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found to my wonder, that not onely 

 the oyl remained unfrozen by the 

 (harp froft it had been exposed to, 

 but that it had not its tranfparency 

 troubled, though Vis known, that oyl 

 will be brought to concrete and 

 turn opacous by a far lefs degree 

 of Cold than is requifite to freeze 

 water; notwithftanding which this 

 liquor , which was lodged in a 

 glafs fo thin, that 'twas blown at the 

 flame of a Lamp, continued fluid 

 and diaphanous in very frofty wea- 

 ther, fo long till I loft the expectati- 

 on of feeing it congeal'd or concre- 

 ted. And this brings into my mind, 

 that though Camphire be as I 

 formerly noted, reckoned by ma- 

 ny potentially cold , yet we kept 

 fome oyl of it 7 of our making, 

 wherein the whole body of the 

 Camphire remained, being onely by 

 fome Nitrous Spirits reduce! to the 

 form of an Oylj we kept it, I fay, 

 in fuch intenfe degrees of Cold, that 

 would have eafily frozen water, 

 without findiag it to lofe its Tranf- 

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