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February 22, 1683–4.—A letter from Mr. Aston dated Feb. 14 was read, which gave an account of an experiment lately shewn before ye Royal Society by Mr. Paget, viz. ye south pole of ye inclinatory needle followed ye flame of a quarter of a sheet of paper, 5 degrees, ye side of ye box being very little hot; ye inclinatory needle was hung in ye plane of ye meridian; ye North pole shunned ye flame.-With regard to a fountain in Poland, that is said to follow ye motion of ye Moon, is cold to ye touch, and yet easily' inflam mable, Dr. Plot informs us, that there is a spring in Lancashire, which, though cold, takes fire, and will harden eggs.
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Early Science at Oxford. Nature 115, 285 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115285a0
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