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distilled rain water, dry gently, and place 

 in a long-necked circulatory vessel. The 

 circulatory vessel should resemble three 

 hollow balls placed one on the other, and 

 communicating by means of tubes with 

 a long neck at the top. Add highly 

 rectified spirit of wine, so that it covers 

 the substance to a height of two or three 

 inches ; close the vessel well, and expose 

 to gentle heat for two months, when 

 the spirit of wine will become of a bright 

 red ; pour out the extract, filter, place in 

 a cucurbit, and remove the black sedi- 

 ment, which is of no further use to us. 



Place the alembic on the cucurbit, 

 and distil gently ; the spirit of wine will 

 carry the tincture of Antimony upward, 

 the elements are separated, and the 

 alembic and receiver present the aspect 

 of bright gold. Finally, some few dregs 

 remain, but the gold colour in the glass 

 utterly perishes. Place the red sub- 

 stance, which by distillation has passed 

 into the receiver, in a circulatory vessel 

 for ten days. By means of this circula- 

 tion separation takes place ; for the oil 



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