394 PHYSIOLOGICAL REMAINS. 



ARTICLES 



OF 



QUESTIONS TOUCHING MINEKALS; 



WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN ENGLISH BY THE LORD BACON, YET 

 HITHERTO NOT PUBLISHED IN THAT LANGUAGE. 



The Lord Bacon's Questions and Solutions concerning 

 the compounding, incorporating , or union of metals 

 or minerals; which subject is the first letter of his 

 Lordship's Alphabet. 



Q. WITH what metals gold will incorporate by sim- 

 ple colliquefaction, and with what not ? And in what 

 quantity it will incorporate ; and what kind of body 

 the compound makes ? 



A. Gold with silver, which was the ancient electrum. 



Gold with quicksilver. 

 Gold with lead. 

 Gold with copper. 



Gold with 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. (Plinius 

 Secund. lib. 33. ix. : Mis- 

 cuit denario triumvir Anto- 

 nius f err urn.) 



Silver with tin. 



