1000000031

rnn,~ m~nner,

difeo,'ers .ny f,mll predol11inancy of an

c:J or alkali thcl·ein.

ch4nging the

\V.ler

red

acid, and green if

.Ik.li

pref."e,. Oi l of tartar di f·

CO\'"CI$

any

iill~ 1I

p.roronion of eanhy maner lefs ca–

pa!'le of c,Ií,I\'ing 'in w.ter ,han ,hat falr, by prceipi.

uting fllch c?rlhy nt<1tter in form o( a whitC' c10ud lO

the uouom of lhe comaininr,

g,lar"

whcre ie calleéts

anJ 'p pcors like a fubtile

,~hite

powder.

. 'Til::-fe

partlrul.Hs

mny

fhewn~

and proved fati,.

faCrorily.

actdiog to pure \Vater

1¡ttlc of a kno'.IIn

acid, alkali, ddToh't:d

iroD,

Ind

{ubtil~

canh ,

or fine

light fediment of an eartby water; applying ,he fyrup

01'

.iol«" gall., .od oil of tarlar refpe\'1ivdy..

Mineral w>ters ore imitable by arto The tule is, by

proper ..nalyfis

find fhe

Contenu of

fuch

water

(by evaporatioo, ,he addi,ion of ,inging

in~r~dients,

:15

aboye memionerl) and their propartions

theñ.

by mean. of fyn,hetic.-.I ehcminry, tO eompofe a fimi·

lar m;xture: rhus. for exa mplc, we learn

a pro·

per

analyfis,

tbat the

iogredienu,

difTcrent

conni.

tuent p:trts

()f

P)' rmont waters. are

a fübtil.e

:lqueous

fluid, a

'foI..nile iron,

and a

predomin:u ing

aJk,ali , all

jpinc:d

togetber

one

¡"riCK

pungeni

rpirituous water.

T he imita,ioo of rhi. kiod of eloalybeate water, i, by

mueh ¡he mofl difficuh, aAd may

~crhap.

be rendered

moU perreél,

boiling

the purdl

comnJon

water

i:1

clof. veO"eJ, with a flDaJl proponioo of oehre, fof, iroa

ore, or pyrite"

Tbe::

imitado!l of

the

common

"Purglth'e

mineral

waters i. eafi : ,hu. Epfom wa,er i. imitated by barely

diffulving ,hrce or four dram, of Epfom

f.lt

in a quart

pure

w..

ter,

madI!

Comewhat brille or c¡uick

with a

f.... droF' of fpiri, of vitriol and oil of tartar per de·

liquium, fo as 'o le, the albli prevai!.

The

imitatíoD of

the:: alterative

waters,

fuch

thofe

of Barh, Bu"ron,

&, .

ha. huherto fe.ree been

ot·

tempted, nor

can

ratioaally,

for wanf of thei r

re"

fpellive jufl aoalyfi., upon whieh fueh imitation O,ould

alway' be grounded.

A, tO Ihe ufe of mineral warers, the le.rned H eiller

ObrtrTes, that

gene:ra llhey are found lO agree much

better wi,h perfo", in the lllidJle llAge, of life, ,han

wirh perfon. very old or vcry young.

any general

I'ule ean

given in

this

care,

¡s,

that

pcople

fh ould

ITO' take ,hem whec younge.. ,han eigh,cen, or older

thao fixty .

MINERVi\LIA, in Roman an,iqui,y, felliv ..l, eelcbra–

ted in

honour

Minerva,

in the month of

March ;

at whieb lime ,he fehola" h.d a vac.-.,ion, and u(ually

made a prefent ' o ,heir maflers, ealled, from ,hi, felli·

val,

minerval.

M1J.lHO, a great river of Spaio. whieh laking its rife in

GalJici;¡, divides

1hlt

provincc from

Ponuciíd,

and

f"lIs

iroto the Atlantic at CaOlínha.

MINIATI,lRE, a delie..e kind of pain,ing.

diflin~"in,ed

früm

l:1l

otht:rs

tI!::

fmallnc:s of

Ihe

figu res ,

be–

ing r erformcd ,,¡,h dolS or points inll..d of lines; by

the

rOliotn~~s

of (he colourinc

its

rcquirin~

. iewed

very

r,t<i.r: and

its

bein~

u(ually oone on

nJlom .

Thi, i. ,he oi eeO . nd moll tcd:,"s of aJl kinds of

VOL, 111. N°.

¡'J.

painting. bcing porformed \VhoJly \Virh ,lIe poinr of

,h~

pencil: (or

when the

eoJuurs are

bid on

{Lu

withou i.

d ,,–

ling, thoúgh ,h< fi gure, be fma Jl, and tho ground c.,he.r

"e:llum or paper,

is net e.tllcd p:!iMiné; in

minj,1tu r~.

bllt

w¡¡(hing. ' ''l1c:re are (ome plÍntcrs

who

ncvcr t,:fe a:ly

white

coJou r

in painrin[!in mini:lturc, but makc the ground

of lhe velJutn fcrvc

1(1

r.t¡re

th~i r

fig'Jres

in wJ1Jch

c"re

the

Jights

appcar

briglH

i-:1

proportian

f.O

the

d( pth an:i

flrcngth of lhe co!uurs of Ihe ligures. Othcrs, btror..:

they go

work, gin.! lhe vellum a Jight wafh 'Wilh

whit::

lead

",di

preparcd and p J"r,eJ. Théfc eolau" rlialluv<

tb: 'leall body, are ,he bd ! "nd moft eommadiúus for

p.ainring in

mini:\tl1re;

cotrmin: , ultramarinc ,

fi'l!

Jákes, and gréem

;nade

Reros ar.d

ROWCI'I !"

but

betitl~'s

thefe, the

followiog

cokurs

are

aIro made

ufc

CJf,

t'i= .

vermilion, bl.lck Jead,

urO'A'n

red,

malticQ[e

p1le,

yd–

low m.ftieo,e, indigo,

ivory

blaek, lamp blaek, ' Sp<n.r..

brown, umber,

g111

none,

bro'Nn

oelire,

frC llch

pi....k,

orpim~nt,

gambage, Naples ycllow, bladder.grccn,

ve r–

"diter, fea-greco,

German

anl~S,

AoIke whitc, anJ

while

lead. AJI

terrene calours,

_and

other grofs

rl\~(bnces,

are too

coarre

for

fine

\Vork, how

well

fon 'cr lhey

Ola:,

bo grouod : bUI ,h< fin efl partieles m.y be fep.rald b¡'

témperío,

che coloor in a

cup

ol"

fair water;

and ha

lin ·r

{(irred

it wd!

\oitlt

you'r

finger,

3 0..:1

the

\'lhol\!

beihg

thorou ~hly

mixcd, let it fublide for a \Vhile, and lhel!

pour

incJiaatioo

¡1110

a fhell

that has be:.n

well

fe'oured in hot water, .nd let i, n'nd 'o dry. Ycllow

oehre, brown red, umber,

and ultramarinc. putiry

6re;

bUI

they

are

burnt in too fic:rce a fire, they change,

and the browD

red turns

ydlo\V,

the

'yello\V

ochre

and

umber 'uro reddolh, and fo of ,he reft : if ,he fir: is not

too fierce, it rendtrs theOJ [o(terand kindc:r than b:dorc,

fo thiu

the

fiad}

and

purd t

ultramarinc, burnt

a.red

hot fhovel, becomc:s moch more

brilliaDt

chan il was be–

fore

was burnt. Greeos, blacks, greys. and yellows,

on being mixed with a litlle of ,he gaU of ,he OX, e",p,

or cel, efpeeially of ,he

l.fI,

aequire a lullre aod vivaci,y

no! natural

them. You mufl rake ,he galls of eel., anJ

hang ,bem o• • nail

dry ; .nd wheo you ufe

'01,

lleep

it in br.ndy, .nd mingle fome of it with ,he eolour al·

reddy

re:ml'l!red \Vilh gum

water

wherein is a.Jirtle fugar ..

candy. '\"hen yau

bc:glO

to paiot, the coJaurs

n~Jn

pl.eed on a fmoil ivory p.lle, of the fi u of your h ..nd, in

th e middle of whi , h (hould be plaecd ,he

\Vhit~,

we ll

(pread out, and neJ.rcr it the liglHer. and runher

ofFthofe

dark er eolours you are goinr.

ufc.

Your . cllum muf! be glued rú a eorper.plare, or a

pi«e of ,h,n board, exaétl y of the fame

f.ze

wi,h th, in.

tended pieee ; in do:ng whieh, the

f.ir

r.d< of Ihe

v<l–

lum fhould be

moincll~d

w:th a fine wCllincn

and a pieec

of white l'apcr bcing put npo:1 [he back of

it,

i:l

be:

.pplied tO ,he pla,e Or boud, .nd flrr tehing it upon it

eCJually in al!

di retlions, lhe

vellulll, wl

id,.

Clughl

~very ~\'ay

fingcr's.breítdth

larger

tino

what

yc.u

glue

1[. tO, 111

orckr

donbkct o\er :o.n:l

n1ued

hchind .

' Vhell )'our piec\! is fkctch.!J om upon the:

n :llunl

wi rh a

pencil. you

OJun ,

Wilh

a litde thin

carr.linc,

ru:,!

OTC(

",11

the

firokcs

th"l¡rh...:y

O1ó3y

nOl be ,iefac.:d in \VOl

kin~ ~

i\nd

c b¡~

Jone, citan )'ou r

~clltlm

Wil

Crtllll:'

uf !,tCid. I!l J;¡yinz on

the ctll\lurs ,

beClo \\ílh

n"r.:tdlin" or UI'3Y.i o" with l:\fj'C!'

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