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8 which mut be done by degrees otherwise the glae will certainly crack in the place where it is nipped. Note that the pan mut tand upon ome frame or ome hollow place that there may be a paage for the pipe to come through it. Alo the bolt head mut tand upon a trefoot or ome other firme place according to this figure. An Explanation of uch hard words, and tearms of art, which are ued in this enuing Treatie. Malgamation, is a calcining or corroding metals with quick-ilver, and is done thus. Take any metall except iron, beaten into thin leaves, or very mall powder, mix it with about 8 parts of quick-ilver (which may the better be done if both be heated firt) that they may become one uniform mae; evaportae the quick-ilver over the fire, and the metall wil be left in the bottome as a thin calx. Calcination,