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This Story Sir J^. M<?mj aflSrmed to have received from the 
Earl oiWeymes^ Brother in Law to the Lord Sinclair^ as in was 
written to him from Scotland. 
Of the Mineral of Liege ^ yielding both Brim- 
ftoiie mdYitxiol^ and the way of extraBing 
them out ofit^ ufed at Liege. 
The Account of this Mineral, and of the way of e:ktrading 
both Brimfione and Vitriol out of it, was procured from L/>^^, 
by the lately mentioned Six: l{ebert Moray ^ and by him commu- 
nicated to the 'Royal Society^ as follows. 
The Mineral, out of which BrimJiouB and Vitrrol are excrad:ed,. 
is one and the fame, not much unlike Lead ore, having alfo 
oft times much Lead mingled with it^ which is feparated from 
it by picking it out of the reft. The Mines refemble our EngliffJ 
Coal-Mines, dugg according to the depth of the Mimraly \ 5, ^^o, 
or more fathoms, as the Vein leads the Workmen 5 or the fub- 
terranean waters will give them leave, which in Summer Too- 
verflow the Mines, that the upper waters, by reafon of the 
drought , not fufficing to make the Pumps goe, the Work, 
ceafes. 
To make Brimflene , they break the Stone or Ore into fniall 
pieces, which they put into Crucibles made of Earth, five foot 
long, fquare and Pyramid- wife. The Entry is near afoot fqaire, 
Thefe Crucibles are laid floaping, eight undermoft," and fe veil 
above them, as it were betwixt them, that the Fire may come 
at them all, each having its particular rnrnace or Oven. The 
Brimjlojie being difrolvcd by the violence of the hear, drops out 
at the fmall end of the Crucible , and falls into a Leaden- 
Trough or Receptacle J common to all the (aid Crucibles, 
through which there runs a continual Rivolet of cold water, 
conveyed thither by Pipes for the cooling of the difTolved 
Sulphur, which is ordinarily four hours in raeking. 1 his done, 
the Allies are drawn out with a crooked Iron, aiid being puc 
into an Iron Wheel-barrow, are carried out ofiheHu:-C, and 
being 
