Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660
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1with it Receivers even for the moſt ſub­
tle Chymical Spirits, You would ſcarce
wonder at the ſervice it has done in our
Pneumatical Glaſs.
WE took a Tallow-Candle of ſuch

a ſize that eight of them make
about a pound, and having in a very com­
modious Candleſtick let it down into the
Receiver, and ſo ſuſpended it that the
Flame burnt almoſt in the middle of the
Veſſel, we did in ſome two minutes ex­
actly cloſe it up: and, upon Pumping ve­
ry nimbly, we found that within little
more then half a minute after the Flame
went out, though the Snuff had been
purpoſely left of that length we judged
the moſt convenient for the laſting of
the Flame.
Experi­
ment 10.
But the ſecond time having put in the
ſame Candle into the Receiver, (after it
had by the blaſts of a pair of Bellows
been freed from Fumes) the Flame laſted
about two minutes from the time the
Pumper began to draw out the Air; up­
on the firſt exſuction whereof, the Flame
ſeem'd to contract it ſelf in all its Dimen­
ſions.
And theſe things were further ob-

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