The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 10Houghton, Mifflin, 1864 |
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Page 182
... Aqua - fortis 1 10 1 10 • 1 7 7 22 Ox horn 6 • Loadstone 5 12 Indian bal- 1 6 Touchstone 3 sam • Marble 2 223 Flint . Glass . Crystal Alabaster 2 12 2 22 2 20 2 18 Raw calves ' Sheep's blood 1 Red sandal wood 1 5 a little less . brains ...
... Aqua - fortis 1 10 1 10 • 1 7 7 22 Ox horn 6 • Loadstone 5 12 Indian bal- 1 6 Touchstone 3 sam • Marble 2 223 Flint . Glass . Crystal Alabaster 2 12 2 22 2 20 2 18 Raw calves ' Sheep's blood 1 Red sandal wood 1 5 a little less . brains ...
Page 215
... aqua - fortis ) , but digestible or alterable by the human stomach . Now the true test hereof seems to be , not the raising and thrusting up of it by the force of fire , but such an attenuation and alteration of it that it cannot be ...
... aqua - fortis ) , but digestible or alterable by the human stomach . Now the true test hereof seems to be , not the raising and thrusting up of it by the force of fire , but such an attenuation and alteration of it that it cannot be ...
Page 227
... aqua - fortis ; put them together in a glass , but do not place them near the fire . Notwith- standing there will soon rise within the body of the water something like a very fine powder , and within an hour , without fire , fumes , or ...
... aqua - fortis ; put them together in a glass , but do not place them near the fire . Notwith- standing there will soon rise within the body of the water something like a very fine powder , and within an hour , without fire , fumes , or ...
Page 228
... aqua - fortis ; put it in a glass upon a brazier , with a slow fire . The silver rises in grains or bubbles within the body of the water , rather larger than those in which gold rises ; it is then incorporated with the water , and both ...
... aqua - fortis ; put it in a glass upon a brazier , with a slow fire . The silver rises in grains or bubbles within the body of the water , rather larger than those in which gold rises ; it is then incorporated with the water , and both ...
Page 229
... aqua - fortis ; and the whole metal is turned into a body like cream or curds , which does not easily clear , and conceives manifest heat without fire . 8. Take one pennyweight of iron in plates to nine pennyweights of aqua - fortis ...
... aqua - fortis ; and the whole metal is turned into a body like cream or curds , which does not easily clear , and conceives manifest heat without fire . 8. Take one pennyweight of iron in plates to nine pennyweights of aqua - fortis ...
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