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CHIMICAL NOTES Continued from December [approximately 3 characters indecipherable][pencil]
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To {ounce} i of Baracle take 5 or {ounce} vi of Banasis, & grind them together till they be exquisitely mingled, put the powder into a Crucible. & add to it by degrees, as much as the mixture weighs or thereabouts, of pure Ormum then separate the metall thus purifyed & mix with it a convenient quantity of fine Lune & of the Volatile Regulus made in the form of Globes with oyle, melt them together in a Crucible, & with an equall or double weight of Lead procede S. a.

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[Take of Vagalus well burnt and then [ 'e' deleted]exposd a while to the Air, and of Banatu finely pouderd and well incorporated with it æquall parts Decoct them well together and haveing separated <the Regulus>[replacing 'what they will afford', Boyle hand] beate it to fine powder, and with Tacula make [approximately 5-7 characters] of a sublimat which will be <perhaps>[approximately 13-15 characters] on the bottom, but [ 'from' deleted] afterw[ards][approximately 10 characters] enough with this sublimat mix an [approximately 10 characters]weight[we] of Salt of tartar upon the w[approximately 11 characters] both of good Quicklime and [approximately 11 characters] well[we] incorporated them, put them [approximately 10 characters]d a furnace capable of give[ing][approximately 7 characters] fire and proceed S. a.<: tis I thi[nk][approximately 6 characters] Negerus of antimony.>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]largely illegible due to damage caused by hole in page caused by spilled acid]

[Take [approximately 5 characters] Barachid[B] one part of <Baquilla>[replacing 'Taquella', Boyle hand] two p. [approximately 7 characters] distill[dis] them ad siccitatem and put all the [approximately 6 characters] over[ov] upon half a part (or quarter of a part if it be very weak) of Baracle: Let it evaporate away with a pritty quick fire, and <mix>[replacing 'cast'] the remaining powder [ 'upon' deleted] with Quatrum in fusion in its proper vessel. < and try what you will be able to obtain by Cupellation >[insertion in line in unidentified hand]largely illegible due to damage caused by hole in page caused by spilled acid]

Take of Taquema <+>[in red ] well dry'd and pouderd one part <>[replacing 'or'] two of the American stones <+>[in red ] very finely pouderd and mix'd[m][hole or tear in page] with the other one part keep them in fusion for about an hower. < tis to obtain [approximately 8 characters hole in page] something that is like it from A Mea[approximately 7 characters faded ink]>[insertion in line in unidentified hand]

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Take of barachid and Ornum æquall parts or thereabouts, put them together into a Crucible over which invert an other with a hole at the bottom, these being luted together keepe them in fusion for a full hower and then the work is done

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Take one part of the minerall, you know <(viz {antimony} or {lead})>[in pencil in Boyle hand] and 6 or 7 of Coramen or the Venetian Salt melt them together in a brisk fire and separate