PHYSICAE anp LITERARY. 25: 
ed in the receiver, in the form of a thick, 
pitchy matter, fwiming upon the fpirit, 
and flicking ftrongly to the fides of the- 
veflel. Inthe retort remained only a black 
coal. | 
Havine weighed each of thefe fepa- 
rately, the coal was nine ounces fix drams ; 
the thick pitchy oil, an ounce and an half; 
the volatile oily falt or {pirit four ounces ; 
the reft, the infipid phlegm received in an 
open receiver. ) 
Tue phlegm being firft examined, was 
nothing but a fimple clear watery liquor, | 
without tafte or fmell, 
Tue redifh yellow liquor that came 
next, was a liquid volatile unctuous fale, 
compofed of a watery phlegm, a volatile 
falt, anda little.oil, which commonly goes 
under the’ name of fpirit. This mixed with 
{pirit of fea falt occafioned only a few bub- 
bles; it raifed with oil of vitriol an effer- 
vefcence, and turned muddy ; it precipi- 
tated a folution of mercury in agua fortis, 
_ into a black powder, turned fyrop of vio- 
lets green, had no effec upon chalk fpirit 
of falt ammoniac: Spirit of hartfhorn 
made 
