The N A T U RAL H I S T O R Y o f _
SheHs, Bones; and the E m m e oflFi&es, unlefs for the fake
ftf bemg#ilid an Atheift;, he would be efteem’d a Phifofo-
pher,' he cannot conclude theft to be any thing elfebut the
Ruinsofah :nniverfal Deluge:; andrin ai fejifWs Contemplation
of thefe in thoft dark Readies of Nature, the Power
of the Almighty is as .difcemible, as m ’ the great Luminaries
of the Univerfe. As to that InftancOof the Iron
in tho Grand Duke of Tufcanys Country, this may
be faid: ’Tis probable it is afoft Ore', which by th e Efflmia
continually afcending from the Central part ©fr the Earth,
may carry «Jong with them metallic Particles, and ?con-
fequentlyjmflich a fpace of time fill up ihofe Vacuities a-
gain, or the empty fpaces whence the Orewas extracted;
which Phaenomenon to an inconfideting Eye, might ?give
reafon to judge the Ore Vegetated. Haying now difcoverd
the ways of Finding, Eflaying, the Site and Formation of
zJMetals, I proceed in the next place to the Methods of
their Separation, and thence to the M etallisafinia, and fb
I fhall dole this.Chapter.
The Separation of; Metals from Ores is twofold, either
by Menfiruum, or which Artificers call the
Couple: The Menjkuum, if the Oroeontaihs Coppery Cold
or Silver,. is Spirit of N itre, Aquafortis, or Aqua Regia,
which make a folution of the metallic Varficftg, . and-by
Alcalies may eafily be precipitated, and then by> Ffufion
you may judge what quantity of Metal the Ore contains.
The Separation by the TeB is the common Method of the
Mint, and of the Silver-Smiths ; which being a particular
Trade, and not properly the Province of Natural Hijlory,
I lhall not interfere in that Bufinefs, but to thofe I fhall
refer the Curious.
Qtgckfiher is found fometimes, but that rarely and in
fmall quantities ; I, remember once out of a Lead-Mine I
faw about a Pound o f . Virgin Quickfiher, but never any
native Cinnaber in theft Parts, which is its ufual Ore.
Black-Lead we have near Kefwick, which might be got in
great
great quantities, but the Mines are open’d only once in
ftven bei% erigrdfed b f t h d ^ d F a n d Germans,
a n é b y ;th ^m a d e ufelof in glaldiig. Earthen Ware;
and in Melti0ig:pot'i bxit;;I; preffeme they
»ake .^ftrtber Lftfef it; in. mixingit with Metals, which
Mnot yetibmnmnicatedto:fti^ybu#byismixing this with
Red-Lead, I bavSiftimit rim «pon amlarth near Haigh, a
Glafs:fGarce difcernihle from Tortaife1., nThe Lapn Calamh
naris is fometimes found in the Cópper Mines, 'land made
ufe of in converting Copper fttó ftrah , and is likeWife wstf
in the Dyfentery, which being *a ftrong Aicaly, by imbibing
tiier Acad, mambas* Specific in that Diftemper/ I hm
yihg now aeéówteèfor the moll remarkable Phenomena
in M e ta ls and MetalMs affima, I fhall in the next p l a ^
according %r my: intended Method, proceed tO'giwan Account
of VTgetakMs^emarfeabtmin tiaefeSCoumdes, and
their various Operations.
C H A: P.r :.Vr |
O f ¥ h n ts, %e various Species^of, M a rin e , Amphibious,
Sea Planter, and their V e m à i ^ ^ i t f u ^ f à tP ^ ^ ^ ^ Ê
peculiar'to C o untiefW ofthe f byfical andx È hPm Æ
Plants,. N it f a Rationales/ their Èffêks : FbJfle'ÛûIt.s
examined, and demonstrated from varïfùs Obfeir!vtytions^
W M W ^W -e hut Lufu§ îfaluræ.
T ! H E Learned a nd Indefatigable Mr Ray km â iëm w ’A
with that accuracy and f o lf o e É ^ iS ^ '" lÉ t- ;t i ® :
is littife rèdm left to enlarge 'upon thi^gufejed'j Wherefore
What I fhall offer ill this Chapter fballbe chiefiy about their
Germination, and ftine particular Phsenomena which; Ï
have obftrv’d'in fome of them. Theilwirtues and CkfTés
being before by that incomparable Mah^fo-fully explain’d,
that to touch upon thofe woii’d be but to Copy him, and
wou’d be indeed fuperfluoüëf
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