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The Doctor propofed at Tome fubfequent Meeting, 
to exhibit Four other fimplc tether eal Spirit s, but of 
faline Origins, equally fubtile with this ethereal Spirit 
of Wine. 
Soon after this the Do&or died, and never dif- 
covered any thing relating to thefe elementary ethe- 
real Liquors ; only in a Paper he left in my Hands, he 
gave thefe few Hints of their Nature. 
There are Four Spheres opened, one of the Earthy 
one of the Sea, one of the Air, and one of the Heaven. 
4thly, The inferior Liquor is to be purified as well as that which 
fwam on the Top , but it muft be done by Oil of Tartar per Deli- 
quium, till all Ebullition intirely ceafes : By evaporating all the Humi- 
dity of this Liquor, you will have a peculiar Terra foliata Tartar i, 
which, being reduced into a Calx , fhines in the Crucible like oriental 
Pearls, or a Peacock’s Tail. This Earth has nothing of a pungent 
Tafte, and is to be efteemed as a Sheet-anchor in the moll ardent 
Fevers. 
N. B. This Earth is of diverfe Colours, but it is not the common 
vulgar Terra foliata of Tartar ; for it does not flow in the Fire, nor 
has the fame Tafte as the common. The common is made by pour- 
ing diftilled Vinegar upon fixed Salt of Tartar, till an intire Saturation 
is made. The Ufes of this were formerly known, and I know not by 
what Fate (fays the Doctor) it is coming into Ufe again now. I 
thought proper to mention the Difference of thefe Preparations, be- 
caufe I am able, from innumerable Experiments, to demonftrate a 
real Diverfity in them. I fhall feem to have dwelt too long upon 
one thing, but I hope I fhall be the lefs blamed, fince I defign to 
fhew, that there are feveral tethereal Liquors befides this above-de- 
feribed j for there are not only fuch ( frAny/s-wd, or) combuftible 
Fluids, but there are likewife faline Liquors, and alfo fome quite in- 
fipid, being a Mixture of Combuftibles differently graduated, and ex- 
tracted by no other Heat unlefs their internal Fire. In a word, as 
many Spheres as there are of the Elements, fo many xthereal, or (if 
you rather chufe to call them fo) aereal Liquids, viz. the iEther of 
the Earth, of the Water, of the Air, and of the Fire: Which, with 
the Leave of the Royal Society, I intend fhortly to lay before 
them. 
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