Workdiary 27 (diplomatic transcript)

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[BP 44, fol. 43]

{Recipe} grosse peeces of {sulphur} pt i & calx vive pts ii boyl them (continually stirrig) till the {sulphur} be dissolvd; [filter][unclear], a vapor ad sicc. add a 20th part of sal Decrepit. & distill over a red Sp.

{Recipe} 2 pts Clay & one {sal ammoniac} distill & cohobate

{Recipe} {sulphur} (vel florum [eius][unclear]) sacch ana [digere][unclear] per 10 vel 12 [approximately 4 characters illegible] &c

[Rr][unclear] the fromage [movir][unclear] made up with sifted Ashes

A Colorless stone kept 12 or 18 days, in hot scales of steele (but not red hot) gave it the color of a faire Aigue marine.

Ad Carunculas

{Recipe} {ounce} {half} of pouder'd savine stibium (i.e., crude['ru' altered from 'ur'] {copper} {drachm} ii oare (the yellow) {ounce} vi all exactly powderd & mix incorpor with yell['y' altered from 'w'] wax {ounce} {half} [res. pini][unclear] {drachm} ii

[BP 44, fol. 43v]

F Candela when 'tis to cover a silver pipe cover it with alcool of Bol. arm.

[Remember that the][unclear] Min Celeste may be kept in Glasse, glaz'd [approximately 3-4 characters faint ink]th, & oaken Vessels [(but][unclear] New) & is to be kept stopt.

[approximately at least 15 characters faint ink] with sack & syrup of Elder Flowers

[{Recipe}][unclear] the Inefficacy of Galens Med for mad Dogs, & of viper powder in Ireland

Tis <often> easyer to know what one ought to beleeve, than what Ar. did beleeve['b' altered from 't']: for Natur. never contrad. hir selfe; but he may in one place contrad. what he teaches in anot: & we can aske Nature [BP 44, fol. 44] new questions by pre[approximately 6 characters tear in page] vis'd Expts; but so w[approximately 6 characters tear in page]

suppose the Nature [approximately 12 characters faded] the medium employd (as if [the][unclear] [approximately 12 characters faded] include a Magnet [red hot][unclear] in a Box that had Iron or steele,) by &c

{Recipe} the [Præror][unclear] of [approximately 5 characters faded] is [eminent][unclear] for a [approximately 5 characters faded] very generally op[approximately 5 characters faded] as heat, [in being][unclear] {sal ammoniac} [approximately 5 characters faded] a Dissolvent; &c (answerable to a [approximately 5 characters faded] obstruent, or [approximately 8 characters faded] of [ 'purganin' deleted] Diuretick in Physick

Pollish Silver worke with Putty & Water.

[ 'P' deleted] (& Brasse with Tripoly & Water

[BP 44, fol. 44v]

[approximately 7 characters tear in page]avagants [approximately 6 characters illegible]ll comparing of Cuntrys.

[approximately 6 characters tear in page]ing of Words by [approximately 5 characters tear in page]g &c, for fleets

[BP 44, fol. 45]

(Remember to send for

[BP 44, fol. 45v]

The Divisions of Philosophers are often to be look't on like those of Geographers & Natigations; where Diff. Dominions or Names do not always argue differing Soyls & Waters.

Remember to apply this to the Stages of N's Progresses

I exam. not whose such an Op. was but whose it shud be, & [ 'por' deleted] it <be true>[replacing 'ought to'] I conclude it ought to be mine

Who <employ>[replacing 'set'] your Int. or their Fancys <to>[insertion in line ] chuse their Opinions, & <leave it to>[replacing 'employ'] their Understandings, only to Maintain them.

Remember the Concentrat. of Beams in the Præface to the II Tome.

Remember that in hot Regions by the Ordinary Concours of the Air & Sun oft Eggs are hatch'd <in to Birds>

[BP 44, fol. 46]

Ol. Ess. I. 6 {ounce} tru Ess. Ol. [approximately 1 character illegible] 4 {ounce} of Succ. 6 {ounce} incorp. these with 4[altered from '2'] {ounce} of tafafa in a morter. Then ad {ounce} 8 of the pure volatil Sp. {sal ammoniac} true['t' altered from '7'] Vol. tafafa {ounce} 7. 20 ounces of the pure V. Sp. {urine} & {ounce} 8 of the com sp. of Terp & 2 Gall. of {spirit of wine} [easier][unclear]. Draw these all over the helm once. <from {salt} of Potashes>[insertion in margin ] This multip. by Destill. from common oyle.

The Creation. The Flood. The oyl ponderous as {gold}. The liq. ascending & in the Air made Astral, falling againe. Moses's Manna & the Tal & sweet unctuosity imbibd out of it. The little man that went out before 7. The heated Arme. The Chaotic Net as a Recipient. The water reaching to saffron, niter, &c & the Masse the [7][unclear] among them {mercury}. the {salt} {urine}æ. Common [{mercury}][unclear] an abortive. Columb. Dian & {copper}. That the Xpt. may be made (but in much longer time, & with more Ch. & Diff. with [parc][unclear] alone./ The Chaotic, Salvatory & Rationall Wls & 88 at the top of the last of the 20 mss before multipl. 9. for the Msm/ half a coccos, [ 'in' deleted] kindled & almost killd him./ The separable earth of Paz./ The internal Magn./ Irene [BP 44, fol. 46v] The specific for [ '{lead}' deleted] {lead}./ The sh. oyl. Liquid & coagulated./ The Baracle & paz with the Ferm. or {tincture} will make a min. perp

(The common Sapo requires a Gallon of {spirit of wine} R to 8 {ounce} of it)

[Retrospective marginalia:]
q

[ 'The' deleted] Remember that Anarus (or Aranus) is the matter of the Bombast./ & needs no addition. (unlesse perhaps at last & tis an oyl or oleiforme.

yet if this oyl be united with ana of the Bomb. of Tart. & that of {nitre} they will all come over toget.['og' altered from 'r'] into one msm.

With out Essential Saponary Msm one may draw a true <{gold}>[insertion in margin ] pot. [ 'of that' deleted] the Scor. made by injected {nitre} [ 'near' deleted] upon a Reg. made of 2 pts Reg {antimony} simpl. & one of {gold}

The Msm [or {mercury}] soph. draws out of paz about a 1/4 pt of {tincture} or oyl; which being fixt upon a due prop of {gold} [q. an commune] goes one up. 10 & that with more liq. 1 up 100 & so &.

Bomb. may be multipl. by the Essential oil itself draws from Talk.)

[ 'C' deleted] Keep our Melago['l' alterd from 'c'] stiring till it be pulverable with it's own [Phl.][unclear] extract the Chrystals make a sapo of them (a little opend by a slit calcin.) [ 'urine' deleted] with ol. Ess. [ 'Ju' deleted] Junip. & by cohob.['b' altered from 'l'] unite & bring this over with <most> high Rectif. Sp. of {urine}

[BP 44, fol. 47]

Aug. 15th. The matter of the mps is the unct. pt of Talc but that of Bbt is [incoroi][unclear]

The Eben will relent <much> in the Air

Our['O' altered from 'T'] Sp. V. is ex tale & is really unct. or oleag. & will swim on water

Each Eg[a second 'g' at end of word is deleted] is a Separ. Elem. (viz {earth} and {water}) but made without Destillat.

The Magnet draws 4 or 5 pints in a day

Tasafa, (especially by the help of the mgt) is putrifyd; then subslimd into dry salt (in 2 months, but <to gaine the>[replacing 'in'] forma liquida; it requires 5 months more.

[Retrospective marginalia:]
15
q (margin, at 'the other 3')

From {ounce} i of Paz draw {drachm} ii of {tincture} reduce the rest into neg. imbibe gradatim {drachm} i till you have united it with [ '{drachm} ix' deleted] 9 drams of neg. then put the other 3 & [ 'it' deleted] unite that 18 times the neg. may exceed the {tincture}. This poud will [ 'go' deleted] upon com. paz make an Eb. which (once or 2 invigorated['t' altered from 'd']) will upon co neg. make a Min. Perp.

By an Eg.'s reaching {lead} & is meant that it radically dissolves it into a Liq. distinct from the msm. [An][unclear] or after the 6 or 7th eg. it reaches paz & all other such bodys.

Bbt multipl. it self from somthing it extracts from the bodys it works on.

Tis best preservd by immersed sol. As the mps is, by being diluted with it's owne liquid parent.

Paz hath in it a separable {earth}

A msm (short of the 3 noblest) wil so only reduce {mercury} sub. as also Ars. [ '&' deleted] into sweet, & innoc., & efficac. oils.

[BP 44, fol. 47v]

Reductif. {Recipe} ban. {ounce} v, salis decr. {ounce} iii. M. F. P. si opus, adiice Ars. {drachm} v; &, (si prac.) carb. partem 2m [resp][unclear] totius. [Linus][unclear] mist. partes 2, corp. reduce partem unam

{Recipe} {tin} pts 8, {mercury} pt i

[BP 44, fol. 48]

Remember Workmanship. Self-enjoyment. Improvident. Pusillan. take it to be answer indistinctly [ 'workmanship' deleted] Counterpoyson:

Inadæquate negative Conceptions. Take hold of, but not Graspe: Dress of Matter. Use or Wisd. [undisce][unclear] vera for being Too curious. Perform. our Underst. cannot reach to the maner. of Subserv. to the Person, & the End. Unconceiv. Excellency. Superemint. Knol. Unconceivable Perf: Architectonic wisdom. subservient - as to - &c. exprehensive Faculty - so many steps by which the mind ascends from the View Directive - contracted Nature & Intellect: concernd in the Fabric. Fermentative Agitat: & consequently, Collision: Mask's of Matters. Analyticall Putref. or Fermentatio. Incongr. to it self: energetic particles. Congenealness intrinsic Ferments. then to pass on, to what tis high time to prceed to release the fetterd or impr. part Heroisme Prejudicacy. feeble reason [stretgret][unclear] or smal of signific./ Chance, or [ '[approximately 3 characters illegible]' deleted] unguided Mot. of Matter [Atomology] Impenetrable Extension./ to Physiologize Anticipation./ Cogitative Beings,/ Materialists,/ Corporealists. Directives Principle/ Fortuitous Mechanisme / Histrionicall &c/ Philos. or Philosophizing Engine.

[BP 44, fol. 48v]

Aurorian, or Corpuscular Philosophy & Probationary Hypoth. Notions, Rules &c.

Dissolve the frame is not Presumable. Permananency in a separate state & the person he sustains & the tenor of his Doctrine.

[BP 44, fol. 49]

1) [qo][unclear] {tincture} of [Can[???]][unclear]
2) [approximately 6-8 characters] of things to be seald up
3) The [approximately 5-7 characters] of [dry sol][unclear]
4) The use of Sol. {gold}
5) The making of {salt} {antimony}
Rr Subl. & C V
fetid ol. {tartar}

{Recipe} 2 {pound} of Aloes in powder, to one of the berrys of Miss. of w. thorne; or apple or peare. Sun them or saltem keep them for 4, 5, or 6 in F Pils of [then][unclear] to a dr. [glue][unclear] over night

The [ 'Pils o' deleted] Syr. is mad of ana of berrys of Miss & sugar left without fire to ferment.

{Recipe} Fresh spearewort, beaten or, the Dry with a little strongth.

Abstract {spirit of wine} rect. (but not At Cohob:) 4 or 5 times from good C. V. with a Str. Fire at lest.