I found no very eaſie work) that alſo was not wholly deſtitute of an Electrical Vertue, though it had but a very languid one. And it is not here to be overlook'd, that this Glaſs might eaſily be brought to afford again malleable Lead, which was never reckon'd, that I know of, among Electrical Bodies.
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FIfthly, Having taken ſome Amber, and warily diſtill'd it, not with Sand or powder'd Brick, or ſome ſuch additament as Chymiſts are wont to uſe, for fear it ſhould boyl over or break their Veſſels; but by its ſelf, that I might have an unmixed Caput mortuum; Having made this Diſtillation, I ſay, and continued it till it had afforded a good proportion of phlegm, Spirit, Volatile Salt, and Oyl, the Retort was warily broken, and the remaining matter was taken out in a lump, which, though it had quite loſt its colour being
