230 Anal^fes of the Air. 
ticity was deftroyed by the burning Candle. 
As the air cooled and condenfed in the re- 
ceiver, the water would continue rifing a- 
bovc that mark, not only till all was cool, 
but for 20 or 30 hours after that, which 
height it kept, tho’ it flood many days; which 
fhews that the air did not recover the elafli- 
city which it had loft. / 
The event was the fame, when for grea- 
ter accuracy I repeated this Experiment by 
lighting the Candle after it was placed un- 
der the receiver, by means of a burning glafs, 
which let fire to a fmall piece of brown pa- 
per fixed to the wick of the Candle, which 
paper had been firft dipped in a ftrong folu- 
tion of Nitre in Water, and when well 
dryedj part of it was dipped in melted Brim'- 
(tone y it will alfo light the Candle without 
being dipped in Brimjione. Dr. Mayo*x^ 
found the bulk of the air leflened by 3-0 part, 
but docs not mention the fize of the glafs 
vefiel under which he put the lighted Can- 
dle, T>e Sp, Nitro-aereo. p. loi. The capa- 
city of the velfel above ^ in which the 
Candle burnt in my Experiment, was equal 
to 2024 cubick inches i and the clafticity of 
the of this air was deftroyed. 
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