Some experiments concerning mercury / by J.H. Boerhaave ; Translated from the latin, communicated by the author to the Royal Society.

  • Herman Boerhaave
Date:
1734
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Credit: Some experiments concerning mercury / by J.H. Boerhaave ; Translated from the latin, communicated by the author to the Royal Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [12] It feldom equals the Warmth of a Man in Health, but often links be¬ low the 66th Degree in the Scale of Farenheitiuss Thermometer. Hence they who are verfed in thefe Myfte- ries diredt, That the breeding Matter of the Arcanum fhould be inclofed in a pure Glafs Veffel, and cherilh’d with a Majal Heat; which we find, by Experience, to be of 50 Degrees. And this has been found out to be at a Medium throughout the Year, by the moll exact Obfervations; which we owe to the induftrious Care of Cruquius. The Food of the Metal remains yet more obfcure as to what is that feminal, proliferous and geni¬ tal Matter. Moll of thefe Philofo- phers fay, That Quickfilver is the common Matter of all Metals: That this being changed by the Power of the vital Seed, gives a Metal which is defined or determined according to the peculiar Property of the femi¬ nal