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till they be stirred, and make the mucilage l somewhat 

 more liquid. 



Dissolution of gum tragacanth one ounce and a half, 

 with half an ounce of spirit of wine, being commixed 

 by agitation, make the mucilage 1 more thick. 



The white of an egg with spirit of wine, doth bake 

 the egg into clots, as if it began to poch. 



One ounce of blood, one ounce of milk, do easily in- 

 corporate. 



Spirit of wine doth curdle the blood. 



One ounce of whey unclarified, one ounce of oil of 

 vitriol, make no apparent alteration. 



One ounce of blood, one ounce of oil of almonds, in- 

 corporate not, but the oil swims above. 



Three quarters of an ounce of wax being dissolved 

 upon the fire, and one ounce of oil of almonds put to- 

 gether and stirred, do not so incorporate, but that when 

 it is cold the wax gathereth and swims upon the top of 

 the oil. 



One ounce of oil of almonds cast into an ounce of 

 sugar seething, sever presently, the sugar shooting tow- 

 ards the bottom. 



A CATALOGUE OF BODIES ATTRACTIVE AND NOT AT- 

 TRACTIVE MADE BY THE LORD BACON, 



TOGETHER WITH EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS 

 ABOUT ATTRACTION. 2 



THESE following bodies draw : 

 Amber, jet, diamond, sapphire, carbuncle, iris, the 

 gem opale, amethyst, bristollina, crystal, clear glass, 



i mustlate* in the original. a Baconiana, p. 145. 



