1it down into the Glaſs; and ſpeedily clo
ſing it, we cauſ'd the Pumper to ply
his work, and obſerv'd that upon the ve
ry firſt exſuction of the Air (though per
haps not becauſe of that onely) the Fire
in the Coals began to grow very dim, and
though the agitation of the Veſſel did
make them ſwing up and down (which in
the free Air would have retarded the ex
tinction of the Fire) yet when we could
no longer diſcern any redneſs at all in any
of them; caſting our eyes upon a Minute
Watch we kept by us on this occaſion, we
found that from the beginning of the
Pumping (which might be about two mi
nutes after the Coals had been put in
glowing) to the total diſ-appearing of
the Fire, there had paſſed but three mi
nutes.
ſing it, we cauſ'd the Pumper to ply
his work, and obſerv'd that upon the ve
ry firſt exſuction of the Air (though per
haps not becauſe of that onely) the Fire
in the Coals began to grow very dim, and
though the agitation of the Veſſel did
make them ſwing up and down (which in
the free Air would have retarded the ex
tinction of the Fire) yet when we could
no longer diſcern any redneſs at all in any
of them; caſting our eyes upon a Minute
Watch we kept by us on this occaſion, we
found that from the beginning of the
Pumping (which might be about two mi
nutes after the Coals had been put in
glowing) to the total diſ-appearing of
the Fire, there had paſſed but three mi
nutes.
Experi
ment 11.
ment 11.
Whereupon, to try the Experiment a
little further, we preſently took out the
Coals, in which it ſeems there had re
mained ſome little parcels of Fire, rather
cover'd then totally quench'd: For in the
open Air the Coals began to be re-kind
led in ſeveral places, wherefore having by
ſwinging them about in the Wier,
throughly lighted them the ſecond time,
welet them down again into the Receiver,
little further, we preſently took out the
Coals, in which it ſeems there had re
mained ſome little parcels of Fire, rather
cover'd then totally quench'd: For in the
open Air the Coals began to be re-kind
led in ſeveral places, wherefore having by
ſwinging them about in the Wier,
throughly lighted them the ſecond time,
welet them down again into the Receiver,