and PjoDuttiOtt Of &Olatilttp> 39 

 mer way moft part of the Salt of 

 Tartar was quickly brought over in 

 the form of a Liquor , whofe pier- 

 cing fmell was fcarce tolerable > and 

 by the latter way fome Salt of Tar* 

 tar of my own* being put into a Re- 

 tort, and urged but with fuch a fire 

 as could be given in a portable Sand- 

 furnace) there remained not at the 

 bottom near one half of the firft 

 weight, the additament having car- 

 ried up the reft, partly in the form of 

 a Liquor , but chiefly in that of a 

 white Sublimate, which was neither 

 ill-fented, nor in tail corrofive, or 

 alcalizat, but very mild, and fome- 

 what fweetifti. And I doe not much 

 doubt, but that by other way es the 

 fixt Alkaly of Tartar may be eleva- 

 ted, efpecially if, before it be expo- 

 fed to the laft operation of the fire, 

 it be dextroufly freed from the moft 

 of thofe Earthy and Vifcous parts, 

 that I think may be juftly fufpe&ed 

 to clog and bind the truly faline ones. 



But I have too long digreft, and 



therefore (hall intimate onely upon 



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