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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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erhere a Shoomaker, onc Vimenzo Casciarolo, 8
chering up chele Siones carried lome ot chem
home and calcined chem, hopins ro extract lome
Silver out os chem; bur instead ot his Rim, he
discovered chis steange Phaenomenon, thar the Stone
Wvhen exposed eo ehe Lighe, wonid recain il, anc
AFECTWAFAS IHIME I CHC DatR. LLIICL MIS, chonet
the Stone das much celebrared FOr AIS MMMIIIE Oua
licy, vet The ManHeF OF PRCPACHHS iC, eo exti
Dir ehis Phaenomenon as noc cruly, and fully known
or dilcovered co che Worid, rill one MI. LTombere
aGerman Phylician, livins ac Paris, cook the MaE
ter into Frett Consideration, and made a Tourney
into Taly eo enguire about the Scone, and ies man.
ner ot Calcination; and ris he thac hach siven us
the follorvine Procels eo prepare ic; wtich Leme.
B, the Furnace aII cogether. l, the Hcarch oE
the Furnace separared trom ehe Dome and AM-
room thac the Hollons or Norches may appear
m. the AM. roOm wich the BraIS GraTC. n, ehie
Dome by ic self with is Rins eo calie ic on and
OFF.
AII Fhings Beinq tHuS ready, pUE InEO The CuE
nace tire or Ex kindled Coals ro heac ic, and vohen
cher are half vasted, AII che Furnace up 1o etie
Foles or Nocches wich small Cinders, and chen
lay pour Stones covered wich che Poder uxon
ehem; then cover etiem ich orher Cinders char
the Furnace may be FuII: Lastly, Ex on che
Dome, and wirtont rouchins ic any more, lec the
Coals and Cinders burn ro AMes. When thCFUT.
nace is half cold separare the Dome, the Hearch
and AM. rOOm, and vou will sind on the GrarE
the Siones calcined: Lay the Grare Polely om
Whire Paper, and sacherins up the Siones caretul.
ly, recp them in a Box with Corton.
IF rhese Scones be exposed ro rhe Lighe in che
ehem cill che Stone begins 1o slister and MIIIC; (DuE noL to the Sun-beaMS) For abour a Minure,
then ponder one oE rhels  a BTde MMortar and then carried inro a dark place, cher vill for
Porder rill theie Surtace be all corered wich ic. Day, 25 betore. This surprisins Oualiey, it well
uled, ther will recain FOr 2, 3, Or 4 TCarS; ane
When ris lost, it may in pare be recovered agaim
vy a nem Calcinarion, atrer the same manner.
IF you deaw any Figures on Paper wich che
Ahire OF an FBC, and While chey are Wet, RreW
ehe Learrh necd have none, bur only chree or tour on them rhe Cruse ol chis calcined Stone porrder.
ed; rhen dry chem in che Strade, pur them in a
Frame, and corer them rich a Clals: They bc-
ins expoled ro che Lixhe ich che Clals Cover on
Will ac any cime sinc it remored into 2 dark
place.
BOLT-FTEAD: Vid. Matrass.
BOLT. ROPE, is thac Rope inco which che sait
ot a Ship is fixed oi made talt.
BOLIS, in a Strip, arc Tron Pins, ot whichu
chere are thele several COrrS; L. Rins Bolis, WrtricH
serre Por the bringins to ot the Planks, and
those PartS Whereto arc Fastned rhe Brecches anc
Tackles oF che Ordnancc. 2d. Drive- BolEs, arid
thele are wsed to drire out otter BOlIs. 3aly. Set-
Boles, wrhrich are imploved for che forcins of the
Plants and ehe orher Works, and bringins chem
close one unto anocher. Athly. RaG- BolES, Wxtrich
are on cach side FuII OF TaseS Or BarbS 1O KeeP
ehem from Aying our ot che Floles wherein ther
are driven. Sthly. Clench. Bolis, Which for che
tame end are clenched, thar is, made Fast at THC
ends vehere they come chrovgl. Sthly. Fore-BolIS
Which are made like Locks, Wich an liye ac csch
end, Wwhereinto a Fore-lock ot Tron is driven 10
prevent Carrins Our. 7tbly. Fender-Bolis, made
vith lonq and chick Hlcads, and are Bruck ineo
the urrermost Bends or WVales oF a Strix eo Cave her
Sides trom Bruises and LTUIFrS; and thence rake
cheir Name
BOLOS, in a Mineral Sense, is a Kind of F’arrti
and which Dr. Orem supposes to be a Bed, a5 ir
ere, the Materia Prima Os Opacous Siones ave
MecalS; into Wwhich he chinks thole oF the Paid B0-
lus are transmured by beine concerred with divers
Eales and Sulphurs, whieh Ay in uxon them luc-
cestivelr.
BOEOS, is a Mledicine caten invardly, ot 2
Consistence semerhine chicker chantloney, and it. e
Duancirs
many ortee Pars ot che same Connery, and in
SrCaE qUanEiEy aE The FOOE OF NOUnE Palermo;
doun eo this effect.
Latie seren or ciphe Bolonian Stones, and ral
Then havins provided a sinall Furnace oF FarrH,
roune and abour a Foor hish belides che Dome
and near a Foor and halt in Diamerer; the AM-
roout must have tro Doors ro sire the Fire che
more Air, one ot chem rislut against the ocher;
hollon Curs or Norches (as in the Figure) che
Dome sec on ic for Reverberarins che Fire on che
Matcer; the Crrate oughe r0 be oF finc BralS OL
vellon Copper, Wrhich helps ro render che Scone
Cuminous, and cheFToles in sehtuu De Muall.
y in his lale Fdirion et Chs), P. 107. PAL
ON all their Coar or Hlecerogencous Farch abour open Air, as in ones Eland our of a Windor, (90.
utrich Circumstance is ot absolure necessier; For fome rime appear like kindled Coals choush wict.
else rhe Stone Wwill noc phinc) and sifr the Porrder our any lensible FPeac; etre lighe will abace by sic
sinely, and moistenins che ocher seren wirh clear ele and lirrle, buc may be recovered aneu, by chie
Branes very ell, roll chem up and donn in che Siones beins again exroled ro the Lighe os che