
          last year, I nearly had lost my eyes. As the last
 crystalls [crystals] were a little coloured, I thought to wash these
 with alcohol, instead with destillated [distillated] water, because
 the are less soluble in the former. But, momently [momentarily]
 not remembering the possibility of the formation of
 Silver fulminate by presence of Nitric acid with the
 elements of alcohol, I evaporated the wash water,
 for winning the last crystalls [crystals]. But I had to [too] 
 much evaporated, so that the crystalls [crystals] were in powder
 and no regular, wherefore I solved its again in
 water. In the moment, as I will do so, a terrible 
 explosion broke out, blacking my whole face and
 injuring my eyes dangerously. Silver was reduced. 
 A violent inflamation [inflammation] of eyes with great pain 
 made me blind for 14 days and perhaps I will never 
 be delivered from a little opacity of my eyes.


 The chemical process here indeed is of high
 interest, especially that the explosion broke out
 in the moment of adding water to the salt mass.
 I interpreted it in this manner, that in this salt
 mass Silver fulminate was present, formed ut supra
 dictum; further, a water empty salt, forming a 
 Hydrat [Hydrate] on solving in water under production of
 warmth, wich [which] caused the explosion on contact
 with the fulminate composition. With this explication 
 our chemici also consent.


 But, though a chemical process of high interest, I 
 must notwithstanding here be a martyr of the science,

        