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together wth. a paper conteining an account of some
of his tryalls & experiments made wth it here in
England, as follows -





Dr. Grew Read a paper of his obseruations made on seuerall
medicinall waters. vizt. from Gilfit Spaw. Sunning Hill. Willowbridge
in Staffordshire. /on/ Petrifying water from oxfordshire; sand /on/ Seawater from Sandwich
and on another kind of salt water from the Black sea. the Particu
lars of wch. as conteind in his Paper follow -



after the reading of the Paper he shewd some of the salts extracted
and amongst the rest the salt of the Euxine sea water being
tasted was found to be a perfect caustick and exceedingly dif
ferent from any other kind of sea salt.


mr. Hooke produced the Brest Part of a new sort of Armor made
of silk well quilted together which was able to resist the shot
of a Pistoll or Carubine it was neer 3/4 of an inch thick
and very hard & pretty heauy. But whether it would performe
what was pretented concerning it we were not certainly con
informe conuinced by any experiment. only the Gentleman that owned
it shewd wth it two bullets which had been shot against it by the
Prince in the Kings presence which were very much batterd
& flatted against it wthout at all penetrating it -

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