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EXPER, XXVII. 



IN the Inftances that Chymiftry is 

 wont to afford us of the Heat 

 produced by the a&ion of Menftru- 

 ums upon other bodies., there inter- 

 venes fome liquor ? properly fo 

 call'd D that wets the hands of thofe 

 that touch it i and there are divers 

 of the, more judicious Chymifts, that 

 joyn with the generality of the Na- 

 turalifts in denying.that Quickfilver, 

 which is indeed a fluid body but 

 not a moift and wetting one in re- 

 ference to us, will produce Hear by 

 its immediate aftion on any other 

 body , and particularly on Gold* 

 But though I was long inclinable to 

 their opinion yet I cannot now be 

 of it y feveral Trials having affur'd 

 me, that a Mercury, whether af- 

 forded by Metals and Minerals , 

 or impregnated by them y may 

 by its preparation be enabled to 

 iofinuate it felf nimbly into the 



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