Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In the Third jhali he taught a certain new invention hitherto unknown, of di/lzlling Burning Spirits, as of Wine, Corn, Fruits, Flowers, Herhs and Roots as alfo the Waters of V egetahles and Animals, and that in a great quantity, in a fhort time, and without much cojls; as alfo of hoyling Beer, Mead, Wine, and other things, which otherwife are made in Copper or Iron Veflels and all this hy the help of Wooden Vefils, and henefit of a certain fmall Copper, or Iron in/lrument of two or three pound weight, and that after a certain ea/ie manner without Furnaces. This newly-invented Art doth al/o' teach divers Chymical Operations, as Putrefallions, Dige/hions, Circulations, Extrac'iions, Ah/hrac'li ons, Cohohations, Fixations, sic. And this invention is very neceflhry and profitahle for young hegin; ners in this Art, for they need not in the mahing of hurning Spirits, Waters of V egetahles, Extrafls, and other Medicaments [0 many Furnaces, and fo many Copper, Iron, Tin, Earthen and Olafs Vej/els, for it is here taught how all the aforefaid Operations may he done onely hy the help of a certain fina/l Copper or Iron ln/irument in Wooden V efli'ls as well as hy Alemhichs and other great Copper Veflels, hy which means a great deal of C o/is is faved.