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gentle fire, we drew off fome Spirit 

 of Wine much ftronger than that 

 which had been put on, and then the 

 Phlegm following it, the fire was in- 

 creas'd, which brought over a good 

 deal of phlegmatic ftrengthlefs Li- 

 quor 3 by which one would have 

 thought that the Quick-lime had 

 been flaked ; but when the remain- 

 ing matter had been taken out of 

 the Retort, and fufifer'd to cool, it 

 appear d to have a fiery difpofition 

 that it had not before. For if any 

 lump of it as big as a Nutmeg or an 

 Almond was caft into the water^ it 

 would hifs as if a coal of fire had 

 been plunged into the Liquor, which 

 was foon thereby fenfibly heated. 

 Nay j having kept divers lumps of 

 this prepared Calx well covered from 

 the air for divers weeks, to try 

 whether it would retain this proper- 

 ty, I found, as I expe&ed, that the 

 Calx operated after the fame man- 

 ner, if not more powerfully. For 

 fbmetimes, efpecially when 'twas re- 

 duced to fmall pieces, it would upon 



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