a very poor
man; did sometime since require
Spirit of Salt, not vulgarly prepared,
of a loving Friend of Mine, a
Cloath-Dyer, by name, John Casparus
Knottnerus. My Friend giving
the same to him; demanded,
whether he would use that Spirit
of Salt, he now had, for Metals,
or not? Grill made answer; for
Metalls. And accordingly he afterward
powred this Spirit of Salt
upon Lead, which he had put into
a Glass Dish, usual for Conditures
and Confections. The space of two
Weeks being elapsed, supernatant
on the Spirit of Salt, appeared a
most splendid Silver-Starre, so exceeding
curious, as if it had been
made With an Instrument by a most
ingenious Artist. At the sight of
which, the said Grill, filled with
Exceeding Joy, signified to us, that
he had seen the Signate Star of
Philosophers, touching which he
had read in Basilius, as he thought.
I, and many other honest Men,
did behold this Star supernatant
on the Spirit of Salt, the lead in
the mean while remaining in the
bottom of an ash colour, and swollen like
a Sponge. But in the space
of seven or nine dayes, that humidity
of the Spirit of Salt, being absumed
by the exceeding heat of the
Aire, in July, did vanish; but the
Star settled down, and still stood
above that Earthly Spongeous Lead.
That was a thing worthy of admiration,
and beheld by not a few
Spectators. At length Grill himself
having taken part of Cinereous,
or Ash-like Lead, with the Star
adhering, cupellated in a Test,
and found from one ounce of this
Lead, twelve ounces of Cupellate
Silver, and from these twelve ounces,
he also had two ounces of the
best Gold. And I Helvetius am able
to shew some of this Spongeous
Lead with part of the Star yet adhering,
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Notka biograficzna
wiersze pozycjonowanie i optymalizacja Zygmunt Vogel Jerzy Faczynski Orlowski
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
John Middleton Murry (August 6, 1889 March 12, 1957) was an English writer. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married, as her second husband, in 1918. Following her death, he edited her work. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, along with the writer Joyce Cary, a lifelong friend.