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the_o avolation_n of_o some_o most_o subtle_a and_o pâ—â—â—trating_a spirituous_a part_n not_o to_o be_v imprison_v by_o any_o enclosure_n imaginable_a but_o will_v find_v their_o way_n out_o and_o leave_v the_o water_n bereast_n of_o virtue_n and_o decrease_v in_o quantity_n too_o and_o what_o be_v more_o perhaps_o of_o their_o weight_n also_o especial_o if_o they_o lose_v of_o their_o quantity_n now_o to_o evince_v whether_o this_o be_v a_o conjecture_n or_o no_o and_o to_o clear_v up_o this_o point_n of_o philosophy_n in_o the_o mineral_n hydrologia_n which_o have_v gravel_v many_o writer_n yea_o make_v they_o run_v ashore_o or_o to_o cast_v anchor_n in_o shallow_a ford_n for_o want_v of_o a_o depth_n in_o mechanical_a experiment_n this_o ingenious_a doctor_n have_v propose_v these_o follow_a query_n first_o whether_o by_o chemical_a researcher_n it_o be_v ever_o yet_o or_o can_v be_v find_v that_o such_o water_n as_o the_o abovesaid_a ever_o yield_v a_o vinous_a or_o a_o acid_n 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require_v necessary_o not_o only_a a_o acid_n sulphureous_a spirit_n or_o salt_n but_o also_o a_o mineral_n or_o metalline_a body_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v certain_o conclude_v that_o natural_a vitriol_n be_v partus_fw-la immaturus_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la embryonati_n and_o have_v its_o own_o mineral_n and_o metallic_a body_n in_o itself_o my_o antagonist_n shall_v have_v give_v we_o a_o definition_n of_o his_o vitriol_n in_o the_o searbrough_n spa_n that_o we_o may_v have_v know_v what_o he_o have_v mean_v thereby_o he_o say_v indeed_o that_o it_o be_v a_o esurine_a salt_n which_o acuate_v the_o water_n p._n 6._o which_o be_v able_a to_o corrode_v a_o vein_n of_o iron_n and_o yet_o say_v p._n 5._o that_o the_o vitriol_n in_o the_o spa_n be_v not_o make_v out_o of_o iron_n how_o to_o reconcile_v this_o contradiction_n i_o know_v not_o unless_o you_o mean_v by_o vitriol_n a_o simple_a esurine_a salt_n and_o then_o in_o my_o judgement_n you_o fall_v far_o shore_n of_o express_v the_o 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fontis_fw-la labentis_fw-la liquore_fw-la dissolutum_fw-la viz._n that_o the_o best_a vitriol_n be_v most_o natural_o bring_v forth_o in_o those_o mine_n where_o nature_n bathe_v beget_v that_o esurine_a salt_n corrode_a a_o strong_a vein_n of_o copper_n become_v dissolve_v in_o the_o glide_a current_n of_o a_o spring_n but_o do_v not_o you_o observe_v say_v my_o antag_n that_o there_o be_v a_o palpable_a powder_n which_o when_o a_o little_a gall_n be_v put_v into_o the_o water_n p._n 8_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o turn_v black_a which_o colour_n it_o take_v from_o the_o vitriol_n there_o will_v settle_v after_o some_o hour_n upon_o agitation_n of_o the_o vessel_n a_o black_a powder_n near_o a_o dragm_n in_o a_o gallon_n which_o have_v a_o styptic_a and_o dry_a taste_n like_o crocus_n martis_n and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n tinge_v the_o excrement_n black_a very_o true_a i_o grant_v that_o the_o dissolve_v minera_fw-la of_o iron_n or_o a_o equivalent_a minera_fw-la of_o a_o strong_a 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of_o sulphur_n will_v thereby_o be_v so_o open_v as_o to_o yield_v both_o its_o tincture_n as_o red_a as_o blood_n and_o odour_n also_o which_o last_o will_v be_v make_v to_o appear_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o any_o acid_a juice_n yea_o its_o acidity_n will_v plain_o be_v evident_a by_o burn_v it_o under_o a_o glass_n bell_n witness_v the_o oil_n of_o sulphur_n make_v after_o that_o manner_n so_o that_o where_o mineral_n body_n be_v to_o be_v dislolve_v or_o unlock_v their_o menstruum_n be_v to_o be_v acuate_v and_o due_o prepare_v wherefore_o in_o confirmation_n of_o what_o i_o elsewhere_o assert_v in_o my_o hydrol._n chym._n concern_v a_o acid_n sulphureous_a spirit_n or_o salt_n which_o be_v dissolve_v in_o a_o water_n spring_n become_v a_o suitable_a menstruum_fw-la to_o make_v solution_n or_o to_o take_v in_o the_o tincture_n of_o mineral_n or_o metalline_a body_n which_o lie_v in_o their_o way_n i_o say_v in_o confirmation_n hereof_o i_o find_v the_o ingenuous_a swelfer_n in_o 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