Projekt: Bestände der Universitätsbibliothek Freiberg
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Monographie
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Titel
The Second Book Of The Art of Metals, Wherein is taught the Common Way Of Refining Silber By Quick-Silver, With Some New Rules addes for the better Performance of the same
( i7° ) than the Caperucas come, are placed the .Candlellick-Foot, as they call it, whereupon they fet the Plate and the Pine-Apple. The Candleftick-Foot comes up about four Fingers higher than the Mouth of the lower Veflel, which they call the Cannon ; in the which, on the one Side, four or fix Fingers lower than the Fire ufed to be, enters in a fmall Pipe of cold Water, at a Hole made for that Purpofe in the Cannon, without dillurbing the Caperuca at all, becaufe it Is not to go in flrait, hut with a little Liberty. Over againft this Hole there is fuch another, out of which runs as much Water as enters in at the former, whereby the Cannon is always kept full, and the Water in good Temper to receive the Quickfilver without any Prejudice. If one feparates the Quickfilver by the Lim beck, they may do the fame thing, clapping a Ring of Copper of two Fingers breadth, and other two Fingers deep, to the Mouth of the lower Veflel; fo that the other Veflel may eafily be let in and out, wherein the Quick filver is to be faved. Into this Circle the Lim beck muft be fitted, and, to prevent it’s being blown off with the Force of the Vapour of the Quickfilver, the Limbeck muft be kept down with Weight on the Top of it, cr tying it, to fome other fixed Thing; or making a Ring on the Top of the Limbeck, pafs a Bar of Iron through it, both Ends whereof afterwards re maining fixed in two Walls built on each Side of it for that Purpofc. <fhe End of the Second Book of Alonso B a r b a's Art of Metals.