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Show 120 0f PHARMACY: ,Of PHARMACY, fwims on \2;;'mer, or it is blended with Salts, which it brings OPE with i; in Dillillation, as the Oil; of Bax, Grimm, and Claws, which link to the Bottom, 8:. LT is the mail [Wimpy of the m'Zirtr Principles, and itgcneraliy comes of? the lalt of all. It is an iizcidz'ng and penetrating Suzi/Jana, which gives to Bodies their Cmfl/Zemc and Pit/£175. Jt prelerves from l'zztrr 52832972, Enid excites the wariam Tar/[er according to their dillerent Mixture. fin/t: of mixed Bodies are (iii/ided into three Sorts, FIXED, VOLATILE, and lies ext 1 A L. The Fixer) is that which is produced by Calrrmztim; the calciyritz' Mar/Mr is boiled in a large Quantity of "later that the Salt mnv diiiolvc, then the DiWolution is palild through whited brown Paper, and the hr'loifiure is evaporated till it leaves the Salt dry at the Bottom. \«Vheu this is got from Plants it is called Lixiqjial Salt. Volatile Salt is that which lublinies eafily when it is heated, as the Salt of Animalr. Efll'lll'lal L alt is that which is got from the juice of Plants by Chg/loll?» [axiom 'l‘his lait is of a middle Nature between fixed and rue/mile. ' PHLECVI, or li'm‘tr, is the firit of the paflzive l'rz‘mipli‘r, and ariles in Dillillation before the Spirits, if they arefixgzl, but after, when they are cola/fly. it is never drawn or? pure, for there always is a Remainder than common Water. lt {ewes to extend the aciz'q/e Principles, and to moderate their Agitation. , Es. R'rn, which is cailed Capu! lllortrzzzm, 0r Terra: a'amflatd, is the lall of the my?" 5' Pro/rifles. ' ' ALEMBIC or STILL, which confilts of a Copper (leg; figiioOIihst‘m the Matter while the Heat acts on it, and a .arge Head which is lutdeldz thereto with a Swan-neck. The Vapours or Steams whiih rife into the Head, pals through the Neck into a W'orm, or long {piral l'ipe laced in a large Veflel full of cold Water, called a Refrigera tm Whichpfcrve to condenfe the Vapours, into a fluid Form, after which it runs int; the Retain/2r. By this Kind of Diflillation the more fubtile and volatile Parts of Li- quors are leparated from the grofl‘er by the Force of Heat, which caufes them to rile up in 21 Steam. Thus inflammable Spirits are dillilled and all the more active Parts of Vegetables which boiling Water or S,irits are capable of extracting, and are fuirable to be elevated with theiii in the Form of Yapours. Hence we are enabled to gain the efl'ential Oil: of Vegetable:, in which the whole Virtue of Aromatics and the sz'rz'tur lie/For, or the peculiar Odour and Flavour of all Plants relide. For n a Pound of Cinnamon is put into boiling Water, and then carefull dilhlled, amilky aromatic Liquor will come over, with a little very Ira): grant reddifh Oll finking to the Bottom, replete with the Virtues of the Linnamon. of the 4115;11ch Fri/rapier, for which Realbn it is generally more detcrlive In ‘ The [Mrmm made ul‘e of to diftil Waterl, S ir‘ If after this the Deceétion of the fame Cinnamon is re: pcated, andOthen dillilled over again, you will gain nothing but a watery Tliiculzi' vo'llgh‘OF Smell, and deflitute .of.every Mark of the Spice. orqligrlinzharelfegr,‘v}il happen, if a Trial 15 made of any other Wood -II‘ V |‘\‘l|l it is never pure any more than the roll, for it always obllinately retains {ome of the Spirits ; and after you have er» haulled it as much as you can, expofe it to the Air and it will coiled others afrelh. OfSOLU'r ION. SsLuT l on is the method of bringing the chemical Prim/pie: to Light; the Manner ofwhich is varicus ; the firll is DrsTi LLATION, which is performed upon "sci/1‘ Badly], or Bodies containing Mai/him, 0r {nth Things as may be reduced into a State of F/zzz‘a'z'gi. Thefe are elevated by the Means of Fir:- to the Top of the V'eflbl in Vapours, where they (ondcn'e and fall down again in Drops into the Receiver. Secondly, SeBLr MATIOV, which is an Elz‘rval‘lrfl or Kazan/nation of dry Things by Fire, which adhere to the Top or Sides of the Carer/zit or Myra/E. There are two Kinds OfDi/z'illmim, the one is by What, as mentionil above, when the hire is made under the Vellel that contains the Matter to be Lliilillfi'd; the other is by Defer/12‘, when the Fire is made over thfi Matter that is to be heated, by which leans the Humidity is rarefied: and the Vapours not being able to rife on Account ofthe Fire which re pels them, they precipitate and fall to the Bottom of the Veflbl. "Villa/ion and Sublimatimz require leveral Degrees of Fire which are - the/Er]? is three or four Charcoal ofthe Thicknefs ofone‘s Finger \\ ell kindled. The/mam! is fix or {even {rich Charcoal. The f/Jl/‘fl, will make the Fireplace of the Furnace VVerm-red. Thcfnm-z‘li, or 1713179"; Dag/res will caule the Fireplace of the Furnace to be of a white Heati or it iv the molt extream Fire you can make. OF (M Herzl! [1/sz is the weakeft, Sand is fironger, and Filing: of 111"" ftrongell of all. Thar? ‘ e RETORT is another lnflrument which ferves to dillil the orofs fizla‘giilc-‘fiumals and Vegetables, (Luickfilver, and mineral acid cSpi- the'former regime a mucn llronger Degree of Heat to raife them than om ofthe h‘u f) the heck of this a Receiver is luted, which ilanding ofa Refri cmace, the Vapours foon condenfe in it without the Help Cloths or Jgfizratory. Though in hot Weather fome cool it with wet made bf 6132p itdpartly immerled 1n Yellels of cold Water. They are. nary Degree oféliieatgr'e:::ganx pcliaceg in Sand; but when an extraordh and placed in a naked Firedune , t ey are coated wrtn a proper Lute JONC‘NECKS are a Kind of Inflruments laid on their Side with Him: ‘ 0' Alcent_a 1;;le are placed in putnothrough a naked hire, and the Necks being Ihtreto, The Fem the Side of the‘Furnace, a Receiver is then lured Which remain), 'CIVC to dilhl the acrd Spirit of \"itriol. The Matter 5 In the Retort or Long-72cm after Diflillation is called calf" Mortuum . be i ' of. ngglgfiiarefirdered to be dillilled in Bail/1m ll'larid', or the Heat or luch Volatile oiw '1Cl'1 is proper for Spirit of Rofemary or Lavender, ea: than that hvmous Spirits that Will rile With a leis Degree of" ,1." princi 1w ich Will make Vi ater boxl. mm Air wlliflChDanger in Diltillations arafes from the Generation or" the Silllrwhicli h Cithei burlls the Receiver, or blows of? the Head of . "ay to PT€Vent 1:5. OfCEH been attended with bad Lonlequences. 'l'he ln‘thc lilting whiclxs to mile the rite llowly. and to leave a lmall llcie o, :1 "00ch "WI Slay) be‘ofccalfionally flopped or opened. by means 0' Y m crtlggHat the juncture an uprigi t 1"". ‘r‘lillli |