Analyfis of the Air. 1 3 y 
lofe its elafticity in greater quantities, than 
a clear air. 
I obferve that where the veffcls are equal, 
and the lize of the Candles unequal, the e- 
lafticity of more air will be deftroyed by the 
large than by the fmall Candle : and where 
Candles are equal, there moft air in propor- 
tion to the bulk of the veffel will be ab- 
forbed in the fmalleft veffel : Tho J with e- 
qual Candles there is always moft: elaftick 
air deftroyed in the largeft veffel, where the 
Candle burns longeft. 
I found alfo in fermenting liquors, that 
ceteris paribus , more air was either gene- 
rated or ab for bed in large, than in fmall 
veffels, by generating or abforbing mixtures. 
As in the mixture of Aqua Regia and Anti- 
mony in Experiment 91. by enlarging the 
bulk of the air in the veffel, a greater quan- 
tity of air was abforbed. Thus alfo filings 
of Iron and Brimftone , which in a more ca- 
pacious veffel abforbed 19 cubick inches 
of air, abforbed very little when the bulk 
of air above the ingredients was but 3 or 
4 cubick inches : For I have often obferved^ 
that when any quantity of air is faturated 
with abforbing vapours to a certain degree, 
then no more elaftick air is abforbed : Not- 
1 withftanding 
