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death In a ^ingh dofe, yet it is certain, that a 

 quantity of poifon, however fmall, which is re- 

 peated with every meal, mufl produce more fatal 

 effects, than is generally believed'*. 



Bell-metal kettles are very ofien iifed in boiling 

 cucumbers for pickling, in order to make them 

 green. This is an abfurd and dangerous pradice. 

 If the cucum.bers acquire any additional green- 

 nefs by the ufe of thefe kettles, they can only de- 

 rive it from the copper, of which they are made. 



According to Ibme writers, bell metal is a 

 compofition of tin and copper, or pewter and 

 copper, in the proportion of twenty pounds of 

 pewter, or twenty-three pounds of tin, to one 

 hundredweight of copper. According toothers, 

 this metal is made of copper, a thoufand pounds j 

 tin, from two to three hundred pounds ; and brafs> 

 one hundred and fifty pounds *. 



Spoons an(^ other kitchen utenfils are frequent- 

 ly made of a mij^ed metal, called alchemy ; or^ 

 as it is vulgarly pronounced, ockimy. The ruft 

 of this metal, as well as the former, is highly per- 

 lijcious. 



^ Lord Bacou'5 Phyf Remains. 



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