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The HISTORY of

EXPERIMENTS

Of the Weight of Bodies increased
in the FIRE:

Made at the Tower, and the Account
brought in by my Lord
Brouncker.

1. Copper and Lead.
d. gr.
The Copel weighed 10 83/32
Lead 4 9
Copper 0 6
Into the fire all three 14 232/32
Out of the fire 15 48/32
Gained 0 52/32

Besides what the Copel lost in Weight, supposed to be about three Grains.

2. Copper and Lead.
d. gr.
Copel 10 2
Lead 4 93/4
Copper 0 6
Into the fire all three 14 173/4
Out of the fire 15 119/32
Gained 0 727/32
3. Lead