p. 74 and 75

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Simple Earths
There are nine earths [vis?] silica
alumina, zirconia, glucina, yttria
barytes, lime, and magnesia,
Silica white, inodorous, insipid,
insoluble in water and every acid
except the fluoric and [infusible?]
feels gritty between the teeth,
Humina or pure Clay soft to the touch
adhesive to the tongue; emits a
peculiar odor when moistened.
White will [dilute?] with most acids
Lorcon glucina yttria
are so scarce or scarcely to be
mostly of notice here They are
all white and unite with most acids.

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Mineral Spring
While excavating the earth in
the [Louisrill?] of Portland Canal
about 9 feet above the rock a
spring was discovered which
had a peculiar taste and bubbles
of an inflammable gas was now and then
raising through it. This gas was flammable
by the decaying evitable matter
which is found in the [allurial?]
for when they came to the rock
this gas disappeared was not seen; but the
spring still had it peculiar taste
which was ascribed to different
ingrediances [ingrediants] by different persons
I have mad [made] the following experiments
Experiment 1. Structure of [galls?] immedi
ately changes it purple and then
black.
Nitrate of Silver produces an
immediate sohite cloud and
precipitate.