Inter plurima admiranda Naturæ Phœnomena aquarum congelationem non minoris momenti esse semper judicavi; hinc sæpe experiundi cupidus fui, quinam effectus frigoris futuri essent, si aqua in spatio ab aere vacuo clauderetur.
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