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is cool, break the [a sketch of a container] & you will find the
[alchemy symbol] [?], which melt 3 times
with [?] of good Linseed oil every time
the [last?] {Fusion?] through it into a [?]
of Pot Ash boiling hot, & you will find
the [?] Grains at the Bottom.
Melt it again with the [A.S.] & run it
into an Ingot And after three
repeated operations, of [?] [?] [?]
you had at first, you will have at
least [?] of good Metal which has
the solidity & Sound of [A.S.].

142 To make {text struck through}
[factitious?] Pearl
Rx of the largest whitest
Seed Pearl, powder them grossly & [A.S.]
them in the purest [A.S.] [A.S.] then work

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PattyGilson over 3 years ago

This page contains a lot of alchemy symbols, which I have abbreviated to A.S. in brackets.

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