Ohsenaiions on the Manv/acftire of Pot Ash. 



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y 



eter, much like the holloa 

 the horn of the ox: This 



which 



filled with th 

 inches deep 



pith of 

 Every 



appears to have heen solid. The exteriour 



P 



spot of a d< 

 white, and hav 



entire or not perished, is smooth 



and 



colour. 



th 



The interiour parts are 



resembl 



of well b 



m one 

 a clear 



unslacked 



ime 



but these 



1 



tender, and brok 



From 



be seen only where it is perished 



end 



the other 



appear 



have been nearly round; and on it there have been no 



pron 



or branches 



of a large circle. 



It is incurvated nearly 



an arch 



By the present state of both the ends, 



much of it must have perished; probably 



from each end 



From a general view of it, ther 



believe, that in its natural state, it was 



three feet 

 is reason 



semicir 



cle of ten 



feet 



The undecayed parts, particular 



ly the outside, send forth a slench, like a b 



bone 



o 



horn 



or 



Of what animal 



has become of this animal 

 rious and learned." 



the horn or bone, and what 

 questions worthy of the cu- 



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XXIV. 



Ohservatiom on the Manufacture of Pot Ash. 



AARON DEXTER, m. d. 



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p. A. A. 



AVING had freq 



ppl 



from the manu- 



facturers of pot ash, to examine that article, when 

 condemned by the assay masters, I have been led to several 

 observations, which are generally the result of experiments, 

 respecting its defects, and the causes of its impurity. From 



a conviction 



