fame material with the clotb, to burn in their Temples 
topofterity, rThis, ^r^ is the true r^/^fi^Vl recd of 
the nature and iubffance of it from tKe Chineje above 
iiientibh'd;)- ita^k i^^l^^ it^rfee' qbt With;ycyaf Ex- 
perifii^iats dr jdagib^ii^/^6\ii?rWli^C(c)^^ 
me to render you this account, I h,ope)jtbiete !wiU tiQC any 
ill conftru(3:ion be made there of, which is allthe Favour 
is defired by 
ion L^rmAnoD 3n3rnii3qz"3 liofh yd ihiibu ^A^oVii^^v.t^vX lo 
•^wWchwfe^ tetoifhei^/isi^^^ wfaeraof is 
.engraven ^ i f foiiirg meafaredjAtas teund idi Ifengtli 
Inches, bemc^)ixk^ frmg^ or taffells^' t\it fringe att eacii 
eiidbeing^ Inches -m^ £b tkar thB whole #as-ju^^^ 
ibptin ■lengrfi^?\^«d^ie feemit^^^ ,o 7/ 
, There '^e«5e*it woi /^^mjfj^, bPks^i^efiflafig^ ^ givpn kt 
LondQft ; one, befare^ffiike of Mie Mem iof the'^^^. iSfe- 
-^^'^/^^/ privatly, 2iQ^ x5845 wheH'^/ was permitted 
to be poua^d lipon it whilft red hotl, to^enforcte the vio- 
lence of the fire : bef<*e it vt^^§|)ift^ iiir^^' t4e^^ this firft 
^r^Hi, it* weighed one ounce, fix^'dr^'tfSj&ct^en grains, and 
loft in the buraiing twxb dramSy iii^t grains.^ ' - — ' 
The fecond Experiment of it Was publick before the So- 
ciety, Nav. 12 following, when it weighed (as appears by 
%hQ Journal oi the Society ) before it was put into the fir^y 
;0ne ounce, three drams, 18 graii^s. Being put into a 
€\e^'^£harvml.ftre, it was petMitt^d to eoiitinue red hdt 
in it, fbrfeveral minuter : wbeti taken Cut (though red 
hot) it did not corifume a piece of white paper, on which 
at- was^ layd : it was rpridlein^Iy cool, a^ad- upon weigh'^ 
