e
JI
r.
M
hal il
01,1)'
be coolil1l1 dly ",hirle" rouo" wilh a rOlalOry
mUI\l'n, by
",~.Ins
lIt" ,1 C(lnl. a wheel. ,otl a \Vineh.
PI)' Ihis "',Icluoe fOI len or l\Vd l'c hours ; aoo Ihrn fi hcr
tI,e 1,¡uor Ihlou:lh IWI! lineo eloths fp
re.ldon a hair–
fi<l'c. Lel )'our filt<red liquor Ibn" ql\iel for Iwel l'é
h"uls Ol0r" : TI1\'O pour il
00'
by ,oclio;ui" o fron, ,he
I~,:i.",·nl
yl1u \\ ill find al bOltom; and fi ller il a fceood
lim ' lhrough a flaooel bago
1'0ur frdh waler, bUllO a fm,IIer quanlily. on lhe
111.lf, left at"ler trilUf.ltioo with Ihe maehioe. Trilllrare
il
"ó.infor f"u r or fi"e hOllrs. Trw lhe liquor of tllIs
fceoou trilllre jun as you dio lhat of lhe (,rll, and mix
lh~m
both
tog~lher. Dil~ribl1te
0111 the liqllor you
OO.V
hJ'~
,mvog a follicieot
ol1mb~ r
of fhallow earlheo plales,
anJ eraporate il by a gentle he:l, fueh as ' lhal of lhe
filO. or of a v.lpoUl .bath, 10 the eoofinenee of ao ex–
mél, 01' el'eo
10
dryo~fs,
as you lhiak proper.
To 'x/ro{/
fr'lII
SudJ
alld
Kan" "
Dy
Tri/uro/ion,
Ih,
Mn /ler o[
EIn/lIji.m.
BU NeH lhe keroels of whieh you oeftre 10 make an
emulfion; pUt lhem inlo a m.d,le mon,lr; aod a I'e–
Iy lillle water; ano po;md Ihem Wilh
J
wooden peOle.
CCOlinucpoundiog and
l~ilu,allng
lill Ihe Illmer b"come
li~e
a while
p.Oc. From lime 10 lime pour on il, by
""le anrl lil>le, more f.i r waler warrnecl, nill eOOlinuiog
the 11 ituration; by whi;:h
me.nslhe pane will grow
thi"ner. Go on Ihus tiJl every p,niele of your kernels
b~
erofhed 10 papo Then adJ, nill rubbiog the mix–
tllre, eoough of water
10
make lhe whole an aaual fluid ;
,nd you wi ll hare a liqunr of a dead·while eolour, re–
f~mbliog
milk. Strain it lhrough a clenn lineo clolh ,
it ·.'ill leave on
th~
fiher fome eoarfe pans, \Vhieh mun
be returoed to thofe left in lhe mortar. Again triltlrate
anel rub lhe remaioder of the kernels, wilh ,he addilion
of water as before. This
f~eond
liquor will DOt be fo
while oor fo rieh a9 Ihe forme r , filler it in the fame
mlnner, ,no again griod wilh .water the folid pans re–
m1ining. In this maoner proeeed, repeatedly rubbiog
and addiog frefh water, till it appear no longer milky,
but come off clear. The white milky waters thus ob–
tJincd go by the oame of an
OIWIji",
AII the mallers, from \Vhieh a fal oil is obtaioable
by exprcflion, produce emulfions when triltlrmd with
w
4
lter.
An emulfion confin! ehiefly of two fub(laoees. Onc
nf lhefe is mucilagionus, aod foluble in W.ller. This
["bllanee hy itfelf \Vould nol gire a milky appcaranee o
the emulfioo, whi :h, with it alooe, \Vould be limpid.
The olher is a fa! oil, whieh of ilftlf is oot foluole in
water ; but bcing divideo by Ihe mrans of trituldlion in–
to
v~ry
fmall globules, il is difperfed lhrough the wh11e
liquor, and fufpended tfierein hy lhe aid of lhe mueiJ.l–
g¡~ous
parto
lt
is lhis oily part that gives Ihe emulfion
itl oead-white milky eolour; hee lufe il is nO! ,ttually
difloll'ed io the waler, bUl only diff"f"d through il.
If
oil he mixcu with Wal er in a phi.l, antl Ihe mixture
'firoo&l y fh .lktn for fom" lim';, wilh a "pid anel continllld
mOlion, lhe o" will be di,ideo intll .11'0111 oumber of lil–
tle globulcs, whiehintervcning between Ih<, p.I!" of lhe
wmr will denroy
liS
tr~nrJ'areoey,
and n,ve
rt
a deau·
s
T
n
Y.
\Vhile eulour, likc that of nllr em"lfioo. nut,
'S
ti"
o" .is not fo minulely divir!cd by this
mean~
as ¡'y trit".
ratlr:g the ll1attcrs cont:tiniog
ít;
and again, therc
~k!iJl'
no
mucil.gein lhis liqu0r, as Ihere is in emulr,on"
ti•.;
oil 1000 fepums from lhe water when it is lefl at ren;
re·ubiles iOlo rOllnd globub, and thefe joiniog
tr
ucrh<r
rif. to lhe furfaee of Ihe liquor, whiclrthen
reeov~rs
ii!
traolpmney.
The cafe is OOt exaélly the fa me with emulfions' bet
fOO1Cthiog like it happens to them alfo.
Ir
they
b~
lerl
lOnanu qlliet io a long bonle, lhe liquor, ",hieh
al
r,rr¡
arpeared homogeneous, feparales iDtO t\Vo manifdil¡
olff~renl
pam. The upper pan retains its
dead·whit~
eolour, but is thieker and more opaque; whi!e the10IVer
pñrl beeomes perfeélly tranfparen!. This i, the begin–
oiog of ao entire feparalion of lhe oily from lhe
aqu~ocs
pans. The former, being the lighter, afeeod and gain
Ihe upper pdrt of lhe liquor; while the 101'lCr,
b~,r.g
freed from that whieh obllruéleo ilS trannueenee re–
covers i\s proper lirnpidilY: bUl the oily pam do
n~l
re–
uoile ioto malfes large eoough to form one homogeneol's
whole, Wi l/¡ the appearanee .nd limpidnefs of oi!; their
beinS mirurrely dividedand entangled in the mueilage im–
pdio:¡ their nalUrallendeocy.
EOlUlfioos 6,n bcein tofpoil, as they growold, nOl by
turniog rancio And aerimooious like the
fal
oils orawo by
expreOion, but by lllrning four; whieh is olViog 10 the
great quantilY of mueilage lhey coauio. As there is a
fat oil io their compofilioo, they have' the fame virtues
Wilh Ihat
f~rt
of oil: but lheyare moreover iorralfnling,
cooling, nnd emollient; qllalities whieh render them ex–
tremcly ufeful in aeute and ioRammatorydiforders. They
grow tuu r io a very fh ert lime, efpeei.lly in the heat
of fummer ; oay, they fome limes do fo in two hOlrrs ,
and lhererore they oughl to be prepared from lime 10
time as they are tObe ufed.
The mJlter lhat is lefl \\'heo all the fubllanee of lhe
emullion i9 extraéled, ano from whieh the water comes
off clear and limpid, is fe",ee aoy lhiog bUl lhe earthy
part o/lhe feeJ or kernel Ihat
IV.IStriturmd; whieh,
hOlVever, nill retaios
~
portion 01' 'tenaeious nnd grofs
oil, adheriog 10 it
f~
6rmly as not to be feparable by
water.
The ehyle and milk of aoimals refemble an emulfion
in feveral refptéls, ao,l partieularly in thelr dead'lVhile
colour; which arifes, in lhe fame manner, from Ihe rery
minule ranieles of oil eootained in them, aod JiOribuled
through an aqueous f,c1dlinous fluid , blll DOt di¡Toll'ccl
therein. In general, whenel'er aoy oi l of any kind hap–
pens ro
b~
looged iR lhis m, nner belween lhe p"'s 01' 3n
aqueous liquor, it al",ays Ol, kes lhe whoJe of an npac¡"e
whlte: for oil will nOI Olix lVith waler, fo as 10 plelJuce
a li'luor lhat nmll ap
?e.lrhomogrncolls and lIanf¡""l':It.
uulcfs il be intiomdy dilfoh'ed in Ihe wmr; wh,,'h
c.nnot be ell'eacd hut by menns of an union preriollÍJy
contrn,91t! hCllI'rt'n il and
~\l1Ie
fcline matter; as;, ¡he
eIfe of l1Iueilagl" , eerta;o f' pnll.ecous mane"s, , ,,d IlIl1Ie
other eombill lti,ms of which lVe Olall h"'e
oecar,~o
10
lreat i.o rhe f;·'I,d .
Thl' l1Ieth.,ds we hal'e hilheno propof"d. f", rxm,9-
io~
from vegcldble
fublt.nmall
Ih.lllhey \\'ill "icld
withoijl