lb/>
land,<emph.end type="italics"/> I told you of a Book that I had <lb/>
heard of, but not peru&longs;'d, publi&longs;h'd by <lb/>
the indu&longs;trious Je&longs;uit <emph type="italics"/>Schottus,<emph.end type="italics"/> wherein <lb/>
'twas &longs;aid, He related how that ingenious <lb/>
Gentleman <emph type="italics"/>Otto Gericke,<emph.end type="italics"/> Con&longs;ul of <emph type="italics"/>Mag<lb/>
deburg,<emph.end type="italics"/> had lately practiced in <emph type="italics"/>Germany<emph.end type="italics"/> a <lb/>
way of emptying Gla&longs;s Ve&longs;&longs;els, by &longs;uck<lb/>
ing out the Ayr at the mouth of the Ve&longs;<lb/>
&longs;el, plung'd under water: And you may <lb/>
al&longs;o perhaps remember, that I expre&longs;&longs;'d <lb/>
my &longs;elf much delighted with this Expe<lb/>
riment, &longs;ince thereby the great force of <lb/>
the external Air (either ru&longs;hing in at the <lb/>
open'd Orifice of the empty'd Ve&longs;&longs;el, or <lb/>
violently forcing up the Water into it) <lb/>
was rendred more obvious and con&longs;picu<lb/>
ous, than in any Experiment that I had <lb/>
formerly &longs;een. </s> <s>And though it may appear <lb/>
by &longs;ome of tho&longs;e Writings I &longs;ometimes <lb/>
fhew'd your Lord&longs;hip, that I had been &longs;ol<lb/>
licitous to try things upon the &longs;ame <lb/>
ground; yet in regard this Gentleman <lb/>
was before-hand with me in producing <lb/>
&longs;uch con&longs;iderable effects, by means of the <lb/>
ex&longs;uction of Air, I think my &longs;elf oblig'd