Of Earths. 
Part III. 
Of the nature of Sulphur, Copperas, and Alum, fee a very 
(a) Num. g 00C j Difcourfc in the Phil. Tranfaftions. (a) Of the Ufes, 
fee Agricola, Libavius, CroUius, isc. I have feen a Tintture of 
Sulphur of Mr. Pqy/sj brought over the which will 
fume all away. I remember not where he defcribes it, but 
as I take it, 'tis made with Sal Ammoniac. 
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Of EARTHS. 
TWo Parcels of EARTH RAINED on the Archipe- 
lago, upon the Eruption of M. Vefuvius , Dec. 6th 
1 63 1 . Given by J. Evelyn Efqj. One, is gntty, and of the 
colour of Amber. The other a foft Bole, and looks like 
powder d Jalap. I dropped fome Oil of Vitriol on them, 
but they ftir not. This Earth began to ram about Ten of 
the Clock at Night, and continu d till two next Morning : 
So that it lay two inches thick on the Deck of Captain W. 
Badilys Ship, who fent this Relation. While it rain d, no 
Wind ftirring. It fell in feveral parts a hundred Leagues 
toto M*diflant. (b) 
Jranf.N*!. A 0 f EARTH, RAINED lately upon Tenarif 
Given by Mr. Joseph Bowles, a Merchant in this City. Of 
a pale Clay-colour, and infipid. Yet upon the arfufion of 
Oil of Vitriol, makes a fuddain Effervefcence 5 herein diffe- 
rent from the former. 
FINE SAND , from a Sand-Pit near Bruley in Kent. 
Given alfo by Mr. Evelyn. Of this is made the cleared 
and beit Englijh Glafs. It confifteth of fome Grains, as 
clear as Cryftal : with which others obfcure, being mixed, 
give a whitifli afh-colour to the whole Mate. 
A Sandy fubftance of a Gold-colour, found in a Vein of 
.Stone in Hartford in New-England. 
Black SAND of Virginia. 
Black SAND found on the more near New-Haven in 
New-England 5 with fome Grains of red and white. 
The like out of St. Chriftophers Ifland. 
Fine white SAND of S acorn New-England. 
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