PHYSIOLOGICAL REMAINS. 



together, and what not ? Which is to be enquired par- 

 ticularly, as it was in colliquefactions] .* 



There is to be observed in those dissolutions which 

 will not easily incorporate, what the effects are : as the 

 bullition ; the precipitation to the bottom ; the ejacula- 

 tion towards the top ; the suspension in the midst ; and 

 the like. 



Note ; that the dissents of the menstrual or strong 

 waters may hinder the incorporation, as well as the dis- 

 sents of the metals themselves ; therefore where the 

 menstrua are the same, and yet the incorporation fol- 

 loweth not, you may conclude the dissent is in the met- 

 als ; but where the menstrua are several, not so certain. 



Dr. MevereVs answers to the Lord Bacon's questions, concern- 

 ing the compounding, incorporating, or union of metals 

 and minerals. 



Gold will incorporate with silver in any proportion. Plin. 

 lib. xxxiii. cap. 4. " Omni auro inest argentura vario pon- 

 dere ; alibi dena, alibi nona, alibi octava parte Ubicun- 

 que quinta argenti portio invenitur, electrum vocatur." The 

 body remains fixed, solid, and coloured, according to the pro- 

 portion of the two metals. 



Gold with quicksilver easily mixeth, but the product is 

 imperfectly fixed ; and so are all other metals incorporate 

 with mercury. 



Gold incorporates with lead in any proportion. 



Gold incorporates with copper in any proportion, the com- 

 mon allay. 



Gold incorporates with brass in any proportion. And 



1 The words within brackets are not in the original as printed by Tenison. 

 But a passage to the same effect occurs in Rawley's Latin translation of 

 this piece, and I suppose that some one had inserted a translation of the 

 passage (as necessary to complete the sense) in the margin of the copy 

 which Blackbourne used : for Blackbourne inserts them as a separate para- 

 graph. 



