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The bigness of the Glass being con∣siderable, it happened that sometimes when I went into the darkned place where I kept it, so much luminous Matter would make a surprising show, but though its extent were far grea∣ter, yet its intensity did not much exceed that of the Light afforded by the Noctilucas of the first sort, as for distinctions sake, those may be called that are mentioned in the Printed Account. Only this I often
took notice of, that, in case I shook the Matter gently, the Light would appear much more vivid. and, as it were, would flash in and about the surface of the Liquor where it was Contiguous to the Air, than it did elsewhere. And this splendor was such, that if it had been lasting, I thought it would have made our Phosphorus useful for considerable pur∣poses.