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-orno finell; fo chat the fmell is afecond {mell that iffueth outof the Flower | 
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eyHecontinuance of Flame, according untothe diverfity of theBody en-, ; 3 66- 
~B flamed, and other ci-cumftances, is. worthy the enquiry ; chiefly, for nome | 
‘that though Flame be (almoft) of amomentany lafting, yetit receiveth the touching the 
i More. and the Lefs: We will firft therefore {peak (at large) of Bodies en- ene 
| flamed, wholly, | Srcchonmgeihaeae mel habie to help the Inflamma- . 
{ tion. ‘A fpoonful of Spirit of Wine, alittle heated, was taken, and it burnt | 
7 aslong ascame to 116 Pulfes. Thefame quantity of Spirit of Wine, mixed | 
| with the fixth part of a {poonful of Nitre, burnt but to the fpace of 94, 
| Pulfes. Mixed withthe like quantity of Bay-Salt 83 Pulfes. Mixed withthe | 
like quantity of Gun-powder, which diflolved into a Blackewater 110 | 
| Pulfes. A Cube or Pelletof Yellow Wax, was taken, as muchas half the 
} Spirit of Wine, and fet in the midft, and it burnt onely tothefpace of 87 
Pulfes. Mixed with the fixth part of a {poonful of Milk, it burnt tothe. 
| fpace of too Pulfes ; andthe Milk was crudled. Mixed withthe fixth part 
| of afpoonful of Water, it burnt tothe {pace of 86 Pulfes; with an equal 
| quantity. of Water, onely to the fpace of four Pulfes. . A fmall Pebble’ 
b was laid in the midft, and the Spirit of Wine burnt to the {paée of 94 | 
| Pulfes: Apiece of Wood of thebignefsof an Arrow, and about a Fingers 
‘Hength, was fet up in the midft, and the Spirit of Wine burnt to the {pace 
| of 94 Pulfes. Sothatthe Spirit of Wine Simple, endureth the longeft, and 
| tn Spiritof Wine with the Bay-falt,and the equal quantity of Water, were 
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} > Confider well, whether the more fpeedy going forth of the Flaite, be: 
}caufedby the greater vigor of the Flame in burning; ‘or by the refiftance of 
| the Body mixed,and theaverfionthereof to take Flame:. Which willappear | 
| by the quantity of the Spiritof Wine, that temaineth afterthe going out of 
the Flame: And itfeemeth clearly to be the latter, for thatthe mixture of 
/things leaft apt to burn, is the {peedicft in. going out, and note by the 
way, that Spirit of Wineburned, . till it go out of it felf, willburnno more, 
| and tafteth nothing {o hot in the mouth as it did; no nor yet four, (as 
! a chasis a degree towards-Vinegar) which burnt Wine doth, but flat and 
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Note, chat inthe Experiment of Wax aforefaid, the Wax diflolved in 
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|| the burning, and yet didnot incorporate it felf with the Spirit of Wine, to nat 
| produce one Flame; but wherefoever the Wax floated, the Flame forfook 
it; till at laftit {pred all over. and put the Flame quite out. or a | 
> The Experiments of the Mixtures of theSpiritof Wine enflamed,are| 369. 
things of difcovery, and notof ufe: But now we will{peak of the continu. 
ance of Flames, fuch asare ufed for Candles; Lamps, or Tapersyconfitting 
of Inflamable Matters,and of a Wick that provoketh Inflamation. And this | » 
)/importeth nct oncly difcovery, but alfo ufe and profit; for it is a great 
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faving in all fuch Lights, ifthey can be made as fair and right as others, and | 
yet laftlonger. Wax pure made intoa Candle, and Wax mixed feverally 
| into Candle-ftuff, withthe particulars that follow, (Vie. Water, « Aqua-vites 
Milk, Bay-Salt, Oyl, Bunter, Nitre, Brimftone, Saw duff;) every of thefe beat- 
| ing a fixth part to the Wax ; and every of thefe Candles mixed, being 
"of the fame weight and wiek , with the Wax pure, proved thus in the 
F ing, and lafting. The iwifteft in confuming was that with Saw- 
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