Note 65 — JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE, GEORGE CANNING, AND GEORGE ELLIS.
Reading edition
Water has been supposed, by several of our philosophers, to be capable of the passion of love. Some later experiments appear to favour this idea. Water, when pressed by a moderate degree of heat, has been observed to simper, or simmer (as it is more usually called). The same does not hold true of any other element.