Fleta minor. The laws of art and nature in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals. In two parts. The first contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern ... in V books; originally written by him in the Teutonick languages, and now translated into English. The second contains essays on metallick words, as a dictionary to many pleasing discourses / by Sir John Pettus ... Illustrated with 44 sculptures.

  • John Pettus
Date:
1686
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Credit: Fleta minor. The laws of art and nature in knowing, judging, assaying, fining, refining and inlarging the bodies of confin'd metals. In two parts. The first contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern ... in V books; originally written by him in the Teutonick languages, and now translated into English. The second contains essays on metallick words, as a dictionary to many pleasing discourses / by Sir John Pettus ... Illustrated with 44 sculptures. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TA WORDS Metallick.. TY alfo from the Terrestrial F 1res,, many excellent things are pro- duced:in Metals ; viz. in making Auruiy ‘Potabile, as al(o a moft fovereign Water from the rayes of the Sun, -b om Gold, which I may hereafter communicate. P25 y reflection tran{parent Nature; refitting both beat and cold; the ‘rediis mentioned. by Erckern, but the white more common. TALLOW, Jot. ¢. 17: 3. Ts Unfcblet, Li. Sevum or Jebum, Ax Suet or Tallow, much uled about Metals. TARTAR, See Argol, Dregs, Feces, TEST, T. Schirbin, L. ‘Proludium, ¢ Holiock ) but I had rather take it to be an abreviation of Teffis, asia Witnels of the goodnels of Metals, by trying and proving. them in little veffels, prepared by WJayers for that purpole-: see Crue. ~bles and Utenfils.’ oY . THORNELS, f: Deerleins, fully explained by Erckern what they, are, L..3. ¢..22. J: 3.-In fhort; it isa term’ of Art, for that. :which remains of the roafted Oar,unmelted : see Keirittocks. oF TILE, )/. Qn Al, ffs I, See Brick, Earth,:cc. eo TIMODE, J..2:-¢. 2.f- 85-T.aname for Gloth made of Flax, or Hemp or Wooll; and fo in A. called Linfy woolly ; which is ufed fometimes for firainers of Metals. TIN, / 3. ¢: 12- (6. T.Zin. L.Stannum, from whence we [LT] have
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