Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	boil_v	let_v	strain_v	4,125	5	10.4278	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61885	Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected and rectified : whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject, translated out of Italian : with a brief account of those passages of the authors life ... : together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c. / by Henry Stubbe ...	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.; Tartaglia, Niccolò, d. 1557. Quesiti et inventioni diverse. Libro 3. English.; Sardi, Pietro, b. 1559? Artiglieria. English. Selections.; Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676. Plus ultra reduced to a non plus.; Henshaw, Thomas, 1618-1700.	1670 (1670)	Wing S6053; Wing S6063_PARTIAL; ESTC R21316	289,570	380

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fire_n to_o it_o at_o first_o gentle_o afterward_o more_o strong_o by_o degree_n until_o the_o boil_a be_v well_o advance_v and_o so_o continue_v until_o the_o caldron_n be_v but_o one_o three_o part_n full_a of_o liquor_n or_o to_o say_v better_a until_o but_o half_a of_o what_o be_v put_v in_o do_v remain_v the_o water_n of_o one_o or_o more_o caldron_n be_v boil_a and_o reduce_v to_o such_o a_o quantity_n ibid._n let_v they_o be_v gentle_o take_v out_o and_o put_v in_o a_o capacious_a tun_n or_o tun_n well_o hoop_v with_o hoop_n of_o iron_n and_o let_v they_o be_v cover_v with_o hempen_a cloth_n and_o table_n upon_o they_o very_o diligent_o and_o so_o let_v they_o be_v leave_v until_o they_o cool_v and_o that_o they_o be_v settle_v very_o well_o in_o such_o manner_n that_o all_o the_o earthy_a substance_n and_o naughty_a salt_n be_v fall_v to_o the_o bottom_n congeli_fw-la these_o water_n be_v thus_o purify_v let_v they_o again_o be_v gentle_o that_o they_o be_v not_o trouble_v 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tray_n and_o let_v they_o stand_v so_o two_o or_o three_o day_n and_o at_o that_o time_n or_o long_o according_a to_o the_o season_n you_o shall_v find_v the_o sal-nitri_a congeal_v and_o cleave_v to_o the_o side_n of_o the_o tray_n and_o the_o stick_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o clear_a crystal_n which_o take_v away_o careful_o and_o the_o water_n that_o remain_v let_v it_o be_v put_v to_o boil_v anew_o as_o at_o first_o leave_v the_o salt_n and_o the_o dregs_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o tray_n and_o because_o the_o water_n in_o the_o boil_a swell_n and_o make_v a_o scum_n it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o take_v away_o that_o scum_n careful_o as_o they_o do_v from_o the_o fleshpot_n and_o to_o reserve_v that_o scum_n to_o throw_v it_o upon_o the_o earth_n take_v from_o the_o tun_n to_o reimpregnate_n it_o with_o salt-petre_a moreover_o because_o the_o water_n in_o boil_a will_v spatter_v out_o of_o the_o caldron_n to_o remedy_v this_o let_v there_o be_v ready_a a_o strong_a lie_n 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the_o melt_a nitre_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o boil_v and_o the_o scum_n be_v take_v from_o it_o and_o let_v it_o strain_v by_o little_a and_o little_a by_o the_o ●●p_n into_o the_o vessel_n below_o as_o they_o do_v in_o make_v their_o buck_n which_o water_n be_v all_o strain_a let_v it_o be_v put_v into_o a_o clear_a cauldron_n and_o boil_v it_o till_o by_o the_o proof_n of_o a_o congealed_a drop_n it_o may_v be_v know_v to_o be_v well_o boil_a not_o forget_v to_o give_v it_o some_o of_o the_o strong_a li●_n of_o alum_n ash_n and_o lime_n when_o the_o cauldron_n swell_v and_o will_v spatter_v out_o the_o water_n and_o have_v make_v proof_n it_o be_v boil_a enough_o let_v it_o be_v take_v out_o and_o put_v into_o the_o long_a tray_n to_o cool●_n as_o before_o and_o preserve_v the_o congeal_a salt-petre_a and_o return_v the_o water_n to_o boil_v again_o that_o remain_v and_o again_o to_o congeal_v and_o do_v so_o until_o the_o water_n give_v no_o more_o salt-petre_a now_o this_o salt-petre_a so_o refine_v be_v call_v salt-petre_a refine_v of_o the_o ●econd_v boiling_n as_o the_o refiner_n of_o sugar_n call_v their_o sugar_n refine_v of_o the_o second_o third_z or_o four_o boil_a and_o to_o make_v saltpetre_n of_o such_o perfection_n you_o may_v as_o some_o do_v refine_v it_o that_o be_v reboyl_v it_o in_o such_o manner_n the_o three_o time_n proceed_v always_o as_o before_o because_o that_o there_o be_v such_o difficulty_n in_o the_o depurate_n of_o saltpetre_n from_o the_o fix_a common_a salt_n alum_n &_o vitriol_n which_o adhere_v to_o it_o &_o that_o without_o this_o be_v do_v no_o man_n can_v judge_v whether_o the_o salt_n it_o leave_v upon_o calcination_n be_v from_o the_o nitre_n or_o some_o

recover_v it_o by_o powder_n spoil_v be_v mean_v that_o which_o want_v much_o of_o the_o vigour_n and_o virtue_n which_o it_o have_v in_o the_o beginning_n now_o this_o want_n proceed_v from_o no_o other_o thing_n than_o that_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o salt-petre_n which_o give_v it_o that_o vigour_n be_v weaken_v and_o vanish_v now_o the_o virtue_n of_o salt-petre_a reduce_v into_o gunpowder_n be_v lose_v either_o by_o age_n or_o moisture_n by_o old_a age_n because_o be_v ●onjoy'nd_a with_o coal_n and_o sulphur_n it_o do_v participate_v of_o that_o corruption_n which_o will_v happen_v to_o they_o in_o time_n by_o moisture_n because_o the_o salt-petre_a compose_v of_o salnitrous_a water_n as_o all_o other_o salt_n of_o their_o salt_n water_n do_v no_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v see_v the_o moisture_n but_o by_o that_o by_o little_a and_o little_a it_o be_v convert_v into_o moisture_n and_o the_o virtue_n and_o vigour_n thereof_o be_v exhale_a by_o that_o humidity_n thus_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o salt-petre_a be_v separate_v by_o this_o humidity_n from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o powder_n 18._o and_o the_o salt-petre_a being_n more_o ponderous_a than_o the_o other_o two_o material_n which_o be_v no●_n exhale_v as_o be_v the_o petre_n it_o follow_v that_o of_o that_o quantity_n of_o powder_n which_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o it_o be_v enclose_v in_o the_o barrel_n for_o example_n one_o hundred_o pound_n after_o the_o salt-petre_a be_v waste_v in_o this_o manner_n either_o by_o old_a age_n or_o moisture_n there_o will_v not_o remain_v the_o same_o quantity_n but_o much_o less_o now_o to_o recover_v this_o powder_n thus_o waste_v it_o be_v to_o be_v do_v two_o way_n viz._n to_o adjoyn_v the_o quantity_n of_o salt-petre_a be_v want_v to_o make_v it_o vigorous_a and_o perfect_a or_o to_o take_v away_o that_o salt-petre_a which_o remain_v in_o the_o waste_a powder_n to_o refine_v the_o salt-petre_a and_o to_o make_v other_o powder_n anew_o with_o it_o he_o to_o recover_v that_o same_o weaken_a powder_n by_o the_o vanish_v of_o the_o nitre_n proceed_v in_o this_o manner_n take_v all_o that_o quantity_n of_o waste_a powder_n and_o put_v it_o on_o a_o cloth_n and_o lay_v it_o in_o the_o sun_n to_o dry_v which_o be_v perfect_o dry_v fill_v a_o barrel_n with_o it_o ●or_a example_n let_v there_o be_v one_o hundred_o pound_n then_o let_v it_o be_v empty_v aside_o and_o let_v the_o barrel_n be_v fill_v with_o perfect_a powder_n such_o as_o be_v the_o spoil_v in_o the_o perfect_a vigour_n of_o it_o let_v it_o be_v weigh_v and_o note_v how_o many_o pound_n it_o weigh_v for_o example_n suppose_v one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o here_o we_o say_v that_o those_o twenty_o pound_n more_o which_o the_o barrel_n of_o perfect_a powder_n weigh_v shall_v be_v twenty_o pound_n of_o salt-petre_a which_o the_o o●her_n want_v now_o let_v we_o see_v how_o much_o waste_v powder_n there_o be_v in_o all_o and_o if_o there_o be_v for_o example_n 10000_o pound_n for_o to_o know_v then_o in_o this_o great_a quantity_n of_o naughty_a powder_n how_o many_o pound_n of_o salt-petre_a there_o be_v want_v to_o reduce_v it_o to_o perfection_n and_o vigour_n work_v with_o the_o golden_a rule_n of_o the_o 4_o proportional_n say_v if_o one_o hundred_o pound_n of_o waste_a powder_n there_o want_v 20_o pound_n of_o salt-petre_a how_o much_o petre_n will_v there_o be_v want_v in_o ten_o thousand_o let_v the_o second_o number_n be_v multiply_v by_o the_o three_o viz._n 20_o by_o 10000_o and_o the_o product_n shall_v be_v divide_v by_o the_o first_o viz._n by_o 100_o and_o you_o shall_v have_v 2000_o in_o the_o quotient_a and_o these_o shall_v be_v the_o pound_n of_o salt-petre_a which_o be_v want_v in_o the_o waste_a powder_n to_o reduce_v it_o to_o perfection_n let_v these_o 2000_o l._n of_o salt-petre_a be_v powder_v &_o likewise_o the_o 10000_o of_o bad_a powder_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v and_o take_v a_o proportion_n let_v it_o be_v 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