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of the body mixed, and the aversion thereof to take 

 flame ; which will appear by the quantity of the 

 spirit of wine that remaineth after the going out of 

 the flame. And it seemeth clearly to be the latter ; 

 for that the mixture of things least apt to burn, is the 

 speediest in going out. And note, by the way, that 

 spirit of wine burned, till it go out of itself, will burn 

 no more : and tasteth nothing so hot in the mouth as it 

 did ; no, nor yet sour, as if it were a degree towards 

 vinegar, which burnt wine doth ; but flat and dead. 



368. Note, that in the experiment of wax afore 

 said, the wax dissolved in the burning, and yet did 

 not incorporate itself with the spirit of wine to pro 

 duce one flame ; but wheresoever the wax floated, 

 the flame forsook it, till at last it spread all over, and 

 put the flame quite out. 



369. The experiments of the mixtures of the 

 spirit of wine inflamed, are things of discovery, and 

 not of use : but now we will speak of the continu 

 ance of flames, such as are used for candles, lamps, 

 or tapers ; consisting of inflammable matters, and of 

 a wick that provoketh inflammation. And this im- 

 porteth not only discovery, but also use and profit ; 

 for it is a great saving in all such lights, if they can 

 be made as fair and bright as others, and yet last 

 longer. Wax pure made into a candle, and wax 

 mixed severally into candle-stuff, with the particu 

 lars that follow, viz. water, aqua vitas, milk, bay- 

 salt, oil, butter, nitre, brimstone, saw-dust, every of 

 these bearing a sixth part to the wax ; and every of 

 these candles mixed, being of the same weight and 

 wick with the wax pure, proved thus in the burning 



