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3\Catnrall Hiflory: 



is made of fome Tangible -Bo^which bath Weight : But it is not impoflible, 

 perhaps; that it fhould be made of Spirit, or Vapour,in a Body, (which Spirit 

 or Vapour hath no Weight ,) luch as is the matter of Ignis Fatuus. But then 

 you will fay , that that Vapour alfo can laft but a fhort time: To that it may 

 be anfweredjThat by the helpe of Otie 9 and Wax } and other Candle-flujfe,thc 

 Flame may continue, and the wieke not burnt. 



Experiment 

 Solitary Oeco- 

 nemica.ll tou- 

 ching Cbeape 

 Fuel. 



775 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Gathering of 

 mnde for 

 Frcfhmjfe. 



776 



Experiment 

 Sohtaiy tou- 

 ching the 

 Trials of Airs 



777 



Experiment 

 Solitary to u 

 ching Increa- 

 fing or Millie 

 ' in CMilcb 

 Bcafis. , 



778 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Sand 

 of the Nature 

 of Piaffe. 



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QEa-Coale laft longer than Char-Coale And Char-Coale of Roots, being Coa- 

 led into great Peeces, laft longer than Ordinary Char-Coale, turfe and 

 Peat^and Coir- Shears, are cheape Fuels, and laft long. Smali-coale, or Char- 

 coal poured upon Char-coale, make them laft longer. Sedge is a cheap F»<?// 

 to Brew, or Bake with; the rather becaufe it is good for Nothing elfe. Tri- 

 al would be made of fomc Mixture of Sea-coale with Earth, or Chalke $ For 

 if that Mixture be, as the Sea-coale- Men ufe it, privily , to make the Bulke 

 of the Coale greater, it is Deceit; But if it be uled purpofely, and be made 

 knowne, it is Saving. 



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T is, at this Day, in ufe in Gaza, to couch Pot-jheards or VeJJels of Earthen 

 tlicir Walls, to gather the Wind from the Top, and to pane it downe in 



Spouts into Roomes. It is a Device for Frejhnejj'e, in great Heats : And it is 

 faid, there are fome Roomes in Italy, andSpainehr Frefhnejje, and gathering 

 the Winds, and Aire, in the Heats of Summer. But they be but Penmngs of the 

 Winds, and Enlarging them againe, and making them Reverberate, and goe 

 Roundin Circles, rather than this Device of Spouts in the Wall. 



TpHere would be ufed much diligence, in the Choice of fome Bodies, and 

 Places, (as it were,)for the T aflingoi Aire ; to difcover the Whoiefome- 

 nejje, or Unwhole[omenejJe,as well of Sea[ons,as o{ the Seats oi Dwellings. It is 

 certaine; that there be fome Houses, wherein Confitures, and Pies, will ga- 

 ther Mould, more than in Others. And I am perfwaded,that a Peece or Raw 

 Flefh,or Fifh,wi\Uooner corrupt in fome^zV^,thanin Others.They be noble 

 Experiments, \x\2L\.cz.Ki make this Difcovery-, For they ferve for a Natural Di- 

 vination otSeafas-, Better than the Ajlronomers canby their Figures And a- 

 gaine,they teach Men where to chufe their Dwelling,ior their better Health. 



HTHcre is a Kinde of Stone,about Bethleem, which they grinde to Powder, 

 and put into Water,whereo{ Cattle drinke ; Which maketh them give 

 more Mike. Surely, there would be fome better Trialls made of Mixtures 

 of Water in Ponds for Cattle, to make them more Milch-, Or to Fatten them; 

 Or to Keep them from Murraine. It may be, Chalke, and 2V/#* 3 are of the 

 beft. 



tT is reported, that in the Valley, near the Mou^taine Carmel, in Judea, there 

 is a which, of all other, hath moft Affinitie with Glajje. Infomuch 

 as other Miner alls, laid in it , turne to a Glajjie Subflance , without the Fire-, 

 And againe Glajje put into it , turneth into the Mother-Sand. The Thing 

 is very ftrange, if it be true : And it is likelieft to be Caufed by fome Na- 

 tural Furnace, of Heat in the Earth : And yet they doe not fpeakof any£- 

 ruption of Flames. It were good to trie in GlaJJe-works , whether the Crude 

 Materials of GlaJJ'e,mit\g\ed with GlaJJ'e,a\ready made and Re-moulten,doe 

 not facilitate the Making of GlaJ? with lelTe heat. 



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