throughout; we cau&longs;'d it in the lately <lb/> mention'd Wier, to be &longs;peedily convey'd <lb/> and &longs;hut up into the Receiver, being de­<lb/> &longs;irous to try what would become of a <lb/> glowing Body, by rea&longs;on of its texture <lb/> more vehemently hot then a burning <lb/> Coal of the &longs;ame bigne&longs;s, & yet unlike to <lb/> &longs;end forth &longs;uch copious & &longs;tifling Fumes: <lb/> But we could not ob&longs;erve any manife&longs;t <lb/> change upon the ex&longs;uction of the Air. <lb/> </s>
<s>The Iron began indeed to lo&longs;e its Fiery <lb/> redne&longs;s at the top, but that &longs;eem'd to be <lb/> becau&longs;e it was it the upper end &longs;omewhat <lb/> more &longs;lender then at the lower: The red­<lb/> ne&longs;s, though it were in the day time, con­<lb/> tinued vi&longs;ible about four minutes; and <lb/> then, before it did quite di&longs;-appear, we <lb/> turn'd the Key of the Stop-cock but <lb/> could not di&longs;cern any change of the Iron <lb/> upon the ru&longs;hing in of the Air. </s>
<s>Yet &longs;ome <lb/> little remainders of Wax that &longs;tuck to <lb/> the Wier, and were turn'd into Fumes by <lb/> the heat of the neighboring Iron, &longs;eem'd <lb/> to afford a more plentiful, or at lea&longs;t a <lb/> much more free expanded &longs;moke when <lb/> the Air was &longs;uck'd out, then afterwards; <lb/> though allowance was made for the de­<lb/> crea&longs;ing heat of the Iron. </s>
<s>And la&longs;tly, <lb/> notwith&longs;tanding a con&longs;iderable ex&longs;uction