A TABLE PLAINLY TEACHNG THE MAKING AND VSE OF A WETHER GLAS

Prepare 2 glasses like v̄to these figures marked wth AAA & EE then v̄to the mouth of EE fit a close cork through which make a hole through it put ye shāk of AAA & fastē it so that it being put into ye glas EE may rech almost vnto ye botom divide thē the space bee­tweē bodie of AAA & the cork so fastned into 16 eꝗall ꝑts next fil ye glas EE almost as sull as yu cā of fair water war̄ed yt hath some Roman vitriol dissolved in it thē heate ye hed of AAA verie well at ye fier and put it into ye glas EE & wax it fast & you shall ꝑceiue the water to ascend into it bee­hould ye figure BBB lastly includ EE in a box as bb

THE VSE

1 Note yt this water ascendeth with could & descendeth with heate 2. If in 6 or 8 howers ye water fale a degre or more it wil sureli rain within 12 howers after 3 Soe long as ye water stands at any one degre so long the wether wil continue at yt stay it is thē at Lastly by diligent Observā: yu may foretel frost Snow or [...] wether

A.A.A

E E

The figure of the glass exactly made

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Anno Dō 1631

You may bye the glasses aaa & ee att the signe of the Princes arins [...] street▪

B* B* B*

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