it was of a ſtrong volatile vertue, and would impreſſe it ſpirituall quality into gold it ſelfe (the heavieſt and moſt fixed body we converſe withall) in a very ſhort time.
I leave it now to the reader to judge whether the beames of the ſun, and heat of the fire adde weight to Minerals, and Metals.
Take a concave glaſſe and hold it againſt the Moone when ſhe is at the full in a cleare evening, and let the raies thereof being united fall upon a ſponge, and the ſponge will be full of a cold Milkie ſubſtance, which you may preſſe out with hand, and gather more. De-La-Broſſe is of opinion that this ſubſtance is of the ſubſtance of the Moone: but I cannot aſſent to him in that, only this I ſay, if this experiment were well proſecuted, it might produce for ought I know ſuch a diſcovery which might bee the key to no ſmall ſecrets.
Fill an earthen veſſell unglazed, made pointed downward, and fill it with ſnow-water (which muſt be kept all the year) in which is diſſolved as much Nitre as the water would diſſolve: Let the veſſell be cloſe ſtopt. Hold this veſſell against the ſun and the aire will be ſo condenſed by the coldneſſe of the veſſell that it wil drop down by the ſides thereof.
Take a ſtrong Lixivium made of unflaked lime, and evaporate it, and whereas you would expect to finde a ſalt at the
