ternal Air, both the inward part of the <lb/>
Cork, and the Liquor it &longs;elf, do pre&longs;ent<lb/>
ly &longs;end upwards, and &longs;catter abroad a <lb/>
fume as thick and white, as if there were <lb/>
a quantity of Alabla&longs;ter-du&longs;t thrown up <lb/>
into the Air: And this &longs;moking of the <lb/>
Liquor la&longs;ts till my unwillingne&longs;s to wa&longs;te <lb/>
it, invites me &longs;top it again; and then the <lb/>
a&longs;cen&longs;ion of the fumes &longs;uddenly cea&longs;es, till <lb/>
the Viol be again un&longs;top'd. </s></p>

<p type="main"> <s>This fuming Liquor then I thought <lb/>
would much conduce to the di&longs;covery I <lb/>
de&longs;ir'd to make, &longs;ince it &longs;av'd me the need <lb/>
of conveying any hot Body with it into <lb/>
the Receiver, and would not darken it <lb/>
with fumes before the time. </s> <s>Wherefore <lb/>
having ty'd to the Viol a great weight of <lb/>
Lead, to keep it from being lifted up by <lb/>
the drawing out of the Cork; and having <lb/>
ty'd to the &longs;topple one end of a &longs;tring, of <lb/>
which the other end was made fa&longs;t to the <lb/>
Cover of the Pneumatical Gla&longs;s, the Li<lb/>
quor was carefully clo&longs;'d up after the <lb/>
wonted manner; then the Air being dili<lb/>
gently pump'd out, the Viol was un&longs;topt <lb/>
in the empty'd Receiver: and though <lb/>
immediately, npon the drawing out of the <lb/>
Cork, there appear'd to be as it were <lb/>
thrown up &longs;ome white fumes, which