Lead, 
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jectile were chamfered or sloped with respect to the axis, 
it would pass through the air with a revolution of its ex- 
tremities, instead of one end following the path of the 
other, as may sometimes be supposed to happen. 
With regard to the execrable practice of war, I think it 
a decided question, that increase of power is, on the whole, 
in favour of rectit ude and virtue ; and that wars are likely 
to be fewer, less durable, and less pernicious, the more 
scientifically they are conducted. 
[1 Nich, 267— f383. quto. 
Sugar of Lead . 
The following process for making this article, I trans- 
late from the account given by M. de Machy in the se- 
cond part of the 6th voL of the Encyclopedic, Arts et 
Metiers p. 758. 
Into a stoneware jar of sufficient capacity put 251b. of 
white lead, or of litharge; (the common white lead 
adulterated with whiting will not well answer the pur- 
pose. T. C.) and about 15 gallons of distilled vinegar. 
Place it in a warm situation which may be near to the 
furnace wherein the vinegar is distilled. Let it remain 
in this situation, till the vinegar is saturated, and has ac- 
quired a full sweet taste : it must be stirred every now 
and then with a long stick. When it has stood a suffi- 
cient time to be quite clear, lade off the clear liquor by 
means of leaden or wooden vessels, into a leaden boiler, 
fixed in a frame of brickwork. Light under it a mode- 
rate fire, and evaporate the liquor gently, till a drop when 
cold becomes solid. 
Then transfer it into small glazed earthen pots of a 
square shape, about the size of a half hundred weight, 
having a hole near the bottom stopped with a wooden 
stopper. On the top of the pots pour about four ounces 
of spirit of wine, which forms a kind of border or cover- 
