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head, and receiver; lute the joints carefully) 

 and diftil in a vapour-bath with a very 

 flow fire. When you have drawn oft 

 «bout a tenth part of what was put into 

 the matrafs., let the velTel cool, 2nd fct 

 apart the Spirit that is found in the re- 

 reiver. What remains in the matrafs mud 

 not be thrown away as ufelefs, for it is 

 a Rofe-water far fuperior to what is pre- 

 pared according to the ufual method. 



After the firft rectification of a part of 

 the Spirit, repeat the fame operation with 

 another part, till the whole is rectified, 

 and then rectify them all together once 

 more. After this laft operation, you will 

 obtain a highly penetrating and inflam- 

 mable Spirit of Rofes* The phlegmatic 

 part that remains in the matrafs may be 

 added to that procured from the preceding- 

 rectifications, and the whole kept for nfc 

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