by an Ingenious Friend to make some Tryalls, & that
these [marets]unclear haveing been before sowne in a very
leane & sandy soyle being by the Dr. made to grow in a rich soyle, &
very plentifully dungd became 10 or 15 times bigger then his Friends
[Marets]unclear, in so much that when the Dr showd him
them, he would not believe them to be of the same kind.
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q.u.
{Recipe} æq. parts of Lead & Tin, & putting them together
into a strong Crucible give them a vehement fire, & observe what will
follow
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q.u.
Remember the
Ianian'ni' altered from 'm' parting
water made of salt of {tartar}, sal Armoniack, & one or two Ingredients
more reducd to a Viscous Liquor
[Retrospective marginalia:]
q.u.
Take of
Venice'ice' altered from 'us'
<glass & pumice-Stone>replacing '& the fusible stone', Boyle hand æq. parts (or else 2 of the latter to one of the former)
& keepe them 2 or 3 days in a glasse house fire, till they be colliquated
into an Opacous masse.
{Recipe} æq. parts of calcin'd Tin & Minium, & melt them
together by various Degrees of fire.
<To
to exhibit variety of Colors.
Tis applicable to other Metals employing A calcind
metall employd first & then the same Metall crude lively variss
colors.>insertion in line in Boyle hand
Dr Morrison
told me he had by some Industry & watching a right season, been able both
to gather the seeds of divers Plants that some call Turgifoetæ (as
[Fer]unclear....approximately 4 characters &
some other Plants of ....approximately 5 characters &c that are
....approximately 17 characters ceed, & also
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< turne
into a red præcipitate, of this red powder take 2 parts, of
sacc.
{lead}ni
the Inflammable substance divided by Gum
well mixd into a
Bolthead, & that into a sand Furnace, where giveing them such a heat as
well serve to make
infusion for 8 or 10
days.>insertion in margin, writing parallel to long edge of page
{Recipe} sylver & Tin reduc'd to fine powder, (but without
Calcination) mix equall pa[rts]
....approximately 15 characters which you may afterwards imploy in the
Art of Dyeing.
{Recipe} 2 parts of ....approximately 15 characters with one
part of
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nitre, & put into this mixture one part of
<Valla>replacing 'Orient Minerall', Boyle hand very finely powde[red]
....approximately 15 characters about 3 days, & minerall will
dissolve in the menstruum, & tinge ....approximately 3 characters
with a faint but pleasant blew.
....approximately 12 charactersium of {tartar} & {nitre}
to be well purifyd, & that divers Operations of Alcalys especially[especia] that of the [rake]unclear)
& varying the ....approximately 15 characters
Remember the Addition of {ounce} i of Magnesia
to the other Ingred[ients]
....approximately 4 characters the swift Flux powder.