1throughout; we cauſ'd it in the lately
mention'd Wier, to be ſpeedily convey'd
and ſhut up into the Receiver, being de
ſirous to try what would become of a
glowing Body, by reaſon of its texture
more vehemently hot then a burning
Coal of the ſame bigneſs, & yet unlike to
ſend forth ſuch copious & ſtifling Fumes:
But we could not obſerve any manifeſt
change upon the exſuction of the Air.
The Iron began indeed to loſe its Fiery
redneſs at the top, but that ſeem'd to be
becauſe it was it the upper end ſomewhat
more ſlender then at the lower: The red
neſs, though it were in the day time, con
tinued viſible about four minutes; and
then, before it did quite diſ-appear, we
turn'd the Key of the Stop-cock but
could not diſcern any change of the Iron
upon the ruſhing in of the Air. Yet ſome
little remainders of Wax that ſtuck to
the Wier, and were turn'd into Fumes by
the heat of the neighboring Iron, ſeem'd
to afford a more plentiful, or at leaſt a
much more free expanded ſmoke when
the Air was ſuck'd out, then afterwards;
though allowance was made for the de
creaſing heat of the Iron. And laſtly,
notwithſtanding a conſiderable exſuction
mention'd Wier, to be ſpeedily convey'd
and ſhut up into the Receiver, being de
ſirous to try what would become of a
glowing Body, by reaſon of its texture
more vehemently hot then a burning
Coal of the ſame bigneſs, & yet unlike to
ſend forth ſuch copious & ſtifling Fumes:
But we could not obſerve any manifeſt
change upon the exſuction of the Air.
The Iron began indeed to loſe its Fiery
redneſs at the top, but that ſeem'd to be
becauſe it was it the upper end ſomewhat
more ſlender then at the lower: The red
neſs, though it were in the day time, con
tinued viſible about four minutes; and
then, before it did quite diſ-appear, we
turn'd the Key of the Stop-cock but
could not diſcern any change of the Iron
upon the ruſhing in of the Air. Yet ſome
little remainders of Wax that ſtuck to
the Wier, and were turn'd into Fumes by
the heat of the neighboring Iron, ſeem'd
to afford a more plentiful, or at leaſt a
much more free expanded ſmoke when
the Air was ſuck'd out, then afterwards;
though allowance was made for the de
creaſing heat of the Iron. And laſtly,
notwithſtanding a conſiderable exſuction
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