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J\Qiturall History: 
■Experiment 
■Solitary 11 ™^*; 
touching Pre- 
Jtruirg of R*[c- 
Atf«fJbothin 
'Ctkur&tSmeil. 
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and icitc* apt tb diflblue jton ordinarilf 1 iuppote aifo,that it .you make 
j die Earth^nai'rower at the bottpme^than at the Top,m falnton ot a Su- 
!igar Loate Reuerfcd,it Will helpe the Experiment.For it will make the 
Lcq where it Iflliei h,le$ein bulke, and cuermore Smalnefle ofQuan- 
cicy is a Helpe to Verflon. 
T Ake Dam'aske R-ofei^nd puli them • then drie them vpon the Top 
ot an Houfe, vpon a Lead orTarras jin the hot Sunnc,m a cleere 
cby.between© the Houres(onely -)of tvyelne and two ; or there abouts. 
: Then put them into a Sweet Dry Earthen Bot tie,or aGlajJ},with narrow 
JMouthes jfttiffing them clofe together, but without Bruiting: Stop the 
Bottle or Gliffi elofe, and thefetRoj^J-wili rctairte, not oncly there fmdl 
Perfeft, but their Colour frefb, for a yeare at leaHt.Nore,that Nothing 
doth to much deftroy any Plant, or other Body, either by PutrefaRion, 
or Areftfti*n\ as the Adventitious Moijlure , which hangeth loofe in the 
Body, if it be not drawne out. for it betrayeth and tolleth forth the In¬ 
nate and R adicall Moijlure ,along with it,when it felfe goeth forth. And 
therefore :ip Lining Creatures , Moderate Sweat doth preferuethe Iuice 
of the Body.Notc that thefe Rofes, when you take them from the Dry 
%haue little or no Smell, So that the Smell is a Second Smell, that if- 
fuecli out of the Flower afterwards. 
Experiment j 
in Confoit 
couching the 
Continuance of 
Flame. 
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T He Continuance of flame, according vnto thedtuerlity of the Body 
Enflamed,hi other Circumftances,is worthy the Enquiry .Chiefly, 
for that though F/^be(almoft)ofa Momentany Lafting,yet it recei- 
ueth the More , and the Leflerwe will firft therefore fpeake(at iarge)of 
Bodies E nflamed, wholly, and immediarly, without any with to helpe 
the Inflammation. A Spoonful! of Spirit oiWine, a little heated, was 
taken, and it burnt as long as came to ii 6 Pulfes. The fame Quanti 
ty of Spirit of wine. Mixed with the S ixth Part of a Spoonfulll ot Nitre, 
burnt but to the fpace of 94. Pulfes. Mixed with the like Quantity of 
Bay faltfl a.Pulfes.Mixed with the like Quantity of Gunpowder, which 
diflolued intoaBlacke water, uo.Pulfes. ACnbe,orPelletof Yellow 
Wax, was taken,as much as halfc the spirit of wine, and fet in the Mid- 
demand it burnt oncly to the fpace of 8 7 .Pulfes s Mixed with the Sixth 
Part of a fpoonfull ofMilkeJt burnt to the fpace of 1 00. Pulfes ; And 
the Milhe was crudled. Mixed with the Sixth Part of a fpoonefullof 
water burnt ro the fpace of 8 6 . Pulfes s With an Equail Quantity of 
water, oncly to the fpace of 4. Pulfes. A Small Pebble was laid in the 
Mi deleft ; and the Spirit of Wine burnt to the fpace of 94. Pulfes. A 
Pecce of Wood,of thebignetfe ofanArrow,and about a Fingers length, 
was fet vp in the Middeft, and the Spirit of Wine burnt to the fpace of 
94.Pulfcs. So that the Spirit of wine simple, endured the Iongeft ; And 
the Spirit of wine with the Bay-Salt , and the E quail Quantity of water* 
Were the fhorteft. 
Confider well,whether the more fpeedy Going forth of the flame, bee 
caufed. 
