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On the other hand, my worthy friend 

 and colleague, Dr Alfton, having obferved, 

 feveral years fince, that quick-lime conti- 

 nued to communicate its virtues to water 

 much longer than any one before had ima- 

 gined ; tells us, that he found, afterwards, 

 by experiments, that half a dram of ftone- 

 quick lime yielded forty ounces of lime- 

 water; and that, after a pound of the 

 lame quick-lime had afforded five hun- 

 dred pounds of lime-water, the water 

 procured from it was as ftrong of the lim& 

 as ever *. Hence he imagines, that, as 

 •Water can only be impregnated to a cer-« 

 tain degree by quick-lime, fo this will 

 happen equally, whether the quick-lime 

 be frefh from the fire, qv has had five 

 hundred times its weight of water poured 

 on it before ; provided the water be al- 

 lowed time enough to extract the virtues 

 of the lime f , And further affirms, that 



the 



• PWlofoph. Tranfa-a. vol. 47. p. 266. and DiflVr- 

 tation on quick-lime, &c. p. 4. J & 6. where the fame 

 thing is affirmed of oiilerlhell lime, 



^ DilTert. on quick- lime, p, 11. & 53. 



