MlLOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
The CONTENTS. 
J Continuation o/Dr:DanieI CoKt s Difcourfe^ l^egun in T^Jumh^i bj ^ 
JtoMhingthe Umtity dfaliyoX^til ^^zltsandNmoxxs Spirits.-^^ Ac^ 
• compt^ given by the [ame^ oftwo furprizing Experiments m&de upon' 
Slants that yielded Salts ferfeiilyreprefenting the Jhapeof theVe- 
getahlesytvhence they had been obtdned.An ^ccompt $f three Eockst 
J. J DefcriPtion of that African Kingdom call" d V ttu^ pMijht in 
High- Dutch ^/William John Muller Jl.ri^^ firjl Book of the ART * 
- ofMEttALS^ written inSpmifh by Alonfo Barba, and Englifbt 
• by the lat€ Earl of SmdmchJlirhe Royals 
by N. Stevenfon* An Advertifement touching tm Books formerly 
defcribed. 
A Contimationof Dr.D'dukl CoxeV Difcourfe^begun ih^uir\b.io-]* 
touching the Identity of all Volatil Salts, Vinous Spirits-; toge-^ 
' ther with tvpo fmprizing Experiments concerning Vegetable Salts{ 
perfei/Hyrefembling the fha^e of the Hants ^ whence they had been 
obtained^ 
THat which hath bcenraid oTAlcal^zate'^^\t%^x£^y likewifeb® 
affirm'd concerning Volatil Salts ^^x\d Ttnm Spmts\ The for- 
mer are afforded not only by Vegetables and Animals, butalfo by 
fome Minerals; And although imaiediately upon their produftion or 
extraftionouc of the feveral fubftances which did yield them, they 
appear fenfibly different from each other, ^ind are without difpute 
endow'd with very different propertie.s,cKiefIy MedicinaHyet they 
may ail by flight artifices be reduced unto fuch a Simplicity and I- 
denticy, as that neither the moft acute and faithful Senfes, nor the 
nioft rational and nice Experiments,can find or make,without addi- 
taments, the leafl difagreement or difcnmination. 
Volatil Saks abound in moft Vegetables, from which they foire^ 
times may be extricated by fimple Diflillation s but ufually previ- 
ous Fermentation is required ; of which opfration I have formerly 
Z rendred 
