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 essays of Lazarus Erckern ... in V books: originally written by him in the Teutonick language, 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 ... / [Sir John Pettus].

  • John Pettus
Date:
1683
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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 essays of Lazarus Erckern ... in V books: originally written by him in the Teutonick language, 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 ... / [Sir John Pettus]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP, III. How to -prove the /m™/Earths/er it. (T Eft ions, 6. Several ways of proving it. 7. TheXXXVIII. SCULP TU R E Deci- phered. CHAP. IV. ^ How to make a Lixivium, Menftruum or Lees of the Earth. Of ft ion 1. Of Tubs for the Lees. 2. Of Sticks and Reeds to be ufed. 3 > 4 & 5 • Of O weak and Raw and ftrong Lees. 6: Of ftrong Lees or Suds. 7* The XXXIX, SCULPTURE Deciphered. - i < C H A P. V. How to hoyl the Lees or Suds. % C H A P. VI. How to prepare Lees for a crude and raw Salt-Petre. ^Eflion 1. How the Salt is to be taken out. 2. XL. S C U L PTU RE Deciphered. CHAP. VII. How to cleanfe the raw Salt-Petre. C Pci ton 1 & 2. Of Raw Salt-Petre. 3 & 4. OfPurifying it. 5. Of courfe Salt-Petre. 6. Proofs fet out. 7- Of purifying it again. 8. Another proof. 9. Of hum¬ ming it. 10. Of cleanfing the Kettle. 11. Of what Salt-Petre is generated, and how fpoiled. 12. Mingling fplinters of Wood with it. 13. Reference to the XL. SCULP- 'hire. -- C H A P. VIII. How to cleanfe the great grain d or black Salt-Petre. S Eft ions. 1. The ufes of it. 1. To make it white. 3. To purify it through Allies, CHAP. IX. ■ re, v, - How to make the raw Salt-Petre rich before b ojling of it. K E * .j .f * - - vJ • • «M . | rrft» I. The manner of doing'of it. a The profit by it. 3. To water out the 5 Earth and enrich it. 4. To enrich the Lees of Allum. 5 • The XLI. SCUL P- TU RE Deciphered. 6. The Sheds for Salt Petre, how built. n • J 1, > - i » . • _ _ CHAP. X. How Hints afe^to be probed for Vitriol, and Allum-Oar/Vr Allum. • 'r Ection i. To make Lees or Suds of it.. 2. To m&ke Lees of Allum. 3- To,make Lees of Vitriol. 4. The. Gondultori$o the V. Kooks, and the Authors Apology and thanks to God. £t3i!:is3 IT ■;; \ . t .iTu'H Llo T'di rtc-: • r*» ...Id-0V1 tjj r; 011 ■ toO q O • * * * » .0 The > •» fr\ HAHO f ^ ]