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take away the pipe ; to do which, after the air has 

 been introduced, we stop the entrance of the pipe 

 with the finger, and expose the back part of the 

 eye to the fire : then the air contained in the globe, 

 and rarified by the pipe, comes through at the 

 place where the fire has most action. We prolong 

 this opening by turning the point of the flat pincers 

 or an iron wire, all round the pipe, we leave but 

 one point, by which the eye remains fixed; we 

 warm it equally all over, after which we expose it 

 to a gentle heat ; and when it is cold again, we se- 

 parate it from the pipe. 



