t 5 2 7 ] 
^ Table 0/ the comparative Powers of Salts in 
refjling ‘Putrefaction. 
Sea-Salt . f . • ■ • # * * r 
Sal Gemma ... • - 14 - 
Tartar vitrioiatea . . . .2 
Spiritus Mindereri . . .2 
Tartarus folubilis . . .2 
Sal diureticus . • . . 1 : i\ 2-f- 
Crude Sal Ammoniac . . . .3 
Saline Mixture - . . • . 3 
Nitre . • ...■ . ► 4-f" 
Salt of Hartfhorn . ♦ . 4+ 
Salt of Wormwood . .... * \ 4-f- 
Borax . . • . I . 12 -h’ 
Salt of Amber I i * 20-f- 
Alum . • * . .. 
( . f, iToi-’A -h AV, :» VI) 
In this Table I have: mark’d the Proportions by 
integral Numbers j it being hard, and perhaps' un- 
neceflary, to bring this Matter to more Exadnejs; 
only to fome I have added the Sign -p, to fhew, 
that thofe Salts are ftronger than the Number in the 
Table by lomc Fradion } unlefs in the three laft, 
where the fame Sign imports that the Salt may be 
ftronger by fome Units f* The Tartar vitriolated 
f Five Grains of Borax was the fmalleft Quantity compared with 
Sea- Salt; but holding ouc fo much longer, I fufped: three Grains 
would have been fufficient; in which Cafe the Force of this Sale 
was to be eftimated at 20 : A Angular Inftance of the Strength of 
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