neck being preserved, the layers which re- enteenth century, when " Batavian tears," or "Prince Ru- main are maintained by the resistance of the pert's drops " were first produced. These objects are now interior layers, and equilibrium is not upset. frequently made in glass works, as curiosities,… … mitted to detach themselves the molecules of glass of each to show that the effects noted are due principally to a par- layer should be displaced in inverse direction, according ticular state of the exterior layers of the tears, and that the as the rupture takes place from the tail or from the…