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Regulus {antimony}i decompounded['u' inserted] in {air} 648 in {water} 571 so the proportion is as 8 41/100 to 1 of {water}.

An anonymous Regulus weighd in {air} 939 in {water} 800 so the proportion is as 6 18/100 to 1.

The rock crystall weighd Jan. 1[altered from '2']. in oyl of {vitriol} weighd {drachm} i g. xvii In sp. of {salt} that was not very strong {drachm} ii g. xxxii.

(spelter oare in air {drachm} iv g. iv 3/4 in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. ix 5/16

Amber in air weighs {drachm} ii {half} g. xvi in {water} g. 12 1/2.

Figurd Talk in the Air {drachm} iii {half} g. 5 - 1/4 in the {water} {drachm} ii g. i 12/32

A piece of Sir William Strodes questiond Tin in the air {drachm} iii {half} g. ix 1/3 in the {water} {drachm} iii g. vi + 1/4.

Flint in the Air {drachm} ii {half} + 12 g. - 1/16. in Water {drachm} i {half} + 12 g. + 7/16.

[Integral marginalia:]
Jan. 17 89/90 (margin, at first paragraph)
Jan. 23 (margin, at fourth paragraph)
Jan 27 (margin, at fifth paragraph)
feb 5. 89/90 (margin, at entry on 'The crystall ball')

Another piece of crystall in {air} {ounce} ii {drachm} iii g. ix in {water} {ounce} i {drachm} iii {half} g. xxviii. So the prop. is as [ '2 65/100 to 1' deleted] 2 66/100 to 1

Artificiall crystall in {air} {ounce} iii {drachm} vi {half} g. xxiii {water} {ounce} ii {drachm} i {half} g. xi so that the proption is as 2 35/100 to 1

Red earth in {air} {drachm} vi g. vii in {oil} Turp. {drachm} iv g. xxi so the ppt is as 3 57/100 to 1 of {oil}.

Unicorns horne in the {air} weighd {ounce} i {drachm} i g. 1/8 in {water} {ounce} {half} g. xxi 1/8 so the proportion is as 1 2089/2232 to 1. or as 1 83/100 to 1 prox.

{sal ammoniac} in {air} weighing {drachm} i g. ix in oyl of Turp. weighd g. xxvii so the proptn is as 1 64/100 to 1

{mercury} {sublimate} in {air} {drachm} iv g. xvii in oyl of turp. {drachm} iii {half} so the proportion is as 5 22/47 to 1

{alum} roch in {air} [ '{ounce}' deleted] {drachm} iii - in <oyl of turp.>[replacing '{water}'] {drachm} i g. xxv so the proportion is as 1 80/100 prox. to 1.

[ '{nitre} {drachm} iii {half} g. xxi' deleted] {nitre} decrepitated in {air} iii {half} {drachm} g. xxi in <oyl of Turp.>[replacing '{water}'] {drachm} i {half} g. iii so the proportion is as 1 67/100 to 1.

black lead in {air} g. LVI in {water} g. xxvi so the proportion is as 1 86/100 to 1.

Copper Oare {ounce} i {half} g. ix in {water} {ounce} i {drachm} ii g. xii {half} so the proportion is as 6 23/100 to 1.

{gold} sand in [ 'water' deleted] Air weighed {drachm} ii in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. xxi so the prop. is as 14 11/100 to 1

Spanish {mercury} in [ '{water}' deleted] {air} {ounce} i g. xxv in {water} {drachm} vii {half} g. xviii so the proportion is as 13 64/100 to 1

[ 'English {vitriol} in {air} {drachm} ii g. ii 1/4 in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. i 3/4 so the proportion is as 4 4[?]/100 to' deleted] 4 1/2 to 1

fine {lead} oare in {air} {ounce} i {half} {drachm} i g. xv 1/2 in {water} {ounce} i {drachm} iii g. xxviii 1/2 so the prop. is as [7][unclear] 40/100 to 1.

[ '{vitriol} English in {air} {drachm} ii g. ii {half} in {oil} of Turp. {drachm} i {half} g. i {half} so the proprtion is as 4 pro to 1' deleted]

Congeald {water} in {air} {drachm} ii g. x 1/4 in {water} {drachm} i g. xiv so the proport is as 2 31/100 to 1.

The copper <box> weighs {ounce} i {drachm} ii g. xxxv.

{amalgam} of {mercury} & {lead} {ounce} i {drachm} iii in {water} {ounce} i {drachm} iv {half} g. xxii so the propor. is as 12 36/100

A supposed copper plate whited {drachm} ii g. v in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. xxii so the propor. is as 9 61/100

Granates in {air} {drachm} iii g. xxiv in {water} {drachm} ii {half} g. ix so the propor. is a 4 5[altered from '4']/10 to 1

The glasse bucket weighs [ 'iv {drachm} g. xiii {half} {drachm} iii g. XLVI 1/2 in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. XLIX' deleted] {drachm} iii g. L + in {water} {drachm} i {half} g. XLIX.

The crystall ball in {air} {ounce} ii {drachm} {half} g. iii in {water} {ounce} i {drachm} ii g. xviii 1/2 propor. as 2 57/100 to 1

Roman {vitriol} in [ '{water}' deleted] {air} 593 gr. in <{oil} of turp.>[replacing '{water}'] 348 the prop. is as 2, 42/100 to 1.

loaf sugar in {air} 128 in {water} 53 so the proportion is as 1 70/100 to 1