84 t&e SDec&am'cat SDitgine 



EXPER. xvir. 



*Hough I have not obferv'd a- 

 ny Liquor to equal Oyl of 

 Vitriol in the number of Liquors 

 with which it will grow hot 3 yet I 

 have not met with any Liquor 

 wherewith it came to a greater In- 

 calefcence than it frequently enough 

 did with common Qyl of Turpen- 

 tine. For when we caufed divers 

 ounces of each to be well ftiaken 

 together in a ftrong veffel, fattened, 

 to prevent mifchief, to the end of a 

 pole or ftaff > the Ebullition was 

 great and fierce enough to be not 

 undefervedly admired by the Specta- 

 tors. An J this brings into my mind 

 a pleafaat adventure afforded by 

 thefe Liquors , of each of which, 

 having for the Production of Heat 

 and other purpofes, caus'd a good 

 bottle full to be put up with other 

 things into a box, and fent down in- 

 to the Countrey with a great charge, 



that 



