WITH NOTES. 



He figures a blow-pipe for glass-working, as in the 

 annexed engraving, which he thus describes : 



&quot; Let there be a vessell of copper about the bignesse 

 of a common foot-ball, as A ; let it have a long pipe at 

 the top as D, which must be made so that you may 

 upon occasion screw on lesser, or bigger vents made 

 for the purpose. Fill this one-third part with water, and 

 set it over a furnace of coals, as E, G, H, I, and when 

 the water beginneth to heat, there will come a strong 

 breath out of the nose of the vessel, that will force the 

 flame of a lampe placed at a convenient distance as K.&quot; 

 -Page 158. 



Sir Hugh Plat, in his &quot; Jewel House of Art and Na 

 ture,&quot; 1594, gives an account of the ordinary fire- 

 blowing ^Eolipile. He says : &quot; A round ball of copper 

 or lattin, that will blow the fire very strongly, only by 



the attenuation of water 

 into air ; which device will 

 also serve to perfume with. 

 A round ball of copper 

 or lattin, of the bigness of 

 a small bowl a round 

 pipe or neck, of 3 or 4 

 inches in length, less than 

 a goose quill and an 

 elbow of a less pipe no 

 bigger than a straw, whose 



