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aud of purified Nitre ; this Water will bs all of an Azure 
Colour : But when the Water is evaporated, you will (ee 
in the Veflel, that the Vitriol, the Aiium and the Nitre 
have re-afTum'd diftinftly their firft natural FiguicSj and 
that the Vitriol hath recovered its nioft compleae Azure 
Colour, leaving the Nitre and the Allum with their ufual 
tranfparent Whitenefs. 
9. Akho' it be faid before, Number 7. That all the 
Salts have a proper and particuhr Figure, yet not with- 
(landing all thisy Seignior Redi hath oblervedj That 
fonne manner of Salts have Two, Three and Four (bits 
of Figure. Two forts have been feen in the Lettuce^ in 
ihQ Scorzoneras^ in the Musk Melon, the Scopa, in the 
Roots of Efula, in ths Black He/khre, in Endive, in 
Eye- bright^ in Worm wood, in Sorrel, and in Shoots of 
Fines ; Three (brts in Black Pepper^ and io Incarnate 
Rofe ; Four (brts in the Roots of White HeUehore, 
10. Bcfides the be fore» mentioned diverfity of Figures 
which are found in Salts, I have obferved, that among all 
Salts of whatfoever Figure, there are found fbme Cubi- 
cal ; which, though they be never fo often diffolvcd and 
congealed, appear ftil! of a Cubical Figure, or incli- 
ning to it. 
II.., He knows not that it isa General Rule, that the 
different Parts of Herbs, Fruits, S'c. make Diverfity in 
the Figures of their Salts; but he fays particularly, That 
the Salt of the Leaves of Lawrel differ from that of the 
Wood, and that the Figure of the Sak of the Pulp of a 
Gourd differs from that of the Rind. 
IX. Many Salts of different Matter have the fame Fi- 
gure, or at kaft very hke: The Sak of Cucumber hath a 
Figure hke the Salt of Eye^lright, Mechoacawt^ Scopa^ 
and Lettuce; alfo the Sak of Orange Flowers^ Rofes, 
Ginger^ Endive y Cdlloquintida^ Scorzonera-Rooty White 
Hellehore- Roots and Liquor ifh are like one another, Cole^ 
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