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triol, the fame emptied, will contain but feven Oun- 
ces of jEther. It is the very Ens, or Being moft pure of 
Flame ; wherefore neither Soot nor Alhes are ever 
found upon its Deflagration. {Succeeded.) 
fhus far hut to make this Paper 
more than a meer Harangue.^ it is ahfolutely necef- 
fary to fiihjoin t^jo Paragraphs out of a Paper 
of that excellent Chymifi Mr, Godfrey, {Dr, Fro- 
beniusV Fellow Labourer) in thefe Experiments 
which he delivered in when this jF.ther was made 
puhlick before us. 
“ 19th, 1719-30. That this Liquor Tithereus, 
was formerly very much efteemed and enquired into, 
‘‘ doth clearly appear by an Experiment 1 made for- 
“ merly for my worthy Mailer , Efq^ Boyle ^ 
“ by the Means of a metallick Solution, namely, by 
“ the Solution of crude Mercury united with the 
“ Phlogifon Fini^ or other Vegetables, and this 
“ iEther fwam on Top of the Solution which I fepara- 
“ ted per 'Fritorium, ISJote^ This is what I have 
« done formerly in Efq^ Boyle*s Laboratory, and Sit 
“ Ifaac Newton was very well acquainted with it 
“ too 5 which by reafon of Shortnefs of Life was not 
“ brought to a full End, to do it fo readily in Quanti- 
‘‘ ty. But when Dr. FroiheniuSy by Experiments on 
« this in my Laboratory, did produce it in greater 
‘‘ Quantity, he wanted to fee how far Sir Ifaac 
“ Newton had gone on with it in his Book. There 
“ we faw that great Man’s Application inFol. 330, 
that he had done it cum 01 . Fitr. & Sp. Fin. 
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