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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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