fully able to diflblve Metalline and 

 Mineral bodies. And in effeft we 

 fee, that, if Corrolive Menftruums 

 be not fufficiently dephlegmed, 

 they will not work on divers of 

 them. But , notwithftanding this 

 plaufible Do&rine of the Chy- 

 mifts> conje&uring that the Saline 

 Particles that fwam in our Aqua, 

 fonts might be more throng'd to- 

 gether, than was convenient for a 

 body of fuch a Texture of Saline 

 parts, and fuch intervals between 

 them, I diluted the Menftruum by 

 adding to it what I thought fit of 

 fair water, and then found, that the 

 defired Cong uity betwixt the Ar- 

 gent and the Patient emerged , and 

 the Liquor quickly began to fall 

 upon the Metal and diflblve it. And 

 if you would try an Experiment to 

 the famepurpoie, that needs much 

 lefs circumfpe&ion to make it iuc- 

 ceed , you may, inftead of employ- 

 ing Lead, reiterate what i ehewhere 

 mention my felftohave tried with 



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