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After the Reading of the minutes
. . . which had cau
sed
some Di
scour
se about fire. mon
r Ge E. De Spanheim
Resident for his Highne
sse the Prince /Palatine & Brandenburge/ Electors being
now admitted fellow of this Society and Present at the
Debate, in order to the Better explaining the Hypothesis
about fire The Experiment of the box formerly
shewd in this a
ssembly
wa for the shewing the v
se of
air in Burning was againe produced and vpon seuerall
tryalls w
th.
cha lighted coles set in an Iron grate w
thin
the said box, and blowed on w
th. Bellows shutt vp w
ththem
in the soe as only to make the Included air cir
culate & work vpon them It plainely appeared that
the Included air, after It had been satiated by Dis
soluing or Burning the said lighted coles was noe
Longer able or fitt to continue that Di
ssolution
But the coles cea
sed their shining & consuming and
became black w
thout hauing any a
shes Remaining on
them, which further shewed that the v
se of Bellows
in Blowing a fire was not the remouing of tho
se
a
shes as mo
st People suppo
se, But the blowing
vpon the Burning body a greater quantity of vn=
satiated air, which like a new and hungry men=
struum should more powerfully work vpon
& con=
=sume and burne the heated body prepared
forthereby for that operation.
To make this theory yet more plaine Another Exp
t.
which had also been formerly here produced was againe
shown, to wit, The putting a lighted wax candle
thrThrough the top of the box into the satiated air w
thin
it. and It was by often repeating the experiment
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