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mod profufe SuperefFufion of common Water, that 
it much encreafes the Vehemence of the Flame, and 
lads till the fubtil Parts of the jEther are confu- 
ined and ventilated by the Flame. This Experiment 
fliould be made in a large and lofty Room, not in 
Danger of taking Fire. (Not Jhe^ed,) 
V. The Senfe of Touch does not manifed the lead 
Oilinefs or Fatnefs in this Ethereal Liquor, notwith- 
danding that it is the true, natural, and only DilToF 
vent, or Mendruum of all Fat, Oil, Rofin and Gum 
whatfoever: By means whereof all Sorts of Fat, and 
every Kind of Fire or Flame is extricated by a fpee* 
dy, fafe, and pleafant Operation. On thefe Accounts 
it is that this Ethereal Liquor will not unite with any 
Kinds of Salts whatfoever, but all Sorts of Oils, 
Pitch, Turpentine, Opobalfams,. Camphire, Wax, Am- 
bergreafe, Sperma Cete, Madick, Musk, Copal, and the 
like, it difc)lves mod readily, and with the greated Eafe 
extrads their bed ElTences. 
VI. And indeed a wonderful Harmony is obferva- 
ble betwixt Gold and this jEther, even greater than 
between Gold and vKegia ; infomuch as from hence 
Gold appears to approach nearer to the Nature of Oils 
than of Earths, as lhall be proved when we treat in 
their proper Place of the three harmonious Mendrua 
which we have difcovered, viz. The corrofive one 
for the Devoration or DilTolution of Earths, Minerals, 
and Metals ; the aqueous one for the DilTolution of 
all Kinds of Salts ^ and ladly, the ^Ethereal Liquor, 
or Oleus Menjruum, If a Piece of Gold be dillblv- 
ed in the bed ^q. Regia,, and upon the Solution 
Cold, be poured half an Ounce, or what Quantity 
you pleafe of the • ^Ethereal Liquor, diake the Glafs 
care* 
