.J^J3!W EleSive AttraBions ef tht Earths, 



■ Tliefe'obfervatiorls dre too intimately related to the formation of ftones, and tlie art oT 

 •nalyfing them to admit of the principal refults being negleSed in this place. They 

 will, no'ddubt; bte thought of equal importance when they announce that the eartliy 

 falts Wert' tfdt -decompoCedi -as wheii they fliew the poflibility of that effeft being; 

 acconiplilhcd. ' • ' 



- 1 maJde a mixSlire of equal parts of a folution of muriate of lime and of muriate of' 

 alumine. The fluid became turbid almoft immediately, even before it was agitated* 

 TbJreHeift which Was firft feen in the upper part, was very rapidly communicated to the 

 lower; after which the fluid became opake and almoft gelatinous, ftrongly colouring 

 blue paper, and' the precipitite did not difappear but by the addition of new acid. 

 '^^■' Expefihiint 9. The mixture of muriate of lime and milriatc of magnefia, gave ria 

 f^^S of rjiW" cbifibiriation . 



Experiment 10. The folution of muriate of barytes, afforded at the end of three or 

 four miViutes, an abundaint precipitate, which was not redinblved'bv e'xcefs of acid. 

 ' ' Explrifiientxi. The mixture ot the fokuions ot muriate of lime and muriate of 

 ilroii'tiftn,' ejihibited no change. 



^'fApniment 12. The mixture of the folutions of muriate of magnefia arid muriate of 

 alumine, affumed at the end of a few minutes, a milky appearance ; but the effeft pro- 

 ceeded no farther, whether the folution were neutral, or with excefs of acid. 



'Experiment fx,. Muriate of magnefia and muriate of barytes, mixed in folution, 

 iaforded an abu'ndaht precipitate, which was not redifiblved' by the addition of more 

 acid. 



' Expenrtient 14V Nbthihg of this 'kihil' was obferved by mixture of the folutions of 

 muriate of magnefia and muriate of ftrontian, in any proportion. 



Experiment 15 If the folutions, even diluted, of muriate of barytes and muriate of 

 ahimine be ihi'xed, the fluid becohies immediately turbid, and affords a copious. 



precipitate. (To be continued. J 



XII. 



Acccmnt of the improvemenls made on the Farm in the great Pari ofhisMajefy,ih& 



King, dt Windfor. il;- Nathaniel ICen't', JE/^.* 

 '1 Sir, 



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'PON mentioning to you fome time fince that there had been fome praftices ir> 

 hulbandry on his Majefty's farms under my fuperintendance in Windfor Great Park ^ 

 which I conceived were not generally . known, and upon your giving me reafon to 



• AddrelTecl to the Secretary of,llje Society for the EtKOuragcmcnt of. Atts, and ittfeited' in their Tr-nifafiions 

 fer the prefent year, 



thiiA 



