Sennert's innovation on this experiment was the addition of pouring the silver-aqua fortis solution through a paper filter before precipitating the silver from the solution. This experiment was used as evidence that the silver remained in the mixture in the form of minuscule particles, rather than dissolving into its Aristotelian components. It appears to have inspired similar experiments on the part of Robert Boyle and others used to establish acceptance of Corpuscularianism.
Sennert's breakthrough in this experiment was the addition of pouring the silver-aqua fortis solution through a paper filter before precipitating the silver from the solution. This experiment served as evidence that the silver persisted in the mixture in the form of tiny particles, rather than dissolving into its Aristotelian constituents. It seems to have inspired similar experiments by Robert Boyle and others used to establish acceptance of Corpuscularianism.