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lime and water to them. They lay amongft 

 the lime from the 9th of February to the 

 23d of March. When taken out, and dried, 

 they weighed the fame as when put in. 



Exf. 1 1. That I might fee what effect 

 the mucilage extracted from fand by the 

 acids, would have on quick lime, I added a 

 very fmall quantity of the mucilage from 

 both acids to quick-lime, and baked them 

 together into a pafte. Some of the fame, 

 lime was made into a pafte with water 

 alone. After they had lain for four weeks, 

 and were entirely dry, neither of them had 

 taken bond. 



THESE experiments would feem to be 

 in oppofition to the former theory. The 

 queftion, however, is of fuch ufe, efpecially 

 with regard to building, that it deferves to 

 be further confidered. 



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