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among the other particles where- 

 with they were aflbciated , when 

 they were preft out of the Grapes. 

 Now this Liquor, that by the fore- 

 mentioned ( or other like ) Mecha- 

 nical Changes is become Vinegar, 

 does fo abound with Corpufcles^ 

 which, on the account of their edges, 

 or their otherwife (harp and pene- 

 trative (hape, are Acid and Corro- 

 five that the better fort of it will, 

 without any preparation , diflblve 

 Coral, Crabs-eyes, and even fome 

 Stones , Lapis jiellaris in particular, 

 as alfo Minium^ (or the Calx of 

 Lead ) and even crude Copper, as 

 we have often tried. And not one- 

 ly the diftilld Spirit of it will do 

 thofe things more powerfully 5 aod 

 pet form fome other things that meer 

 Vinegar cannot 5 but the faline par- 

 ticles , wont to remain after Diftil- 

 iation, may 5 by being diftilrd and 

 cohobated per fe , or by being skil- 

 fully united with the foregoing Spi- 

 rit, be brought to a JUenfirww of 

 up ftnall efficacy io the diflolution , 



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