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refinou! parts:

Cor

their exeeCs of moinure uniting wilh

lhe fpiril of \Vine would weakcn it, and render it unable

toatl on Ihofe mancrs, whieh it cannot dilfolvc when it

is aqueons.

If yonr tintlmcs or elixirs be not fo nroog or fo falu ,

taled as you dcfire, you may by ditlillation abtlratl part

of the fpirit of \Vine which they conlain, and by that

means give Ihelll fueh • degree of thiekAefs as you jnJge

proper. But the fpirie of \Vine thus drawn off eonnamly

carries along \Vilh it a good Jeal of Ihe aromatie prin·

ciple.

is a truly

aromalic j/rollg 'Wal".

This fpi

tit of wine alfo earries up with it a ponion of thin oil,

"'hleh is fo much the more eonfiderable as the degree

of beat employed is greater: and this is the reafon .,hy

it beeomes of a milky eolour whcn mixed \Vith Ol'aler.

If you intend to make an aromatic nrong water unly,

'yoa nccd oot previouny extratl a tintlure from the ve·

gmble fubflaoee with whieh you mean

prepare your

wat'er: you oecd only pUt it in a cueurbit, pour fpirit of

\Vine upon it, and JiUil with a genrle heat By this

means you will oblain a fplrit of wioe impregnated \Vith

all the odour of Ihe plant.

ARTA R.

r6s '

T he mafs, being expofed 10 a oakcd lire in the

Opell

air, burns, eoofumes, and is reduecd to a white afh,

whieh is a fie ry, eaunie, fixed .Ikali .

The Ices of wine refemble tarrar, in as mlleh

they

eontain, and yield when analifed, the fame principies;

but Ihey dilfer from it in this, Ihat theyeonlain, more–

over, a grealer quanlity of carrh, of phlegm, and

liule ardem fpirit, which are only mixed, but DOt united,

with ita larrarous acid.

The Drpuralion of Tarlar. Crea", amJ Cr)'flaf¡ of

Tarlar.

REDUCE

to a fine powder the tartar you intend to

purify, and boil il in tweOly five or thiny times as much

waler. Filter the boiling liquor Ihrongh a Rannel bag,

and then gendy evaporate fome par! of it : there wil!

foon form en ils furface a fa lioe erutt, whicb is the

C"am of t.,lnr.

Let your liquor eool, and there will

adhere to the fides of the velfel ," great qnaolily of

cryflallifed fa\ine malter, which is

cr)'flal of tcrtar.

Cryfla! of

Tartar

c011lbilled

witb

fc'Uera!

¡liÓ.

¡Iance/.

CrJfial of'Tarlar cO/llbinul 'Wilh Abforbml EgrlhJ; So·

Tarl4r ana&fod by dijlillalion. Th, Spiril, Oil, and

luble 7.rlarl.

Analine Saft of Tarlar.

TO a flone relon, Or a glafs one comd \Vilh lote,

put fume white tartar broken into fm all bits; obferving

tbat one half, or at leafl a full third, of the vetrel b.

left empty. Set your retor! in a reverberating forcace.

Fil on a large balloo, having a fmall hole drilleu in it.

lute it exaélly wirh

f.1I

IUle, and fecure the joint .,ith a

lineo cloth fmeared with lote made of quick.lime and

Ihe while of an egg. Apply at firíl an e¡¡eeeding gende

heal, which wiU raife a limpid, fourifh, pungent water,

baving but lilde fmell, and a biuerifh

ta(~e

When this firtl phlegm eeaf" to come off, inereafe

youdirealitlle, and Rl>ke the degree ofheal ndrly equal

10 tbal of boiling water. A thin, limped oil will rife, ae–

eompanied with white vapours, and wilh a plodigious

qu.ntily of air, whleh wiU ilfue OUI wilh foch impetuo–

(¡ty, that if you do not open Ihe liult! hole in the re–

ceiver time enooeh t9 give it vent, it wiU burtt Ibe vef–

fels wilh explofion. An aeid liquor will rife at the fame

time. Continue the diflillalioa. increafing the heal by

iofenfible degrm, and freqoendy uoaopping the lilde

hole of Ihe reeeiver, tiU the elaflic vapours ecafe tO i(fue,

.nd the oil tO dinil.

Then raife your fire more boldly. The acid fpirit

wiU continue to rife, and will be accompanied wilh a

black, fetid, empyreumatic, ponderous, and .ery Ihick

oil. Urge tht fire 10 the utmofl cxtremilY fo thal the

m e,rr may be of a perfetl red heat This violenl fire

will talfe a litll: \'olarile .Ikali, befides a porrion of oil

as tllick as pilch

When Ihe diail"lion is finifhed, .you

will find io Ihe relon a

bl.ck,

faline, charred maller,

whieh grows hot whcn .ened,

atlratl~

the moillure of

the

runs

plr ¿"ifUiu/JI,

and hath all the proper·

tics oi a fixcd alkaJi.

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11. No.

37.

HalL ao abforbent carrh, fuch

chalk, in a pan witb

water; and, wheo you perceiv, Ibe earrh thorougllly di–

vided and equally dinribured through the water. Ihrow

inro the pan, from time 10 time, fome puh',rifed eryftal

of tarrar, which will excite a coofiderable elfervefcence.

Continue thefe projetlions, tiU you obferve no

e1fervef,

eenee excited thereby. AUIhe abforbent earrh. whieh

obfeurcd Ihe tranlparency of the waler, and gave it aB

0p'que white colour, will gradllaUy difappear as Ihe

erynal of tartar combines with it; and when the com–

binalion is perfetled. the liquor will be clear and lim–

pido Then filter it, and there wiU be lefl 00 the film

but a very fmaU qualltily of

ea.th

. Evaporate all Ih.

fillered Ilquor with

~eodr

heat; and Iheo fet it in acool

pla>e tO fhoot. Cryílals ",ill form therein, having Ihe

figure of fl.1 quadrJngular prifms, wilh alOlofl .Iways

one, fomctimes twO, of Ihe angles of Ihe prifm (havcd

down, as il were

and then the furfaces at caeh cnd are

oblique aofwering to thof, depretrcd angles. Thde cry–

flals are a neutral falr which readily dilfolves in water ;

true

joluble lurl. r.

CrJj/ul o[ Tarlar combined 'Wilh

filfd

AIk.lir. The

V'c' tabl, S(/It. SuiCn,'I,'r So/t. Th, dtco/ll,'?fi–

liOTl o[ Soluhl, 'Tarlarr.

IN eiRht pans of water ditrolve one part of a very

pure .Ikaline fall, p"fcaly frced from the phlogillon by

calcinalion. Heal Ihis lixivium in a none p.n

fe¡

un a

[and balh, and from time to time Ihrow ioto it

\inle

pOIV.!ered eream or crynal of tartar. Each

projlélio~

will t!xcite a gre'l

c{f~rv~fccnce,

atlenrled wilh many

bubbles, whlth will

rif~

10 a cCllllidmble heighl one

afer Ihe olh,r.

Sur

the liquor when Ihe cfferl'elcenec

eeafes, aod you will ftc it begin again.

When