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For precipitation likewise ; by what strong water 

 every metal will precipitate, and with what addita- 

 ments, and in what time, and into what body. 



So for amalgam a; what metals will endure it, 

 what are the means to do it, and what is the manner 

 of the body. 



For vitrification likewise ; what metals will endure 

 it, what are the means to do it, into what colour it 

 turns ; and farther, where the whole metal is turned 

 into glass, and where the metal doth but hang in the 

 glassy parts ; also what weight the vitrified body 

 bears, compared with the crude body ; also because 

 vitrification is accounted a kind of death of metals, 

 what vitrification will admit of turning back again, 

 and what not. 



For dissolution into liquor, we are to inquire what 

 is the proper &quot; menstruum&quot; to dissolve any metal, and 

 in the negative, what will touch upon the one and not 

 upon the other, and what several &quot; menstrua&quot; will 

 dissolve any metal, and which most exactly. &quot; Item,&quot; 

 the process or motion of the dissolution, the manner 

 of rising, boiling, vapouring more violent, or more 

 gentle, causing much heat or less. &quot;Item,&quot; the quantity 

 or charge that the strong water will bear, and then 

 give over. &quot; Item,&quot; the colour into which the liquor 

 will turn. Above all, it is to be inquired, whether 

 there be any &quot; menstruum&quot; to dissolve any metal 

 that is not fretting, or corroding ; and openeth the 

 body by sympathy, and not by mordacity or violent 

 penetration. 



For sprouting or branching, though it be a thing 



