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imprimatur_fw-la tractatus_fw-la cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la curiosity_n in_o chemistry_n sept._n 30._o 1690._o exit_fw-la aedibus_fw-la collegij_fw-la guall_a charleton_n proefes_fw-mi coll._n med._n lond._n e_n tho._n burwell_n j._n gordon_n will._n dawes_n tho._n gill._n curiosity_n in_o chemistry_n be_v new_a experiment_n and_o observation_n concern_v the_o principle_n of_o natural_a body_n write_a by_o a_o person_n of_o honour_n and_o publish_v by_o his_o operator_n h._n g._n london_n print_v bâ—_n h.c._n for_o stafford_n anson_n at_o the_o three_o pigeon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1691._o new_a experiment_n and_o observation_n concern_v the_o principle_n of_o natural_a body_n the_o introduction_n the_o ingenious_a author_n of_o this_o treatise_n have_v herein_o lay_v a_o great_a many_o experiment_n and_o observation_n together_o in_o order_n to_o prove_v that_o water_n be_v the_o only_a first_o material_a principle_n of_o natural_a body_n and_o that_o all_o the_o other_o pretend_v hypostatical_a principle_n be_v ultimate_a and_o reducible_a into_o mere_a elementary_a water_n wherefore_o to_o give_v a_o brief_a and_o perspicuous_a account_n of_o his_o reason_n upon_o this_o subject_n he_o have_v think_v it_o expedient_a to_o reduce_v they_o to_o the_o follow_a proposition_n sect._n i._n the_o ardent_a spirit_n of_o vegetable_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o oleous_a particle_n of_o these_o vegetable_n subtilise_v by_o fermentation_n and_o thereby_o dissolve_v in_o and_o unite_v to_o some_o part_n of_o their_o own_o phlegm_n for_o lavender_n rue_n margerum_n etc._n etc._n distil_v without_o addition_n and_o without_o a_o previous_a fermentation_n afford_v a_o oil_n but_o never_o yield_v any_o burn_a spirit_n whereas_o after_o fermentation_n they_o yield_v a_o ardent_a spirit_n but_o no_o oil_n which_o be_v a_o manifest_a proof_n that_o the_o inflammable_a oil_n be_v convert_v into_o a_o inflammable_a spirit_n especial_o since_o by_o the_o last_a 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nothing_o else_o but_o the_o volatile_a salt_n of_o the_o tartar_n of_o these_o plant_n dissolve_v in_o their_o own_o phlegm_n for_o they_o consist_v of_o the_o effluvia_fw-la that_o ascend_v from_o the_o plant_n while_o their_o tartar_n be_v a_o calcine_v into_o a_o fix_a salt_n keep_v from_o fly_v away_o into_o the_o air_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o peculiar_a structure_n of_o the_o furnace_n etc._n etc._n employ_v in_o this_o kind_n of_o incineration_n and_o be_v therefore_o altogether_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o spirit_n of_o soot_n or_o even_o with_o the_o genuine_a bitterish_a alcaline_a spirit_n of_o tartar_n of_o wine_n n.b._n since_o in_o the_o juice_n of_o grape_n the_o alcali_n and_o acid_n mutual_o coagulate_v obtain_v the_o name_n of_o tartar_n why_o shall_v not_o the_o same_o salt_n con-coagulated_n in_o the_o juice_n of_o other_o vegetable_n though_o endow_v with_o very_o different_a seed_n obtain_v the_o same_o appellation_n rather_o than_o that_o of_o essential_a salt_n for_o there_o be_v real_o in_o the_o juice_n of_o all_o vegetable_n a_o tartar_n not_o unlike_a to_o that_o of_o wine_n so_o that_o the_o spirit_n prepare_v by_o the_o incineration_n of_o plant_n do_v like_o that_o of_o vinous_a tartar_n proceed_v from_o the_o tartar_n of_o these_o plant_n which_o see_v they_o consist_v of_o the_o same_o salt_n namely_o alcaly_a and_o acid_n those_o spirit_n be_v indeed_o nothing_o else_o but_o these_o salt_n in_o a_o fluid_a state_n hence_o if_o genuine_a spirit_n of_o tartar_n be_v draw_v off_o from_o a_o alcalisate_n salt_n the_o volatile_a acid_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o fix_a alcaly_a it_o will_v strike_v your_o nose_n with_o the_o pungent_a scent_n of_o a_o volatile_a urinous_a salt_n sect._n iii_o the_o alcaline_a vrinous_a spirit_n of_o animal_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o volatile_a salt_n of_o these_o animal_n dissolve_v in_o a_o little_a of_o their_o own_o phlegm_n for_o 1._o if_o you_o put_v spirit_n of_o urine_n or_o any_o 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to_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o liquor_n and_o gather_v together_o into_o numerous_a little_a drop_n which_o though_o they_o be_v single_o invisible_a yet_o render_v the_o whole_a liquor_n muddy_a and_o of_o a_o red_a colour_n 2._o in_o the_o distillation_n for_o instance_n of_o fermented_a urine_n or_o of_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a mingle_v with_o a_o fix_a salt_n usual_o the_o volatile_a salt_n sublime_v at_o first_o in_o a_o dry_a form_n but_o if_o you_o continue_v the_o distillation_n so_o much_o of_o the_o phlegm_n will_v ascend_v as_o shall_v dissolve_v all_o your_o volatile_a salt_n and_o wash_v it_o it_o down_o into_o the_o receiver_n where_o you_o have_v it_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o spirit_n 3._o if_o you_o dissolve_v in_o common_a water_n distil_v as_o much_o volatile_a salt_n of_o human_a blood_n for_o instance_n as_o it_o will_v take_v up_o and_o distil_v this_o mixture_n you_o will_v by_o that_o mean_n obtain_v a_o liquor_n that_o by_o its_o 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be_v to_o inspire_v and_o exspire_v the_o air._n nor_o can_v fish_n live_v without_o water_n any_o more_o than_o land-animal_n can_v do_v without_o air._n whence_o it_o be_v high_o probable_a that_o the_o former_a receive_v constant_a supply_n of_o some_o vital_a substance_n from_o the_o water_n as_o well_o as_o the_o late_a do_v from_o the_o air_n especial_o if_o we_o far_o consider_v that_o the_o vital_a liquor_n circulate_v through_o the_o gills_n of_o the_o one_o by_o the_o ramification_n of_o their_o arteria_fw-la bronchialis_fw-la as_o well_o as_o it_o do_v through_o the_o lung_n of_o the_o other_o by_o those_o of_o the_o arteria_fw-la pulmonaris_n wherefore_o if_o in_o land-animal_n the_o say_v vital_a liquor_n divide_v itself_o into_o little_a rivulet_n in_o its_o passage_n through_o the_o lung_n that_o every_o part_n thereof_o may_v at_o each_o circulation_n receive_v fresh_a supple_v of_o vital_a spirit_n from_o the_o air_n that_o be_v diffuse_v through_o the_o whole_a 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