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good feafd Weather-glafs for a 

 while into water > that the Spirit of 

 Wine might be brought to the tem- 

 per of the external L,iquor 5 we put 

 on a convenient quantity of the 

 powder'd Caput mortuum , which a- 

 mounted to two ounces, and feemed 

 to be little other than Antimony* 

 which accordingly did fcarce fenfi- 

 bly raife the Spirit of Wine in the 

 Thermofcope 5 though that were a 

 tender one. Then laying afide that 

 water, and putting the Inftrument 

 into frefh , of the fame temper, we 

 put to it a very yellow Sublimate, 

 that afcended higher than the other 

 parts^ and feemed to confift of the 

 more fulphureous flowers of the An- 

 timony 3 with a mixture of the more 

 volatile parts of the Sal Armoniac. 

 And this Subftance made the tinn- 

 ed Spirit in the Thermofcope de- 

 fcend very ilowly about a quarter of 

 an inch 5 but when the Inftrument 

 was put into frelh water of the fame 

 temper, and we had put in fome of 

 she powder of the lower fort of Sub* 



limate^ 



