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M
r Hook produced a peice of Leather w
ch. he had made in imitation of the impe
netrable Leather of the french. this was more supple then
the said french Leather &
It was judged that the french had more wax in its compo
sition then this produced
and by the smell the french seemd to be made of some ingredients of a more
plea
sing smell then this
of R H w
ch. smelt more strongly of
the boyled sallad
oyl. the compo
sition in w
ch. it had been soaked being nothing but sallet oyle
& bees wax boyled together for an hower or two. this Leather though very -
limber was found to hold water for some time w
thout being wett through
but whether it would hold soe wele as
the french further tryall was to be made
as al
so of some other compo
sition for soaking the skins in that they might smell
more like tho
se from france.
After this the 3
d Exp
t. was shewd by R H. to verify the truth of his former a
ssertions con
cerning the exceeding great curio
sity of the new contriued poy
se for examined the
^/comparatiue/ weight of Liquors euen to the 100000 part of their bulk
.. . . and it was
before the whole company euidently shewd that the eighth part of a graine would
manife
stly turn that scale
either way and make it preponderate In w
ch. it was
putt and soe moue a body that was about 4
th in weight either vpwards or
Downwards. now there being in 4
th weight
of an 176320 eigth parts of a graine
It ^/thence/ follows that 1/176320 /part/ of the
Bulk of the weight of
the water alterd was
& therby Di
scouerd which is almo
st beyond Imagination
.. . ./&/ it was further
a
sserted
by RH that this nicene
ss might be as much farther augmented as should
be de
sired or ^/was/ nece
ssary for any manner of curious tryall w
ch was done by making
the poy
se soe much larger. and that in such tryalls where great quantitys of
liquors would be trouble
some to obtaine; it was
shewd by demon
strated
by thesaid R Hhow a ^/recipient/ ve
ssell should be contriued that w
th. some ounces of liquor
the examination might be made of a poi
se of 10, 20 or more pounds in
weight, euen to the accuratene
sse of the 10
th part of a graine. And to mak
it euident that a very small alteration of
the water would be made sensible by this poy
se
about
the quantity of two graines of salt was put into about two gallons of water
and it was /notable/
euident to al the spectators that the poi
se grew very /remarkably/
.. . . lighter
the same al
so was repeated and by a 2
dtryall w
th. the like effect the same
.. . .was verifyed
some furthers tryalls would haue been made but it being
.. . . Late - the Society
Rose and left
the further pro
secution of the
se Exp
ts to
thenext daye some other time
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