Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	let_v	put_v	strain_v	4,592	5	10.4585	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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sal_fw-la c._n 18._o hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 261._o u●tzer_n de_fw-fr sale_n c._n 1●_n pliny_n and_o ki●cher_n mund_o subterran_a l._n 6._o sect._n 2._o c._n 1._o say_v that_o the_o egyptian_a nitre_n be_v so_o solid_a that_o it_o be_v cut_v out_o into_o vessel_n so_o the_o latter_a nitrum_fw-la juxta_fw-la cairum_fw-la ●alo●e_fw-la solis_fw-la tostum_fw-la in_o lapide●_fw-la vasis_fw-la consicien●is_fw-la aptissimum_fw-la conver●itur_fw-la to_o show_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o these_o natural_a production_n of_o nitre_n &_o what_o art_n generate_v consider_v that_o passage_n of_o kircher_n in_o mund_o subt●rran_a l._n 6._o sect._n 2._o c._n 3._o nitrum_fw-la no●_n purg●t●m_fw-la contin●t_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimum_fw-la tres_fw-la substantias_fw-la alumen_fw-la salem_n crepita●tem_fw-la et_fw-la nitrum_fw-la essentiale_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la ejus_fw-la distillation●_n reperiuntur_fw-la alumen_fw-la quip_n calci●●tur_fw-la cum_fw-la servore_fw-la quodam_fw-la et_fw-la ●bullitione_n nitrum_fw-la purum_fw-la inflammatur_fw-la consumit●rque_fw-la sal_fw-la crepat_fw-la exilitque_fw-la probat_fw-la id_fw-la gustus_fw-la aluminosus_fw-la salsus_n nitrosus_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr mi●eralium_n mixto●um_fw-la sodina_fw-la a●t_fw-la vena_fw-la m●tallièa_fw-la cui_fw-la nescio_fw-la sanc_fw-la qua_fw-la insita_fw-la ambitione_n non_fw-la associatur_fw-la nitrum_fw-la i●ter_fw-la caetera_fw-la sali_n alumini_fw-la ammoniaco_fw-it caeterisque_fw-la salibus_fw-la veluti_fw-la cognatione_fw-la proximis_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la tan●u●_n adnascitur_fw-la ●ed_fw-la ta_fw-la suis_fw-la divitiis_fw-la implet_fw-la avic●n_n cano●_n m_v lib._n 2._o ●●_o 2._o pag._n 17._o edit_fw-la plempij_fw-la pag_n 261.262_o hist._n of_o the_o r._n s._n in_o that_o other_o way_n which_o be_v follow_v by_o pietr●_n sardi_n casimirus_n semien●wicz_n and_o agric●la_n and_o other_o foreigner_n there_o be_v not_o that_o trouble_n in_o the_o make_n ●or_a those_o mother_n that_o occur_v in_o we_o de_fw-fr subtle_a exer_n c._n 104._o sect._n 15._o hist._n r_o s_o pag_n 262._o this_o experiment_n of_o cast_v in_o the_o grease_n will_v not_o succeed_v in_o the_o refine_n but_o in_o the_o first_o generate_a of_o the_o salt-petre_a beside_o it_o will_v boil_v over_o with_o that_o violence_n that_o they_o know_v no_o way_n to_o allay_v it_o this_o happen_v more_o if_o soap_n be_v cast_v in_o this_o mother_n of_o saltpetre_a be_v not_o so_o call_v as_o if_o the_o elixiviate_v liquor_n have_v be_v boil_v and_o pass_v the_o ash_n and_o after_o boil_a to_o a_o proof_n will_v not_o let_v fall_v the_o common_a s●lt_n and_o coagulate_a into_o petre_n at_o all_o but_o because_o by_o these_o mean_v it_o generate_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o petre_n and_o the_o work_n be_v make_v much_o more_o easy_a and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o mother_n which_o remain_v after_o the_o generate_a of_o petre_n be_v much_o more_o efficacious_a than_o what_o be_v make_v otherwise_o if_o the_o raw_a liquor_n be_v by_o negligence_n boil_v too_o high_a it_o will_v become_v extreme_a oily_a or_o greasy_a ●_z nor_o can_v it_o be_v clear_v of_o it_o by_o ash_n except_o it_o be_v put_v in_o as_o mother_n to_o other_o boiling_n and_o so_o pass_v the_o ash_n if_o the_o mother_n be_v put_v in_o too_o soon_o it_o spoil_v the_o boil_a and_o if_o it_o b●il_v i●_n after_o it_o be_v at_o the_o height_n it_o will_v over_o the_o furnace_n in_o append_v adv_fw-la laurentium_fw-la de_fw-la error_n practic_a c._n 78_o sect._n 6._o hist._n of_o the_o r._n s._n pag._n 264._o ●ab●_n ●allop_n de_fw-fr ●he●mis_fw-fr c._n 9_o hist_o of_o the_o r._n s_o pag._n 265._o hist._n of_o the_o r._n s._n pag._n 266._o hist._n of_o the_o r._n s._n pag._n 266._o at_o coven●ty_n in_o a_o floor_n where_o they_o couch_v malt_n there_o be_v so_o much_o p●tre_n that_o it_o be_v visible_a to_o the_o eye_n in_o great-plenty_n and_o the_o man_n come_v to_o desire_v the_o salt-petre-man_n to_o work_v it_o because_o he_o find_v it_o prejudicial_a to_o his_o malt_n which_o be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o when_o the_o earth_n be_v less_o nitrous_a hist_o of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 266_o hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 267._o hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 267.268_o vide_fw-la casimirum_fw-la semi●●owicz_n art_n m●g●n_n ar●●ll_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o pag._n 61_o pli●●_n 31._o c._n 1●_n lit_fw-fr h._n vi●e_v g●le●_n de_fw-fr simpl._n medic_fw-la l._n 9_o pliny_n l._n 31._o c._n 30._o ●ide_v semi●nowicz_n ubi_fw-la supr●_n pag_n 63._o see_v his_o judgement_n hereafter_o in_o his_o discourse_n casimir_n semi●n●wicz_n ar●_n magn_n a●●iller_n part_n 1._o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o pag._n 63._o vide_fw-la eras●um_fw-la de_fw-fr metal_n pag._n 111._o dr._n alexander_n read_v of_o wound_n sect._n 15_o pag._n 107._o 107._o sethus_n calvisius_n chronolog_n pag._n 752._o co._n 2._o pag._n 268._o that_o of_o agricola_n do_v agree_v with_o that_o of_o petro_n sardi_n which_o i_o have_v add_v in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o discourse_n hist._n of_o the_o r._n s._n pag._n 269_o if_o the_o raw_a liquor_n be_v make_v with_o the_o two_o part_n extract_v from_o pigeon_n earth_n and_o one_o out_o of_o floor_n and_o the_o last_o contain_v much_o common_a salt_n the_o pigeon-house_n liquor_n cut_v out_o as_o they_o ca●l_v it_o or_o transmute_v even_o that_o salt_n so_o as_o that_o there_o will_v be_v little_a or_o none_o in_o the_o end_n hist._n of_o the_o r.s._n pag._n 270._o zwelfer_n in_o pharmacop_n august●n_n de_fw-fr sale_n lig●i_fw-la sancti_fw-la all_o wood_n say_v our_o petre-man_n if_o burn_v green_a yield_v a_o salt_a ash_n than_o otherwise_o but_o for_o ash_n the_o ash_n be_v best●_n the_o young_a thorn●_n second_o the_o elm_n three_o sir_n and_o fern_n burn_v green_a the_o young_a the_o better_o yield_v a_o salt-ash_n if_o dry_a not_o so_o hence_o those_o ash_n be_v not_o use_v in_o buck_v of_o linen_n the_o s●lter_n th●_n ash_n the_o light_a if_o they_o 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