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A compleat history of druggs divided into three classes, vegetable, animal and mineral : with their use in physick, chymistry, pharmacy, and several other arts, illustrated ... / written by Monsieur Pomet ; to which is added what is further observable on the same subject from Messrs. Lemery, and Tournefort ... Done into English from the originals [by Joseph Browne].

  • Pomet, Pierre, 1658-1699.
Date:
1712
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A compleat history of druggs divided into three classes, vegetable, animal and mineral : with their use in physick, chymistry, pharmacy, and several other arts, illustrated ... / written by Monsieur Pomet ; to which is added what is further observable on the same subject from Messrs. Lemery, and Tournefort ... Done into English from the originals [by Joseph Browne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4'r j. Of Green Earth. by Means of a Reverberating Furnace, in which they put it, to make it red by the Force of the Fire : All the beft Mines of Oker in France, are in Berr^ ; and a- mong the reft, that which is at a Place 'XAZE fell two Sorts of Green call’d St* George, upon the Side of the Barth, to wit, that of Ve^ Pomet River D'Vcher, two Leagues from the which is brought from about City Viers^on in Berry, where they dig it Ferona in Italy, whence it takes its Name' out of the Earth, as they do Pit-coal, and the common Green. * This Okp' is found 150 , or ^ 200 Foot The Barth of Verona ought to be ftony, deep in the Earth, of four to eight Inches and as green as may be, and take care that thick ; only they find under this Ok,er a it be not inlaid with Veins of Earth, white Sand, like that of Calais, and above The common Green ought alfo to be of the Ok^r a yellow Clay good for no- the greeneft, and as near refembling that thing. of Verona as you can get. There comes likewife yellow and red Terra Viridis, in French Terre Oker from England, which is browner than Verte, is a dry Earth, of a green Lemery] that of France, but not fo good, becaufe it Colour, which is brought from is naturally dryer, and comes from a ftony Verona in Italy, and is for the Painters 6, Of Cologn Earth. Pomet] Ground which they are forced to grind in a Ufe, Mill ; whereas that of Berry is more na¬ tural, fatter, and works better in Oil; fo that the Dutch will not ufe the Bn- glifh oker , but when they mix it with an equal Share of that which comes from f^OIogn Barth is an Earth altoge- Berry. ^ ther like that of ZJrnber, ex- Both Sorts are us’d by the Painters, cepting only that it is browner: but that which is moft fet by, is that This is of fome Ufe to the Painters. You which is dry, foft, friable, of the higheft muft chufe fuch as is render, eafie to Colour and leaft gravelly. crumble, the cleaneft, with as little Mix- There comes befides a Bed Oker from tore of Dirt as pofîible. England, which we commonly call Brown Bed ; this is us’d by the Painters ; but that r '-r which is of a much deeper Colour is 7* 0/ Umber* call’d Putty, and they imploy it in po- lilhing of Glafs. ^ JJMher, fo call’d becaufe of its being us’d Ochra, in Englifo Oker, is a ^ in drawing Shades, is brought to us Lemery, Mafs of Earth that is dry, far, from Egypt, and other Places of the Le- will crumble, and is foft to the vant, in Lumps of .different Bignefs. Touch, of a yellow or gold Colour, that In the Choice of this Earth you ought is taken form fome deep Pits in Berry ; to take that which is foft, in large Pieces they calcine it in the Fire, ’till it gains a of a brown Colour, enclining to the Red, red Colour, and then it is call’d Bed Oker ; for this is better than the grey, both Sorts are us’d by the Painters ; they Its Ufe is for the Painters, and before it are refolutive, drying, aftringent, being ex- is ground ’cis ufual to burn it, as well for tcrnally apply’d. Some fay there is ano- Painting in Oil as for the Glover, which ther Sort of Oker call’d Alanian Earth, makes it become more reddilh ; the Fume or Tripoly, and Terra Albana ; it is chiefly of it ought to be avoided, as being ftinking found in Alania, a Place near Scythia, but and offenfivc. is brought to us out of the Mediterranean, being a Species or Kind of Vol. II. C c % Vol. II. S. Of