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of tallow^aod the art of driving away aud finking Whales by 
fioreum^hcpt between the outermoft boards of the fore- deck or 
other conveoieot parts of a Ship. 
6. Div€rs Obfervations and Experiments made upon Amberm^ 
a whole £ hath beto iound fwimmiog in it 5 that two 
Gptatshzvt been fcen ia it in mV^j^A^i/Amber will not be foftned 
when put into boy ling wax^nor well diff^l ved in Oy 1 of Spike^or 
Turpentiae^or Rdck-oyl^but will iu Oyl of Lavender^aod other 
diftilled oyles^as alfo in rectified Spirit of wine^ which mixf urCj 
kefiith^yiclds an excellent medicine.Oo which occafion this pret- 
ty Experiment is added j,wa.Tbati?(7^:v|-ij;/bting kept in an Alem- 
bic for three weeksjand at the end of th^sm theOyl by a ftronger 
fire totally extraftedsthe remaining hardned and folid body will 
emulate Amber in brightnefs and the attra£tivenefs offtraw^Sccj 
though it be much more brittle than genuin Amber. 
7. An Alga or Sea-weed growing on the 1 [eland ftiore, that 
yields a kind of Sugar^extraded by the heat of theSunjand ufed 
by thei^/^«<^/er/ioftead ofSugar. 
8. A vifcm^^xomng copioufly on Almond- trees io the moun- 
tains of Provence, 
9. A new kind of Acetum^ with eafe and fpeed and before any 
previous fermentation to be drawn out of the flowers of the 
htth Gallium^ ferving like runoet for coagulating milk ; which 
wiilopt fucceed by diftilHog ^fm/j &c. 
10. A way of mekiog Regulm of Antimony v^itbouc fire by 
mixing it with Sublimat^thus^gz^ Reguli Anttmonii optim ^jv, eafq-^ 
mmortariovitreomarmoreove tenuijjimum redige pollinem^ quod 
in cBarta mundafeponejn eidem martario fed prim expurgato^Mer' 
€Hrti fublif^.%yL\] it idem comminm inpulvifculum JubtiUjJimum'-^taH- 
dem poliinemntrumquein charta^ bacilli querni velfagtni agitati^ 
one €rebra,prob£ commixtionis ergo^ conjunge. Turn pulmres bos 
ita permifios miroquadrat'o minufculo ^vulgar i quidem, fedfiriBiO" 
rir orificii immiue^ immijjofqi^ bacilli frigidi extremitaie lat^ori va^ 
Udh & continuo comprime, ita ut [nperficies pulveru ubiq^prefk in 
arotum cogatur. Infifie premendo per femihoram^ ^ videbis haciUum 
iuum mox ake [ubire majjam^eoq-^ faho viirum incalefcere.c^ 
riam vitro conttntam extra or as ejus Je emlvere^fpumare^effervefce^. 
rejfundi./^ iotum cuhiculumgravi vapor e conf under e. 
1 1: A way of making two Spirits^ both cold the touch, to 
flame whea mingled togc therjthus 5 spiritus ferebintB^ 
