3 2 ©ft^e^et^attital^tgitteof 



employed inftead of it, will do the 

 fame. 



EXPER. XVL 



THe mention of Nitre brings in- 

 to my mind.) that the Salt- pe- 

 ter being wont to be lookt upon by 

 Chymifta as a very inflammable bo- 

 dy 3 ought , according to them , to 

 be of a very fulphureous nature 3 

 yet we find not that 'tis in Chymical 

 Oyls, but in water , readily diffol- 

 ved. And whereas Chymifts tell 

 us, that the Solutions of Alcaly's 5 

 fuch as Salt of Tartar 9 or of Pot- 

 atoes in common Oyls , proceed 

 from the great cognation between 

 them^ I demand, whence it happens., 

 that Salt of Tartar will by boiling 

 be diflblvied in the expreft Oyl of 

 Almonds^ or of Olives, and be re- 

 duced with it to a foapy body 5 and 

 that yet with the elTential Oyl of Ju- 

 niper or Anifeeds, 8cc. where what 

 they call the Sulphur is made pure 



and 



