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longtr, wefe yettliiGkcr and rougtifef^ he ftys alfo, that 
he hea rd of another fort in f^bUteruw'is Mo^tibuf. ■ 
Then quoting fpme parages out of 'P//;/^ Diefcorides^ 
and other Authors that have mentioned this Stone, and 
the Cloath made of it, he touches upon the fuppofed ufe 
thereoffor the wiekes of Sepulchral'^ Lamps, and from 
Ibme experiments concludes it unfit for that purpofe, he 
alwdys finding the wiekes made of it to go out, and not 
actraft or continue up the oyl for the flame. 
Next he tells us, he kept it for 3 vveeksin a Gbfs-houfe 
fire^ but found it unaltered ^ but it would not preferve a 
ftick wrapt in it from the fire ^ wiience he concludes the 
Amiantus lofes nothing in the fire, becaufe it does not 
burn nor flame 5 but in the handling it wades, tho n6t 
much, as he found by an exaft ballance. . 
Lafily, he proceeds lo (hew the manner of ^fpinning it, 
which he tryed thus'^ firft he^laid the Stone, in 'Water (if 
warm- ffie better) for Cote time to foa^k, theniti^^opened 
and divided with the handSj that the Earthy parts 
may fall out of it, which are whiti(h like Chalk, and 
hold the thready parts together 5 this makes the wa- 
ter thick >nd milky this is repeated fix or feven times" 
wath ftefh water^ 'Wliercit is again opened ahd'fciueezed, 
till all the hetetogeiieous parts are walhed out, and then 
the Flax-like parts are coHeded, and laid in a Sieve to 
dry. 
; "Of his four forts of Amiantus^ he {onnA that from Gr- 
beft^ beiilg long' add foft^ ahd tht Cyprian worfl: 5 
wher^ by "the wayrhe doubts vvhether* his was 'of the beft 
forf," fince t\\t Cyprian was com'Aiended by P^^wwZfW land 
others v^hich he quotes. . Bdt'to come tnore clofe to the 
way of fpinning it, he firft ftifews a method difcovered to 
him, which was'thas. h^ky iUt A^^^ cleanfed as be- 
fore, between two Cards, fuch 'as they card Wool with, 
Fig.. 4. 8c 5. where let it Se gehtiyxarded, and then clapt 
up in between the Cards, fo that fome of it may hang out 
at the fides,then lay the Cards faft upon aTable or Bench, 
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