Experiment XIV.
WE put an ounce of Distilled Water, wherein we dis∣solv'd
Memoirs for the natural history of humane blood, especially the spirit of that liquor by Robert Boyle.
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- Memoirs for the natural history of humane blood, especially the spirit of that liquor by Robert Boyle.
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- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
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- London :: Printed for Samuel Smith,
- 1683/4.
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as much Volatile Salt of Hu∣mane Blood, as it would well take up, into a Glass Egg, and exposed it during a Frosty Night to congeal: which we did with design to disco∣ver, whether, as the Saltness that is in Sea Water keeps it here in Eng∣land from freezing, (at least in ordi∣nary Winters,) so the Volatile Salt of Humane Blood, which much re∣sembles the other in Tast, would have the like effect upon Water, especially if it were fully impregna∣ted therewith. To this Conjecture the event was answerable, the Frost having produced no Ice in our solu∣tion, nor having so much as made any of the Salt manifestly shoot, (as I wish'd it had done, hoping thereby to discover somewhat about the Figu∣ration of the Salt of Humane Blood.)
And, tho afterwards we removed it into a Frigorifick Mixture, that would probably have frozen Beer and Ale, and perhaps the weaker sort of French Wine; yet we did not
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perceive it to glaciate any part of our solution, but only made it let fall a pretty deal of Matter, that seemed to be Feculent, (for what it was, I had not opportunity to exa∣mine.)