The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber : $b containing, great variety of choice secrets in medicine and alchymy in the working of metallick mines, and the separation of metals: also, various cheap and easie ways of making salt-petre, and improving of barren-land, and the fruits of the earth.Glauber, Johann Rudolf
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The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber : $b containing, great variety of choice secrets in medicine and alchymy in the working of metallick mines, and the separation of metals: also, various cheap and easie ways of making salt-petre, and improving of barren-land, and the fruits of the earth.
Glauber, Johann Rudolf
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800
Wherefore this copper globe with its wooden vessels is more convenient
then those copper stills and cauldrons. But this I would have thee know
that this new invented distillation is slower, then the common way
which is performed by stills, and consequently requires a long fire.
I desire therefore the rich that dwell in large and spacious houses,
that they would use the old way of distilling; but the poor, who have
but little houshold conveniences, and the covetous, that they would use
this little copper globe with its wooden vessels: for although there be
a longer fire required, yet these are not to be compared to those costs
which are otherwise expended upon so many copper vessels of so many
divers forms. Let him therefore keep to his copper vessels, who cannot
understand me, for it concernes not me. Without doubt there are some
whom this my new invented way of distilling will please, before other,
being communicated for the sake of the poor labouring house-keepers,
that cannot boyl Beer, and distill burning spirits for lack of vessels:
for a globe of five or four pound is more easily provided, then other
copper vessels of 60, 80, 100 pound: also those wooden vessels are
more easily provided than furnaces, which some for want of place only
cannot build. Choose therefore which way thou wilt, for these things
which I have wrote, I have wrote for the poors sake rather than for
the rich. Certainly rich men that have spacious Elaboratories need not
to be ashamed to follow this way, for it is free for every man to go
a shorter way, unless they had rather prefer the old way before a new
and compendious, whom I cannot help, being contented with a publication
which is made for the sake of my neighbour, whether it be taken well
or ill, with a good minde, certainly knowing that more profit then
disprofit may be obtained by the help thereof. It shall not therefore
repent him of his labor, who knows rightly to prepare and use this
copper, and wooden vessels.
_There follows now the preparation of the vessel._
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