 | 1816 - 600 pages
...a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently the bladder, near the flame of a candie till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out... | |
 | Medicine - 1816 - 582 pages
...a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently...flame of a candle, till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder: which was the more surprising,... | |
 | Science - 1817 - 364 pages
...a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently...flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder : which was the more surprising,... | |
 | Science - 1817 - 382 pages
...a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently...flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder : which was the mere surprizing,... | |
 | William Matthews - 1827 - 644 pages
...and when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently the bladder near the flaine of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...could have blown them with his mouth ; and yet the quantity of coals distilled was inconsiderable. gently the bladder near the flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder, which was the more surprising,... | |
 | William Matthews - Gas manufacture and works - 1832 - 464 pages
...and when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing...flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder; which was the more surprising,... | |
 | 1838 - 492 pages
...had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of tbe bladders, and pricking a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently the bladder near the flame of the candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - Chemistry, Technical - 1844 - 488 pages
...and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing...flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder ; which was the more surprising,... | |
 | Edward Andrew Parnell - 1844 - 488 pages
...and, when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing...flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming till all the spirit was compressed out of the bladder ; which was the more surprising,... | |
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... when I had a mind to divert strangers or friends, I have frequently taken one of these bladders and pricked a hole therein with a pin, and compressing gently the bladder near the flame of a candle till it once took fire, it would then continue flaming... 
