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) i of the Aire, where the Flame burncth ; whether it bee H ot or Cold ? 
I Moift or Drie.Thc Aire jit it be very cW^irritateth the Flame y imd ma- | 
' keth it borne more fiercely j ( As Fire Icorcheth m Frofty weather *■) j 
’ And lb furthereth the Confumption .The Aire once heated,(I eonceiue) 
! maketh the Flame burne more mildly, andfo helpeth the Continuance. 
f The Aire, if it be Drie, is indifferent: The Aire, if it be Moijl,doih in a 
j Degree quench the Flame: (As we fee Lights will goe out in the Damps 
of Mines:) And howfoeuer maketh it burne more dully; And fo hel¬ 
ped! the Continuance . 
B VriaUs in EartbCe rue for Prefer nation And for Condenfttibn-, And 
for Induration of Bodies. And if you intend Condenfation , or Indu¬ 
ration , you may bury the Bodies fo, as Earth may touch them: As ifyou 
' will make Artificial porcellane , Sec. And the like you may doe for Con¬ 
fer nation, if the Bodies be Hard and Solid • As Clay,Wood,&c. But if 
j you intend Preferuation of Bodies,more Soft andTender,then yon mu ft 
| doe one ofthele two:Either you muft put them in Cafespw hereby they 
may not touch the Earth • Or ell e you muft vault the Earth , whereby it 
: may hang oner them, and not touch them : For if the Earth touch , 
1 them,it will doe more hurt,by the Moifture, caufing them to putrifie. 
than goodby the virtuall Cold, to conferue them •, Except the Earth 
be yery Drie,and Sandie. 
j An Orenge , Limonpa nd Apple, wrapt in a Linnen Cloth,being buried 
for a Forthnights Space,foure foot deepe within the Earth, though ic 
wercinaMoift Place, and a Rainie Time, yet came forth, nowaies 
Mouldie, or Rotten, but were become a little harder than they were • 
Othcrwife frefh in their Colour 5 But their Iuyce fomewhat flatted.But 
with the Burt all of a Forthnight more they became putrified. * 
A Bottle of Beere,buried in like manner,as before,became more Iiue- 
Iy, better tailed, and Clearer, than it was. . And a Bottle of 'wine in 1 ike 
manner. A Bottle of Vinegar,(o buried,came forth more liuely,and more 
Odoriferous, fmellingaimoft like a Violet. And after the whole Mo- 
neths Buriall, all the Three came forth,as frefh andliuely, if not better, 
than before. 
Ic were a profitable Experiment, to preferu c Orenges, Limons, and 
Pomtrranatcs, till Summer 5 For then their Price will bee mightily in- 
Crcafed. This may be done,if you put them in a Pot orVefTefoWell eo- 
uercd,that the Moift we of the Earth conic: not at them • Or elfe by put¬ 
ting them in a Confirmatory of Snow. And generally, whofoeucr wiil 
make Experiments of Cold,\Qt him be prouided ofthree Things, A Con- 
feruatorie oiSnow ; A good large Vault, twenty foot at leaftvnder the 
Ground • And a Deepe well. 
There hath beenea Tradition,that Pcarle, and Corall , and Turchois- 
Stone , that haueloft their Colours, may be recoueredby Burying in the 
j Earth: Which is a thing of great profit, if it would fort:But vpon Triall 
I of Six weekes Emails there followed no effe6t.lt were good to trie it, 
U. . . > 
Experiment* 
m Contort, 
touching Buri- 
alii Qilnjufions 
of diners Bodies 
in Earth. 
3 7 6 
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37 s 
37 ? 
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