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* 1.11. The Barrel of a Gun which was about a Foot long, and of a proportionable Diameter, had the Touch-hole riveted up, and a Screw fitted to the Nose of the Barrel, which being done, it was filled full of Water, and suspended in a Perpendicular Line: The Screw having been thrust down as forcibly as a Man could; in a frosty Night, the congealed Ice raised the Screw
considerably, so that Ice had made it's way out at the sides of the Barrel: But the Experiment being repeated, and the Intervals of the Screw filled up with melted Bees-wax, the expanded Ice not being able to raise it, the Nose of the Barrel was cracked obliquely; besides several o∣ther Flaws in other Places, which gave way to the Wind blown into the Barrel to try it.
The force of Expansion by Cold.