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  • ANTIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ANTIMONY

    by a vehement Fire, in an earthen Crucible; till it ceases to fume, which is a Proof that its Sulphur is evaporated. The Calx is then vitrified in a Wind Furnace; upon which it becomes transparent, ruddy, and shining. See GLASS. This is the strongest...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History
  • ALLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUM

    by M. Geoffroy, is somewhat different.—The Stone, which is of a ruddy hue, being calcined, they boil and dissolve the Calx in Water; which imbibing the Salt, i.e., the Alum, separates itself from the useless Earth. Lastly, leaving the Water thus...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • ASHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASHES

    being gone off in the Smoke. See Smoke, Fuel, Fixed, Salt, etc. The Chemistsfrequently call the Ashes of a Body its Calx. See CALX and CALCINATION. Ashes,if well burnt, are usually pure White, by reason the Oil to which they owe their Blackness when in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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