illuftrate and refemWe the Phmomma t>?Li^kmn^, fatr 
exceeding eichar thofe made with Nure^ Gun-powder ot 
Aurumfulmind7u. As to io^t other properties of rhis 
ning and burning Preparation fee the Ptnlafoplncal Col- 
Experiment II, 
Y mixing Two Liquors actually cold to produce fudi 
IP^^H^^^ 3nd fierj bodies, aS are not only vifibie in 
the dark^ but at noon day in the enUghtned Air. 
Experiment v:z%viOi a little farprizing, which was 
thus made. We took betwixt Ten and Twenty Grains of 
thtJolidPhofphoruS dind caufed it to melt in as much water as 
M ould juft cover it> which was about a Dram after it 
was adually cold we poured it into two Ounces of Oy/ of 
Vitrioly which being well fhiken together did firft heat, 
and then throw up fuch fiery W//, which like fo many 
Stars will adhere to the fides of the G/^/ and continue 
to burn tor fome time to the great pieafiire of the speilator. 
Experiment IIL 
T5Y the addition of an oyl to the foregoing mixture io 
^ produce a flame. 
This isdone only by pouring a fmall quantity ofoyof 
Turpentine^ without lhaking the VeCfel, the mixture takes 
fire and burns very furioufly. This Experiment ought 
to be made in an open Veffel where the Jir has a free ac- 
cefs. : This fucceeded with Oy/ oi Petroleum^ znd deLa^ 
teribus : but Sallet-oyl and Ipirit of Wine would not be made 
to flame. 
r,,: Thje; Ingredients that compofe this burning mixture 
9f^0^n^^ ^ the^touch, and fpnae of them in their o- 
' '"^ - ^ :, perations 
