MRS. B.
It is necessary for this purpose to burn the body within a close vessel, which is easily done.—We shall introduce a small lighted taper ([Plate VII.] Fig. 1.) under this glass receiver, which stands in a bason over water, to prevent all communication with the external air.
Vol. I. p. 181.
Fig. 1. Combustion of a taper under a receiver.
Fig. 2. A Retort on a stand.
Fig. 3. A Furnace. B Earthen Retort in the furnace. C Water bath. D Receiver. E.E Tube conveying the gas from the Retort through the water into the Receiver. F.F.F Shelf perforated on which the Receiver stands.
Fig. 4. Combustion of iron wire in oxygen gas.
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CAROLINE.
How dim the light burns already!—It is now extinguished.
MRS. B.