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1 Int | water, very much like a bladder.~ ~Triewald in 1722 obtained 2 I, 9| elaborate apparatus. Take an ox bladder and leave it in a small 3 I, 9| quantity of air; close the bladder tightly at the neck so that 4 I, 9| able to escape; expose the bladder to the fire of an ordinary 5 I, 9| such an extent, that the bladder becomes quite distended 6 I, 9| packed. But if the same bladder is removed from the fire 7 I, 9| shape, the air inside the bladder is now becoming condensed 8 I, 9| to the fire, but if the bladder is allowed to remain before 9 I, 9| expanded by the heat, the bladder is bound to burst with a 10 I, 9| water, very much like a bladder.~ ~