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Politics : Evolution

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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (12230)1/5/2011 10:04:56 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
I thought of that when I wrote it! I looked within and found it was true!

Look at these photos and pictures (I couldn't help myself, I started skimming!)

"Spt of Vitrioll & Oyle. Deflegm ye vitrioll &c a <illeg> yt circulatory fire till after melting it coagulate into a grayish lump wch is done in 2 howers. A glass retort half filld wth this poudered, & urged into a large receiver till black veines begin to trickle downe. Then change ye receiver but lute it not on. A pound yeilds 9 or 10 [OUNCE] cs of transparent spirit, 1 1/2 [OUNCE] of black oyle, & ye remaining colcothar (caput mortuum) conteins a fixed salt of [COPPER (VENUS)] . The spt & oyle differ but in their flegm: ffor a drachm of spt dropt into common water [OUNCE] i, & filtered makes ye spt."

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