haveing staid a minute or two longer the Receiver was taken off (whence issued great store of smoak) the <contact['tact' altered from 'corse']> of the fresh air quickly made the match kindle again.

14 Two Ounces of {oil} {vitriol} being poured in, (but not all at once) into {ounce} iiii of distilld rain water made & kept it manifestly warm for a pritty deal above an hour, and during no small part of that time kept it so hot as was troublesom to be handled.

The two flat Leadden weights were put on the plugg that leaned on the wooll which sunke the Plugg <within>[replacing 'beneath'] the Cylinder [ 'two Inches and one a fifth an eigth' deleted] one inch & five eights being deprest by the force of one that leaned on it sunke the plugg 2 inches 1/8 & recoverd the former station when the hands were removed that prest it downe.

The wooll that filld the Cylinder being suffer'd to expand the contracted parts, there was 5 drams which by its expansion fell off from the Heap that raisd it self 5 inches from the upper part of the Cylinder & the rest that lifted it self above the brass Cylinder weighd {ounce} i + 1 dram, the remainder in the Cylinder weigh'd {ounce} ii & 6 drams.

Four ounces of {sal ammoniac} being dissolved in faire water the dewe condensed in the outside of the bottle increasd the weight of the counterpoysed seale {ounce} i + 28 gr.

Some long solid pieces of Mr Greatrexes Vitriol were put up Febr. 25 weighed {ounce} ii & 6 drams, being weigh'd 25 March it came to {ounce} iii minus 5 gr Sept 3 it weighd {ounce} iii + 22 gr.

The Cylinder of wood weighd after it had been taken out of water {ounce} i + 29 gr it lost 11 gr by lying about 3 howers in the Aire