Part of a Letter vpritien in Latin to Thomas 
Gale, S. T. D. Secret. Reg. Soc. from C^rmo- 
by Mr. John Weichard Valvaforhber Baro ; 
containing the Method of cajiing Statues in Metal 
together with an Im^ention of his for making fuch 
caji Statues of an extraordinary thinnefs^ beyond a- 
- ?iy thing hitherto hftown or praSiifed. 
I Send you likewifb my Method of cafting Statues in 
Metal, in obedience to the Commands of the Royal 
Society ; it is as follows. jF/>/?, I form out of good Clay, 
that will endure the Fire, and not crack either in drying 
or burning, fuch a Figure or Statue as I defire to caft ; 
when this is well dry, I make, all over the Figure, Uttle 
holes of no great depth ( but both fize and depth propor- 
tionate to the bignefs of the Statue ) into which I let 
fmall pieces of Metal, and with ibme of the lame Clay 
fix them firmly in the holes ; the ufe of thefe bitts of Me- 
|tal, marked in Figure. I. is to keep the Core 
' and Mo/M from touching one the other, or falling toge- 
ther when the Wax runs out ; and that they may remain 
conftantly in the fame fixt Pollure. This done, Ifcrape 
jaway with fome proper Inftrument as much of the Clay 
in thicknefs as I defign for the thicknefs of my Statue, and 
then laying it in a Furnace, I burn the Core till it be red- 
hot, (by the Core I mean always the Statue firfl: made in 
Clay. ) When it is cold I rub the Core all over with that 
fort of Earth or colour, which our German Potters ufe, to 
colour the joynts of the Tiles when they fett Stoves of 
Tiles or (^KjicheUOfens \) This Colour refembles much 
that which the French call Vlomb de mer ( BLuk Lead ) 
Kk which 
