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lofe its elafticity in greater quantities, than 

 a clear air. 



I obferve that where the veffels are equal, 

 and the fize of the Candles unequal, the 

 elafticity of more air will be deftroyed by 

 the large than by the fmall Candle : and where 

 Candles are equal, there moft air in propor- 

 tion to the bulk of the veffel will be ab- 

 forbed in the fmalleft veffel : tho* with 

 equal Candles there is always moft elaiii^L 

 air oeftroyed in the largtft vefll-l, where the 

 Candle burns longeft. 



I found alfo in fermenting liquors, that, 

 cater is paribus, more air was either gene- 

 rated or abforbed in large, than in fmall 

 veffels, by generating or abforbing mixtures. 

 As in the mixture of Aqua Regia and Anti- 

 mony in Experiment 91. by inlarging the 

 bulk of the air in the veffel, a greater quan- 

 tity of air was abforbed. Thus alfo filings 

 of Iron and Bnmjlone, which in a more capa- 

 cious veffel abforbed 19 cubick inches of 

 air, abforbed very little, when the bulk of 

 air, above the ingredients, was but 3 or 4 

 cubick inches: For I have often obferved, 

 that when any quantity of air is faturated 

 with abforbing vapours to a certain degree, 

 then no more elaftick air is abforbed : Not- 

 withstanding 



