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THE vessel must be Glasse, and Round, with a long Neck, firmly Sealed on the Top, and is to be Enclosed with another Vessel, that the heat enter not the matter im∣mediately, and so the Digestion is in a Triple vessel. Liber Trium Verborum, pag. 49.
Put thy Amalgam carefully into a Glasse-vessel of such a capacity, that thy Earth that is sown and harrowed, may take up on∣ly the Third part of it, the other two left vacant. Close up the orifice with the wisest Lute. Jodoc. Grever.
Set one halfe of the round of the Vessel into Ashes, the other beare above, that thou mayst look at pleasure upon the work.
Alanus.
The vessels are Glasse, wide below, termi∣nating in an Acute, like the figure called a Cone. Vogelius.
Think not That the Philosophers lye when they say, The whole Magistery is per∣fected, in one only vessel: when thou hearest them say so, think presently of the Species of the vessel, not of the Individual, and thou hast found the Truth. Greverius.
We need but one Vessel, one Furnace, one Disposition; which is to be understood, After the preparation of the first Stone.
Flamellus in Democritum.
Our vessel is a Glasse, firmely shut, round bellied, of a neck strict and long, halfe a foot, or thereabout. This vessel is called an Egge, a Sublimatory, a Sphear, a Sepulcher, a Cucurbit, &c.
Laurentius ventura Italus.
Put thy matter into a Glasse-vessel Round and strong, the Orifice strait, and sealed that it cannot expire the least fume.
Scotus de Bufone.