Boyle, Robert - New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects

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1of the ambient Air, though not by far ſo
great a one as might have been made by
the Engine; and notwithſtanding the in
conſiderable diſſipation of the parts of the
Iron, the ſurrounding ſides of the Recei
ver were ſenſibly, and almoſt offenſively
heated by it; inſomuch that a pretty while
after the Iron was taken out, the ſides of
the Glaſs manifeſtly retain'd a warmth:
which would not be unfit to be conſider'd
by a Perſon at more leaſure then I am
now.

BEing willing to try after this ſome

thing that would not cheriſh much
Fire at once, and would keep Fire much
longer then a Coal. We took a piece of
Match, ſuch as Souldiers uſe, of the thick
neſs of a Mans little Finger, or ſomewhat
thicker; and this being well lighted at
one end, was by a ſtring ſuſpended with
that end downwards in the cavity of the
Receiver which was immediately cloſ'd:
And yet by that time it could well be ſo,
the copious Fumes of the Match had neer
fill'd and darken'd the Receiver. Where
fore, leſt the Veſſel ſhould be endanger'd,
the Pump was nimbly ply'd, and a great

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