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> rher further Putrefaction : The way were therefore, tolblow dtongly, j 
‘ with a Pahe of Bellowes, into a Hoglhead, putting into the Hogihead i 
(before) that which you would haue prefcrued ; And in the infiant that 
I you withdraw the Bellowes, flop the Hole clofe.. 
I : He Experiment of Wood that Shmth in the Darke ^ we haue diligently 
driuen,and puffued : The rather, for that of all Things, that giue 
, Light here below, it is the m®ft durable. And hath lead Apparent Mo- 
tjon. Eire and Flame are in continuallhxpence j Sugar ihiucth onely 
S while it is in Scraping s And Salt-water while it is in Dafhing , Glow- 
wormes haue their Shining while they liue, or a little after. Onely Scales 
of Fifties (Pu trifled) feeme to bee of the fame Nature with shining wood: 
Andie is true, that all Putrefaction hath with it an Inward Motion, as 
wellasF/Vr, or Liqht. The Triall fortedthus. i. The Shining is in fome 
Peeces myie Bright in fome more Dimtne ^ but the mod Bright of all 
ddthnotatraineto the Light of a Glow-wormc. 2, The woods that haue 
beene tried to Chine, are chiefly Sallow and willow 5 Alfotbe Afh, and 
Hajle • It may bee, it holdeth m others. 3. Both Roots, and Bodies doe 
ihine, but the Roots better. 4. The Colour of the Shining Part 3 by Day¬ 
light, is in fome Pceces white, in fome Peeces inclining to Red • Which 
in the GotintreyCthey call; the and Red Garret. 5. The Part that 
Shineth, is, (for the mod part) fome what .S’*/*, and Mrift tofecleto; 
Bur fome was found to bee Firme, andMard • Soas.it mightbee figured 
into a Croffe, or into Beads, &c. But you mud not looke to iiaue an I- 
mage, or the like, many thing that is Lightfome • For euen a face in 
Iron red Hot will not bee feene, the JJght confounding the fmall diffe- 
Irences of Lightfome and Darkfbme, which fhew the figure. 6 . There 
was the Shining Partpared off , till you came to that, that did not Shine 5 
But within two Dayesthe Part Contiguous begannealfo to shine, being 
laid abroad in the Dew • So as it feemeth the Pucrefa&ion fpreadeth. 
7. There was other dead wood of like kiode, that was laid abroad, which 
Shined not at thefirft • but after a Nights lying abroad began to Shine. 
8 . There was other wood, that did Fir ft (bine: Andbeinglaiddryin the 
Honfe, within fine or fix dayes, Loft the (hitting ; And laid abroad a- 
gaine, Recouered the Shining. 5?. Shining Woods , being laid in a Dry 
Room, within a. Scuen night, lod their Shining ; But being laid in a 
Cellar , or Danke Roorne , kept the Shining. 10. The Boaring of Hole;, in 
that kindeof Wood, and then laying it abroad, ft-emeth to conduce to 
make it Shine: IhcCaufeis, for that all Solution of Continuity doth hc-lpe 
on I’utrtfaction, as was touched before, n. No wood hath beene yet 
tried to Shine, that Was cut downe altue % butfuch as was Rotted , both in 
Stocke, and Root, while it grew. 12. Partof the wood that shined, was 
Jltcpedin Oyle, and retained the Shjning a Forthnight. 13, The like fuc- 
ceeded in feme Steeped in water, and much better. 14. How long the 
ShmwgwiW continue, if the wood bee laid abroad euery Night , an d taken 
in and Sprinkled with water in the Day, is not yet tried. 15. Triall was 
I made 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Wood 
Shining in the 
Darke • 
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