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> | which Jafted. about. a. fifth-part Jonger thar the clear Wax; then follow 
| it would, harden and cake aboutthe {nafte : So that the mixture of Bay-falt | 
| with VVax,. will winaneighth part of the time of lafting, and the VVater | 
| Wood. The Silk, Straw, and Wood; would flame alittle, till they cCameto } 
| confurried. flower than the Cotton, by at leafta thitd part of time. Forthe | 
\ harden, fo that. both age, and lying inthe Bran doth help to thelafting. } 
return: furcheft from the Turret. Reverfe its and fillit fullof Oy), by. 
| the obfervation to make ahole, in the top of the Turret, andtotry, 
hinical = : ¥ an, We ots a ee b deils ud 
and tlie duit, gathered)about the {nafte 5 but then it made thefnattebig, 
and long, and to burn duski(bly, and the Candle waftedin half tie time of 
the Wax pure. ‘The next in {wiftitefs, were the Oyl and Butter, which 
confumed ‘by a fifth, part fwifter than the pure Wax.°» Then followed in 
fwiftnels the clear Waxir felf ;. then the Bay-talt, which. lafted mk 
an, eight part longer than the clear Wax ; then followed the eAqua-vire, | 
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the Milk;and; Water, ; with’ little difference from the cA qua-vite,. but the 
Water floweft. ; And jin thefe four laft, the VViek would: fpit forth. little 
{parks :,For the Nitré s, it would,not hold lighted above: fome twelve | 
»Pulfes :, But all the while it would fpit out portions of Flame,» vhich | 
afterwards, would go outinto a vapor.y For the Brimftone, it would hold | 
lighted much aboutthefame with the Nitre ; but then after a litle while, } 
a fifth. r } wh HG : : PLU RNS Are W GH i | 1 
_. After ‘the: feveral ‘materials were tryed, Tryal was likewife made of | 
feveral VVieks ; asof ordinary Cortes, Sowing Thied, Rufb, Silk, Straw,y-and | 
the Wax, and thengoout; of the other three, the’ Thred‘confumed fafter | 
thanthe Cotten, by afixth part of time; the Cotten next; then the Rufht} 
bignefs of the Flame, the Cotton, and Thred, cafta Flame much alike, and | 
the Rufh much lefs and dimmer. Quaere, whether VVood and VVieks | 
both, as in Torches confume fafter, thanthe WVieks Simple?- 4) 1 | 
WVc have fpoken of the feveral Materials; andthefeveral VVieks; but 
to the lafting of the Flame, it importeth alfo, not onely, what the materia 
is, but inthe fame material, whether it be hard, foft, old, new, &c. Good | 
Houfwives to make their Candles burn the longer, ufeto laythem (one by | 
one) in Bran or Flower, which makethem harder, and fothey confume the | 
flower. Infomuch, as by thismeans they will out-laft other Candles of the) 
fame ftuff, almoft half in half.: For Bran and Flower have a vertue to} 
And we fee that VVax Candles laft longer then Tallow-Candles , becaufe | 
VVax is more firm and Hard. : i 
The lalting of Flame alfo depenaeth upon the eafte drawing of the] 
Nourifhments as we {cein rhe Court of Esgland, thereis afervice which they | 
call All-Nigh; which is (as it were) a.great Cakeof Wax, with the Wiek] 
in the midft; whereby iccometh to pafs, thatthe Wiek fercheth the Nou-] 
rifhment further off. Wefeealfo, that Lamps lat longer, becaufe the Veffel } 
is far broader than the breadth of a Taper or Candle. ; al 
Take a Turreted Lamp of Tin made in the form of a Squares the}) 
height.of the Turret, being thrice as much as the length of the lower 
whereuponthe Lamp ftandeth make onely one hole in it, at the endof 
hele; and then fet it apright again, and put a Wiek in at-the hole,’ 
Jighten it: You fhall'finde that ir will burn flow, and along time: W 
is caufed :(as was faid laft before) for that the Flame fercheth the Ni 
ment a far ‘off. You fhall finde alfo, thatas the Oy! wafteth and de 
eth, fothetop of the Turrer, by little and litile filleth with Air; 
is caufed by the Rarefaétion of the Oyl by the heat. Ie were wi 
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