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if_o so_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v call_v against_o i_o with_o hard_a and_o harsh_a language_n for_o assert_v they_o i_o think_v i_o have_v answer_v all_o his_o objection_n and_o full_o prove_v they_o all_o to_o be_v there_o by_o sufficient_a argument_n of_o demonstration_n which_o i_o willing_o submit_v to_o the_o judicious_a reader_n he_o severe_o carp_v at_o many_o of_o my_o expression_n which_o i_o use_v in_o my_o book_n which_o i_o have_v plain_o make_v out_o to_o be_v the_o form_n use_v by_o learned_a writer_n upon_o such_o subject_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o chemist_n themselves_o who_o it_o seem_v he_o understand_v not_o he_o throws_z dirt_n in_o my_o face_n ever_o and_o anon_o while_o he_o argue_v against_o the_o four_o way_n i_o mention_v of_o a_o water_n
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discard_v these_o two_o pillar_n of_o his_o spa_n recantation_n mr._n s._n his_o recantation_n viz._n vitriol_n and_o iron_n as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o they_o now_o turn_v to_o p._n 39_o i_o do_v not_o say_v he_o deny_v iron_n to_o be_v a_o ingredient_n so_o again_o p._n 44._o ☞_o ☞_o this_o mineral_n acidity_n pervade_v a_o minera_n of_o iron_n make_v a_o slight_a solution_n of_o it_o and_o be_v equal_o contemper_v together_o make_v up_o the_o body_n of_o the_o spa_n now_o consider_v this_o body_n of_o mineral_n which_o be_v in_o the_o spa_n be_v of_o a_o ounce_n weight_n at_o least_o sometime_o ten_o dram_fw-la in_o a_o dry_a summer_n as_o this_o last_o be_v viz._n 1668._o in_o 5_o quart_n of_o the_o water_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o style_v a_o slight_a solution_n and_o for_o vitriol_n turn_v to_o p._n 359._o that_o i_o may_v say_v he_o inform_v myself_o more_o satisfactory_o of_o the_o true_a constituent_a part_n of_o scarbrough_n spa_n i_o take_v 3_o gallon_n and_o 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