Cleomedis Meteora Graece et Latine (Balfour 1605)

Outside the world, however, there is the void, which extends on all sides into the infinite. That which is occupied by a body is called place. That which is not occupied would be the void. That there is a void, we shall recount in a few words. Every body must be in something. That thing in which it is must be different from that which occupies and fills it, since it becomes incorporeal and as it were untouchable. Therefore, we say that such a nature, which is able to receive and contain a body, is the void. That bodies are in something of this kind is most easily seen in the case of waters and every liquid essence. For when we lift a solid body from a vessel that contains both moisture and a solid body, the water collapses into the place of the removed body, and its rise no longer appears the same; but it is as much smaller as the bulk of the removed object was. Again, if a solid object is thrown into a vessel full of liquid, as much liquid flows out as is the volume of the thrown object: which would never happen unless the liquid were in something that was filled by it, and which could be occupied by a body. Something similar must be thought to happen in the air. For that too is pushed out of the place occupied by it, when some solid object occupies it. When

it is necessary. Outside of it, there is the void,
reaching out from every part to the infinite.
Of this, that which is occupied by a body
is called place. That which is not occupied
would be the void. That there is a void,
we shall recount in few words. Every body,
must be in something. This, in which it is,
must be different from that which holds
and fills it, being incorporeal, and
as it were intangible. We say, therefore, that such
a substance, which is capable of receiving and
containing a body, is the void.
That bodies are in such a thing
is especially visible with waters and all
liquid essence. Whenever we remove from a
vessel, having liquid and a solid body in it,
the solid, the water falls into the place
of that which was removed, and its rise
no longer appears, but is smaller,
by as much as the magnitude of the removed object
was. And again, if into a vessel filled with liquid,
a solid is thrown, as much liquid overflows,
as is the volume of the thrown solid. This would not
be happening, unless the liquid were in something,
filled by it, and capable of being
occupied by a body. The same thing is to be
conceived as happening with air.
For it too is pushed out of the place occupied
by it, when some solid
occupies it. When