26 o Of Salts in General ,. 
minute,, can hardly be difcovered, unlefs a 
Drop or two of Vinegar be expofed for fome 
Hours to the Air, that the more watery Part 
may evaporate, before we attempt to view 
them. 
Their Shape appears, Plate XIV. Fig. f. 
If Grabs Eyes are infilled in Vinegar, 
after the EfFervefcence is over, the Shapes 
of the Salts will be found quite altered $ 
their fharp Points feern broken off, and they 
appear in different fquare-like Forms, as at 
Fig. IF 
In Wines of feveral Kinds the Salts are 
difKnguifhable, of various Figures, many of 
them refembling thofe in Vinegar , but with 
Ends much more obtufe: fome are fhaped 
like a Boat, fome like a Spindle, others like a 
Weaver’s Shuttle, and others fquare : there 
are alfo infinite Varieties of other Forms. 
The Salts of Sugar candied are fhewn. 
Fig. III. 
Vegetable Salts are to be ex trailed by 
burning the Wood, Stalks, or Leaves of any 
Tree or Plant ; throwing the Afhes into 
Water ; then filtering, and fetting the Li¬ 
quor to cryftallize in a cold Place. Their 
Oils alfo, when examined, prefent Abun¬ 
dance of Salts. 
The Salts of Minerals or Metals are to be 
come at by quenching them, when red hot, 
in Water, then filtering, evaporating, and 
cryffallizing, 
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