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* 1.1Three ounces of Silver being put into a Re∣tort upon six ounces of strong Sublimate, by a strong Fire the Sublimate was carried to the top of the Vessel, leaving the Silver half mel∣ted, and turned into a Semidiaphanous hor∣ny
Substance, which would melt at the flame of a Candle like Wax.
N. B. That if there be any Phaenomena in this or other Experiments, above what the Title promises, the Apology I make for them is, that as they may tend to the promoting of natural Philosophy as well as the other, so I was not willing to pass them by without No∣tice.
Luna Cor∣nea by Di∣stillation.