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December 21, 1683. Mr. Ballard was desir'd to try some experiments, in ye Holy dales, in order to the solution of the question: Whether cast-iron will draw ye needle, as readily as that which is forg'd? Dr. Smith was pleased to shew us some observations, which he made in his voyage to Constantinople, ano 1668; when among other things, ye Dr. observed a great number of Porcpisces, which almost coverd a good part of ye Propontis, from ye Seraglio point, towards ye Islands, that lye over against the bay of Nicomedia; for which reason (as also because he never heard that any Dolphins are caught there by ye Greeks, the good fishermen; nor saw any sold in their Markets) He thinkes, that Solinus, cap 12, is to be understood of Porcpisces, not of Dolphins; although he says (speaking of ye Bosphorus, and Hellespont) hæc profunda Delphinas plurimos habent. As for that vast quantity of water, which runs into ye Mediterranean, he conjectures that a great part of it may run out again, by an under-current, at ye Strait's mouth.
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Early Science at Oxford. Nature 116, 921 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116921a0
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