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-the.Ore'üooa fm all •• Powder,. .and.afterwaasda roafting firtilLl
all th'eSulphiïr ;isiey%arated} ^^tiien ul^ 'iaii addttipn o f
•lixiyial Allies, Ntfce&nd Taxtarxdh& Fu rnaee
whfuó©
$t is, plaióibyithe quantityof Ore got Weekly^tha t, the Profit
would be vaftlyconliderable, buiatqiiefenfpcforoughtl ckn
lëarh, they agsifooniferably. manag'd, 3^atp>|fiey ftumt^aa^
Account at all...... TimGreen Qpeds o ft widortgxMhe jfitriollie
/ nanfitthe;Stópey M The Wfefiolic vmff xunitajan.rhaff
malleable, theSthnlymot to,aitw.entiei^^>iaind»this.Ètay be
done without ifilahsf Roafting, or. >i&jg>Muoc-pd\ydefe «which
in the LGMdenïQsgG^hnot be effected. The .Ginerous iQre
muft %e fluxed as the Golden,. and then it?,OTli iuhi tdone
half malleablél; and of dMs Jand.tKèfie-j^ b in Lcmoafslre
quantities-- fofficienCsy
But that the Method of Eflayirig zMetalsvm&yhQ
more eafiiy.apprehended, I lhall in eachnf them fet .down
the particular Forms, which I found moft praÓuGable;.;'
and lhall in the firft place begin with Iron, andjo. flpfeend
to the reft. riThe Specie&.of Iron Ore m oAlJénfoheiaÉed hS-
loxei- whehefbre I lhall flireóüyojbegw with tfie JBroeeisi in
running down that Metal, with fome Experiments. Upon
the Hcematites or Bhadr/igne. The Furn gjce in which this
is, run down i s ; iahont. two Yards. fipare*. and ihi'i^fe§pfifc
pendicular a Yard or more.;" it is im(^ ; within » with a
Walt of the beft Free-ftone, to keep off the fbrcpsftfie
Fire from the Wa|ls o f the Furnace; the Bellows mfiiqh art
large and moved by Water, enter about the middle.of the
Facus.- § The reft o f the Furnace is rais’d up©nThisiP%‘ör
feven Yards in a Iquare or quadrangle, but. tapering, fa that
the lides draw each other by Agrees, and the top Hole or
Orifice where they throw in Baskets of Stone and Fewel,
is but half a Yard Iquare; into this place they put do wn a
Pole, to. know how. far it hath refted for a certain time, and
when they find it to have fubfided about a Yard and half,
then they put in more till the Furnace is.full again. There is
L A N C A S H I R E , C H E S H I R E , &c. 8g
as a fo r t o fHronOre thN^yitWsbllro'n t h a t is b r ittle w h en
itSH&old;' th is5" a b o u n d s% ith to o g f ë a t a "q u an tity o f ‘S u lp
h u r , /h o ^ d ^ è r f itï i'niy^bfe iffllde a 'MeiA ih a lle d b le ca's an y
o f tH e fe ft,4 b y - r e d if c h ^ f o # o% d e r , ^ S f id ^ a f tiifg ' th e Ore
Aill th e'S è]]ihM k liirfffiblifoèd; ’-then ru n n in ^ f f f d o w h w ith
common. S k lf ö fP o t-A fh é s'k b 'i^ th e M h ts :o f H rê<S f-Tfitrb I
a's’ a n o th e r T o rt ó f ' O f e f b ey lfia ll’ R e t i r e , - ‘t l i ff S l f t i c h an
;O re .'\w h iC h ^ id fis "K h dA ^ # h k h i f h am m e r ’d when red -h o t
p ro v e s'v e ry b fittlé'ft'h eie fo fè fhbfe tw o hiH'tfedïfiwh^kgë^ier
produte>a! 1
an d ih ïfo 'fo e \ Êvëth*L t fMë f l i i f è
Mdn ïhade w itf r a ll 'JïïMStftfr ’ u n fittc è f^ ü ï, I
t lf a t Fu e l!a b ö ü ï d i n |w i th to ^ Jg r% a é a ^ f iS h ti§ ^ éW p h u i%
byVfi?hich th'e ‘M e t'a ï fe fëfrdflFd T ffab lé ; m S K Ê S g K Ê
th in k i f th e y tffêd 'th e E i t f M f o a d l f lnfry B p \ £h a td n -
.cónveÜ ienc'ydn ig h t bè a b i d e d ; t hè: d ufbyr f k fP ó f ï h e ' è f e
coal is^rafiful for buflnmg thèplröfrftorré ; "té^eyfeiy É&kft
o f thisbufnt StoAëfhfey puti'h’èhé , tó ïfiakè
it melt frèeLyiSandAcaft ^&êrGiMdis^ This Mineral fitf%
ftrangelEffeH u p o n & e b } the’kiriobs Prepara-
tidhd made from it% 'ftösBbdy | -whith
I take to be this; ïh a t t h é ©ody^f the" opéh’d b y
the ‘Acid'öf the Sulphiir; andfo quits it felf 'óf thê^'ïfléi;
of terrene Particlesi ’’Tis f traAgè-i ihAgié Më' Wdildét-
fol Effects Acids haVe upon Iron, tvfefl 'tfeiMft- bf then!
making an alteration in thaii Bödy f th i Vicr^-Acidity elf a
T o ta to , which'i® nóf diftin^uifhahtle By the halite; will
make the Metal When pbllffl’li and HM N R iiil b*r
Crocus upon its Superficies; - otliei ftronger Acid's maté a
perfect folution of it, particularly Oyl of FW/Vèbh^érH'lirs
Body into a green Oteyftallinë
down in to malleable tr d fi7 9{y Wdhdëifolly ’a ïë itlè te ir é b u s
Particles difiohr’d m Minimis, of as; we expfefs it, inMihiti-
ttir e , t h a t th e y afei Aot' iféffife
o f th e beft M k fö fèd p e^ . T h is l M:ktafi ir fig fitly p¥é^ai4’d,
cornes n e a re r to a F a n a cea y ck u n iv e rM Medicine, th a n
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