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severeth not again, as oil doth. Tried with water 

 coloured with saffron. 



Spirit of wine mingled with common water hath 

 a kind of clouding, and motion shewing no ready 

 commixture. Tried with saffron. 



A dram of gold dissolved in aqua regis, with a 

 dram of copper in aqua fortis, commixed, gave a 

 green colour, but no visible motion in the parts. 

 Note, that the dissolution of the gold was, twelve 

 parts water to one part body : and of the copper 

 was, six parts water to one part body. 



Oil of almonds commixed with spirit of wine 

 severeth, and the spirit of wine remaineth on the 

 top, and the oil in the bottom. 



Gold dissolved, commixed with spirit of wine, a 

 dram of each, doth commix, and no other apparent 

 alteration. 



Quicksilver dissolved with gold dissolved, a dram 

 of each, doth turn to a mouldy liquor, black, and 

 like smiths water. 



Note, the dissolution of the gold was twelve 

 parts water, ut supra, and one part metal : that 

 of water was two parts, and one part metal. 



Spirit of wine and quicksilver commixed, a dram 

 of each, at the first shewed a white milky substance 

 at the top, but soon after mingled. 



Oil of vitriol commixed with oil of cloves, a dram 

 of each, turneth into a red dark colour ; and a sub 

 stance thick almost like pitch, and upon the first 

 motion gathereth an extreme heat, not to be endured 

 by touch. 



Dissolution of gold, and oil of vitriol commixed, a 



