ARTICLES OF QUESTIONS TOUCHING MINERALS. 



THE LORD BACON S QUESTIONS, WITH 



DR. MEVEREL S SOLUTIONS. 



Concerning t/ie compounding, incorporating, or union of 

 metals or minerals. Which subject is thcjirst letter 

 of his Lordships Alphabet. 



WITH what metals gold will incorporate by simple 

 colliquefaction, and with what not ? And in what 

 quantity it will incorporate ; and what kind of body 

 the compound makes ? 



Gold with silver, which was the ancient &quot; elec- 

 trum :&quot; gold with quicksilver : gold with lead : gold 

 with copper : gold \vith brass : gold with iron : gold 

 with tin. 



So likewise of silver: silver with quicksilver: 

 silver with lead : silver with copper : silver with 

 brass : silver with iron : &quot; Plinius secund. lib. xxxiii. 

 9. Miscuit denario triumvir Antonius ferrum,&quot; 

 silver with tin. 



So likewise of quicksilver: quicksilver with lead : 

 quicksilver with copper : quicksilver with brass : 

 quicksilver with iron : quicksilver with tin. 



So of lead : lead with copper : lead with brass : 

 lead with iron : lead with tin. &quot; Plin. xxxiv. 9.&quot; 



So of copper : copper with brass : copper with 

 iron : copper with tin. 



