Inflammables. 



SPECIES VI. 



Affhaltum, ludenpech, Berghartz, $tsinpech> 

 Erhartete Bergtheer. 



This is a fmooth, hard, brittle, inodorous 

 black or brown fubftance ; it breaks with a 

 ftnooth fhining furface, melts eafily when 

 heated, and when pure, burns without lea- 

 ving aay afhes, but if impure, leaves allies 

 or a flag. According to Mr. Monnet, it 

 contains fulphur, or at leaft the vitriolic acid, 

 which feems confirmed by the experiments 

 of Meffrs. Gerhard* and Thory^ it is flightly 

 and partially aled on by Alcohol and 

 aether. 



It is found on the fhores of the Red Sea, 



aUb in Sweden, Germany 9 and France. 



S?ECIES VII. 

 Mineral tallowy Mumia, Beleffbon* 



This was found in the fea on the coafts of 

 Finland, in the year 1736; it is perfe&ly 

 white, and of the confidence of tallow, but 

 more brittle, though as greafy. Its fpecific 

 gravity is 0,770, whereas, that of tallow is 

 0,969 ; it burns with a blue flame, and a fmell 

 of greafe, leaving a black vifcid matter, which 

 is more difficultly confumed, it is foluble in 

 fpirit of wine only when tartarifed, and evea 



* 2 Beytrage. f 6 CrellChemifche Journal, p. 67. 



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