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caufcd,by th eGreater Vigour of the Flame inBurning\Ot by the Kefiftance 
of the Body mixed and che Auerjion thereof to take-flame: WhichWill 
appeare oy rhe Quantity of the Spirit ofwine, thatrenuinech alter the 
Going out ot the tiame. And it ieemeth clearely to be the latter, For 
that the Mixture of Things leaft aptfEO^burneiisjthe.Speedielf in going 
out. And note, by the way, that Spirit of, Wive burned, till it 
goeoucofit felfe, will burne no more , And tafteth nothing fo hot in 
the Mouth,as it did- No nor yet lower,(as ific were a degree cowards 
Viheger,) which Burnt wine doth • but flat and dead. A oil i o. " 
N otc, that in the Experiment of ivax afotefaid* the wax difibfiied in 
the burning,and yetdid not incorpora^itieIfe,with.the^iijs/|^o£ Wine, 
to produce one Flame ; but wherefoeuer the Wax floated,thep/tf^ for- 
fooke it^till at laft it l'pread all oiietjiand put the Flame quite .out. 
The Experiments of the Mixtures bi the Spirit otwine en flamed^ are 
Things of Dilccuery, andnot of Vie ; But now wee willfpeake of the 
Continuance of Flames, fiich as are vied; for Candles , Lampes, or Tapers $ 
con lifting of Inflammable-flatters ,and ofa wieke.t hat prouoketh Infia- 
minion. And this iniporteth not only Difcouery*but aifo Vfe and Pro¬ 
fit ; For it is a great Sailing, in all ftieh Lights^ if they can beiriade as 
faire and bright as others, and yec laft longer. Wax Pure made into a 
Candle,and Wax Mixed feuerally into Candle-ftuife,with che Particu¬ 
lars ihn water, Aqua-vi toe,Milk,Bay-fdlt,Oyle,Butter,Nitre, 
Brimftonc , Saiv-dujl , ) Eiiery of thefe bearing a Sixth Parc to the wax s 
And euery of thefe Candles mixed, being of the fame Weight and 
Wiekc with rhe wax Pwc,proued thus in theBurning, and Lifting . 
The fwifteft in Confuming was that with Saw-dufi j Which firft bur¬ 
ned faire, rill fome part of the Candle was confumed, and the Duft ga¬ 
thered about the Snafte 5 But then it made the Snafte bigge, and long, 
and to burnt duskifhly, and the Candle wafted in halfe the rime of the 
wax Pair. The next in Swiftneffe,were the (J; 7 c,and Butter,which con- 
fumed,byaFifth parr, fwifter than the Pure wax. Then followed in 
Swiftneffe the clearewax it felfe.Then the Bay-Salt^ which lafted about 
an Eighth Parc longer than the clearewax. Then followed the Aqua- 
vitae,which lafted about a Fifth part longer than the Cleetre wax. Then 
followed the Milk, and water-; with little difference from the Aqua-vitae, 
but the Water floweft. And in thefe foure Iaft,the wieke would fpit forth 
little Sparkes; For th \e Nitre, it would nor hold lighted abolieforrie 
Tweltie Pulfes •, But all the while it would fpit out Portions of Flame, 
which afterwards would goe out into a vapour. Forth e Brimftone, it 
would hold lighted, rhuch about the fame time with the Nitre j But 
then after a little while,it would harden and cake about the Snafte- So 
that the Mixture of Bay-Salt with wax, will win an Eighth part of the 
timeoflaftirig,and the water a. Fifth. 
After tbeSeuerali Materialls were tried,Trial] was Iikewife made of 
feuerall^/VM « As of Ordinary Cotton • SowingTbred-, Rufh • stlke, 
Straw ■, and wood. The Silke,Strdiv, mdwood, would flame a little, till 
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